I'm the King of Curry at Hogwarts

Chapter 241 Hey hey hey hey!

For inexperienced young wizards like Ron and Harry, as well as Muggle wizards, vampires were mysterious to them. Their limited access to information was limited to word-of-mouth among wizards or the imagined vampires in certain movies and TV shows. In reality, they didn't have many negative impressions of vampires.

As for Louis... he didn't really care whether vampires drank human blood or not. To be honest, which old Londoner under the Union Jack hadn't drunk the blood and tears of others? Of course, the meanings are different; one is physical, and the other is spiritual. The so-called European gentleman is forged from the suffering and blood and tears of countless people.

Of course, it's not just the old London Union Jack; even other flags... well, never mind, this is a slide you can't touch.

"I'm curious, this... um, Mr. Scarlett," Louis sat up straight and asked with a light laugh, "why did you choose to meet me instead of trying to sneak away without knowing anything?"

Charlotte took the handkerchief offered by the maid and wiped her lips, saying softly, "Now that you've come, you certainly won't leave empty-handed. I think it's better to meet you in person and clear things up than to be watched by you in the dark."

"Aren't you afraid we'll start a war with you?" Louis chuckled, crossing his legs. This vampire patriarch in front of him was quite interesting and had piqued his interest.

"I admit there was an element of gambling involved, but I won." Charlotte handed the handkerchief back to the maid. "After your introduction, I even felt that you might be interested in working with me."

"This old ancestor is a shrewd fellow," Louis said, narrowing his eyes and looking at the old fox with some admiration.

"You are very confident."

"It's alright." Charlotte smiled gracefully. "I believe His Highness of the Mountbatten family is not like those barbaric wizards who only know how to fight and kill."

This compliment was quite clever. After disparaging a couple of "other wizards," it flattered Louis and also pointed out Louis's family background. Unlike in Seris, where mentioning someone's family background would make them think you were implying they were nothing without their family, in Europe, family background is considered an advantage. Louis couldn't help but give Charlotte a mental thumbs up.

Impressions are important. Louis himself didn't have any hostility towards the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and at least Charlotte's attitude right now satisfied him.

"It seems you know a lot about humans?" Louis said with a smile.

"Actually, we're not that different from humans, at least not in the Scarlett family," Charlotte said, spreading her hands. "Unlike some fools, we know what mutual benefit and seeking common ground while respecting differences mean."

Fortunately, he didn't mention coexistence and mutual benefit. Otherwise, even if Louis didn't get angry, if old Louis knew, he would have jumped up and shot him twice to teach him what he could and couldn't say.

"Is that so?" Louis nodded noncommittally, then chuckled and asked, "I killed so many of your... well, your offspring, don't you hold any grudge against me?"

"Resentment?" Charlotte laughed heartily, as if she had heard something ridiculous. "I don't even have time to thank you, why would I harbor resentment towards you?"

"Oh? What do you mean?" Louis was a little curious.

"To be honest, I don't care about their lives. They deserved to die at your hands," Charlotte said casually. "There's no one else here, so I'll be frank with you. I don't think they deserved to die because they did anything 'wrong.' On the contrary—I think they deserved to die because they were a bunch of idiots who didn't need to exist in this world."

"You also have a bit of a social Darwinist tendency," Louis said, nodding noncommittally.

"Their only mistake was that they weren't very clean," Charlotte said nonchalantly.

Harry suddenly interrupted, "But, Mr. Scarlett, they are... uh, um... they raided human farms and killed humans who had been kind to them..."

"Yes, these are only part of the problem." Charlotte picked up the red wine on the table and took a sip. "The real problem is that they were caught cheating, and they did it when things were getting tense. With these idiots dragging me down, even if I don't die this time, I'll be dragged down with them sooner or later."

"You're a really smart man, Mr. Scarlett," Louis said, giving a thumbs-up.

"You flatter me." Charlotte nodded with a smile, accepting Louis's compliment.

"I imagine you didn't call us here just to talk about your life story, Mr. Scarlett," Louis said, scratching his chin with a chuckle. "Let's get straight to the point."

"That's great! I love your temper." Charlotte said with a smile, "Then I'll be blunt. Surviving in this world isn't easy, especially surviving between humans and wizards. You've lived in the Muggle world, so you should know their weapons. Even vampires, with their powerful regenerative abilities, can be reduced to ashes by artillery fire, not to mention the terrifying miraculous weapons humans possess... I once saw the Bear's 'Big John' on Newland Island, my god, it was absolutely terrifying..."

At this point, Charlotte couldn't help but shudder.

"I should remind you that it's clearly 'Big Ivan'," Louis kindly reminded him.

"Ivan is just 'John' in Russian, like 'Jean' in French." Charlotte shook her head. "But that's not important. What's important is... I believe that given time, as Muggle technology advances, the wizards' living space will be further compressed..."

"You mean, you want to incite a conflict between wizards and Muggles?" Ron asked instinctively.

"No, no, how could that be?" Charlotte took a sip of red wine and said with a chuckle, "The struggle between wizards and Muggles never needs to be 'initiated,' and all I ask for is a peaceful existence..."

"You want to pledge allegiance to me?" Louis understood Charlotte's meaning. He looked at Charlotte cautiously, his mind racing, wondering what mischief this old fox was up to.

"You can understand it this way," Charlotte nodded. "The Scarlett family can do some shady things for you, and in return, you just need to provide us with shelter and some blood for daily needs."

"I also need to help you resolve the issues with the Blood Eye family, right?" Louis said with a smile.

"As expected of you." Charlotte gave a thumbs up. "However, I must say, this is just a very small matter, and we don't need your help at all—I don't think you could accept some useless people who need your help for everything, right?"

Louis nodded slightly, agreeing with Charlotte's statement.

"Also, there is something I really need your help with." Charlotte hesitated for a moment before continuing, "My great-aunt has been in a deep sleep for 120 years, and I don't know what illness she has, so I was hoping you could take a look. Perhaps you can help?"

"You mean Remilia?" Louis revealed an expression resembling a subway car, an old man, and a cell phone. "Isn't Remilia in Gensokyo? How... how is she in this world?"

To everyone's surprise, this time it was Charlotte's turn to be bewildered. He wore the same shocked expression as Alphonse: "Gensokyo? What's that?"

If he were also a time traveler, he would definitely exclaim, "You should probably watch less anime!"

However, Touhou Project has not yet taken off – in fact, the three major 00s, Touhou, Kantai Collection, and Love Live! have not yet made their debut. Touhou is still in its embryonic stage and will not be released by ZUN until two years later.

"Oh, it's just another world," Louis interrupted. "I stumbled into it once by accident, and that's where I heard the legend of Lady Remilia and Lady Fran—"

"Flandre? You mean my second great-aunt Flandre Scarlet?" Charlotte, to her surprise, also clicked the call. She sighed, "I didn't expect you'd actually heard of her. My great-aunt fell into a deep sleep because my second great-aunt's magic suddenly went out of control..."

Goodness, Louis exclaimed.

"Does your family also have a mage named Patchouli Knowledge?" he asked tentatively.

"My great-aunt does have such a friend." Charlotte nodded. "She's in the underground dimensional library, but I haven't seen her send any messages for several years. I wonder if she's gone on another world tour."

Tsk, Patchouli is no longer a homebody, she's become a backpacker? What kind of OOC (out-of-character) car is this?

"What about Flandre—your second great-aunt?" Louis asked curiously. "You mentioned before that Remilia fell into a deep sleep because of her magical outburst. How is she now?"

"Unfortunately, she has passed away." Charlotte sighed. "When she was alive, the Scarlett family was at its zenith, but alas... due to the slumber and passing of her two great-aunts, the Scarlett family also declined and ended up in exile in England... Oh, I'm sorry, Your Highness, I didn't mean to imply that England was a place of exile..."

"Yes, if we're talking about places of exile, then we have to mention Australia," Louis said with a smile.

"Austria? When did Austria become a place of exile?" Ted suddenly interrupted.

Charlotte turned and gave him a look of utter disdain, seemingly feeling somewhat embarrassed. He smiled sheepishly at Louis, who waved his hand and asked curiously, "What, your brother... has American blood?"

"Yes, he used to be an American." Charlotte sighed. "We weren't related by blood before, we're only brothers because we were both born to the same mother."

The case is solved! No wonder they mistook Australia for Austria; it's well-known that Americans have poor geography skills.

It's already a huge step forward that they can distinguish whether South Korea is a province of Seres. Don't expect too much. This isn't something I made up. There are many interviews about it on Bilibili. In short, there are a lot of memes about it.

Louis hesitated, wanting to speak but holding back, and ultimately gave up on expressing any opinion.

Forget it, being born as a Chinese person in this life is already the biggest misfortune. I'll just let it go and not bother with him.

He doesn't have a penchant for being a teacher, so let it be.

Charlotte coughed twice, trying to salvage the situation. Seeing everyone looking at him, he cleared his throat and solemnly said to Louis, "If you can awaken your great-aunt, the Scarlett family will be forever loyal to you."

"Oh?" Louis withdrew his hand from the sword maiden Remonia's grasp, and chuckled leisurely, "That's a good suggestion, but why?"

Now, not only Charlotte and Ted, but even Ron and Harry looked at Louis with curiosity, not understanding why he would refuse the allegiance of a vampire family.

"I mean, what use are you to me?" Louis scratched his lips with his thumb, his gaze sharp as he looked at the vampire brothers.

Charlotte remained silent. Ted frowned; he was already somewhat annoyed by Louis's earlier attitude towards him. He tapped the table, then pointed at Louis impatiently and said, "Hey! What are you doing putting on airs here? I..."

"Shut up!" Charlotte yelled. Ted seemed not to have expected Charlotte to scold him. The words he wanted to say were stuck in his throat, neither able to speak nor swallow.

Charlotte immediately apologized to Louis, saying, "I'm so sorry, Your Highness, my younger brother is being irresponsible..."

"It's okay, but I don't like people pointing fingers at me." Louis said expressionlessly in a very calm tone. There was no visible movement between him and Remonia. Instantly, a red streak flew out from beside Remonia and slashed at Ted's hand, severing his entire palm off.

This sword energy was a good deed, as it also healed his wound. Ted didn't even feel any pain before his hand was chopped off.

"I'm in a good mood today." Louis crossed his legs high, a slight, disdainful smile playing on his lips. "Mr. Scarlett?"

"Huh?" Charlotte was clearly surprised that Louis would suddenly make a move.

"My younger brother has a terrible temper; he needs to be disciplined," Louis said with a light laugh. "Otherwise, he'll suffer a great loss later."

Ted just stared blankly at the arm in front of him that was missing a hand. He felt no pain at all and even thought he was dreaming. Then he moved his right hand, but he still couldn't feel anything.

After a while, his palm suddenly hurt, but his wrist was still bare.

It's phantom pain. After amputation, the brain sometimes sends signals to test whether the amputated part still exists, which causes phantom pain. It seems that even vampires are not immune to this, and Ted obviously doesn't know this.

Charlotte glanced at Ted, who was still in a daze, and made up her mind.

(End of this chapter)