Harry's Encounter at Moonlight Castle

"I'm heading out," Mu En said, picking up a small box. He opened the door to the wilderness and bid farewell to Harry. "Work hard. If you don't understand anything, ask Lucifer."

"Yes, Uncle Mu En," Harry nodded.

Seeing Mu En leave, Harry started talking to Lucifer. "Mr. Lucifer, where is Uncle Mu En going?"

Lucifer replied lazily, "He's probably going to hide the castle so no one else finds it. I saw him take a box of Silver Chalk."

"What is Silver Chalk?" Harry's curiosity was piqued again.

"It's chalk made with silver powder and a special adhesive. Silver powder is highly conductive to magic, making this stuff very useful for drawing short-term magic circles," Lucifer explained patiently.

"How do you plan to clean up this mess?" Lucifer suddenly asked.

Harry turned back and glanced at the messy living room, then scratched his head. "First, I'll stack all the books, then clear out the clutter, and finally throw away the trash."

Lucifer nodded, then suddenly remembered, "Oh, right. You have a colleague."

"Colleague?"

A rustling sound suddenly came from behind the door. The broom that had been leaning there suddenly started moving on its broom head. When it reached the small steps at the entrance, it even jumped.

"What is this?!" Harry suddenly felt less surprised. For this entire castle, a walking broom wasn't that strange, was it...

"It's a Flying Broomstick," Lucifer explained.

"Flying Broomstick?!" Harry's eyes widened, staring intently at it. The thing was covered in dust, and its broom head was full of cobwebs. It looked no different from the brooms the Dursleys had.

"That's right. Mu En got it as a gift... cough... from someone else. But Mu En doesn't usually use it, so he lets it sweep the floor when it has nothing else to do."

Harry couldn't help himself and reached out his hand. Unexpectedly, the broom suddenly twisted and dodged him.

"It sweeps by itself. So you can just throw the trash on the floor, and it'll be burned all at once," Lucifer explained, then urged, "Let's get started. If you don't know if something should be thrown away, you can ask me."

"Okay." Harry nodded, rolled up his sleeves, and began the great cleanup.

Seeing this, Lucifer slowly narrowed its eyes. Its greatest hobbies were sleeping, robbing, and burning things.

It hadn't been able to do the latter two recently, so it had been sleeping most of the time.

However, it had only just closed its eyes for a short while when Harry's voice suddenly rang out, "Mr. Lucifer, what is this? Can I throw it away?"

Harry was holding a small stack of Parchment. Without exception, the papers were filled with text symbols Harry couldn't understand, as well as some doodles or formations.

"Those are Mu En's manuscripts. Put them all together and wait for him to deal with them."

Harry nodded, gathered Mu En's manuscripts in one place, and then continued cleaning the table.

"What is this?" Harry picked up a leaf that had been flattened by a book.

"That's... it seems to be a Potion Ingredient. Throw it away."

"What is this?"

"What is this?" Harry found another palm-sized stone pendant. The center of the pendant was hollowed out with a hole the size of an eye.

"That's a Manifestation Stone. It goes with that book next to your left hand, 'Arthur Spidewick's Illustrated Guide: How to Enter the Fantasy World Surrounding You'," Lucifer said with some helplessness, its tone growing lazier.

"Of course, I don't know what you'll see with it in this world. Mu En left it behind from a previous adventure."

Harry was a little astonished. Without the courage to put his eye to the Manifestation Stone, he obediently put the item away.

During this time, Harry kept asking Lucifer various questions out of curiosity. Although Lucifer appeared lazy, it didn't refuse him, showing considerable patience.

It wasn't until Harry picked up a Grimoire made of human skin that he was startled. Most of his curiosity dissipated, and Lucifer finally had some peace.

However, what Harry didn't expect was how messy the home of the seemingly solemn and dignified Uncle Mu En was.

Didn't he have any corresponding household magic?

If Mu En knew Harry's mutterings, he might have really spread his hands apologetically. He truly didn't!

After an unknown amount of time had passed, when Lucifer opened its eyes again, Harry was mopping the floor. Dozens of large books were stacked neatly in a corner according to their size, and various sundries were placed on the table.

The remaining plates and kitchenware in the dining room had been washed, and the sofa cushions had been thrown into the washing machine.

At the same time, there were two large bags of trash cleaned out by the entrance.

"Ah~ much better," Lucifer said, picking up a nearby pile of firewood and placing it beneath itself, then sighing comfortably.

"That guy Mu En used to often complain about Harry being a lazy dog. Who would have thought that not long after, he himself would become the very person he detested?"

Seeing Lucifer open its eyes, Harry turned his head. "Mr. Lucifer, what is this castle called?"

"Name..." Lucifer thought for a moment and realized that in its memory, the castle had never had a name.

In fact, there had never been a need to name the castle.

"It doesn't have a name," Lucifer shook its head. "But when we were in the Caribbean, it wasn't a castle back then, but a ship. We named it the 'Moonlight Queen'. So you can also call this place Moonlight Castle."

"Moonlight Queen... why is it so strange? It's not cool at all," Harry found it a bit odd. Shouldn't ships be named things like Trafalgar, Sovereign, or Victory?!

Hearing Harry's question, Lucifer couldn't help but chuckle. "What you're talking about are royal ship titles. Pirates wouldn't name their ships like that.

The style of pirate ship names back then was like 'Black Pearl', 'Queen Anne's Revenge', 'Silent Mary'."

"Is that so..." Harry nodded, somewhat understanding but not entirely.

Harry was indeed quick-handed, but the workload in the entire living room was immense. In the evening, Mu En returned. After dinner, he took a bunch of books and went into the basement.

Harry, meanwhile, started cleaning the coal ash and chopping firewood for Lucifer. There were also dust accumulations in various corners, and it wasn't until much later that he barely managed to finish cleaning the entire living room.

Mu En came up from the basement holding a book, took out a golden pocket watch, and checked the time. It was a little past nine in the evening.

"It seems there's no chance to play with magic today. You have to go home, kid," he said with a smile.

Harry felt a bit disappointed, but he didn't think it was a problem. On the contrary, he was enjoying himself. All sorts of books and miscellaneous items had opened a new world to him.

He could feel that there were still too many secrets waiting for him to uncover within Moonlight Castle.

Of course, the prerequisite was that he had to do his job well.

This was ten thousand times better than being a servant at the Dursleys'!