Chapter 452 A Few Things About House-Elves

Ever since Fish kissed her in class that day, Hermione found herself once again becoming a popular figure in the school... The last time she was so noticed was when she drank Polyjuice Potion and turned into a half-man, half-cat.

Now when she walks on the road, not only are her classmates often pointing at her, but even the professor will show a meaningful smile from time to time when he sees her. Dumbledore even jokingly calls her Hermione. ·Miss McGonagall.

However, the targets that Hermione expected did not appear, that is, there were occasionally some sly and yang-yang from the Slytherin girls. Although the girls from the other three houses were envious, their behavior was not much different from before.

The identity of Hermione's girlfriend has been known to everyone for a long time. On the one hand, the most important thing is... Hermione's "generosity" during this time.

As long as there is a cat to play with, many people don't really care who Fish's girlfriend is. There are still a few who are unwilling to give up and continue to be hostile to Hermione, but that no longer poses a threat to Miss Know-It-All. .

So although kissing Fei Xu in public was very embarrassing at first, judging from the results, it was actually quite good... at least it made some of her love rivals give up.

Under the heavy academic environment, October has come soon. This year Fish celebrated Professor McGonagall's birthday, but this time there was no Gryffindor family like last time.

Because Professor McGonagall told Fish in advance not to make the birthday party so exaggerated, Fish finally pulled Hermione and celebrated Professor McGonagall's birthday in the kitchen with a group of elves...

Professor McGonagall, who had already experienced it once, was still very happy, but that was all. It moved the group of elves in the kitchen who were invited by Fish to eat together.

Even Dobby, who was a little afraid of Fei Xu, and Winky, who was often drunk, had tearful expressions. A group of elves screamed and praised the three of Fei Xu crazily... If Fei hadn't had a headache from the noise, Xu made a sound to stop them. God knows how long they will be able to praise them.

"Minerva, can I take you a moment? I have something to ask you."

When the three of them finished the celebration and left the kitchen and walked back, Hermione hesitated for a while before calling out to Professor McGonagall.

"Of course, honey."

Professor McGonagall, who was in a good mood, responded with a smile. At the same time, she was also a little curious, "What do you want to ask? Is it about study?"

Although she asked this question, Professor McGonagall believed that this possibility was unlikely, because if Hermione really wanted to ask a study question, she would never be so hesitant, nor would she wait until so late to ask herself.

"No, it's about the house elves."

Hermione shook her head. Although she had been exposed to house elves early because of Fish and was used to them working for wizards, she still stayed in Muggle society during the holidays.

As she grows older and is affected by her living environment, Hermione's views on slavery and human rights issues are still very much in line with the current mainstream of Muggle society.

It's just that because Fish and Professor McGonagall also have Komi in their families, she also understands that wizarding society and Muggle society have different ideas on many things, so she has never delved into this issue.

But tonight she unexpectedly learned about Winky and Dobby's experiences, and she could no longer suppress the sense of justice in her heart.

"The usual treatment of house elves seems... very bad?"

Because Professor McGonagall also has a house elf in her home, Hermione's words are relatively restrained.

"I see."

Professor McGonagall smiled knowingly.

Although there are not many wizards like Hermione, there are always a few appearing every once in a while, and although most of them are Muggle-born, there are occasionally one or two outliers in the wizarding community, and over the years Later, they actually made some progress.

And Professor McGonagall also knows that if they are not properly guided, people like Hermione can easily do bad things with good intentions.

So she patiently explained to Hermione: "The situation that happens to house elves is actually multi-faceted. First of all, their nature is to like to work, just like you like to read, and Fish is naughty..."

"Fish doesn't like to be naughty!"

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Maomao, who was suddenly called out, protested angrily.

However, Professor McGonagall ignored him and continued to talk to himself: "Well, my statement is not quite accurate. Their attitude towards work is no longer just a hobby, it is closer to an instinct. It is precisely because With this strange nature, ancient wizards trained them as assistants and servants.”

"But...this is not a reason to squeeze them."

Hermione naively retorted, "Muggles abolished slavery many years ago."

"Of course, in fact, there have been wizards like you who fought for the rights of house elves a long time ago. Even the Ministry of Magic has issued guidelines for the rights of house elves."

Professor McGonagall pressed her palms to signal Hermione to calm down.

"It's just that due to the character of the house-elves themselves and their long-standing habits, this guideline cannot be enforced, and those ancient pure-blood families don't take it seriously. In addition, the persecution of Muggles and Muggle wizards by the mysterious man later caused this work to stagnate for a time."

She looked at Hermione with a gentle look and said to her seriously: "If you want to improve the living environment of house-elves, the best way is to become an official of the Ministry of Magic in the future and fundamentally change the concept of the wizarding community. In normal times, it is enough to treat them well."

Hermione was silent for a long time before slowly nodding and saying: "I understand, thank you, Minerva."

"What are you talking about? Why can't Meow Fash understand?"

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Mao Mao waited until the two of them finished talking and immediately asked dissatisfiedly.

"We are talking about that Dobby and Winky's previous owners were not good to them, so they need to be treated well."

Professor McGonagall also knew that the cat couldn't understand too complicated explanations, so she simplified what she and Hermione talked about and told Fash.

"Although what you said is similar to what Fish heard... but I don't know why, meow, I always feel that Minerva is fooling Fish meow..."

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The sharp cat stared at Professor McGonagall's eyes and said seriously.

But soon Fish shook his head, "Forget it, Fish is not interested anyway meow."

What about the rights of house elves? It sounds troublesome. If you are fooled, you will be fooled. Anyway, it is not the first time that Professor McGonagall fooled you.

After actively skipping this topic, Fish turned to Professor McGonagall and invited: "Minerva, do you want to patrol the territory with Fish meow?"

Professor McGonagall smiled and glanced at the embarrassed Hermione on the side, shook her head and said: "I can't, you and Hermione go shopping, remember to go back early, you have classes tomorrow."

"If it weren't for signing up for that competition, Fish wouldn't have to work so hard meow! You actually gave Fish so many homework!"

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The cat got angry when he talked about this. He made a face at Professor McGonagall, and then ran away with Hermione.

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Recommendation ticket monthly ticket

Although I don’t plan to let Hermione form “vomit” like in the original book, if she doesn’t mention it at all, it doesn’t fit Hermione’s own personality, so here let Professor McGonagall give a little guidance so that she won’t be as thankless as in the original book.

In addition, the Ministry of Magic’s guidelines for the rights of house elves are not made up by me, but are official settings.

It comes from the Wizarding Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Test (W.O.M.B.A.T.). This test is actually a thing made by the official to see how much fans have mastered the original book. The questions in it are basically the content in the original book and official settings.

——The following is the question——

In your opinion, which of the following wizard laws needs to be changed the most?

a. Monitor underage magic in all magical families (currently impossible)

b. Ban on fairies holding wands (should be lifted)

c. Reclassify centaurs and mermen (their ideas should be considered)

d. Guidelines for the rights of house elves (need to be enforced)

e. Define "teasing Muggles" (need to be appropriately relaxed)

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I am a man… The sound in the video is added with special effects, and as for the hands… I am just thinner.

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Thanks to Shurel X and Xiaofei for the reward.