Overturning Hogwarts

Unlike the dark and deep castle corridors in my impression, the corridor under Zhang Rui's feet was not only spacious but also very bright, with countless torches hanging on the walls on both sides.

"Are these wizards really not too hot?" Zhang Rui took off his wizard hat and blond wig and complained.

It is September 1st now, which is when the weather is hot. Even though the climate in Hogwarts is pleasant and there is a black lake in front of the castle, there is not much ventilation in this underground corridor, and there are so many torches...

"After all, the castle was built more than a thousand years ago. The design concept is incomparable to today's. Even wizards have some inconsiderations."

"Kitchen, kitchen... it should be this way, but where is it?"

That's right, the mysterious treasure Zhang Rui wants to find is the Hogwarts kitchen—the house elves in it.

If I remember correctly, a house elf is a magical creature that is born with the ability to use magic, and its strength is not low.

For Zhang Rui, who was still a Muggle at this stage and had nothing but money and brains, if he could harvest a house elf, it would be like getting an artifact from a novice's gift bag.

Of course, it can't be that smooth. For example, right now, Zhang Rui can't find the entrance to the Hogwarts kitchen.

I just heard that Hufflepuff's common room and kitchen were in the same corridor, but I didn't hear anyone mention the specific location of the kitchen.

Zhang Rui found it by smelling the aroma of food along the way, and the strongest aroma is here.

But there are walls nearby, and the pictures hanging on the walls are all kinds of food.

Zhang Rui originally thought that the entrance to the kitchen would be like other places, guarded by a humanoid figure that could talk and move, and then he could enter by giving the correct password, but after searching around, there was none.

But this didn't bother him.

Zhang Rui was seen pressing his face against the wall, twitching his nose constantly, trying to find the place where the fragrance came from. Later, after determining the approximate range, he licked his fingers and judged the direction of air circulation based on the coolness brought by the evaporation and heat absorption of saliva...

Finally, he stopped in front of a picture of a large fruit bowl.

"Boom boom boom!"

Zhang Rui knocked on the stone wall next to the painting with his hand, trying to judge whether the back was empty, but he couldn't tell at all.

"There must be some other mechanism. Only when the mechanism is triggered can the door be opened."

Zhang Rui tried twisting the torches on both sides. Isn't it usually like this on TV? As for whether it is dangerous to make a mistake?

Hogwarts is a school after all, and there are naughty children among the little wizards. ADHD is normal. It should not be necessary to install some destructive mechanism at the door of the kitchen. Otherwise, when Dumbledore reminded him before, he should have added a warning not to go to the door of the kitchen. .

"The torch doesn't respond. Could it be that the mechanism is on the picture, is it a continuous reading? Clicking on two identical fruits can eliminate them? Oh my god, I was shocked!"

Can you imagine what it would be like to reach out and touch a painting and something on it suddenly moves?

When Zhang Rui's hand was clicking on the fruit, suddenly a big green pear started to squirm and chuckle...

But Zhang Rui was shocked. He didn't expect that in the Hogwarts paintings, not only people could move, but even fruits could move.

"Hello, I'm a student at Hogwarts. Can you open the kitchen door for me? Dumbledore asked me to come." Zhang Rui said to Dalizi cautiously.

As for Dumbledore asking him to come, it's all nonsense. Anyway, he doesn't worry about being exposed. How can a big pear go and ask Dumbledore specifically?

"No response. It seems you don't understand what I'm saying." Zhang Rui tried to reach out and click a few more times before Dalizi moved again, chuckling, and suddenly turned into a green doorknob.

"It seems like you have to click several times in succession."

Zhang Rui took note of this method, maybe he will come here more often in the future.

I grabbed the door handle and twisted it, but it couldn't be turned, and there was no response when I pushed hard. Then I pulled it out again, and sure enough, the door opened.

As soon as the door opened, Zhang Rui felt a wave of heat rushing towards his face. The kitchen was indeed the hottest place.

"Oh my God, this is unscientific!"

Zhang Rui noticed at first glance that the kitchen in front of him was as big as the banquet hall above, but from the outside, the kitchen couldn't be that big at all.

It's like looking at a house with an area of ​​only ten square meters from the outside, and opening the door to find a courtyard house inside.

"No wonder housing prices can't go up! How can real estate developers speculate on land like this?" Zhang Rui's focus was obviously skewed.

"Dear Sir, how can I serve you?" A humble voice sounded from below.

"Oh, my God, is this a house elf?" Zhang Rui looked down and saw a short creature with big eyes, big ears, a slender nose, and no hair.

Zhang Rui looked around and couldn't count how many such elves there were. They were all smiling and bowing to him.

"These elves are so polite!" Zhang Rui sighed in his heart and quickly bowed to them.

Unexpectedly, these elves quickly backed away as if they had seen something terrifying, and some even knelt directly on the ground...

Zhang Rui was startled, thinking there was something scary behind him. He turned around quickly, but saw nothing.

"Uh, what's wrong with you?"

"No, dear sir, you are a student of Hogwarts and a noble wizard. How can you bow to humble elves like us? That's terrible! If you have anything to do, you can just give us a direct order."

"Forehead……"

Zhang Rui didn't understand the logic of this for a while, but that didn't matter. There were so many house elves here, and abducting a few by himself would probably not anger Dumbledore.

"Well, that's it. I had a delicious dinner up there just now. It tasted great, so I just wanted to thank you."

"Oh, no, don't say that. It is an honor for all of us elves to serve the distinguished wizard. No thanks are needed. No, no, we can't even mention this word!" the elves covered their ears and shouted.

"..."

What is wrong with these little elves, why do you seem to be doing harm to them by being polite to them? How about I be more direct?

"Well, how much do you get paid per month when you work here?"

Zhang Rui plans to poach people directly. No matter how much their salary is, he can directly increase it by ten times or even a hundred times. Anyway, he is so poor that all he has left is money.

"Oh, no!" The elves suddenly fell on the floor, smashed the floor with their hands, and screamed in pain, "We like to work, we don't want money, how can we ask for money? How can we actually ask for money to work? What kind of depravity has it become? How can you do such a thing? Is this justified?"

"I will work for Hogwarts forever for the rest of my life and never leave!"

"Being able to work for Hogwarts is the greatest happiness in my life!"

"Not only do I have to work for Hogwarts, my children, my grandchildren, and my ancestors have to work for Hogwarts until they die!"

"..."

Mudd, what kind of lunatics are these?

I am simply the favorite employee of the black-hearted capitalists, but I am a conscientious successor to society and cannot do such an immoral thing.

More importantly, if you don’t want money, why should I kidnap you?

I still have the ultimate weapon to poach the human world, but it’s useless!