Mysterious Journey
Chapter 422 "A Big Deal"
According to the plan that Ellena had set from the start, the initial issues of *The Quibbler* were being distributed with complete and precise targeting. Every young Hogwarts wizard would find a brand new magazine beside their pillow upon waking up.
As a considerate little witch, Ellena was well aware of the drowsiness students experienced upon waking up. Naturally, she didn't expect them to eagerly flip open *The Quibbler*.
Therefore, the first thing everyone saw when they opened their eyes was the *A Bite of Hogwarts* section, specifically the page featuring a photo gallery of Hogwarts breakfasts.
Dozens of delicious breakfast images were compiled to be the best way to dispel the little ones' drowsiness.
Although, theoretically, aside from the fortunate Hufflepuff students, the other three houses might not be so lucky as to taste all the foods featured in the magazine during their upcoming breakfasts—but that was okay. Compared to the adult wizards outside the school, they could at least smell the aroma...
By the time Ellena arrived at the Great Hall, almost every student was holding a copy of *The Quibbler*, discussing its contents in hushed tones while waiting for breakfast to appear.
Naturally, unlike the content that adults would focus on, the first section, the food edition, was directly ignored.
For the Hufflepuff table, this was just a part of their daily three meals. Compared to the cold pictures they couldn't eat or smell, they would easily enjoy a more directly delicious breakfast than the pictures in a few minutes.
As for the atmosphere in the other houses, it wasn't as calm and pleasant as Hufflepuff's.
Gryffindor, having just "ceded territory and paid reparations" and even had their compatriots "kidnapped," was undoubtedly the most melancholy group. Although the *A Bite of Hogwarts* section heavily featured several classic potato dishes,
Still! No matter how delicious the potato recipes were, it was still potato-flavored!
Except for a few young wizards who went to work under the Ravenclaw Tower early in the morning and managed to get a few peaches to eat, most of the Gryffindor wizards could only grimace and face their potato feast.
On the other hand, the Ravenclaw students, who had seized a small potato "enclave" and also gained a group of hardworking Gryffindor "laborers," were undoubtedly much happier.
Although still not as enviable as the Hufflepuff students, for the Ravenclaw girls, being able to enjoy fruits and vegetables that grew "automatically" without any effort, and occasionally tasting Gryffindor's signature potato dishes, was quite satisfying.
After all, no matter how lavish the food looked at Hufflepuff, at least they had to go out and work in the fields themselves.
As for Slytherin, located on the far right side of the Great Hall, they had a completely different and unique style compared to the other three houses. Most of the dishes featured in *A Bite of Hogwarts* weren't on their tables!
But from another perspective, those dishes that appeared on the Slytherin table only appeared on their tables. Even Hufflepuff, which seemed to have everything, couldn't enjoy their unique delicacies.
Therefore, for these elegant gentlemen and ladies, the food of the other three houses was just ordinary food prepared for the general public. Any house-elf capable of cooking could make similar dishes.
Only their great and noble Slytherin had the privilege to enjoy unique dishes like chive boxes, coriander beef granules, baked durian with cheese, garlic bitter melon slices, and spicy fried herring.
Not to mention, only the Slytherins knew that several items, which theoretically only faculty members could order, had actually been added to their menu, such as stinky tofu and *natto* sauce...
According to the explanation next to the menu in the Hogwarts kitchen, these dishes were all made by specially processing certain crops with time and magic.
Besides Hogwarts, no other place in the entire European continent possessed this magical food processing magic. After trying a few pieces of stinky tofu with skepticism, all the Slytherin students completely believed this statement.
Gradually, the Slytherin students only smiled faintly at the ignorant slander and libel from other houses, occasionally revealing a profound look of disdain and pity.
Those classmates who only used their noses like dogs to judge whether something was delicious could never comprehend the essence of mysterious dishes like stinky tofu and *natto* sauce. That was the difference between a phoenix and an ant.
"Wow, look, the Slytherins are eating shit again!"
"No, I think they switched to the smell of smelly socks today."
"Ew! How scary, look, they're still sneering."
"Oh my god, am I seeing things? That expression, are they pitying us?!"
Without a doubt, with the appearance of breakfast, the first thing that echoed in the hall every day was the chorus of complaints about Slytherin. After all, the snake house's dark cuisine, which was different in style, always had a strong impact.
And the most puzzling and terrifying thing for the other three houses was that even after almost two weeks of this nightmare-like food supply, the entire Slytherin remained as still as a stagnant pool, without any ripples.
Even as time went on, these Slytherin students gradually started to chat and laugh, their words and expressions occasionally carrying a hint of disdain and contempt for the dishes on the tables of other houses.
You see, as Ellena's default number one little brother, Draco Malfoy had already learned in advance that starting from the next issue of *The Quibbler*, each issue would specifically reserve two spots for Slytherin's dishes.
At that time, the other houses would truly understand what unique nobility meant.
Not to mention, according to the strategic cooperation that the three houses had recently reached on the weekend, they only needed to patiently wait a few more days. After completing that big deal, Slytherin would become the biggest winner on the entire Hogwarts table.
Therefore, the Slytherin students didn't have any envy or jealousy towards the exquisite dishes described in *A Bite of Hogwarts*. They even wanted to fuel the flames and further intensify the "hatred" between the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor students so that they could relax a bit when the time came.
Anyway, it wouldn't be too long...
Slytherin had the dishes that Hufflepuff had!
Slytherin also had the dishes that Hufflepuff didn't have!
The time for the "big deal" was temporarily set for two days later.
That day happened to be the day when no senior Hufflepuff students had off-campus classes.
Except for the first class in the morning, which was Herbology for first-year Gryffindor and Hufflepuff students, the greenhouse was completely undefended for most of the time, which was very conducive for the other three houses to play.
The entire plan would be initiated by Slytherin and Ravenclaw first. With their superb acting skills, the little eagles and snakes were more than 70% confident that they could fool the professors at the first moment, making everyone think that everything was still under control.
Immediately afterwards, the Gryffindor lions would rush out to play the role of "shit-stirrers," first helping Ravenclaw beat up Slytherin once, and then turning around and actively fighting back against Ravenclaw, who had just lost once not long ago, completely disrupting the scene.
Finally, before anyone could react, the three houses would fight and retreat, escaping in "three" directions along the previously agreed route, and return to their respective common rooms with their respective spoils.
As the saying goes, the law does not punish the masses. Even if Hufflepuff reacted afterwards, facing the joint looting behavior of the three houses, they would have no other choice but to silently suffer in silence.
Even if the badgers became angry and wanted to fight someone, they would have to first establish a unified goal.
Moreover, according to the calculations of the Slytherin and Ravenclaw students, after several student group incidents, the school would definitely respond and try to avoid similar large-scale melee brawls from happening again.
At that time, even if the Hufflepuff students wanted to settle accounts and take revenge one by one, they would have to face not only the students of other houses, but even the joint defense forces of the entire Hogwarts faculty and staff.
Because of this relationship, except for those ordinary students in the three houses who didn't know the truth, the core members who participated in the secret meeting of the "big deal" didn't show too much envy even when they saw the *A Bite of Hogwarts* section.
The happy time left for Hufflepuff is not much...
Aside from the undercurrents brought about by the publication of *A Bite of Hogwarts* and the opening of the vegetable-stealing door,
Overall, this free publication that suddenly appeared on every student's pillow quickly became the most popular thing at Hogwarts. Almost every student could find something they were interested in on it.
Contrary to the focus of adults, the most attractive part for students was undoubtedly the secret passage information published by the Weasley twins. Similarly, the school's restricted areas shared by Filch also attracted the attention of many children.
You see, before this, except for a very small number of students with a spirit of adventure,
For most children at Hogwarts, the daily repeated path was a boring cycle of classrooms, the Great Hall, and the common room. Even if the Hogwarts stairs changed from time to time, it couldn't change the monotony and ordinariness of it.
On the other hand, Luna, Hannah, Hermione, and others, who published intimate photos with golden unicorns, became candidates for girls to actively talk to and make friends with.
Almost every girl who saw Luna and others asked where to find those beautiful unicorns, and what it felt like to hug a unicorn at close range...
Without a doubt, from first to seventh grade at Hogwarts, as long as they were girls, they would never be able to resist the charm of those cute creatures.
You see, even in Magical Creatures class, due to the number of people, most students wouldn't have much time to have close contact with magical creatures.
At the same time, on the other hand, for course content considerations, some relatively rare magical creatures usually wouldn't appear frequently in students' classes. Many Hogwarts students might only have the opportunity to touch a unicorn by hand only once or twice in seven years.
Therefore, when Luna, under Ellena's suggestion, vaguely revealed that she would consider inviting more girls the next time she took similar pictures of close contact with magical creatures, the scene almost got out of control.
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