Chapter 505: Conflict
Kyle and Kanna spent the entire morning in Hagrid's hut.
When lunchtime rolled around, Hagrid enthusiastically invited them to join him.
"Steak hash," he announced. "You'll never guess how delicious it is."
At first, Kanna was curious, intrigued by what kind of new dish Hagrid might have prepared. That was until she saw him throw an unknown large paw into the pot.
Her decision was immediate. "I think I'll head back to the castle," she said quickly.
Kyle made the same choice without hesitation. In Hagrid's so-called hodgepodge of steak, the only identifiable steak was a palm-sized piece buried beneath a chaotic mix of unrecognizable ingredients. The "steak" seemed to be included purely in name.
Despite Hagrid's entreaties for them to stay, they got up and left the hut in a hurry—and they were immensely glad they had.
Perhaps to celebrate the choice of the Champions, the lunch served in the Great Hall featured a spread of brand-new dishes: classic French beef stew, onion soup topped with puff pastry, and an unnamed crispy roll that was likely a Durmstrang specialty. It was delicious.
"Thank goodness we came back," Kanna said, ladling herself a bowl of onion soup. "I can't even imagine how that paw would've tasted stewed with the steak."
"It's hard to imagine indeed," Kyle replied with a smile.
Hagrid's sense of "delicious" was vastly different from theirs, not to mention his approach to aesthetics in food.