"That doesn't make sense," Tina said, picking up the letter to examine it. "You see, on December 22nd, it happened in California — but that afternoon, the same thing was discovered happening in Florida on the East Coast. I don't think such a creature can cross such a distance in such a short time."
Newt only then noticed the issue.
He's not very familiar with the United States, having only visited once for work, where he was asked why Dumbledore liked him so much.
But Tina is different; she's a native American who has some knowledge of U.S. geography and knows how far it is between the West Coast and the East Coast.
"Maybe there are... many of these magical creatures?" Newt asked, frowning.
"It's unlikely," Tina denied, "If it were an undiscovered magical creature, this should've happened much earlier, not only recently be discovered..."
"It's not entirely impossible," Newt put down the letter, picking it up and putting it down several times before finally resigning himself, "Whatever, it's the U.S. Ministry of Magic's headache. It has nothing to do with me. Besides, the U.S. Ministry of Magic has long banned me from entering."
"That's ancient history, Newt," Tina said softly.
Newt seemed unable to let go of this old grudge, simply breathing heavily through his nose and putting the letter aside.
"Alonso wants to know what kind of magical creature it is because he considers me an expert in magical creatures," Newt said to himself, "But based on their description, I think it's more likely the work of a vampire, since no magical creature with such a strong bloodlust has been discovered yet."
"Perhaps," Tina said indifferently, "Our current priority is to get Aunt back to... human form as quickly as possible. Oh my, I feel so sorry for her! I understand Hufflepuff; I know how much you love food and life. I can't imagine the pain she's been through…"
"So sometimes Grindelwald's words have some truth to them," Newt sighed, "He said the Scarhead Glasses Beast — that's Harry — is truly guilty, causing so many girls to traverse time and pay such a huge price... Look, Aunt turned into a ghost and a unicorn, Miss Grindelwald lost her magic power, and I don't dare imagine what price Miss Malfoy would pay."
"Grindelwald?" Tina became instantly alert, "Oh my, what did that guy say to you? Didn't I tell you never to trust a single punctuation he says... But you actually think he makes sense?"
"Because he indeed makes valid points," Newt said helplessly, "He doesn't want his sister with Harry, so he plans to match Aunt and Harry — in other words, he wants to join us in opposing his sister."
"Really?" Tina asked in astonishment.
"Yeah, I don't know why he's doing this, but I can somewhat understand," Newt hesitated before continuing, "But I think what he says isn't too far off, since Aunt's happiness is what matters most."
"Working with him is akin to negotiating with the tiger for its skin, Newt," Tina said seriously, "Even if we're successful, so what? He and Miss Grindelwald are siblings; a thousand years from now, they will still be siblings. It's not like Miss Grindelwald would kill him over this? But for us, I really doubt the furious Miss Grindelwald would take it out on us…"
"Regardless of whether we cooperate with him, we must face Miss Grindelwald's wrath," Newt shook his head, "So temporary collaboration with him isn't a big deal... Although the situation has become clearer now. You, me, Theseus, and Grindelwald all firmly support Aunt — as for Miss Grindelwald, it seems only Dumbledore is supporting her."
"Sorry, Newt," Tina sneered, "I really don't think Grindelwald is unwaveringly supporting Aunt. I believe he's simply against Harry and Miss Grindelwald being together."
Newt suddenly sat up straight.
He found that his wife's summary was just too accurate.
So accurate that he couldn't refute it at all.
"But there's nothing wrong with that, right?" Newt said lightheartedly, "If he unconditionally supported Aunt, I'd start doubting his true motives — but since he's purely against his sister being with Harry, then nothing is suspicious about it. I believe that's just the person he is."
"Having a brother like him is truly the biggest mistake of Miss Grindelwald's life," Tina shook her head.
She thought privately, if Gellert were her brother, she would definitely hang him from the ceiling every day!
In terms of punishing annoying young brothers, it seems that sisters worldwide have coincidentally chosen the same method.
Even someone like Tina, usually good-tempered, couldn't help but think about how much Gellert must annoy his sister.
If Tina knew Gellert had secretly kept the crucial alchemy materials needed to save his sister, she might also join in when disciplining him.
Not trusting the situation, Newt submitted the matter to Dumbledore's office again, and after reading the letter, Dumbledore furrowed his brows for a long time, failing to come up with a solution.