After Halloween, the weather began to get worse.

The violent wind stormed the entire Hogwarts Castle... Whenever the students went from the castle to the greenhouse to take herbal lessons, they would shivering in the cold north wind and almost freeze.

So much so that Matthew and the others had to add thick wool sweaters under their robe to keep warm.

One morning in mid-November, when Matthew came to the auditorium as usual, he found that it was in chaos.

The auditorium was crowded with people, and almost all four long tables were filled, and the students around were chattering and quarreling.

"What's going on?" Matthew was confused.

He walked towards Slytherin's long table in surprise.

At this time, he realized that the golden plates on the table were all empty... they were not slowly loaded with all kinds of food as before.

Obviously, everyone should be discussing this matter too.

This is why the auditorium is filled with so many students.

"What the hell is going on..." Draco Malfoy complained loudly there, "It's almost half past seven now, and breakfast hasn't started yet. We can't go to class with an empty stomach, right?"

"Why haven't the teacher come to help us turn food into the plate!" Theodore Nott said with great dissatisfaction.

"Food cannot be transformed out of thin air... This violates Gamp's law of deformation..." Chief Gemma Farley corrected him, "Our usual food is made by house elves for us..."

"…In the kitchen of Hogwarts, there are nearly a hundred house elves. There are not as many house elves in any house in the UK as here... In addition to three meals a day, they will also come out to clean up at night, or take care of the stove or something..."

"So why is this happening today?" Noth asked in confusion, "Where have the house elves been?"

"I don't know..." Gema shook her head, "It may be that Pipi's trick... Maybe it's been a big destruction in the kitchen, which caused the house elves to not work in time..."

Pipi Ghost is a ghost in Hogwarts who likes to play pranks, but unlike other ghosts, it has entities that can touch objects...

It was rumored that it had caused many troubles to Hogwarts Castle many years ago; but since Grindelwald became the principal, it has restrained a lot, and the pranks are not as frequent and bad as before...

The number of people in the auditorium was growing, and the number of people at ordinary meetings was almost the same.

Many students were a little impatient to wait and left the auditorium with empty stomachs.

Just as Matthew was considering whether to do the same...

A black owl suddenly flew over and threw a note in front of Matthew.

It says a very short paragraph—

“Matthew:

You can consider my office and I can help you solve the breakfast problem.

You are faithful

Professor H.E.F.Slughorn”

...

Obviously, it was not just Matthew who received the letter alone.

Almost every member of the Slug Club received letters with almost exactly the same content.

Including Draco Malfoy and Elaine Shafik, not far from Matthew.

This is of course good news, after all, it means no longer need to go hungry.

The members of the Slug Club stood up and left the long tables of the four academy; however, no one was making any statement at this time to avoid arousing "public anger".

After leaving the auditorium, they walked towards the Potions Professor's office one after another.

Neville and Hermione stopped at the stairs on the first floor. Strictly speaking, they were waiting for Matthew to come-

"It's amazing. Professor Slughorn's letter is really raining in time..." As soon as Matthew walked to him, Neville said excitedly, "It is said that this is the first time Hogwarts has encountered such an accident in recent decades..."

"What the hell is going on?" Hermione asked with confusion, "Why did such a problem happen to breakfast today."

Matthew shook his head: "Our chief said that it might be because the ghost went to the kitchen to make trouble; but I don't think it's possible... So let's go to Professor Slughorn's office first, he might know something..."

Neville and Hermione also agreed.

The three of them came to the door of Horas Slughorn's office. When they opened the door, many members of the Slug Club had arrived here.

"Welcome, kids..." Slughorn welcomed the three of them in, "It is the first time in my memory that Hogwarts has this situation... but thankfully, my office usually stores a lot of fresh food... Look, the taste should not be bad."

As he said, he passed a basket of bread rolls to Matthew and the others.

"Thank you!" the three of them quickly apologized.

Neville Longbottom quickly picked up a roll and feasted. It was obvious that he was a little hungry.

Matthew was not in a hurry to eat, but he asked with concern: "Professor Slughorn, what happened? I heard that it may be that Pipi ghost broke into the kitchen, causing the kitchen to be... "

"Pippi ghost, no, how could it be..." Slughorn quickly denied, "It doesn't have that courage... The real reason is probably only one, that is, the domestic elves in the kitchen, they are trying to strike..."

"Strike?" Neville's mouth was still stuffed with bread, and his voice was a little vague.

He reluctantly swallowed all the food in his mouth, and Neville shouted in surprise: "I think this is impossible... Household elves are the most loyal creatures. They are proud of their labor and ashamed of wandering around freely... How could they do such a strike?"

"I don't know either," Slughorn said with a wry smile, "but Mr. Longbottom, that's what happened."

"How long will it take to end?" Hermione asked, looking worried.

"Of course I hope it's over now. It is said that Professor Rozier is thinking about a solution..." Professor Slughorn shook his head, "Of course, if the house elves are unwilling to resume work, Hogwarts will definitely change other solutions, so don't worry too much."

As he spoke, Slughorn brought them a plate of sausage, a plate of bacon, and a large glass of milk.

This breakfast is quite sumptuous.

"It's actually pretty good!" Neville muttered, "You guys eat more too!"
Chapter completed!