Ancient wizards return to Hogwarts.

Chapter 296 Hufflepuff: Come! Regards, Slytherin!
"Eat quickly." Hufflepuff smiled kindly, urging the others to eat like a grandmother urging her grandson to eat.

"Thank you Professor White."

“It smells really good!”

The two unsuspecting girls picked up the knives and forks directly and prepared to eat, but Les, who was sitting aside, had no intention of doing anything.

He looked at Hufflepuff with a smile: I won't pick up the tableware until you reveal what ingredients you are using.

He knew his old friend very well. Helga was quite normal when she was young. After entering middle age, as she became more and more skilled in cooking, she started to let herself go. She likes to cook with all kinds of weird raw materials, and then trick others into eating them - even Rowena has been tricked by her several times.

However, although the raw materials are unusual, Hufflepuff's principle is to "make delicious food", so the dishes she serves must be delicious, safe and non-toxic, and absolutely rich in nutritional value. This is why he brought Daphne The reason why Astoria came here.

He believed there was no harm in giving them a taste of Helga's craft, the only thing they had to do was overcome their own mental barriers.

Hufflepuff saw through Les's thoughts. She calmly leaned on the back of the armchair and asked Les why he didn't move the fork.

Daphne and Astoria stopped their movements together, and for some reason, a hint of uneasiness arose in their hearts: Why didn't Les start eating? How delicious are these three dishes!
"Did you go to the Forbidden Forest?" Rice answered Hufflepuff's question with a question.

Hufflepuff nodded slowly.

Les thought for a moment and forked a piece of carrot out of the salad - he was sure that the carrot was really a carrot.

Hufflepuff sighed: She finally understood. The old viper would not move until she introduced the dishes in detail.

Where is the trust between people? Wasn't it because I had tricked them into eating some rare ingredients before?
But in Les' eyes, Helga's reputation in the field of gourmet food is limited compared to Rowena's. Maybe she should reflect on why her long-time friend has no trust in her.

"This is vegetables mixed with cheese. The vegetables are vegetables I grew myself - I used a little simple magic to ripen them. The cheese is also my own homemade cheese, and it tastes quite good."

Under Les's gaze, Helga finally revealed what kind of milk the cheese was made from.

"You use unicorn milk to make cheese?!" Daphne accidentally dropped her fork.

Many wizards have never seen a magical animal like a unicorn in their lives. How can they actually eat cheese made from its milk? Also, who is Professor White, and how can he even get unicorn milk?
"I am a person who is relatively good at communicating with magical animals." Helga told Daphne that the trick to dealing with magical animals is to be bold, careful and thick-skinned.

Les looked on coldly, feeling that this statement also applied to hunting.

"The blood of unicorns contains a curse, so..." Unlike her sister, Astoria is more worried about food safety. She was a little worried about the legendary unicorn's curse.

"Don't worry! I have the permission of the unicorn! There is no killing or torture, it is completely willing dedication. The materials obtained in such a mood will not be cursed."

While Helga was comforting the Greengrass sisters, a strange thought arose in Les's heart: If I use magic to control the unicorns and make them "voluntarily" donate, will the materials obtained in this way contain What about bringing a curse?
He thought about it and felt that the key point still lies in whether to kill the unicorn or not.

"This soup is cream of mushroom soup. The mushrooms are wild mushrooms that I picked from the Forbidden Forest. The cream is extracted from the milk of unicorns."

Professor White's introduction whetted Daphne and Astoria's appetites, making them eager to eat more bowls.

But Les would not be fooled by appearances, and his focus had always been on the rather questionable plate of meat. Judging by the color of the meat, it seemed to be some kind of seafood, but he couldn't be sure.

Especially after knowing that Hufflepuff had gone deep into the Forbidden Forest, he had a bold guess.

"As for this..." When talking about the third dish, Hufflepuff pondered for a second, and then told the girls that these were the crab legs of a hairy land crab without a shell. "That's it, it's a magical animal that I've never heard of!" Daphne became even more excited and ate several pieces of "crab meat" in succession. She only felt that the shell of the fried "crab meat" was extremely crispy, and the inside was The taste is sweet and juicy, a rare delicacy.

Les knew the nature of the "crabmeat" on his plate just by hearing the name. Astoria, who was sitting next to him, took a moment to react, and then she stopped touching the plate of fried meat.

"This guy should have been dealt with, right?" Rice had no dislike or disgust for the Acromantula at all. In his eyes, they were all moving little cuties. But just to be on the safe side, he still had to ask Helga if she had disposed of the spider's poison sac properly.

High temperature cannot remove the toxicity of Acromantula venom, and it must be combined with specific potion ingredients.

"Of course, I only took the leg meat."

"What about the rest?" Les suddenly thought of something.

"threw."

Les:…

Hufflepuff:?
Les raised his eyebrows: he decided to tell Helga the news, and he really wanted to see her expression.

He picked up his fork, took a piece of "crab meat" and put it in his mouth to chew while Astoria looked at her in shock. Don't tell me, it tastes really great.

"Hey, by the way, Professor White, in the era you lived in, were there magical animals like the Acromantula?" When the dinner came to an end, Leicester deliberately brought up this topic.

"Unheard of." Helga shook her head, but now she knew what the big spider she killed was called.

"Well, it's a magical animal that has been cultivated by wizards in recent hundreds of years. The venom extracted from its venom sac is valuable. A pint can sell for a hundred galleons, and the demand exceeds supply." Les is like a lover. Like the people who popularize science, they started "well-intentioned" science popularization for Hufflepuff.

After hearing what Les said, Helga froze in her seat as if she had been struck by lightning. It took a while before she recovered.

"Then this kind of venom, after leaving the spider's body..."

"It will kill him. If you want to collect it, you must move quickly." Les interrupted Hufflepuff's thoughts.

Hufflepuff's mood suddenly became gloomy until the end of the dinner.

After the last remnants of food were eliminated, Hufflepuff stood up with the wine glass in his hand.

"To end this wonderful dinner today, please allow me to propose a toast to an ancient sage, the great Salazar Slytherin! I heard from Flitwick that he [invented] the Restoration Charm. Making it possible to completely eliminate werewolves, such a person is so great!" Helga said, glancing at Les, and seeing the smile on his face froze, she felt joy from the bottom of her heart! , the bad mood just now was swept away.

Les:? ? ?
"Let us toast to Slytherin!" Hufflepuff raised his glass: "To the great Slytherin!"

Daphne and Astoria didn't know why, but the atmosphere had already reached this point, and they both started to "respect, the great Slytherin".

Les:…

He finally squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "Respect, the great... Slytherin!"

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