The location of the Hogwarts kitchen is not hard to find.
Amid the quiet laughter, Elena and Hermione followed Hannah down another stone staircase to the underground level of the castle.
Different from the cold and dim underground scene that most people imagine, this is a wide and warm stone corridor. The surrounding area is very brightly illuminated by torches. It is decorated with pleasant pictures everywhere. The main contents of the pictures are mostly related to various foods.
related.
"Ahead is the entrance to the Hufflepuff common room."
Halfway through the stone corridor, Hannah pointed to the end of the corridor, stopped and turned around and said slowly, "But... I remember, Elena, you said before that you were looking for a painting with fruits.
painting?"
"Well, what's wrong?" Elena temporarily let go of Hermione, raised her head and looked in the direction of Hannah. She saw a picture hanging on the wall next to the corridor, which showed a bird full of fruit.
huge silver bowl.
"That's right, it's right here. Stop, everyone, we're here!"
Elena nodded and replied, and the rest of the sentence was addressed to the team of young wizards following her.
"Then how do we get in? Do we also need to give the password?"
After finally escaping from the clutches of the silver-haired little Luoli, little Hermione, whose face was a little red, took a step back, her eyes full of curiosity.
"How can there be a password in the kitchen?"
Elena's long silver hair waved proudly behind her. Under the eyes of all the little wizards, she stepped forward confidently, stretched out her index finger, and gently scratched the big green pear on the painting.
Just as described in the "Strategy" that Elena is familiar with, the pear on the screen quickly squirmed, chuckled, and suddenly turned into a big green doorknob.
"Okay, line up and come in one by one. I can't take so much food by myself."
Elena turned around, waved to the little wizards behind her, opened the door and was the first to walk in.
It was a large, high-ceilinged room, as big as the auditorium above. There were many gleaming copper pots and basins stacked around the stone walls, and there was a large brick fireplace at the other end of the room.
In the room, a group of busy house elves temporarily stopped their work and looked up at the little wizards who suddenly entered the kitchen, somewhat at a loss.
Just like Burley who had received Elena before, each of them has a slender nose like a pencil, a pair of bat-shaped ears, long fingers and feet, and they are wearing
The same uniform: a tea towel with the Hogwarts crest on it.
"House elf? I also have one at home. I didn't expect there to be so many under Hogwarts."
Before the other little wizards could ask, Draco Malfoy, who followed Elena into the kitchen, looked around and said with a bit of astonishment, his tone full of shock.
Just a rough estimate, there may be nearly a hundred elves here as far as a single line of sight. And most pure-blood magic families with a long history usually only have one or two house elves.
"Dear Miss Kaslana, what can I do for you?"
An elf appeared in front of Elena and bowed with a smile on its face. Its familiar appearance and voice made it easy for Elena to identify its identity - Burley, the house elf.
"Oh, yes. But I think we can do it ourselves."
Elena sniffed hard, the air was filled with the tempting smell of fried fish steaks and a rich aroma of barbecue.
Looking along the source of the scent, I saw four long wooden tables placed at the entrance. The positions of these tables were exactly the same as those of the four colleges in the auditorium above.
At this time, the table was already piled with steaming food. If there were no accidents, she speculated that the food on the long table would be delivered to the corresponding table above through the ceiling soon.
With just a glance, Elena first noticed the extremely beautiful golden-red roasted turkeys placed in the center of each long table.
As if it had just been taken off the grill, the whole turkey was still making a sizzling sound.
The ingredients used on the roasted turkey are very real, and it is covered with a thick layer of sauce. It shines brightly with the swaying fire. Under the golden-red crispy skin, the fat slowly seeps out drop by drop, and it is so fragrant.
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Next to the roasted turkey, there are pieces of bone-in veal steak. There are still some traces of charcoal grilling on the beautiful burnt layer. In order to facilitate the placement on the plate, the house elves manipulated the knives to cut the large pieces of beef.
Slowly cut into pieces on the plate.
Standing in Elena's position, she could just see the cut section of the steak, which perfectly explained the definition of charred on the outside and tender on the inside. The meat juices almost flowed out from the tender meat like sweating, which made Xiao, who had been tired all morning,
The wizards couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
It has to be said that due to geographical restrictions, the house elves may be a bit single in cooking methods, but as for the conventional European frying and roasting, the house elves have undoubtedly done the best they can.
degree.
Thinking about it carefully, it might be a good idea to secretly bring some special ingredients that need to be baked to the kitchen after preliminary processing and entrust the enthusiastic house elf chefs to help process them. Elena licked her lips and thought to herself.
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Gulu~Gulu~Gulu~
At this time, the little wizards who were wandering outside the door also came in one after another, and a series of undisguised sounds of spitting and swallowing sounded from behind Elena.
Because Dumbledore announced the event details in the morning, most of the young wizards did not eat too much at the breakfast banquet. They were already starving after a morning of physical training. Now faced with so much fragrant food,
It was extremely restrained not to pounce directly.
Even without turning around, Elena could feel the increasingly hot gaze from behind. It was obvious that everyone was waiting for her voice.
"Why are you still standing there? Are you still waiting for me to feed you one by one with my own hands?"
Elena narrowed her eyes with satisfaction, with a strange look in her eyes, turned around and spread her arms, raised the corners of her mouth, and moaned like a demon.
"You've been tired all morning, are you starving? Go ahead, these are all yours!"
Accompanied by the voice of the silver-haired little witch, looking at the delicate face that makes people unable to help but believe, the last trace of worry in the hearts of the little wizards, who were almost unable to restrain themselves, completely collapsed in an instant, even if it was something like De
Children from families like Rako Malfoy couldn't help but rush to the dining table to feast.
"Wait! These can't be eaten now..."
Burley, the house elf who was standing next to Elena, watched helplessly as the first-year wizards whizzed past like locusts. He stood there blankly, his hands waving anxiously, not knowing what to do.
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Elena knelt down, gently patted the elf's weak shoulder, and comforted softly, "It's okay. Professor Dumbledore must have told you that in order to cooperate with the school's activities, the school's meal specifications and rules this week will be different from those in the past.
There will be changes.”
"But, this is different from what I said before..." Elf Burley helplessly blinked his big eyes like two ping-pong balls, the expression on his face was full of uneasiness and hesitation.
The silver-haired little Luoli's blue eyes flickered slightly, trying to look sincere and smiling slightly.
"Don't worry, everything is under the control of Professor Dumbledore. This is actually a part of the event. This is just some special rewards given by Professor Dumbledore to students who can break the conventional thinking pattern.
"
Ziliu——
It smells so good, Hogwarts is really great...
"Well, that's right, there are easter egg rewards hidden under the rules."
Elena intoxicatedly inhaled the alluring aroma wafting in the kitchen, nodded vigorously, and emphasized again seriously.
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Gu~gu~ I hope everyone will have a good appetite after reading this chapter~ Good night~