Chapter 598 The First Principal

The crowd was noisy, and the little wizards were all around Fred and George, waiting for more mischief products from the two of them. ??

Pig tail candies and canary biscuits were a hit, and there was a constant chugging and morphing sound from the crowd.

Only Hermione didn't go up to join in the fun. She curled up quietly on the sand, squinting at the fire in the fireplace.

The flames flickered, Hermione's bright brown eyes gleamed, and she frowned slightly as if she was trying to think hard.

Seeing her appearance, Ivan knew that she must still be obsessed with the house elf in the kitchen.

He knew Hermione so well, knowing how to get into the kitchen, she must be planning to do something in it.

Sure enough, in the middle of the orgy, she sneaks out by herself.

Ivan, who had been paying attention to Hermione, sighed and hurriedly followed.

In the dim corridor, hearing footsteps behind her, Hermione turned around like a kitten.

"What are you doing with me?" She looked at Ivan in surprise.

"I know you're going to find house elves in the kitchen, and I'll go with you." Ivan said seriously.

When he was wandering and adventurous in the castle at night several times before, he also went to the kitchen to see it, but he didn't go deep.

Picture this picture, in the middle of the night, you sneak into the school kitchen to get something to eat.

As soon as you entered, you were surrounded by a group of house elves who appeared out of nowhere and reached your knee height.

They stare at the big eyes of the light bulb, look at the master respectfully, and ask what you need in a shrill voice.

Before you can speak, more house elves will appear one after another to light the fire and take the initiative to cook food.

You're just a little hungry and going to the kitchen to see if there are any leftover biscuits, pies, etc. from dinner, but these house-elves will be more than enthusiastic to prepare a feast for you.

They can even burn a cow if need be.

Even though it was already midnight, even though they were surprised from their sleep because of your intrusion, even though it was very troublesome to prepare those delicacies, and despite all the difficulties, they never complained.

The house-elf will only ask, in humble tones, if you are satisfied and if you need more food.

If you have a slightly dissatisfied expression on your face, they will take the initiative to punish themselves, with great sincerity...

This situation is so embarrassing, Ivan has only experienced it once and doesn't want to try it again.

After that, whenever he wanted to eat, he just told Dobby to prepare it for him and bring it to the common room.

Regardless of whether Hermione's concept of protecting the rights and interests of house-elves is correct, Ai Wen believes that it is indeed necessary to change the thinking of house-elves appropriately. There is really no need for them to do this, even if they are slaves of wizards. so......

This is also the main reason why Ivan plans to accompany Hermione to the kitchen tonight, and he also wants to do something for the house elves.

Also, considering that Hermione might be overly excited after seeing so many house-elves...

Ivan thought it necessary to keep an eye on her to prevent Hermione from doing anything bad.

In addition, he has consulted a lot of information about Helga Hufflepuff's life, and has guessed about the location of the key to the secret treasure left by her.

He believes that the key to the treasure left by Hufflepuff is likely to be in the hands of house elves or in the kitchen.

We all know that Helga Hufflepuff was the greatest wizard of his time.

In the historical evaluation, her final achievement is better than the other three founders.

Unlike Slytherin who suddenly left the school and had no news or records in the second half of her life, Hufflepuff has stayed in the school since the establishment of Hogwarts. She dedicated her whole life to Hogwarts, Until death finally comes.

Hufflepuff is the longest-lived of the four founders and the first headmaster of Hogwarts.

Anyone who has read "A Piece of Hogwarts History" will know that at the beginning of the story, the four founders jointly founded Hogwarts, leaving behind many legends.

But the second half of the story is Hufflepuff's solo performance. Her countless days and nights of hard work have made Hogwarts grow stronger by herself.

She laid the foundation of the greatest wizarding school in the world, and in doing so changed the entire wizarding world.

For nearly a thousand years, almost all historians of magic believe that Hufflepuff is the greatest wizard and the greatest educator in the history of magic.

She won the praise of latecomers with her practical actions, and the school regulations and teaching framework she created have continued to this day.

As the headmaster of Hogwarts, Helga Hufflepuff continued the tradition left by the other three founders to the greatest extent and strictly implemented it.

While inheriting the educational philosophy of the other three founders, it has also become the most distinctive place of this school.

In addition, the main achievement of her tenure was the recruitment of young Muggle-born wizards.

Although this point has been raised during the Big Four era, the enrollment has always been small.

At that time, the mainstream view in the magical world believed that magic was a sacred thing and should not be polluted by mudbloods.

And most of the ignorant Muggles branded the children with existing magical talents as evil and killed them directly.

Under such circumstances, it is extremely difficult to recruit Muggle students on a large scale.

Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff have made a lot of preparations for this, but due to many restrictions, it has not been fully implemented.

After the deaths of Gryffindor and Ravenclaw, the benevolent Hufflepuff became headmaster of Hogwarts. Not long after she took office, she tried her best to disregard the opposition of many pure-blood wizard families, and further expanded the enrollment scale of Muggle students, pointing out a clear way for many Muggle students.

In its heyday, Hogwarts’ enrollment expanded to cover the whole of Europe and the Mediterranean region, with more than 50,000 students.

It is worth noting that in the era when there was no board sponsorship, the tuition and living expenses of these Muggle students were all borne by Hufflepuff.

For this reason, she exhausted all the wealth passed down by her family for thousands of years, leaving only her favorite golden cup.

Naturally, her move was unanimously opposed by the mainstream magical world dominated by the pure-blood wizard family.

Even her own descendants, as well as the descendants of Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin, did not approve of her doing this. The pure-blood wizard families united to boycott and block Hogwarts, and even There are many evil dark wizards directly attacking here.

Hogwarts was once on the verge of bankruptcy and was in a difficult situation, all relying on Hufflepuff to barely maintain it.

Regardless of their origins or talents, she treats all students equally. She dedicates the magical knowledge left by herself, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin to all little wizards free of charge, teaching them to grow into talents, And teach them the way of life.

In the last ten years of his life, Hufflepuff persevered alone, running this magic school with lofty beliefs.

Her hard work has finally paid off, and the number of wizards graduating from Hogwarts is increasing.

Most of these students were Muggle-born and should have been burned alive as devils, but Hogwarts and Helga Hufflepuff saved them.

They have gradually become the backbone of the magic world, changing the magic world dominated by pure-blood wizard families, and even changing the development track of the entire history of magic. (To be continued.) 8