Chapter 83: Hufflepuff's Defense Mechanism? You've come to the right place!
After the incident between Charles and the Sorting Hat, Dumbledore seemed to be afraid of any more accidents, so he quickly started the next step.
Dishes appeared on the long tables of the four major colleges, and the hungry students couldn't wait to eat.
Charles also deliberately did not use Deep Blue to convert the food into deduction points. Instead, he tasted the Hogwarts meal himself and nodded slightly.
I have to say, the food at Hogwarts tastes pretty good.
Among the British "delicacies" which mainly consist of fish and chips, this dish stands out from the crowd.
After all, it is the craftsmanship of the house-elves, and the house-elves in the Hogwarts kitchen have been passed down from generation to generation, cooking every day. I am afraid it is comparable to the kitchen of the Shaolin Temple in the movies of previous lives. Each of them is a master chef.
What made Charles feel regretful was that the dishes served were all made of ordinary ingredients and did not contain any magical ingredients.
Therefore, no matter how delicious the food is, the deduction points it can provide to Charles are very meager.
But this is not surprising.
Magic materials are expensive to begin with, and it is even rarer to find ones that can be used to cook delicious dishes.
If we provide magical ingredients to so many students at Hogwarts every day, the tuition fees collected by Hogwarts may not be enough to cover even a month.
"It seems that if you want to eat something good, you have to prepare your own ingredients."
"The Sorting Hat said that Hufflepuff House has its own separate kitchenette, which even contains magical recipes passed down by Hufflepuff himself."
"If you collect the corresponding ingredients, you can ask the Hufflepuff house-elves to make magical meals. Not only are they delicious, but some of them have special effects that are not inferior to potions."
Thinking of this, Charles couldn't help but lick his lips.
The next batch of fire dragon materials that I ordered from Romania should arrive soon.
In order to minimize the loss of magic power of the fire dragon materials, he swallowed all the materials after killing all the robbing wizards.
Thinking about it now, it’s still quite regrettable.
After all, whether the fire dragon materials are used to prepare potions or magic potions, after being combined with multiple materials, the magic power will stimulate each other, and it is possible to burst out more powerful magic power.
If you eat it in this way, you can get more deduction points.
Charles didn't have the conditions before, but now that he is in Hogwarts, he can give it a try.
In addition to dragon materials, there are also many kinds of magical ingredients in Hogwarts, some of which are even top-notch ingredients that may not be found in the entire magical world.
For example, there is a thousand-year-old basilisk, and there is no other one in the magical world.
If we use snake monster bones to make soup, or a pot of dragon-tiger fight, how delicious would it be?
Charles' eyes showed anticipation.
Just at this time, the admission dinner gradually came to an end.
Just like in the original book, Dumbledore first asked everyone to sing the school song together, then warned the freshmen not to go near the Forbidden Forest and the end of the corridor on the fourth floor, and then asked the prefects of each college to take the young wizards to the common room.
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In the ancient castle, the stairs kept moving as if they had their own consciousness, crisscrossing each other, making the place look like a maze.
Cedric Diggory, the Hufflepuff prefect and the best student in the original book who died at the hands of Voldemort in the Triwizard Tournament, was leading Charles and other new wizards through the stairs, explaining the rules of these stairs.
The little Hufflepuffs listened attentively, not daring to slack off for a moment, and some even took out pens and papers, fearing that they would be late for class tomorrow because they remembered the wrong staircase.
This is also one of the characteristics of Hufflepuff House, diligent and down-to-earth. Although not very smart, diligence can make up for lack of talent.
In a sense, knowing that you are not smart and have a bad memory, so you listen carefully and remember carefully, isn't this also a kind of intelligence?
Ciel doesn't have to be like these little wizards.
As his spirit became stronger, not only did his reaction speed increase, but his memory also improved significantly.
He couldn't say that he had a photographic memory, but it was far better than ordinary people. He remembered what Cedric said after listening to it once, and even figured out some of the rules governing the operation of the stairs.
As Cedric continued to explain, they finally arrived at the door of the Hufflepuff common room.
Cedric emphasized. "You must listen carefully to what I say next."
"Each house's common room has a unique entry mechanism that prevents students from other houses from entering."
"Gryffindor's is a password, Ravenclaw's knocker asks questions, I'm not sure about Slytherin's, but it's similar."
"In our Hufflepuff common room, the door knocker is knocked in a specific rhythm."
"The rhythm of opening the door changes every week. The prefect will pick a few notes from a song and announce it to the whole academy, so you'd better remember it."
Speaking of this, Cedric showed a hint of pride on his face.
"The constantly changing password is simple, but also the most secure."
"Unlike other college common rooms, our Hufflepuff common room is one where no one can sneak in unless we actively invite them."
"Oh yes, our common room also has a unique punishment mechanism for intruders, so you'd better write down the weekly door opening rhythm in your notebook, otherwise this punishment mechanism will not be pleasant."
The little Hufflepuffs became visibly nervous when they heard Cedric mention the punishment mechanism.
"Will a flying knife fly out of the door?"
"Or will you cast a curse on anyone who knocks on the wrong door?"
"What should I do? I'm a little scared. I don't dare to knock on the door alone."
Cedric smiled.
"This is Hogwarts. How can we use such harmful punishment methods?"
He blinked.
"As we all know, Hufflepuff, the founder of our school, loves food and therefore created many magical condiments."
"One time, he accidentally created a magical vinegar that was sour beyond imagination. If you put this vinegar into your mouth, you will not be able to taste anything but sourness for a whole week, and everything you eat will seem to make your teeth sour."
"And over time, the acidity of this magical vinegar will become higher and higher, so it becomes our unique defense mechanism for Hufflepuffs."
He pointed to the nozzles on either side of the common room door.
"See, if you knock on the wrong rhythm to open the door, this magic vinegar will spray out here."
"It was okay the first time I hit it wrong, it was diluted, it would probably only make people sour for a day."
"If you knock wrong the second time, you will be scolded for three days."
"If you make a mistake the third time, prepare yourself to be tortured with ten lemons in your mouth for a week."
At this moment, Charles suddenly asked.
"What if the intruder refuses to give up and keeps making mistakes?"
Cedric was stunned for a moment, then smiled sinisterly.
"The age of the magic vinegar will grow older and older, and the magic contained in it will become stronger and stronger."
"If the intruder has good teeth, he might be able to taste the exquisite vinegar from the time of Hufflepuff's founders. Tsk, tsk, the taste might even make ghosts cry!"
"As for the idea of many people breaking in together and trying to consume our Hufflepuff magical vinegar reserves, that is wishful thinking. It is said that the academy has stored enough vinegar to fill a lake using the Traceless Extension Charm!"
"The intruder can't drink up all the vinegar in a lake, right?"
Hearing this, the little Hufflepuffs all clapped with admiration in their eyes, even Ciel was no exception.
As he clapped, Ciel couldn't help but have his eyes light up, with only one thought in his mind.
"Hufflepuff House, I've come to the right place."
(End of this chapter)
