Chapter 20: The Extravagant Rove
The Mayflower swooped in the deep sea, and the large searchlights on board were like nests, attracting a large school of light-seeking fish to chase around the hull.
With such an abundance of fish, it's impossible for any angler not to be tempted, including Rove!
Indeed, after a short walk, Rove and Shirley met a dozen wizards, set up fishing platforms on the deck, and then fished with various rods in hand.
The rods and lines have magic that can pass through coated bubbles and enter the seawater, and the fish that are caught will also be wrapped in bubbles and dragged in.
Rove took a cursory glance and found that the oldest wizard had turned white, while the younger wizard looked like he was only seven or eight years old.
It can only be said that he is young and promising, and in terms of interest cultivation, he has taken decades of detours!
What surprised Rove the most was that Nellis was among them.
Wrapped in a sheepskin cloak, she sat curled up in a high chair, staggering, apparently dozing.
Seeing this, Rov and Shirley did not disturb her and continued to walk forward, but after a few steps, they suddenly heard an exclamation from behind them.
They turned to look and saw that it was a capuchin shark about three meters long that had been hooked, and the rod instantly stretched out a beautiful arc.
Nelishi, who was dozing off, immediately widened her eyes, jumped up, and took the golden fishing rod beside her.
But in the next scene, Rove and Shirley couldn't bear to look at it directly.
I saw Nellisy clutching the fishing rod and began to drag it back desperately, what skills such as walking the fish, reeling and releasing the line, and asking it to choke on water a few times, she didn't seem to understand it at all, so she just wanted to rely on brute strength to drag the capuchin shark ashore.
It's a leisurely fishing activity, and she was tossed into a tug-of-war competition!
Although the capuchin shark is not yet an adult, it is also three meters long, and Nelishi's small body is completely unable to pull it.
She stumbled a few steps, but was dragged off the fishing platform by a capuchin shark with a fishing rod.
Rove and Shirley were dumbfounded, fishing was not only physical work, but also a dangerous activity?!
The Mayflower is encased in a magical coating, and Nellis does not fall into the sea, in the belly of a shark, but only on a bubble.
Still, Rove kindly raised his arm, like Spider-Man, and shot a thin spider silk from between his fingers.
The spider silk from the eight-eyed giant spider quickly wrapped around Nelishi's ankle, and the boy gently hooked it, and in an instant, he dragged Nelishi back.
At the same time, Shirley raised her wand in agreement, and the chair flew into the air, quickly turning into a large soft bed.
Nelishi fell on the bed and landed back on the deck unharmed, she crawled down in a daze, patted her chest in fear, then looked at Rove and Shirley, and said:
"Thank you both, it scared the hell out of me just now."
"You're welcome." Shirley smiled softly and waved her wand, turning the bed back into a chair.
Nelly looked at Shirley in amazement.
This transfiguration technique is really beautiful, no wonder she can win the Triwizard Tournament, it seems that she is really not an ordinary person!
Rove had long been surprised by Shirley's transfiguration, he frowned and looked at Nellis, and asked:
"What about Mr. Slughorn, didn't he come with you?"
His meaning is very simple, for minors like Nellis, they may need the care of adult parents.
The girl also heard the meaning of the words, and she blushed and said, "I got up at four o'clock in the morning to fish, so I didn't call grandpa." ”
"Four o'clock?" Rove glanced down at the fish basket and saw that it was empty, and he said in disbelief:
"You've been here for a few hours and haven't caught anything?"
The Mayflower used searchlights to "make nests", so that the density of fish around it was outrageously high.
You can catch a fish with a few strokes, but Nellis catches nothing...... This is too embarrassing for the fisherman, right?!
Rove thought that Nelishi came to fish so early, at least she was a king, and no matter how bad she was, she was a silver, but she didn't expect it to be a little white who had just established an account.
"No, all the fish I caught were released." Nelishi stuck out her tongue and said embarrassedly, "What I really want to catch is...... Lamp-eyed fish. ”
It dawned on Rove.
The light-eyed fish is a reef fish that shines in the dark depths of the sea, but it is extremely rare and is only found in the Atlantic Ocean.
No wonder Nelishi got up so early and got nothing.
Rove thought for a moment and said, "I guess there is a problem with your bait, and if you want to catch a light-eyed fish, it's best to put some powder ground from the horns of the horned camel beast in the bait." ”
"I used it." Nellis said, taking out a small bottle from her pocket, she shook it and said, "This is what my grandfather bought at a great price." ”
Rove took the vial, poured some of the white powder in the palm of his hand, observed it, sniffed it on his nose, and concluded:
"It's a fake."
"Impossible!" Nelishi immediately retorted: "When I bought it, my grandfather specially checked it. ”
"Nellis, I don't mean to offend." Rove exuded a confidence from the inside out, and he smiled softly:
"Mr. Slughorn is only a potionsist, not a magizoologist, he is certainly an authority in the field of potions, but in the field of magical beasts...... I'm a professional, you can't go wrong! ”
Nellis: "......"
Shirley covered her mouth and smiled, she liked Rove's confidence, and in fact it proved that he was always right when it came to arguments!
Rove's judgment was indeed correct.
The reason is simple, the last pair of fertile horned camels were rescued by Newt that year, and in the following decades, they helped the group breed and grow.
In other words, the horned camels of the world today are infused with Newt's blood...... Ahh
As Newt's grandson, Rove has been with him for a long time, and is undoubtedly an expert on horned camels.
"The powder comes from the horns of the staghorn rabbit, which is first soaked in Motra rat juice and white freshness, and then buried in the ground for a month, and then faked." Rove continued:
"The method of forgery is very clever, and it is not a wizard who has a deep study of horned camels, so it is easy to be deceived."
Rove thought for a moment and said softly, "If I'm not mistaken, you must have bought it at the Blind Pig Bar in New York, right?" ”
Nelishi bowed her head slightly, she really believed it now, after all, Rove even told where to buy it.
Seeing that Rove knew so well, the short-haired girl hesitated for a moment and couldn't help asking:
"So, you must have the real horn of the horn there, right?"
"There are some, but there shouldn't be many of them." Rove looked at the ponytail girl and asked, "How many more?" ”
As the boy's personal assistant, Shirley manages these potion materials on weekdays, so she is naturally familiar with them.
"There were originally fourteen horns of the horns, and you gave one to Madam Pomfrey last Christmas.
Hermione later boiled the potion and used up a small part, and the rest was taken away by Professor Snape, and Fleur returned to Bespartan and took another ......"
"So, are there eleven left?" Rove frowned and said, "Sure enough, it's not much." ”
When Nellie heard this, her face was sluggish.
Seventy years ago, the horned camel almost disappeared from the wizarding world, and although it has recovered a lot over the years thanks to Mr. Scamander's rescue, it is still extremely rare.
Its horn is almost the same price as gold on the black market, and it may not be possible to buy the real thing for this money.
Nellis originally thought that Rove only had a few dozen grams, no more than a small part, but she never expected it...... He is a matter of root measurement.
And more than a dozen!
What a wicked dog!!
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