Speaking of this, Newt walked back and forth on the ground, while Sniffers were still burrowing in and out of the soil.
"I buried only a hundred gold coins, and it should be almost done now."
Suddenly, Dean Thomas's voice rang out.
"Oh, look who's here, isn't that the brave blaster Seamus?"
Seamus walked across the lawn towards them, wrapped in thick bandages like a mummy, looking quite pitiable.
"Oh, I suspect he's an Egyptian mummy." Draco couldn't help but tease again, stretching out his hands in the classic mummy pose: "He's going to bite, run quick!"
This funny appearance sparked a burst of laughter around them.
Seamus's face turned bright red, he sniffled and forced himself not to look at Draco, lest he raise a hand and unleash a Thunder Explosion on him.
"Alright, let's see how you all did!" Newt said, "Count your gold coins! — It's no use trying to steal them, Gall."
While speaking, Newt still kept his head down, not looking at anyone, displaying extreme social anxiety: "These are Little Goblins' gold coins, and they will disappear after a few hours."
Only then did Gall reluctantly put the coins down; he had originally wanted to use them to buy something tasty.
Newt walked forward and carefully checked the Little Goblin gold coins the students had acquired. It didn't take long before he was finished, and ultimately Ron's Sniff claimed victory.
"Congratulations," Newt said, pulling out a gold Sniff badge from his pocket, "this is yours, as a reward for winning... Actually, I think you have a talent for interacting with Magical Creatures. Would you consider learning from me how to care for Magical Creatures?"
"I'd rather not." Ron took the golden badge, happily looking at it while shaking his head, saying, "I don't think I'm suited for taking care of others. If you were to ask my mom, she'd say, 'See, Ronald, I think it's more like the Magical Creatures would end up taking care of you.'"
"It's not necessarily that bad. Only by interacting with Magical Creatures will you truly appreciate their wonder," Newt said earnestly.
For a moment, Ron was indeed tempted, but as soon as he thought of those oddly shaped Exploding Snails, his interest completely vanished.
"I'll pass." He shook his hands, "I'd rather go to Romania and deal with Fire Dragons with Charlie."
"But you know that Fire Dragons are also a type of Magical Creature," Harry pointed out the flaw in Ron's words from the side.
Ron hesitated; he hadn't expected his good friend to backstab him like that.
"But I wouldn't mind owning a Sniff," he mumbled again, "it's just too cute..."
"How about this," Newt suddenly said, "if you're willing to work with me on Magical Creatures related tasks after graduation, I'll give you a nest of Sniffers."
"No way." Ron resolutely said no to such unseemly temptation.
As for Sniffers, he could catch one himself in the future or buy one somewhere.
But to give up his freedom for a Sniff—that he truly couldn't do.
"By the way, Professor Scamander," Hermione suddenly said, "didn't you do something with a Sniff to Mr. Grindelwald? I remember reading about it in some book..."
"Oh, that." Newt suddenly raised his head to look at Hermione, then glanced around at the students before lowering his head again, "It's not really a big deal, just a certain Dark Magic Item of his... That item restricted Professor Dumbledore, preventing him from taking action against him... So I had a Sniff steal it while he was speaking at Père Lachaise Cemetery, and then... you all saw, Professor Dumbledore defeated the Dark Wizard Grindelwald in 1945. It's written on the Chocolate Frog Card."
"Do you know what the relationship was between former Slytherin Miss Grindelwald and Mr. Grindelwald?" Lavender Brown asked gossipy from the side.
"They were siblings." Newt replied truthfully, not good at lying, "Miss Grindelwald was the older sister, Mr. Grindelwald the younger brother."
In the English context, siblings are not differentiated by size, so Newt used the terms older and younger later to distinguish.
Upon hearing Professor Scamander's words, everyone's first reaction was laughter.
Miss Grindelwald, being Grindelwald's sister?
What a joke...
"Professor, this is the funniest joke I've ever heard," Daphne Greengrass said, wiping away tears, "Miss Grindelwald just graduated from Hogwarts this year; she's only seventeen. How could she be Grindelwald's sibling? Let alone his sister... You might as well say she is Mr. Grindelwald's junior; that sounds more believable."
"Alright, knew you wouldn't believe it anyway." Newt said, head down, "But basically, that's how it is..."
After class, the students began discussing Newt's story with laughter and cheer.
No one really believed what Newt said, about Miss Grindelwald being Mr. Grindelwald's sister; they all treated it as a joke.
"I never expected the always-stern Professor Scamander would enjoy joking with everyone." Lavender said, giggling.
But Hermione didn't laugh; she knew the truth—Vivi really was Mr. Grindelwald's biological older sister, born from the same mother and personally raised him.