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"I told him." Kyle spread his hands, "but he was too excited to listen."
"never mind……"
Tina waved her hand, and Newt naturally opened the box and put it on the ground.
"Come with me, I'll show you around first." She said to Dobby, "This job may not be what you think. You can decide whether to stay after you have seen it."
Tina stepped into the box.
Dobby didn't care at first and even felt that he was being looked down upon.
It's just taking care of magical animals. It's very experienced in this. And what can such a big box hold? At most, it can hold cats and dogs.
The crup dog of its previous owner would bite it every time, but it was still able to successfully complete a series of tasks such as feeding, bathing, and combing its hair.
Dobby didn't think there was any animal more vicious than that crup.
These two people are so kind and respectful, the animals they raise must be very docile...
"Oh!"
As she was thinking about it, Dobby followed Tina into the box.
In less than a second, it was so frightened that it jumped up, then fell heavily to the ground, and its two short legs tumbled around before it rolled and crawled into the corner.
It was that horrible feeling I had at the door before...it was even stronger this time!
Looking at the countless magical animals around him, Dobby felt a black screen in front of his eyes and almost fainted.
Especially the six-legged cat on the cliff not far away... no, it is much bigger than a cat.
Whatever it was, being stared at by those azure eyes made Dobby feel like a turkey about to be put into the oven, with no secrets left to hide.
Now, it seems that it doesn't want to be the best house-elf so much.
"Just like what you see."
Tina said: "Your job is to act as Newt's assistant and take care of these magical animals, and this is just a small part.
How about it, do you agree?"
Dobby's ears moved. What did he hear just now?
Not a servant, but a wizard's assistant?
Dobby got up from the ground, his legs no longer shaking.
"Dear Madam, Dobby is willing to be your assistant."
"You have to think it over carefully." Tina glanced at it.
"This is only a small part. There are fire dragons, leopards, and horse-shaped water monsters in the distance..."
Hearing the word fire dragon, Dobby shuddered subconsciously, but still stood there forcefully.
"Dobby can, Dobby is not afraid of dragons!"
Tina smiled.
In fact, with Newt here, there won't be any danger here, it's more like doing some odd jobs.
Back then, Jacob, a man who didn't know magic, could come and go freely here, let alone the house-elves.
Of course, the prerequisite is that it has to overcome its own psychological barrier. It is not okay to faint from fright after seeing a fire dragon.
"Then the next thing is salary."
Dobby's eyes lit up.
"How about twenty Galleons a week..." Tina thought for a moment and gave a number.
Dobby sat down on the ground again, he was frightened. It seemed that in his eyes, the number of twenty Galleons was more terrifying than the fire dragon.
"No, no, that's too much." Dobby shook his head repeatedly and insisted on only one Sickle per week.
This time it was Tina's turn to frown.
One Sickle per week as Scamander's assistant?
If other wizards knew this, they would think that the Scamander family couldn't afford to pay their assistants!
"One galleon is definitely not enough, at least ten galleons!"
Dobby, who had just climbed up, fell to the ground again. He was about to say something else, but found that Tina had a stern face.
Then the matter was settled, and Dobby didn't say another word.
Kyle silently gave a thumbs up beside him.
As expected of an Auror who had arrested the "Scourge of the Wizarding World" and trapped him for more than seventy years, Tina only needed a look to make the poor house-elf shut up and accept the weekly salary of ten Galleons.
But why does this sound so weird, as if Sickle is the biggest currency in the wizarding world.
Then there are other small issues.
For example, Tina only allows Dobby to work in the box, not outside the box.
Especially the machines for making cookies and bread in the kitchen, she refused to allow Dobby to get close to them, even for a step.
Dobby agreed... Of course, it couldn't refuse.
During the whole process, Newt just stood aside, without saying a word, just staring at Kyle quietly.
"Ahem... I'm doing this for your own good."
Kyle felt uncomfortable being looked at by him and said, "Nicolas Flamel has a house-elf butler named Tata, and Professor Dumbledore also has more than a hundred elves to help him make tea.
You are friends with them, so you have to get along with them.”
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(End of this chapter)
Chapter 336 Same Behavior, Different Results
Newt looked at Kyle and said nothing.
He was not opposed to having an extra assistant, he just didn't want to admit his age.
He's just an assistant. It's not like I haven't done that before. There's nothing to reject.
And if you think about it carefully, house-elves are actually easier to get along with. At least they have simple minds, work seriously and carefully, and almost never make mistakes.
When Tina and Dobby discussed their wages, Newt had already accepted this fact.
He looked at Kyle for another reason.
"Dumbledore delivered your box a week ago." Newt said with a complicated expression: "To be honest, I kind of regret giving it to you."
What a good year Kyle had when he first entered school. Although a dark wizard named Oren appeared, it was only an internal problem of the school. On the day the problem was solved, life returned to normal.
But everything changed when he gave the box to Kyle the following year.
Before the year was over, he saw a troll, a three-headed dog, and a Norwegian ridgeback in Kyle's box... He even helped take care of the troll and the dragon for a while.
That was also the first time that Newt intuitively felt how rich the species in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts were... There were even three-headed dogs that were rarely seen in Greece. Even he had only seen this creature twice.
Originally, Newt thought this was the limit.
After all, whether it is the Norwegian Ridgeback or the three-headed dog, they are all 5X-level magical beasts, and it is impossible to find species more dangerous than them in the Forbidden Forest.
As a result, Newt never expected that there was a secret room in Hogwarts Castle.
Kyle not only found the place, but also brought back the snake monster that had existed in it for more than a thousand years.
After seeing the letter Dumbledore wrote to him and the huge dark green monster in the box, Newt was numb.
A thousand-year-old basilisk...it's just too outrageous to even think about.
Facing Newt's strange look, Kyle scratched his hair a little embarrassedly, "It just happened. Mr. Salazar Slytherin insisted on giving it to me, and I couldn't refuse."
"Slytherin sent it to you?" Newt blinked in confusion. There was no such paragraph in the letter Dumbledore sent him.
"But I heard that the Chamber of Secrets is reserved for the heir of Slytherin."
"Maybe I am..." Kyle thought for a moment and said, "After all, my mother graduated from Slytherin."
"..."
Newt stared at Kyle in silence, as if it was the first day he met him.
Wow, you are really trying to force your relationship, right?
Feeling like the conversation was running out, Newt shook his head and took Kyle to a hill while Tina and Dobby were leaving the box.
"Dumbledore asked me to help the basilisk find a new home."
Newt waved his wand, and the plants at the bottom of the hill automatically moved to the sides, revealing a huge cave.
The basilisk was lying quietly inside, not moving at all.
"I know he doesn't want the basilisk to appear in the castle in any form again." Kyle stepped forward and touched the basilisk's scales. "It may have to stay with you for a while before I graduate."
"Even after you graduate."
Newt smiled and said, "I've never come into contact with a living basilisk before. This is a good chance. Are you sure it won't wake up?"
"No." Kyle shook his head. "If no one uses Parseltongue to summon it, it will sleep like this forever."
Newt took out his wand and tapped the basilisk lightly.
An orange ball of light flickered twice and quickly dissipated.
"It's amazing." Newt said with interest: "With such a huge body, the energy consumption after sleeping is less than that of the Bowtruckle... Is it the ability of the basilisk itself? Or is it because of Salazar Slytherin?"
"It should be because of Slytherin." Kyle said uncertainly: "He taught me how to put the basilisk to sleep."
"My thoughts are exactly the opposite of yours..."
Newt studied the basilisk's scales.
“Thirty years ago, when I was in the pyramid, I accidentally found a dead serpent monster. I remember there were eight fine lines on its scales.
And the one you brought has ten."
Newt stood up and began to pace on the spot, whispering: "These fine lines may represent their age, there will be one more every hundred years... If this is the case, then the basilisk should be eight hundred years old.