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The New Era?
Is this the bet that Professor Dumbledore placed, and the worry he harbored?
A newborn power different from the old era, younger, bolder, and even more terrifying...
Newt pondered for a few seconds, then looked up slowly at Erina. "But, Miss Kaslana, what is the cost?"
"All of this..."
Erina smiled and stood up, lightly twirling in Newt Scamander's living room with her arms outstretched.
"Your peaceful retirement, your extensive knowledge, your decades of experience... If you are truly willing to try once again to bring the field of Magical Creature Studies back on track, then you will be quite busy next."
"What else? What will happen to the magical animal world and human society?"
Newt Scamander said softly, unmoved.
As an old wizard who is almost a hundred years old now, he has long passed the impetuous and naive age. He will neither be surprised by Erina's sharp edge, nor will he be simply excited to protect magical creatures.
"If it's just standardized breeding, it doesn't seem much different to me..."
"It's just a competition for resources between powerful people. Moreover, establishing a legalized dragon ranch is not entirely a good thing. Unless the breeding cost is far lower than now, and the value of various materials in the entire magical world suddenly drops, the quantity of 'magical animal materials' on the market may be far more than the actual output of 'legal' quantity."
"Besides..."
Newt paused, pressed his finger on the back of the gold coin, and pushed it towards Erina along the coffee table.
"Under the current social situation, large-scale breeding of magical creatures will undoubtedly greatly increase the risk of Muggles discovering the magical world. Just this point will nip many of your ideas in the bud—this has nothing to do with money."
"Faced with the constraints of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, even if Professor Dumbledore, Gringotts Wizarding Bank, and even the entire Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry stand behind you, it is still far from enough. Neither Gellert Grindelwald forty-six years ago, nor Tom Riddle twenty-one years ago, dared to cross this bottom line. With the increasing development of the non-magical world, many wizards are increasingly aware of the gap between the two worlds."
However, apart from continuing to hide deeper, wizards have no better way to cope.
The magical world dares not gamble, nor is it willing to gamble—because no one can be sure whether the most tragic war in human history will break out if the magical world is completely exposed to the eyes of Muggles one day.
"Of course, this is indeed a factor restricting the large-scale animal husbandry development of the magical world."
Erina nodded lightly, her eyes flickered, and she put the Galleon on the table into her chest.
"But the problem is not too big. My plan is to proceed step by step. Compared to irresponsibly rushing to start large-scale artificial breeding of magical creatures, I prefer to first improve the legal standards and breeding standard procedures."
Speaking of this, Erina looked up at Newt.
"Regarding this aspect, Mr. Scamander, you should have a lot of experience, right?"
In the past few decades, Newt has worked in almost all positions in the Ministry of Magic that may involve magical creatures, and most of the current magical animal-related laws and regulations were mostly revised and drafted by him personally.
If she can get Newt's help, Erina will save a lot of effort in her subsequent work.
Regarding this point, the Hyperion a few months ago was a very successful case.
Since Arthur Weasley was invited to serve as the chief technology officer of the "Reverse Dismantling" project of the "Ulyanovsk", the promotion of the entire project has not encountered any obstacles, either from a legal level or from a technical perspective.
The British Ministry of Magic has not noticed anything unusual so far.
You know, as a law-abiding little witch, Erina has always attached great importance to legality and compliance.
As early as a few months ago, the application for Hogwarts to purchase "large ocean-going fishing boats" and "partially modify Muggle ships for secrecy purposes" was all approved through layers of approval. Whether from the perspective of the Ministry of Magic or the International Wizarding Association, it was an impeccable legal large-scale transportation tool procurement. And the influence that Newt Scamander may bring is obviously much greater than Arthur Weasley.
Of course, compared to Mr. Weasley, Newt's strategy method is also much more tortuous.
"Hmm... you mean the current magical animal laws in the magical world?"
Facing Erina's question, Newt Scamander nodded calmly.
"That's right. In the past, I did participate in the drafting and revision of many relevant regulations, but that was a long time ago—now I am just an ordinary old wizard, and the Ministry of Magic will not let me go back."
"The Ministry of Magic may not, but what can formulate rules in this world is not just the magical government."
As Erina spoke, she took out a thick stack of parchment from the "other-dimensional space wallet" in her chest, carefully spread it out on the small coffee table in front of her, and explained it to Newt Scamander one by one.
"As an institution that needs to maintain social stability, the energy of the Ministry of Magic is limited. From your constant setbacks over the years, you must have gradually understood this matter... The more extensive and loose this kind of functional institution is, the easier it is to breed bureaucracy, and the more difficult it is to promote the continuous progress of a certain matter... Unless you break free from the shackles."
"Miss Kaslana, I don't understand what you mean..."
Newt frowned and looked at Erina with some confusion.
He will not forget the other identity of the mixed-blood Veela in front of him, the granddaughter of the first Dark Lord.
Considering the waves that Gellert Grindelwald once stirred up in this world, even if Erina claims at this time that she is going to bring the Saints back and inherit the will of "g" to rule the entire magical world again, Newt will not be surprised at all.
In fact, Newt Scamander also asked this way, circling around is not his character.
"No one can get past the Ministry of Magic, unless... you are overthrowing the existing Ministry of Magic?"
"No, I just plan to establish a peaceful and friendly non-governmental organization."
Erina shook her head with a smile, and handed a drafted document to Newt.
"Perhaps you should have heard before that there is an organization called the World Animal Protection Association in the non-magical world. It was established about ten years ago, and the headquarters is located in London, England—and what I want to say is..."
"Gringotts Wizarding Bank provides financial support, and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is responsible for taking the lead... to establish a World Magical Animal Protection Association in the magical world, so as to concentrate on promoting wizards to protect magical animals?"
Newt glanced at the parchment in his hand and muttered the contents on it thoughtfully.
It has to be said that after copying the existing mature template of the World Animal Protection Association and modifying some of the clauses, the content listed on the parchment provided by Erina does look extremely detailed and exciting.
Looking at Newt Scamander, who was obviously interested, Erina waved her little fist excitedly in her heart.
Very good! The first goodwill gift was successful!
However, arousing Newt's curiosity and interest is only the first step, and the next step is the highlight.
"In my vision, the Magical Animal Protection Association will care about the well-being of every individual animal."
Erina nodded calmly and continued with a smile.
"Its belief is that the basic needs of all animals should be respected and protected, allowing animals to survive without unavoidable pain. And the first thing is to clearly divide the boundaries between wild animals and artificially raised animals."
"In fact, most of the early work of the association has been prepared."
"You should have noticed that these documents have been approved by the Ministry of Magic. You see, the procedures are almost at the last step, and the only vacancy is the position of the first person in charge of the association, that is, the president."
Looking at Newt Scamander, who looked hesitant, Erina lightly tapped the end of the parchment with her finger.
There, the signature of Cornelius Fudge, the current Minister of Magic, as well as the seals of various relevant departments of the Ministry of Magic, the signature of the International Wizarding Association's permit, and the signature of the Chief Magician of the Wizengamot (signed by the spouse), are all complete.
As the new Goblin Queen of Gringotts Wizarding Bank, a philanthropist who generously makes up for the losses suffered by wizards who have suffered economic fraud throughout the magical world, it is a very reasonable thing to propose to establish a foundation to protect magical animals.
After all, in a sense, goblins are also magical creatures.
And compared to those associations with strange names, at least the organization that Erina applied for this time sounds normal.
For Cornelius Fudge and a group of senior officials of the Ministry of Magic, the establishment of this association is actually related to the "Gobstone Wizard Chess Seminar", the "Far East Magic Siesta Society", the "Special Containment Procedures Foundation", the "Human Reason Continuity Guarantee Organization"...
There is not much difference between these organizations with fancy names and strange themes.
Anyway, most of them are insignificant informal folk associations. As long as they are willing to pay a certain amount of Galleons as a handling fee and are nominally under the overall management of the Ministry of Magic, Cornelius Fudge is still quite willing to do a favor.
Erina paused slightly, glanced at Newt, and a cute, devilish arc was raised at the corner of her mouth.
"Of course, it doesn't matter if you refuse. Then maybe only me, or my grandfather, can temporarily serve as the temporary president of the Magical Animal Protection Association for a period of time—"
"No need. I'll sign, if I really let the two of you become the president, I may never be able to sleep peacefully again."
Newt sighed, raised his hand to interrupt Erina, and carefully read the parchment in his hand.
"But I still reiterate one point, I will not actively help you to promote any magical animal domestication. On this point, I have my insistence. What I agree to is only this initiative to protect magical animals and the establishment of the association."
"Wait, wait, what are you still taking..."
Before Newt Scamander could finish speaking, he saw the silver-haired little witch smiled quite contentedly, and took out another thick stack of parchment contracts from her chest. Dimly, Newt seemed to see traces of a pile of Ministry of Magic stamps again.
The little witch raised her head, revealing an innocent and cute smile.
"Dear Mr. Scamander, please allow me to take a little more time to introduce you to a few other ordinary folk organizations that have also obtained formal document approval from the Ministry of Magic and are legally established. Don't worry, they are all folk wizard research organizations related to magical animals...".
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