The two of them finished arranging the room upstairs properly, and walked downstairs while chatting happily.
It was just noon. The ignored host of the house, Newt, had already tied on his apron. With a light flick of his wand, he transported the prepared meals from the kitchen to the dining room.
Roast potatoes, roast beef, fried fish, Scotch eggs...
Mmh, indeed, they were all classic British dishes.
As a child who had been fed these dishes by her old butler for years and had absolutely no say in the kitchen, 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 together, looking at her with a hint of nervousness. "Try it. Perhaps you might feel that I... um, cooked it a bit better than him?"
So he wanted to show off his culinary skills.
Kate's eyelid twitched. She buried her head to take a bite of the fried fish, then looked up to reveal a forced smile. "Delicious!"
Having eaten the same dishes for so many years, even if a different person cooked them, there was no surprise to be had.
She had thought that coming to Newt's house would at least allow for a change in menu.
Over on the side, Newt was still happy about the improvement in his cooking skills, completely failing to notice the exceptionally forced expression on his little disciple's face.
It wasn't that she hadn't thought about displaying a hand of culinary arts from China before the old butler in the past, but her small physique really held no persuasiveness.
A tiny silver dumpling of a person, wobbling while standing on a stool, holding a kitchen knife larger than her own head—anyone who saw it would panic.
The old butler had only seen it once before absolutely forbidding her from entering the kitchen again. No matter how she begged, it was useless.
She also didn't know how much of the culinary skills she had honed in the past remained after ten years of disuse.
Sighing secretly, she resigned herself to fate and continued eating the British cuisine that was exactly the same as before.
However, the subsequent topic began to make one's stomach ache.
"I heard from Rand that you like reading very much and don't like going out to play. Now, do you get extremely tired even after a short jog?"
Kate, who was still working hard on gnawing a potato, almost choked upon hearing this.
She did that to avoid Death Eaters! And the female protagonist!
Lifting her small face, which had instantly turned red, Kate swallowed the food in her throat with difficulty. "Teacher, I am not..."
"Since that is the case, come with me to feed the animals after lunch."
As soon as his magical creatures were mentioned, Newt's attitude became resolute, and he decided the itinerary for this afternoon without allowing for any objections.
For a master of magical creatures, his suitcase could be said to be a portable entrance, convenient for entering at any time during travel.
But beneath his room lay the true paradise for the magical creatures.
Stifled by his words, 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 Extension Charm.]
[Main Quest Reward 2: Acquire half of Newt Scamander's affinity for magical creatures.]
[Main Quest Reward 3: Acquire Newt Scamander's forty years of magic power accumulation (Not recommended to choose).]
Honestly speaking, she had originally been torn between Reward 1 and Reward 2. After all, Newt's Undetectable Extension Charm was truly at the master level.
One probably couldn't find a second person in the world who could extend the internal space of a small suitcase to the extent that it could contain an entire world.
Regarding this spell, perhaps even Dumbledore couldn't compare to him.
But the bad part lay in the System's discrimination against males; any attribute derived from a male was weakened by half.
How much of a master-level Undetectable Extension Charm would remain after being cut in half?
Kate didn't know.
Moreover, given her current condition, successfully casting spells would likely not be a simple matter.
But she was very certain that even if Newt's high affinity for magical creatures were shaved by half, it would at least allow most magical creatures to be close to her.
For Kate, who would have to face magical creatures every day in the coming days, this was simply a superweapon.
"Teacher," she raised her head and asked tentatively, "how many species of magical creatures do you currently raise in total?"
Tina, sitting to the side, covered her mouth and laughed. "He doesn't have the energy he had in his youth. Many animals have been sent back to their homelands. Now, there are only nearly a hundred species here, that's all."
Nearly a hundred species, and she says "that's all"?
Kate swallowed her saliva with difficulty. Finishing the remaining food in a few bites, she stood up and bowed. "I'm going back to my room for a moment!"
After saying that, she ran upstairs with a thud-thud-thud sound, leaving Newt dazed at the dining table.
"Didn't I tell you earlier? That child definitely doesn't want to eat old-fashioned dishes anymore," Tina mercilessly started her roasting.
Newt scratched his face with a confused look. "I thought she was eating quite earnestly."
"That is little Kate being polite. Next time, let me do the cooking." Tina raised her eyebrows. "At least it will taste a bit better than what you make."
Not hearing the couple's daily bickering downstairs, Kate ran back to her room. As soon as she closed the door, she chose Reward 2 without hesitation.
After quite a while, nothing happened.
Kate blinked her eyes and looked down at her own body. There was no reaction at all.
She almost thought there was something wrong with the System.
Then, that electronic voice sounded, giving her some face.
[Host has acquired half of Newt Scamander's affinity for magical creatures!]
[Host Character Attributes update complete!]
So the System also has latency?
Kate was speechless for a moment, then tapped open the character interface.
It was exactly the same as the previous attributes, only there was an extra entry at the bottom.
[Stacked Ability 4: Animal Affinity: Level 4]
So Newt's Magical Creature Affinity had already reached Level 8?
This wasn't affinity for a single type of magical creature, but rather, no matter which kind he encountered, Newt could make it reach Level 8 favorability.
Level 8 favorability was enough for magical creatures to treat him like family.
This couldn't be summarized by a simple adjective like "loves magical creatures."
One only needed to compare with a certain Hagrid who still lived in the Hogwarts Forbidden Forest to understand.
Comparing it like that, her Level 4 favorability... at least it wouldn't let some dangerous or naughty and hyperactive animals attack her right off the bat, right?
Kate felt somewhat guilty, but considering that subsequent upgrades only required increasing character favorability, there shouldn't be any problems.
"System, are there any more Main Quests next?"
She had tasted the benefits of the Main Quests and had already begun to actively request tasks.
However, this time, the System interface did not go as she wished.
[There are currently no Main Quests.]
[At the Host's request, Daily Quests can be completed within a limited date to receive rewards.]
Was this System actually so user-friendly?
Just as Kate was feeling suspicious, she saw the content displayed on the next screen:
[Daily Quest 1: Pick up ten buckets of Thunderbird dung.]
"...System, I (beep) your grandpa!"
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