Garfield mulled over his recent failures. I take a girl into a raid, we wipe. I'm dead before my feet touch the ground.
How in the world am I supposed to maintain any credibility, let alone a harem, if this keeps happening during time travel?
Garfield thought his reasoning was perfect and was just waiting for Peggy's response.
Peggy looked at Garfield with disappointment.
"Garfield, are you not very strong? Can you not protect me and take me with you?"
Garfield sighed.
Sure enough, women, no matter how big or small, will always find a reason to get you to do what they want.
Like buying bags, lipsticks, or cosmetics.
Once you agree the first time, you cannot refuse the second time.
Men should stick to their bottom line, even if the other person is being coquettish.
"Although I am powerful, I am not an omniscient and omnipotent god."
"If you want to enter the multiverse, you must first become strong yourself."
"Some multiverses have terrifyingly strong combat power. They can shatter stars with a single punch."
He simulated what it would be like to shatter stars.
Peggy was so surprised that her mouth could fit an apple.
"Oh my god, how is that possible?"
"Although I do not want to admit it, they are just that strong."
"So, Peggy, the world is big and dangerous. You need to study hard and strengthen your body."
"Only when you are stronger can you turn danger into safety and even help your friends."
"Peggy, you do not want to just watch your good friends die when they are in danger, do you?"
Instantly, Garfield's words made Peggy think of her good friends and family when they were in danger.
She imagined being powerless and only able to watch them die. "No, I do not want that."
In an instant, Garfield felt a dark force rising in Peggy's heart. His words had brought out a dark side in Peggy's heart.
This might be a variable.
A variable for the future.
For example, if Peggy watched Steve die in battle, would she still become the founder of S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Would she still be a female agent fighting against the times and darkness in some special era?
Or would she eventually be lured into darkness and fall into it?
Garfield realized he had inadvertently done something that could affect the future.
He scratched his head.
Feeling the need to do something, he scanned Peggy and saw a ring of gold around her fair neck.
It was the amulet he had made for her.
"Peggy, give me your amulet."
"I will remelt it and add some new functions."
He removed the amulet from Peggy's neck, held it in his paw, and took out some uranium from his pocket.
He melted the uranium into the amulet.
Garfield added a light energy magic circle to improve Peggy's constitution and suppress the possibility of dark energy growing within her.
He also added a new warning function.
If Peggy were consumed by dark energy, Garfield would sense it immediately.
If he was not home, the amulet would teleport her to Kamar Taj, where professional sorcerers could suppress the darkness.
After perfectly handling the situation, he handed the new amulet to Peggy.
It was a special gesture of care for his first human.
He played with Peggy for two days.
He met with Diana and spent the afternoon at Carter Manor with Garfield.
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Garfield then chose to return to Hogwarts to continue his unfinished work.
Educating our little Voldemort.
During Garfield's absence, little Voldemort's Potions class further changed Horace Slughorn's perception of him.
Horace saw a studious and talented child.
He was considering whether to invite him to join his Slug Club.
Horace believed Tom was the kind of child who could achieve great things.
Horace's club was similar to the buddy groups in modern American high schools.
Most members came from high level academic backgrounds and good families.
After joining these organizations, they secretly formed factions, mutually supporting and exploiting each other in American political and business circles to gain sufficient benefits.
Such groups existed in many sizes.
The most powerful had even participated in US presidential elections.
The tests within these groups were rigorous, even involving death.
Horace's Slug Club was just one example.
A small microcosm, but his role was significant.
In this era, he invited Voldemort.
In the future, he would select Harry, Hermione, and several other students from various schools.
All of them achieved considerable success in the wizarding world after graduation.
Return to Hogwarts
After returning to Hogwarts and taking a nap, Garfield went from his bedroom to the kitchen.
He instructed his house elves to prepare a special dinner for him.
Lamb stew with flatbread and some roasted lamb skewers were among Garfield's favorite dishes.
Lamb stew with flatbread, also known as mutton soup, was anciently called mutton broth.
It was a delicacy from Guanzhong.
According to research, it originated in Guzhen Town, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province.
The famous Northern Song Dynasty poet Su Shi wrote the line, "Long cuisine has bear meat, Qin cuisine only has mutton broth."
Warming and filling, it is loved by the people of Shaanxi.
Tourists flock to Shaanxi to try it.
Lamb stew with flatbread has become one of the representative dishes of Shaanxi.
Shrek politely apologized for not knowing how to make it.
Garfield stretched out his paw and said to Shrek, "Come on."
"Just learn from me."
"First, let us prepare the ingredients."
"Shrek, I need you to make me a flatbread, about the thickness of an adult's finger."
"Preferably with a little mutton fat."
"Daylily, wood ear mushrooms, vermicelli, green garlic, cilantro, and cooked mutton cut into chunks."
"The seasonings should be salt, pepper, and some chicken broth."
Shrek replied, "Your Majesty, please wait a moment. I will go prepare it right away."
Shrek and his friends knew how to make flatbread.
Mutton and broth were common in Western cuisine.
Hogwarts' soup pot was always simmering with broth.
First, they broke the flatbread into small pieces.
They washed and tore the daylily and wood ear mushrooms.
They soaked the vermicelli.
They washed and cut the green garlic into sections.
They washed and cleaned the cilantro.
They sliced the braised mutton.
After Shrek and his friends finished baking the flatbread, they used their paws to break it into smaller pieces.
They put the broken pieces into a pot.
They added mutton broth, daylily, wood ear mushrooms, vermicelli, and green garlic.
They cooked it until done.
Once the ingredients were cooked, they added salt and pepper, mixed well, and served it in a bowl.
They topped it with sliced braised mutton and sprinkled it with cilantro.
Since there was no MSG or chicken bouillon in this era, Garfield opted to add some chicken broth.
After finishing these dishes, Garfield retrieved some pickled garlic from his private gourmet storage room at Hogwarts.
With everything prepared, he went to the teachers' seats in the Great Hall and had Shrek bring up the mutton stew.
Garfield, who had disappeared for two days, reappeared at the table with a special meal.
He drew sidelong glances from Horace and the old bee beside him.