Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

Since Lucius brought Draco to the core secret realm that has been passed down from generation to generation in the family, he naturally would not let him see only one secret realm.

Taking advantage of this free time, he took Draco to see all three secret realms so that Draco would have a better idea of ​​what they were like.

If he were to travel outside in the future and encounter some special magical plants or creatures, he could consciously select some and bring them to the secret realm to cultivate.

All of these will turn into huge wealth for the family.

As long as they take these three boxes, the Malfoy family will be able to make a comeback no matter where they go.

Only then did Draco realize that all the family's visible wealth was just a sleight of hand for the outside world to see. The real core had always been hidden and well protected.

After looking at the plant cultivation, Lucius took Draco to the box on the far right, skipping the floating box in the middle.

As Draco headed for the box on the right, he turned and glanced at the box in the middle.

He felt that the box in the middle should be the most important. Even secret realms have different levels, and the most core secrets of the family are hidden there.

The secret realm in the box on the far right is a pure biological ranch, full of magical creatures.

As Draco entered, he saw a group of Nifflers being chased by a group of bird snakes.

His eyes widened involuntarily. Wait, was he seeing things? These people were coming in groups!

The information about this group of magical creatures flashed through his mind.

Niffler has black fur and a long, slender nose. He is obsessed with collecting gold, silver and jewelry, and the pouch on his abdomen can hold an unlimited amount of treasure.

Fairies often raise Nifflers to dig for treasure underground, but Nifflers are prone to destroying property and are somewhat greedy. Once they encounter a treasure that they like and take it out, it may bring them endless trouble.

Unless the Niffler only meets the wizard who has been stolen from by it once and never meets again, if they meet too many times, the wizard will often realize that his items have been stolen by it.

A wizard doesn’t have any real power, and really doesn’t dare to carry a Niffler with him when he goes out on adventures.

As for another group of creatures - bird snakes, their bodies are very special and can freely expand and contract their bodies in space. Their eggshells are made of pure silver and are produced in the Far East and India.

They are extremely aggressive when guarding their eggs, and their eggshells are often used to make magical artifacts.

But under normal circumstances, as long as the eggs are not involved, bird snakes are relatively peaceful.

However, this group of bird snakes kept chasing the Sniff, and an incredible guess arose in Draco's mind.

"Father, could it be that those Nifflers stole the bird-snake's eggs?"

When Lucius saw the group of Nifflers hiding here and there, the corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably.

Even a person like him with an extremely indifferent personality was helpless when faced with the naughty and greedy Sniff.

Lucius said calmly, "That should be the case. Sniffers like to provoke bird snakes, and they will steal and hide some of their eggs.

When they see me coming, they will trade their eggs with me in exchange for gold and silver treasures from the Muggle world, or some beautiful magical gems, or precious mithril."

Draco observed for a while and found that the Nifflers not only attracted bird snakes, but also bowtruckles.

Bowtruckles are small, shy, arboreal creatures that feed on insects and attack intruders that threaten trees.

Wizards would use woodlice to appease them and obtain the corresponding wood to make wands.

Nifflers naturally like shiny things and are not interested in ordinary wood, but some trees are special and have their own fluorescence.

It looks inconspicuous during the day, but it sparkles at night, attracting some sniffers.

Sniff often hides quietly among the leaves, and at night, it breaks off the fluorescent branches.

At night, there are fewer Bowtruckles guarding the trees, so the Sniffs often get the better of them.
It would be fine if the Sniff only stole a little, but if the stolen wood was large, the Bowtruckle would chase and beat him as soon as he saw him.

In terms of combat effectiveness, the Bowtruckle is actually more powerful than the bird-snake.

Draco discovered that although this group of Nifflers were chased and beaten by many magical creatures, those magical creatures did not use very powerful magic.

It looks thrilling, but in fact, the force is restrained and not directly aimed at the sniff.

Lucius then said: “Magical creatures are not like magical plants. Plants have puppets that can help cultivate the harvest.

But the magical creatures are quite intelligent and they look down on magic puppets like puppets.

But this place is too important, and I don’t feel comfortable letting wizards in, so I signed an agreement with the Sniff here.

Let Xiu Xiu help me collect some eggs of magical creatures to maintain the population of organisms in the ranch, so as to prevent a certain population from expanding rapidly and causing ecological imbalance due to no one watching over it.

In addition, I also put in many creatures that are incompatible with magical creatures, so that the populations of these creatures can maintain healthy development. "

Lucius raised his head slightly. Compared with the plants that did not require much effort to take care of, the dynamic balance of the creatures here made him more proud.

"Every year, the Malfoy family provides a batch of precious magical biological materials to the Ministry of Magic of various countries, including bones, hair, and special organs of magical creatures.

These do not need to be obtained by capturing magical creatures alive. Magical creatures die every day in the competition for the fittest. The family only needs to obtain them from the dead magical creatures to maintain the supply.

If there are a lot of eggs, the family can quickly grow a population through the food chain, and then be harvested by their natural enemies. "

Draco walked forward and saw a curled-winged demon, and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

This is a blue-green flying creature that resembles a spiny cocoon when still and has a venom that can erase memories.

, is a paradoxical combination of danger and beauty.

Its venom is very potent and is often purchased by wizards to make antidote potions.

Even if it is not made into a potion, as long as the dosage is properly controlled, it can directly erase memory, but it will make the wizard feel uncomfortable for a few days.

The hiding Sniff saw Lucius, his eyes lit up, and he ran towards them in a hurry.

The other magical creatures also saw Lucius and Draco, turned around and ran past them.

A rare look of headache appeared on Lucius's indifferent face.

These magical creatures are not easy to fool. Although he signed an agreement with Sniffus, Sniffus has the obligation to maintain the ecological balance of biological populations.

But at the same time, some groups are dissatisfied with the Nifflers, believing that they are selfish and only want to take away their precious things.

So every time Lucius appeared in the magic ranch, he had to "solve the case" for these magical creatures.

The Nifflers seek him for protection, and other creatures seek him for justice.

It must be said that intelligent groups are really not easy to fool. Some of the more rare and magical creatures are few in number and have very hot tempers. They will start a fight if they disagree with something.

So every time he came here, Lucius had to wear protective clothing and dared not leave his wand.

There is no such magic as "mastery of bestiality" in the wizarding world. Lucius does not have any talent related to bestiality, and neither does Draco.

Draco sat with his father and saw his father looking at the Niffler from time to time, and then looking at the magical creatures on the other side from time to time, and listening to the creatures on both sides pointing and gesticulating and talking in gibberish.

Draco didn't understand what they were saying at all. He turned to look at his father and found that his father looked calm and said slowly:
"You are speaking too fast and expressing too many meanings. I can't keep up. Please tell me in the language of the wizarding world."

Lucius handed a dictionary of the wizarding world's common language to Niffler and the other magical creature, and Draco's pupils trembled. This... is also possible?
It really works.

Sniff looked up the dictionary with the other magical creature for a while, and soon, Sniff used the sharp nails on his claws to write a line of words crookedly on the ground.

The magical creature on the other side did not move. Suddenly, Draco heard a loud and vast cry from behind.

A thunderbird appeared in front of them, and lightning flashed around it as it flapped its wings, making it look like the god of thunder.

Thunderbird can summon lightning and rainstorms, sense danger, and has powerful magical powers.

If it can get Thunderbird's approval, it will be a good partner.

Thunderbird glanced at Lucius and Draco, then hovered in the air without coming down.

It cried softly, and suddenly thunders descended from the sky.

When the light of thunder dissipated, Draco found that there was a cloud of burnt ash on the ground and a burning smell lingered at the tip of his nose.

A gust of wind blew gently, dispersing the ashes on the ground and revealing lines of text.

"The Nifflers are stealing things indiscriminately. We solemnly express our dissatisfaction and demand that their treasure house be opened to see how much they have stolen."

Lucius said indifferently: "This is very difficult. They put all their treasures in their pouches, which can hold unlimited gold and silver treasures. You can't put them in, so how can you check them all?"

On the other side, Xiu Xiu also finished writing a paragraph.

"They are talking nonsense, I didn't steal anything, I just faithfully fulfilled the agreement I signed with you.

For example, the bird-snake population expanded rapidly because they laid too many eggs. There were not enough small animals for them to eat, and they were so hungry that they had to gnaw on tree bark.

The tree-guarding bowtruck is also troubled by this. We steal the eggs of bird snakes to help the tree-guarding bowtruck solve the problem and maintain the ecological balance.

And so-and-so is growing too fast and lacks natural enemies, so I need to steal their things and throw them to so-and-so, letting the two sides fight, so that I can control their balance..."

Draco's eyelids twitched when he saw Sniff's explanation.

The Niffler is really not afraid of offending those magical creatures.

But to his surprise, those magical creatures also understood Sniff's explanation and gathered together to discuss it.

They thought that Sniff's explanation made some sense, and that some of the groups among them were indeed growing too fast, posing a threat to the growth of other groups and occupying their territory.

The ranch space looks vast, but it can only accommodate a portion of the organisms, and it is impossible for organisms to expand indefinitely.

The other magical creatures also tried to persuade the indignant bird-snake that they had laid too many eggs and that only some of them could be stolen.

Draco:…

Don't ask him how he heard it. He didn't understand anything, but he guessed what the magical creatures meant just by looking at their expressions and movements.

Draco suddenly felt that the Sniff seemed quite smart and could appeal to people's emotions and reason with them, and resolve conflicts from within.

They didn't say what they stole, but only said that the purpose of stealing was to help another magical creature solve a problem.

Thinking of this, Draco couldn't help but turn his head and look at the Niffler clan.

He noticed that the little niffler standing closest to them noticed his gaze, suddenly turned around and looked at him, met his eyes, blinked at him and smiled mischievously.

Draco also secretly winked at the Niffler, thinking that he was very much to his liking.

Both of these family secrets shocked him greatly, and Draco was even more looking forward to what secrets were hidden in the box in the middle.

Lucius finally resolved the dispute between the magical creatures, and led Draco out of the secret realm without stopping.

As Draco left, he turned around and looked at the Niffler, but the little Niffler who had winked at him before was no longer there.

Draco felt a little regretful. If possible, he would also like to have a Niffler that was very sensitive about treasures but was also well-behaved and cute.

Lucius glanced at him briefly but said nothing.

After they walked out of the secret realm, Draco suddenly felt his shoulders sink. He turned around and saw a curly-haired sniffler stretching out its small head, touching his head and licking his face.

Draco's eyes flashed with surprise.

"Father, why did this Niffler come out with us?"

Lucius said calmly, “When we left, I sensed that this Niffler wanted to leave with us.

If we refuse to let it out, it will be torn into pieces by the force of space, so just let it out together.

If you don’t like this Niffler, we can send it back.”

Draco hugged the Sniff tightly and said quickly, "I like it, I like it, it should stay with me!"

Little Sniff opened his round eyes and looked at him curiously. Thinking that he wanted to play with him, he stuck out his tongue and licked him.

Lucius gave Draco a ring, "This ring can feed living things, you can keep the Niffler in it.

By the way, there are a few snakes in there that I bought for you to use as guards. They have been trained to recognize only your scent, and you can command them."

Draco had a huge smile on his face, "Thank you, father!"

Draco put the Niffler into the ring first to prevent it from coming out.

The two men came to the box in the middle and stood still. A dizzying suction force came and Draco opened his eyes again.

A vaster world appeared before him. This scene had happened twice before, and Draco was no longer surprised.

He took a deep breath. The smell in this secret realm was more refreshing than the previous two secret realms.

There's a lot of magic here.

As a wizard, he enjoyed surviving in this environment.

Lucius did not introduce him immediately, but asked Draco to observe first.

Draco soon discovered that the environment of this secret realm was one where plants and organisms coexisted together.

He saw the eight-eyed giant pig spinning silk, and the giant spider's territory was like a silk cave.

From time to time, a bowtruckle would walk under the spider silk, leaving some secretions. The spider silk seemed to absorb something from it, and its color changed a little.

Lucius said: "The silk produced by the Acromantula and the secretions of the Bowtruckle can be combined to form a silk that is highly resistant to magic.

After being processed by Malfoy, it can be formed into curse-resistant silk, but due to its low output and long time consumption, it can only be supplied exclusively to the British Ministry of Magic.

The Ministry of Magic procures these silks to be used to make battle robes for the Aurors."

(End of this chapter)