Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

I talked to Professor Sprout and the caretaker, Mr. Filch, about how the nobles had let the ermione spiders mess up the herb garden. As a result, they immediately called in staff who not only renovated the herb garden but also arranged new plants for us, all at their own expense.

This is "noble duty".

It's really great...I'm almost a fan of theirs.

They seemed to have noticed our efforts in repairing the facilities, and even without our prompting, they took the opportunity to replace the furniture damaged by the erkaman spiders for each house. Not only Slytherin House, but all houses were replaced with new items.

That's right...Hogwarts has become so brand new that the previous furniture looks old.

We were all moved to tears.

The renovations appear to be complete.

As we admired the neat and beautiful interior of the college, the house-elves representing the people working at Hogwarts appeared for the first time.

Oh, so you are here too... It is said that the Ermagon spiders that invaded their workplace have been quickly dealt with by them.

As the furniture everywhere was renewed and looked brand new, they also expressed the wish to replace the appliances in the basement with new ones.

When the nobles followed the elf to the basement, they found that it was filled with ancient cooking utensils that are almost invisible now... Even I, who usually leave all the housework to my wife, can see it.

These cookers simply have an old-fashioned feel.

The nobles couldn't understand this, so we started making a list of cooking utensils that needed to be replaced.

What to do… There are so many things that need to be replaced that I’m starting to worry about whether the budget is sufficient… There are also quite a lot of them, and those of us who don’t usually cook can’t tell how to start.

How were these budgets handled in the past... When we asked if there was a budget here, the elf explained that laundry and cleaning could be handled with magic, and that they only dealt with food stores dedicated to house elves.

Through that food store, they would purchase needed items for the students but would not use those resources for themselves.

Although the supplies used by students are regularly replaced through that store if they become old, the tools that the elves usually use are not prepared by them.

I see… those of us who don’t have house-elves at home can’t even imagine this situation.

The nobles and the staff of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures all murmured in agreement after hearing the elf's words.

It is said that the former principal would show them catalogs or call in suppliers to display new products, and prepare new tools every few years.

But since the current principal took office, none of that has happened, so they felt it was time to prepare something new.

The nobles believed that Dumbledore might not be familiar with these situations because he did not grow up in a family with house-elves.

Although magic can repair things, they are not so broken that they cannot be used. It's just that the house-elves that come in and out ridicule them for still using these antique things, which makes them feel unwilling.

Oh, I see...So, what should I do next?

While we were still worried about not being able to prepare quickly, a noble immediately summoned one of his house-elfs.

He completely handed over the task of updating the kitchen equipment to his own elf.

Even the elf screamed "unbelievable" and repeatedly shouted "unacceptable" when seeing these old kitchen utensils.

Although the cost could be huge, he made it clear that he would cover it in full.

Besides, his own elf was very capable, so there would be no problem in handing this task over to it.

Wow...that's amazing...

Once again we have lost our language ability…

But it was a real help to have someone do the work for us.

Phew… In this way, the renovation work is finally completed. This is almost entirely due to the nobles.

Great! It's great to have someone who can do the job efficiently for us!