Mysterious Journey

Chapter 643: Preparations Before Departure

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There is no Apparition ban on the shores of Loch Lomond.

As Erina announced the end of the meeting, and with the tacit consent of Dumbledore and Grindelwald, the figures of wizards, goblins, and Hogwarts house-elves quickly turned into phantoms and disappeared into the small church.

Quietly waiting for the church to become empty again, Erina turned around and looked at the two old men behind her.

"Hogwarts Legal Department, Magical World Taxation Bureau, these are all the external adjustments for the coming year."

In the coming time, she did not intend to make too many social-level changes in the magical and non-magical worlds. The dividends brought by the collapse of the Soviet Union and the change of ownership of Gringotts were too rich, and she needed time to digest and precipitate these gains.

Just as she had always emphasized, the Heavenly Mandate Consortium and Gringotts should slightly retract their tentacles and remain dormant for a while.

Moreover, according to Erina's previous agreement with Dumbledore, in the coming year, she would focus more on the school and minimize her presence in the magical and non-magical worlds as much as possible.

"No problem, just leave these things to Kurt and the others – if that doesn't work, there's still me and Albus."

Grindelwald stood up, nodded with a smile, turned to look at Dumbledore, and a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.

"As for you, Erina, if I remember correctly, you're going to the British Quidditch national team for summer tryouts tomorrow, right? And you're staying at the home of a famous magizoologist in the magical world, right?"

Quidditch tryouts? Staying at the home of a famous magizoologist?

Erina blinked with some confusion, and then quickly recalled what Grindelwald had said.

Just shortly after the start of school last year, Dumbledore had promised that if the Hogwarts freshman team she formed won the Quidditch House Cup, then she and her teammates could have the opportunity to experience the formal Quidditch team during the summer.

Of course, except for the "Boy Who Lived," Harry needed to return to his uncle's house to refresh his blood protection magic.

And at the end of the semester, Dumbledore made another promise to the little wizards.

However, since she had been enjoying family time with "Grandpa" and "Dad" by the shores of Loch Lomond during this time, Erina had almost forgotten that she also had an arrangement to help the first generation Dark Lord persecute... um... retaliate... um... greet Mr. Newt Scamander, and incidentally fly around the Quidditch pitch symbolically twice.

After all, no matter what, Newt Scamander was already an old man in his nineties.

Upholding the good tradition of respecting the elderly, and the long-standing unity and friendship of Hufflepuff, Erina wasn't particularly keen on bullying this magizoology training master – moreover, from the perspective of the attributes of both sides, as a Veela, she might be restrained by Newt Scamander in some ways.

Unfortunately, Dumbledore had already arranged everything for her in advance.

Since learning that the magical creature section in "The Quibbler" was personally compiled and organized by Erina, a first-year little girl from Hufflepuff, Newt Scamander had been particularly interested in her.

After receiving Dumbledore's letter, Newt Scamander agreed almost without hesitation.

Therefore, although slightly uneasy, Erina still had to choose the arrangement of fate.

As for how to face that famous magical animal fanatic after arriving in Dorset in a few days, Erina's plan was to tentatively divide it into three stages, to see what the situation was.

The simplest approach would undoubtedly be to directly reveal her Veela bloodline. If she could disguise herself as a cute and harmless magical creature/wizard loli with a dual identity, then no matter what she said or did, it would most likely be forgiven, right?

As for the second plan, it would be to try to have some basic academic discussions with Newt Scamander from the perspective of a non-magical world natural science enthusiast, supplemented by the perspective of a magical agricultural reformer – as far as Erina knew, although Mr. Scamander had several non-magical world friends, his understanding of some biochemical knowledge in the non-magical world wasn't too deep.

In this world, as long as you are a member of the natural circle, you will inevitably participate in the energy cycle. The necessary relationship between prey and predator, as a senior zoologist, Newt Scamander naturally understands this even more.

Of course, if the first two plans failed, and she also discovered some necessary knowledge from Newt.

Then Erina didn't mind showing her strength a little bit. The identity of the third generation Dark Lord didn't have much deterrent power for the time being, but the identity of the "granddaughter" of the first generation Dark Lord Grindelwald was completely enough to shock Newt.

However, in Erina's previous simulations, with Newt Scamander's dazed goose personality, he might not be able to see through her layers of disguise, especially when she was also carrying Luna Lovegood and Hannah Abbott, two little cuties. With just an old wizard in his nineties, his gradually declining energy couldn't pay attention to too many details.

"Teeth, crab legs, crab shells of the Forbidden Forest Flobberworm... Let me think, besides that, there's also Mr. Horn sent by the unicorn before, the tail hair of the Thestral, Hagrid's hair, the giant's domestication experiment records..."

Erina ticked off her fingers, thoughtfully counting the greeting gifts she was going to bring.

There was no doubt that these first-hand research materials and information would be quite tempting to Newt Scamander.

More importantly, she also needed to use Newt Scamander's experience to find a way to solve the big snake that was still sealed deep in Hogwarts Castle before the start of school – killing the basilisk was not a difficult thing, but if she wanted to safely complete the capture without killing it, then the difficulty would be a bit high.

"Um... speaking of which, maybe I should update my equipment by the way?"

Thinking of the basilisk sleeping in the Slytherin Chamber of Secrets, Erina subconsciously touched the metal cross pendant hanging around her neck – since the Gryffindor sword crafted by goblin craftsmen nearly a thousand years ago could cause fatal damage to the basilisk, then there was no reason why goblins couldn't create some higher-level magical weapons more than a thousand years later.

Even if there was a forging process discontinuity phenomenon, there must still be a lot of good things stored in the underground warehouses of the bank.

Thinking about it carefully, as the goblin queen of Gringotts Wizarding Bank, she really needed some small weapons for self-protection.

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