Chapter 234: Scamander's Arrival

Tina quickly read the letter she received. Although she has long since retired from the position of Auror, the professionalism of the Auror has always followed her.

"It doesn't quite look like Dumbledore wrote it. In his nature, he will not tell you the truth about a matter in a letter, and he will not even tell you in person......"

Tina spoke her analysis, and her advice was to ignore it. The sky is falling, and there are tall wizards on top of it, just live their own little life.

But Newt didn't think so, he was a kind man, full of love for Muggles and animals, and treated them as equals.

In the end, Tina couldn't resist Newt's stubbornness and helped him organize his things together and prepare for Hogwarts.

Hogwarts, the Room of Requirement, Professor Flitwick's exclusive Magic Laboratory.

Professor Flitwick, Professor McGonagall, Dumbledore, and Grindelwald are all there. At the moment, they are testing a magic item, known as the Basilisk Goggles, which is used to eliminate the lethal effect of the Basilisk's gaze.

At some cost, Professor Flitwick managed to obtain the materials they needed from the elves, with good malleability and magical affinity, and not easily damaged.

It was an eye-like artifact, and the transparent glass-like mirror in the center was the precious magic material they had purchased from the goblins.

After obtaining this magical material, Professor McGonagall magically sensed the entire metal. She can make it, but she's limited in amount per day.

Although the basilisk goggles are small, about the same size as swimming goggles, they consume more than a small amount of material.

Borrowing some knowledge from Transfiguration, the basilisk goggles can change with the wearer's body shape, being able to fit firmly and ensure comfort in the adhesions.

The test was as simple as making the basilisk goggles larger and placing a test animal opposite them, the big Hogwarts that the people hated dogs.

The wizard stands behind the goggles, unleashing a spell on the test animal that requires his gaze to lock onto the subject.

These are all tricks, most importantly to test their debilitating effects on the devastating Dark Arts.

The rooster on the other side of the basilisk goggles, with his head raised high, held his chest up, and looked at the few people opposite him menacingly.

"Then I'll get started."

Grindelwald glanced at Dumbledore, half-inquiringly.

"Well, you're the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor."

Dumbledore nodded.

Grindelwald picked up the wand lightly, flicked it at the rooster, and whispered "Avada Suo~" in his mouth, and a small pillar of green light shot out from the wand.

In an instant, the rooster that was still majestic and high-spirited exploded, and he wanted to escape but was bound by magic, and he was extremely anxious.

The green beam of light slammed into the mirror, knocking the basilisk goggles backwards for some distance, hitting the rooster's head.

"How?"

Professor McGonagall asked worriedly, observing Professor Lyttling Woods closely.

"I can feel that the effect of the [Requirition Spell] has been suppressed."

Grindelwald said, but he frowned.

"The [Requirition Spell] can be resisted by transparent objects, but the gaze can pass through such objects. I'm not sure if the goggles work against basilisk gaze. ”

Grindelwald added.

Gaze-based magic is very rare in the wizarding world, let alone dark magic with lethal properties.

Dumbledore's previous test of the magic that used gaze as a medium was [Remembrance Mind], but a lot of memory and spiritual magic used gaze.

However, the basilisk goggles are not effective in resisting the [Dementor's Thoughts] inquiry.

According to Dumbledore and Grindelwald's research, they believe that the basilisk looks at the spiritual part more than the physical one.

[Curse] is a spell that directly kills the vitality of the object, and is a spell of a monomer nature. At this time, it is unclear if the basilisk gaze only works on a single merchandise like the [Requirition Spell].

If the basilisk gaze can be applied to a group, will its lethality decrease as the number of affected groups increases?

These are all kinds of doubts about the basilisk, but Dumbledore and the others will not delve into it, and this aspect of it, along with taming the basilisk, has been thrown to the newcomer Newt, and Newt is very happy to take on these tasks.

"Philius, according to the research I have with Albus, the basilisk gaze is more inclined to the influence of the spiritual direction, so ......"

Grindelwald made new demands on Professor Flitwick.

Professor Flitwick thought for a moment, agreed with them, and put psychic magic as the focus for the rest of the day.

The basilisk has made good progress in terms of gaze, but the two aspects of size and being manipulated by the snake cavity have not yet begun.

Mainly because Hogwarts does not have suitable magical beasts as test subjects.

But all of this will improve after Newt's arrival.

At this moment, Newt had arrived at Hogwarts, and after talking to Dumbledore in detail, he completely believed what the letter revealed.

At the same time, he is also willing to spend some time at Hogwarts to see how Hogwarts has changed over the years, and to decide whether or not to stay at Hogwarts.

The castle was still the same familiar castle as before, but the whole of Hogwarts was completely different from when he was studying.

Forbidden Forest, a place that was previously expressly forbidden. There is now a dedicated open area for young wizards to play, frolic and practice their knowledge of herbs.

There was a room for requirement, and it was a secret place when he was in school. Now, with the exception of freshmen, almost all students and faculty have entered it.

The new students will also enter there in the baptism soon after, as to what is the baptism? Newt didn't know yet, after all, he wasn't a regular Hogwarts employee.

People like the Demon Research Group are aware of its existence. And those who have been baptized probably just think that it is a secret room in the school.

Newt's greatest joy was the [General Language] that shrouded the Forbidden Forest, and after Professor McGonagall communicated with the Forbidden Forest, Newt successfully enjoyed this magic.

During this time, he was obsessed with communicating with magical beasts, but the main communication objects were the ones he raised.

The magical animals of the Forbidden Forest, both cubs and adults, silently avoided Newt, even though he had an unusual wizard's magical animal affinity.

They were all frightened by Newt's initial enthusiasm, and when they caught a magical beast, they chatted endlessly with them, not knowing anything about restraint, and from time to time they took out a small notebook to write and draw in front of the magical beasts, which made them very uncomfortable.

Soon, Newt became famous in the Forbidden Forest.

Everyone knows that there is a strange person at Hogwarts, who likes to talk around them and ask more intimate questions. As a result, magical beast parents began to warn their children.

Despite this, there are still some magical creatures that remain close to Newt, after all, some magical beasts were put into the Forbidden Forest by Newt himself, such as the only horned camel in the British wizarding world.

Although Hogwarts is a little unfamiliar, it is still the Hogwarts that Newt remembers, but the Forbidden Forest has changed a lot.

At the first glance at the Hogwarts-Forbidden Forest border, Newt noticed an anomaly in the Forbidden Forest.

Day and night, a thin layer of mist shrouds the Forbidden Forest, and the sunlight cannot be dispersed, but falls straight down. Especially in the morning, bright pillars of light are obliquely inserted from the sky into the ground, and the light is entwined in the middle, like elves.

Like Hogwarts, the Forbidden Forest is as silent as it is in the morning.

The harmony of sound and scenery amazed the Scamanders.

Solemnity and holiness converge at this moment.

At this time, I stepped into the Forbidden Forest and repeatedly came to another world.

Fresh air, moist and cool. The ground under its feet has slowly changed from a soft lawn to a paradise of dead branches and leaves, and the precipitation of time and the trampling of animals have made it extremely steady.

Even though there are dead branches under your feet, the air is still fresh, and it seems to have an addictive feeling.

As far as the eye can see, the sturdy trunk of the tree has branches and leaves stretching out in all directions, and the breeze blows through, full of life.

This is a scene that has not been seen in the forbidden forest before.

In the past, the forbidden forest was full of dead branches and fallen leaves, the air was filled with the smell of corruption, and the old trees hung their branches and leaves low, and from time to time you could see the strange yellowing dwarf trees with strange branches.

The two of them walked in the Forbidden Forest, very leisurely, and this tranquility expelled the troubles of the material world and immersed the two of them in both sides.

Tina thought of something and suddenly laughed, Newt asked suspiciously, Tina shook her head slightly, and didn't answer anything, but the smile on her face was still there.

'Romantic ......'

She thought.

In the past, centaurs would unceremoniously drive away young wizards who had strayed into the Forbidden Forest. And now, the main person in charge of the Forbidden Forest Open Zone is the horse people, and the herbal medicine trade has also been opened.

The natural elves, a new race of plants born of plants, are also known to Newt.

While lamenting the magic of magic, he pondered the classification of this new race, whose ontology was plants and had extremely high intelligence, and it seemed that they should not be included in the list of magical beasts.

There is another creature that resembles it, and that is the Wand Tree, a tree that is born from a wand. These trees generally have a high level of intelligence and can also think freely.

Shocked by this knowledge, Newt turned his wand into a tree, saying "Worthy of my dean!" ”。

After a detailed investigation of the Forbidden Forest, Newt found that the IQ of the magical beasts in the Forbidden Forest is much higher than that of the same magical beasts in other regions, and of course, it may also be an illusion caused by the magic of [General Knowledge].

Although Dumbledore invited Newt to join Hogwarts as a professor, Newt did not accept or refuse, he, it should be said that Tina, had to wait and see for a while.

Therefore, the authority of the couple is a little higher than that of ordinary little wizards, and they don't even know as much as Filch.

Some of the conveniences are at their own expense.

However, Professor McGonagall did not embarrass him, and with the help of Professor Sprout, Newt took on a mission to help Hogwarts get a fire dragon.

Professor Sprout also told him about the existence of a basilisk at Hogwarts, and as much as Fantastic Beasts lovers reacted, Newt was excited, a mythical monster for most wizards.

After chatting with Professor Sprout for a while, Newt also had a rough idea of Hogwarts' plan, the fire dragon was not a mandatory requirement, the professors just needed a more powerful magical animal to do experiments, estimate the basilisk's magic resistance, and so on.

Moreover, this fire dragon will not suffer any damage, and it will also be raised by Hogwarts, which can be described as a lot of benefits!

On the day he got the news, Newt began writing to some of his friends and, of course, his good brother.

After receiving a definite reply, Hogwarts allowed Newt to use the convenience of the Room of Requirement to let his imagination run wild in order to create an environment suitable for the dragon.

As a magizoologist, Newt is full of kindness to these magical creatures. He knew the habits of the fire dragon, and deliberately designed the "fire dragon lair" to be larger.

Since it was created for the first time, the space was still a little rough. In addition, the area is large, so the maintenance consumption is high, and it needs to be optimized many times.

Professor McGonagall also spoke with Newt several times, and talked to him a lot about the underlying logic of the Room of Requirement.

These underlying logics are all experimented with again and again using the principal's authority, and without the original design concept and blueprint, powerful wizards will be blinded.

During this time, Newt also went to the Headmaster's office many times to communicate with Dumbledore. There, he often met a strange man, who was now a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor.

He was under the impression that Professor Leyningwoods was gentle and knowledgeable, and that he had his own unique views on many points.

Therefore, Newt has great respect for the professor. Although he didn't know that Dumbledore had such a friend, Dumbledore was much older than him after all, and it was normal to have many old friends.

However, for some reason, Newt always felt something strange in this gentle professor, as if something was hidden under his warm gaze.

Especially when the two of them were talking about Fantastic Beasts, the corners of Professor Letningwoods' mouth were pulled wide, and although he was laughing, he always felt like he was cracking.

One night, while chatting with his wife, Tina, he casually talked about these things and laughed at himself for being sensitive.

He was then reprimanded by Tina, and when he went out the next day, he was forced to put a speculum on his body.

Newt doesn't know why Tina stuffs these things into her suitcase, but since she got married, Tina has been responsible for all the housework in the family, and it is because of Tina that Newt has more energy to take care of and study magical beasts.

As Tina expected, except for the two days when they first arrived at Hogwarts, they were at leisure, and in the days that followed, Newt was inexplicably busy and happy.

After Tina became acquainted with Hogwarts, Professor Sprout, who accompanied her, returned to her post.

Tina is also slowly exploring Hogwarts, time taking away the once beautiful appearance, but also giving it something beyond the appearance.

With a kind temperament and the appearance of the grandmother next door, Tina is very calm in her interactions between students, and the Forbidden Forest does not prohibit her from exploring.

Some not-so-hidden secrets are also being discovered one by one in the process of exploration.

The King of the Forbidden Forest, the Werewolf Wizard, the Little Werewolf Wizard of Hogwarts, and many more have all opened her eyes. In particular, the fact that Hogwarts had just enrolled a werewolf wizard made her have a different view of Dumbledore.

In the end, Tina's speculum found nothing. With Dumbledore here, Grindelwald wouldn't be malicious to Newt, but the sniffer wasn't there.

Even, Dumbledore was happy to see the sniffer being "punished", it was not good to steal other people's things at will, let alone treasures?

Soon, through some special channels, a fire dragon was quietly transported into Hogwarts.