Considering that Newt really was carrying that legendary suitcase, the British Ministry of Magic immediately performed a famous bit of Eastern face-changing.
They took the initiative and assigned a staff member to accompany Newt, claiming it was to protect the safety of an internationally renowned wizard.
The Ministry also invited Newt to comment on the First Task of the Six-Wizard Tournament as an expert on dragons.
Of course, their real purpose... was simply to keep old Newt under the Ministry's watchful eye at all times.
After all, making one surveillance officer work overtime or making a whole group of employees from the Department for Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures and Obliviator Headquarters work overtime—it wasn't hard to choose between the two.
As for any short-sighted Ministry employee who said the Ministry had previously suspected Newt of being guilty... What, what crime had he committed?
You were the one who was guilty! You were guilty of damaging harmonious and stable international wizarding relations! You were a walking five thousand Galleons!
At that moment, old Newt was chatting amiably with the others on the judges' platform, but whenever he glanced at any headmaster besides Professor Dumbledore and Madame Maxime, there was a hint of pity in his eyes.
That morning, he had retrieved two dragons, one from Hogwarts and one from Ilvermorny, and checked on their mental states while he was at it.
The two dragons' mental states were in stark contrast.
Clearly, the Romanian Longhorn from Ilvermorny had been living in the lap of luxury for the past two weeks. It didn't have a single injury, and its spirits were excellent.
Looking at it, you'd think the poor thing had merely moved somewhere new to continue enjoying the good life, with plenty of food and drink.
But the Norwegian Ridgeback