Chapter 202: Special banquet

Abbott saw that Mike had been reading the newspaper for too long, so he patted Mike on the shoulder and joked:
"What's wrong? Do you like seeing others praise yourself so much?"
"No, it's just the first time in the newspaper, it feels a bit special."
Mike quickly put down the newspaper in his hand and responded with a smile.
Although his face was still smiling, Mike's heart was not so peaceful.
If he guessed correctly, this picture is likely to evoke the plot of the next school year.
"Well, now that everyone is here, let's go to the restaurant." Mario looked at the wall clock in the hall and said, "This time I specially prepared the side meat of Romanian Horned Dragon!"
As soon as he said this, Professor Flivy's eyes lit up and he was about to walk towards the restaurant.
On the other hand, Mike looked dumbfounded. He didn't know what the side meat was, but he knew that the Romanian Horned Dragon was a large fire dragon native to Romania. They have black-green scales and long golden horns. When hunting, they use the long horns to kill the prey before eating.
The horns of this fire dragon have extremely high medicinal value. After being ground into powder, it can be used as a formula for a variety of rare potions. In the international market, its horns are classified as Class B products (extremely rare). For this reason, Romania The horned dragon was almost slaughtered.
Romania, the origin of Romanian Horned Dragon, is now the most important fire dragon reserve in the world. Wizards from all over the world study and intensively raise Romanian Horned Dragon. It is precisely because of the efforts of these wizards that Romanian Horned Dragon It is not extinct.
At this time, Abbot came out again, like a roundworm in Mike's stomach, and explained to Mike the concept of Romanian horned dragon and side meat.
However, due to the conflict between Muggle common sense and wizard common sense, it took Mike for a long time to understand what side meat is.
It turns out that the side meat is the meat on the side of the dragon, but not all the meat on the side can be called the side meat. If you want to describe it, the side meat is equivalent to the filet in beef, a type of loin meat on the upper loin of a dragon.
After Abbott and Mike explained the work, everyone did not stop at their feet, and arrived in the restaurant in a short while.
When everyone came to sit down at the long table in the middle of the restaurant, an elderly wizard wearing a butler's costume took a few young men who also wore a butler's costume and started serving dishes.
If Mike remembered correctly, this was the first time he saw a servant butler in Abbot’s house, so he asked:
"Uncle Mario, do you have a housekeeper?"
"Of course, the Folly family is also a family that has been passed down for thousands of years." Uncle Mario laughed and said, "I will introduce you. This is Perot, the chief steward of our Folly family, and Those young people are all grandsons of Perot."
"Hello, distinguished guest!"
The butler named Perot served the old man until Uncle Mario said it. He bowed to Professor Mike and Flivy, and said hello, and Mike and Flivy immediately replied.
Seeing that the two sides had finished greeting each other, Uncle Mario continued: "Perot’s family has been the steward and servant of our Forli family for generations, but now the times are different. The number of wizards is declining, so I am a gifted child. They were all allowed to work hard in the Forli family's property, leaving some untalented ones to work in the manor. In addition, those house elves don't like to appear in front of guests, so it's normal that you haven't seen them. "
Although Mario said more cryptic, Mike still understood what he meant.
The so-called talent should refer to the magic talent, which means that the human stewards and servants who remain in the Foley Manor should be dumb guns without magic talent.
Mike couldn't help but feel a little moved. Because the wizard was able to use magic, his work efficiency was several times that of ordinary people. Looking at Filch, he knew that cleaning the corridors would be done after a few others clean up. But it takes a long time to talk about it. To tell the truth, a house elf is comparable to dozens of ordinary people in terms of housework.
Uncle Mario's arrangement is entirely a pity for those dumb guns, dumb guns are not magical, so they cannot integrate into the wizarding society. But because they have lived in a wizarding society since they were young, they cannot integrate into the Muggle world. Had it not been for Uncle Mario to raise them, they would starve to death sooner or later.
"But Perot, you can still have children!" Uncle Mario said with emotion, "Unlike us, we used to pursue pure blood too much, and we always married in small circles, resulting in a sharp drop in fertility. In this generation, only Abbott and Ailian are the children."
As soon as he said this, Mike, who was still feeling the fate of the dumb gun, opened his eyes and looked at Abbott sitting next to him with a shocked look, saying, "You still have a sister?" ’Looks like.
Abbott did not disappoint Mike either, and explained with an awkward smile: "Aileen is as old as you. She goes to school in Boothbarton, France, so you haven't seen it. They will have summer vacation a few days later. I should be able to see her again when the day comes."
Mike then realized it suddenly.
At this time, the food was almost ready. Because of a trip to the Ministry of Magic before, this lunch was a bit late, and Mike and Abbot were already hungry. But since the dishes served at this time are some ordinary Muggle dishes, they only ate a little bit, keeping their stomachs and want to eat the finale.
Everyone was eating lunch with talking and laughing, and finally, the much-anticipated Romanian Horned Dragon side meat was served.
I saw a few young guys in butler uniforms carrying four huge porcelain dinner plates to Mike and the others. Each of these round dinner plates should be about 1 meter in diameter. Maybe the dinner plates are too thick. For this reason, two people needed to carry these plates, and Mike also noticed that they were already sweating profusely when they lifted the plates to the table in front of Mike.
Seeing this, Mike strengthened his previous judgment. These people were all dumb guns. They had already used the Levitation Charm if they were replaced by any wizard.
Turning his attention back to the giant dinner plate in front of him, Mike saw a large dragon row flatly placed on the dinner plate, topped with a layer of dark brown sauce, exuding richness. Fragrance. On the empty space of the dinner plate, there are also a few pieces of broccoli as decoration.
While Mike was observing the dragon row carefully, four young girls who looked similar to old Perot put four bowls of creamy mushroom soup in front of the others.
However, with the Dragon Pai in front of Mike and the others, they could still go to the soup first. After the lead Uncle Mario acted on the knife and fork first, Mike and the others immediately started fighting.
Holding a knife and fork in his hand, he cut a corner from the dragon steak and sent it to the mouth. A strong scent of sauce filled Mike’s mouth. After chewing for a while, the taste of the sauce gradually dissipated, a bit similar to venison but The meat tasted countless times more delicious than venison. It was so delicious that Mike closed his eyes.
And what makes Mike most amazing is the taste of the meat. Although it doesn't have the so-called melt-in-mouth feeling, it doesn't make him feel difficult to bite. It is a very moderate taste.
Mike opened his eyes and looked at the cut on the dragon steak. He found that the dragon steak was really well cooked, so he nodded and ate it again. Even in order to have a refreshing meal, Mike even cut a large one at once. Pile small pieces of dragon meat before eating.
Mike has eaten a lot of steaks in his previous life, from low-level roadside fast food to high-end restaurants for several thousand dollars.
Some people who have never eaten steaks or have only eaten low-end steaks may think that well-cooked steaks are not good at all, and ordering well-cooked steaks in restaurants will be considered unprofessional.
But in fact the maturity of the steak only represents different tastes.
The reason why they feel that the well-cooked steak is not tasty and not tender enough is simply because the steak they eat is not high enough and the chef is not professional enough.
In fact, the truly top steaks are not worse than other mature steaks.
Mike hadn't fully developed yet. After eating a large number of cut dragon steaks in front of him, he already felt a little full, so he decided to take a short rest.
At this time, his eyes fell on the creamy mushroom soup on the side.
It happened that Mike, who was somewhat thirsty, leaned down and took a big mouthful, but the expression on Mike's face became extremely intoxicated as soon as the milky white soup entered.
fresh!
The cream's peculiar milk flavor engulfed a savoury savoury directly on Mike's forehead, leaving Mike's brain blank for a short time.
It took a long time for Mike to recover. He looked at the bowl of creamy mushroom soup again. Seeing that the mushrooms in it seemed to be a little different from the usual mushrooms, he looked at Abbott who was munching on the dragon meat and said:
"What kind of mushroom is this, too fresh!"
"These are the feet of walking mushrooms." Abbott finally explained after swallowing the dragon meat in his mouth. "Walking mushrooms are named after walking mushrooms. They are not strong but taste good. So the wild walking mushrooms are gone. What you eat now is farmed by the Hunter family. The feet of the walking mushrooms are the most delicious part of the whole walking mushroom."
After that, Abbot continued to fight the giant dragon platoon, and after Mike nodded, he drank the special bowl of creamy mushroom soup again.
Suddenly, the huge dining room became quiet, only the sound of everyone chewing and swallowing.
After half an hour, Flivy and others stopped, but at this moment there were still a lot of dragon rows in front of everyone.
Although it was a bit wasteful, Uncle Mario let the dragon meat be removed. After all, the food is good, but it is not so good that it makes people eat it.
At this time, the servants brought some snacks and tea after clearing the long table. After they were full, they started drinking tea and chatting.
What Uncle Mario and Professor Flitwick talk about most is their experience at Hogwarts, and the topic Mike, a Hogwarts student, can obviously also join in, so the atmosphere between them is quite similar. Well, no one left out.
While chatting, Mike suddenly thought of something, so he asked:
"By the way, Uncle Mario, Professor Flivy. Do you know a master of swordsmanship who is good at using European-style long swords? I want to learn how to use long swords."
"Why did you suddenly think of using a sword?"
Professor Flitwick asked with a surprised look.
But Mike just scratched his head at this time, and said that he wanted to learn more melee methods, and he could also exercise his body by the way.
Originally Mike planned to go to the Muggle World to find a swordsmanship coach to teach himself swordsmanship, because although European-style swords are considered a small type of swordsmanship, there are still many clubs in the UK that specialize in this, and the coaches inside are also very professional. . But after thinking it over, Mike gave up the idea.
Because Mike is a wizard first and a European-style longsword user second, so magic is Mike's main way of fighting.
However, the sword of victory and the oath is a two-handed long sword. Although it can be used with one hand, the swordsman in the Muggle world uses both hands to hold it. This is extremely unfriendly to Mike, a wizard, because of this. He cannot release magic while using the sword of victory and oath. UU reading www.uukanshu.cóm
That's why Mike decided to find a swordsman in the wizarding world. Only a swordsman who is also a wizard can teach him how to balance the use of sword and wand.
Mike is not afraid that there are no wizards who are good at using long swords. After all, Godric Gryffindor, the founder of Gryffindor Academy, owns a European-style long sword.
Although this Gryffindor sword is not comparable to the sword of victory and oath in Mike's hands, it is indeed a legendary silver sword.
This sword is made by a fairy. It is not only extremely sharp, but also has the ability to absorb other substances to strengthen itself.
In the original book, it can be used to destroy the Horcrux because it absorbed the venom of the basilisk when Harry Potter used it to kill the basilisk.
Now this sword is hidden in the Sorting Hat by Dumbledore as a heirloom of the Gryffindor Academy. It is said that only the real Gryffindor can take out this Gryffindor sword from the Sorting Hat.
This shows that the wizarding world has had a magic double repair routine since ancient times, so Mike felt that this technique should have been passed down.
As expected, Professor Flitwick did not disappoint Mike. After a while, he said to Mike:
"When I was addicted to duels, I did know a wizard who was good at using long swords, but I haven't contacted him for a long time. Well, I will write him a letter tonight."
"Thank you Dean!"
He was overjoyed when he heard that Mike was overjoyed when he heard that he had always had the treasure but he didn't know how to use it. Obviously there was a magical weapon like the sword of victory and oath, but it could only be used under certain circumstances, which made Mike lose his hair for a while.
Well now, if the wizard mentioned by Professor Flivy can teach himself, then the sword of victory and oath has the hope of becoming Mike's regular combat power.