Hogwarts Gymnastics Professor

Chapter 51 The Sorrow of the House-Elf
Lockhart laughed along with Sirius and the others for a while, but when Harry explained to Dobby the ins and outs of Sirius' world, and Dobby's self-blame from time to time, he felt more and more uncomfortable.

Dobby mentioned several times why he was so grateful to Harry - Harry Potter defeated Voldemort.

Under Voldemort's dark rule, wizards treated house-elves as pests, punishing and killing them wantonly.After Harry defeated Voldemort, the house-elves were still oppressed with wantonness, only slightly.

According to Dobby, at least now they will not be in danger of their lives at any time, but Lockhart looked at Dobby who was covered in wounds and bandages all over his body and punished himself from time to time, but he didn't feel that it was any better now.

The life and circumstances of the house-elves are really bitter, to the extreme. In Professor Binns’s history of magic class, there are many divisions of the era of wizards, such as "the era of rebellion", "the era of development", and "the era of the ravages of the Dark Lord".

These are all historical statements, Lockhart has studied them for too long and can't remember them clearly, but when he looked at Dobby, he remembered a more straightforward statement.

For house-elves, there are only two ages in the wizarding world——

[-]. The era when one wanted to be a slave but could not;

Second, temporarily stabilize the era of slavery.

Dobby was so grateful that Harry Potter allowed the house elves to progress from the era when they wanted to be slaves to the era when they temporarily became slaves, so he risked his life to repay him.

Fortunately, Dobby is enlightened and progressive. In the original world, Dobby rushed to Malfoy Manor. In order to save Harry, Ron, Hermione and others, he was killed by Bellatrix Rice in the battle. Trange died by stabbing himself in the chest with a silver dagger.

Bellatrix Lestrange yelled at Dobby at the time: "You dirty thing, how dare you defy your master?"

Dobby expressed the meaning and pursuit of his life with his last voice before his death.

"Dobby has no master!"

"Dobby is a free elf, and Dobby is here to rescue Harry Potter and his friends!"

Dobby died, but he died as a free elf, but more elves were still slaves, and they not only treated them as slaves, but also regarded them as normal, and even spurned elves like Dobby who pursued freedom.

Being a slave is a kind of misfortune, getting used to being a slave is an even greater misfortune, being a slave but spurning those who pursue freedom is simply a kind of tragedy.

These elves, their ancestors were slaves for generations, and they were raised as slaves since they were young. These elves are numb, but they are not born numb, they just have been oppressed and become a habit.

Lockhart lamented Dobby's independence and freedom, and thought about the numbness of more elves, and suddenly felt a feeling of "sorrow for his misfortune, anger for his indisputability".

Lockhart raised his head, looked at Dobby, and found that Hermione was chatting with Dobby. She kept asking about Dobby's daily life, and then lamented Dobby's misfortune, and encouraged Dobby to leave the Malfoy family .

Dobby talked about the way the house-elf got his freedom - he was given a piece of clothing by his master, even socks and gloves.

Hermione carefully recorded all this in the notebook she carried with her, and Harry took Dobby's hand, promising to find a chance to set Dobby free.

Dobby kept nodding and thanking Hermione and Harry.

Hearing Dobby's words of gratitude from the heart, Lockhart couldn't help feeling angry.

This burst of anger was not aimed at Harry and Hermione, let alone Dobby, but at this dark wizarding world.

A living being is deprived of all the most basic rights as an intelligent creature, and then the depriver rewards some at will, and the slaves should be grateful.

Just like some companies in the previous life, 35 was the foundation, unlimited overtime, and retired at the age of [-]. As a result, when they said they would cancel the big and small week work system, people actually rushed to sing their praises.

The house elf just wants to take back the basic personal rights that belonged to him from the slave master, so he has to thank the slave masters who gave him for this. This is the tragedy of this era.

Looking at the food on the table, Lockhart suddenly felt sick at the thought that it was all made by house-elf slaves, and he pulled Lupine and Sirius aside to talk to them.

"I have a plan! Very important, involving all of us," Lockhart whispered to Lupine and Sirius.

"Just tell me, I trust you." Sirius replied quickly.Lockhart noticed that the progress of his task of gaining loyal followers reached 2/100 with this sentence.

Lupine did not reply directly, but said: "I am willing to keep this a secret."

Lockhart looked at Lupine's shabby clothes and emaciated body, and said, "Remus, you're a werewolf, right?"

Lupine's pupils shrank, and before he could speak, Sirius said, "Lockhart, are you going to be hostile to him because of this? You shouldn't be like this!"

Lockhart continued: "I'm really not that kind of person, but Remus, I must tell you that a week before you came, I just taught the students how to identify werewolves."

Lupine was startled suddenly, a wry smile appeared on his face, he didn't speak any more, but signaled Lockhart to continue with his eyes.

"I told them that there is no difference between werewolves and wizards in terms of morality. I have seen the most noble werewolves and the most despicable humans. Prejudice and discrimination are the reasons for the werewolf problem, but I don't know if they have Didn't listen."

Lockhart noticed that Lupine's and Sirius' expressions softened, so he continued:

"Remus, these students are very smart, and werewolves are hard to hide. I guess Dumbledore asked Snape to give you a potion of wolfsbane every month to spend the full moon, but it's still easy to miss classes every month. Other people's suspicions, I guess Hermione will find out your werewolf status soon.

"And the Ministry of Magic is staring at Hogwarts. They are constantly looking for loopholes in Dumbledore's work. Once your werewolf identity is discovered, it will definitely affect Dumbledore."

"Lockhart, what do you think should be done?" Lupine and Sirius looked at Lockhart and asked together.

Unknowingly, Lockhart has become their backbone.

Lockhart said: "Perhaps you have learned that I was imprisoned for suspected murder, but you may not know who I killed?"

"You really killed someone?"

"Who did you kill?" Lupine and Sirius asked one after the other.

"Lord of the werewolves, Fenrir Greyback."

"Lockhart, I must say thank you. Thank you very much." Lupine burst into tears, and Lockhart knew why, the tragedy of Lupine's life began with the one bitten by Fenrir Greyback Night of the full moon.

Lockhart continued: "Last Saturday was the night of the full moon. He attacked me with a pack of wolves and was killed by me. At the same time, I also recovered his followers. There were 58 werewolves in total and two children. They are willing to follow my lead."

"What do you want me to do?" Lupine asked, recovering his composure, looking at Lockhart.

"I want you to help me manage them. I took them to set up a Muggle company. They can at least have enough food and clothing. Don't worry about the full moon. I have found a solution. But I still don't feel relieved."

……

There was a long silence, Lupine did not give a quick reply, and Lockhart also knew that this matter should not be rushed, so he did not urge him.

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