Tom Cat breaks through the dimensional wall

September 1st is the enrollment time for Hogwarts.

September 2nd is the official time for students to start classes.

Students' timetables will be distributed after breakfast.

Just when everyone was starting to enjoy breakfast, Tom wore the Sorting Hat on his head and Fox on his hand, like a dandy walking a bird and teasing a dog, walking in the castle with steps that he didn't recognize his relatives.

In front of the portrait of the Fat Lady, walk back along the corridor, go down six floors, follow the marble stairs into the foyer, and then turn left to reach a wide stone corridor.

Because the stone corridor is underground, there are no windows around it, so there is no natural light.

Ambient lighting is only provided by candle chandeliers from the ceiling.

Therefore, the entire stone corridor was illuminated by candlelight and glowed yellow and orange. The raised bricks and wooden barrels were stacked, and the dark shadows were clearly defined because the candlelight was not illuminated.

Coming down from the marble spiral staircase, you can see an oil painting taller than a person on the stone brick wall.

In the oil painting, there is a silver bowl filled with various fruits.

Tom Mu stepped forward, stretched out his paw, and scratched a pear in the painting.

It seemed that the pear couldn't stand the itching, and it couldn't help but tremble and giggle.

With a flash of light, the pear suddenly twisted and transformed into a large green doorknob.

Tom held the door handle and pushed the door open. Inside was the large kitchen of Hogwarts.

The kitchen is huge, as big as the auditorium hall.

In fact, the Hogwarts kitchen is located directly below the Great Hall.

Like the auditorium above, the kitchen also has four rows of long dining tables.

A little comparison can reveal that the placement of these tables is exactly the same as the placement of the tables in the auditorium above.

In fact, the food that Hogwarts students eat every day is naturally not generated out of thin air.

There are hundreds of house elves in Hogwarts castle.

The food that students usually eat is prepared in advance by the house elves in the kitchen, placed on the kitchen table, and then transferred directly to it through magic.

Because the elves usually don't appear in front of students.

So the average lower grade students don't even know that there are house elves in Hogwarts.

As soon as he entered the kitchen, Tom Mu's attention was immediately attracted by a huge soup pot directly opposite the door.

The pot was huge, as high as a story.

Below the soup pot is a blazing fire.

On the side of the soup pot is a small ladder spiraling upward.

At the top of the ladder, there was a house elf holding a huge spoon and stirring a large soup pot.

"Sniff sniff~"

"The taste of food, it's a pity that I can't eat, otherwise I really want to taste it."

Tom sniffed the Sorting Hat on his head, then twisted and began to speak.

"Gah! Gah gah gah!"

Fox seemed to have found fun again, never missing an opportunity to laugh at the Sorting Hat.

Tom Mu ignored the hat and the phoenix and walked towards the kitchen.

The elves in the kitchen are busy.

The elves cast magic in the sink next to it, and the pots and pans were automatically cleaned in the bubble water.

An elf snapped his fingers.

A huge pumpkin the size of a car floated directly behind it and followed the elf to the other side of the kitchen.

Turning around, Tom saw again where the elves were processing meat.

Two tables were placed together, covered with pork and beef.

At this time, there was an elf standing on a piece of steak, constantly stepping on the steak under his feet.

This made Tang Mu's eyes darken.

Especially since these house elves never wear shoes.

Even though they washed their feet when stepping on the meat, Tang Mu still couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

Tom knew about house elves.

Know that this creature's loyalty is literally engraved in its bones.

Once they have any disrespectful thoughts towards their master, they will punish themselves crazily.

What's more, they and even most people don't have any bad thoughts.

Therefore, Tom Mu can be 100% sure that the reason why these elves stepped on the steaks with their feet was not to vent their anger and revenge.

Stepping on the steak is one of the cooking steps of this dish.

But here's the problem.

It is said that out of sight is pure.

Before, I just thought the food wasn't very tasty, but now I also think it's a little unhygienic.

Tom's idea of ​​contracting the Hogwarts cafeteria became even more determined.

"Mr. Tom, if you are hungry, please go upstairs to the auditorium to have a meal. It is breakfast time now."

While Tom was visiting the kitchen, a house elf who looked a little older stood in front of Tom.

Generally speaking, no one is allowed to enter the kitchen.

So the house elf in front of him actually meant that he was chasing people away.

When Tom heard this, he looked at the house elf.

The image is no different from the movie.

It has ears as big as a bat, protruding brown eyes the size of tennis balls, a pointed and long nose, and almost no flesh on its body.

His thin body was covered only with a worn pillowcase.

The only thing that made Tom feel somewhat relieved was that the pillowcase covering his body was at least quite clean.

House elves who are good at cooking magic and household magic always have a way to clean themselves up.

Even if they don't have new clothes to wear.

"Meow?"

Tomb tilted his head.

"My buddy asked your name."

The Sorting Hat spoke to help translate.

Even though it didn't speak, the house elf in front of it could understand.

"My name is Don New, sir."

The elf Don New bent down towards Tom.

"It's in charge of the kitchen."

The Sorting Hat first introduced Tom in a low voice, then looked at Don New, raised his voice, and said: "We want to contract the kitchen of Hogwarts and add more dishes to Hogwarts."

"No, sir, we can't make this decision. Mr. Dumbledore must make the decision. Besides, I think the current menu of Hogwarts is rich enough, and the children like it very much."

Don New said, walked aside, put a piece of parchment from the cabinet, and came to Tom with both hands raised: "We also have the recipes left by Ms. Helga Hufflepuff. This is his great invention."

Helga Hufflepuff is the founder of Hufflepuff Academy.

She is also a lady of high moral character.

Although she is very good at food spells, Hufflepuff is a medieval wizard after all.

Not to mention that the food and cuisine of medieval Europe and China are not at the same level.

So much time has passed, and the cuisine of countries around the world has also improved with the times.

The cuisine now will only be better than before.

The canteen of Hogwarts may have been very strong in the Middle Ages.

But now, even if we don’t compare it with Chinese cuisine, the cuisine of other places in Europe except the UK in 1991 is better than Hogwarts.

Tom has not forgotten his mission.

Since we want to export oriental culture, food is naturally indispensable.

But the elf Tang Niu in front of him is very determined.

With the stubborn character of the elves, it is almost impossible to persuade them.

There is no way, I still have to go to Dumbledore.

"They are really stubborn. They don't want to add a few dishes. Your dishes are not much better than theirs."

Tom returned without success.

As soon as he walked out of the cafeteria, the Sorting Hat on his head began to swing and call.

Tom rolled his eyes and looked at the Sorting Hat.

The Sorting Hat twisted its body embarrassedly: "Don't look at me like that, I have never eaten the food of your country, but I believe in you."

As he spoke, the students of Hufflepuff Academy also came down the marble spiral staircase.

The common room of this college is also downstairs, and it is in a row of huge wooden barrels next to the kitchen.

In other words.

Hufflepuff is simply a paradise for foodies.

They go out to the kitchen and upstairs to the hall (cafeteria).

No wonder some young wizards have gained weight after a few years after entering school, and they are all proficient in food spells.

"Mr. Tom!"

"Hey! Mr. Tom!"

The characteristics of the cat are too obvious. It only showed up yesterday, and all the students in Hogwarts remembered it.

In fact, there are still many people who want to go to the canteen to find Tom to buy things.

But this cat is obviously the owner of a small shop, but it is not seen staying in the shop, but running around the castle all day long.

However, this did not dampen the enthusiasm of the children, but made them more interested in the mysterious Tom.

Everyone wanted to buy something in Tom's shop.

Tom also grinned and greeted the children, and then ran to Dumbledore's office with Fawkes and the Sorting Hat!

As soon as the gargoyles saw Tom, they rolled their eyes and jumped to the side without waiting for Tom to say the password, making way for the cat, hat, and bird.

"Meow!"

Tom thanked him and rushed into the principal's office.

"Bang!"

Tom pushed open the door and walked into the principal's office as if he were entering his own home.

Dumbledore was holding a feather pen and was writing a letter at his desk: "Dear G..."

Old Dumbledore had just started when he was startled by the cat, hat, and bird trio who suddenly broke in.

The ink from the pen tip dripped onto the letter paper, and a small black spot immediately spread out.

Sighing helplessly, Dumbledore didn't want people to know that he was still communicating with that person, although this was the first time he was really going to send a letter after so many years.

But it's better not to let others know about this kind of thing.

Fortunately, it was only Tom and his friends who came.

"Mr. Tom, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Dumbledore opened the magic drawer and threw the letter paper he had just started into it.

It can be seen that it was full of letters he wrote.

It's just that none of these letters have been sent out.

On the other side of the drawer, there was a large stack of letters sent by an old man.

Dumbledore read all these letters, but he just read them and didn't reply.

"It's like this..."

Before Tom opened his mouth, the Sorting Hat couldn't help but chatter.

It told Tom's thoughts and the meeting with Don New in the basement just now.

Although it didn't add fuel to the fire, it was definitely a lot of nonsense.

It took it more than ten minutes to explain something that could be explained in a few words.

Fawkes next to it also sang along, spreading his wings and making a "Ga, Ga, Ga!" sound.

Dumbledore looked at his beloved bird with a constipated face: "Fawkes, you are a phoenix, can you please stop calling like that?"

The bald bird put his wings on his waist and raised his head proudly, obviously not intending to pay attention to Dumbledore's request.

Dumbledore had no choice about this.

But he also understood the purpose of the cat-hat bird coming to him.

To put it bluntly, it was just because he disliked the Hogwarts canteen for being unpalatable and unclean.

It was just adding more dishes. To be honest, it was not a big deal.

Dumbledore had also eaten Muggle food, and those with intact tongues could compare.

It was just that Dumbledore didn't pay much attention to this aspect before, and his favorite was just desserts.

As long as the desserts in the kitchen were acceptable, he was not picky.

But if it could really make the food in Hogwarts better in the future, it would not be a bad thing.

It's just...

Dumbledore smiled and looked at Tom: "Aren't you going to open that canteen? You have to open a shop and contract the kitchen, can you handle it?"

"Of course I can - woooo!"

The Sorting Hat wanted to agree on behalf of his good brother without saying a word.

But Tom quickly raised his paw to cover its mouth.

Tom also reacted to the reminder of old Dumbledore.

It can indeed handle both the canteen and the kitchen at the same time.

But for the world mission, it is obviously impossible for it to handle only the kitchen and the canteen.

There must be other things to do later.

Moreover, if everything has to be done by himself, it will be so tiring.

Tom likes to find something to do and have fun, but he doesn't like to make himself suffer.

Dumbledore obviously saw Tom's idea, so he smiled and said, "Let's do this. The house elves will handle the kitchen affairs. I have agreed that you can manage the kitchen of Hogwarts, but you have to discuss this matter with Donny and the others."

"If there are house elves willing to let you manage the kitchen, and other elves agree, you will have the final say in the kitchen of Hogwarts."

As he said this, Dumbledore knocked on the table, and the house elf Donny appeared in the office.

Looking at Dumbledore in front of him, Donny immediately bowed and said hello.

Dumbledore patiently repeated the matter again, and then looked at Tom and Donny as if he was watching a good show.

Next, it was the matter between Tom and the house elves of Hogwarts.

However, Donny looked a little confused and frightened at this time.

It has been accustomed to doing things according to the orders of the master.

They do whatever the master tells them to do.

Now that the decision-making power of the matter has suddenly been handed over to it, Donny was a little overwhelmed for a while.

Although, this can be regarded as the master's order.

But Tang Niu really didn't know what to do with this kind of order.

After thinking for a long time, the Sorting Hat was a little impatient.

The house-elf slowly raised his head, as if he had finally made a decision.

He twisted his fingers together and looked at Tom with big eyes: "Mr. Tom, you can communicate with all the house-elves. As long as a house-elf agrees to cook your recipe, and that recipe is really better than the old recipe of Hogwarts, I will manage the kitchen with you."

This is the decision it made after careful consideration.

What it is best at is cooking.

As a house-elf, it must also ensure that students and teachers can taste the delicious food from the kitchen every day.

If Tom's recipe is really better than its, it will admit it.

If Tom's recipe is worse than its, then for the sake of the food of all teachers and students in the school, Tang Niu will never give in.

Well...

Unless Dumbledore orders.

Dumbledore, who was sitting behind his desk, found it more and more interesting, and couldn't help but want to write about it in his letter.

"In that case, Tom, when you find the house-elf, let it compete with Donny. In the Great Hall, I will let all the teachers and students in the school try your food."

"The final result will be decided by the teachers and students. Do you have any objection?"

Dumbledore's eyes narrowed into slits behind his half-moon glasses.

It feels like Hogwarts is finally getting more and more interesting.

I believe the children will also like this kind of activity.

"A very fair and just decision, Mr. Dumbledore."

Donny bowed.

Tom had no objection.

He thought this was pretty good.

"Okay, if there is nothing else, you can go ahead and do your work. I have something to do too."

Dumbledore smiled and grabbed the quill on the table.

Donny bowed and left immediately.

Tom was originally going to leave with him.

After taking two steps, he seemed to recall something and suddenly walked back. Under Dumbledore's puzzled gaze, he picked up the gilded perch beside the desk as if no one was around, and then turned and left.

Watching the cat carry away the bird stand dedicated to Fox in his office, Dumbledore subconsciously opened his mouth to say something.

As a result, seeing Fox following Tom with a happy face, old Dumbledore closed his mouth again.

His old face was full of melancholy.

Good guy, how long has this cat been here?

The Sorting Hat and Fox became like its own, following behind.

Carrying Fox's gilded perch on his shoulders, Tom went all the way to the first floor and returned to his own store.

Putting the gilded perch at the door, Fox flew up and parked it consciously.

"What are we going to do next? Are we going to the kitchen to find the house elves again?"

The Sorting Hat asked Tom.

Does it still remember the bet?

Tom shook his head. He did not intend to cooperate with the house-elves in Hogwarts.

These house-elves are very traditional and normal house-elves.

Tom had already found a good partner in his heart at this time.

I believe that cooperating with it will be more enjoyable.

But there is no rush for this matter.

After all, the cat is still the owner of the Hogwarts canteen. It is not a big deal if the canteen is still closed since school has already started.

Therefore, Tom decided to open the door for business first.

In order to show the high-end of their oriental canteen, the necessary reception is still necessary.

Tom looked at Fawkes on the gilded perch and grinned with a big white tooth.

Come!

This cat will teach you how to speak human language!