Chapter 138 Smuggling
A fire dragon fossil that was just unearthed not long ago was suddenly lost like this.
This incident caused a great commotion, especially when it was lost in full view, which also added a bit of legendary color to this incident.
Naturally, the Romanian Fire Dragon Reserve launched an investigation immediately, but it was of no use, because this is not a tourist area, and no wizards bought tickets.
The dwarf accused the wizard of stealing it, while the sanctuary believed that the dwarf directed and acted on his own... The two sides began to argue about it.
Rove and Shirley had already turned around and left, so they didn't see the dragon fossil was gone in the first place.
But this matter has nothing to do with Rove, he is not an Auror, let alone a detective, and he has no interest in investigating the "Kelly Disappearance Case".
and,
Rove's dragon trainer exam is about to begin.
And he hasn't reviewed it for almost a month.
But the problem was not big, Rove didn't panic at all, and even took Shirley to catch the sea, but encountered the typhoon "Plum Blossom".
Luo Fu has the magic "word devourer" of silverfish, which can eat the words in books like silverfish, and transform them into memories and store them in the brain.
The boy's memory was not good in the past, but now he is better than Hermione. The test of pure memory is very easy for him.
On the day of the written test, when Rove entered a large classroom, he received many surprised looks.
He was only twelve years old, the youngest candidate, and the oldest candidate was already seventy years old, with a difference of fifty-eight years!
After getting the test paper, Rove felt the feel of the paper first, then he turned the paper to the last page and started writing from the most difficult questions.
This operation really shocked the invigilator.
The most difficult part is the data analysis. The reserve will produce some cases for candidates to answer how to deal with them.
In addition to being concise in wording, the key point of this part is to have something to say. If you copy all the content of the materials, the score will definitely be very low.
And this part is what Rove is best at, after all, he has rich experience.
So, everyone felt the scene of collapse. They did it from front to back, turning the page more slowly as they went to the back, while the young man did it from back to front, turning the page faster and faster... At the end, the swishing sound made them doubt their lives .
Rove's written test scores were undoubtedly the highest.
The actual combat assessment is even simpler. All contestants are required to go to the crater first, find a dragon crystal, and then rescue a lost fire dragon.
Rove went to pick up dragon crystals more times than Gallon in his pocket, and the process of rescuing the fire dragon was not difficult at all.
He was the first to complete the assessment and successfully became a dragon trainer. He is also the youngest dragon trainer in the Romanian reserve.
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A week before school started, Rove and Shirley received a letter from Hogwarts.
The content of the letter was very simple. In addition to asking them to take the Hogwarts Express from King's Cross Station on September 1, it also listed the book list for this school year.
Books written by Lockhart himself accounted for almost half of the book list. Other professors only asked for one textbook, and he asked the little wizard to buy seven!
In addition to Lockhart's own autobiography, other books are full.
This kind of behavior is very similar to Rove's high school in his previous life. They were obviously science students, but the head teacher even distributed the information books of liberal arts.
Ask... that is, the money will be refunded in the future!
As for the "money", until Rove graduated from university, no one contacted him about how to get it back.
Later, at the class reunion, Luo Fu heard that the head teacher had gone in, and was reported that his brother-in-law's house opened a bookstore and bought a lot of materials for the students.
Lockhart followed the same pattern, anyway, he left after making a fortune, and he didn't plan to cut a second crop of leeks.
But leeks are not so easy to cut, Rove felt that it was necessary to let Lockhart... go bankrupt this semester.
After Shirley put away the letter, she asked curiously, "How do we go back to England, take the Orient Express?"
"No more." Rove shook his head resolutely. He would never take the Orient Express in his life. "We use portkeys."
"Didn't I hear you say last time that applying for a port key is troublesome?" Shirley asked strangely.
"That's right, so we're using an illegal port key." Rove grinned.
"..." Shirley propped her chin and sighed softly.
She wasn't ready to break the law.
Caught off guard the first time?
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As a magical item, the Portkey can teleport anyone who touches it to a designated location.
Compared to the Floo powder that relies on the fireplace, the Portkey can be placed anywhere, and it can be any item... extremely convenient.
The most important thing is that the Portkey can travel long distances, and it is difficult to travel across continents and across borders like Apparition.
Of course, in order to prevent the abuse of Portkeys, all countries have enacted the most stringent laws, which must be authorized by the Office of Magical Transport Division Portkeys.
This kind of authorization is very troublesome even for Scrimgeour, let alone for ordinary wizards.
But if there is demand, there is a market, and various illegal portkeys have sprung up, and it has also become the target of joint crackdown by the Ministry of Magic of various countries.
Later, it was found that the crackdown was not clean, and some Aurors pretended to be "key dealers" and went fishing there to enforce the law. After the wizards used the Portkey, the end point was the Ministry of Magic.
Therefore, it is difficult to find a safe and reliable key dealer, just like a "ladder". Who doesn't want a stable and reliable circumvention software?
Fortunately, Newt has traveled all over the years, and after being blocked by many Ministry of Magic, he sneaked into various countries by relying on illegal portal keys.
He is familiar with the door and the way, and has experienced many battles!
Of course, Newt never made illegal portkeys himself, and told Rove not to make them. In his words:
We, the Scamander family, will not do things that violate the law and discipline!
early morning,
Newt apparated Rove and Shirley to the edge of a cliff, and they waited for a few minutes before an old wizard appeared.
"Hey, Newt, long time no see." The old man and Newt hugged each other.
"How's business going?" Newt asked.
"The downturn, the fire dragon fossil was lost, and the crackdown suddenly became stronger." The old man complained:
"My son and the others are not willing to take over my class. Our key craftsmanship can't just be lost like this."
The two chatted and had a heated argument over the price. When Newt was haggling over the price, he was not shut up, and suddenly became very sharp-tongued.
However, economists can't sell vegetables at all, and Magizoologists can't take advantage of key sellers... This is the specialization of the art industry.
After a wave of tugging, the old man took out a big iron bucket and let Rove and Shirley grab it.
Newt didn't hold the pail. He wasn't going to England. He had to go to America to meet Tina and see his son and daughter-in-law.
"Goodbye, Grandpa."
"Goodbye Mr Scamander."
As soon as Rove and Shirley finished speaking, they were dragged away by the Portkey and disappeared without a trace.
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