The movement of pushing the door was not small, and it quickly attracted the attention of the people inside.
It was indeed Hermione. She was standing in front of a group of house elves, and both those standing in front of her and those hiding in the corner were huddled up with tears in their eyes, as if they were being bullied.
No, there is a house-elf anomaly.
It was the strangely dressed house elf that Noah found last time. He was quite proud and listened to Hermione's words attentively. He even nodded seriously and loudly expressed his agreement. But there was also a house elf wearing clothes. This house elf looked at Hermione as if he was looking at a virus or a thief...
Combined with Hermione's words just now, it seems that she is advocating for house elves to resist slavery.
Is that why Lacey didn't deliver the stuff on time?
Keya poked his head out of Noah's collar and found Lacey deftly.
Lacey also rushed out from the corner immediately: "Mr. Lannister!"
Her expression was like seeing a savior, with a hint of relief.
This was amazing, most of the time Noah himself came to the kitchen, the house elf looked like he had done something terrible, as if his coming to the kitchen to feed Keya was something heinous. It seems that Hermione is a bit scarier than feeding pets in the kitchen.
"Keya wants to eat eggs and fish, and maybe some mutton. Also, please give me another pot of black tea." Noah ignored Hermione.
"Okay, sir." Lacey wiped away her tears and went to prepare food for Noah.
After watching their interaction, Hermione seemed to be angered by this scene: "How could you do this!"
Noah: "?"
"This is slavery!" Hermione shouted, "They also have the right to be free!"
Noah: "...Oh."
The house elves who were finally relieved by his arrival instantly occupied the corner of the kitchen, lowering their heads and busy without looking at them.
Only the somewhat strange house elf was still standing at the table, or beside Hermione.
Keya climbed onto Noah's shoulders, curled up and looked forward to his delicious meal, not caring about humans or house elves at all. Oh, my master's affairs are still relatively important, but the little witch is weak and is no match for her master.
This cold reaction seemed to anger Hermione. She glared at Noah: "You think this is empty talk, don't you?! They have no holidays and no salary. Not only do they have to work year-round, but they are also treated harshly in all kinds of ways. ! Why do you treat them like this!"
Noah: "...Miss Granger, first of all, it's not me who gives them no holidays or pays them. If you have any objections, you can go to Principal Dumbledore, or the Ministry of Magic, and of course the International Federation of Wizards Might as well, instead of venting your emotions on an innocent person here.”
"Secondly, why are you standing here saying this? Maybe your starting point is good, but so far, it seems that you are the only one who is hot, right?" He said and suddenly noticed this strange person beside him. The house elf said, "Maybe there is one house elf on your side, but it's just this one. It's hard for me not to think that your remarks are just self-impressed."
"Finally, if you want to change this, it's useless to just get angry at me, and of course, it's useless to just encourage the house elves here to go on strike and revolt."
Resistances and revolutions in human history all originated from the unwillingness brought about by too difficult situations. Because they were unwilling, they wanted to resist. Because they were unwilling, they united. But are the house elves unwilling to give in now? There are too few, and some are just exceptions, so they will not listen to Hermione's words. Noah is not sure whether their current thinking is the result of domestication or the inherent thoughts of the species, but in any case, they try hard to change Their ideas are impossible.
For them, serving wizards is as natural as wizards needing to eat and drink. They do not need vacations or salary. They will not feel dissatisfied because of this, nor will they want to resist, or even think of "resistance" That's something that won't exist.
So it is impossible to force them to change. This deep-rooted thing can only be changed with time and generations of domestication, and it cannot be done in a short time.
And... why do you get angry at him? Do you think he is easy to bully? !
baffling!
Hermione was swallowed by what she said. She turned around and thought about what to say. She saw Lacey handing the thing in her hand to Noah with a moved face and wiping her tears: "Thank you, Mr. Lannister!"
Finally someone spoke up for them! That little witch is too scary. It would be too difficult for the house elves to ask them to resist the wizard. Or is this some new trick to torture the house elves?
Noah took what she handed him, thanked him and left the kitchen. It's not a good time to eat in the kitchen today, it's better to take it out.
…
But Hermione's behavior was soon discovered by others.
The Slytherins laughed at her stupidity and overestimation, but this time Draco lost his temper for no apparent reason, and the Slytherins could only laugh at her behind her back, and no one went out directly to make a fuss.
But in this way, Malfoy's behavior is very strange, so it is natural for some things to be revealed.
Last year, the Malfoy family lost a house elf.
Perhaps in Hermione's view, wizards are oppressing and enslaving house elves, but in fact, most wizards do not have house elves in their homes. Only those wizards with good family backgrounds and very rich families can afford to raise house elves. They are indeed unconditionally exploited slaves to wizards, but not every family can afford to keep slaves.
Similarly, losing a house elf for no reason is a big loss for any family. Even slaves that they think do not need much care are relatively expensive slaves.
Last year, because of Harry, the Malfoy family lost a house elf, a guy who could be called "betrayed his master".
"It seems that you still need to be careful when going against Potter." Someone commented, "Because you will lose house elves."
"So now they want Hogwarts to lose its house elves?"
"Who knows, that's Dumbledore's concern."
"If I were Dumbledore, I would definitely fire that mudblood!"
"Come on, that old bee will probably cry with joy, he always supports Potter."
Yes, everyone can see that Dumbledore likes Potter and favors them.
"Noah, what do you think?"
"Me?" Noah put down the pen in his hand, "Does it have anything to do with me? It's just so-called courage and kindness."
Some people died, but not completely...
