Undoubtedly, among the many countries around the world, the British people's love for fish can definitely rank in the top three. Although their cooking methods for fish are mostly limited to frying or grilling, this does not affect their fondness for fish meat.

You must know that for the sake of fish export profits and feeding more people, from 1944 to 1976, for more than twenty years, the British government did not hesitate to launch the navy many times to conduct the "Cod Wars."

Loch Lomond, which carries the freshwater supply of the entire Scottish region, is the largest lake in the UK.

It is connected to dozens of other lakes and fifty rivers. Most of the cold water contains various fish, such as salmon, sea trout, rainbow trout, and river trout. Sometimes, even brown trout and snakehead fish swim into it.

However, regrettably, the government has explicitly prohibited all fishing vessels from fishing, and due to some "small accidents" a year ago, many strange clauses have been added, such as "prohibiting the throwing of any objects" and "prohibiting electrifying the lake."

Now, if you want to taste the delicious and fresh fish of Loch Lomond, the only way left is to honestly hold a fishing rod and sit by the lake to fish. Any other method will be regarded as poaching.

However, Eileen, who prides herself on being a senior foodie, has always been very resistant to fishing.

Unlike normal people: baiting, hooking, and reeling in are normal fishing steps.

Before harvesting, Eileen usually needs to pray that the fish that is hooked is not one of the dozens, or possibly hundreds, of strong and fat guys wandering in Loch Lomond—the silver-haired little loli with little strength has been shamefully dragged into the water by the hooked fish more than once.

The most miserable time, she was even "fished" into the water as many as four times in one day, so that the exasperated little loli directly sneaked into the stonemason's workshop in the town overnight, and used the power of science to complete her revenge.

However, today is obviously a lucky day for her.

After leaving Benitez's cabin and coming to the lake with fishing gear, Eileen caught three salmon and one river trout in less than an hour. Although the quantity is not too much compared to professional fishermen, it is more than enough for the orphanage.

Oh no, to be precise, it's slightly more.

Eileen glanced at the small plastic bucket placed on the riverbank. After putting in four big fish, it was indeed a bit too narrow. The most important thing is that she doesn't want to go back to the orphanage so early, in case she happens to bump into Benitez who is still in a bad mood, a lecture is definitely unavoidable.

"This fish looks so beautiful."

The girl squatted down and gently fiddled with the river trout in the cold bucket with her finger. It looked different from the rest of her companions, with a faint fluorescent glow on its surface, a greenish-brown back, and an almost white belly.

The head and back of the fish, as well as the dorsal and pectoral fins, have irregular black spots; the sides, dorsal fin, and caudal fin have green, red, and black spots, and the color is extremely bright and beautiful.

"You look so good, if I put you with the other three, you'll definitely fight, right."

Eileen tilted her head and thought for a while, stretched out her hands, skillfully grabbed the fat fish tail, and slammed it hard on the ground.

pia~pia~pia~

The big fish fluttered symbolically on the ground a few times, felt a burst of fatigue, and obediently fell asleep.

River trout, also known as cat fish or Asian trout, is a common staple food fish in Scotland and Ireland. The meat is delicious, sweet, and warm in nature, and has few bones. It can be caught all year round. After catching, remove the scales and bones, wash, and use fresh.

Whether it is fried, boiled in soup, or grilled, its deliciousness can be perfectly reflected.

If there is any shortcoming, it is that Asian trout is a bit more troublesome to cook. If the fish glands are not cleaned, it is still easy to cause diarrhea and nausea.

Of course, this is not a big problem for Eileen. After all, it is not the first time she has encountered the situation of cooking ingredients in the wild "out of necessity."

Eileen stood up and found a few stones by the river, surrounded them into a small pile, found some dry branches on the shore and lit a bonfire with a lighter. Then, she opened the fishing gear bag placed aside, took out the kitchen knife that she had accidentally put in, and skillfully began to remove the scales and internal organs of the river trout.

……

Crackling, sizzle~

The flames broke the dry branches, making a pleasant crackling sound, and the fat fish juice dripped on the red-hot stones, making a tantalizing sizzling sound.

The branches on the lakeside are actually not very suitable as a fire source for barbecue, because the smoke it produces is more choking than other fire sources, and at the same time, the smoke will inevitably affect the taste of some grilled fish.

However, Eileen, who was squatting on the ground and concentrating on turning the grilled fish, obviously didn't care about these insignificant flaws.

"Wow, this one is really beautiful."

Eileen licked her lips, her little nose twitched, her eyes gleamed as she looked at the grilled fish in her hand and swallowed.

The white and tender fish skin has been roasted into a golden color. Because of the fishing ban in Loch Lomond, the river trout in the lake is obviously fatter than those sold on the market. The golden fish oil slowly oozes from the cracked fish belly, making people can't help but move their index fingers.

"It smells so good, my saliva is almost flowing out. However, there is one last step."

After carefully looking at the browned fish, Eileen tried her best to restrain the urge to bite directly.

The girl happily picked up the salt and pepper shakers placed next to the stone pile, quickly sprinkled them on the fragrant grilled river trout, and then pinched a small oil brush and finally brushed the entire fish body, so that the taste was evenly smeared.

"Hehehe, it's done, let's eat!"

Eileen rubbed her hands contentedly, picked up the grilled fish from the fire, closed her eyes and took a full breath of the fragrant grilled fish aroma, her little head swayed back and forth intoxicated, opened her small mouth, and couldn't wait to bite down.

Just then, Eileen vaguely heard a slightly familiar adult woman's voice coming from beside her, and she felt that her right hand holding the barbecue skewer suddenly emptied.

"Accio Grilled Fish!"

Awoo... ooh, uh?!

Eileen, who had bitten into nothing, opened her eyes in confusion. Her hand was already empty, and even the iron skewer that pierced the fish had disappeared without a trace. Not far in front of her right, Professor McGonagall, wearing a Scottish plaid coat, was holding a wand in one hand and a sizzling grilled fish in the other.

——ovo——o-o——o_o

"My fish..." The silver-haired little loli's expression was stunned, and her eyes moved back and forth between her hand and Professor McGonagall a few times, and she finally realized what had just happened.

Her grilled fish was summoned away by Professor McGonagall with the Accio charm.

There are people in this world who use the Accio charm to snatch food! A noble wizard would actually use magic to snatch a grilled fish from a Muggle girl!

"Robber! Give me back my fish! I caught it with my own hands, and then worked hard to grill it for more than ten minutes!"

Eileen's delicate little face turned red with anger in an instant. She stood up angrily and rushed towards Professor McGonagall's direction, wanting to snatch back her labor results.

piaji……

Before she could run two steps, Eileen felt a burst of soreness in her two calves, and then the girl, without a teacher, stepped on her right foot with her left foot and fell to the grass by the lake with a slap.

"Ouch, it hurts... I squatted for too long, and my leg cramped."

Eileen sat up, poked her calf carefully with her finger, and a burst of electric-like soreness immediately made the little loli's tears almost fall out.

Helplessly maintaining her original posture and daring not to move, Eileen sat on the ground, raised her head with teary eyes, and looked at Professor McGonagall in front of her with a mournful little face, shouting angrily.

"Give me back my fish! What do you want to do, you annoying old woman?! I said I would never go to Hogwarts!"

Old woman?! Forget it... I won't argue with a child.

Professor McGonagall couldn't help but twitch her eyebrows, glanced at Eileen, who had fallen to the ground, and found it both funny and annoying—she really was a stubborn little girl, clearly with tears about to fall, but still maintained a ferocious appearance, and refused to admit defeat at all.

"Don't worry, Hogwarts is always voluntary. I'm here this time just to talk to you again."

As she spoke, Professor McGonagall pointed to Eileen's calf and asked in a gentle tone.

"Is it very uncomfortable? Would you like me to take a look first?"

Although schadenfreude seemed a bit excessive at this time, Professor McGonagall's mood did lighten a lot with Eileen's fall.

No matter how precocious she is, she is still just a child under the age of eleven, the most naive, the most willful, the most arrogant, but also the most cute and the easiest to correct.

As if feeling the smile in Professor McGonagall's gaze, Eileen gritted her teeth, stretched out her hand to pull up her sore leg, hugged her knees with both hands, and looked up at the wizard in front of her with a hostile look.

"Give me back my fish! Otherwise, there's nothing to talk about!"

"If you promise to go with me to visit Hogwarts, then I will give you back the grilled fish in my hand."

Professor McGonagall walked towards Eileen, waving the grilled fish in her hand intentionally or unintentionally, while talking, she observed the little girl sitting on the ground without a trace.

This time, the communication with Benitez was surprisingly smooth. After she briefly introduced her purpose, Benitez was exceptionally cooperative.

As Benitez said, Eileen's biggest weakness lies in delicious food.

As the grilled fish in McGonagall's hand swayed left and right, the silver-haired little loli's eyes involuntarily followed the grilled fish slightly to the left and right.

"Really?"

Hearing Professor McGonagall's words, Eileen hesitated slightly and repeated in a suspicious tone.

"Just a visit, nothing else?"

"Just a visit, and then I'll send you back here."

Professor McGonagall nodded and replied seriously.

"Deal!"

Eileen's eyes turned slyly, and she agreed readily without thinking, while spreading out her small hand forward, repeating again with a particularly serious expression.

"Give me back my fish!"

"Okay, okay..."

McGonagall shrugged her shoulders and helplessly stuffed the grilled fish back into Eileen's hand. To be honest, she couldn't understand why such a smart little girl would be so obsessed with eating.

After talking to Benitez a little, she realized that maybe Dumbledore was thinking too complicatedly—the reason she ate the owl may really just be because she was greedy.

"Okay, now can you go to Hogwarts with me?"

Standing silently on the side until Eileen finished eating the grilled river trout, Professor McGonagall asked gently.

"嗝~"

The silver-haired little loli narrowed her eyes, hiccuped happily, wiped the corners of her mouth, stood up and patted the grass clippings on her body, and her mouth curved into a smile, "Sorry, I lied to you."

Anyway, according to the 《Muggle Protection Act》, as long as Eileen didn't actively attack Professor McGonagall, then Professor McGonagall couldn't use any magic to deal with her—it would be a real joke if the deputy headmaster of Hogwarts was wanted by the Ministry of Magic for casting spells on a minor.

Eileen looked at Professor McGonagall fearlessly, her little face was full of smug smiles, and she looked forward to seeing the witch in front of her showing a look of astonishment, anger, but also helplessness.

"It's okay, I know."

"Eh?" Eileen's face stiffened, and she suddenly had a bad feeling.

Professor McGonagall smiled slightly and said in a calm tone, "So I dripped a few drops of diluted Draught of Living Death on the grilled fish."

Regarding how to persuade Eileen to go to Hogwarts, Benitez only emphasized three things from beginning to end.

First, don't try to reason with Eileen.

Second, you can never persuade Eileen.

Third, even if you persuade her, she will find a way to go back on her word.

"Draught of... what?!"

The silver-haired little loli's eyes widened, pointing at Professor McGonagall in disbelief.

Before she could finish speaking, a sudden and strong sleepiness attacked her, her eyelids became extremely heavy, her body softened, and she swayed and fell asleep in Professor McGonagall's arms.

"The next thing is up to Professor Dumbledore." McGonagall hugged the girl sleeping soundly in her arms, raised her wand in her right hand.

After a crisp sound in the air, the two figures disappeared by the lake.

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(Cute Mysterious Journey is begging for food, new book asking for recommendation ticket support, sob sob sob, a big chapter of more than three thousand eight hundred words! The protagonist is finally going to Hogwarts.)