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Chapter 295 The Alien Among the Elves

But the more advanced you know, the less it is not necessarily a good thing.

Once people's thinking gets into the horns, it is easy to make mistakes. The most evil villains in the stories are actually aspiring young people with ideals and aspirations.

Sherlock is looking forward to Hermione becoming mature and becoming a thought pioneer who can benefit the British magic circle in the future, but he really does not want this seedling to grow crooked and become a figure like the so-called Dark Lord.

Of course, there are winners and losers in history, and it is the winner's right to discredit the loser.

If Grindelwald had won the final victory, the Dark Lord who hindered the progress of history might have become Dumbledore, and the title of the greatest white wizard of the twentieth century might have passed to him.

But no matter from that angle, it was not what Sherlock expected.

"How to eliminate inequality is an almost unsolvable question, Hermione. Countless great people in history have been thinking about this question, but none of them has come up with an answer."

Sherlock said softly.

"You can spontaneously read these books and think about these problems. This is very good, which proves that you really think about it. But knowledge is like this. The more ignorant people are, the more arrogant they are, and the more they know, the more right they are. The world is full of questions, bewildered and humble. This is not your problem, but all seekers of knowledge."

"Read enough books, you can understand the wisdom of the predecessors, and stand on the shoulders of those giants to look at the current problems, but you also need to know how these ideas left by these people come from."

"True knowledge comes from practice, just reading books, you will always stay in the framework of others, if you have more and more questions, and more and more confused about what you think, then go and see for yourself."

"Go and see the problem you want to solve, look at other ideas, don't blindly instill your own ideas on others, you must first understand what they think."

Hermione's gaze was filled with determination.

"I've inquired about the location of the kitchen, Professor, and I'll see the house-elves with my own eyes."

Sherlock picked up his cup of black tea and took a sip.

"One more thing, I hope you can always remember that no matter what thoughts you come into contact with or how your understanding of the world has changed, you must not forget your original intention, which is to make everyone better. If what you do in the future violates this original intention, then you are no longer you, and I don't want to see Hermione Granger like that in the future."

All he can do now is to apply a patch in advance on Hermione's thoughts that have not been completely released.

Seeing Hermione nodding her head solemnly, his patch should still be able to play some role.

After the conversation with Sherlock that day, Hermione took Harry and Ron to the corridor at the entrance of the Hufflepuff lounge that George and the others had mentioned in the evening.

"I think it's better for us not to disturb their lives." Harry said hesitantly, trying not to discourage Hermione's enthusiasm, and at the same time expressed his appeal.

"I'm not going to rush into the kitchen and persuade them to go on strike, as you think." Hermione said solemnly, "I know it's not good for them, and it's not good for us."

Ron stared, because he had a quarrel with Harry some time ago, so he didn't know what kind of change had happened to Hermione, and his face was full of surprise now.

"Then why are you taking us to the kitchen?"

"Go and see how the house-elves live and chat with them and find out what they think about unpaid work."

While talking, Hermione had already walked to the fruit mural, and then gently scratched the pear just like George taught her.

Lizi giggled, then suddenly turned into a doorknob and appeared in front of them.

Hermione pressed the green doorknob, opened the door, and grabbed Harry and Ron's arms with each hand, dragging them into the kitchen together.

Harry only had time to see that it was a room as big as the auditorium, and when there were probably more than 100 house elves working in it, a familiar scream came from far and near.

"Harry Potter! It's Harry Potter!"

Then a small figure sprinted over, jumped up and hugged Harry tightly.

Harry also had a clear look at the house elf at this time.

"A lot, Dobby!"

Dobby looked happy with his big excited eyes brimming with tears.

"Dobby has come to work at Hogwarts, sir!" Dobby screamed excitedly, "Professor Dumbledore has given Dobby and Winky jobs, sir!"

Winky and Dobby are the only two house-elves that Harry and the others know.

Dobby knew about Lucius' conspiracy in the second grade and prevented Harry from returning to Hogwarts to encounter danger. Winky met them at the Quidditch World Cup during the summer vacation before school started. The Crouch family house elf.

She was ruthlessly fired by Crouch for illegally possessing Harry's wand.

Unexpectedly, they all came to Hogwarts to work this year.

Dobby took them to find Winky in the kitchen. Winky didn't seem to be comfortable living here. When she saw Harry, they howled and cried, as if recalling a bad past.

They were clearly two very different kinds of house-elves.

Winky is the most traditional house-elf idea, the master is God, she was born to work for the master's family for free, even if she is kicked out now, no one is allowed to speak ill of the Crouch family.

And Dobby is obviously a different kind of elf. When he was at Malfoy's house, he admired Harry, whose legendary deeds were widely spread.

Even after eavesdropping on his master's plan to disrupt Hogwarts, he acted as a boy without hesitation, and wanted to prevent Harry from returning to Hogwarts no matter what.

Later, he became the only elf who advocated freedom. After coming to work at Hogwarts, he asked Dumbledore for wages and rest time.

It's just that although his is a different kind, in the final analysis, he has been domesticated for more than ten years, and he is full of guilt when he asks for wages and rest time. Originally, Dumbledore wanted to give him a salary of ten galleons a week, but in the end he Rejected by Dobby.

He only needs one Galleon salary for one week and one day off for one month.

It seems that this is completely out of proportion to the value of the labor he provided, but it is already an epoch-making feat among house elves.

It is precisely because of this that the house-elves in the entire Hogwarts kitchen regard him as an outlier, and even Winky doesn't like him.

(End of this chapter)