"Magic Stone on the verge of shattering: 2000 chips.”
Leon evaluated the value of the scarlet gemstone, and to his surprise, a broken gemstone was worth 2000 chips. It was hard for Leon to imagine how much a complete gemstone could be worth.
At the same time, the Sorcerer's Stone also verified Leon's previous guess. It was not that Nick Flamel was tired of longevity, but that the Sorcerer's Stone was already overwhelmed and had lost its effect of refining the Elixir of Immortality.
But the interesting thing was, what was the meaning of Dumbledore's gift to him? Was he trying to test his attitude towards immortality? Or was it to divert the disaster, or to reward Leon for revealing the identity of Voldemort who possessed Quirrell?
As the owner of the Sorcerer's Stone, did Nick Flamel know? If he knew, what attitude would he have? Or rather, what kind of role did he play in this? This was even more worthy of scrutiny.
Leon was not in a hurry to exchange the Stone for chips. He was afraid that Dumbledore was using it to fish. Although the result of the appraisal did not indicate that the Stone was not an item that Leon had, it meant that Dumbledore and Nick Flamel were determined that the Stone belonged to Leon, which made it even more important.
Putting the Sorcerer's Stone into his shirt pocket, Leon walked out of the bedroom. It was indeed Christmas today, but he had been dragged out by Snape in the morning without even having breakfast. That was a big problem.
People were made of iron and rice. If they did not eat, they would be hungry. Leon was starving. Although it was already past breakfast time, he could still get something to eat in the kitchen. After all, the little badgers often did this. He was a student at Hogwarts, so there was no reason for the house-elves to treat him differently.
Right below Hogwarts Hall, next to the Hufflepuff lounge, there was a fruit plate in the corridor. Leon only had to scratch the pear to turn it into a green handle, and pull it to open the kitchen.
The kitchen was a large, high-ceilinged room as large as the Great Hall above, with glittering copper pots and pans piled up against the stone walls, and a large brick fireplace at the other end of the room; There were four long wooden tables in the room, exactly the same as the four academy tables in the auditorium above. Food would be delivered to the tables in the auditorium above through the ceiling.
Because it was a two-way street, every time Leon tapped his wand on the table in the hall, the elves in the kitchen downstairs could also hear the sound. This was why Leon could eat as long as he was still eating.
"Respected Mr. Magus, are you looking for food?”
As soon as Leon entered the kitchen, the house-elves stopped what they were doing and looked at him. One of the fairies, who seemed to be very prestigious among the fairies, came over and bowed slightly.
"Yes, because I didn't make it in time for breakfast, I wanted to get something to eat. Is this convenient for you?”Leon squatted down and answered with a smile.
Although traditional wizards treated house-elves as cruelly as a landlord treated a slave, Leon was different. Moreover, he had a good impression of these capable elves. After all, they were all excellent tools.
"Of course, we are very willing to serve every wizard who goes to Hogwarts!”The house-elf who asked the question trembled in excitement when he saw Leon crouching down and smiling at him. He bowed deeply and called the other elves to prepare breakfast for Leon.
"I'm Leon. What's your name?”While the elves were working, Leon started chatting with the elf who was talking to him.
"Respected Mr. Leon, Hakkar is called Hakkar.”The elf called Hakkar straightened his back and introduced,""Hakkar is the head of the Hogwarts kitchen. The noble and honorable Professor Dumbledore loves Hakkar's cream pudding.”
"Oh, hello, Hakkar. Nice to meet you. I want to ask, among the house-elf chefs in charge of cooking in Hogwarts, do you know how to cook Chinese cuisine?”Leon smiled and continued to ask.
"Yes, Yunxi does. She once served a wizarding family from the East, but Hogwarts requires ingredients and food, so she's learning how to roast meat from Ali.”Hakkar immediately replied. He then snapped his fingers, and a skinny but spirited house-elf ran over.
"Mr. Leon, this is Yunxi. Yunxi, this is Mr. Leon.”Hakkar enthusiastically introduced Yun Xi and Leon to each other.
"Hello, Yunxi. I'm Leon.”
"Hello, Mr. Leon, are you looking for me?”The house-elf called Yun Xi bowed to Leon and asked with wide eyes.
"Yes, I heard that you know Chinese cuisine. Can you tell me what you know?”Leon asked Yun Xi.
"Yunxi knows how to make a lot. Mr. Zhuo Geng, who Yunxi served in the past, likes Yunxi's braised pork, minced eggplant, pickled cucumbers, chopped pepper fish head…" Yun Xi excitedly introduced the dishes to Leon. Leon remembered that there were more than 30 dishes that Yun Xi had mentioned, and she was still reporting them.
"Alright, I got it. You're really amazing.”Leon waved his hand and interrupted Yun Xi's announcement. Then, he praised her.
"Thank you for your praise, sir. This was also given to me by the previous mistress. Unfortunately, they moved away and gave Yun Xi a scarf. Yun Xi had no choice but to come to Hogwarts to work.”Yun Xi looked a little sad when she said this. After all, there weren't many families who treated house-elves as gently as Mr. Zhuogeng's family. It could even be described as rare.
"If I want to eat Chinese cuisine in the future, will you cook for me?”Leon looked at Yun Xi and narrowed his eyes. At the same time, he began to consider whether he should kidnap this female house-elf. After all, it was not easy to find an elf who was proficient in Chinese home-cooked food in such a foreign country.
"Of course, I'm very happy to be able to serve you, Mr. Leon. Yunxi thought that she would never be able to cook Chinese cuisine again in her life.”Yun Xi nodded happily, then seemed to have decided on something."Mr. Leon, if you're willing, tell me where you usually sit. You only need to knock on the table three times in a row to indicate that you want to eat Chinese cuisine.”
"Thank you, Yunxi.”
"It's okay. I'm happy to serve you.”
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