Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Harry tilted his head in confusion and looked at Dumbledore.

Although Harry also speaks Parseltongue, it is an ability brought by Voldemort's soul fragment, not his own skill, so Harry is often not able to tell the difference between normal speech and Parseltongue.

Therefore, Dumbledore's words sounded a little different to Harry's ears——

An old man over a hundred years old, with a low voice and a naive smile, said to Tiera——

"Tiera~I'm hungry~"

Harry shivered for no reason.

"Never heard of it." Tiera immediately denied it, and at the same time resisted the urge to do other unnecessary actions, such as touching her hair and licking her lips, but continued to cut the fish in front of her unhurriedly.

Row.

"Really..." Dumbledore seemed to believe it, picked up a piece of cheese sandwich on hand and took a bite——

Then he suddenly asked, "Then why is it calling your name?"

"Name? What name?" Tiera asked in confusion.

"Oh, no, it's nothing." Dumbledore stroked his long beard and said, continuing to enjoy the cheese sandwich in his hand.

Tiela was on pins and needles throughout the Christmas Eve dinner——

Meanwhile, Malfoy Manor.

Lucius Malfoy and Narcissa Malfoy were sitting on the light green sofa, while Draco Malfoy was standing opposite the sofa——

On the wooden brown coffee table in front of the sofa, there is a small black box wrapped tightly.

"The master said that one of the three of us should personally deliver this box to Dobby?" Draco Malfoy asked.

"Yes." Draco nodded.

"Exact words?" Lucius asked again.

"Yes." Draco nodded again.

"The master also said that this was an experiment of his?" Lucius asked again.

"Yes." Draco Malfoy said, "But when I asked why I gave this to Dobby, the master...sternly replied: 'When will I need you to come and check on my experiment?'"

After Draco finished his answer, the entire living room of Malfoy Manor fell into a suffocating silence.

There was only the sound of fingers tapping the armrest of the sofa one after another.

"The master also said that we are not allowed to open it?" Lucius Malfoy asked again.

"Yes." Draco replied again.

Lucius picked up the box from the coffee table again, shook it by his ear, and tapped some of the box covers.

"Master, what else are you talking about-" When Lucius wanted to ask something else, he was interrupted by Narcissa Malfoy sitting next to him.

"For Merlin's sake! Stop torturing Draco!" Narcissa reached out and grabbed the black box and said, "Give this box to Dobby and tell him to get out of our house."

"Debby! Go ahead and call Dobby!" Narcissa shouted loudly to a yellow and skinny female house elf standing at the door.

"Yes, Master, Master right away." Debbie bent over and backed away slowly, disappearing into the shadows of the corridor.

When Debbie reappeared, she was still bent over, followed by a young and strong house elf whose hands were wrapped in strips of cloth - Dobby.

Dobby was not as lifeless as other house elves, and his big round eyes had a bit of agility and brilliance.

"Dobby, come here!" Narcissa said.

"Yes, yes, mistress, Dobby, come here right now."

Dobby's back seemed to bow even more, almost lowering his head under his arms.

"Here, take it! Take this!" Narcissa put the black box in her hand under Dobby's nose, and then quickly stretched her hand back as if she had touched something disgusting.

"Mistress, what is this?" Dobby reached out to use the black box and was about to open it——

"Idiot!" Narcissa pulled out her wand and gave Dobby a whip with flashing lightning——

"Uh-" Dobby was whipped and rolled around on the ground, still holding the box in his arms.

"Do you want to kill us?" Narcissa shouted almost hysterically, "Get out, get out of the manor and open it again!"

"Yes...Master, yes, Dobby will go right now..." Dobby got up from the ground, picked up the black box from the ground, bent over, and slowly backed away——

"Hurry up! Don't wait!" Narcissa waved her wand again, leaving a scar on Dobby's left shoulder.

"Yes, yes, Mistress." Dobby quickened his pace slightly, but it was still very slow in the eyes of the Malfoy family——

Lucius Malfoy stood up, strode up to Dobby, and kicked Dobby in the stomach.

Dobby rolled on the spot, then quickly got up, turned around, hunched over and walked faster towards the outside of Malfoy Manor.

But Dobby still received a kick——

He was kicked to the ground again by Lucius Malfoy.

"Dad! I want to kick too!" Draco Malfoy shouted.

"Come on, son!" Lucius Malfoy turned sideways, Draco Malfoy ran over from behind him, and then kicked Dobby again——

Dobby rolled forward some distance again, and the box landed in Dobby's hand.

Dobby climbed up and walked forward again——

"Box! Box! You idiot! Box!" shouted Lucius Malfoy.

"Yes, yes." Dobby picked up the box again——

But then he got kicked in the back.

By the time Dobby stood outside the gate of Malfoy Manor, his body was already covered with bruises and scars caused by curses——

Most wizarding families would not torture their house elves like this——

After all, in the eyes of most wizards, house elves are tools and livestock——

Unless punishment is necessary, no farmer wants his tools or livestock to be damaged.

But probably the Malfoy family felt that Dobby would not survive tonight, so they tried their best to release the pressure from Tiera on Dobby. Anyway, as long as Dobby could open the package.

"What are you doing standing still? Hurry up and open the box!" On the third floor of the Malfoy family, standing inside the iron gate of Malfoy Manor, he ordered Dobby through the iron gate fence.

"Yes...yes..." Dobby took a deep breath, and the light in his eyes gradually disappeared. With both hands, he tore open the outermost black wrapping paper and opened the white carton on the lower layer.

.

Dobby's eyes gradually lit up with a light——

That is the light of hope.

"What is it? What is it? Dobby? What is inside?" Narcissa looked out from inside the iron fence curiously.

"Master... the master has provided Dobby with clothes!" Dobby took out a certain wizard hat and a miniature wizard robe from the box, which were just the right size for Dobby's figure.

“dobby    is    free!”