Following the direction of the dragon's roar, Sean and Hermione walked carefully through the dense forest.

"So far-" Hermione gasped and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Sean handed over a handkerchief: "There is no way. The gathering of fire dragons will cause the fire dragons to roar at each other and stimulate their desire to attack. Maintaining this state for a long time is not good for the fire dragons themselves - McFace

The people of the Ti family will not interfere in the normal birth, old age, illness, death and territorial struggles between fire dragons, but if it is a man-made situation, they will definitely intervene."

Hermione took the handkerchief and wiped her forehead gently, and whispered: "Then the MacFasty family likes fire dragons? It sounds similar to Professor Scamander."

Sean spread his hands: "No, they are more like protecting the honor and creed of their family. They only care about their Hebridean Islands black dragon, and other fire dragons are not within their scope of concern - in fact, even the Hebridean Islands

The same goes for the archipelago black dragons, they don’t allow these black dragons to go to other habitats.”

"Maintaining the dignity and nature of the fire dragon within one's own control?" Hermione concluded.

"You can almost say that - many wizard families have this habit of maintaining the rules and creeds passed down from their ancestors, but what they maintain is only the rules themselves." Sean said.

If the MacFasty family really loves the Black Dragon of the Hebridean Islands, the other party may follow the Black Dragon's own opinions - but this is unlikely.

The other party kept the black dragon alone far away from the dragons. By the time Sean and Hermione found it, the moon was already high above their heads.

Putting on the invisibility cloak, the two quietly approached the open space.

In a specially made huge cage, two Hebridean Islands black dragons were half lying on the ground, and one of them was looking around from time to time.

"It seems to be waiting for you..." Hermione whispered.

"As promised - let me see..."

Sean looked over and saw eight people surrounding the cage. They were wearing black wizard robes and thick dragon skin cloaks, and they were whispering something.

Sean was very impressed by this outfit. The first-year McFasty family members were dressed like this when they came to pick up the little black dragon. There was also the McFasty family crest at the hem of the robe——

Surrounded by fire dragons, there is a letter M formed by a dragon's tail in the center.

Following the memory in his mind, Sean looked at the group of people, and then regretfully discovered that there did not seem to be the leader he had seen before. It seemed that he was not leading the group this time.

That uncle seems pretty easy to talk to, but it’s a pity...

Sean stood there and thought about it, while Hermione looked on. After a while, she couldn't help but ask: "Do you know these MacFasty people? Can they 'reach an agreement'?"

"I don't know each other. It's not good to show up rashly. Moreover, if we don't reach an agreement and the black dragon disappears later, they will still suspect me." Sean said.

"Discussed?" Hermione asked doubtfully.

"When I was in first grade, I met two people from the McFasty family," Sean explained. "I wanted to see if I could make some connections, and then, emm——"

Hermione was stunned for a moment, then looked at him with disbelief: "Aren't you ready?"

"Those who know me, Miss Granger, yes, I was originally planning to buy it directly with gold galleons." Sean spread his hands.

Hermione slapped her head: "That's a fire dragon! Are you going to buy two fire dragons?!"

"What's not allowed? The sale of live magical animals has always existed. Owls, toads, lizards, spiders - and the raw materials used in various magic props. These can all be bought and sold, but some are illegal and some are legal.

, is it strange that the transaction object is changed to a fire dragon?"

"But - will they sell it?" Hermione asked hesitantly.

"That's the problem. According to the information I got from Stephanie, the McFasty family will sell the corpses of fire dragons that died of old age or accidents, such as dragon heartstrings, but they don't seem to sell live fire dragons -

—Mr. Ollivander originally wanted to buy a small Hebridean Islands black dragon to try out the effect of a living dragon heartstring as a wand core, but he was rejected."

"That sounds..." Hermione frowned.

Sean smiled: "It's a bit cruel."

The girl nodded silently.

"This has always been the case. Among the three wand core materials used by Mr. Ollivander, dragon heartstrings were taken from corpses. Although magical animals have various magical powers, to wizards, their essence is still

Animals can be domesticated and controlled, and of course they can also be slaughtered as a source of raw materials." Sean said calmly.

Hermione pursed her lips and knitted her brows together.

Sean did not comfort her, but continued: "The materials you used to brew the potion come from various animals and plants, and some of the materials even have to be taken out alive - in order to maintain the medicinal properties. The dragon skin gloves and cloak you use also come from

Since the corpse, many of the books you like to read have animal skins on their covers and animal blood on their rune symbols. These are all Chiluoluo's massacres - why didn't you have such mercy at that time?

Are you excited?"

"I, I..." Hermione wanted to explain, but found that she didn't know what to say - Sean was right.

The girl lowered her head and said nothing.

Sean glanced at her: "I know what you are thinking. These two Hebridean Islands black dragons will become my partners. In your eyes, their status has also increased, just like Dave and Nadja."

——This reminds you of other fire dragons, and your compassion suddenly rises."

Hermione clenched her fists and then loosened them dejectedly. She said in frustration and self-blame: "This is a double standard on my part. I don't know now... is my so-called compassion for these animals, or is it to satisfy my own needs?"

Moral needs…”

Sean smiled: "Why not have both?"

Hermione looked up in confusion.

"There is no conflict between the two, and being compassionate is not a bad thing - Hermione, I just want to tell you one thing, don't use your own opinions to add to other things, whether it is magical animals or wizards."

"Do I like Fantastic Beasts?" Sean asked.

Hermione nodded silently.

"Yes, I like it very much, but I still use materials derived from various magical animals, and I will not rush in front of the McFasty family and shout that I want to save the fire dragons - the wizard level

Higher than magical animals, this is an indisputable fact, so I choose to treat my animal friends well. I still support the normal trade of magical animals, and I will definitely stop such behaviors as abuse and private sales.

"

"But..." Hermione's lips twitched twice.

Sean sighed: "You want to say those magical animals with advanced intelligence, right?"

"Um……"

"My choice is to get along with those highly intelligent animals that can communicate normally with humans, but I don't care what other people think - on the other hand, wouldn't animals hunt each other? You can save everyone.

One? It's part of nature, and wizards are part of the natural cycle."

Hermione was silent for a long time this time, and when she raised her head, there were still tears in the corners of her eyes, but she nodded to Sean.

"I understand what you mean……"

Sean smiled: "Of course, you are a smart Miss Granger."

Hermione took a moment to regain her emotions, and then said: "You are also hinting at my House Elf Liberation Front, right?"

Sean admitted frankly: "Yes, many people have come to me and asked me to advise you."

Hermione touched her pocket, and there was a S.P.E.W badge inside. She was planning to launch a house-elf liberation movement this year.

Sean took the badge and said softly: "I understand your original intention, but like I said, this is a part of natural selection——"

"Besides, I shouldn't impose my opinions, right?" Hermione whispered.

"Yes, house elves are highly intelligent magical animals, and the right to choose should be given to them. To be honest, I have already put away those socks, pillowcases, etc. that you plan to throw around the castle."

Hermione pursed her lips: "Have you thought about it a long time ago?"

"Ah, it is true, because I am friends with many house elves, and I know that your behavior will cause trouble to them - I accidentally dropped a scarf when I went to the kitchen last time, and Polis and them

A few of them were frightened, and no one wanted to pick up the scarf." Sean laughed.

Looking at his smiling face, Hermione was stunned for a moment.

are friends……

I always seem to overlook key points.

Looking at Hermione who was deep in thought, Sean put his arm around her shoulders: "Go and make more friends with the house elves from now on, ask them for their opinions, and then think about how to develop this association of yours."

Hermione nodded vigorously.

Sean showed his white teeth: "We have successfully reached an agreement. Well, there is such a reward for doing bad things."

"Didn't you plan this?" Hermione, who had returned to normal, asked suspiciously.

"Of course not -" Sean wouldn't say that he really had this idea.

Hermione has always been compassionate and has a sense of justice. He did have this in mind when he brought Hermione here, but he didn't expect to be able to get around it.

Hermione just needs to be able to think about it, otherwise it's easy to fall into trouble.

However, there are other things to resolve right now.

Sean listened for a while, then said, "You hide for now, I'll go and eavesdrop."

"Well, be careful."

Sean cast a disillusionment spell on himself under the invisibility cloak, and then quietly slipped away to the McFasty family.

"...When today's banquet is over, we will go back with the black dragon." One person said.

"Well, anyway, the process has been discussed with Professor Dumbledore -" the other person continued, "However, I didn't expect that the kid named Wallop could actually communicate with the black dragons."
To be continued...