Chapter 21: Exta Prison

As a reward for helping Karin smuggle, Rolf naturally moved into her home.

As the saying goes, the one who is close to the water gets the moon first. He certainly couldn't miss this good opportunity. In his spare time every day, he would find the girl to learn in depth...

Wand making.

This is an unfamiliar field that Rolf has never set foot in, and he is very interested.

However, wand learning is a complex and mysterious magical subject, no easier than subjects such as Transfiguration and Potions.

There are more than 60,000 kinds of wood alone. Although a large part of them are not suitable for making wands, the number that needs to be known is also amazing enough.

Rolf also showed a special ability to accelerate plant growth, which shocked and delighted Karin and Gregorovitch.

You know, the age of the wood seriously affects the power of the wand, and the boy can accelerate this process. He is simply a natural tree breeder.

So, Rolf would be forced by Karin to go to the grove to help her breed every day when he was free. The days of hard work and pressure made him exhausted.

All I can say is... pain and happiness.

Of course, while Rolf was studying intensively, he did not forget the task assigned to him by Dumbledore, which was to go to Exeter Prison.

Speaking of Exeter, it has a very long history. As early as the 15th century, it was established by the Teutonic Knights, a German crusaders organization.

Its purpose was to imprison pagans and wizards.

In the early 19th century, Napoleon disbanded the Teutonic Knights, and Exeter Prison became deserted.

But decades later, it was requisitioned by the German Ministry of Magic and turned into a prison for imprisoning wizards.

At this time, on a hillside, two figures appeared out of thin air.

After Rolf stood still, he looked into the distance and saw a low octagonal stone house. Although the vault was broken, it looked very solid.

"That's the Eksta Prison." Karin, who was standing next to the boy, whispered:

"All the prisoners here are sentenced to death. No visit is allowed without documents. Rolf, are you sure you want to go in?"

Rolf hummed and said, "Karin, stay here and wait for me to come out."

"No, I'll go in with you." Karin insisted, "If something happens to you, there will be a helper."

"I'm not here to rob the prison." Rolf laughed dumbly and said, "What else can happen?"

Despite saying so, he still took the girl and walked towards the top of the mountain. Soon he came to a door, pushed the door and walked in, entering a dark room.

A flickering candle strangely reflected a jailer. The man heard the footsteps and raised his head in time.

Rolf looked in the candlelight and found that the jailer was short, with a mouth full of brown rotten teeth and a pair of small dark eyes.

He was also fiddling with a magical creature in his hand. It was only the size of a fingernail and looked like a crab, but it had a scorpion-like dark green stinger on its tail.

Rolf recognized it as a young manticore.

The jailer showed his rotten teeth and said playfully, "Little darling, there are guests."

The manticore raised a pair of small pincers and hissed at Rolf and Karin.

Rolf took a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to the man, saying,

"Mr. Monet, I want to visit the prison... This is a document signed by the International Confederation of Wizards."

Monet took the paper, glanced at it, saw Dumbledore's signature and the seal of the president of the International Confederation of Wizards, and crumpled the document into a ball and threw it away.

Behind the man was a wall made up of many small grids. A magic seal suddenly jumped over. It opened its mouth, bit the paper ball, and chewed it with its jagged teeth, making a crunching sound.

Monet picked up the candle again and looked at the boy carefully. The candle flame flickered and the shadows moved around him. The room seemed darker and colder.

"You are... Rolf Scamander?"

"Do you know me?" Rolf narrowed his eyes.

"I saw you in the newspaper this morning." Monet grinned. He waved his wand and a newspaper covered with oil stains flew out of the trash can. The first page was Rolf's photo.

Recently, German newspapers have been scrambling to report Rolf.

When he arrived in Germany, the Minister of Magic temporarily cleared the scene and received him in person. Many people were curious about his identity.

Rolf may not be well-known internationally, but he is very famous in the UK. Reporters can easily investigate his identity.

After the seal ate the document, it burped and opened its mouth towards Monet with an unsatisfied look.

The seal can identify the authenticity of the document. It is confirmed to be authentic when it looks like this.

Monet stood up stiffly and began to pick up a machine, sweeping it over Rolf and Karin.

"Mr. Scamander, your box and wand must be placed here."

Rolf said calmly: "Of course."

He placed the wand and box on the table, and Karin also took out a wand.

"Not enough." Monet stared at the girl and grinned: "You still have a wand in your sleeve."

The girl pouted and reluctantly took out the two wands hidden in her sleeve.

Monet bent down and reached into a small bucket. There were many larvae squirming in the bucket. With a disgusting sound, he picked out two larvae and shook them in his hand. The larvae trembled and turned into fireflies.

He put the insects into a small tin lantern. The fireflies flapped their wings and the lantern emitted a faint, trembling light.

"Take these two lights and don't turn them off."

Rolf and Karin each took the lanterns and walked towards a door, illuminating the dark road.

Karin knocked on the lantern and asked doubtfully: "Rolph, what is this?"

"Huang Yuanying is used to deal with manticores." Luo Fu explained:

"At the bottom of this prison, there lives a manticore. It doesn't like the smell of Huang Yuanying. Carrying it in will ensure that it won't be attacked."

The young man reminded: "So you have to hold it tight, don't let the lantern fall and kill Huang Yuanying."

Karin nodded nervously.

Rolf Firefly was raised above his head, and with every step he took, the shadows on the wall would move with it, as if they were all turning to watch.

Karin asked in a low voice: "Rolph, who are you going to see?"

"I don't know who I want to see." Luo Fe shook his head.

The young man told the truth. His real purpose was a certain cell, not a specific prisoner.

After Grindelwald's defeat, more than half of the Wiccan Party was imprisoned here, including Grindelwald himself.

But not long after, Grindelwald was transferred to Nurmengard against Dumbledore's objections.

However, although the first-generation Dark Lord was detained here for a short time, he hid an item here... for nearly fifty years.

Rolf's mission is to come here to take away Grindelwald's things.

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