The north shore of the English Channel, Dorset.

"Chi?"

"Be patient, Valen. It's almost there."

Felix and Valen lay on a thick layer of dead leaves, each holding a telescope in their hands, looking into the distance. Surrounded by a dense forest, a nest woven with vines was hidden about sixty or seventy feet away from them.

The bird's nest was very delicate, and it was also filled with fallen leaves. Six or seven silver eggs that looked like handicrafts were squeezed together.

This is Newt Scamander's home, or more precisely, part of the basement. Felix and Valen have been here for almost a week. They have been staying here most of the time, experiencing all kinds of wonderful adventures without leaving the house. Last night they were rowing in the swamp waters, and today they went to the woods to observe the hatching of birds and snakes.

Everything happened in Newt Scamander's magical basement.

This is a gathering place for magical animals that is not inferior to the Romanian Fire Dragon Sanctuary. Since Newt retired, he has gone out less often. The Ministry of Magic of many countries breathed a sigh of relief quietly... But the scale and variety of magical animals not only did not decrease, but became even larger. In addition to the ones Newt brought back himself, his son, grandson, as well as the Ministry of Magic staff, the Magical Animals Association, the reserve... and foreign enthusiasts who came here to seek help and advice from him would also bring various magical animals.

Felix brought a full set of "Future World" company products as the rental fee for his strange journey. Newt was shocked at the time, but his wife liked these new things very much.

"When Rolf visited us, he gave us a chair, which is very comfortable to lie on." Tina Goldstein said to him.

...

"Da, da, da"

a crisp metal collision sounded in the forest, "It's about to break the shell!" Felix whispered to Valen, and the two raised their binoculars and carefully observed the bird's nest. At first, there was only one source of sound, but it was like a signal, and then all the bird snake eggs made the same sound.

"Chi?"

Valen poked Felix gently.

"Record button? The red one," Felix whispered, watching intently. A crack soon appeared on the surface of the silver eggshell, and then the eggshell began to twist and deform, as if there was a huge thing inside that was expanding. After a few attempts, it began to peck again, and the cracks continued to expand.

The "click-click" sounds came one after another, forming a symphony.

Finally, the first bird snake broke out of the shell.

Bird snakes are winged two-legged animals with snake bodies and beautiful feathers on their bodies. They are usually delicate and bright blue, but there are exceptions. The legs of the newly born bird snake are still very weak and can only be attached to the sides of the body. The movements are more like snakes. It swam in circles in the nest and looked at its brothers and sisters curiously.

They are still trying to break out of the shell.

"Did you record it?" Felix whispered.

His partner Valen beside him hummed happily, feeling happy. Perhaps the pictures it took now will become precious images released by the "Future World" company and will be seen by thousands of wizards.

"I recorded it, too. We can compare it when we get back... Let's get closer. The mother bird snake is not at home..."

"Chirp! (Because you lured her away with a bucket of worms!)"

"Ha, the mother bird snake needs to replenish nutrition, doesn't it? Let's come quietly and leave quietly."

"Chirp? (Will there be a transformation?)" Valen asked.

The bird snake has a special ability that can be regarded as special among magical animals. It can stretch and shrink at will. It can be large enough to fill all the space, and it can also shrink its body according to the available space.

"Are you talking about them, or me?" Felix pointed to the bird's nest in front of him and said, the telescope in his hand was about to penetrate the bird's nest. The little bird snake that hatched first was attracted by their voices and the shiny lens, and tilted its head to look at them curiously.

The little bird snake's eyes moved from Felix to Valen, staring at its long pink beak for a long time, and then sideways to examine its own appearance reflected on the surface of the silver eggshell. It seemed to finally confirm that the two guys in front of it were not its mother. The little guy immediately spread a pair of bright blue wings to protest to them.

The bird snake's body also swelled up.

"Wow!"

Valen watched this scene in shock. Sniff didn't have this ability. It slowly reached its hand behind it and waved at Felix. Felix grinned and stuffed a small glass bottle into it.

Valen stared at the little bird snake and shook his fist in front of it, revealing a beetle in his hand.

The little bird snake, which was still trying to swell itself, stopped and tilted its head to look at the food in Valen's hand. Its stomach made a sound. Although it didn't speak, its mouth got closer and closer...

The little bird snake quickly fell under the temptation of food.

With the first example, the other newly hatched bird snakes didn't have time to think about the complicated question of why "mothers don't look like them", and began to scramble for food. Felix and Valen took the opportunity to reach out and touch their beautiful feathers.

Especially Felix, his fingertips were touching, and a light magic was lingering, not to hurt, but to analyze...

The joy of feeding was short-lived. Not long after, Valen shook the empty glass bottle and held it up to Felix.

"No more?" Felix asked.

Valen turned the bottle upside down and shook it twice. It was completely empty.

"It should be enough. They are just born. It's best not to feed too much at once..." Felix was undecided.

At this time, a sound of "O�O�@�@" came from behind them.

Valen tilted his head and opened his mouth through the bottom of the glass bottle.

"Hmm" Felix also felt something was wrong. He turned around and saw the mother bird snake slowly raising her body from behind them. Her body continued to expand, and her huge, bird-like head pressed down on them.

"The bird snake will attack anyone who gets close to it, especially when it is protecting its eggs."

As this sentence flowed through Felix's mind, he had already pulled Valen and appeared twenty feet away. This distance was nothing to the mother bird snake. She could reach them by jumping forward. Fortunately, Felix had been there for a few days and was familiar with the place.

Therefore, the mother bird snake just surrounded the bird's nest and looked at them vigilantly.

As Felix and Valen retreated in compromise, the mother bird snake's body began to shrink little by little, and soon the nest it was protecting was exposed. The little bird snakes chirped and climbed onto their mother, flapping their wings unfamiliarly, looking at the "keeper" who was leaving.

"Let's go back too."

Felix said contentedly.

On the way back, they passed an empty tree hole. "Hi, Lightning." Felix greeted, and Valen waved at the tree hole. It was the home of an invisible beast. Then they passed a small open plain, walked across a long wooden bridge, and returned to their destination.

This place is adjacent to the exit and is also the most human-like place in the entire basement. There

were pots and jars and books everywhere. Felix thought he had returned to the Potions Professor's territory when he saw them suddenly, even though the contents of the bottles were completely different.

He never intended to introduce the two people to each other.

It was destined to be an unfriendly meeting.