A day at Hogwarts

"Today is a time of great joy, very different from what we all imagined. Let us cherish this moment when we come together: students from different countries and schools of magic, living together under one roof at the Ouagadou School of Magic. This It’s the bond of friendship. It’s a signal of unity, a signal of peace. It gives us hope for the rest of our journey.”

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After the welcome speech, Babajid Akinbad, the principal of the Waggadu School of Magic, announced on behalf of the Potions Tournament Organizing Committee: "After discussion, the Organizing Committee unanimously decided to hold a week-long free hunting competition in two days' time. The organizing committee will publish a material list after the banquet, and these materials can be collected in Moon Mountain. In the next potion championship, the potion materials listed on the material list can only be used in the free hunting contest. .”

There was an uproar in the auditorium. This rule was too favorable to the host, which caused dissatisfaction among the students of the other three schools.

It seemed that this incident had not been informed to the students of Ouagadou in advance, and Charles heard Catherine next to him murmuring in a low voice in disbelief: "How could this be possible."

Fang Yan thought that his English level was not good, and after confirming with Charles, he said, "They are bullying you too much."

Charles looked at Dumbledore and found the principal's expression calm, so he replied, "I guess there is some behind-the-scenes transaction between the principals."

Akinbad and the others in the auditorium quieted down and said, "I hereby declare that the Waggadu School of Magic will not use any of the materials on the material list in this potion championship."

There was an uproar in the auditorium.

The Moon Mountain range is one of the important sources of potion raw materials, which can surpass the Forbidden Forest by several Pacific Oceans.

Charles thought to himself that there was a certain element of virtuosity in doing so. After all, the fewer types and less familiar materials used to make medicines seemed to be of a higher level. However, the Congo tropical rainforest next to it is also an important source of potion materials, and many materials can be replaced. It is not a big problem just not to use Moon Mountain.

After he told Fang Yan about his analysis, the little girl said disdainfully, "Tch, if you have the ability, you can use a pressure cooker instead of a crucible."

"Pressure cooker?" Charles was taken aback, "Is this okay?"

"Of course." Fang Yan said naturally, "This is a new method invented by Zhang Jingjing. Her hometown is a local tyrant who grows medicinal herbs in the mountains, and she has a lot of medicinal herbs to mess around with. She used a pressure cooker once in the first grade. After putting the wrong herbs in a chicken stew with skin that shone like gold, she started experimenting on her own."

Charles blinked, looked at Zhang Jingjing who was communicating with Fu Rong with an automatic translation pen across the long table, and pinched his chin to think.

"Hey!" Fang Yan looked at him vigilantly, "Could it be that you want to pick on her, her old man is very fierce, a tiger can be slapped to death."

Charles replied with a black line: "I focus on my studies now, and I don't fall in love early."

Fang Yan said distrustfully: "I heard that you foreigners are very kind."

Charles shrugged his shoulders and said, "No one told you that the food that ordinary British people eat now is similar to the years when they were bombed by Germany. Only the capitalists are feasting and feasting every day."

When the two were chatting, the leader's speech was over, and countless colorful birds placed dinners on the long table.

"What is this, it smells so good!"

Fang Yan's big watery eyes looked at the clay pot in front of him. The lid of the pot was pointed and high like a hat, and the smell of the food inside was very fragrant.

Charles explained: "This is a Taji pot, a common pot in Africa. When the water vapor condenses on the lid of the pot, it will flow back. It is very practical in places where there is no water."

After speaking, he picked up the teapot that had just dropped, and poured a cup of mint rose tea for Fang Yan and Catherine.

When the meal was ready, he taught Fang Yan to hold a piece of bread in his hand, fork out the crispy stewed chicken, potatoes and tomatoes from the Taji pot, wrap it in the bread and eat it, it tastes sweet and sour.

"Is this fried rice?"

After Fang Yan finished eating, he saw that the rice in the small pot in front of Charles was red.

After Charles asked Catherine, he filled a small bowl for Fang Yan and himself, and said: "This is rice from the west coast. It is made of meat and fried tomatoes, pepper paste, onions, etc. to make a thick broth, and then put rice into it to cook. Serve with this fried banana.”

"Thank you." Fang Yan took the rice bowl and started to eat, "It tastes good."

When she had finished, Charles brought out a small plate of whole lamb roast. This kind of mutton is made by spreading local mixed spices and roasting slowly in the stove at low temperature.

After Fang Yan finished eating the roast lamb, took a sip of mint rose tea, and told Charles that he could eat spicy food, two skewers of barbecue appeared in front of him.

Both yakitori and chicken kebabs are cuts of meat marinated in peanut butter, salt, olive oil, and local spices, skewered with onions, bell peppers, and sprinkled with dried chilies, ginger powder, and salt when grilled.

When Fang Yan was eating kebabs, he heard Charles say, "Remember to eat vegetables."

As soon as the words fell, a small plate of chopped onions, tomatoes, lime, coriander, and cucumber salad came out in front of her.

When Fang Yan finished eating the kebabs and drank mint rose tea to relieve his tiredness, he suddenly found Zhang Jingjing and Fu Rong looking at him and snickering, and he was at a loss for a while.

Charles and she both tried the same dishes that were readily available around them, and ended up with squab, roasted almonds, cinnamon, sugar, onion, parsley, and saffron as fillings, baked to a crispy crust , and a pastry of vanilla, nutmeg, fried golden and frosted dough to end the meal.

"So full!" Fang Yan leaned back on the chair, drinking slowly with the drink in his hand.

"Brother Yin," Fang Yan changed his address to Charles after a meal, "I'm afraid I'll be fed like a piglet when I go back."

Charles said: "It's okay. Isn't your house only a few hundred meters away from the winter swimming pavilion? You can go back and swim two or three times a day with a swimming ring on your back. Otherwise, you can do radio gymnastics a few times before going to bed tonight."

Fang Yan shook his head and refused: "I don't want to do radio gymnastics."

Charles just smiled.

Everyone chatted for a while, and people in the auditorium began to leave one after another. Charles saw that Dumbledore was also full and left, so he said to Catherine: "I will go to Professor Dumbledore now, and I will let you know if I have any news."

Catherine immediately said: "Thank you very much, then please."

Charles and Fang Yan left the auditorium after speaking. When they were about to catch up with Dumbledore near the gate, the principal of the magic institute called him away.

Now there is no other way, Charles can only find another opportunity.

He met Seamus on the way, and the old man said that he just met two students from the Magic Institute.

Charles judged from the expression on his face that those two should be girls.

"Hey, what changed?" Seamus found that the sphinx guarding the gate of the community had been replaced by a female.

When they walked to the door, the female sphinx took a look and recognized it as a Hogwarts student and said viciously: "Damn it, the trash fish from England actually injured my brother today!"

"Miss fish, hurry up and apologize, otherwise you can only step on me if you want to go over!"

The sphinx spoke English, which both Charles and Seamus understood, so when it landed it complied.

Not long after Charles and Seamus returned to the residence, the others also returned.

Olivia took back the list of materials given by Waggadu, and the participating team members discussed which materials and quantities were needed, and then tried to collect them.

Everyone has their own activities today. They didn't sleep well in the carriage last night, and went to bed early at nine o'clock.

Charles changed into his outing clothes in his room, held a map in his hand and studied it for a long time, planning to go up tonight to find the old man's phoenix "Ruby".