"Wait, wait, wait, did I hear that right? Chen Yu, you said you're going to raise dragons with brandy and chicken blood? Raising dragons requires brandy? Is this dragon an alcoholic?"
When Tony heard Chen Yu was going to raise dragons with brandy and chicken blood, his eyes widened and his eyebrows shot up, showing extreme surprise.
His expression was like someone hearing for the first time that dogs can't eat chocolate, finding it a bit unbelievable.
Chen Yu pulled out "raising dragons for fun and profit" from the Serenitea Pot, flipped it open to the section on young dragon food, and showed him the evidence: "Look, it says here that once it hatches, it needs to be fed a bucket of brandy mixed with chicken blood every half hour."
After the palpitations in his heart subsided, Tony stumbled slightly towards Chen Yu, snatched the book about dragons from Chen Yu's hand, and flipped to the table of contents.
"Let me see, the book also includes 'Types of Fire Dragons in the World,' 'Essential Dragon-Rearing Equipment,' 'How to Identify Dragon Eggs,' and 'Dragon Diseases from A to Z.'"
Tony quickly found what interested him, flipping the book to the page on how to identify dragon eggs and began to read.
"Chinese Fireball dragon eggs are fiery red with golden speckles; Australian Opaleye dragons, their eggs are grayish-white; Welsh Green dragons, their eggs are earthy brown with green speckles..."
Seeing the description of dragon eggs in "raising dragons for fun and profit," Tony looked up and asked Chen Yu: "Hey, Chen Yu, can you tell me what color the dragon egg you got is? Or did you put the dragon egg into your magical pot?"
Chen Yu spread his hands: "Haven't gotten one yet. Raising dragons is forbidden where we are, but Hagrid has always wanted to raise a dragon. He recently got a Norwegian Ridgeback dragon egg and is currently incubating it over a fire. It's expected to hatch soon."
"However, he doesn't have a magical item like my Serenitea Pot. Dragons grow incredibly fast in their infancy, and hiding one isn't easy. So, when the time is right, I plan to ask him for that Norwegian Ridgeback and raise it in my pot."
"Norwegian Ridgeback?" Tony dabbed his finger with saliva and turned to the page in the book that described the Norwegian Ridgeback.
"The Norwegian Ridgeback is a fire dragon native to Norway. It somewhat resembles the Hungarian Horntail, lacking tail spikes but possessing a black ridge along its back, making it a very rare dragon species."
"This fire dragon is highly aggressive. Its fangs are venomous, and female Norwegian Ridgebacks are much fiercer than males. As adults, they feed on large terrestrial mammals."
"Norwegian Ridgeback eggs are black. When artificially incubated, the eggs need to be placed in fire, mimicking their mother breathing fire onto the dragon eggs."
"Newly hatched Norwegian Ridgebacks are slender with overly large wings and many sharp spikes. The Norwegian Ridgeback hatchling's fire-breathing ability develops early; within about a week, it can puff out smoke from its nostrils, and within one to three months, it can fully breathe fire. Young dragons grow very quickly; in just one week, they can grow to more than three times their hatched length..."
Tony hadn't finished reading when Chen Yu directly used Accio to snatch "raising dragons for fun and profit," then used a Cleaning Charm on the book to remove the marks from Tony's saliva-dampened fingers, before putting it into the Serenitea Pot.
If Madam Irma Pince, the librarian, found out, she would be furious.
"Looks like a very cool magical creature. jarvis, remember to contact Pepper. Have her acquire a large brandy production company and several chicken farms in Mexico when she has time, as a gift for Chen Yu."
"Yes, sir."
After instructing jarvis, Tony continued to Chen Yu: "The contents of that book still make me feel a bit unbelievable. You really need brandy and chicken blood to raise young dragons? What about wild dragons? Surely there aren't wild people feeding them wild brandy and chicken blood, are there?"
Chen Yu tilted his head and offered a very reasonable hypothesis: "Is there a possibility that wild young dragons have wild dragon mothers to feed them? No need for wild people to feed them."
The two discussed dragon-raising as they returned to the living room.
Tony opened the living room refrigerator and tossed Chen Yu a bottle of low-alcohol beer.
"Pepper said you were a kid before and wouldn't let me give you alcohol. Now that you're stealing my alcohol, you shouldn't mind a low-alcohol drink, right?"
"I don't mind."
Chen Yu caught the beer bottle Tony threw, then with a slight exertion of force, pried open the cap.
With a 'pop,' the bottle cap opened, and a rush of bubbles instantly sprayed onto the floor, almost splashing Tony.
Tony took out a bottle opener from the refrigerator, opened a bottle of beer, and was about to hand the opener to Chen Yu, but saw that Chen Yu had already opened his beer bottle. He then exclaimed, "Chen Yu, you have quite a strong grip, not at all like a child."
Chen Yu took a sip and replied, "It's alright."
With the Carnivore passive increasing his physical abilities, his current physical condition was indeed much stronger than an ordinary person's, but he still couldn't contend with someone who had taken the Super-Soldier Serum.
"Can I ask you one more thing? The request is simple: if you ever get the chance to obtain another dragon egg, get one for me too. If not, once your plan succeeds, letting me draw some dragon blood or pick up some dragon scales would also work."
Sitting on the soft sofa, Chen Yu felt like he was sinking into it: "You're also interested in dragons?"
"That's a dragon! Legends say bathing in dragon blood makes one invulnerable. And it's said that eating dragon meat increases stamina. What man wouldn't be interested in that?"
Chen Yu had no choice but to dispel Tony's unrealistic fantasies.
"That's just a legend. As far as I know, dragon blood is somewhat corrosive and not suitable for ordinary people to bathe in or drink directly. It's more suitable for making alchemical tools or potions."
"We're currently studying the twelve uses of dragon blood, which mentions that dragon blood can be used to make cleaning agents, spot removers, and potions for treating warts. As for dragon meat, all I know for now is that it has pain-relieving properties; I don't know any other effects yet."
Hearing Chen Yu's answer, Tony was stunned: "Making cleaning agents with dragon blood? How tough do stains have to be to require dragon blood for cleaning?"
Chen Yu shrugged again, not answering Tony's question.
Seeing that Chen Yu didn't respond, Tony continued: "Then can you help me hurry up that magical item manufacturer? Ask him how long it will take to make the magical suitcase?"
Chen Yu threw the empty beer bottle into the trash can and told Tony: "That's hard to say, since raw materials can only be secretly collected without the Ministry of Magic's permission. However, Mr. Arthur Weasley himself is the Head of the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office at the Ministry of Magic, so he has channels to get these materials. You can rest assured."
Tony heard about the Ministry of Magic's Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office for the first time, so he asked curiously: "What department is the Ministry of Magic's Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office?"
"It's a sub-department of the Ministry of Magical Law Enforcement. Its main function is to prevent wizards from enchanting Muggle artifacts to harm Muggles and to reverse harm that has already occurred. As for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, it's one of the seven major departments that make up the Ministry of Magic, the largest and most important department."
Tony asked curiously: "That sounds like the Department of Magical Law Enforcement is a very important department. How do you, being so young, know him? Are you related to him?"
"Nothing much, just that his child is in the same dormitory as me at school."
"Oh, I see. What a coincidence."