hogwarts blast

Lunch time has passed, but the house elves have not stopped busy at this moment.

They are not washing dishes. The wizarding world has the convenient magic of "cleaning up new". For house elves, the job of cleaning dishes can be done with just a few clicks of their fingers.

They are preparing the next meal for all the teachers and students of Hogwarts.

"This is... a house elf?" Hermione's surprised voice came from outside the kitchen door.

Speaking of which, this was Hermione's first time in the kitchen, and she had never heard Kyle mention it before.

Her tone was full of shock, "There are actually so many house elves in Hogwarts?"

There may be nearly a hundred house elves within her sight range alone.

Moreover, these house elves were still naked, and they were simply wrapped in a tea towel with the Hogwarts crest printed on it.

This discovery made Hermione frown.

It wasn't like Hermione had never seen a house elf before.

When he was at New Nurmengard Castle, Kyle had a lot of them at home, as many as in the kitchen of Hogwarts.

But the house elves of the Kyle family are all dressed in decent waiter uniforms, instead of being as disheveled as they are now.

In addition, they also have sufficient rest time and their own lives after work.

Although this may be more due to the fact that a ragged elf is not worthy of a luxuriously decorated castle.

So Alfred, who was in charge of everything in the castle, made them wear waiter uniforms and tidy themselves up.

Moreover, there are too many house elves in New Nurmengard, but there are only a few people in the huge castle to serve them.

If all house elves were put into work, there would be a massive overflow of labor.

So they all implement an eight-hour work system.

There are three shifts, and although there are no weekends, I still have a lot of free time.

When you have free time, you will have spiritual needs, so you also need some activities as a pastime.

Recreation costs money.

So Alfred, who was rich and wealthy, paid them wages out of kindness.

The salary was not much, only a few copper nuts per day, but it was enough to make these house elves move to tears and vow to repay the good fortune of the Grindelwald family from generation to generation.

Compared with the group of house elves in Hogwarts who have always been on the 007 work system, the group of elves in New Nurmengard Castle are much happier.

After having a rough understanding of the living conditions of these elves in the kitchen, Hermione was so angry that her eyebrows stood up.

"What kind of house elf is this! This is exactly a slave!"

she said angrily.

Facing the delicious food served to her by the trembling house elves, Hermione had no appetite at all. She even felt that the food was filled with the blood and tears of the house elves.

It made her feel sick to her stomach.

She glanced at her boyfriend who was indifferent to this and was still enjoying his meal. She silently took out a thousand-page book from the schoolbag that had been casted by the Seamless Stretching Charm, and patted Kyle's arm holding the chopsticks.

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"How can you still eat! This is exploitation!"

Forced to stop eating, Kyle turned to look at Hermione.

"There is nothing we can do about it," he shrugged helplessly, "I have never thought about improving the living conditions of these little elves in the kitchen, but they are not willing to accept it at all."

He told the truth.

The recipes Kyle sent to the elves increased their work burden to a certain extent.

Originally, they only needed to be like the assembly line workers in the Golden Arches kitchen, following a certain fixed process to produce homogeneous food.

However, in the recipes Kyle gave, things like how much water to add, how much seasonings to add, everything was written about a little and an appropriate amount...

It almost drove the elves crazy.

Kyle, who visited the kitchen more often and troubled the house elves to make extra meals for him alone, felt deeply embarrassed.

He just wanted to repay these hospitable elves.

However, these house elves were unwilling to accept his kindness.

He still remembered the horrified expressions on their faces when he took out a uniform of the same type as the waiters' uniforms worn by the house elves in New New Mongard and wanted to give it to them.

Giving clothes to elves means firing them.

The word dismissal is not very accurate, and expulsion should be more appropriate.

For the house elves who are proud to serve wizards, this is more uncomfortable than death, so they show that expression.

Kyle also understood this, so he also tried other methods.

For example, arrange holidays for them, pay them wages...

Without exception, all were rejected.

They feel that their current life is very good and happy, and they don't need Kyle to do anything for them.

Hermione was a little stunned when she heard Kyle's words.

"Is there no other way?" Little Beaver asked reluctantly.

Kyle shook his head, "Hermione, you have to know that if a race is not willing to stand on its own feet, you cannot awaken them."

"There has never been a savior. If the house elves want to create their own happiness, they all have to rely on themselves."

The history of the development of Muggle civilization all illustrates this not-so-profound truth.

But the servility carried by house elves has been deeply engraved in their blood.

Without undergoing transformation that takes several generations, there is no way to eliminate this servility engraved in their genes.

Even the group of house elves in Kyle's house seem to be living comfortably, but in fact they are not fundamentally different from the group of house elves in the kitchen.

"And, Hermione, have you ever thought that you are just a student, an ordinary Hogwarts student."

Kyle looked at Hermione, "Even if you try hard to change all of this, with the power of a student, what can you do for them?"

Although Kyle is also a student, he also has another level of identity, that is, he is the son of the principal.

In addition, Kyle is very skilled in the art of pulling off Dumbledore's tiger skin. Rounding it off, Kyle is equal to the principal.

In the name of the principal, he implemented measures to improve the living conditions of the house elves in the kitchen, but they all failed due to the unanimous resistance of the elves. What can Hermione do as a student?

She's not even a prefect.

The little beaver bit his lip and thought about all possible solutions.

"Kyle, you said..." Little Beaver hesitated, trying to organize his words, "Do you think that if I became the Minister of Magic, would it be possible to implement and pass laws that would improve the living conditions of house elves?"

My dear, have you set your sights on Cornelius Fudge's ministerial throne?

"If you want," Kyle said with a smirk on his face, "I can find someone to kill Fudge right now, and then you can use Polyjuice Potion to impersonate him and take his place."

Hermione stretched out her small fist and hit Kyle on the arm, "Let's get down to business!"

"Okay," Kyle immediately corrected his attitude, "This method is very feasible."

After hearing Kyle's words, the girl who had been frowning since she stepped into the kitchen finally smiled.

"Eat first." Kyle rubbed Hermione's messy hair, making it even messier, "I will help you."

"Um."