Chapter 129: The Ancestral Land of the Elves
Saturday.
Sherin summoned Dobby and Winky and asked Dobby to take them to the elf ancestral land.
According to Dobby, the elf ancestral land is actually a secret space, similar to the existence of the mirror world. Only elves can find it. All elves will be imprinted with the mark of the ancestral land from the moment they are born, so all elves know the location of the ancestral land.
Arriving at the legendary elf ancestral land, Sherin was deeply shocked by the scene in front of him.
A huge tree that towered into the sky and could not see the top of the tree stood in the center. Around the roots of the tree, there were several scattered elf villages.
The elves in the village were very excited to see the outsiders, and Sherin could not understand what they were saying at all. It turned out that the elves also had their own language. Wizards have always thought that elves speak human language.
Dobby and Winky could understand it. Maybe it was the same as the location of the ancestral land. This was a kind of knowledge that was engraved in their souls from birth.
These wild elves and house elves look the same in appearance, but if you look closely, you can see that their spirit, temperament, and even eyes are completely different. The wild elves have no awe for Sherin—perhaps for all humans. They are more curious about Sherin.
Sherin did not approve of the practice of enslaving other intelligent species, so he did not covet these wild elves at all.
He came here for only one purpose—the inheritance of Hufflepuff.
He asked Dobby and Winky to help him find out everywhere, and Dobby and Winky came back soon.
"Little master, I think I have found what you want." Although Dobby was not as respectful and reserved as before, it can be seen that he took Sherin's task more seriously.
"Okay! Thank you, Dobby," Sherin said, "Can we go now?"
"No problem, follow me."
Dobby and Winky led the way in front, and Sherin followed carefully behind. They passed through countless elf villages and headed towards the big tree in the center.
After walking for more than an hour, they finally arrived at the bottom of the tree. There was a deep tree hole next to a tree root. Xie Lin had a master-servant contract with Dobby and Shanshan, so he was not afraid of them harming him, so he stepped into the tree hole.
The tree hole was like a maze, with dark passages extending in all directions, but Dobby and Shanshan seemed to be able to feel some kind of guidance from the dark, and they did not need to hesitate at every fork in the road, and just moved forward unimpeded. Finally, the group came to an altar.
In front of the altar were three lifelike stone sculptures.
The statue that was higher up was wearing a dress made of petals, with two pairs of transparent thin wings like dragonflies on its back, one large and one small, and a lovely wreath on its slightly puffed hair. No matter how you look at it, it is very similar to the current mountain nymphs.
The other statue looked most like a human, but the pointed ears on both sides of its head were very different from humans. It was wearing a tight-fitting outfit, a pointed hat on its head, and the willow flute in its hand was placed at its mouth, as if it was playing a refreshing forest song. No matter how you look at it, it is very similar to the current leprechauns.
The statue at the bottom depicts a creature with drooping long ears and a pair of big eyes. If you have to say what the similarities are with the elves, I'm afraid these are the only three points. But unlike the elves, the statue has neat clothes and hats, well-proportioned limbs, and a handsome appearance. It holds a wine glass in one hand and a broom in the other, grinning as if singing, looking smart and full of fun.
Dobby took Sherin to the statue, and then saw a stone tablet engraved with ancient elven characters. The ancient elven characters and the ancient wizard characters that Sherin learned overlapped in some places, but they were not exactly the same. Therefore, even with Sherin's profound attainments in ancient magic characters, with the help of Dobby and Winky, it was still very difficult to interpret.
First of all, the first paragraph explains the secret of ancient times - the ancient elves created this space to avoid the war between the ancient dragon and the ancient giant, and moved all the tribesmen here. The three statues represent the ancestors of the mountain nymphs, leprechauns and elves.
The second paragraph recorded on the stone tablet explains that one day, some elves, leprechauns and nymphs decided to leave and see the outside world.
The playful leprechauns fell in love with the Irish shamrocks, beer and music, so they chose to settle down in Ireland.
The nymphs who love singing and love to be surrounded by bright flowers and plants chose France and Greece.
The elves fell in love with human craftsmanship. They always like to sneak into human homes and help humans sew, craftsmen, etc. without anyone knowing, so there are also Muggle fairy tales such as "The Elves and the Old Shoemaker".
(Note: The mountain nymphs are from the original novel, and the People's Publishing House translated them as fairies, but the author thinks that they are easily confused with fairies. Fleur said that the mountain nymphs will perform and sing at the Christmas party at Beauxbatons, which shows that they have spirituality and wisdom.)
(Note: Little green fairies, foxes, little devils, goblins, and fairies are obviously not related to elves. They have no spirituality at all and cannot communicate with humans. This is why the author insisted on translating the Cornwall elves into "little green fairies.")
They help humans do these "works" out of their love for craftsmanship, not for rewards. So once someone gives them clothes or anything to wear like the old shoemaker in the fairy tale, they will leave angrily, just like a lone artist who hates the smell of money.
One day, this characteristic of the elves was discovered by a wizard, so he used a large number of handicrafts to lure the elves, and then caught them all in a pre-designed trap.
The captured elves were released with soul contract magic one after another, and slowly they were brainwashed into slaves of humans, which is what wizards see as house elves today.
Of course, this is not all about the elves. Some elves escaped and fought back. Some hid in the Black Forest in Germany and evolved into Elves, who ate human children in revenge. Some fled to Senegal in Africa and evolved into Yunbo, who stole human food in revenge. Some fled to the Far East and evolved into Tanuki, who played pranks on humans. Although most of the pranks were harmless, in Japan, there were horror stories about Tanuki murdering an old woman and then tricking her husband into drinking broth made with the corpse.
This part of the text has several different handwritings, obviously written by different elves. One of them is obviously the great Hawkeye.
He was fortunately adopted by the kind Hufflepuff, who regarded him as a friend, gave him free thoughts, and allowed him to return to the elf ancestral land after Hufflepuff passed away. In order to repay Hufflepuff, Hawkeye left a blood descendant in Hogwarts to assist in the daily operations of Hogwarts. Only when he was very old did he return to the elf ancestral land.
The third paragraph recorded on the slate is about the inheritance left by Hufflepuff.
Hufflepuff is best at healing and life magic. Before she died, she sealed her own life force with a magic circle somewhere in the Forbidden Forest. As long as you accept the inheritance of this power, you can get the secret of Hufflepuff's unique skill - "creation and regeneration". This is a magical physique that can quickly heal itself no matter how serious the physical injury is, as long as you don't die on the spot.
Somewhere in the Forbidden Forest?
Sherin is a very shrewd person. With the increase in intelligence from the Crown of Wisdom, his comprehension and memory are top-notch. After a round of analysis, he found that the so-called life force, as the literal meaning, the most obvious feature is gestation and reproduction, and the eight-eyed spider Aragog, which Hagrid released in the Forbidden Forest, is the most amazing and abnormal in the Forbidden Forest.
Without wasting any more time, Sherin immediately asked Dobby and Winky to take him to the Forbidden Forest through Apparition.
Extracurricular knowledge: In addition to the evil spirits, in folklore, Yunbo and raccoon cats will be good to humans as long as they are treated well. To this day, some Japanese merchants still put raccoon cat dolls in their stores as mascots.