Hogwarts: The Book of Magic

Chapter 17 No Hope, Why Despair

In the end, Mr. Granger had only one bottle left in his hand.

He sat dejectedly on the sofa in the living room, and then watched the steak run into the pan by itself, and then flew to the dinner plate after frying.

"Magic is really convenient." Mrs. Granger couldn't help sighing.

Mrs. Granger is also a dentist and she is Mr. Granger's assistant.And she is busy with housework after work, which makes her a little tired.

After Mrs. Granger finished speaking, she glanced at Hermione who was fascinated by the book.

"Auntie, little wizards are not allowed to use magic outside of school. There is something called Zongsi in the little wizard's wand. As long as there are magic waves around you, the Ministry of Magic will sense it."

Lian noticed Mrs. Granger's movements and rescued Hermione.

And under Lian's sweet words, the original "Mr. Granger" and "Mrs. Granger" have evolved into "Uncle" and "Auntie".

"Zongsi? Doesn't it mean that even the little wizard knows where the little wizard is? This is too disrespectful of the little wizard's privacy." Mr. Granger said thoughtfully, touching his chin that had just been shaved this morning.

"Yes, Uncle. In addition, because Zongsi can't perceive who releases the magic, as long as there are magical fluctuations around the little Muggle wizard, the Ministry of Magic will sense it. And the little wizard who comes from a wizarding family There is no such distress because their families are allowed to perform magic."

Lien took a sip of tea from the teacup placed on the coffee table, and said slowly.

"That is to say, the magic you are releasing now has been sensed by the Ministry of Magic?" Mr. Granger said with some horror.

If what Lean said was true, then they were already under the surveillance of the Ministry of Magic at this time, which made it difficult for Mr. Granger, who had always believed in freedom, to accept it.

"That's not the case. To detect underage wizards casting spells, there must be a hard and fast rule, that is, there are traces in the wand, and there is no trace in mine." Rian took out his wand and handed it to Granger gentlemen.

But Mr. Granger obviously remembered what Ollivander said that day, and he didn't want to touch this wand that represented death at all.

Seeing that Mr. Granger didn't intend to take it, Lean put it away again, and continued: "And the spellcasting of young wizards who haven't entered school is not counted in this, because they haven't entered Hogwarts yet. Strictly come up." If they are not counted as people in the magical world, this law will naturally not be able to control them."

"In addition, I have set up an isolation magic circle in this room. If you cast a spell here, Zongsi will not have any reaction."

After speaking, Lean blinked at Hermione.

Just as Lean was talking, Hermione raised her head and listened to the common sense in the magical world that she didn't know.

Looking at Hermione's curious baby, Lean suddenly had the urge to write a book "Common Sense for Beginners in the Magic World", so as to popularize some common sense for Muggle wizards who have just entered the magic world.

This might be a good idea.Ryan thought.

Maybe it's because I never paid more attention to Muggles. There is no book in the wizarding world that introduces the wizarding world to young Muggle wizards, but there are quite a few books that introduce the Muggle world to wizards.

"Rin...Rin!" Hermione's loud voice brought Rin back to his senses, "What are you thinking?"

Looking at Hermione in front of him, Lean expressed his thoughts just now, and immediately got the approval of the Granger family.

"This is a good idea. I think it will be a big hit." Mr. Granger clenched his right fist and tapped it on the palm of his left hand, vowing.

Lean glanced at Mr. Granger without leaving a trace, not ashamed to tell the truth.

The fact is that this book probably won't even sell fifty copies a year.

The number of young wizards who enroll each year is really too small, and there are still young wizards from wizard families who have to be removed here, and it is still a matter of whether you can buy young wizards of mixed blood.

However, what does this have to do with Lean, he just thinks it is a little fun to do so.

"Okay, lunch is done." Lien finished the tea in the cup in one gulp, stood up and said.

The Granger family walked so far in the forest in the morning, and they were already hungry.

"By the way, Lean, what is a house-elf? I heard you say it when I was in Diagon Alley." Hermione asked curiously after eating some steak to fill her stomach.

"I don't think you would want to know." Lean cut a piece of steak and put it in his mouth.

The steak grilled by magic is always so well-cooked, tender and juicy in the mouth.

"If you don't tell me, how will you know if I want to know?"

Hearing what Lean said, Hermione became even more curious.

Back from Diagon Alley that day, she looked through all the books, but she couldn't find any news about house elves.

So the little girl began to fantasize crazily about house elves being a secret army in the magic world, something similar to the existence of nuclear weapons and so on.

"Okay, since you want to know so much." Lean showed a mysterious smile.

Mr. and Mrs. Granger also slowed down their eating speed, and they were also very interested in this kind of existence that was not recorded in the book.

"House-elves are slaves domesticated by wizards. They are transformed from elves or goblins into house-elves who serve their masters wholeheartedly under the dual effects of transformation and spells by wizards."

"There is no salary, no holidays, and they will even harm themselves because their masters don't assign tasks to them, because their bodies and minds have already become extremely humble under the transformation of wizards."

"They refuse almost all clothing, because once the owner gives them clothing, it means that they have broken away from the identity of the house elf and are a free elf from then on."

When Lean said this, he saw that Hermione's face changed from calm at first to anger later, and now to joy.

"But." Lean's but said very strongly, causing Hermione's little face to wrinkle suddenly.

"House-elfs who have been given clothes by their masters will almost commit suicide after leaving their master's house, because in their perception, a house-elf who has been abandoned by his master is not worthy of living in this world."

Rin uttered words that made one's heart tremble with calm words.

For a while, the Granger family even forgot to eat, and stared blankly at Lian.

People who lived in a society that had long since abolished feudalism would never have thought that such cruel slavery would still exist in a magical society.

"This is so... so barbaric!" Hermione said angrily, and then slammed the fork into the steak, as if the steak was the wizard who enslaved the elves.

"I want to establish a relief society to help house elves, and I want to help house elves break free from slavery." Hermione said angrily.

The Grangers also agreed with Hermione's statement.

"Then how are you going to solve the magic problem on them? You know, not every wizard who owns a house-elf is willing to give the house-elf clothes."

Rin's calm words calmed down the hot-headed Hermione quickly.

"Is there no other way besides giving clothes?" Hermione said distressedly.

"Maybe you can try to break this enslavement curse, but I don't think it will work. After all, this is a curse invented by gathering the wisdom of all wizards back then."

Lean thought for a while, and continued to pour cold water on it.

"And besides that, how do you plan to solve the slavishness that has been deeply rooted in their bones for thousands of years? Hermione."

Lean ate the last piece of steak, wiped his mouth and asked.

Hermione, who was only 11 years old at this time, didn't think of this, and she hesitated and couldn't speak.

"Hermione, when you are not sure about shining the sun into their hearts, don't let them see hope. If you haven't seen hope, you won't feel despair about the status quo. The greater the hope, the deeper the despair."

Lean didn't see Hermione's aggrieved face, and continued.

"Cough cough." Mr. Granger coughed twice, so that Lean could calm down a bit. After all, he was still here, so he shouldn't bully Hermione too much.

Lean smiled and nodded to Mr. Granger, indicating that he understood.

Wait until you stop bullying.

Mr. Granger smiled gratifiedly, saying that such a sensible and good boy as Lian is rare.

Hermione remained silent for the rest of the lunch hour, absorbed in what Rian had said.

On the other hand, Mr. Granger was enthusiastically discussing with Lean whether magic and science could be connected.

The two laughed heartily from time to time, which made Mrs. Granger even more dissatisfied.

My precious daughter is still sad at the moment, but these two people don't seem to see it.

Mrs. Granger looked at Lian now with a trace of dissatisfaction, especially for Mr. Granger.

However, the two were talking happily now, and they didn't notice the chill in Mrs. Granger's eyes at all.

After lunch, Hermione still couldn't come out, which made Rian start to worry a little.

"Okay, Hermione, it's useless if you think too much now, after all, you're still a young wizard who hasn't enrolled in school. Even if you want to implement a policy in the Muggle world, you need the proposals of the councilors and enough support." Voting is the way to go.”

"And it is even more needed in the magic world. Power, prestige, and strength. Only with these three things can you have a sufficient foundation to support what you want. Otherwise, whatever you do, it will be a mess in the eyes of others." Paper."

Lien thought for a while, and pulled out such comforting words from his little head.

"Don't think too much, why not set a small goal first, and that is to get the second grade in the whole grade in the final exam of the first grade."

"Why can't I get the first grade?" Hermione was even angrier.

"The number one in the grade is mine." Lien said directly without any embarrassment.

(End of this chapter)