"Tell me, Mr. Thief, what is your purpose?"
Dudley looked at the other person and said softly: "If you tell me honestly, you will suffer less."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a high-pitched scream from the other party.
"Dobby is not a thief. Dobby just wants to take away the dangerous thing."
"Your name is Dobby." Dudley straightened up and looked at him condescendingly: "Then what do you want to take?"
"Dobby can't say that!"
"Harry Potter is in danger!"
"The Dursleys are good people. They adopted the savior Potter. Dobby cannot harm them!"
At this point, the other party hit his head hard on the ground, making a dull sound.
"Bad Dobby is worse than Dobby!"
Although the word order was slightly confusing, Dudley managed to understand it.
"Are you trying to protect Harry?"
"Harry Potter is great, he defeated He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named!"
Voldemort's reputation is taboo even among house elves.
He was a crazy guy after all.
During his most powerful period, the killing never stopped.
"Someone is trying to kill Harry Potter."
"Hogwarts is dangerous."
"Bad Dobby, bad Dobby."
After saying a few words, Dobby started banging his head against the floor again.
Dudley suddenly thought of Harry's recent bad luck on a date.
"You won't help Harry in your own way, right?"
"Hogwarts is dangerous and Harry Potter cannot stay here any longer."
Dobby didn't admit it, but there was no difference between him saying it and admitting it.
The stone hammer is really made of this guy.
A moment of silence for our Harry, his misfortune is man-made
"Then the next question is, is it your personal behavior or your master's intention to protect Harry?" Dudley looked at the other person and asked.
House elves are very loyal creatures and will carry out the orders given by their masters.
Of course, the person in front of me may be an exception.
"The old master hates Harry Potter, but the little master doesn't know. Dobby can't just watch something happen to Harry Potter, bad Dobby, bad Dobby."
"Is that your personal behavior?" Dudley said, changing the topic: "You were the one who messed up my bedroom before, right?"
"Don't you know that it is very dangerous to touch a wizard's things casually?"
Dong Dong Dong. Dobby stopped answering and just kept banging his head on the floor.
In other words, the house elf's skull is relatively hard, otherwise he would have suffered a concussion.
"enough."
Dudley was a little upset by the other party's self-mutilating behavior, and asked knowingly: "Last question, who is your master?"
"Dobby can't tell."
Bang
Dobby snapped his fingers again, but this time the magic did not fail, but the formation formation under his feet was gradually disappearing.
"Dobby is leaving. Goodbye Mr. Dursley."
It was impossible for ordinary house elves to defeat Dudley. Dudley had tested this with house elves, and there were more than a hundred of them in the castle.
The data for Dudley's research also came from the kitchen.
Dudley originally thought that adult wizards who were not good at fighting could not defeat house elves on their own.
But he was wrong to draw this conclusion based on research.
The magic system of house elves is indeed different from that of wizards, but their strength is not much higher than that of wizards. Not to mention the adult wizards holding staffs, it is possible that senior wizards also have the ability to defeat them independently.
Are house elves powerful? To be honest, if you exclude magic that is different from the wizard system, the power is really average. If it is specifically targeted, the threat is far less than that of the wizard's old enemy, the goblin.
You can also use apparation in Hogwarts to get some ideas.
This is reflected in the final battle of Hogwarts in the original book. When participating in the war, he was no different from a Muggle cook. He used pots, pans, knives and forks as weapons. A group of elves had to swarm them before they could subdue a single one to death. only.
But this Dobby in front of him is an exception.
Dudley became interested.
No house elf in the castle would have been able to escape from the trap created by Dudley.
Should Dobby be among the best among house elves, or an elite house elf?
It seems that each house elf's individual value is different.
"So."
"Pixie."
The Cornish elf appeared in front of him. As Dobby snapped his fingers, he also snapped his fingers in the same way, and blue powder streaked across his fingertips.
Something unexpected happened to Dobby. He used magic, but it didn't take effect.
"I'm afraid you can't leave. You can't use apparation here."
If the house elves' magic is specifically targeted, this will greatly reduce their combat effectiveness.
It's a pity that Dudley studied
"Pixie's magic is no worse than yours." Dudley said a fact.
As time went by, Pixie, who had evolved once, also showed amazing talents. Under the influence of domestication, Pixie's growth rate also reached an astonishing level.
It's a pity that there is only one of them among so many.
What's left is a bunch of little troublemakers.
Hmm, a souped-up Troublemaker or a bunch of Peeves?
"Let me guess, your name is Dobby and he is a house elf. There are two masters in the family, one old and one young."
"So... you're from the Malfoy family."
Unexpectedly, his magic failed. Dobby looked a little at a loss. After hearing Dudley's words, his eyes widened.
If you have a house elf, it must be pure blood. There are only so many pure blood families.
Even if Dudley didn't know anything, it wouldn't take much time just to guess.
"Dobby didn't say anything."
"Bad Dobby, bad Dobby!"
This time Dobby banged his head against the cabinet.
Every house elf has a contractual relationship with its owner, and their behavior will be restricted by the contract until it is terminated.
"Then let me guess again. Is this the dangerous thing you are talking about?"
Following Dudley's words, a step slowly rose from the ground, and an unknown gelatinous black substance lay quietly on it.
Those are the remains of diaries.
Dobby screamed in surprise: "Mr. Dursley actually ruined the old master's conspiracy."
"Harry Potter is safe!"
"Harry has always been safe."
Dudley pointed to something else and said: "But it has become unsafe recently due to some people's reasons."
Harry's first love also aborted because of someone's intervention. Poor Harry asked us to observe a second of silence. Pfft. It's so tragic.
"It's all the old master's conspiracy."
Dobby didn't hear the hidden meaning in Dudley's words at all.
"Dobby can't speak ill of his master. A bad Dobby is worse than a bad Dobby."
He was about to hit his head against the wall again, but this time Dudley blocked it with his palm.
"Dobby, I can see that you are not an ordinary house elf. You have a strong sense of independence. Do you want to be free?"
"I think we can make a deal."
(End of chapter)
