Hogwarts: My Spell Infinite Derivation

Chapter 83 Hufflepuff's Defense Mechanism? We've come to the right place!

After the turmoil involving the Shire and the Sorting Hat subsided, Dumbledore, as if afraid of any further mishaps, quickly began the next part of the story.

Dishes appeared on the long tables of the four academies, and the students, who were already starving, couldn't wait to start eating.

Shire deliberately didn't use Deep Blue to convert the food into deduction points. Instead, he tasted the Hogwarts food himself and nodded slightly.

It must be said that the food at Hogwarts is quite good.

In the British "food" scene, which is mostly fish and chips, this dish already stands out from the crowd.

After all, it's the skill of house-elves, and the house-elves in Hogwarts kitchens have passed down their skills for generations, cooking every day. It's probably comparable to the kitchen of Shaolin Temple in the movies of my previous life, where each one of them is a culinary master.

To Xia's dismay, the dishes served were made with ordinary ingredients and contained no magical ingredients.

Therefore, no matter how delicious the food is, it will only provide very few deduction points for Shire.

But that's not surprising.

Magical materials are already expensive, and those that can be used to cook delicious food are even rarer.

If magical ingredients were provided to so many students at Hogwarts every day, the tuition fees Hogwarts collects probably wouldn't even last a month.

"Looks like if we want to eat something good, we'll have to bring our own ingredients."

"The Sorting Hat says that Hufflepuff House has its own private kitchenette, which even contains magical recipes passed down from Hufflepuff himself."

"Once you collect the corresponding ingredients, your Hufflepuff house-elves can make magical meals that are not only delicious but also have special effects, sometimes even better than potions."

Thinking of this, Charles couldn't help but lick his lips.

The next batch of dragon materials I ordered from Romania should arrive soon.

In order to minimize the loss of magic power from the fire dragon materials, he swallowed all the materials after killing all the robbing wizards.

Looking back now, it's still quite a pity.

After all, whether the fire dragon materials are used to make potions or magic potions, when combined with various materials, the magic power can stimulate each other and potentially unleash even more powerful magic.

Eating in this way will yield more deduction points.

Previously, the Shire didn't have the means, but now that he's at Hogwarts, he can give it a try.

In addition to dragon-based ingredients, Hogwarts also has a wide variety of magical ingredients, some of which are rare finds that may not be available anywhere else in the wizarding world.

For example, the thousand-year-old serpent monster is one of a kind that cannot be found anywhere else in the magical world.

If you used the bones of the basilisk to make soup, and cooked a pot of Dragon Tiger Fight, how delicious it would be!

A look of anticipation appeared in Charles's eyes.

Just then, the entrance banquet gradually came to an end.

Just like in the original story, Dumbledore first had everyone sing the school song, then warned the new students not to approach the Forbidden Forest or the end of the fourth-floor corridor, and only then did he have the prefects of each house take the young wizards to the common room.

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Inside the ancient castle, the staircases seem to have a mind of their own, constantly moving and crisscrossing, making the place resemble a maze.

Hufflepuff Prefect Cedric Diggory, the best student in the original books who died at Voldemort's hands in the Triwizard Tournament, was leading the Shire and other newly enrolled young wizards through the stairs, explaining the patterns on them.

The little Hufflepuffs listened attentively, not daring to slack off for a moment. Some even took out paper and pens, afraid that they would be late for class tomorrow if they remembered the wrong stairs.

This is also one of the characteristics of Hufflepuff School: hard work and down-to-earth. Although they may not be the smartest, they can make up for their shortcomings with hard work.

In a sense, knowing that you are not smart and have a bad memory, so you listen carefully and take notes carefully, isn't that a kind of intelligence?

Unlike these young wizards, Shire doesn't need to do that.

As his mental strength grew, not only did his reaction speed increase, but his memory also improved significantly.

While not exactly photographic memory, it far surpasses that of ordinary people. He memorized what Cedric said after hearing it only once, and even figured out some of the rules governing the operation of the staircase.

With Cedric's continued explanation, they finally arrived at the entrance to the Hufflepuff common room.

Cedric emphasized.

"You must listen carefully to what I'm about to say."

"Each college's common room has a unique access mechanism to prevent students from other colleges from entering."

"Gryffindor uses passwords, Ravenclaw uses door knockers that ask questions, and I'm not sure about Slytherin's, but it's probably similar."

"In our Hufflepuff common room, the door knocker is knocked in a specific rhythm."

"The opening time changes every week. The prefect picks a few notes from a piece of music and announces it to the whole college, so you'd better write it down."

At this point, Cedric showed a hint of pride.

"Ever-changing passwords are simple yet highly secure."

"Unlike the common rooms of other houses, in our Hufflepuff common rooms, no one can sneak in unless we invite them."

"Oh right, our common room also has a unique punishment system for intruders, so you'd better write down the opening schedule for each week, otherwise the punishment system won't be easy to bear."

Upon hearing Cedric mention the punishment mechanism, the Hufflepuffs clearly tensed up.

"Will throwing knives fly out of the door?"

"Will they still cast curses on those who knock on the wrong door?"

"What should I do? I'm a little scared. I'm afraid to knock on the door by myself."

Cedric said with a smile.

"This is Hogwarts, how could we use such harmful methods of punishment?"

He blinked.

"As everyone knows, the founder of our academy, Hufflepuff, was a great lover of food, and that's why he created many magical seasonings."

"Once, he accidentally created a magical vinegar that was sour beyond imagination. If this vinegar entered the mouth, one could not taste anything but sourness for a whole week, and everything one ate would feel like it was going to make one's teeth ache from the sourness."

"And over time, the acidity of this magical vinegar will increase, which is why it has become a unique defense mechanism for us Hufflepuffs."

He pointed to the nozzles on either side of the common room door.

"See? If you knock on the door at the wrong rhythm, this magical vinegar will spray out."

"It's okay if you make a mistake the first time; it's diluted, so it'll probably only make you feel sour for a day."

"If you make a mistake the second time, you'll be criticized for three days."

"If you make the same mistake a third time, be prepared to suffer for a week as if you have ten lemons in your mouth."

Just then, Charles suddenly asked a question.

"What if the intruder still won't give up and keeps making the same mistake?"

Cedric paused for a moment, then revealed a sly smile.

"The magic vinegar will become more and more ancient, and the magic it contains will become stronger and stronger."

"If the intruder has good teeth, he might be able to taste the finest vinegar from the time of the Hufflepuff founders. Tsk tsk, that flavor might even make a ghost cry from sourness!"

"As for the large group that broke in together, trying to deplete our Hufflepuff magical vinegar reserves, that's wishful thinking. It's said that the academy stored a lake's worth of vinegar using the Unseen Stretching Charm!"

"The intruder can't possibly drink all the vinegar from a whole lake, can they?"

Upon hearing this, the little Hufflepuffs all clapped with admiration in their eyes, and even Ciel was no exception.

As he clapped, Charles's eyes lit up, and only one thought occupied his mind.

"Hufflepuff School, I'm so glad I came here."

(End of this chapter)