New Hogwarts Professor

Chapter 217: The treatment of house elves

"Professor Dumbledore and Xia Ran, why are you here?" Hagrid quickly stood up and wiped away his tears with a red face, as if he was at a loss.

Xia Ran chuckled and said, "If you meet someone, come over and have a look."

He was originally planning to come over to see Hagrid walking out of the castle, but happened to meet Dumbledore coming downstairs, so he came over together and heard Hermione's words.

"You, the school is the teacher's concern for the health of the teachers and students, and I, the principal, have the responsibility." Dumbledore said with a smile, "Miss Granger's is great!"

He looked at Hermione's thumbs up again.

Hermione blushed and tried not to look too proud.

Xia Ran suddenly turned around and looked outside with a smile: "Dumbledore, it seems it's time for us to leave. The three of you should follow."

Everyone else understood everything when they saw the tall figure through the window without asking.

"Hagrid, we won't disturb you anymore." Dumbledore said with a narrow smile and followed Xia Ran out.

Harry, Ron, and Hermione trotted out quickly.

Hagrid greeted Ms. Maxim with a red face, regardless of how many people were returning to the castle. The smile on his face was unusually strong.

"It seems Hagrid has found his other half." Ron said.

Harry and Hermione were also sincerely happy for Hagrid.

"The Yule Ball will be held soon. There should be a lot of students staying at school this year." Dumbledore said softly, "The elves will be busy by then."

Oops!

Harry and Ron's expressions suddenly changed.

As expected, Hermione immediately became excited and said: "Professor Dumbledore, don't you think it's unfair that the elves work hard without complaint, without a day off, without subsidies, and without wages? This, this is exploiting labor. , shameful behavior!”

Xia Ran noticed that Dumbledore seemed a little confused and looked at Hermione blankly.

"Professor's elf will be considered free if he enjoys the same salary and subsidized benefits as us...Okay, freedom can be postponed for a while, but other benefits must be compensated!" Hermione was very excited and could not help but feel free. He restrained himself somewhat due to Dumbledore's status as principal.

Dumbledore said distressedly: "Miss Granger, I want to do this - I'm not lying to you - the new house elf is here and I will give him a salary. I plan to give him a salary of ten per week." As a result, he didn't ask for the Galleons weekend holiday and acted very horrified. In the end, he only asked for one Galleons a week, one Galleons a month and one day off. The other house elf simply asked for a day without a penny. No more vacation.”

Xia Ran's eyes moved slightly, thinking about the plot in the original time and space, and asked: "What are the names of Dumbledore's two elves?"

"Dobby, Winky," Dumbledore replied.

"More than?!"

"Twinkle?!"

There were two exclamations in succession, from Harry to Hermione.

"Oh, Dobby, Winky." Dumbledore sighed, "There are more than a hundred house elves in Hogwarts, Dobby, and the only one who wants wages and holidays is an elf. But even so, I am willing." He doesn't want more wages or vacations."

"It has always been a matter of concept." Xia Ran said softly. Dobby originally thought that the Malfoys were house elves, and the Winky family was later liberated. The Crouch family was house elves and had sneaked into Hogwarts and kidnapped them. After Harry was rescued - struck by Barty Crouch Jr. or Voldemort's Imperius Curse - he and Dobby found Dumbledore's hope of getting a job at Hogwarts.

After all, the only place in the magic world where two elves can work is Hogwarts, and they might not want to go to a magic school abroad.

"Professor Dobby is at Hogwarts?" Harry asked quickly.

"Is Winky okay?" Hermione was worried about both Dobby and Winky. She had seen Dobby in relatively better condition, so she was more worried about Winky.

Dumbledore replied: "I didn't go to the kitchen but Dobby should be fine. A smart and enthusiastic elf, he will take good care of Winky."

Harry nodded Dobby indeed, such an elf.

"Professor, we want to change the house elves, we are friends, no, we are slaves." Hermione's eyes were burning.

"Of course I recognize this and I have never treated them as slaves." Dumbledore said.

"So freedom..."

"I'm afraid this won't work." Dumbledore shook his head and said, "There is no other place in the wizarding world except Hogwarts that can accommodate more than a hundred elves at the same time. They need a job, and this job is currently Only Hogwarts can provide that."

"Can,……"

"I will try to give other elves additional wages and holidays. Yes, there is an adjustment period." Dumbledore said.

Xia Ran smiled and said: "Dobby, who has emancipated his mind, still can't accept more wages and vacations? Hermione's road must be walked step by step and don't go too fast."

Hermione could only accept this reality helplessly, but with flashing eyes, she thought that she might be able to ask Fred and George how to get to the basement kitchen of Hogwarts to see the house elves in person. It's the situation.

……

Time passed quickly after the first round of competition, and Christmas was coming soon, because this year there was the Triwizard Tournament, and the Yule Ball was going to be held. It was started by three warriors and their dance partners. Almost most of the students in the school chose to stay. school.

"I'm not going back Harry." Ron said as he signed the detention list issued by Professor McGonagall.

As for Harry's mistake, he signed it as usual. Originally, he was thinking of spending Christmas at the Black Mansion this year, but since it was such a big event, of course he had to take it easy. He and Sirius wrote to Sirius. He was also advised to stay in school after all, the Triwizard Tournament was too rare.

Xia Ran left school before Christmas - after attending the last class before the holiday - he came to London's Grimmauld Place and gently knocked on a building that jumped out from between houses 11 and 13. door.

"Xia Ran, I've finally arrived. I've been waiting for you for a long time." Lu Ping opened the door.

Xia Ran came in and said, "I've just finished class and I haven't eaten yet. Do you want to eat?"

"Let's have something to eat together that we haven't finished yet." Sirius poked his head in the kitchen and said.

Kreacher, the house elf of the Black family, said enthusiastically: "Professor Frémont, what do you want to eat? Kreacher can make a lot of food!"

After Regulus was buried as a skeleton, Kreacher completely changed his temper and recognized Sirius as the master and the Order of the Phoenix as the majority member.

"Just have some." Xia Ran smiled and said, "Thanks, Kreacher."

"Is it just the three of us?" Sirius asked, putting down his knife and fork.

"No, there are others." Lupine said, "Me, you, Xia Ran's, Mad-Eye, Tonks, and Kingsley's Arthur are also there."

"I hope to meet Death Eaters." Sirius expected to be full of fighting spirit.

Xia Ran said softly: "Mad-Eye will come over later. He still has classes. Arthur and the others will pick us up from the Ministry of Magic."