The letter had come from Charlie Weasley. It concerned only one matter, but one that would indeed take some legwork on Brian's part-Charlie earnestly asked him to visit Knockturn Alley, find a shop called Borgin and Burke, and buy two fresh dragon eggs from its owner.
This was not a way for the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary to replenish its dragon population. In fact, it involved a case of stolen dragon eggs, along with certain secrets between the shops in Knockturn Alley, pure-blood families, and the Ministry of Magic that could not be discussed openly.
Charlie mentioned in his letter that the two eggs were from a Welsh Green and a Romanian Longhorn respectively, belonging to two dragon mothers in the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary. After a gang of thieves who thought themselves highly skilled stole the eggs, the mothers went completely mad.
"This theft has disturbed the peace of more than half the sanctuary. Carter and Phoebe used to be fairly good-tempered dragons. They never breathed fire at the sanctuary's researchers without cause, almost never picked fights with other dragons, and didn't even torment their prey when hunting.
"But now everything has changed. They're like two industrial coal furnaces that never stop burning. Not only have they turned most of the green plants and animals in their own territories and those of their neighbors into black plants and black animals, they've also sent a colleague of mine to St. Mungo's-if they hadn't been badly injured fighting other dragons one after another, they probably still wouldn't have settled down.
"When the sanctuary's researchers discovered what had happened, they immediately worked with the relevant Ministry departments on a pursuit lasting half a month. Finally, those damned thieves were arrested by the Ministry last Sunday, but the dragon eggs were long gone.
"The thieves