The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 331 The Kitchen
After dismissing the twin brothers who took the drawings from him to make a fortune, Ryan was about to take a lunch break.Suddenly Hermione came in from outside the common room and stopped him.

"Lian, can you accompany me downstairs to the kitchen to do a survey?"

"What investigation?" Ryan asked puzzled.He couldn't recall any professor assigning this kind of assignment recently.

"Investigation about house-elves," Hermione explained. "Most of the work in the wizarding world is free slave labor for house-elves, so I wanted to investigate specifically to determine what the real situation of these house-elves was. After all, I have no I have seen house-elves, and it is impossible to make a correct and comprehensive analysis in this situation. Fortunately, Ginny told me today where the house-elves are at Hogwarts, and I want to take this opportunity to take a look."

As long as it's not about vomiting, Ryan nodded thinking about it.After tidying up a bit, he and Hermione came to a bright and wide corridor in the direction of the basement.

Unlike the corridor they used to go to the Potions classroom, this corridor was densely packed with torches and decorated with cheerful pictures, mainly of food.It was much warmer than the underground corridor leading to the potions classroom.

Halfway down the corridor, they could see a pile of barrels piled up at the end of the corridor.That would be the fabled Hufflepuff common room, but it wasn't their goal.When they came to an oil painting of a huge silver bowl full of fruits in the middle of the corridor, the two stopped.

"A silver bowl full of food? This is probably what Ginny was talking about. She said that her brothers often come here for supper at night." After speaking, Hermione stepped forward and scratched the big green pear.Pear squirmed, giggled, and suddenly turned into a big green doorknob.Hermione grabbed it and pulled the door open and walked in with Ryan.

This is the Hogwarts kitchen, a place Ryan has known for a long time but has never been to.The entire kitchen is one great room with high ceilings, the size of the auditorium above.There were many gleaming copper pots and basins piled against the surrounding stone walls, and there was a great brick fireplace at the far end of the room.Much like the kitchen he had imagined.

"Good afternoon, noble sir and miss, what are you here for?" A house-elf who looked a little older came over and asked after bowing.

"We have been studying at Hogwarts for four years, and only yesterday we found out that it is you house elves who usually serve us in the school. Out of curiosity, we want to know how you work and live in the school. I just don't know if it will disturb you and cause you trouble?" Ryan stepped forward and said.

"Oh, sir, you are too polite, this is not troublesome." The house elf who looked a little older said after bowing again. "You can take a look at it as you like, and everyone will answer any questions you have."

Soon Hermione went aside and started questioning the house-elves. The Hogwarts elves seemed fine.Each was healthy, and all wore the same uniform: a tea towel with the Hogwarts crest on it.The elves wrapped the tea towels around them like robes.After glancing at the two of them, they lowered their heads and went back to their work, but when Hermione went to ask, the house elf would stop what they were doing and answer his question seriously.

Ryan, on the other hand, looked curiously at the four long wooden tables in the huge kitchen, which are now clean.However, when eating, these tables will be piled up with food, and then magically teleported to the corresponding table above.

After mastering alchemy, Ryan observed and analyzed many things in Hogwarts, including the dining table.It's a pity that I only looked at the dining tables in the auditorium at that time, and I couldn't analyze what the teleportation spell on this thing was until I saw the corresponding dining tables in the kitchen.So now that he has the opportunity to enter the kitchen, Ryan starts to observe these tables.

You must know that these tables can be teleported for short distances in the Hogwarts castle, which is said to be unable to apparate. Ryan has always suspected that the principle contained in it may be the same as the principle of the disappearing cabinet.If I can figure this thing out, I guess I will be able to master more knowledge in terms of space.

"Can you tell me a story about this table?" Ryan asked a house elf next to him. The house elf showed a proud look and introduced to Ryan: "The legend of this table is that the founder of the school What the Chippas left behind was in use when our earliest ancestors came here."

"Hufflepuff! It's unbelievable that the things left by the founder of the school for more than 1000 years can still be used normally." Ryan showed a look of surprise.

After learning alchemy, he realized how difficult it is to make magic props that can maintain the effect for a thousand years. For example, the bracelet he is making now can maintain the effect for 200 years. Valyrian steel weapons can be more powerful with the advantage of materials. Save some time.However, the additional enchantment on it can be preserved for five or six hundred years.So Ryan showed a look of surprise after seeing that the magic effect of this ordinary table can be preserved for thousands of years.

"Of course, the great Hufflepuff makes a lot of amazing things." The house-elf looked a little downcast at this point. "It's a pity that we lost her favorite gold cup."

"Gold Cup?" Ryan thought of Voldemort's Horcrux.Seeing that Ryan was interested in the Golden Cup, the house elf gave him a serious introduction.

It is said that the golden cup is specially used to hold drinks and drinks, and it can hold drinks for the whole school to drink, and at the same time, it can keep the things in it for a year.The only pity is that the elves couldn't find the cup after Hufflepuff died.

They have always suspected that a descendant of the Hufflepuff family took away the thing that Hufflepuff had designated to leave in the castle for the house-elves to use when packing up the relics.It's a pity that they, as house elves, can't come and go in and out of the castle at will, so they haven't been able to find the cup.

Ryan nodded after hearing this. After knowing the original function of the cup, once the cup is obtained, it will be much easier to peel off Voldemort's soul piece.With this added bonus, he signaled the house-elf next to him to go about his work, while he himself began to analyze the magic on the table.

Hermione finished her information collection after more than half an hour.And Ryan also figured out the principle of these tables.He admired Hufflepuff for utilizing the properties of those raw materials to the extreme.At the same time, Hufflepuff linked the tables to the magical cycle of the entire castle, which is why these tables can be preserved for thousands of years.

Putting away the small notebook, Ryan nodded to Hermione, who looked a bit uncomfortable, and then left the kitchen together.Of course, before they left, they took a lot of various snacks from the house elves.

(End of this chapter)