Mysterious Journey

Chapter 677: Erina's Ambition

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A moment later, in Newt Scamander's living room.

The confrontation between the young Dark Lord and the elderly Magizoologist didn't last long. As a reclusive wizard who was never good at dealing with people, even after so many years, he was no match for the evil capitalist Lolita.

Newt's expertise lay in magical creatures, but in this situation, all his experience was meaningless.

Whether it was the terms of the contract, verbal sparring, the logic of capital, silent threats, or even the combination of various overt and covert schemes, after resisting for only a few minutes, he was caught in the web carefully woven by the Dark Lord.

At the dining table, which was temporarily serving as a signing desk, Newt's face was filled with melancholy.

Three or four employment contracts were stacked in front of him, each with at least several pages, densely filled with various clauses and rules, so that Newt Scamander had to read them word for word with extreme care.

Meanwhile, Elena sat obediently beside him, happily eating the shortbread baked by Mrs. Scamander.

Of course, besides that, the girl would also be ready to answer Newt's questions about the confusing parts of the contract.

After all, most people tend to hesitate when facing complex modern contracts for the first time. At this time, they often need the help of professionals... or rather, threats and inducements.

Newt rubbed his brow, put down the parchment in his hand, and turned to ask in a low voice.

"Um, this one is... the Magical Creature Association?"

"That's right."

"Doesn't that overlap with the previous 'Magical Creature Protection Association'?"

Elena nodded nonchalantly and replied with a smile, "Anyway, it's not like you're paying for it. Isn't double the happiness a good thing?"

"Miss Caslana, you know what I'm worried about. I don't want to get involved in too much trouble."

Newt Scamander sighed and said helplessly, "Since you plan to have me serve as the chief person in charge of these magical creature-related associations, shouldn't I understand these things clearly? Otherwise, I won't continue signing."

Even though they had only spent a few hours together, Newt already sensed the difference between Elena and other wizards.

Compared to Grindelwald, Dumbledore... and other contemporary wizards he knew, Elena's stubbornness and seriousness about rules were astonishing. Perhaps this was the unique quality that Dumbledore valued.

This child was a born guardian of world order.

In Newt Scamander's memory, this was exactly like the Sphinx, one of the guardian totems of ancient Egypt, intelligent and focused on order and rules. As long as you followed her rules, she would become extremely docile and friendly.

In fact, that was how Newt now viewed Elena - a Veela hybrid with a Sphinx living in her soul.

"Okay, if you insist on asking clearly, I can try to explain it once."

Elena shrugged as she looked at Newt, who had stopped writing with his quill, and replied seriously.

"The development of any industry must be based on clear industry standards and institutional norms. Only in this way can we ensure that it is a vital and formal 'industry,' rather than scattered and disorganized original 'behavior' imitation!"

"Regarding the work in the field of magical creatures, you have already made many great efforts, but you are only lacking in integrating them together, forming a sustainable industry that needs everyone to recognize, abide by, and change - business, academia, entertainment, politics, combat... these areas may have intersections, but they must never be lumped together."

Elena paused slightly, looked at Newt, who was frowning, and blinked.

"Um, so far, you should still be able to understand, right?"

"You go ahead. Even if I don't understand it for now, I should be able to figure it out slowly later."

Newt's face flashed with an embarrassed expression, and he helplessly twitched the corners of his mouth, answering frankly.

He didn't expect to be pitied by a child who had just turned eleven!

This child... was even scarier than Gellert Grindelwald. After all, he could still understand most of what Grindelwald said, but many of the theories this little girl talked about sounded a bit brain-wracking at first.

Fortunately, this little witch would spend most of her time at Hogwarts in the future.

Newt Scamander sympathized with Dumbledore a little, but the rest had not much to do with him. Now he just needed to understand what the child roughly wanted to do and take on his own responsibilities.

If he couldn't figure it out for the moment, he could think about it slowly later - as a wizard, the greatest convenience was that he could occasionally browse his memories and repeatedly ponder and understand the things he didn't understand for the time being.

"Well, okay, then I'll introduce them separately."

Elena was slightly stunned, then understood what Newt meant and continued, "First of all, in my understanding, I roughly divide magical creatures into three colors of affinity - green affinity, white affinity, and red affinity. And the classification basis is based on the closeness of their relationship with human society."

"Three affinities... colors? All affinities?" Newt asked curiously.

"Just as I said, I like all magical creatures - they can all be very beautiful."

Elena nodded quite seriously and lightly licked her lips.

"Green affinity means that this animal has a very close relationship with human society. This degree of connection may be all over every corner of our daily lives. Most of them have already formed a symbiotic relationship with human wizards, such as owls, toads, Kneazles, Bowtruckles, Puffskeins, goblins, house-elves..."

"Puffskeins, owls, house-elves? Um, I understand what you mean."

Newt repeated thoughtfully, his interest gradually rising, "So what are white and red?"

"White affinity, you can think of it as their lifestyle mostly parallels human society, without interfering with each other. The two sides may have intersections, but they only exist in the behavior between individuals, such as unicorns, centaurs, Thunderbird, Mooncalves... You should be familiar with magical creatures in this area."

"As for red..."

Elena narrowed her eyes and said in a deep voice without waiting for Newt to ask.

"If green is mutual promotion and white is non-interference, then red affinity means that we have both brought trouble to each other's existence. In non-magical mathematics, it's called - mutually exclusive."

"On the one hand, human activities may have a very bad impact on them, and on the other hand, they may affect people's daily lives in some ways, or both. And with the increasing development of human society, from the result, it seems to be trending towards the same direction... endangerment, and then silent extinction."

Elena raised her finger, glanced at Newt, who seemed to want to say something, and continued meaningfully.

"Don't misunderstand, Mr. Scamander. I don't hate them. From a personal perspective, I don't have any ill feelings towards all magical creatures, because half of my blood is Veela blood. But our stubborn and rigid way of thinking in dealing with some magical creatures does bring trouble to each other."

"For example, the almost extinct Acromantula colony, the Manticore expelled as pests, the Golden Snidgets on the verge of extinction, the dragons imprisoned in reserves, and the increasingly rare Chameleons..."

Elena tapped her fingers on the stack of parchment agreements on the table.

"Whether green, white, or red, these magical creatures should all have equal rights to live in the world."

"I will not favor a certain creature just because it is on the verge of extinction, nor will I ignore my own position because a certain creature is seen as a partner by some people... Of course, I will not sit idly by when pure malice and waste of resources occur."

"That's why I drafted the creation of different organizations according to different directional goals."

"The [Magical Creature Protection Association] focuses on the social level, focusing on the protection of magical creatures, preventing cruel treatment of magical creatures, and alleviating the suffering of magical creatures in every corner of the world. As much as possible to ensure that the principle of magical creature welfare is understood and respected worldwide, and is guaranteed by certain laws."

"The [Magical Creature Association] focuses on the academic research level, which is the systematic integration of what you have been doing before, researching and exploring the knowledge of magical creatures, allowing people to better understand other species in the world, and at the same time trying to provide other organizations in the field with a scientific and clear knowledge theory foundation."

"The [Magical Creature Product Safety Supervision Association] focuses on business..."

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