Chapter 293 Helga's Feast and Les's Alertness

For the unicorns in the Forbidden Forest, today was really a far cry.

As a sacred and pure race, unicorns, who are full of treasures, are often coveted by wizards.

The female unicorn that Hufflepuff pinned down was considered to be well-informed among the unicorns. She knew that some dark wizards coveted their blood, and that the horns on their foreheads were valuable. She even heard rumors that their tail hair could be exchanged for money from wizards. But it was the first time she saw someone coveting the milk it produced!

It was really strange!

The unicorn shook its body uneasily, trying to shrink its belly, looking very reluctant.

Because the unicorn did not cooperate, Hufflepuff's actions were repeatedly frustrated. She raised her hand and gently patted the unicorn's back to comfort it.

"Be good, I just want a little milk, just a little, I promise not to squeeze too much!" Hufflepuff's voice was gentle, and it calmed the unicorn down like magic.

It stared with a pair of big watery eyes, as if judging whether what Hufflepuff said was true or false.

Seeing that his words had worked, Hufflepuff immediately continued to comfort: "I won't hurt you. You are such beautiful creatures. You are the most beautiful creatures in the Forbidden Forest--"

The unicorn blinked: This guy in front of him really doesn't seem to have any hostility?

The unicorn has a very keen intuition about good and evil. After carefully observing Hufflepuff for a while, she gained the trust of the unicorn.

"Good baby, good baby~" Although the unicorn in front of her has given birth to a cub, Helga still called it baby on the left and baby on the right, making it particularly happy.

"I really just want to taste some animal milk, I won't take it for nothing, I will definitely give you a satisfactory compensation..." Hufflepuff stroked the unicorn's back while removing the restraints on its limbs.

Helga's sincerity touched the unicorn, and it completely relaxed, and its bulging belly also drooped, which was considered to be an agreement to Helga's request.

Seeing the unicorn give in, Helga was overjoyed. She immediately took out a clean glass jar from her arms, and gently tapped it with her wand, and the glass jar became more than ten times larger, turning into a small glass bucket.

Helga squatted in front of the unicorn's belly and squeezed the milk with extremely skilled techniques.

However, Hufflepuff was not polite to the unicorn. She said "a little", but in fact she squeezed a full jar before she stopped.

He weighed the heavy jar in her hand, and Helga's face showed the joy of a good harvest. She turned her head and saw that the unicorn was looking at her with pitiful eyes, obviously dissatisfied with Helga's "a little": if she squeezed so much, what would her children eat?

The unicorn cub huddled beside her mother also bravely shouted at Hufflepuff twice to convey her displeasure.

"I told you I won't treat you badly." Hufflepuff took out a jar of honey from her sleeve and placed it in front of the unicorn, then took out a bunch of vegetables like carrots and pumpkins from the basket like a magic trick. It was a little compensation for the unicorn.

After putting down the "nutritional supplements", Hufflepuff left the forest meadow, and even waved goodbye to the unicorns before leaving.

Hufflepuff, who thought she had a good relationship with the unicorns, felt that she should be able to get a stable supply of unicorn milk in the future.

Hufflepuff walked out of the forbidden forest with the joy of the harvest. She had already started to think about how to deal with the milk - take some out to make cheese, and then make the rest into yogurt. It would be too wasteful to cook it and drink it directly.

Suddenly, there was a "clicking" sound from the surrounding woods.

Hufflepuff stopped, a little confused: this was the first time she heard such a sound. The next second after she stopped, a huge spider pounced on her from the tree.

This was supposed to be a perfect hunt. The spider had a very precise timing and was very decisive. The only problem was that it chose the wrong target.

Hufflepuff just slightly turned sideways to avoid the spider's inevitable attack, and then pointed his wand, and the spider could not move.

"It's a species I haven't seen before." Hufflepuff took a few steps closer and carefully observed the eight-eyed giant spider in front of him.

The eight-eyed giant spider has a terrifying appearance. Ordinary people would be scared to death just by seeing it, but Hufflepuff did not waver at all, but poked the spider's body with his hand.

"I heard that some Muggles use spiders to cook. Although the spider in front of me is a little big, it is also a spider..." Hufflepuff looked at the big spider in front of him thoughtfully.

First, confirm whether its meat is poisonous.

Hufflepuff quickly removed a spider leg and looked at the crystal white tender meat under the carapace. She thought that this thing was most likely non-toxic.

Helga, who carried an antidote with her, decided to try it immediately.

She took out a silver knife, cut a piece of meat from the broken surface and put it in her mouth to chew. After chewing it twice, Hufflepuff's eyes lit up: This thing tastes quite good, crispy, tender and sweet, somewhat similar to lobster, and more importantly, completely non-toxic!

The Hufflepuffs, greatly encouraged, quickly disassembled the eight-eyed giant spider in front of them into parts, and then regrettably found that only the meat on the legs was clean, and the rest was not suitable for ordinary people to eat.

Helga threw all the inedible parts, including the poison sac, aside and left the scene with only a few spider legs.

On the way back, she also picked some mushrooms and planned to stew a pot of delicious mushroom soup.

After returning to Hogwarts Castle, she didn't even have time to eat lunch, and hurriedly packed up the ingredients she had just harvested today. After all the ingredients were properly preserved, Hufflepuff also thought of the recipes for them.

So at breakfast the next day, Les received an invitation letter.

Daphne, who was sitting next to him, curiously leaned over to find out what was written in the letter.

"Professor White invited me to her office to eat in the evening..." Les stretched out a hand and stroked his chin.

"Huh? This is too good!" Daphne's eyes were full of envy: "Professor White is the best at food magic, and the dishes she cooks must be delicious."

Back in the desert, the food that Ms. White invited her to eat left a very deep impression on Daphne. This also made her very envious of Rice who was invited to dine there.

Rice did not respond. His experience told him that if you didn't see the original appearance of the ingredients that Helga put in front of your mouth, it would be better to be vigilant.

He quickly found a good solution: "Daphne, Astoria, do you two want to attend Professor White's dinner? I think I can take you."

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The first update is here!

The second update will be a little later, so read it in the morning~