The two of them finished arranging the room upstairs and came downstairs, chatting happily.
It was noon.
The neglected master of the house, Newt, had already tied on his apron and was lightly flicking his wand, transporting the prepared food from the kitchen to the dining room.
Roast potatoes, roast beef, fried fish, Scotch eggs…
Hmm, indeed all classic British dishes.
As a Child who had been raised on these dishes by the Old Butler for years and had no say in cooking matters, Kate was already used to it.
“Rand probably still only knows how to make these dishes after all these years, right?”
Newt unconsciously rubbed his fingers, looking at her somewhat nervously: “Try it, maybe you’ll think I’m… um, better than him?”
So he wanted to show off his cooking skills.
Kate’s eyelid twitched.
She buried her head, took a bite of fried fish, then looked up with a forced smile, “It’s delicious!”
Eating the same dishes for many years, even if someone else makes them, there’s no surprise.
She had thought coming to Newt’s house would at least change the menu.
Here, Newt was still happy about his improved cooking skills, completely unaware of his little apprentice’s extremely forced expression.
In the past, it wasn’t that she hadn’t thought about showcasing her culinary skills from the Celestial Empire in front of the Old Butler, but her small stature simply wasn’t convincing.
A tiny silver-haired ball wobbling on a stool, holding a kitchen knife bigger than her head—anyone seeing it would panic.
After seeing it just once, the Old Butler absolutely forbade her from entering the kitchen again, no matter how much she pleaded.
She didn’t know how much of her formerly honed cooking skills remained after ten years of neglect.
Sighing inwardly, she resigned herself to continuing to eat the same old British food.
However, the next topic started to become stomach-churning.
“Rand said you love reading, don’t like going out to play, and now you get tired even after a little run?”
Kate, who was still struggling to chew her potato, almost choked upon hearing this.
She was doing that to avoid Death Eater!
And the female lead!
Her face flushed instantly.
Kate looked up, swallowing the food in her throat with difficulty, “Teacher, I’m not…”
“In that case, after lunch, you’ll come with me to feed the animals.” This chapter is updated first at g.com.
Mentioning his magical creatures, Newt’s attitude became resolute.
Without further discussion, he finalized the afternoon’s itinerary.
For a Magizoologist, his suitcase could be considered a portable entrance, convenient for entering anytime during travels.
But beneath his room was the true paradise for the magical creatures.
Stumped by him, Kate could only obediently agree, lowering her head to continue filling her stomach while opening the system.
[Main Quest Reward 1: Acquire half of Newt Scamander’s mastery of the Undetectable Undetectable Extension Charm]
[Main Quest Reward 2: Acquire half of Newt Scamander’s affinity for magical creatures]
[Main Quest Reward 3: Acquire half of Newt Scamander’s forty years of accumulated magical power (not recommended to choose)]
Honestly, she had been torn between Reward 1 and 2, after all, Newt’s Undetectable Undetectable Extension Charm was truly master-level.
Probably no one else in the world could extend the interior space of a small suitcase to the extent of containing a whole world.
In this spell, probably even Dumbledore couldn’t compare to him.
But the problem lay in the system’s discrimination against males.
Any attribute originating from a male was halved.
How much of a master-level Undetectable Undetectable Extension Charm remains after being halved?
Kate didn’t know.
And given her current condition, successfully casting spells probably wouldn’t be easy.
But she was certain that even halved, Newt’s high affinity for magical creatures would at least make most creatures friendly towards her.
For Kate, who would face magical creatures daily from now on, this was simply a game-changer.
“Teacher,” she looked up, testing the waters, “how many species of magical creatures are you currently keeping?”
Tina beside her covered her mouth and laughed: “He doesn’t have the energy of his youth anymore. Many animals have been sent back to their native habitats. Now there are only about a hundred species here.”
About a hundred species, and ‘only’?
Kate swallowed hard with difficulty, quickly finished the remaining food, stood up, and bowed, “I’ll go back to my room for a moment!”
With that, she clattered upstairs, leaving Newt dumbfounded at the dining table.
“I told you, didn’t I? That Child definitely doesn’t want to eat those old-fashioned dishes anymore,” Tina mercilessly started to tease.
Newt scratched his face, looking confused: “I thought she was eating quite earnestly.”
“That’s Little Kate being polite.
Next time, I’ll cook,” Tina raised an eyebrow, “At least it’ll be tastier than yours.”
Not hearing the married couple’s usual bickering downstairs, Kate ran back to her room.
As soon as she closed the door, she chose Reward 2 without hesitation.
Kate blinked, looked down at her body—no reaction at all.
She even thought something might be wrong with the system.
Then, the electronic voice obligingly rang out.
[Host has acquired half of Newt Scamander’s affinity for magical creatures!]
[Host character attributes updated!]
So the system has delays too?
Speechless for a moment, Kate opened the character interface again.
It was exactly the same as before, just with one more entry added at the end.
[Overlay Ability Four: Animal Favorability: Level 4]
So Newt’s magical creature favorability had reached Level 8?
This wasn’t favorability towards a single type of magical creature, but regardless of which one he encountered, Newt could achieve Level 8 favorability.
Level 8 favorability was enough for magical creatures to treat him like family.
This couldn’t simply be summed up by the phrase ‘loves magical creatures’.
Compare this to a certain someone currently living in the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts, and you’ll know.
Compared to that, her Level 4 favorability… at least wouldn’t make some dangerous or mischievously active creatures attack her on sight, right?
Kate felt a bit uneasy, but considering that subsequent upgrades only required increasing character favorability, it probably wouldn’t be a problem.
“System, are there any more main quests next?”
Having tasted the benefits of the main quest, she was now actively requesting tasks.
But this time, the system interface didn’t comply as she wished.
[No main quests available at the moment.]
[Per Host’s request, daily quests can be completed within a limited period each day to claim rewards.]
This system is actually this considerate?
Just as Kate was doubting, she saw the content displayed on the next screen:
[Daily Quest 1: Collect ten buckets of Thunderbird droppings.]
“…System, I (beep) your uncle!”