Chapter 336 Same Behavior, Different Results

Newt looked at Kyle and said nothing.

He doesn't object to having an assistant, but he just doesn't want to obey the old man.

He's just an assistant, but it's not like he's never been there before, so there's nothing to exclude.

And if you think about it carefully, house elves are actually easier to get along with. At least they are very simple-minded, they are also serious and careful in their work, and they almost never make mistakes.

When Tina and Dobby discussed wages, Newt had already accepted this fact.

He looked at Kyle for another reason.

"Dumbledore sent your box a week ago." Newt said with a complex expression: "To be honest, I kind of regret giving it to you."

It was such a good year when Kyle first entered school. Although the dark wizard Oren appeared, it could only be said to be an internal problem within the school. On the day the matter was resolved, life returned to peace.

But everything changed after he gave the box to Kyle the next year.

Before that 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 trolls and dragons for a while.

That was also the first time Newt intuitively felt how rich the species were in the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts... There were even three-headed dogs that were rare in Greece. Even he had only seen this kind of creature. Just passed it twice.

Originally, Newt thought this was the limit.

After all, both the Norwegian Ridgeback and the three-headed dog are magical animals of the 5X level. It is impossible to find more dangerous species than them in the Forbidden Forest.

As a result, Newt never imagined that there was a secret room in Hogwarts Castle.

Kyle not only found the place, but also brought back the basilisk that had existed for more than a thousand years.

After seeing the letter Dumbledore wrote to him and the huge dark green monster in the box, the Newts became numb.

A thousand-year-old basilisk...it's really outrageous to think about.

Facing Newt's strange look, Kyle scratched his hair in embarrassment, "It's just a coincidence that Mr. Salazar Slytherin insists on giving it to me, so I can't refuse."

"Slytherin gave it to you?" Newt blinked in confusion. This paragraph was not included in Dumbledore's letter to him.

"But how did I hear that the secret room 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 silently, as if it was the first day he met him.

Good guy, it’s really just a matter of hard work, right?

Feeling a little tired of talking, 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 both sides, revealing a huge cave.

The basilisk was lying quietly inside, motionless.

"I know that he doesn't want the basilisk to appear in the castle in any form again." Kyle stepped forward and touched the scales of the basilisk. "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, so this is a good opportunity. Are you sure it won't wake up?"

"No." Kyle shook his head, "If no one summons it in Parseltongue, it can sleep like this forever."

Newt took out his wand and tapped the basilisk lightly.

An orange light group jumped twice and quickly dissipated.

"It's amazing." Newt said with great interest: "Such a huge body consumes less energy after sleeping than a 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 carefully.

"Thirty years ago, when I was in the pyramid, I accidentally discovered a dead basilisk. I remember that there were eight fine lines on its scales.

And this one you brought has ten paths. "

Newt stood up and started pacing on the spot, while whispering: "These fine lines may represent their age. There will be one more every hundred years... If this is the case, then the original basilisk should be eight hundred Year.

It had no help from Salazar Slytherin, but it still lived that long. "

After turning around a few times, Newt took out a bottle of unknown potion and poured it on the basilisk.

The gray potion was sticky and quickly began to condense, turning into a thin substance that looked like snake slough.

Newt pulled it off, and Kyle noticed that the fine lines of the basilisk's scales were clearly imprinted on it.

Afterwards, the two left the cave, and the surrounding plants gathered again, covering the entrance of the cave.

"Originally, I was planning to release a new version of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" next year, but now it seems that this time should be much earlier."

"Oh, by the way, I'll give this back to you."

After hesitating for a while, Newt took out a box and handed it over.

It was Kyle's box sent by Dumbledore. Newt had kept it here since he removed the basilisk inside, and now it was time to return it to him.

Although this box has brought him two surprises in a row... or frightened him, he thinks it won't be like this in the future.

There won't be another Gryffindor Chamber of Secrets in Hogwarts.

After all, there are only a few magical animals that can live for hundreds or thousands of years, and there are no lion-shaped ones among them... Of course, there are no eagles or badgers.

And after experiencing the basilisk, Newt's acceptance ability has improved a lot. Even if Kyle brings back another 5X magical animal... such as a five-legged monster or an eight-eyed giant spider, he won't be too surprised.

Even if it's an Obscurus... Well, forget about it.

"I've fed Norbert for you."

"And I dare say Dumbledore has never opened it to see it."

Kyle nodded, that's for sure.

Dumbledore is now focused on other things, so how can he have time to take care of the box.

In the past month, he only showed up at the year-end banquet a week ago, and he was almost never in school at other times.

Looking at Kyle who took the box, Newt's expression was a little complicated.

Back then, he and his friends were expelled for raising martens in the castle.

Look at Kyle, raising trolls, dragons, basilisks... Any of them is much more dangerous than martens, right?

In the end, not only was he not expelled, but he became the first outstanding student to receive the Hogwarts Special Contribution Award for three consecutive years.

The contrast is too great.

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