Chapter 203: The Secret of the Abyss
"Sorry, I fell asleep in the lab. Wood rubbed his eyes and slept in the lab, which seemed rude.
"It depends on your mental state that you are in a bad state, did you not have a good rest last night, anyway, there are no classes now, you can keep these experiments for tomorrow. You didn't eat at noon, I didn't see you in the restaurant. I thought you should still be experimenting, so I made these desserts and brought them to you. Sleeping on an empty stomach is not good for your health, so it's better to wait until you've eaten these things before going to sleep. Madame commanded, and she placed some of the desserts she had just made in front of Wood.
"Did Pip give you these shoes?" Madame noticed at a glance that there was a beautiful gift box on the table next to her, and inside the box was a pair of small leather shoes of exquisite workmanship.
"What, did Pip just come here? I fell asleep and didn't even notice. Wood didn't expect Pip to come back so early this time, it must have been that Pip saw that he was sleeping too soundly and didn't wake him up.
Wood subconsciously looked at the table where he had slept just now, and the ghost mirror had been put into his pocket at some point.
Maybe he subconsciously put away the ghost mirror before he fell asleep, Wood thought.
"I didn't even think to buy you a pair of small leather shoes, or you thought it out for yourself. Children of your age now have a pair of leather shoes of their own. This looks pretty like this, you put it on and let me see it. Madame said happily.
"No, I didn't buy these shoes for myself, I was going to give them to Pip. Pip has been helping me these days, and I see that the shoes on his feet have been worn for a long time, and they are even worn out. So I thought of giving him a pair of leather shoes, which are very peculiar and can be freely changed according to the size of the foot. I've seen a lot of elven butlers wear shoes that don't fit their feet before, and I believe that there are very few leather shoes that fit their size in the wizarding world. Wood carefully said that the elven butlers were relatively small in stature and wore shoes of relatively small size, and it was not easy to find a pair of leather shoes that fit their size in the wizarding world.
"I didn't expect you to think so well, and I'm sure Pip will be happy when he sees it, especially when he knows that you have thought so much about him. Madame said with a smile.
Remembering that Wood had barely eaten today, he suddenly felt very hungry when he saw these desserts made by his wife. Although Madame does not cook and eat often, everything she makes is no worse than that of the chefs in the restaurant, and there are even some things that taste better than those chefs.
"What you've made is delicious, and if Mante saw it, he would have eaten it all. Wood laughed, his mouth stuffed with food and his speech a little slurred.
"If you like it, I'll make it a lot in the future, but it's a bit more cumbersome to make. If you're interested, you can come and help me, I'm sure it won't be very boring if two people do it. Madame joked that if it weren't for Wood, she believed she would never have gone into the kitchen herself to do such time-consuming and laborious things.
It was already evening when Wood finished eating, and Pip carefully placed the gold coin that Mante had given him next to his shoe. Wood put the coins away and put them in his pocket. Thinking that Pip should be in his room at this time, Wood used magic to package the shoes beautifully, and then went out with the shoes in his arms.
The elven butlers live near the professor's residence, and because the elven butlers are small in stature, the house they live in is a relatively low house shaped like a mushroom. The houses are half above ground and half underground, with two floors. When they need to rest, they go to the room below. And when they want to read a book or do something else, they come to this house on the ground.
Wood had never visited the elven butlers' houses before, and when he came to a mushroom-shaped house, he felt like he had arrived in Lilliputia.
"Wood, why are you here?" The first person to spot Wood was Pibo, who was usually lively and active, and was always idle.
"I came to Pip and I don't know if he's in the room right now. Wood asked, the rooms all looked identical, and he didn't know which one Pip was living in.
Before Pip could call Pip's name, Pip heard Wood's voice and walked out of his room.
To be able to meet Wood here. Pip looked surprised.
"Why are you here, is there anything important that you need my help with?" Pip looked at Wood in surprise, as if he thought it was a very unexpected thing for Wood to appear here.
"I'm here because I have something for you. You have been helping me these days, and I have to say, the help you have provided to me is very important to me. So, I want to give you a gift. Wood shyly said that when he wanted to give someone a gift, he was a little shy.
"You mean, you're going to give me a gift?" Pip said in shock, as Pip seemed to be seriously thinking about something when he saw the beautiful gift box that Wood was holding.
"I see that your shoes are a little worn, I don't mean anything else, I just think you help me every day, it's very hard. I want you to wear a pair of shoes that I gave you, and I hope you will accept it. Wood looked at Pip worriedly, afraid that his words would cause Pip to misunderstand.
"Are you saying that the pair of shoes I bought for you today were for me?" said Pip with emotion, he didn't expect that the shoes that Wood wanted to buy for him were actually for himself.
"Do you need me to open it for you, you must be very familiar with these shoes. Wood smiled and said that he believed that Pip would have carefully inspected the shoes he had bought for himself and asked his boss for every detail.
"Yes, I've asked my boss about every detail of this shoe, even about its expiration date. Pip said very seriously, and when he asked his boss what the maximum shelf life of the shoes was, the boss told him that the answer was that it was because the shoes were expensive. So the people who made these shoes used a lot of magic in the process of making them.
The magic allows the shoes to be used indefinitely, which means that the pip can be worn forever without worrying about size or wear. Not only do these shoes have the ability to change size, but they also have the ability to repair themselves. If it is accidentally damaged or damaged, the shoes will be repaired automatically, as if they were new.