v2 Chapter 1824： menu (1/2)
The stone wall next to the fireplace was piled with many gleaming copper pots and basins, and in the normal Hogwarts kitchen, it was full of house-elves wearing tea towels with Hogwarts crests, ready to go Stuffing pastries and food into the hands of students sneaking into the kitchen.
But here, there is only one house-elf. Sitting on a large comfortable chair, he looked at Hermione with a big smile, and when he noticed that she had finally found him, he pushed the cake on the table in front of him.
”Would you like a piece, this is my most satisfying dish, Helga liked it very much back then!” said the elf, ”but you know, she has a soft spot for all desserts.”
”How much are you?!” Hermione looked at the house-elf in front of her in surprise.
He's different from all the house-elves he's seen before, not in appearance, but in dress... He's wearing clothes, not like Dobby's scrambled hodgepodge of clothes, neatly dressed, a miniature set of Wizard robes, with a wizard hat on his head.
Although his eyes were terrifyingly large, and his long ears drooped to both sides, his expression was not of the grovelling and submissive that are common among house elves. Instead, he was calm and full of self-confidence.
”Oh, you already know my name!” Duoduo looked at Hermione with a smile. ”If I had to guess, it must have been Ivan Mason who told you that he also likes my cooking very much.”
”Yes, I'm Ai Wen's classmate!” Hermione nodded.
”I saw it just now, in your dream, your relationship with Ai Wen is very unusual, and he is still confessing to you.” Duoduo gave a bad smile, picked up a piece of cake and leaned back on the chair. On the back, ”I am very familiar with Ai Wen, and we have met many times. Wait a minute, I remembered, at some point in a long time, we also met.”
”What did you say? We've never met before!” said Hermione in surprise.
”I'm talking about you in the future and me in the past, you don't know it's normal now.” Noticing Hermione's expression, Dobby explained, ”Time travelers are always like this, Evan goes back to the past repeatedly, Seeking the help of the four founders, who has a lot of contact with Helga, will naturally see me at different points in time. Once, he took you and your children.”
Hermione looked at the elf in astonishment, thinking that this guy was absolutely insane.
child? Or her and Ai Wen's, does he know what he's talking about? !
”Don't be surprised, we are all used to it, Aiwen is not bad, you should really look at Ravenclaw's timeline, it's messy, Helga is always worried that she will get lost in time.”
The elf said a lot, paused for a moment, and pointed to his head.
”People who are not good here can't handle this. You have to remember where you are at this time, be careful not to bump into it, and disguise yourself in front of other people, so that there may be several of you at this time to avoid being discovered. , if it's only once or twice, it's fine, but if you go through hundreds or thousands of times like Ravenclaw, it's painful to remember. Time is a very dangerous magic, and the brain is not good. The messenger must not dabble, because it is easy to cause irreversible consequences. You should really remember this, and remind your son in the future, don't go back to the past so frequently, changing the time is a very dangerous behavior... Of course, wait until You won't remember this when you wake up, it's the aftermath of entering the eternal dream.”
Hermione didn't know how to answer. This little elf was crazy and always said some strange things, which was very abnormal. She didn't know if he knew it, or if he was just talking nonsense.
”Since you know Ai Wen, then you should know the purpose of my coming here.” Hermione took a deep breath and said, ”I'm here to find the key to Hufflepuff's secret treasure.”