Chapter 708 A Different Conversation (a Chapter of 10,000 Words!)

Over the next three weeks, Newt suddenly became the busiest person in the family.

Whenever he has time, he will take his hat and cash and go to various cities in Russia and Ukraine to visit his old friends. Many times it will be late at night before the old wizard will get out of the fireplace with a tired face. come out.

There are no pleasant reunions of old friends.

Most of the time, what Newt experienced was just one sad memorial journey after another.

During the First Wizarding War, the magical world of the former Soviet Union could be said to have suffered the most heavy losses in magical civilization. As the last position to resist Gellert Grindelwald's attack, the Kodos Doriz Magic School was almost razed to the ground. Flat ground.

Tens of thousands of wizards died in the war that lasted for more than two decades, and there were serious faults in the magic inheritance.

Rising from the ashes and regaining its past glory is not an easy task.

Especially when this process is often interspersed with natural and man-made disasters, it becomes even more difficult.

If the decades-long "Dark Shadow" of Voldemort brought the British wizarding world to a standstill for nearly two decades, then the loud noise that occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant six years ago almost extinguished the wizarding world of the former Soviet Union. The last spark of fire.

Perhaps the death toll was not that high, but almost all the old wizards who had experienced the Wizarding War fell on that land.

Just like the cause of death recorded on Ivanovich's tombstone, it was a high-risk curse, or nuclear radiation.

The wizarding world defines this situation as "Wizard's Tragedy", and the radiation area is marked as "Wizard's Restricted Area".

In the face of high-intensity radiation, wizards are no stronger than Muggles - especially when cancer cells appear. Conventional healing magic will not only fail to alleviate the condition, but will further accelerate the wizard's death.

In fact, even if healing magic is not used, the magic in the wizard's body will spontaneously perform similar "self-healing".

High-intensity radiation is far more harmful to wizards than Muggles. This is a force that wizards cannot understand. It is also the most uneasy force for Ministry of Magic officials - the influence of Gellert Grindelwald still remains on the European continent. , many wizards still believe that this is a weapon specially developed by Muggles to deal with wizards.

Therefore, after the Chernobyl accident, the International Magical Association immediately issued a recommendation to evacuate the entire territory.

The vast majority of young wizards chose to leave the former Soviet Union, or set up layers of magical protection and physical barriers next to their homes to ensure that they would not be implicated in the stupid behavior of Muggles.

Only a very few, some stubborn old guys with special beliefs, chose to violate the Ministry of Magic's ban.

Of course, they were eventually jointly tried by the Wizengamot International Wizarding Tribunal—even though they had erased the memories of most of their fellow Soviet soldiers, they were still found guilty of blatant "violation of the law of secrecy."

Considering that most of these "stupid" wizards have been infected with "Wizard's Disaster".

In addition, most of these old wizards are "war heroes" who participated in the First Wizarding War and protected the "International Federation of Wizards Secrecy" from being destroyed by Gellert Grindelwald. The wizarding world has no choice. They were sent to the death chamber or a prison similar to Azkaban for processing, and there was no large-scale publicity for the trial.

During this process, all trials and sentencings were conducted in secret.

Therefore, except for a very small number of wizards, the news that most people in the wizarding world have received is nothing more than "Pripyat has become a restricted area for wizards" and "Several Grindelwald followers have been arrested for violating the law of secrecy." "...

Ivanovic is just one of them.

After collecting the wands of those stubborn old guys, the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic everywhere put them under house arrest in their respective homes, and then left them to fend for themselves - no one knows their achievements, but their All names have been recorded on the first-level danger list in the wizarding world, alongside Gellert Grindelwald and others.

On the other hand, most of the wizards who are willing to stay in this land are also fire bearers who support the inheritance of magical civilization in Russia, Ukraine and other places.

Their death and imprisonment can be said to be an extremely fatal blow to the magical civilization in this area.

Even in the eyes of many wizards who know the inside story, Ivanovich and others are still sacrificing the interests of wizards to help Muggles, especially those who are trying to play with the dangerous power of "Wizard's Sorrow". of Muggles.

However……

"...Ivanovich betrayed the magical world! I will never forgive him!"

"My grandpa is not a bad person! He is not the kind of person you say!"

In the past few weeks, the middle-aged wizard's indignant voice and the little girl's childish and stubborn retorts would appear in Newt Scamander's ears from time to time, which made him look... A lot more haggard than before.

What's worse is that this situation is just a microcosm of more than two hundred "criminal" families...

However, no matter how Tina asked, Newt never told the reason.

To be more precise, as soon as Tina started asking what happened in the past few days, the cold tombstones began to appear in Newt's mind. It worked, even if it made him look increasingly dazed, as Tina Scamander began to worry that her husband might have Alzheimer's.

Newt Scamander knew exactly what he was dealing with, and the implications of that answer.

This is not a small problem that can be solved by defeating one or two evil wizards or going to the Ministry of Magic to discuss it. Perhaps Elena's approach is gentler than that of Grindelwald, but the resistance they face is essentially are consistent.

If the Ministry of Magic has long been like a high wall between the non-magical world and the magical world, then Elena and Grindelwald seem to be people on both sides of the wall, with completely different purposes and philosophies that ultimately lead to... The same result, breaking down the high wall between the two worlds, is just that one is domination and the other is integration.

As time goes by, Newt's heart becomes more and more shaken and worried...

On the one hand, he is afraid that he will become the accomplice of the next Dark Lord, and on the other hand, he is worried that stories similar to Ivanovich will continue to repeat themselves. In fact, judging from the current situation in the non-magical world, people's lives are about to reach a point where It's the limit.

"One more time, another time...this world shouldn't become so difficult..."

Newt seemed to be trapped in some kind of obsession. He kept wandering around that land, looking for information about his old friends, hoping to find one or two pieces of evidence that could refute Elena, or something that he didn't even know about himself. hope.

Finally, the day has arrived.

Just during the day, Newt's visit to friends finally came to an end.

It is also a journey without meeting, but it is slightly different from before.

The Lotnikov family, who previously lived in the suburbs of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, was not affected by the disaster six years ago. On the contrary, their lives were better than before.

According to information Newt Scamander learned, the Lotnikovs had moved from Ukraine six years ago.

Lotnikov's last recorded appearance in the wizarding world was the appalling "Pripyat illegal gathering" involving hundreds of well-known wizards... However, he was a whistleblower and important The identity of the witness.

In short, after this, the Lotnikov family completely disappeared from the magical world of the former Soviet Union.

It is said that someone once saw Lotnikov in the countryside of Louisiana, USA. However, it seems that the family also changed their names when they moved, so the person was not sure whether it was Lotnikov who saw him. Husband's family.

But in any case, the Lotnikov family should be doing pretty well now.

After all, they had just received a very generous bonus from the International Federation of Wizards a few years ago, and it is said that they even had a Merlin Second Class Medal - this was for Lotnikov's protection of the "International Federation of Wizards Secrecy Law" award.

"Oh, Second Class Medal of Sir Merlin..."

Newt stood in the study, turned his head and glanced at his own Medal of Merlin, Second Class, which was placed on the bookshelf. It was awarded by the wizarding world in recognition of his "contribution to the study of magical animals and magical zoology." And awarded medals.

He didn't know why, but for the first time in his life, he felt that this medal looked a little dim.

Next to this shining golden medal, there are now a bunch of medals that look a little rough and worn.

Most of them are Patriotic War medals with a sickle and hammer pattern, most of which are medals from Ivanov and his comrades; there are also a small number of medals with a drop of blood and three curves printed on them. The Ernobyl Rescue Medal, these mostly come from the hands of the descendants of the old wizards who passed away.

Newt Scamander raised his hand and ran his index finger over the medals, a trace of hesitation flashing in his eyes.

Is it true that the non-magical world and the magical world cannot coexist under the sun?

If you want to gain something, does one have to make sacrifices?

Or……

"Newt! What are you doing standing still upstairs?"

Just then, Tina Scamander's roar came from the living room downstairs.

"The children are waiting for you at the dining table! If you don't come down, you won't eat at home for the next week. You'll go to Russia and Ukraine to eat with your old friends!"

Today is also the last weekend that Elena and others spend at Newt Scamander's house.

Tomorrow is the last day of August. After the girls go to say goodbye to the British Quidditch national team, they will start to pack their bags, then go back to their homes to hug their parents, and then they will set off to Hogwarts. The train is gone.

Tina Scamander prepared a rather sumptuous dinner for this purpose, with four or five types of fish alone.

In fact, a few days ago, Tina had already started to organize and collect the ingredients that Elena, Luna, Hannah and others wanted to eat, whether it was pickling in advance or seasoning. , fermentation is the same.

Because of this, Newt was able to muddle through in the past few days without being chained to the bed by Tina's continuous questioning.

However, judging from the increasingly warm expression on his wife's face these days, it is obvious that Tina's patience has reached its limit. After sending away the children, she may start to deal with him in turn - Newt has great experience in this regard. enriched.

As a former Auror, Tina Scamander has considerable magical knowledge in torture.

So if possible, it's best to resolve any issues while the children are around.

otherwise……

"I'll be down right away, don't be impatient, don't be impatient..."

Newt shuddered when he thought of the possible scenes that might happen next. He quickly closed the medal box and walked quickly downstairs.

On the desk behind him, in the address book that contains Newt Scamander's old friends in the wizarding world over the years, Lotnikov's name and address are slowly fading. , gradually disappeared on the parchment.

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The dinner on the last night was particularly sumptuous, with almost ten dishes in total.

Considering that she would be leaving tomorrow, it was rare for Elena not to comment on the slightly extravagant preparations. Anyway, the Scamander family had no shortage of small animals to mop up, and if that didn't work, there were still small braised animals that could grow in size at any time.

On the other hand, Elena also wanted to use this last time to demonstrate some daily dishes to Mrs. Scamander.

So by the time Newt came to the kitchen, the evening's cooking wasn't over yet.

"The honey bread has been baked, and today's side dishes are fried carrots, crab cakes, spicy vegetable crisps, kefir cheese... Well, let me think about it, there is still a side of fried portobello mushrooms. That’s pretty much it.”

Elena put on an apron and counted the dishes that had been cooked, while mentally calculating the remaining ingredients.

Unlike shiitake mushrooms, which are common in China, the British culinary community prefers portobello mushrooms, which are larger, flatter mushrooms and juicier in the choice of edible mushrooms. However, it is limited by the times and has not yet been introduced. The awakening British culinary world is still very rudimentary in the development of portobello mushrooms, often limited to the simplest frying and roasting.

“When preparing side dishes, thinly sliced ​​portobello mushrooms are hands down the best choice to compliment meaty entrees…”

Accompanied by the girl's voice, Tina Scamander moved her wand slightly, commanding the kitchen knife to cut the mushrooms into perfect semi-curved slices. After a month of getting along with her, she was able to do this delicate I am much more skilled in operation.

In the pan, the two tablespoons of butter and olive oil put in advance have melted under medium-high heat, exuding an alluring aroma of butter. The freshly sliced ​​mushrooms are jumping one by one under the command of magic. Put it into the pan, stir in the butter and olive oil and fry for a few minutes. Most of the butter and olive oil are absorbed into the thick mushrooms.

"Then, I'll leave the next steps to you?"

Elena glanced at the slightly shrunken mushroom slices, turned down the heat, used a spatula to carve out a small space in the middle of the pan, and then added the prepared butter, minced garlic, salt, and Pepper and thyme, while waiting for them to be mixed together, she turned her head to look at Mrs. Scamander standing beside her.

In fact, during the later part of this month, Elena will not choose to complete all the processes alone.

As a food lover, she can well understand the pain of tasting delicious dishes cooked by others, especially after witnessing the cooking process, only to find that she cannot cook the same delicious food in the same way.

After all, after they left, the kitchen still belonged to Ms. Tina Scamander.

"Don't worry, my dear...just leave it to me to take care of it."

Tina Scamander glanced at her husband who was coming down the stairs and signaled him not to come over and cause trouble for the time being. Then she turned her head and looked at Elena with a smile and nodded, answering confidently.

They have eaten the pan-fried portobello mushroom dish several times in the past few days, and Tina is not unfamiliar with this dish.

According to previous experience, at this time she only needs to continue stir-frying for about ten minutes, and a lot of fragrant mushroom juice will be released from the portobello mushrooms. Then she sprinkles in two spoons of flour and patiently stir-fries little by little. Collect the juice. When no obvious lumps of flour are visible, it is almost half done.

"...Don't forget to add beef stock and Worcestershire sauce this time!"

Elena shrugged and added something extra with a smile.

After getting along for more than a month, the relationship between the girls and Tina Scamander has become very familiar. Elena is very clear about the cooking skills of this seemingly capable Mrs. Scamander. degree of confusion.

Mixing up salt and sugar is just the most common situation.

Mrs. Scamander more often waited until the dishes were in the pot, or when the dishes were almost finished cooking, only to discover that one or two key steps were missing, and then began to use various strange magic to remedy the situation.

Although a lot of ingredients were wasted, Elena also learned a lot of novel cooking magic from Tina.

For example, after discovering that she accidentally added too much salt, she immediately used a transformation spell to clear out all the salt grains. If the purpose of this remedial effect was clear, it would even ensure that the amount of seasoning she cooked every time was accurate to within a milligram error.

I have to admit that compared to top chefs in the non-magical world, magic cooking may not increase the upper limit of dishes as much as imagined without using medicine, but as an auxiliary correction method, it can It greatly raises the minimum cooking limit for wizards in the kitchen, allowing most people to reach a level above the passing line.

After at least a month of Elena's "small cooking class", according to Elena's visual inspection, Mrs. Scamander's cooking level of daily British dishes is almost close to the level of chefs in most mid-level restaurants. .

"Of course, of course, I won't forget this time... Chef Kaslana's exclusive secret recipe."

Tina Scamander replied with a smile, tapping the wand in her hand deftly.

“Beef stock with a little bit of Worcestershire sauce is a cooking combination I hadn’t thought of before.”

The Worcester sauce bottle on the condiment table not far away flew over lightly and landed next to the pan she was responsible for. She was ready to add the sauce at any time so that it could be combined with the beef stock to thicken the sauce for the fried mushrooms. tasty.

Originating in Worcestershire, England, this condiment can be said to be one of the iconic British condiments.

Although Worcestershire sauce, which has a sweet and sour taste and a dark brown color, seems to be somewhat similar to the soy sauce commonly seen in the East at first glance, in fact, the two are quite different in terms of raw materials, uses, and taste.

Unlike the soy sauce used in today's Chinese cuisine, Worcestershire sauce is undoubtedly a much more complicated process.

If Elena remembers correctly, a standard Worcester sauce requires barley vinegar, white vinegar, molasses, sugar, salt, anchovies, tamarind, onions, garlic, celery, horseradish, ginger, pepper, garlic, Nearly 30 kinds of spices and seasonings such as fennel are heated and boiled, filtered and fermented before the finished product can be filled.

In fact, the longer Elena lived in the UK, the more she understood a truth.

Even the UK, known as a "food desert" and "Europe's dark culinary world", actually has many imaginative and thoughtful top-level condiments similar to Worcestershire sauce. What they lack is just a general. It’s just people who discovered all these wonderful things, just like soy sauce is not delicious, but it still holds up a large part of the sky for Chinese food.

At this point, the same is true in the magic world.

Elena glanced at Newt Scamander, who was standing outside the kitchen area with an awkward look on his face. He seemed to have something to say, but did not dare to approach because of his wife's authority. The corner of his mouth curled up with a smile. The arc of expectation.

On the last day, she finally waited until Newt took the initiative to speak.

The goblins at Gringotts Wizarding Bank have sent Newt's bills to her. During this month, Newt Scamander has withdrawn cash from Gringotts Wizarding Bank 2-3 times a week on average. And in most cases, gold galleons are converted into pounds, US dollars, and rubles. If you contact his recent movements, you can almost know what happened.

"Mr. Scamander, you're here just in time! Can you come over and help me here?"

Elena turned her head and gave Newt Scamander a sweet smile.

"Eh? Me?" Newt was slightly stunned and pointed to himself hesitantly.

Although he did have something he wanted to talk to Elena about, but...

In his keen intuition like a beast, he always felt that the little silver-haired mixed-blood Veela in front of him seemed to exude a sense of evil intentions, just like the hellish succubus in Muggle legends with wings spread and tail swaying.

But apart from himself, neither Mrs. Scamander nor the other two girls obviously felt this way.

Without giving Newt Scamander much time to hesitate, Elena spread her hands, pointed around the kitchen worktop, and then explained softly in a slightly distressed tone. .

"Well. You see, there is still a clam chowder and a frozen salmon that need to be cooked. If I am alone, I will inevitably make some mistakes. But don't worry, what you need to do is not complicated. It would be great if you could help me watch the fire a little bit and do some simple timing work."

"But I..." Newt Scamander glanced at his wife and pursed his lips.

"Newt! The kids are leaving tomorrow!"

Mrs. Scamander turned her back to Newt and was concentrating on her pot of fried portobello mushrooms. She let out a light hum and said calmly.

"Um, okay, okay...so what do I need to do?"

Newt sighed helplessly, walked up to Elena, and asked slightly warily.

In the past few days, Elena rarely invited him into the kitchen area. In Newt Scamander's impression, most of the time, he was with Hannah and Luna. We sat quietly at the dining table together, waiting for the meal to begin.

Therefore, no matter how you look at it, Elena's invitation seems full of weirdness.

While Newt was still hesitating, the white-haired dumpling seemed to be unable to wait any longer. He jumped over and took his hand towards the kitchen workbench. At the same time, he was like a general patrolling the territory. Introduce it.

"Oh, very simply, clam chowder is the best soup there is. The most important thing about this dish is that the rich flavor of the salted pork and the unique aroma and umami of the seafood complement each other to achieve perfection. The balance..."

From Tina Scamander's perspective, Elena began to talk about cooking excitedly again. This may be one of the few places where girls feel helpless, even if the other person is Newt, who knows nothing about cooking. This cute and serious little chef will still not miss such an essential link.

“I’m almost done with the soup preparation. I’ve laid the diced salted pork on the bottom of the pan, then the potatoes on top, sprinkled with herbs, diced onions, black pepper, and finally a layer of Layer full of clams, stew salmon stock, add water to cover all the ingredients, and then simmer for almost thirty minutes..."

but……

The above is just what Tina Scamander and a group of little witches heard.

As Elena's hand touched his palm, Newt felt as if he had passed through a thin layer of ripples - No! To be more precise, it should be that his whole body was shrouded in an extremely thin layer of invisible barriers.

In Newt Scamander's ears, this sound became much smaller.

It was blurry, as if it was background music coming from a far away place. What really sounded clear was another section. What became clear at the same time was Elena's playful little devil-like expression. .

"So you have finally made up your mind, Mr. Scamander?"

"Huh? What are you..."

Newt shook his head subconsciously and turned around to glance at his wife, who was a few steps away from him.

Not far away, Tina Scamander was still concentrating on cooking the pan-fried portobello mushrooms in the pot.

Due to the inhalation of a large amount of butter and olive oil in advance, the tender and juicy portobello mushrooms need to be stir-fried constantly during the subsequent cooking process. Otherwise, it is easy to cause only one side of the mushroom juice to be cooked out, and the other side The juice accumulates unevenly in the mushroom caps, resulting in a bad situation of half greasy and half bland when it is finally plated and eaten.

"Relax, Newt, don't be nervous. Unless they touch my skin, at least for half an hour, everything they see and hear is created by me using the 'Dual Reverse Transformation Magic' phantom--"

Elena smiled and said softly, spreading her arms and turning in a flexible circle.

"With me as the center, within a space of about one meter, it is completely within my control - all sounds and lights have been processed and isolated, and even the lip shapes have been simulated and recorded in advance. There will be any flaws.”

"Is this the extremely advanced illusion magic that you developed yourself?"

Newt looked thoughtfully at his surroundings and saw nothing out of place.

But judging from the reaction of his wife not far away, Tina obviously didn't notice what was happening here - unless Tina Scamander would cooperate with these little girls to make bad jokes.

There is no doubt that even Newt has raised his vigilance and predictions about Elena countless times in his mind.

But countless facts have proven that this little witch, who was personally trained by Gellert Grindelwald and Albus Dumbledore, has already reached a new realm of magical talent that he cannot understand.

only……

"Sorry, I don't understand. What's the point of doing this?"

Newt Scamander frowned, watching Elena fiddling with the workbench in front of her from time to time, while looking at him with an interested look, which made him feel as if he was the girl on the chopping board. salmon illusion.

"What I mean is... if you plan to chat with me alone, don't take the risk of chatting about something inappropriate at such an inappropriate time - maybe we should sit down after dinner Come down and have a discussion."

Looking at the work table filled with various ingredients, Newt suddenly felt a headache again.

Kitchen cooking is indeed his weakness, so he really doesn't understand why Elena insists on talking about serious things while eating or cooking, especially such serious and sad important things.

At least as far as Newt knew, the previous two Dark Lords probably didn't have such bad habits.

"The first thing I need to correct is that the most appropriate time to talk about things is while eating and cooking!"

Elena raised her finger and shook it slightly, then continued quite seriously.

"more importantly……"

"Only in this way, Mrs. Scamander will not become suspicious - if I am not wrong, you should not have confessed to your wife about your whereabouts these days, right? If you don't explain clearly tonight, I will wait until tomorrow , Hannah, and Luna leave from here, your situation will probably be quite dangerous."

"Eh? Danger? Why?" Newt was slightly stunned.

"Isn't this obvious... Oh, forget it, you just have to listen to me anyway."

Elena glanced at Newt Scamander, who was still a little confused, and shook her head helplessly.

What a hopeless guy. If it weren't for the fact that he had saved the world and was a powerful wizard himself, let alone getting married and having children, he might have been shot to death in a secluded alley before he reached middle age. Bar.

"Anyway, you still have a quarter of an hour..."

Elena pointed to the original clam and salted pork soup in front of her that had been stewed for thirty minutes.

While the two were talking, she had already added milk and soda cracker crumbs to it. It only needed to be simmered for about ten minutes, and then she added the melted butter and wheat flour in another pan and stir-fried it. A thick paste will be fine.

At the same time, a small and exquisite timer appeared on the workbench.

What the binary rewind transformation magic changes is just the optical phenomenon. Even if Elena's optimization can restrain the sound within a local range, it is essentially just a more advanced illusion magic.

On the other hand, she cannot maintain this level of "Elena time" for too long now.

After a quarter of an hour at most, she would need to remove the magic and restore everything to its original state.

"Therefore, if you have anything to say, I suggest you not hesitate for too long... In this quarter of an hour, if you have any questions, I will answer you truthfully - as a courtesy to you and your wife this month The rewards of caring.”

Elena glanced at Newt with her blue eyes, raised the corners of her mouth, and said meaningfully.

"But even if you miss this opportunity, I don't think it will have much impact on your life. It's just that I'm a little worried that the people who have invested their expectations in you... may not be able to wait too long."

"How do you know this?! Are you sending people to follow me?!"

Newt Scamander's pupils shrank violently, and a look of extreme shock appeared on his face.

"Tracking? Please don't get me wrong. I won't do something so boring and inefficient. Besides, I don't think I can monitor your whereabouts all the time without being discovered by you - it's just a simple method based on big data. Just analysis.”

Elena stirred the creamy paste in front of her, shrugged and explained nonchalantly.

"The principle is very simple. Every pound and gold coin flowing out of Gringotts will be recorded and numbered, and we can trace it back to all transactions before it leaves and enters Gringotts' business scope. Don't you think that there are The industry involved in Gringotts Wizarding Bank, which has a history of nearly a thousand years, is only the most basic currency custody business, right?"

"So... you have actually known about this for a long time, but you have been watching?!"

"On the sidelines? No, I have been selling them potatoes at a very reasonable market price. This is a once-in-a-lifetime market monopoly opportunity. In the past six months, Gringotts Wizarding Bank has recovered nearly 120 billion rubles. "

Elena shook her head slightly and said with a little pride.

"Why?!"

Newt Scamander frowned, his face looked a little ugly, and he subconsciously blurted out.

"Why do you do this? You are obviously already so rich..."

From his perspective, as the Goblin Queen of Gringotts Wizarding Bank, if Elena wants to save those people who are living in difficult situations, it is simply something that can be done easily. Twenty pounds can sustain a family for a whole week. s expenses.

What was even more difficult for him to accept was that at this time, there were still people trying to extract wealth from those poor people.

"So, do you think Gringotts Wizarding Bank should give them a monthly dole?"

Elena raised her head and glanced at Newt rather strangely, and raised her eyebrows.

"Mr. Scamander, the relief actions you have shown in the past month are extremely noble, but I think you should have gradually realized that that little pound is just a drop in the bucket for the entire world-"

"47 non-magical families and 29 magical families. This is your relief result this month."

"But the potatoes provided by Gringotts Wizarding Bank, Destiny Group and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the past six months have allowed 10.24 million people to survive the most difficult winter and spring. They only accept payment in rubles - of course, I think you are now Don’t understand.”

Elena explained calmly, without any trace of pride or pride on her face.

"By the way, by the way, even today, about one-tenth of the potatoes and bread in Ukraine and Russia are provided by Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and Professor Dumbledore's personal mobile farm space. "

From 1989 to 1990, this was a year of poor food harvests around the world.

What followed was a sharp rise in international food prices. At that time, the former Soviet Union had no money to buy food from the international market. In order to break through this dilemma, the only solution was to allow farms to sell food freely at market prices. Incentivize farmers to grow food through profits, thereby increasing food production as a whole.

However, the largest country in human history failed to see the light of day.

With the arrival of 1992, countries such as Ukraine and Russia, which had just welcomed freedom for less than a month, began to face a very serious problem - their food reserves were extremely short.

This is also one of the reasons why, although the sudden disintegration of the Soviet Union was somewhat unbelievable in the eyes of the world, neither the majority of the people of the former Soviet Union nor the rulers considered returning everything to the way it was before in the following years.

No one wants to maintain a government that leaves them hungry all the time.

Rather than remembering the glory of the past, more people first have to find ways to survive in this terrible world.

"I think... the fear of 'personal change' that you are worried about is because you and most people always have a strange idea that if you want to get something, you must sacrifice or give up something. But... "

Elena glanced at the silent Newt Scamander, took out her wand and gently poked the pan in front of her.

The batter that was stirred into a paste rose out of thin air and fell into the iron pot next to it that was about to finish cooking. It was quickly stirred into a thick and smooth soup. The aroma of seafood and bacon blended together beautifully, floating in the air. in the air.

"But human beings, especially us wizards, as a small group of people who possess wonderful powers, we are so powerful, smart, and creative. We can definitely find a way to break through this rule of equivalent exchange..."

"Isn't magic just like this? It's like a fairy tale power?"

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