Chris looked at the letter just delivered by the owl and Kyle who was waiting in front of him, and touched his chin thoughtfully.
"Do you agree with me going?" Kyle asked.
"If you want, there is no reason for us to stop you." Chris smiled, "In fact, I have also received an invitation."
He found a letter from the cabinet in the living room.
"I knew it..." Kyle said subconsciously.
On the way back, he wondered if Chris had also received an invitation.
As Scamander's student and Deputy Director of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures of the Ministry of Magic, Chris is quite famous in the magical creatures circle.
Especially after the incident two years ago, he and Newt returned the smuggled magical animals to their original places, which greatly increased their reputation.
It's no surprise that I was invited this time.
"So, I'm with you?"
"No, stay with Mr. Scamander. I might be a little late."
Chris shook his head. "Fudge seems to take this matter very seriously. He wants me to go to Romania on behalf of the Ministry of Magic.
So I have to start from the Ministry and complete a series of tedious handovers with the Romanian Ministry of Magic before I can go to the protection area."
"I can tell this is indeed Fudge's style."
Diana walked over and sat down next to Chris. "He probably thought this would enhance his prestige."
"Maybe." Chris took the hot chocolate she handed over and said nonchalantly, "Although he might not be happy about this, but in foreign ministries of magic, Mr. Barty Crouch's name is usually more useful."
Diana poured Kyle another cup of hot chocolate.
"I don't mind you going to Romania to broaden your horizons," she said, "but you still have to make some necessary preparations... your ring can still be used for a few more times."
"Twice." Kyle raised his hand.
He had Apparated once during the holidays last year to avoid an overly enthusiastic Norbert.
"Give it to me," said Diana. "It's better to be on the safe side, just in case."
"Okay." Kyle nodded and handed the ring to Diana.
"Can you Apparate in a protected area?"
"Yes." Chris explained, "The dragon protection area in Romania is very large. It is almost impossible to completely ban Apparition."
And there is no need for this. Dragon breeders have special methods that can monitor the magical reactions within the range. They only need to focus on the dragon eggs and baby dragons...
As for adult dragons, few people dare to take them, let alone steal them quietly."
Kyle thought about it and found that this was indeed the case.
For all this time, the Romanian Fire Dragon Reserve has never lost a fire dragon. Even the Australian egg white eye two years ago was obtained by Oren and his gang from somewhere else.
He also heard that the selection process for dragon breeders was very strict, and except for not requiring a certificate, other aspects were similar to the selection of Aurors.
I don’t know if it’s true.
After finishing the hot chocolate in the cup, Kyle went back to his room upstairs.
It was not known how long he would stay in Romania this time, but he had to finish the assignments and the paper for Transfiguration Today within a month.
The homework was easy, Kyle finished it in just a few days, very easily, but the professional paper was a different story.
There was a reason why Professor McGonagall gave him two months.
This kind of academic paper requires rigorous logic. Every time he puts forward a point of view, he needs to use a lot of theoretical basis to verify its feasibility from many aspects.
After that, he had to conduct several more experiments, record the entire process in detail, and study and analyze the final results.
…
Although the Most Promising Newcomer Award was for students currently enrolled at Hogwarts, and the requirements in these aspects were much more relaxed, Kyle still bought more than a dozen books on Transfiguration and spent nearly two weeks to finally finish writing the paper.
July was almost over when Kyle stepped outside again.
"Kyle, come and look at this!"
"Haha! I bet you won't believe this!"
Fred and George rushed over and thrust a copy of the Daily Prophet in front of Kyle.
"Congratulations to Arthur Weasley for winning the annual Daily Prophet Gold Galleon Award..."
There is also a photo below, where Mr. Weasley is standing with Barnabas Guffey, the editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet, both of them are smiling happily.
"How many Galleons..." Kyle asked.
"Seven hundred." Fred danced excitedly, "In previous years, it was five hundred, but they thought there were too few people, so they increased the prize money."
"We've participated before," George said, "but we only won the guessing prize."
"There are twelve Sickles in total..."
"Last time when we were competing for the new Minister of Magic, they all came back..."
It can be seen that Fred and George are really happy. This is the first time they have been so happy since the house-elf Dobby was taken away by Kyle.
Or rather, everyone in the Weasley family was happy.
When Kyle followed them to the Burrow, he even saw Percy. Normally, he would be in his room at this time and would not be here chatting with Ginny.
"Oh, I almost forgot something important..." Fred slapped his head when he returned to the Burrow.
"Kyle, Mom is going to use this money to visit Bill. You should come with us."
"Yes, dear." Mrs. Weasley also came over, "Seven hundred Galleons, this trip will be great."
"I can't wait any longer..." Ginny held her face in her hands. "Do you think Bill will take us to the pyramid?"
"Of course..."
Everyone was chattering and discussing.
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Weasley." Kyle sighed, "I'm going to the dragon sanctuary in Romania with Mr. Scamander in August, so I may not be able to travel with you."
"Romania?" Ginny asked in surprise. "Are you going to visit Charlie?"
Their older brother, Charlie Weasley, went to Romania to study dragons after graduation.
"You can put it that way." Kyle said with a smile, "I was planning to let him be my guide."
"Mom, why don't we go to Romania too?" George suddenly said, "I've never seen a dragon before."
His statement was also agreed by everyone.
It doesn't matter where they go, because whether it's a fire dragon or a pyramid, they are all curious.
"If you want to see the dragon, we can go next year, but this year we should go visit Bill as planned."
At this time, Mr. Weasley came down from upstairs. "Something big is going to happen in Romania recently. The Fire Dragon Sanctuary is no longer open to the public. We won't be able to see Charlie even if we go there."
"But why can Kyle..."
"Oh?" Mr. Weasley was not surprised and asked naturally, "Are you going with your father or Mr. Scamander?"
"Mr. Scamander," Kyle said with a smile.
"I think so...those people will definitely invite him."
Fred became even more curious, and he looked at Kyle and Mr. Weasley with disapproval.
"Please, can someone explain to us why Kyle can see Charlie but we can't..."
"Also, what's going on in Romania? Can we really not change our schedule?"
(End of this chapter)