HP: Alchemy? Nah, It's Crafting

Chapter 396 - 396: 396: Daily Life

"Kasenhis, come play chess with Sirius. I'll go make breakfast."Lupin pulled Kasenhis over and planted him in his seat.

"Need any help?" Kasenhis asked.

"Maybe at lunch. Breakfast is just a few fried eggs and a couple strips of bacon. Oh, and Kasenhis, get me some milk later. We're running low."

Lupin's voice drifted out from the kitchen.

"No problem."

After agreeing, Kasenhis awkwardly began arranging the chess pieces.

"I honestly haven't played Wizard Chess more than a few times. How about I bring Dumbledore over and let you play against him?"

Sirius immediately shook his head.

"No, no, absolutely not. That would be way too much pressure."

As the two played chess, the other residents of the Black family home gradually began waking up.

The young wizards had the most energy. Once one woke up, the others followed one after another like a line of dominoes, eventually gathering in another corner of the first floor and chattering nonstop.

As for the adults...

Sadly, the Ministry of Magic didn't give them holidays.

Up earlier than chickens and asleep later than dogs described them perfectly.

Today was the first day of the Hogwarts holidays, and the Ministry had mercifully granted those employees with young wizards at home a generous day off.

It could almost be considered one of the Ministry's greatest acts of charity.

Before long, everyone had slowly gotten out of bed.

At that moment, Lupin emerged carrying an enormous tray piled high with bacon and fried eggs like a small mountain. Floating behind him was a large assortment of vegetarian dishes and fruit.

Seeing this, Kasenhis walked over, pulled out a milk bucket, and filled everyone's cups with milk.

"Finally, breakfast! I have to say, Lupin, your cooking looks absolutely freaking amazing!"

The moment he sat down, Kasenhis picked up his knife and fork and immediately began shoveling food into his mouth at whirlwind speed, chewing away noisily.

Looking at the way Kasenhis was eating, Lupin could hardly believe his eyes.

"Judging by your appetite these days, I'm starting to think I didn't make enough."

When they had been colleagues at Hogwarts, Kasenhis definitely hadn't eaten like this.

"No worries. If it's not enough, I'll just break out my emergency rations."

As he spoke, Kasenhis pulled out a perfectly square steak and started crunching through it with loud bites.

"Is that so? Let me try some."

Sirius generously held out his hand.

Kasenhis waved his hand, and a large pile of Minecraft food appeared on a tray.

"So this is also... alchemy?"

Looking at the breakfast he had spent all morning preparing, only for Kasenhis to produce tray after tray of food with a casual wave, Lupin asked in a daze.

"You could say that. Though food made fresh is probably tastier. Although I have no idea why these things come with flavor built in. I clearly never added any salt."

Halfway through eating his steak, Kasenhis suddenly realized this problem.

Whether it was food he created directly now or food cooked in a furnace in vanilla Minecraft, neither contained salt.

So why did they still have flavor?

It was a question worth pondering.

Well, not that worth pondering.

It was breakfast time, after all.

Focus on eating!

"But Kasenhis..... why are these foods... so... square?"

Grindelwald suddenly picked up a pixelated egg. After magically removing the shell, the egg itself remained pixelated, retaining its blocky shape with sharp edges.

"Wouldn't chickens... hurt themselves when laying eggs?"

George seemed to have thought of something amusing and started chuckling as he spoke.

"...."

The meal ended amid Kasenhis's speechless silence and the laughter of everyone at the table.

The enormous breakfast Lupin had prepared, along with all the Minecraft food Kasenhis had produced, was completely wiped out.

Afterward, Lupin carried the dishes back into the kitchen, cleaned them with magic, and only then came back out.

Then he quietly beckoned Kasenhis into the kitchen.

"...?"

Kasenhis looked at the mysteriously acting Lupin with a puzzled expression.

"What is it?"

"I'm a little curious about those foods you pulled out earlier. Can alchemy create food too?"

Lupin asked curiously.

"So now you've fallen in love with cooking? But speaking of food, I actually do have a few theories. I just don't know whether they're correct."

Kasenhis stroked his chin thoughtfully.

"Show me!"

Lupin urged eagerly.

"Can you get me a chicken? A live one or a butchered one, either is fine."

Kasenhis asked.

"There should be some in the cellar. I'll go check."

Lupin replied.

"I'll come with you."

The two headed down to the cellar.

The place had been enchanted with cooling magic, making it ideal for storing ingredients.

For example, hanging in rows from the racks in the corner were numerous chicken... corpses.

"There are plenty of ingredients here, so we might as well do the experiment down here instead of hauling everything back to the kitchen."

Kasenhis pulled out two large contraptions: a furnace and a cauldron.

Then he took out some lava.

"What exactly are you trying to do?"

Lupin asked in confusion.

"I'm curious what happens if I use real-world ingredients to make food."

As he spoke, Kasenhis stuffed one of the chicken carcasses into the top of the furnace and poured lava into the bottom.

Only a few seconds passed before Kasenhis seemed to hear a familiar ding.

A green orb slowly emerged from the furnace and flew into his body.

Then he reached inside and took out the chicken.

"Holy crap, why did it become... square?"

Lupin stared in disbelief.

Kasenhis casually set the chicken aside.

"Let's ignore that for now."

He poured a second bucket of lava into the cauldron, grabbed another chicken by the legs, and began dipping it into the lava like he was cooking hot pot.

In.

Out.

In.

Out.

Eventually...

"Damn it, it became square again!"

Lupin's level of confusion increased by yet another degree.

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