Chapter 1327 The Loyalty of the House-Elves

Hermione glared at him and walked towards the house-elf closest to them in the room. Reading at midnight

She kindly asked them about their current living conditions, and encouraged them to ask for wages and holidays to protect their own rights.

She was already experienced in this area, and knew how to communicate with house-elves.

Ivan is still thinking about whether this has something to do with Voldemort?

And, crucially, Hufflepuff's treasure.

He speculated that the clue to the treasure was also related to the house elves, maybe there was some connection?

The riddle left by Hufflepuff mentioned that "the key to unlocking the treasure is integrity and loyalty. All you need to do is trust your humblest friend." Ivan guessed that the humblest friend mentioned here refers to the house elf.

The Hogwarts kitchen is not only home to a large number of house-elves, it is also Hufflepuff's favorite place. Under the castle kitchen, Ivan found the crypt full of house-elf heads, as well as the demon altar deep in the crypt, and the summoned demon was also the image of the house-elf...

House-elves, house-elves, it's all about house-elves.

Perhaps he could find something among the house-elves in London's underworld.

Aiwen has such a premonition, but there are too few clues so far, and everything is still unknown.

He asked Fred about the territory of these house elves and the London Underworld, but neither Fred nor George had ever been there. They only knew that the entrance to this underground world on the edge of the wizarding world was in Knockturn Alley In the depths, there are werewolves, dark wizards and other dark creatures.

The so-called underground world is the dark side of the British magic world. As for the specific situation inside, he is not clear.

"About a month ago, George and I went to the Murderer's Pub in Knockturn Alley for a drink. The place is a bit like the Hog's Head Pub in Hogsmeade Village. There are many interesting guys in it. You can hear it in the Leaky Cauldron. Fred said, "There we heard people talking about werewolves attacking the house-elves in the underground world recently. Under the attack of werewolves, many house-elves lost their territories and were in a terrible situation. George and I With an idea, I remembered that I could hire these house elves. Hermione always said this kind of thing, right, and we are very short of people, so I asked Dobby to ask about it."

"Then, did they agree?"

"Yeah, not all of them, but quite a few house-elves are willing to come out and work." Fred continued, "In any case, they don't want to stay there waiting to be killed by werewolves, dark wizards, or starved alive. die, but these house-elves do not agree to be loyal to the new wizard, nor are they willing to be hired for wages, they think it is a great insult to them. How can house-elves get zero wages, it is not a good The quality that a house-elf should have. In fact, no wizard will hire a house-elf. This thing can be done thanks to Dobby, I don’t know what he said, they finally came to help, free of charge, we Provide food, but it cannot be counted as their compensation, well, it can be said to be a donation or assistance..."

Creatures like house elves are really contradictory. I don't know how those ancient wizards trained them to develop such a twisted and enslaved character. Even after so long, they haven't changed.

"They don't need wages and holidays, and they eat very little. They only need the cheapest rough bread to satisfy them, but they are more capable than most wizards, and they have inexhaustible strength and energy. They really help us a lot. said Fred. "We recruited more than a hundred house-elves and fired all the wizards we had hired."

Hermione snorted heavily, and Fred's words made them even more resentful, it was pure exploitation.

She walked up to the house-elf who was packing the magic item, and tried to communicate with her.

The two communicated happily at first. This house elf named Senia was loyal to an ancient wizard family that had disappeared for more than five hundred years, that is, the wizard family where her ancestors once belonged.

She has almost no idea about the past deeds of this wizard family, and can only remember the owner's surname.

This is an unknown wizard's surname, and no famous characters have appeared.

At the very least, Aiwen didn't know, nor had he seen the family emblem in that heraldry book.

According to Senia, the last member of the family died on the battlefield, the famous battle between Britain and France.

This battlefield, originally started by Muggle countries, was the longest war in the world. It lasted for 116 years on and off. In the middle and late stages of the war, almost all wizards in Western Europe participated.

Many of the pure-blood wizard families that Ivan knew died because of this battlefield. According to that set of heraldry, there are hundreds of thousands of pure-blood wizard families who have been active in the UK area. The number is terrifying. Judging from the number of existing British wizards, it is impossible.

But this is indeed the case. It can be seen that in the past thousand years, the speed of wizard renewal has been very fast.

How difficult it is to be able to pass on to today's pure-blood wizard family.

After losing his master, Senia's master migrated here with house-elves from other circumstances.

Centuries have passed since then.

The vicissitudes of life and the changes in the world, the only thing that remains the same is the humble loyalty of the house elves to their masters. This long-disappeared wizard surname has been passed down in this way unexpectedly. Over the past five years, Senia's ancestors They are all waiting for their master's return...

Although they both knew it was impossible, their loyalties never changed.

Senia's parents, like her, were born in the underground world.

They were loyal to different wizards, and they inherited different wizard surnames. Senia and her younger brother inherited the wizard families that their parents were loyal to, and the house elves in the underground world multiplied in this unique way.

One can imagine how emotional Hermione was after hearing Senia's story.

The two communicated happily, but when the salary was mentioned, the docile-looking house elf in front of her immediately widened her eyes, let out a scream, and shook her head like a rattle.

"She's wasting her time," said Fred. "Well, Alvin, let her talk to the house-elves, and I'll show you the real money-making business we've just developed, which is more serious. products, we also want you to provide some professional advice."

As he said, he led Ai Wen into the depths of the room.

"It's funny to say, you can't believe how many people, even those who work in the Ministry of Magic, can't cast a decent Iron Armor Charm, they can't do anything but wave their wands around..."

Yeah, the quality and overall strength of wizards, this is really a surprising topic. .

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