Hogwarts Gymnastics Professor

Chapter 70 Learning Magic Can't Save the House-Elf

"But...but..."

Seeing Hermione hesitated, Lockhart asked, "Miss Granger, what are you hesitating about?"

"I doubted myself."

"What are you doubting? Miss Granger, let me guess, do you think that house elves and wizards are not a community of interests?" Lockhart asked.

Hermione nodded and replied: "Yes, although I am still full of sympathy for what happened to the house-elves, but I began to suspect that the interests of house-elves and wizards are opposite rather than the same, and fighting for the rights of house-elves will inevitably damage The interests of wizards."

"Very good, very good. Being able to think like this means that you can already think from the perspective of feelings and interests at the same time. Then let me ask you another question, Miss Granger, do you think all wizards are a community of interests?"

"It should be. After all, all wizards abide by the same behavior pattern, which should be for the common interests of all wizards." Hermione replied uncertainly.

"If so, why did Fudge and Umbridge take the initiative to wrong me? Why did Lucius Malfoy go to such lengths to get Dumbledore out of Hogwarts?"

"That's not it."

"Give me a definite answer, Miss Granger." Lockhart asked seriously.

"No, I don't think so," Hermione said after thinking for a while.

"Very well, then think about it, if we only divide the wizarding world into two groups with opposing interests, how do you think it should be divided?" Lockhart continued to be tempting.

"Dark wizards and white wizards? Strong and weak? Pure blood and mixed blood? Male and female? Human wizards and non-human wizards?" Hermione said several times.

"Black wizards and white wizards are opposed. This seems reasonable, but the existence of black wizards is always temporary, and there are not always black wizards.

"The confrontation between the strong and the weak is even more wrong, otherwise how could Dumbledore, the most powerful wizard in the world, become the patron saint of all the weak?

"Pure blood and mixed blood? Think about you and Ron, aren't you good friends?"

"It is even more nonsense that men and women are opposed, otherwise there should be no husband and wife in the world."

"The confrontation between human wizards and non-human wizards seems to have a certain degree of credibility, but in fact it is not fundamental. For example, the goblins in Gringotts have all kinds of deep cooperation with humans."

Lockhart gave counterexamples one by one to deny Hermione's every guess, causing Hermione to fall into a long silence.

Seeing that Hermione hadn't spoken for a long time, Lockhart continued to inspire: "Think about Ron and Malfoy, they are two groups that are naturally opposed."

"Poor people and rich people." Hermione thought for a long time before saying her answer.

"It's close, but it's still not right. I also have a lot of money, so I can be considered a rich man, but I don't have any fundamental conflict with the Weasleys."

Hermione fell into deep thought, this time she thought for a long time without giving any answer.

Lockhart can only continue to inspire her: "Think about the difference between me and Malfoy. Malfoy and I are both rich, but our sources of money are different. Think about the difference."

"Most of the professor's money should be earned from writing books, and most of Malfoy's money should come from inheritance." Hermione thought twice and gave her own answer.

"Inherited? It's not accurate. The Malfoy family's money has been increasing. It's not inherited. Let me tell you. In fact, the Malfoy family owns a lot of real estate shops and potion factories.

"As long as Malfoy is lying at home, a steady stream of Galleons will be transported to Malfoy's manor relying on the rent and the profits from the potion factory.

"And most ordinary wizards, if they want to make money, they need to rent the shops of the Malfoy family or go to work in the potion factory of the Malfoy family, and most of the value generated by their hard work has become the interests of the Malfoy family."

"Understood? If the wizards in the wizarding world are divided into two groups, they should be divided into those who make money by their own hard work and those who make money by other people's hard work."

Hermione nodded thoughtfully, and said, "I see. House elves, like ordinary wizards, rely on their own labor to survive, while wizards like Malfoy who have a lot of real estate and factories don't have to work themselves. Sustaining himself from the labor of common wizards and house-elves."

"So, most ordinary wizards and house-elves are a community of interests, and wizards like Malfoy are our common enemy."

Lockhart agreed: "Yes, the fact is that house-elves have great potential, and if house-elves are simply used as slaves, their value can only be limited to cleaning and doing things for pure-blood wizards. It's just food."

"And if we liberate house elves and give them a growth environment like wizards, they will have all possibilities. They may become educators or masters of potions. In short, the scope and quantity of value creation will be more than before. Larger, the beneficiaries of the value created are more than before.”

Hermione thought for a while after listening to Lockhart's words and said seriously: "I see, if Dobby becomes a potionist and invents an important potion, then the value he creates will be more valuable than a potion. A hundred cleaning house-elves is bigger, and the beneficiaries are not just the house-elves' masters, but wizards as a whole.

"For any kind of creature, only letting him develop freely is the most beneficial behavior for all. I understand, Professor Lockhart, I will summarize today's conversation, and then rethink my propaganda methods. "

"I have to praise you. It is much better than me to realize this at such a young age. If you want to know more about this, you can read this magazine."

After all, Lockhart handed Hermione a copy of "The New Wizard".

Hermione flipped through the red-covered magazine for a while, and then said: "I will take a good look at it, and now I begin to think that this is a more important subject than magic. Learning magic cannot save elves, but learning magic This is fine. Professor Lockhart, can you tell me where I can learn this subject?"

"In the far north, where all the innocent people were exiled, they formed a new school. Maybe you will have the opportunity to study there in the future."

"Thank you, Professor Lockhart. I originally planned to work in the Ministry of Magic after graduating from Hogwarts. Now I have decided to go to that school to study for two years."

"You're welcome, Miss Granger, if you see Dobby next time, please bring him to me!"

"Okay, Professor Lockhart, all my questions have been answered, thank you very much, but it's meal time and I must say goodbye."

"Goodbye."

　Today's Chapter 3, please collect, recommend, and invest, thank you all.

　　


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