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Chapter 54 - Chapter 54: The Humble House-Elf

What to do in Hufflepuff?

Of course, to find house-elves!

The house-elves in Hogwarts are all in the kitchen, and the kitchen is right next to Hufflepuff.

While it is not too late and not too sleepy, William Li wants to deal with the farming value of the house-elves before going to bed.

According to the original plot and William Li's understanding of the magical world over the years, he knows that house-elves are a kind of creature with a strong sense of service, who are proud of labor and ashamed of being kicked out of the family, getting paid, and wandering freely.

Most elves, such as the house-elves in Hogwarts, Kreacher of the Black family, and their ancestors who appeared in the original plot, regard lifelong service to their masters as the greatest honor.

Among them, Kreacher of the Black family even reached an extreme point.

His dream is to let his master cut off his head like his ancestors, and hang it on the wall side by side with his ancestors' heads as decoration after he is too old to work.

Of course, there are also exceptions!

For example, Dobby of the Malfoy family longs for freedom.

But in general, there are still very few such exceptions, and most elves are eager to serve their masters.

In this case, it is quite simple for William Li to deal with their farming value.

As long as they feel that a certain service is not good enough, they will naturally work hard to do it well.

In this way, they can naturally contribute farming value to William Li!

Thinking!

William Li has come to the kitchen!

The kitchen of Hogwarts is a large room with a high ceiling, the same size as the Hogwarts Great Hall above. There are many glittering copper pots and basins piled up by the surrounding stone walls, and there is a large brick fireplace at the other end of the room.

There are also four large tables in the house, and the positions are exactly the same as the tables of the four houses in the Great Hall above.

These four large tables are also the reason why Hogwarts dishes suddenly appear on the table.

These tables are connected to the four tables in the Great Hall by magic. As long as the dishes are placed on them, they will be teleported to the four tables in the Great Hall.

At this time!

Although it was already past ten o'clock in the evening, hundreds of house-elves in the kitchen were still busy preparing the ingredients for tomorrow's breakfast in advance to avoid not being able to deliver food to the little wizards the next morning.

When William Li arrived, the elves also saw him.

Immediately!

A house-elf came out, bowed respectfully, and asked, "Good evening, sir, Cole is loyal to you, do you want to eat something?"

Although it was already ten o'clock in the evening, not dinner time, little wizards often come at this time.

Forgot to eat dinner, or want to have a midnight snack.

So!

They were not surprised to see William Li.

"Yes, I want to eat something!" William Li looked at the house-elf in front of him with a slight smile on his face.

Cole nodded and said, "Please wait a moment!"

As he said that, it turned around to prepare!

As house-elves, the service consciousness engraved in their minds makes them want to serve their masters all the time.

As a student of Hogwarts, William Li is now one of their masters, so as long as it is not an excessive request that cannot be met, they will agree without hesitation.

After a while!

A plate of grilled sausages, a few pieces of bread, and a pumpkin soup were placed in front of William Li.

After William Li picked up the knife and fork and tasted it, he didn't say anything, but frowned and chewed it with difficulty.

But Cole in front of him found out that something was wrong with him and asked in a panic, "Sir, is there anything wrong with these things? Do they feel bad? Or.?"

As house-elves, if they don't serve their masters well, they will feel that they deserve to die!

"It's really a bit unpalatable!" William Li said with a gleam in his eyes.

In fact, the taste is okay.

Although it's not delicious, it's not unpalatable either.

If ordinary Muggle-borns come here, they may even think they are very good, but for William Li, who has been eating the meals made by chef Li Wenhua since he was a child, it's just like that!

However!

No matter whether it tastes good or not, he must say it's not delicious today.

Hearing this!

"We are damned, damned, we let the master eat such a disgusting thing!!!" Cole knelt down immediately and slapped himself as if he had committed an unforgivable sin.

"Pa pa!"

Along with the sound of his slap, other house-elves around him also rushed over, knelt down, slapped themselves, and said repeatedly, "It's our fault, it's our fault!"

Seeing this scene, even William Li, who was mentally prepared, couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Although he knew that house-elves were humble, he didn't expect that they would be so humble.

Just saying that it was not delicious, he actually slapped himself?

But soon, he reacted.

I came here to make them farm inwardly, not to watch them slap me.

Immediately!

"Stop it!" he shouted.

The house-elves subconsciously stopped their hands.

And he looked at them with an expression of disappointment, and said, "As house-elves, the food you cook is unpalatable. Is all you have to do is slap yourselves in the mouth?"

"Then what are we going to do?"

Seeing him like this, all the house-elves looked at each other, and then Cole stepped forward and asked anxiously.

"Of course you try hard to make it taste delicious to me!" William Li said in a deep voice.

"But we can make these things!" Cole said hesitantly.

Although he felt that it was their fault that the food was not delicious, he also knew that they could only do this.

William Li frowned deeply as he looked at them.

After thinking for a moment, he pretended to sigh and said, "Oh, there's really nothing I can do against you! If that's the case, then I'll teach you personally today!"

"How is this possible? How can I let you, sir, cook with your own hands?" When Cole heard this, he suddenly became anxious.

As house-elves, letting their master cook is a shame in their hearts and is proof of their own incompetence.

"Stop talking, study hard and look good. Only if you learn well can you make something delicious to me in the future!" William Li waved his hand and walked towards the stove.

At the same time!

He opened the system panel and found the cooking column.

[Cooking Skills (LV0-921/1000): Spicy Chicken (LV1-13/20) Mapo Tofu (LV1-5/20).]

Without hesitation, he added the farming value to the great skill of cooking.

79-

2000-

4000

Suddenly, the cooking skills on the system panel changed!

[Cooking Skills (LV3-0/10000)]

A huge amount of information also poured into William Li's mind.

Knife skills, seasoning, heat, stir-frying, and ingredient selection all at once, William Li has already reached a level of perfection based on all aspects of his cooking skills.

At the same time, small skills after cooking, such as spicy chicken, mapo tofu, etc., have also reached LV3 level because their cooking skills have reached LV3.

but.

"It's not enough!"

After William Li murmured something in a low voice, he decisively clicked on the cooking skill again.

The next second!

[Tip: Please choose one of the following three directions as the breakthrough direction! ]

[Cooking → Cooking. Luminous Cuisine]

[Introduction: The food you make will glow, and the taste will increase by 50%! ]

[Cooking → Cooking. Explosive Dishes]

[Introduction: The food made will make people's clothes burst, and the taste will increase by 50%! ]

[Cooking → Cooking. Nightmare Cuisine]

[Introduction: The things you make will be addictive, and the degree of addiction will increase by 50%! ]

Still three choices.

The first two William Li probably knew what was going on after just one glance.

Just the third one.

"Addicted? Doesn't that turn things into something that makes Baibula very high when he smokes it?" William Li murmured, and some pictures couldn't help but appear in his mind.

A group of people who ate the food he cooked chased him with crazy faces and shouted, "Give it to me, give it to me, give it to me quickly!!!"

Subconsciously, he trembled all over, shook his head quickly, and said, "No, no, this is absolutely not okay, this picture is too disgusting!"

Talking!

He ruled out the third outright.

As for luminous cuisine and explosive cuisine.

Both are pretty much the same.

After thinking for a while, he directly chose the first one, Luminous Cuisine.

There is no other reason.

If a group of people ate his food and all of them burst into tears, it would be a sight to behold.

After making the selection, the skills immediately changed!

[Cooking Skills. Luminous Cuisine (LV4-0/20000)]

A huge flow of information entered his mind again, giving him a deeper understanding of cooking.

only

"Why are the small skills still stuck at LV3?"

William Li suddenly saw that the small skills on the panel had not been improved, and he subconsciously had such doubts.

It stands to reason that the improvement of big skills can lead to the improvement of small skills! ?

But when he thought about it carefully, he probably understood something!

Yes, when improving big skills, small skills will also be promoted.

But there is a limit to this, right?

When a person plays LoL alone and has a deep understanding of the situation, control of the situation, and the mechanics of the game itself, no matter what hero he is, even if he has never played before, he can become very good at it.

But no matter how powerful he is, he can't possibly turn lol's monkey into the Monkey King of pesticides, right?

A truth!

Big skills can affect small skills, but the limit should be LV3, because LV3 is the limit of the skill itself.

If you want to break through after LV3, you need to add points yourself.

Thinking of this, William Li no longer cared about this and did not improve his cooking skills!

LV4's cooking skills are enough.

At this time!

William Li, who had already arrived in front of the stove, closed the system panel and said calmly to the group of house-elves following behind him, "I will only demonstrate once, so watch it!"