Chapter 357 It's time to evacuate
Chapter 357 It's time to evacuate
One day Sainz realized that the time had come to evacuate the Room of Requirement.
On this day he went to the kitchen to express his condolences as usual, and the elves came to greet him, "Who is that elf? I don't think I've seen him before?"
The other elves stayed away from him. Someone answered Sainz: "Dear Mr. Autumn, it is a shame. God, I actually mentioned him. He is a shame to the elves. He actually, he actually, God, I can't say it..."
The attitude of the elves was very telling. Sainz had an idea in his mind and had a guess.
"So why not let him introduce himself?" Sainz said.
The old members in the kitchen said to the elf in an unpleasant voice, "You, go over quickly, the honorable Mr. Autumn wants to talk to you!"
He staggered from being pushed and came to Sainz nervously, "Hello, Mr. Autumn."
"Hello, may I know your name?"
"Oh! Mr. Autumn said 'hello' to Dobby, Dobby's name is Dobby," Just as Sainz guessed, he was indeed Dobby, Dobby said with emotion, "Mr. Autumn is also a kind person, as kind as the great Harry Potter!"
Sainz said, "So your name is Dobby, you look like a nice elf."
Other elves immediately said, "He is not a good elf. He is a disgrace to the elves. He actually, he actually wants a salary. Oh my god, I've said it. Oh my god, I can't imagine it. No matter how depraved I am, I can't imagine that one day I will actually get a salary. Oh my god!"
Hearing his words, the old members in the kitchen seemed to see the source of the plague, and immediately fled in fear, not even caring about the honorable Mr. Autumn.
Dobby simply shrank his neck in embarrassment at the other elves' disgust, but the look he gave Sainz betrayed him, filled with tension.
"That's quite interesting," Sainz said, pretending to be interested. "A little elf with a salary, can you tell me about it?"
Hearing that Sainz was only very interested but not disgusted or driven him away, Dobby looked very surprised. He said carefully, "Dobby left his former master's house, and Dobby got a sock." Seeing that Sainz was not shocked or angry, Dobby became a little bolder, "Dobby is free, he is free."
"So you are a free elf," Sainz seemed to understand, "No wonder you have a salary, then how did you come to the kitchen of Hogwarts?"
"After Dobby was free, he wandered for a while. No wizard was willing to hire a free elf," Dobby said sadly. "Other elves didn't welcome Dobby either. He was driven from here to there, and from there to other places.
Contrast picking up trash from a trash can until he meets the great Harry Potter again.
Harry Potter told Dobby that he could seek help from the great Dumbledore..."
“So you’re here.”
"Yes, Dobby asked Dumbledore if he could work at Hogwarts, and the great Dumbledore agreed. He even agreed to Dobby's request. The great Dumbledore was willing to pay Dobby a salary of two gold coins a month."
Although the other elves fled in all directions, they were actually listening attentively to Dobby's news. Sainz noticed that when Dobby mentioned that Dumbledore paid him a salary, many elves looked terrified, shuddered with fear, and huddled together.
The brave ones have already started to curse, "Shame!" "Garbage!" "Degenerate!" "Unforgivable!"...
Dobby's process of coming to Hogwarts is roughly similar to the original trajectory, or rather, his coming to Hogwarts was almost inevitable, because apart from Hogwarts, it would be almost impossible for him to find any other place that would accept him.
As he said himself, there was no way wizards would employ a free elf.
A free elf means that he cannot guarantee "absolute loyalty", and no wizard will be willing to accept an elf that cannot guarantee loyalty to a wizard.
The elf's various skills are almost created to become a butler. If a butler cannot guarantee loyalty, why would a wizard hire him?
Once loyalty cannot be guaranteed, the elf loses his advantage over the wizard. After all, they both have to pay a salary and loyalty cannot be guaranteed. Why doesn't the wizard just hire another wizard who has more skills?
The elves do have a very powerful magic of Apparition, but other than that, they know very little other magic. Most of them are magic similar to telekinesis, such as levitation, movement, and propulsion. In the magic world with complex and diverse abilities and skills, their abilities can only be used as auxiliary.
In the original trajectory, Dobby cast a spell on a Bludger and chased Harry into a mess. That was just bullying Harry because he couldn't use magic on the field. If wizards were allowed to use wands, the Bludger would be immediately turned into fireworks.
House-elves are strictly restricted from contacting wands because wizards do not allow them to learn other magic, and this is non-negotiable.
Not only other wizards, but even Sainz holds the same view. Conte and Jinling have been working for him for many years and have signed a contract with him to become his exclusive elves. He also trusts them very much, but he has never let them touch the wand at an inappropriate time.
It is true that they are very loyal, but that does not mean they are absolutely loyal.
Sainz had thought about Dobby’s situation before. He himself had indeed awakened, but that did not mean that the elf could awaken, nor did it even mean that Dobby’s descendants could awaken - if he had descendants, given the current situation, it was unlikely that he would have descendants - the magic in the blood could only be broken through from the inside.
If they obtain the magic wand, perhaps in the initial stage or even for hundreds or thousands of years, their help to wizards will be infinitely expanded. However, if another "Dobby" appears at a certain stage, with the help of the magic wand, he may really be able to develop a method to break the blood contract. At that time, a brutal war will be inevitable.
Sainz is a wizard in this life, so of course he has to stand on the side of a wizard, just like he said to Hermione, he is a wizard first, and everything else second. He can be a good or evil, cruel or cowardly wizard, etc., but he is a wizard first.
If he happened to be reborn as an elf in this life and was lucky enough to awaken like Dobby, then he would definitely consider things from the elf's perspective.
Maybe at that time he would start a war to liberate the elves for freedom or other interests. Maybe he would be called evil, or maybe he would be called a hero...
But he is not, he is a wizard in this life!
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