M Meeting

England, London, 12 Grimmauld Place.

"Welcome! The great Mr. Lovegood and Mrs. Lovegood!"

Vizet and Luna had only just reached the door when Kreacher, as if he had foreseen the future, opened it on his own initiative and struck an exceedingly respectful welcoming pose.

"Kreacher... I'd still rather you called us by our names," Vizet said. "My name is Vizet, and she's Luna... Just call us that."

"Oh! Master Vizet, Miss Luna..." Kreacher still reluctantly changed his wording a little. "There are always some things that cannot be changed."

"Kreacher is the House-elf of the 'most ancient and noble Black Family,' different from ordinary House-elves. This is Kreacher's bottom line..."

Vizet and Luna exchanged a glance, and both shook their heads lightly;

It seemed Luna felt the same way he did—that Kreacher's words carried a hidden meaning. The so-called "ordinary House-elf" probably referred to Dobby;

Only he found it a little strange. Kreacher and Dobby seemed to have met only once, and they shouldn't have spent much time together;

He still remembered that back then Dobby had been helping in the kitchen, while Kreacher had hidden in Regulus's room and had only later been found by Sirius Black.

Kreacher also seemed unwilling to dwell too much on this issue. He stepped aside and continued, "Please come in! Master Vizet, Miss Luna..."

"Kreacher hopes he has the honor of cooking lunch for you today... Master Vizet, Kreacher has already mastered all those dishes you love!"

"Kreacher will prepare candied pear tart and blackberry lemon mousse for you now. For lunch, Kreacher has prepared pea and mint soup, Gurdyroot baked lamb chops, creamed spinach..."

Luna blinked. She remembered very clearly that the dishes Vizet liked to eat were not these;

"Ahem! Kreacher..." Vizet coughed twice. "We'll stay for lunch..."

When he said