North Shore of the English Channel, Dorset.

"Ji? (How long will it take to wait?)"

"Be patient, Valen. It's almost there."

Felix and Valen lay on a thick dead leaf, holding a telescope in their hands, looking into the distance. A dense forest was surrounded by a nest woven with vines sixty or seventy feet away.

The bird's nest is very delicate, and it is also full of fallen leaves. Six or seven silver eggs like handicrafts are squeezed together.

This is Newt Scarmand's home, more precisely, part of the basement. Felix and Valen have been here for almost a week, and they spend most of their time in this place, experiencing all kinds of wonderful adventures without leaving home. They were boating in the swampy waters last night, and today they went to the woods to observe the birds and snakes breaking their shells.

It all happened in Newt Scamander's magical basement.

This is a gathering place for magical animals that is not inferior to the Romanian Fire Dragon Reserve. Since Newt retired, he has been running out much less often. The Ministry of Magic of many countries quietly breathed a sigh of relief... But the scale and species of magical animals have not decreased, but have become larger. In addition to the son, grandson, and the Ministry of Magic staff, the Fantastic Beast Association, the protected area... and foreign enthusiasts who come here also bring various magical animals to him for help and suggestions.

Felix brought a full set of "Future World" products to his unique journey as rent. Newt was shocked at the time, but his wife liked these fresh things very much.

"When Rove visited us, he gave us a chair and it was very comfortable to lie on it," Tina Goldstein said to him.

...

"Ka, da, da"

A crisp metallic impact sounded in the woods, "It's going to break the shell!" Felix said to Valen in a low voice. The two raised their binoculars and carefully observed the bird's nest. At first, there was only one source of sound, but it was like a signal, and then all the birds, snakes and eggs made the same sound.

"Shi?"

Valen poked Felix gently.

"Video button? The red one" Felix whispered, while observing intently, a crack soon appeared on the surface of the silver eggshell, and then the eggshell began to twist and deform, just like a huge thing expanding inside. After testing it a few times, it began to peck again, and the cracks continued to expand.

The sound of "click" comes one after another, forming a symphony.

Finally, the first bird, snake, broke out of its shell.

The bird snake is a two-legged animal with wings. It has a snake's body and beautiful feathers. It is usually delicate and bright blue, but there are no exceptions. The newborn bird snake has weak legs and can only be attached to both sides of the body, and moves closer to the snake. It swims in circles in the nest, looking at its siblings curiously.

They are still working hard to break the shell.

"Have you recorded it?" Felix whispered.

The partner next to him, Valen, hummed happily, feeling happy. Perhaps the scene it took now would become a precious image released by the "Future World" company and would be seen by thousands of wizards.

"I have recorded it too. After I go back, I can compete... Let's get closer, the bird and snake mother is not at home..."

"Jiji! (Because you were led away with a bucket of bugs!)"

"Ha, the bird and snake mother needs nutrition, right? We come quietly and leave quietly."

"Jiji? (Have you transformed and watched it?" Valen asked.

Birds and snakes have a special ability in magical animals. It can stretch and contract at will, not only large enough to fill all spaces, but also shrink the body according to the available space.

"Are you talking about them or me?" Felix pointed to the bird nest near in front of him and said, the telescope in his hand was about to penetrate the bird nest. The first bird snake that emerged from the shell was attracted by their voices and shiny lenses, and looked at them curiously with his head tilted.

The little bird snake's gaze moved from Felix to Valen, stared at its long pink beak for a long time, and then looked sideways at its own appearance reflected from the surface of the silver eggshell, as if it was finally confirmed that the two guys in front of him were not its mothers. The little guy immediately spread his bright blue wings to demonstrate to them.

The bird and snake's body also expanded apart.

"Wajiji!"

Valen looked at the scene in shock, and sniffing didn't have the ability. It slowly reached behind and kept waved at Felix. Felix grinned and stuffed it a small glass bottle.

Valen stared at the bird snake, his fist shaking in front of it, revealing a beetle in his hand.

The little bird snake, which was still trying to make it stop, tilted its head to look at the food in Valen's hand, and its stomach made a terrifying cry. Although it didn't say anything, its mouth was getting closer and closer...

The birds and snakes quickly fell under the temptation of food.

With the first role model, other birds and snakes who had just emerged from the shell had no time to think about the complex question of why "mom looks different from them" and began to compete for food. Felix and Valen took the opportunity to reach out and stroke their beautiful feathers.

Especially Felix, his fingertips touched, and there was a shallow magic power, not damage, but analysis...

The joy of eating was short, and not long after, Valen shook the empty glass bottle and raised it for Felix to show it.

"No?" Felix asked.

Valen turned the bottle upside down, shook it twice, and it was completely empty inside.

"It should be enough. They're just born, so it's better not to feed too much at once..." Felix was undecided.

At this moment, a rustling sound came from behind them.

Valen raised his head and opened his mouth wide through the bottom of the glass bottle.

"Um" Felix also felt something was wrong. He turned around and saw the bird snake mother slowly lifting her body from behind them, and her body continued to expand, with a huge head pressing towards them like a bird.

‘The bird snake will attack everyone close to it, especially if it is to protect the eggs.’

While this sentence flowed through Felix's heart, he had already pulled Valen and appeared twenty feet away. This distance was nothing to the Bird Snake Mother. He could reach them with one step forward, but fortunately, Felix stayed for a few days, barely considered familiar.

Therefore, the bird and snake mother just surrounded the bird's nest and looked at them vigilantly.

As Felix and Valen retreated in compromise, the body of the bird snake mother began to shrink little by little, and soon it exposed its protected nest. The bird snakes chirped onto their mother, flapping their wings unfamiliarly, and looked at the "breeders" who were leaving.

"Let's go back, too."

Felix said contentedly.

On the way back, they passed an empty tree hole, "Hi, lightning." Felix greeted, and Valen waved at the tree hole, which was the home of an invisible beast. Then they passed a small open plain, walked through a long single-plank bridge, and returned to their place.

It is adjacent to the exit and is also the most human-like place in the entire basement.

There were pots, jars and books everywhere. Felix suddenly thought he had returned to the territory of the Potions professor, although the bottle contained completely different things.

He never intended to introduce the two people to each other.
Chapter completed!