Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts

"What's the problem?"

Hearing Sherlock actually ask for his advice, Ron couldn't help but perk up.

Because that sentence gave him a "the big shot needs me" feeling.

"First, what are the characteristics of each of the four houses?

Second, aren't you aware that... the word 'Muggle' also carries discriminatory undertones?"

Sherlock put his palms together, propped up his chin, and looked at Ron expectantly, waiting for his explanation.

"Wh-what?!"

Ron was shocked, "Muggle... how could it be a derogatory term?"

He answered the second question first.

After all, compared to the first question, the impact of the second question was a bit too much for him.

Galloping Gorgons, he had never meant any discrimination when referring to Muggles since he was a child.

His father was even full of interest in the Muggle world and treated them extremely kindly.

It was precisely because of this that he was looked down upon by pure-blood families like the Malfoys, who believed they had tarnished the honor of the Sacred Twenty-Eight.

But now Sherlock was saying that Muggle was also a derogatory term?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Harry, who was beside him, also helped Ron explain, "Sherlock, you're wrong this time, Hagrid also calls them that."

Sherlock shook his head, not explaining directly, but continuing to ask:

"How do you spell Muggle?"

"Muggle."

Ron was still thinking, but Harry had already given the answer.

Sherlock frowned: "Don't you notice anything wrong?"

Ron still looked blank.

Harry originally didn't think there was anything wrong either.

But Sherlock had already reminded him, so he thought for a while and then realized.

"You mean... the root?"

Sherlock nodded, looking at Ron who still looked confused, somewhat surprised:

"So... wizarding families don't learn vocabulary?"

Ron coughed twice, his ears turning red again, "We do! Of course, we learn! But, but I didn't notice anything wrong with this word."

Sherlock looked at Harry.

Although he didn't know why, Harry did understand Sherlock's look.

So he took the initiative to explain to Ron: "The root of Muggle is Mug..."

"Isn't that a cup?"

Ron quickly retorted, in order to appear less ignorant.

Harry sighed, "Besides cup, it has another meaning."

At Sherlock's suggestion, Harry carefully explained to Ron that the root of "Muggle", "Mug", besides meaning cup, also meant fool.

Ron opened his mouth in surprise, not knowing what to say for a moment.

This piece of knowledge was indeed the first time he had heard of it.

Sherlock was right, people from wizarding families really didn't study vocabulary properly.

Seeing Ron's appearance, Harry said to himself in his heart.

At the same time, he felt even more that Sherlock was amazing.

Clearly, he grew up in a non-wizarding family like himself, but he not only knew so much about the non-magical world, was proficient in all kinds of knowledge, knew boxing and fencing, but even skillfully used magic.

He's really amazing!

Noticing Ron's low mood, Sherlock patted him on the shoulder:

"Don't worry too much, after all, fool is Mug and not Muggle, there's no problem continuing to use this term.

I think the person who came up with this term in the first place didn't have a friendly attitude towards people who can't use magic."

"But..."

Looking at Ron's tangled look, Sherlock simply explained two more sentences:

"The original language and writing are constantly changing with the development of the times, some words were originally neutral, but later they will become derogatory.

For example, Negro, initially did not have derogatory connotations, it originated from Latin and meant black, and was widely used in the United States before the 1960s.

The truly derogatory word is Nigger, but today, the term Negro is the same as Nigger, and is also considered discriminatory.

In a few decades, I'm afraid even Black people will not be able to be used because of sensitivity."

Harry was stunned, "Then what should we call them?"

"Who knows, maybe African American?"

Sherlock said with a sneer.

"Muggle is the same, initially containing derogatory meaning, but today, it has weakened to the point where it can be widely accepted."

Harry and Ron looked at Sherlock with admiration, he was so knowledgeable!

Just then, the compartment door was opened again and again.

Hermione reappeared in front of them.

"What happened?"

Hermione looked at the candy scattered all over the ground, and asked with some doubt.

Harry and Ron looked at Sherlock.

The latter shrugged: "Miss Granger, someone wanted to rob our snacks, but eventually left after being persuaded."

"Is that so?"

Hermione was a little disbelieving, she had just seen the situation when Malfoy and the three left with her own eyes.

No matter how you look at it, that appearance didn't look like they were "persuaded."

"You didn't fight, did you? Don't cause trouble before we even get there!"

She still had a proud tone, Ron tensed his face and was about to retort.

But Sherlock said at this time: "Ron, there's still the first question."

"What, uh, uh..."

Ron then realized that Sherlock had asked two questions, and he had only answered the second one.

He couldn't help but feel annoyed, in front of Sherlock, he always seemed to be very slow.

Fortunately, coming from the Weasley family, he really knew a lot about the four houses of Hogwarts, so he began to introduce them eloquently.

Hearing Ron talk about this, Harry and Hermione became interested.

Hermione, like before, sat next to Sherlock and listened carefully.

Sherlock didn't care, but the more he listened, the more he felt that Ron's introduction was too subjective.

In Ron's mouth, Gryffindor was a righteous and brave warrior, the reason being that the current headmaster and deputy headmaster of Hogwarts both came from this house, and his parents and several brothers were also from it.

Similarly, he himself would most likely be assigned to this house.

Ravenclaw was a nerd who only knew how to read, and the students there were eccentric and self-righteous.

Hufflepuff was a group of unremarkable gluttons who had no special skills except for liking food.

But this was acceptable, because Slytherin was full of despicable, shameless, insidious, and cunning villains.

Combining the knowledge he had gained from books and Ron's personality, Sherlock immediately made a deduction.

In the eyes of others, Gryffindor might be a group of reckless men who only knew how to cause trouble.

At this time, Harry also interjected, "Hagrid also said that he would rather go to Hufflepuff than Slytherin."

"Because Voldemort is from this house?"

When Sherlock mentioned this name, Ron couldn't help but shudder again.

He looked at Sherlock with resentment.

I know you're not afraid, but can't you take care of the feelings of people like us!

Sherlock didn't care about other people's opinions, and after getting Harry's affirmative answer, he turned to Ron again: "Among the four houses, Hufflepuff has the most people, right?"

"How do you know?"

Ron was a little surprised, "Oh, Merlin's beard, you're really amazing!"

Hearing Ron's answer, Sherlock nodded.

Sure enough, all the people with personality problems went to other houses, then the remaining kind and obedient people naturally went to Hufflepuff.

At this moment, a voice began to echo on the train:

"The train will arrive at Hogwarts in five minutes, please leave your luggage on the train, we will send it to the school for you."

Sherlock immediately took action.

"Why are you directly..."

Hermione blushed when she saw this, and quickly retreated.