Overall, the gathering place of the Fire Dragon Sanctuary is pretty good, and it’s not as messy as Chris said.
At least Kyle didn't meet any strange people here.
It's just that those shop owners are so unethical. They always sell him those expensive and impractical products.
Fortunately, Charlie was with us. As a "local" who had lived here for two years, he was already familiar with every store.
Most of the shop owners sighed in disappointment when they saw him following them. They stopped trying to sell Kyle the products they were talking about as hot sellers and instead brought out the real good stuff from the corners.
All in all, Kyle had a fruitful trip and bought nearly three hundred Galleons worth of stuff.
By the end, Charlie felt a little scared every time he looked at him.
He knew Kyle was rich, but he didn't expect him to be so rich... He bought things by the box, especially those accessories, and he almost bought out all the stock in the store.
Even if there is a discount, you can't do this... More than 300 Galleons, spent without blinking an eye.
Charlie also tried to persuade Kyle to take it easy and that money should not be wasted like this.
But Kyle shook his head. "You don't understand, Charlie. This may not be enough."
If his box had not been borrowed by Newt to observe the Norwegian Ridgeback Norbert, and the space in the Transfiguration Lizard Skin Bag was limited, Kyle would have even wanted to buy another 200 Galleons of things to take back.
"Not enough?!" Charlie stared, "Do you have more than a hundred friends?"
"If you really want to count... it's more, not less." Kyle thought for a moment and said, "But I'm not giving it as a gift.
Many of my classmates at Hogwarts have never had the opportunity to come here, and they certainly have never seen such great specialties. It’s a rare opportunity to come here, so I bought it for them.”
"Huh?" Charlie didn't quite understand what he meant.
But Kyle didn't explain too much, Weasley was indeed not very smart in this area.
"Anyway..." He put away the pile of packages and looked up and said, "I may write to you later. When the time comes, I will have to trouble you to buy some more things for me and send them to Hogwarts."
"That's no problem." Charlie nodded and agreed without even thinking, "But it may not be that timely. You know, we only have two days of vacation a month at most."
“That doesn’t matter.”
Kyle smiled and said, "Besides, I will pay you according to the original price, and you can keep the discount from the store owner..."
“How can this be possible!”
Kyle was interrupted before he could finish.
Charlie seemed to feel that he was being looked down upon, and said unhappily: "No matter how much you want, I will help you get a good discount. I still have this face."
"No..." Kyle explained: "I mean, those are your rewards."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Charlie was even more unhappy. "It's just a small matter. You still want to talk about compensation? Who do you think I am?"
"That's not what I meant..."
The two argued all the way, but failed to reach a consensus until they returned to the nature reserve.
No matter what Kyle said, Charlie agreed to help buy things, but refused to ask for any compensation.
It's not that Charlie doesn't understand what Kyle means.
It's nothing more than taking the local specialties to Hogwarts and selling them to others for a little more money.
He understood the reason, but he just didn't want to take Kyle's money.
Besides, Charlie didn’t think Kyle could sell many…after all, he wasn’t the first person to do this.
There is such a shop in Diagon Alley, which specializes in selling specialties from famous places. The last time he went home, he saw Old John's handmade dragon tooth necklace in it.
But the business there... well, he had never seen more than two people inside... even at Christmas or before school started when there were the most people.
They can't even open a store in Diagon Alley, let alone in Hogwarts. Those students don't have much money.
Charlie firmly believed that the things he had bought before would be enough for Kyle to use for several years.
So once back at the reserve, he patted Kyle on the shoulder and walked away without looking back.
In response, Kyle could only smile helplessly.
Forget it, let’s talk about it when the time comes.
…
In the last few days of August, the people who had come to help began to leave the reserve one after another.
Kyle readily agreed.
"I'll send you a copy once I've compiled the information on the new species," Professor Lockneil said, before leaving via the portkey.
There is also Edward Lima, who also said before leaving that he would send Kyle a new edition of "The Monster Book of Monsters".
…
Because Chris still had to go through one more procedure to make the final handover with the Romanian Ministry of Magic, Kyle and Newt stayed here for another day to wait for him.
The Portkey's destination was set at the Ministry of Magic.
When they arrived here, a haggard-looking wizard hurried over.
"New arrivals need to register here and have their belongings checked...Oh, Chris, it's you."
"Arnold?" Chris looked at the man and asked in confusion, "When were you transferred to the Immigration Office?"
“It’s not a transfer.”
"I'm here to help," Arnold said.
"Help?" Chris looked around.
There were indeed a lot of people, and there was a long line in front of the registration office.
"Are you here to help maintain order?"
"There's nothing we can do about it..." He sighed and said, "You know. Because of Sirius Black's incident, the investigation here has been very strict recently, and there has been a shortage of manpower."
"Thank you for your hard work." Chris said and prepared to queue up.
"Oh...Chris, you don't need that."
Arnold grabbed him and said, "The portkey shows that you came back from the Romanian Ministry of Magic. You definitely can't be related to that guy, right?"
"Of course." Chris nodded. "There were at least a dozen people present at the time."
"That's why I said no." Arnold scribbled a few times on a notebook and muttered, "Besides, the Minister seems to have something important to discuss with you. I don't think he has the patience to wait for hours. I will be the one who suffers then."
"The Minister is looking for me?"
"Yes, he came here half an hour ago." Arnold raised his head and looked at Kyle and Newt.
Chris quickly said, "This is Mr. Newt Scamander and my son Kyle. We are here together."
"Oh, Mr. Scamander..." Arnold was a little surprised, but he did not stop his hands and continued to write something in the notebook.
"Okay, there are three of us, registration is complete!"
Soon, he closed the notebook and said, "Let's go quickly. Don't keep our minister waiting anxiously."
A few minutes later, Kyle was walking down the corridor of the Ministry of Magic, looking confused.
He was just thinking about how to set the box to Muggle mode, but he didn't expect it to be released so easily, and he didn't even need to go through the process?
"Arnold Peasgood, a memory canceler. We've worked together a few times before."
Chris explained: "Before we set off, Romania should have contacted the Ministry of Magic in advance. In this case, there is generally no need to register again."
Then the three of them turned a corner and came to the magnificent main hall of the Ministry of Magic.
Because of different itineraries, the three of them separated after arriving here.
Chris was going to take the elevator to find Fudge, while Kyle and Newt walked through the crowd and came to the two long fireplace corridors.
The Ministry of Magic, like Hogwarts, banned Apparition, so they decided to use Floo powder to get to the Leaky Cauldron first and then go back from there.
The main reason was that Kyle had to go to Diagon Alley, and Newt just wanted to find a place where he could Apparate, anywhere would do.
Because the Ministry of Magic has many visitors every day, even if there are more than a dozen fireplaces here, they are still not enough. People come out of them one after another, and the green flames inside will rise again as soon as they go out.
After waiting for a few minutes, a fireplace was finally temporarily vacant. Kyle walked over quickly and threw a handful of Floo powder into it.
Kyle walked into the fireplace, and as the scene in front of him changed, he soon came from the bustling Ministry of Magic to the equally bustling Leaky Cauldron.
Thanks to book friend Hai Ziyuan for the reward.
(End of this chapter)