Chapter 17: Abu the House-Elf

Albus Dumbledore finally calmed down Professor Dimmit, who was teaching Defence Against the Dark Arts in some emotion, and dragged his tired body back to his office.

Poor Professor Dimmit, while looking for teaching materials in the Forbidden Forest, accidentally broke his thigh when he was trampled on by a wild boar. After this, he had the idea of resigning and going home, but was persuaded by Dumbledore - if he picked, it would be difficult to find a successor halfway.

It took a lot of Dumbledore's energy to appease Professor Dimmit, and now he just wants to go back to the office and rest, but a lot of the time, it's not like you get what you want......

As soon as he entered, Dumbledore smelled a fishy smell, and before he could find the source of the fishy smell, a golden-red shadow rushed in front of him, and at the same time a very loud cry rang out:

"Albus Dumbledore!!

Fawkes rushed to Dumbledore in a rage, asking for an explanation.

"Why is that little wolf's house so luxurious, and I am so humble here? I also want a big house, the kind with a bathroom! ”

Dumbledore:???

You are a phoenix, what bathroom do you want? Phoenix, a walking little sun, is self-cleaning and never needs to take a bath, and Fawkes wants a house with a bathroom, which in Dumbledore's opinion is purely finding fault.

Dumbledore had the intention to pretend that he didn't understand Fawkes's words, and he secretly wondered in his heart: I didn't see Fawkes having a heart to compare before, what kind of stimulus did it suffer from today?

In fact, Fawkes's mentality is very simple, in the past, it was like Dumbledore's only child, but now, Dumbledore has a "second child"! It's no longer the only child, so it's taking fairness more seriously.

Dumbledore gradually understood Fawkes's heart, but he couldn't change the situation anytime soon. Because he can't afford a second house like Lovell's for the time being. There are two reasons for this, on the one hand, the Traceless Expansion Charm is not so easy to cast, and on the other hand, Fawkes is an undead bird, Dumbledore thinks that it needs a wooden house made of sycamore, in a hurry, where is he going to get sycamore?

That's when Lovell came over.

After listening to Dumbledore's conversation with Fawkes, Lovell found that there seemed to be a very simple solution.

"How about having Fawkes live on the second floor of the cottage? It would have been empty. ”

For Lovell, the first floor is completely sufficient, and even if there is a pursuit of territory, there is no need for infinite expansion. In fact, wolves will not blindly expand their territory after obtaining sufficient food. The larger the territory, the more effort is required to maintain it, and in the end, the gains outweigh the losses.

In Lovell's opinion, the territory on the second floor is pure negative equity, and it is annoying to go up every day to leave a mark, so it is better to give it to Fox. In the eyes of the wolf cub, Fawkes is definitely a good guy because he has just shared his prey with himself.

It has a crush on Fox's elegant phoenix.

Seeing that the wolf cub generously gave up half of the house, Dumbledore breathed a sigh of relief, but there was still an obstacle: this house was not sycamore, and I don't know if Fawkes could accept it.

"Yes." To Dumbledore's surprise, Fawkes simply agreed.

So, Dumbledore made a hole in the second floor of Lovell's cabin for Fawkes to enter and exit, and he was kind enough to move Fawkes's sycamore branch inside.

Watching Fawkes squeeze his way through the hole into the hut, Dumbledore felt helpless - it was just happy.

After solving Fawkes's problem, Dumbledore was finally able to rest.

Hogwarts professors live in the same castle as the students, except that instead of living in dormitory like the students, they have their own single bedrooms. Generally, bedrooms and offices are connected, with very few exceptions.

Dumbledore's bedroom, like most of the staff, was located above the Headmaster's office.

After giving Fox the "move", it was time for lunch.

Dumbledore wasn't in the mood for lunch in the Great Hall today, though, and he was going to settle it out in his office.

He snapped his fingers, and then there was a bang in the air, and a strange-looking creature with a heavy smell of oil smoke appeared in Dumbledore's office.

Lovell had never seen such a creature: it was about three feet tall, with very elongated arms and legs, and in contrast, it had a very large head, a pair of eyes the size of a tennis ball, and two large bat-like ears. It was wrapped in a strange-looking robe, more like a tea towel than a robe.

As soon as the guy saw Dumbledore, he immediately bowed to him, and his pointed nose poked into the carpet.

From Dumbledore, Lovell learned that this strange-looking creature was called a "house-elf", and was responsible for serving the teachers and students of Hogwarts, washing and cooking for them.

Lovell looked at the house-elf curiously. Noticing the wolf cub's gaze, the house-elf looked at it. When he saw the wolf cub, even though it was a wolf, the house-elf bowed to it, leaving the wolf cub at a loss and not knowing how to respond.

"This is Abu, the house-elf of Hogwarts, if you need anything in the future, you can go directly to it. Abu, this is Lovel, is ...... It is a guest who is staying here temporarily. "When the identity of the wolf cub was introduced, Dumbledore was rarely stuck.

Abu immediately bowed deeply to the cub again, and assured the cub in a shrill voice that it would take care of the cub and do its best to fulfill the cub's reasonable wishes.

The wolf cub only finds it a novelty: to fulfill his wish? I didn't expect the bad old man to be so generous.

"I want three, no, five grilled steaks, can you do that? Roast it tenderly, and the meat should be fat enough! ”

"Of course, young master! Abu is always at your service. Abu bowed slightly, snapped his fingers, and disappeared into place. Within two seconds, it was back, holding a huge silver tray with a sizzling steak on the tray.

Wolf Cub: !

This is also too godly! Since you can realize your wishes......

Dumbledore saw through Lovell's thoughts at once.

He coughed dryly, "Lovell, Abu is mainly responsible for providing you with three meals a day, you don't have to make too many outrageous requests. The house-elves at Hogwarts have a heavy workload, so don't bother them. ”

Although Abu, who was standing on the side, had the heart to say that he was completely fine, and that Master Lovell's request was not a burden at all, it was Professor Dumbledore who spoke, and in the face of Professor Dumbledore's conclusion, it had no room for comment.

Dumbledore said it was a heavy burden, then it was a heavy burden!

"You can enjoy lunch slowly, I'll go up and rest for a while." After explaining, Dumbledore left the office with a smile on his face.

He could finally rest.

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