It's hard... Lady! Dobby shook his head sharply, then continued proudly. Only a great wizard like Lord Hals would be willing to pay us! ”

"Not necessarily, Dobby! I believe that as long as we actively speak out, more people will definitely be willing to agree with this concept! Hermione said firmly, believing that the current mistreatment of house-elves by wizards was entirely an old-fashioned idea brought about by the remnants of feudalism.

Then the little witch curiously asked Dobby, how much salary does it get each month, and how many days off does it have?

Dobby was excited to answer, so as to show the greatness of his master, but when he spoke, he remembered that Ivan had ordered him not to disclose the details of his salary to anyone else, so he drooped his ears and said vaguely.

"His Excellency Hals has given Dobby a lot of money, and a vacation... Oh my God, what a noble man! ”

"Alright, don't praise me, go down!" Ivan didn't dare to ask Hermione too much, so as not to show his filling, and hurriedly waved Dobby away.

Hermione gave Ivan a suspicious look, but didn't say anything.

In her opinion, since Dobby is so grateful, the salary given by Ivan must be a lot, and maybe it is lower than that of a normal wizard.

"How did you suddenly think of freeing the house-elves? Hermione? Ivan asked curiously, he had been wondering about it.

"Why not?"

The little witch looked at Ivan very seriously, and then spoke endlessly. "House-elves have paid so much for their masters... Not only do they have to take on all the housework, but they also have to be absolutely loyal and obedient to their master's orders, but what do they get in exchange for their efforts? ”

"In exchange for only discrimination and wanton beating! I've even read books that say that at the height of Mystery's power, some wizards treated house-elves as vermin! ”

At this, the little witch was furious, and she had come into contact with Kreacher and Twinkle, and asked about their lives.

In her opinion, house-elves are a hard-working and loyal group that can be a wizard's family companion, not a slave to be beaten and scolded!

Listening to Hermione's indignant words, Ivan was not moved, and he spoke in a calm tone.

"Now that you've read the book, you should know the origin of house-elf wizards, they are creatures created by wizards, and they must serve wizards for generations, and that's what they live for..."

"Do you really think so? Wizards created house-elves? They're so much like the goblins! Hermione retorted, paused, and then guessed.

"Maybe some wizards have deliberately tampered with history in order to enslave them, so that the house-elves will sink like this forever!"

"And... They are intelligent creatures like us, and they think that they shouldn't be treated like this! Hermione finally added.

Ivan looked at Hermione in surprise, he didn't expect the little witch to question the contents of the book one day.

"What's wrong? Am I saying something wrong? Seeing that Ivan didn't reply for a long time, Hermione looked a little uncomfortable, and she nervously stuck a piece of cake in front of her with a fork, and the cream splashed on the table.

"No, nothing, it's just a surprise that you could think of this!" Ivan laughed.

He'd read the book "Bloodline Origins", and of course he knew what was going on.

The House Elves are indeed not the creation of wizards, but rather a magical creature enslaved by wizards in their quest to control the wizarding world.

After all, wizards are not strong enough to create a race of magical creatures with humanoid intelligence and the natural ability to cast spells.

That's already God's domain!

Ivan thinks that this may be the reason why the wizarding community has been wary of house-elves and has been committed to cultivating servility for thousands of years.

However, there was nothing wrong with the practices of those wizard predecessors in Ivan's opinion.

Back then, compared to now, wizards were not very good in the wizarding world, and now they have the right to speak!

Centaurs, goblins, merfolk... All magical creatures living in the wizarding world need to be under the control of wizards, including house-elves, of course!

This is the domination of the ultimate winner over the loser in a brutal competition for survival!

It's like the human ancestors in ancient times who drove out lions and tigers and domesticated cattle and sheep, but the domestic elves are highly intelligent, so they are even more cruel!

If there are problems, it is not without them.

With the exception of Hogwarts, most of the house-elves have been monopolized by pure-blood families and become their private property, and civilian wizards do not enjoy this convenience at all.

House-elves also did not play their due role at all, and their spell-casting ability was very limited, and even the overall number of house-elves was decreasing due to the arrogance of pure-blood wizards.

Despite this, Ivan was a little confused when he spoke, and he didn't know how to persuade Hermione.

Tell her directly that this world is actually very cruel, the law of survival is the law of survival of the race, and once the house-elves are completely liberated, they will compete with wizards for power?

Hermione can understand it!

Ivan knows very well that his teens are the age when the little devils are full of compassion and a sense of justice, and they have not been beaten by society, and they usually think that they can correct those injustices by themselves.

Just like when he was in elementary school in his previous life, after a few environmental protection classes, the whole person floated away, daring to run to the lumberjack and reprimand the other party, "Big trees are so important, why do you want to cut down big trees?" ”

Now that I think about it, it's really a blessing not to be beaten.

Hermione didn't know what Ivan was thinking, and thought that Ivan agreed with her idea, so she happily told Ivan about her next plan.

"I'm going to start a house-elf advocacy association, starting at Hogwarts, and convince Professor Dumbledore to improve the treatment of house-elves!" Hermione spoke.

"I think you'd better not do that, there's no way Professor Dumbledore would agree!" Ivan persuaded with a headache.

"Why?" Hermione asked eagerly.

"There are more than a hundred elves in Hogwarts, even if calculated according to the minimum salary, it is a lot of expenses every month, and even if Professor Dumbledore does not discriminate against house-elves, the board of directors will not agree to allocate funds." Ivan explained.

If Filch's salary is calculated, then Hogwarts will have to spend an additional 70,000 or 80,000 gold gallons every year!

As the headmaster, Dumbledore is over a hundred years old this year, and his health has not been very good recently, so he can't stand this fright!

(PS: I spent so much space writing about house-elves, and what I will definitely use in the future is not the number of water words (the slow progress of the entire fourth volume is because there is more foreshadowing)... In addition, for special reasons, today a change. ）