Chapter 309 Daily Life Before Christmas
Chapter 309 Daily Life Before Christmas
"Mr. Autumn," the elves hurriedly ran behind Sainz.
"Harry, and you two?"
"Sainz? You also know the kitchen is here."
"Of course he knew," Ron said. "I heard from George that it was Sainz who told him that he could find the kitchen."
Sainz looked at the elves hiding behind him and said, "It seems that you didn't listen to what I said."
"I just came to tell them..."
"Mr. Autumn!" The elves began to complain in unison, "Elves shouldn't speak ill of wizards, but this... this... she actually said that elves should ask Dumbledore for their wages..."
The elf who said this was trembling all over as if he was saying something extremely blasphemous. The other elves who heard this were so scared that they covered their ears and looked at Harry and the other two with disgust.
"Oh, that's great," said Ron. "They hate us too, even though they served us delicious tea yesterday..."
"Shut up!" Hermione glared at Ron, forcing him to shut up.
"Hermione, you may have your own ideas," Saiens motioned her to look at the elves around her who were either frightened or disgusted, "but you scared them."
With Sainz's support, the elves gained some courage. The elf named Meizao who spoke just now said, "We are elves with conscience. We have not fallen to the point of asking for wages. My God, what an evil idea that is."
Hermione said firmly, "You are working for Hogwarts, you have a right to a salary."
"Oh my God, Mr. Autumn," the elf hid behind Sainz again, as if he saw a flood and a beast, "She wants to drive us out of the castle. Hogwarts is our home, we are not going anywhere, you... you evil witch!
Oh my god, Mei Zao insulted the witch... Mei Zao is a bad elf! "
Sainz quickly said in a commanding tone, "Don't punish yourself!"
When Hermione heard Mei Zao's curse, her face turned red and white. Ron quickly moved away from her. Harry stepped forward hesitantly, "Hermione... let's go... let's think of something else."
Hermione's chest rose and fell. "Okay... let's go first. Harry, you need to talk more with Malfoy..."
"Okay, let's go now!"
Ron quickly followed, "Hey, I don't want to be an ignorant fool. You must be hiding something from me."
After the three of them left, the kitchen regained its vitality, "Long live Mr. Autumn!"
"Mr. Autumn saved us!"
After giving his daily regards to the elves, Sainz left the kitchen and returned to the Room of Requirement. "I just went to the kitchen. They are all very well. They asked me to bring you some small gifts."
Conti and Jinling happily accepted the gifts from their elf friends and began to discuss what they should give as a return gift.
Since Conte became Sainz's personal elf, Sainz built a special kitchen in the living area of the Room of Requirement. His special meals are no longer prepared in the Hogwarts kitchen. Students found that some special foods disappeared from their tables at some point.
The peaceful days passed quickly and soon it was the end of December. The students were very happy because the semester was coming to an end and they would have three weeks of relaxation.
But students above the fourth grade face another problem. If they want to attend the upcoming Christmas dance, they will have to invite a dance partner for themselves.
Tom told Sainz cheerfully that he had seen a lot of fun recently. Every day there were little wizards who were accepted and smiled happily, and every day there were little wizards who were rejected and remained silent. Of course, there were some who covered their faces in embarrassment and ran away after being rejected in person.
Tom paid more attention to the three saviors than the others. "That Ron Weasley tried to invite the Beauxbatons warrior to be his dance partner. Haha, you don't know, the other party looked at him as if he was looking at dog shit that he accidentally stepped on his foot!"
Sainz listened but said nothing. Everyone is obsessed with looks. Ron knew that the other person was handsome, but she looked down on his ugly appearance.
Another thing is that the other person is much older than him. At this age of adolescence, a difference of three or four years would be very noticeable. How could she possibly be attracted to a boy like him who was only fourteen years old?
"Don't worry about them. Is there anything else unusual?"
"Nothing has been discovered yet. Jerry is keeping an eye on Moody. He usually stays in his office except for attending classes. He doesn't do anything special."
"Okay, I get it. What about other places?"
"Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade are still the same, and there's nothing new about Knockturn Alley either. Oh, and the dark wizards there seem to be a little different than before."
"How is it different?"
"There are some new faces that I haven't seen much before, and some familiar faces that I used to see a lot are missing, but Sainz, that may be my illusion, you know, we don't go there often."
"Maybe. Don't worry too much about it. Just check it out once in a while."
But Sainz felt that it might not be Tom's illusion. It seemed that someone had heard some news and realized something.
Maybe some dark wizards felt that there was no support so they left, while others saw it as an opportunity and gathered there from other places.
"What about the Ministry?"
"The Ministry is very calm. That Bertha Jorkins has not been found yet, and none of them are in a hurry."
"There should be some old Batty factor involved."
Bertha Jorkins was the wizard who caught old Bartie hiding young Bartie. After discovering the secret, she foolishly ran to confront him, but was turned into amnesia by old Bartie's forgetfulness spell.
Because of her forgetfulness, she was kicked from one department to another while working at the Ministry of Magic, and finally stayed in Bagman's department.
Isn’t working at the Ministry of Magic so easy? Jorkins often can’t find the way to work because of her forgetfulness, but her boss Ludo Bagman never thought of firing her?
"How was it in the Forbidden Forest?"
"The Forbidden Forest is fine. The plants and animals you care about are generally fine. Two Bowtruckles seemed to have quarreled with other individuals in the tribe and left the tribe."
"It's normal. I guess the population has grown so large that they were driven away and need to go out and establish their own clan."
"That's probably it."
"Did you see where they went?"
"I saw it in a window two days ago, but I haven't seen it since."
"The Forbidden Forest is too big. We can't monitor and patrol all of it. Let them be. If we can come across them again in the future, we'll be lucky. If not, we won't force it.
Well, Tom, I have to go to the kitchen. Old Dumbledore has given me the task of arranging the banquet. He said I am more familiar with the elves. What do you think of this matter? "
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