Chapter 205 Special Banquet

Abbot saw that Mike had been reading the newspaper for too long, so he patted Mike on the shoulder and joked:

"What's wrong? Do you like to see others praising you so much?"

"No, it's just the first time I've been in a newspaper. It feels a little special."

Mike quickly put down the newspaper in his hand and responded with a smile.

Although there was still a smile on his face, Mike was not so calm in his heart.

If he guessed correctly, this photo would probably stir up drama in the next school year.

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's go to the restaurant quickly." Mario looked at the wall clock in the hall and said, "This time I specially prepared the side meat of the Romanian ceratopsian!"

As soon as he said this, Professor Flitwick's eyes lit up, and he stood up and walked towards the restaurant.

Mike was confused. He didn't know what the side meat was, but he knew about Romanian Ceratops, which was a large fire dragon native to Romania. They have black-green scales and long golden horns. When hunting, they will use their long horns to kill their prey before eating.

The horns of this fire dragon have extremely high medicinal value. After being ground into powder, they can be used as formulas for a variety of rare potions. In the international market, its horns are classified as Class B commodities (extremely rare). For this reason, Romania The ceratopsians were almost wiped out.

Now Romania, the origin of Romanian Ceratops, is already the most important fire dragon reserve in the world. Wizards from all over the world are studying Romanian Ceratops there and raising them intensively. It is due to the efforts of these wizards that Romanian Ceratops That's why it's not extinct.

At this time, Abt appeared from the side again, like a roundworm in Mike's stomach, and explained to Mike the concepts of Romanian ceratopsians and side meat.

However, due to the conflict between Muggle common sense and wizard common sense, it took Mike a long time to understand what the side meat was.

It turns out that side meat, as the name suggests, is the meat on the side of the dragon, but not all the meat on the side can be called side meat. If I had to describe it, flank meat is equivalent to the filet of beef, a kind of loin meat from the upper loin of dragons.

While Abbot and Mike were explaining, everyone did not stop, and soon they arrived at the restaurant.

After everyone came to sit down at the long table in the center of the restaurant, an elderly wizard wearing butler's clothing and several young people also wearing butler's clothing began to serve the food.

If Mike remembered correctly, this was the first time he saw a servant butler in Abbot's house, so he asked:

"Uncle Mario, it turns out you have a butler at home?"

"Of course, after all, the Foley family is a family with a history of thousands of years." Uncle Mario laughed twice and said, "Let me introduce to you, this is Pero, the chief steward of our Foley family, and Those young men are all Perot’s grandsons.”

"Hello dear guest!"

The old man in butler uniform named Pero waited until Uncle Mario finished speaking before bowing to Mike and Professor Flitwick and saying hello, and Mike and Professor Flitwick immediately said hello back.

Seeing that both parties had finished greeting each other, Uncle Mario continued: "Pero's family has been the housekeepers and servants of our Foley family for generations, but times are different now, and the number of wizards is dwindling, so the talented children I They were all allowed to work hard in the Foley family's industry, leaving some without talent to work in the manor. In addition, those house elves don't like to appear in front of guests, so it's normal that you haven't seen them. "

Although Mario's words were relatively obscure, Mike still understood the meaning of his words.

The so-called gifted should refer to magic talent, which means that the human housekeepers and servants currently staying in Foley Manor should be squibs without magic talent.

Mike couldn't help but feel a little moved in his heart. Because wizards can use magic, their work efficiency is several times that of ordinary people. Just look at Filch and you will know that cleaning the corridors can be done by just a few people, but he But it takes a long time to do it. To be honest, one house elf is as good as dozens of ordinary people in taking care of housework.

Uncle Mario's arrangement is completely out of pity for those squibs. The squibs don't know magic, so they can't integrate into the wizarding society. But because they have lived in wizarding society since childhood, they cannot integrate into the Muggle world. If Uncle Mario hadn't kept them, they would have starved to death sooner or later.

"But Pero, your family can still have children!" Uncle Mario said with emotion, "Unlike us, we used to pursue pure blood too much and always marry in small circles, which led to a great decrease in fertility. In this generation, only Abt and Elaine are a son and a daughter."

As soon as these words came out, Mike, who was still thinking about the fate of the Squib, immediately opened his eyes wide and looked at Abbot sitting next to him in shock, asking, 'You actually have a sister? ’ look.

Abbot did not disappoint Mike. He explained with an awkward smile: "Ellen is the same age as you. She goes to school in Beauxbatons, France, so you haven't seen her. Their summer vacation there will be a few days later. How many days are you going to have?" You should be able to see her when the weather comes again."

It dawned on Mike.

At this time, the food was almost ready. Since they had gone to the Ministry of Magic before, this lunch was a bit late. Mike and Abbot were already hungry. But since the dishes served at this time were all ordinary Muggle dishes, they only ate a little bit, leaving their stomachs open for the final dish.

Everyone was chatting and laughing while eating lunch, and finally, the much-anticipated Romanian ceratopsian flank meat was served.

I saw a few young guys in butler uniforms carrying four huge porcelain dinner plates in front of Mike and others. Each of these round dinner plates is about 1 meter in diameter. Maybe the dinner plates are too thick. Because of this, these dinner plates required two people to carry them, and Mike also noticed that they were sweating profusely when they lifted the dinner plates to the table in front of Mike.

Seeing this, Mike strengthened his previous judgment. These people were indeed squibs. Any wizard would have used the floating spell long ago.

Bringing his attention back to the giant dinner plate in front of him, Mike saw an oversized dragon steak placed flatly on the dinner plate, with a layer of dark brown sauce poured on top, exuding a rich flavor. The fragrance. There are also pieces of broccoli placed on the empty space on the dinner plate as decoration.

While Mike was carefully observing the queue, four girls who looked somewhat similar to the old Perot brought four bowls of cream of mushroom soup in front of the others.

However, with the dragon in front of them, Mike and others couldn't care less about eating the soup first. After Uncle Mario, the master, took the knife and fork first, Mike and others immediately started fighting.

Holding a knife and fork, he cut off a corner of the dragon steak and put it into his mouth. Immediately, a strong aroma of sauce filled Mike's mouth. After chewing for a while, the smell of the sauce gradually dissipated, and there was a smell that was a bit similar to venison, but But the flavor of the meat, which was countless times more delicious than venison, gushed out, so delicious that Mike closed his eyes.

What struck Mike the most was the texture of the meat. Although it didn't have the so-called melt-in-your-mouth feeling, it didn't make him feel hard to bite. It had a very moderate texture.

Mike opened his eyes and looked at the cut on the dragon steak. He found that the dragon steak was indeed fully cooked, so he nodded slightly and started eating again. In order to enjoy the meal, Mike even cut a large piece at once. Pile small pieces of dragon meat before eating.

Mike also ate a lot of steaks in his previous life, ranging from low-end roadside fast food to high-end restaurants that cost thousands of dollars a piece.

Some people who have never eaten steak or have only eaten low-end steak may think that well-done steak is not delicious at all, and ordering well-done steak in a restaurant will be regarded as unprofessional.

But in fact, the doneness of steak just represents different tastes.

The reason why they feel that the well-done steak is not tasty and tender enough is simply because the steak they eat is not of high quality and the chef is not professional enough.

In fact, the truly top-notch steaks that are well-done are no worse than those with other degrees of doneness.

After all, Mike was not fully developed yet. After eating the large pile of dragon steaks cut in front of him, he felt full, so he decided to take a short rest.

At this time, his eyes also fell on the cream of mushroom soup on the side.

Mike, who happened to be a little thirsty, leaned over and took a big sip, but the moment the milky white soup entered his mouth, the expression on Mike's face became extremely intoxicating.

fresh!

The unique milky aroma of the cream, accompanied by an extreme salty taste, rushed directly to Mike's forehead, causing Mike's brain to go blank for a short time.

After a long time, Mike recovered and looked at the bowl of cream of mushroom soup again. Seeing that the mushrooms in it seemed a little different from the mushrooms he usually saw, he looked at Abt who was chewing dragon meat and said:

"What kind of mushroom is this? It's so fresh!"

"These are the legs of the walking mushroom." Abut finally explained after swallowing the dragon meat in his mouth. "The walking mushroom is named after it, which means it is a walking mushroom. It is not strong but tastes good. So there are no more wild mushrooms, and what you eat now is cultivated by the Hunter family. And the feet of the mushrooms are the most delicious part of the whole mushroom."

After saying that, Abbot continued his battle with the giant dragon steak, and Mike nodded and drank the special bowl of cream of mushroom soup again.

Suddenly, the huge restaurant became quiet, with only the sound of everyone chewing and swallowing.

It wasn't until half an hour later that Flitwick and the others stopped, but at this moment there were still a lot of queues left in front of everyone.

Although it was a bit wasteful, Uncle Mario still had the dragon meat removed. After all, although the food was good, it was not so good that people would eat it without filling their stomachs.

At this time, the servants brought some snacks and tea after clearing the long table. After everyone was full, they started drinking tea and chatting.

What Uncle Mario and Professor Flitwick talk about the most is their experiences when they were students at Hogwarts, and Mike, a current student at Hogwarts, can obviously join in on this topic, so the atmosphere between them is quite good. Okay, no one is left out in the slightest.

While chatting, Mike suddenly thought of something, so he asked:

"By the way, Uncle Mario, Professor Flitwick. Do you know a swordsman who is good at using European long swords? I want to learn how to use a long sword."

"Why did you suddenly think of using a sword?"

Professor Flitwick asked with a surprised look on his face.

But Mike just scratched his head at this time and said that he wanted to learn more melee combat methods and also exercise his body.

Mike originally planned to go to the Muggle world to find a swordsmanship instructor to teach him how to practice swordsmanship, because although the European long sword is considered a niche swordsmanship, there are still many clubs in the UK that specialize in this, and the coaches inside are also very professional. . But after careful consideration, Mike gave up the idea.

Because Mike is a wizard first, and a European long sword user second, magic is Mike's main fighting method.

However, the Sword of Victory and Oath is a two-handed long sword. Although it can be used with one hand, swordsmanship instructors in the Muggle world hold it with both hands. This is extremely unfriendly to Mike, a wizard, because this He cannot release magic when using the Sword of Victory and Oath.

That's why Mike decided to find a swordsmanship teacher in the wizarding world. Only a swordsmanship teacher who is also a wizard can teach him how to use swords and wands in a balanced way.

Mike is not afraid that there are no wizards who are good at using long swords. After all, Godric Gryffindor, the founder of Gryffindor College, owns a European-style long sword.

Although this Gryffindor sword is not as good as the Sword of Victory and Oath in Mike's hand, it is indeed a legendary silver sword.

This sword was made by a fairy. Not only is it extremely sharp, it also has the ability to absorb other substances to strengthen itself.

In the original book, the reason why it can be used to destroy Horcruxes is because it absorbed the venom of the basilisk when Harry Potter used it to kill the basilisk.

The sword is now regarded by Dumbledore as an heirloom of Gryffindor House and is kept in the Sorting Hat. It is said that only a true Gryffindor can take out the Gryffindor Sword from the Sorting Hat.

This shows that the wizarding world has had the practice of dual cultivation of monsters since ancient times, so Mike feels that this technique should also be passed down.

As expected, Professor Flitwick did not disappoint Mike. After thinking for a moment, he said to Mike:

"When I was obsessed with dueling, I did know a wizard who was good at using long swords, but I haven't contacted him for a long time. Well, I'll write him a letter tonight."

"Thank you, Dean!"

Hearing this, Mike was overjoyed. He had always had a treasure but didn't know how to use it. He obviously had artifacts like the Sword of Victory and Oath but could only use them under certain circumstances. This made Mike worried about losing his hair.

Well now, if the wizard mentioned by Professor Flitwick can teach him, then there is hope that the Sword of Victory and Oath will become Mike's regular combat power.