Chapter 32 Smuggling

A fire dragon fossil that had just been excavated was suddenly lost.

This incident caused a great sensation, especially since it was lost in public, which added a bit of legendary color to the incident.

The Romanian Fire Dragon Reserve naturally launched an investigation at the first time, but it was useless because this was not a tourist area and no wizard bought a ticket.

The dwarf accused the wizard of stealing it, while the reserve believed that the dwarf directed and acted it himself... The two sides started to argue about this.

Rolf and Shirley had already turned around and left, so they didn't see the fire dragon fossil disappear at the first time.

However, this matter has nothing to do with Rolf. He is not an Auror, let alone a famous detective, and has no interest in investigating the "missing dragon bone case".

Moreover,

Rolf's dragon trainer exam is about to begin.

And he hasn't reviewed for almost a month.

But it's not a big problem. Rolf is not panicked at all, and even took Shirley to go to the sea, but encountered Typhoon "Meihua".

Rolf has the magic of the silverfish "Word Devourer", which can eat the words in the books like the silverfish, and convert them into memories and store them in the brain.

The boy used to have a poor memory, but now it is better than Hermione. Pure memory exams are very simple for him.

On the day of the written test, in a large classroom, when Rolf entered, he received a lot of surprised looks.

He was only twelve years old, the youngest candidate, and the oldest candidate was already seventy years old, a difference of fifty-eight years!

After getting the test paper, Rolf first felt the feel of the paper, then he turned to the last page and started writing from the most difficult question.

This operation really shocked the invigilator.

The most difficult part is data analysis. The reserve will give some cases and ask the candidates to answer how to deal with them.

In addition to the refined wording, the key to this part is to have something to say. If you copy the content of the data completely, your score will definitely be very low.

And this part is Rolf's best part, after all, he is experienced.

So, everyone felt the scene of collapse. They did it from the front to the back, and the further they went, the slower they turned the pages. The boy did it from the back to the front, and the faster they turned the pages... At the end, the swish sound made them doubt their lives.

Rolf's written test score was undoubtedly the highest score.

The practical assessment was even simpler, requiring all contestants to go to the crater first, find a dragon crystal, and then rescue a lost fire dragon.

Rolf went to pick up dragon crystals more times than the galleons 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, and the youngest dragon trainer in the Romanian reserve.

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A week before school started, Rolf 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.

Lockhart's own books accounted for almost half of the book list. Other professors only required one textbook, but he asked the little wizard to buy seven!

Except for Lockhart's autobiography, all other books were filled.

This behavior is very similar to Rove's high school in his previous life. They were obviously science students, but the class teacher even gave them reference books for the liberal arts.

Ask... that the money will be refunded later!

As for this "money", no one contacted Rove until he graduated from college and asked him how to refund it.

Later, when Rove was at a class reunion, he heard that the class teacher was in prison because someone reported that his brother-in-law opened a bookstore and bought a lot of materials for students.

Lockhart also followed this routine. Anyway, he would make a fortune and leave. He didn't plan to cut the second batch of leeks.

But leeks are not so easy to cut. Rove felt it necessary to make Lockhart... bankrupt this semester.

After Shirley put away the letter, she asked curiously: "How do we go back to the UK? Take the Orient Express?"

"No." Rove shook his head firmly. He would never take the Orient Express in his life. "We use door keys."

"Didn't I hear you say last time that it is very troublesome to apply for door keys?" Shirley asked curiously.

"Yes, so we used illegal portkeys." Rolf grinned.

"..." Shirley propped up her chin and sighed softly.

She was not ready to break the law yet.

It came unexpectedly the first time?

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As a magical item, the portkey can teleport anyone who touches it to a designated location.

Compared with the Floo powder that relies on the fireplace, the portkey can be placed anywhere and can be any object... It is extremely convenient.

The most important thing is that the portkey can travel very long distances, while it is difficult to travel across continents and countries, such as 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 Portkey Office of the Department of Magical Transportation.

This kind of authorization is very troublesome for Scrimgeour to apply for, let alone ordinary wizards.

But where there is demand, there is a market, and various illegal portkeys have sprung up like mushrooms after rain, 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 thorough, so Aurors pretended to be "key dealers" and fished for law enforcement there. After the wizards used the portkeys, the destination 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 firewall-circumventing software?

Fortunately, Newt has traveled all over the country in recent years. After being blacklisted by many ministries of magic, he relied on illegal door keys to sneak into various countries.

He is familiar with the business and has experienced many battles!

Of course, Newt himself never makes illegal door keys, and he also told Rolf not to make them. In his words:

We Scamanders don't do illegal things!

In the morning,

Newt took Rolf and Shirley to the edge of a cliff. They waited for a few minutes before an old wizard appeared.

"Hey, Newt, long time no see." The old man hugged Newt.

"How is business recently?" Newt asked.

"It's not good. The fire dragon fossil was lost, and the crackdown suddenly became stronger." The old man complained:

"My sons are unwilling to take over my job. We can't let the craft of making door keys be lost like this."

The two chatted and had a fierce argument about the price. When Newt bargained, he was not autistic, and his mouth suddenly became very sharp.

However, economists are unlikely to sell more vegetables than small vendors, and magical zoologists cannot take advantage of key vendors... This is the specialization of skills.

After a wave of tug-of-war, the old man took out a large iron bucket and asked Rolf and Shirley to grab it.

Newt did not hold the iron bucket. He did not go to the UK, but to the United States to see Tina and visit his son and daughter-in-law.

"Goodbye, Grandpa."

"Goodbye, Mr. Scamander."

Rolf and Shirley were dragged away by the door key as soon as they finished speaking, disappearing without a trace.

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