harry potter book of crimes

Since he had almost no sleep last night, Maka seemed particularly energetic now, because he had to drink a sip of sobering potion to cheer himself up to ensure that he could teach the little wizards normally today.

As long as he finished the first class scheduled in the morning, he would have time to go back to the office and catch up on his sleep.

However, when the bell rang for the first period, Maka, who had just arrived in the corridor, was stopped by fellow student Hermione who was chasing her out.

"Oh, what's the matter, Hermione?"

Maka turned around and looked at the girl chasing out of the classroom.

"Maka, I'll just delay you for a little while... okay?"

Hermione seemed to be holding something in her hand. She looked at Maka firmly, seeming a little nervous.

"Of course...I mean, if you're not afraid of being late for the next class?"

Before she finished speaking, Hermione decisively and quickly grabbed Maka's sleeve and pulled him behind the corner of the corridor.

"It only takes a few minutes..." Hermione said hurriedly, "Maka, I have something to give you, and I hope you can accept it!"

As she spoke, she took Maka's hand and put a small thing that she had always held in her hand into Maka's hand.

When Maca curiously opened his hand to take a look, he found that it was a brass badge that was not very delicate. The most eye-catching thing on the badge were four letters:

"S.E.E.S."

Maka was stunned at that time. He seemed to have thought of something, but he was not sure. After all, something similar to this did exist in his vague memory, but the content above seemed to be...

"Huh?" He thought for a moment and simply joked, "Sees? What did you see?"

"It's not 'saw'!" Hermione said dissatisfiedly, "It's S-E-E-S, which means Society for the Emancipation of Elfish Spirit①."

"oh?"

Maka finally showed a hint of surprise when she heard the concept of "liberating the spirit".

"I thought you would set up an 'rights promotion association' or something like that!" He stared at Hermione a few more times before saying with certainty.

Hermione was surprised this time - when she met those house elves who worked hard every day but lived like slaves, the first thing she thought of was to improve their lives.

And if they want to make their lives better, they must readjust their status in wizard society.

So, Hermione's first thought was to found an advocacy organization called "House Elf Rights Promotion Association". At this time, this concept came out of Maka's mouth, how could Hermione not be surprised?

But the key is that a previous opportunity in the old Black mansion and some influence from Maka made Hermione change her original idea.

In fact, this matter must start from the source after all...

During a certain conquest by ancient wizards, the originally free elves were completely conquered. The elves who lost their freedom were naturally reduced to a subordinate race of wizards, and were forced to swear to serve the wizards from generation to generation.

Not to mention who was right and who was wrong in the original war - because there is no right or wrong in war, let's talk about the elf's oath of affiliation first!

Obviously, in order to survive, the elves took the initiative to obey the powerful wizards in desperation after being conquered, led by the leader of the elf clan at that time.

And once this kind of obedience by the weak begins, the original beliefs of the elves will collapse like an avalanche.

But in fact, this is just an inducement to transform from an "elf" into a "house elf".

The original elves were originally a race of magical creatures with strong individual strength. They had their own innate magic, and they also had a powerful "reproductive ability" that other magical creatures could not match.

Although there was a period when the "elf" race was active, it was far enough away from modern times that there are really no traces of relevant records to follow.

But based on the above two points, we can roughly estimate that the wizard's battle against the elves at that time would definitely not be easy.

In this way, we can imagine why the wizarding society repeatedly "treats" house elves harshly.

But because of this, when the entire race of elves belonged to wizards, their status was actually much higher than it is now.

Because there are indeed records of frequent wars at that time, it is the most appropriate choice for a race like elves with good combat power to be reorganized into a controllable combat force.

However, at some point in history, the elves rebelled!

Maybe that rebellion was huge, or maybe that rebellion wasn't that great, at least the modern magic world didn't find much relevant information.

Everyone only knows that the elf's rebellion plan completely failed, and it was that failure that brought the "elves", a race of magical creatures, to its lowest point quickly.

Complete freedom restrictions, complete labor assignments, and complete ideological transformation finally allowed the term "house elf" to be born in the long river of history.

From the beginning of "wizards transforming elves" to later "the previous generation of elves transforming the next generation of elves", the ideological changes gradually became deep-rooted and have continued into modern times.

Today, house elves have completely lost the concept of "self". The wizard's will is their will, and everything about the wizard is everything to them.

This is a long and monotonous history, and there are even many unclear places in it, but now Hermione can understand the truth.

She wanted to understand that even if she could convince some wizards to unite and advocate for the improvement of the social status of house elves and give them the rights they deserve, that was not what she should do now.

Because the root of the problem lies with the house elves themselves - they have no "self".

Just like Sirius said that day:

"Anyway, that shock will definitely kill him - if you don't believe it, you can try asking him to leave the house and see how he reacts."

Although old Kreacher seems a bit extreme, because his wish is that after death, like his mother, his head will be nailed to the decorative board of the Black family, and then hung on the wall of the Black family to "glorify the ancestors."

However, his thoughts are like a microcosm of all house elves in today's society, clearly and clearly telling a bloody reality.

Therefore, Hermione gave up on "vomiting" and further thought about "sees".

"Maka, how did you know this word? I didn't tell anyone else!" Hermione seemed a little embarrassed about the initial idea, because when she thought about it later, she realized that it was too childish.

"I guess..." Maka smiled and said, "I roughly understand what you mean. I will accept this badge first. Regarding your idea, I choose to support it."

"Really? That's great!" Hermione immediately put aside her shyness and almost jumped with joy.

"Go to class first! Don't worry if you are late for a while... When you have time later, you can come to me and talk about your specific ideas for the 'House Elves Spiritual Liberation Society'... Go first!"

"Okay," Hermione nodded vigorously, turned around and ran for two steps, then turned around again and said seriously, "Thank you, Maka!"

Looking at Hermione's running back, Maka subconsciously touched her chin.

"Leave aside Hermione's kindness and ideals, at least if the house elves are dealt with properly, they will indeed become a very powerful force..."

When he recalled the house elves on the small island of Rowena, he couldn't help but feel itchy in his heart.

He really didn't intend to disturb the peaceful life of those little guys at the beginning, but if Hermione was able to toss this "S.E.E.S." to a good start, then he might as well use the power of those little guys to do something, right?

?

However, if this is not handled well, it will become a double-edged sword - he will never do anything that harms others or himself, so this matter needs more consideration.

Maka was thinking as he walked along the corridor to his office. Halfway through, he suddenly felt a surge of fatigue coming out of his body - the effect of the sobriety agent had ended.

He yawned loudly, then pushed open the office door and walked in lazily.

"There is another class in the afternoon, so I have to wake up before lunch..."

Maka muttered casually, and with a bang, the office door was closed roughly.

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On the other side, Hermione was extremely happy when she got Maka's approval.

The next class was herbal medicine class. On the way to the greenhouse, the smile on her face never disappeared. Even in the greenhouse, when Professor Sprout started the class, she still slightly raised the corners of her mouth, as if

It will make you laugh again in a second.

Beside her, Harry and Ron stared at her hesitantly, looking around.

"Did something good happen to her?" Ron leaned into Harry's ear and whispered.

Of course, Harry shrugged inexplicably, saying that he didn't know.

Only occasionally, Hermione would look away from the flower pot and the little shovel and look at the two of them with a bright look, which would give them goosebumps every time.

"Harry, I don't think there's anything good going on!" Ron whispered to Harry with a serious face while Hermione wasn't paying attention, "Let me tell you, let's not stay in the common room for a while and go back to the dormitory!

"

At this moment, Hermione once again glanced at the two of them very abruptly, as if she was looking at a pair of animals to be slaughtered.

"Ron," Harry lowered his voice and said decisively, "I have to admit, I will definitely listen to you this time!"