Harry Potter: Glory Bows to Me

Amanta said sincerely: "I understand, Mr. Lucius, but I will definitely compensate you for your loss."

Amanta didn't expect that Lucius would let her go so easily.

Lucius's face was darker than the bottom of a pot, which made Amanta worried again.

But the words that came out of his mouth were kind.

"No, Amanta, thank you for your kindness, but the Malfoy family is not short of money."

"Okay, I'm really sorry...can I leave now?" Amanta asked.

At this moment, she just wanted to slip away quickly before Lucius could no longer hold back.

Otherwise - facing a Lucius in a very bad mood, she couldn't guarantee her own fate.

"Wait, Amanta, you came to me not because of the printing problem? Go find it and bring it to me."

Lucius took the initiative to bring up the matter.

She didn't expect Lucius to still remember it - in fact, she felt that this matter was no longer important.

Amanta walked to Dobby timidly, picked up the book from the ground in front of it, and found the pages with printing errors to show Lucius.

Of course, this isn't really a typographical error.

This was a "printing error" that she and Draco had created using a spell.

Lucius took a look with a dark face, waved his wand a few times, and turned the words over again.

"Okay, if you come to me again when you see this kind of problem, I will settle the score with the Obscure Book Company later. They underestimate their investors..." Lucius gritted his teeth and said angrily.

It was obvious that his anger was about to be vented in some other ways.

Amanta mentally apologized to the staff at Obscurus Books.

I didn't expect Lucius also had shares there...

They were blamed for no reason. It seemed that Lucius had already put all the blame for today's misfortune on the poor Obscurus Book Company.

Lucius seemed to have cursed a thousand times in his heart. His expression changed a lot, but finally gradually stabilized and he forced a smile at Amanta.

"Miss Amanta, do you have anything else to say?"

"No, thank you, Mr. Lucius."

This time, Amanta really thanked her sincerely.

Anyway, she felt very lucky that Lucius didn't get so angry that he cursed her, or forced her to sign a contract to become a house-elf, or a slave contract, or got furious and drove them out of Malfoy Manor.

It seems that her and Harry's status is still relatively high in Lucius' heart.

Maybe...Lucius still considered Draco.

After all, they are Draco's best friends in school. As long as they don't make any principled mistakes, he will relatively condone their behavior.

After Lucius gritted his teeth and reluctantly sent Amanta away.

Amanta walked out of the study and winked quietly at Dobby who had already been kicked out.

"Come with me."

She whispered to Dobby.

Dobby stood outside the door, looking down at the knotted Christmas stockings on his body, grinning from ear to ear, not paying any attention to what she was saying.

"Dobby is free! Dobby is a free elf~ Dobby is so happy~ so happy! Dobby is so free and happy!"

It seemed to sing, shouting in a high-pitched voice and circling the doorway in its socks.

"Dobby is so happy! Hahaha~ Free Dobby! Dobby can get a salary from now on! Dobby can also take a vacation!"

Dobby waved his arms and spun around several times, nearly falling to the ground.

…Amanta guessed that Dobby might be imitating people dancing.

"..."

In any case, after Dobby's actions, Amanta inexplicably felt that the low pressure in the room had spread out, and she instinctively sensed a sense of danger.

Amanta had no choice but to half-pull Dobby away.

This is the door to Lucius' study.

In any case, if Dobby continued to make such a fuss, she had no way of guaranteeing that an angry Lucius would not cast an Avada Kedavra Curse at them.

Look - Lucius's face was already dark enough just now, even darker than the bottom of a pot.

Amanta finally managed to pull Dobby back.

As soon as she turned the corner of the corridor, she saw Draco and Harry waiting for her in the corridor.

"how's it going?"

Harry asked urgently.

"Let's talk after we go in."

Amanta said hurriedly, after all, swaggering and plotting loudly in the corridor...a little unreliable.

Draco and Harry took a quick look, and as soon as they saw Dobby gesticulating with joy, they roughly guessed the result.

The three of them quickly stuffed Dobby into Draco's bedroom, then swarmed in and closed the door.

"Done?"

Harry confirmed eagerly.

"Well, it worked."

Amanta couldn't hold back the smile in her heart and smiled at Draco and Harry.

"Great!" Harry shouted, then immediately covered his mouth and looked around.

"Don't worry, I've cast an anti-eavesdropping spell here." Amanta said as she retracted her wand.

Draco asked slightly worriedly, "Father didn't get mad, did he?"

"No, ahem. Mr. Lucius had a very expressive expression... but he didn't say anything. He even helped me fix the errors on those pages."

She felt a little guilty about this.

After all, Lucius and Narcissa really treated her well. On the day of the banquet, when Barty Jr. threatened Lucius with Draco, Lucius, who regarded family as the most important, did not throw her over at the first opportunity.

Lucius didn't lose his temper today, but he was holding it in until he was about to get internal injuries, and that was also for her sake.

but……

God, seriously, she was so tired of holding back her laughter.

It's not that she has no conscience.

It was Lucius's face that was as black as hell, but he was still forcing out a hellish smile...

He must have never looked at himself in the mirror, it's so devilish.

Dobby gradually calmed down from his excitement. As he listened to their conversation, his big eyes changed from joy to confusion to emotion, and finally filled with tears.

"Dobby...Did you help Dobby? Dobby is very grateful. Dobby is very grateful! Dobby is really, really grateful!"

It ran over, holding the Christmas stocking on its body in one hand and crying with joy.

Amanta rubbed its big head.

After Dobby finally calmed down, she spread her hands and pointed at the people present.

"Dobby, it's not just me. It was Harry who came up with the plan, Draco was responsible for monitoring Lucius' actions, and finally, I was responsible for implementing it."

Life is like a play, it depends on acting.

Someone like Harry not only has exaggerated expressions, but may also easily blurt out something in a panic. Draco, on the other hand, can never hide his inner thoughts, and his expression often shows on his face.

And after fooling everyone many times, Amanta always felt that... her acting skills had greatly improved.

To sum up, she is the only one who can carry out this plan.

Otherwise, if Lucius found out that all this was the result of their careful conspiracy, she would have no idea what Lucius would do to them.

Maybe sending them out barefoot would be the least of their worries.

"Dobby... Dobby originally thought that you were just saying that you wanted to help him. Dobby knew that as long as you had such intentions, Dobby would be very grateful! Dobby never thought that this would be true..."

Dobby wiped away his tears excitedly.

"Dobby will definitely assist you wholeheartedly in the future! Miss Merlin!"

It hurriedly stated to whom it was trying to owe its allegiance.

however--

Amanta spread her hands.

"But I don't have that much money to pay your salary, so... let Draco do it."

"Also, from now on, you are a free elf. You don't need to call yourself 'Dobby'. Try using 'I'. And... don't call us 'you'. Otherwise, what's the difference from when you were enslaved before?"

She suddenly remembered something and instructed Dobby.

Since Doru has become a free elf as it wished, there is no need for it to follow the tradition of being a slave.

Although part of what she said was the etiquette that house-elves had always followed, it was obviously also an etiquette that put herself in a humble position.

With any luck, or if she could do it.

She hoped she could keep Dobby safe.

In the original plot, Dobby Apparated with Harry and his companions out of Malfoy Manor, but at the moment of Apparition, Bellatrix fired the Avada Kedavra Curse at them.

In the chaos, Harry and his companions followed Dobby's entourage and left Malfoy Manor. They thought they were out of danger - Malfoy Manor was used by Voldemort as the headquarters of the Death Eaters at that time, although the Malfoy family was completely reluctant - after all, no one wanted a bunch of weird people to live in their home.

But when they thought they were out of trouble, they suddenly discovered.

The noisy house-elf who loved to talk about his freedom and said he would protect Mr. Potter but always got into trouble everywhere, closed his eyes forever.

"Okay, Miss Amanta...I...I, you, you guys."

Dobby pronounced these words unfamiliarly, and his pronunciation was even a little strange.

This was almost the first time in its life as a house-elf that it had uttered these words.

Before this, it had only learned how to crawl on the ground, bow its head, and unconditionally obey its master's orders. If there was anything unsatisfactory, it would punish itself in a cruel way.

"Yeah, it's pretty good." Amanta praised with a smile, "You'll get used to it if you try it more."

"Thank you very much! No...thank you, wuwu..."

Dobby whimpered.

"Before I met you... no one had ever treated me as an equal and talked to me... as an equal."

It cried and explained in a halting manner.

Harry patted its shoulder.

"It doesn't matter. There will be many opportunities like this in the future. You haven't met Cedric yet, right? When we go to Hogwarts, I will definitely take you to meet Cedric. I think he is the one who believes in equality and justice the most!"

Dobby nodded, "Cedric! I remember!"

"Um... So, Dobby, are you willing to work for me?" Draco said, "We have already negotiated the salary... two Galleons a week, one day off a month, how about that? If you are not satisfied, we can discuss it again."

"Of course, Dobby is already very, very, very satisfied! Master Draco, more… I, I am willing to continue to serve you."

Dobby bowed reverently.

……

Finally, before the holiday was over, Draco told Lucius the results of their rehiring of Dobby's labor.

After comparing them, Lucius reluctantly accepted the result.

After all, compared to losing the service of a house-elf forever, he didn't mind paying a few more Galleons every month so that the house-elf could take care of his son wholeheartedly.

In this way, Dobby got the best job he could have imagined - he could get wages for his own labor, and the salary was two Galleons a week, and he had one day off a month.

When Winky learned about this, she was sad and angry about Dobby's behavior.

She used a lot of ugly words to insult and curse Dobby.

Winky sees Dobby's actions as a betrayal of the house-elves.

And if it touches someone else's sock, it means it is out of the control of the contract - it is considered an insane shame.

Many house-elves had touched their masters' clothes before - after all, they were responsible for household chores such as storage and cleaning, and they still sincerely followed the contract that had been in place for hundreds of years.

Dobby was very sad about this.

But it still did its best to take care of Shanshan during this time and tried to make her accept its ideas.

But its actions are surely futile...

But Amanta knew that after the trial, Winky would have to follow the same path as Dobby.

Although this is not the life she wants.

Although the house-elves in Malfoy Manor were also angry about Dobby's betrayal, they soon accepted the result.

After all, Dobby kept yelling about freedom and other topics in front of them every day, and they were already used to it.

They even felt a little happy.

After all, they were ashamed to admit that a house-elf like Dobby belonged to Malfoy Manor before. Now that Dobby was successfully kicked out of the group, they were somewhat happy that their group had expelled the alien.

However, they were somewhat unhappy that Dobby was still working at Malfoy Manor.

In response, Dobby just told them confidently.

"Hmph... more, my current employer, boss, and superior is Master Draco! Of course I have to be here, but... when Master Draco starts school, I will go to Hogwarts with him. Are you envious?"

Of course...first-year students are definitely not allowed to bring a house-elf.

But Dobby could Apparate quietly to Hogwarts when they needed him.