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The house elves in the Harry Potter world are a race conquered by wizards in ancient wars. They are divided into the category of magical creatures. They must receive servile training from birth and must serve their masters for generations.

They are responsible for all housework and are bound by their masters. They cannot disobey the master's orders casually. If they disobey, they must punish themselves.

For house elves, their highest right is to obey their master's orders. They must work hard all their lives without wages or holidays. They are proud of their labor and ashamed of free roaming.

Under such training, house elves regard lifelong service to their master as the greatest honor, just like Kreacher in the plot.

His dream is to be like his ancestors. When he is too old to work anymore, his owner will cut off his head and hang it on the wall alongside the heads of his ancestors as a decoration.

House elves are regulated in the UK by the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures at the Ministry of Magic.

The Ministry of Magic does not allow idle house elves. They believe that once idle, house elves may cause more serious harm than many other magical animals.

Although house elves have been arranged this way for centuries, wizards have never let down their guard.

After all, house elves have complete intelligence and can learn magic. Many house elves are even more talented than wizards.

This way of treating house elves may seem inhumane to some people, but Locke can understand it, because it is really possible for house elves to overthrow the entire wizarding world.

However, in Locke's opinion, the way wizards in this world treat house elves is too rigid and is a waste of great resources.

He is obviously a magical social beast with great potential, but in the end he can only work as an ordinary servant for the rest of his life.

According to the current model, even if house elves do not need wages, the corresponding cost of domesticating and managing them has also increased sharply, and the benefits from the work done are limited.

Of course, these are still the thoughts in Locke's mind now. At this moment, he still has to follow the rules to adopt a house elf and pay an expensive deposit.

A house elf is a guarantee of five thousand galleons. No wonder many wizards find it expensive.

For most wizards, adopting a house elf is not cost-effective. It is more about highlighting one's status. Only a few wealthy wizards can afford it. It is more like a luxury item.

Locke was actually a big dog owner. He came to the Ministry of Magic and was led by the staff to the Magical Creatures Management and Control Room on the fourth underground floor.

This is the second largest department in the Ministry of Magic. The largest department is the Legal Enforcement Department, and those so-called Aurors belong to this department.

Wizards established the Ministry of Magic to maintain the stability of the wizarding world. Its current main job is to suppress dark wizards and prevent unrest caused by magical creatures.

A few days ago, Locke had filled out the form for adopting house elves, stating that he wanted to adopt two house elves, and also paid a deposit of 10,000 galleons.

The employees of the Ministry of Magic were very polite to Locke. After all, in the magical world, most wizards who can adopt house elves are either rich or noble.

This time, he signed a contract and brought two house elves back, which meant he had ownership of the two house elves, Will and Isaac.

After signing the contract, the staff gave Locke a book full of forbidden items. The first item was that house elves were prohibited from touching the wand, and there were a bunch of various taboos below.

Locke knew that this was to prevent the house elves from rebelling, which also made Locke discover that the contract magic against house elves in this world lacked coercive effect.

Otherwise, where so many precautions are needed, a soul contract would be much more practical than writing down a bunch of prohibited items.

So after returning, Locke directly drew up an extremely strict soul contract, and after having Weir and Isaac sign it, he prepared to arrange for them to learn attack magic.

When Locke asked if they knew how to attack magic, the two house elves' protruding green eyes suddenly flashed with panic, and they said in a trembling voice: "Master, an elf will never attack the master."

"I know, and once you violate the soul contract just now, or even just have this thought, then you will be punished by the contract."

Locke waved his hand: "I let you learn attack magic so that you can do things for me. You can only use it with my permission. Do you understand this?"

No matter what, Locke used some roundabout methods to get the two house elves to start learning attack magic.

Next, through observation, Locke discovered that house elves are indeed magical creatures, and their talent in magic is better than many so-called pure-blood wizards.

Even without touching a wand, house elves can quickly master various types of magic. No wonder the Ministry of Magic strictly guards against house elves.

Locke did not prepare wands for the house elves from the beginning, or prepare them beautiful clothes or anything to improve their treatment. Instead, he tried to set a 'merit point' for them.

To put it simply, it is 'work points'. By working for the master Locke, you can get corresponding merit. Generally, the merit brought by daily work will be paid out on a weekly basis. If you complete any special tasks, you will also get additional merit points.

These merit points can be used to exchange for rewards from the master, such as food that is more delicious than usual meals, gorgeous clothes, or magic rings.

Different rewards require different merit points.

Of course, if something goes wrong, the corresponding merit points will be deducted, or the master Locke will personally arrange the punishment, but self-harm is strictly prohibited.

Because house elves are the property of their masters, and they need to be treated with Rock Flower Galleons after self-mutilation, they are causing private losses to their masters, so this must be stopped.

Although he is used to being a capitalist in the world of American TV series, Locke still prefers this method of driving labor force rather than being a slave owner.

In Locke's view, the slave owners' behavior is really against human nature. Even if intelligent creatures like house elves have been enslaved for hundreds of years, once something goes wrong with their thinking, it may have extremely serious consequences. .

In fact, in the past hundreds of years, there has never been a shortage of examples of house elves having problems. There are no relevant descriptions in the plots and novels, but Locke has seen many cases in the taboo manual issued to him by the Ministry of Magic.

The capital system can replace the slave owner system. To put it bluntly, it is not just cheaper, more efficient, and more practical.

What's more, there is a signed soul contract as a guarantee, so Locke can safely let the house elves learn magic with attack methods.

However, the house elves that Locke has come into contact with now are too servile. As long as you show a little gentleness, they will treat you with all their heart.

After Weir and Isaac heard that merit points could be exchanged for rewards, they became even more enthusiastic when they completed the work assigned by Locke.