On the first floor of the castle, near the entrance hall, there was a door that led to the common room and kitchen of Hufflepuff.

Albert spent a little time looking around the entrance hall, and found two doors next to the marble staircase and Filch's office. Filch's cat was staring at him with its big eyes.

"What's its name?" Albert asked.

Filch didn't answer, but picked up his cat and carried it into his office.

"Jealousy, I suppose!" Albert muttered to himself. If he remembered correctly, Filch was a squib. He thought that since he was a squib, he should have abandoned the magical world and blended into the muggle world. Why did he have to stay and cause trouble and unhappiness?

Okay, the annoying guy is gone. Which door should I choose?

"Where is the kitchen?" Albert took a coin out of his pocket and threw it on the ground. It was heads, so he chose to go to the left of the stairs.

Behind the door was the next flight of stairs. It was a wide stone corridor. As Albert walked through, torches lit up automatically on the walls, illuminating the surroundings. Albert found that the walls were decorated with pictures of various foods.

"Lucky." Albert found a large painting of a huge silver bowl full of fruit. It was said that the kitchen was hidden behind that painting.

The secret to entering the kitchen was in the pear.

Albert touched the large, emerald-green pear, and it wriggled and giggled, then suddenly turned into a large green doorknob.

"It's here after all. I guess my luck isn't so bad." Albert said happily. After finding the Room of Requirement, he had successfully found the kitchen.

He reached out, grabbed the door and pulled it open. The kitchen was as big as the Great Hall above it, and the cupboards around it were full of dishes. The Great Hall was also full of four long wooden tables, which were arranged in exactly the same way as the tables in the four Houses above.

There was already some food on the tables, presumably for the students' breakfast. At mealtimes, the House-elves would use magic to transport the food to the corresponding tables above.

"What can I do for you, sir?" One of the elves spotted Albert and ran up to him.

"The Feast Hall is not yet open, so I' came looking for the kitchen." Albert said, smiling politely at them.

"Please follow me, sir." the House-elf said, taking Albert's hand and leading him to a table. Six House-elves hurriedly carried a large silver tray with a jug of milk, ham, fried eggs, toast and salad, as well as pumpkin porridge.

"Thank you, little ones." Albert poured himself a half glass of milk. He hadn't been used to drinking milk in his last life, but he had developed the habit over the years, and thanks to it, he had become much stronger than in his last life.

"It's our pleasure, sir." said the House-elves, smiling and bowing to him, just because someone had said thank you to them.

Albert ate a slice of ham, an egg and two slices of toast, and drank a small bowl of pumpkin porridge, until his stomach was full.

As he finished off the last of the fruit salad, he looked at the house-elves, who were all dressed, or rather, not dressed, in tea towels with the Hogwarts crest.

"I think I should be going now. Thank you for the breakfast." Albert noticed that the progress of the exploration had reached 7.3%.

"It is what we should do, sir." the house-elves said in their high-pitched voices. Before Albert left, many of the elves gathered around him and offered him a lot of snacks to take back with him.

"That's enough, see you again, little ones." Albert said, putting four pasties into a brown paper bag and stuffing it into his robe.

The house-elves all gathered at the door to see Albert off. They liked the 'thank you' because it made them feel respected and appreciated.

Albert took the same route as yesterday and was back in the lounge in a few minutes.

However, there was still no one there, and the ghostly girl had already left.

When Albert returned to the room, the twins were still asleep, but Lee Jordan was awake. He looked at Albert, who was standing in the doorway, with surprise on his face and asked, "Where have you been?"

"For a walk and breakfast!" Albert smiled and said, "I've brought you a present!"

"What?" Weasley on the right side of the bed climbed out of bed, scratching his head with his right hand, still half asleep.

"I thought you were sleeping." Lee Jordan got out of bed and stretched lazily, asking, "What did you bring us?"

"Pie." Albert took a pastry out of his pocket, took a bite, and handed the paper bag to Lee Jordan, saying, "One for each."

"Where did you get it?" Fred asked curiously.

"The kitchen."

"Wow, you actually found the kitchen."

"By the way, you snuck out without us, and you didn't even tell us." Fred had also woken up. If it weren't for the beds, Albert wouldn't have been able to tell the twins apart.

"Don't you want to brush your teeth first?"

"Oh, I almost forgot about that." George put down the pie in his hand and asked curiously, "How did you find the kitchen?"

"I just walked around and found it." Albert then told them about his encounter with Filch. "His cat is very clever and will alert its owner. But I think Filch was looking for trouble."

"I bet he was really annoyed!" Fred couldn't help laughing. He got up and went outside to explore. Hogwarts castle was really interesting.

The three of them dressed, washed up and went to the Gryffindor common room. It was still empty. Albert lit the fire and sat down on the sofa. The rain had stopped.

"Bill and Charlie said there are lots of secret passages in the castle." Fred said, eating a pie.

"But they didn't tell us where they are." George complained to his brothers.

"Maybe they want you to discover the secrets of the castle on your own. That would be more fun." Albert remembered what Nick had said and tried to comfort the two.

"I think so too." Lee Jordan agreed.

"Oh, I almost forgot about this." Albert walked to the entrance and took a few photos while the common room was empty. He also took a photo of the Fat Lady.

"You're taking photos again?"

"I'm going to send a letter home. For muggles, everything in the world of magic is very strange." Albert checked the photos. He had discovered that he had another skill related to photography.

"I heard from Charlie that Filch likes to pick on students, and he wants to hang them up and whip them all day long." George said after finishing his pie. "Filch also knows a lot about the secret passages in the school, and he always pops up out of nowhere."

"Most students who go out at night are caught by Filch." Fred added. "Then they get a lot of points deducted and are sent straight to detention."