"Then let's go find the old man, Mr. Goatman." Harry stood up from the ground and patted the dust off his body. "Thank you very much for helping me," Harry thanked him politely.
"No, it's nothing." Goatman waved his hand. "Because of you, I was able to escape from that hotel. If you hadn't given me bad milk and made me suffer from diarrhea … I might have been lying in bed drunk and quietly killed by the village chief and the hunters … And when I was in the fire, it was also you who saved me."
"Now it's time for me to repay your kindness." Goatman put the painting in his hand into his pocket. "This village is hopeless. Although there are many memories, I should leave this place …"
"Let's go, kid." Goatman opened the door and the warm sunlight shone on him. "When we pass by the river, I can still say goodbye to Ali Anna."
Harry pulled Big Black to keep up with Goatman's pace. The two walked along the wooden wall for a while and came to a place marked on the ground. Goatman stepped forward and moved the debris against the wall, revealing the big hole behind it.
"From here, we can reach the river very quickly. Abusi and I used to take Ali Anna to play in the forest. She couldn't come into contact with the human world. Humans didn't like her, but animals were the opposite. Birds often landed on her …" Goatman talked about the past. "Abusi sometimes went out from here to pick mushrooms …"
He took Harry through the big hole and followed the mark carved on the tree. Soon, they came to the river, which was also the place where Harry received Dace's gift.
Goatman was very familiar with this place. He passed through one tombstone after another and finally came to a different tombstone. It was a black stone. Harry followed behind him and watched him kneel down and hug the cold tombstone. "Ali Anna, I'm going out for a long time. I'll bring you back a gift."
He said in a normal tone as if Ali Anna was standing there, but there was only a tombstone with Ali Anna's name engraved on it and a line of mourning slightly below.
'Where your treasure is, there your heart is.'
Harry found some wildflowers by the roadside and put them down in front of the tombstone.
"Thank you, kid. Ah Li Anna loves flowers the most." The goat man stood up and swept the surrounding leaves to the side. He stared at the tombstone for a while.
"What does this verse mean?
Mr. Goat Man? "
"Abusi wrote it." Old Goat shrugged. "It's a sentence we heard from the missionaries when we were children. I don't know what it means. Maybe he just thought it sounded good."
Harry nodded his head thoughtfully. Suddenly, he felt cold under his feet. He looked down and found that he only had one shoe left. The shoe that Lupin made with stone had turned back to stone.
Why did Mr. Lupin's magic lose its effect?
A bad premonition appeared. Harry grabbed the goat man's clothes and looked flustered. "Oh no!
Mr. Goat Man, we have to get going! "
…
Dorset, in the southwest of England, was a good place, especially in the rural areas. It was very popular with retired wizards. The air was fresh and the grass was green. The sheep that grew in the same place for half a day made the pace of life slow down. The cows and horses were lazily patrolling everywhere. It was a harmonious scene.
The superior natural environment allowed the trees to grow all kinds of magic plants. With food, of course, it attracted magical animals. The famous' Panlock Sanctuary 'in the magic world was set up here. It was a kind of magical animal that guarded horses. It was introverted and shy and hid when it met people. Therefore, there was very little research on this kind of animal in the magic world.
With the advancement of technology and social development in the Muggle world, the pollution of the environment by the Muggles was increasing day by day. The habitat of the Panlock Sanctuary was being destroyed. The magic world could only protect it in a sanctuary to prevent the Panlock Sanctuary from going extinct before the research was completed.
If it was difficult to research, wouldn't research it?
This was not the spirit of a magical zoologist who had gone through hundreds of battles.
Newt Scamander accepted the challenge and brought his wife, Porpontina Scamander, here. He was prepared for a long period of research. Of course, he wasn't fighting alone. It wasn't just him and his wife, either.
He brought his magic box with him. Inside it was his army of animals.
When Newt first came to live in Dorsetshire, Dorsetshire was a bit more lively than it should have been.
A Muggle farmer was hit on the head by a silver egg when he was drinking under a tree. He picked it up and saw that the egg had cracked open. There was a snake with wings inside. The kind drunk farmer put the snake into his clothes and brought it home.
Fortunately, Newt found out in time. Otherwise, it would have caused a big mess.
It was worth mentioning that the kind drunken farmer now had perfect hair. That was because the shell of the bird snake egg had a very good hair care effect. This had helped Newt reduce his fine quite a bit. "I didn't accidentally lose the bird snake egg. I just … wanted to help that muggle's hair. That's right …"
Newt would never forget the surprised expression on the face of the official from the Ministry of Magic who was holding a quill. "The point is, he thought it was normal!
Tina!
He might think that all magical zoologists are more or less crazy! "Newt complained to his wife more than once.
"How can that be, Newt? Most magical zoologists are normal." Tina comforted him. "There are not many like you …"
"But I like people like you. This … Ugh … Attractive trait." Tina could comfort Newt every time. It was her trump card.
Other than the Silver Bird Egg, Sniff who was given the name 'Evil Shadow under the Moon,' Moon Addict who scared three farmers until they fainted, and the Invisible Beast who sneaked into other people's houses to steal drinks … Newt's animal army could be described as notorious in the Ministry of Magic, especially the Memory Erasing Department.
The arrival of Newt's animal friends directly doubled the work of the memory-erasing department, because they couldn't let the Muggles who kept saying 'A long-nosed rat stole my watch and smiled at me proudly' spread the existence of magic everywhere.
Under the strong request of the Memory Erasing Department, the Ministry of Magic sent out professional members from the Maintenance Department to conduct an annual inspection on Newt's magic box to ensure that it could be closed perfectly and reduce the number of times the animals escaped.
It was difficult because Newt's animal friends had learned a lot and improved a lot in the process of fighting with the box. They were now able to commit crimes in groups, no, in teams.
Recently, the escape of a poisonous horned beast made the Ministry of Magic's annual inspection on the box become a monthly inspection. The members of the Maintenance Department took advantage of this and got a raise in their salary.
"Dong dong …" There was a knock on the door.
The young man who was carrying the cardboard box was knocking on the door of a two-story wooden house. The wooden house stood alone on a small hill. It looked old and shabby as if it had been abandoned for a long time.
However, one could not judge a book by its cover.
"I'm here!" A gentle female voice was heard.
It was a book by its cover. The young man cleared his throat and tidied his clothes.
"Click." The door opened. A capable woman in a checkered shirt and brown breeches stood at the door.
She looked like she was in her fifties but she was actually 88 years old … Oh!
Stop!
Please ignore this paragraph. It's very rude to discuss a woman's age!
If this battle-hardened retired female Auror knew that you were talking about her behind her back, you wouldn't be able to eat the 'delicious' poisonous horned beast saliva bread anymore!
However, this might be a good thing.
"Adams!"
The woman smiled widely and patted Adams' shoulder. "I haven't seen you for a long time. The last time I saw you was a month ago. You and Newt were playing with the poisonous horned beast's horn and almost blew up the house!"
"I have to keep those dangerous things away this time." The female Auror blinked her eyes.
"Heh …" Adams smiled awkwardly but politely. "Good afternoon, Madam Tina. Erm … I'm here to look for my teacher …"
Tina looked at the box in Adams' hand and stepped aside to let him enter the house. "Of course you're here to look for him. Otherwise, why are you here?
Are you trying to make an agreement with Sniff so that it won't run around in the neighbor's house? "
Tina paused for a second. "That's what Newt did yesterday. Unfortunately, Sniff doesn't listen to him. They're in their rebellious stage recently … Just like my disobedient grandson."
Adams raised his eyebrows. If he remembered correctly, Tina's grandson was only eight or nine years old. He was far from being rebellious.
"Maybe it's a characteristic of the Scamander family. They're always in their rebellious stage." Tina touched her face. "Alright, I won't let you listen to this old woman's nagging. Go and see your favorite Motley Mouse. It has a baby recently …"
Tina took out a thumb-sized milk bottle from the shelf and passed it to Adams. "You have to bring a little gift when visiting a pregnant woman."
"Yes, of course." Adams freed his hand to take the bottle.
"Newt is at the same place." Tina added. "Oh, by the way, remind him not to freeze the Fire Ash Snake's egg in the fridge. Otherwise, it'll be his favorite egg for breakfast tomorrow."