Train to Another World
Chapter 560: Connections and Ambition
(Two chapters in one)
When Li Zhuoguang saw Dobby, he trembled violently, as if he would be minced into meat paste in the next moment. The whole wrinkled bat face also lost its blood color, showing a sickly waxy yellow.
"Why is your face yellow?"
"What, Master?"
"Forget it, just tell me what's wrong with you?"
"I... I don't understand."
Li Zhuoguang leaned over and looked at Dobby carefully: "Although house elves have their own emotions and tendencies, there is one thing that is absolute, that is, they will never disobey the orders of their masters.
So I am very curious, why did you go to Harry Potter without ever meeting him, and even betray the secrets that your master discussed at home."
Hearing that his secret was exposed, Dobby instantly showed a look of fear and guilt, and began to press his head and slammed it hard on the ground: "Bad Dobby! Bad Dobby!"
"Stop." Li Zhuoguang stopped him, and Dobby stopped immediately, but his eyes were still facing the floor and trembling. It can be predicted that as long as there is a chance, he will continue to punish himself, and even end his life.
It seems that as a variant, he has broken through the curse of the house elves, but it is not thorough enough. The behavioral logic of the house elves still has a strong restraint on him.
Li Zhuoguang took out a set of children's clothes from the gourd, which was a casual suit style. Li Zhuoguang waved his wand, made the children's clothes smaller, and then threw it to Dobby: "You are free."
Dobby took the children's clothes, but there was no joy in his eyes. Instead, he began to cry loudly. To be honest, his crying was very unpleasant. Li Zhuoguang snapped his fingers to eliminate the sound of his crying.
In Li Zhuoguang's opinion, Dobby in the original book was extremely fond of freedom. After he gained freedom, he no longer accepted to be a slave to others, but was more inclined to an employment relationship.
His current reaction was beyond Li Zhuoguang's expectation: "Why are you crying? I can see that you want freedom. Now I give you freedom, why are you unhappy?"
Dobby sobbed aggrievedly, but could not make a sound. Li Zhuoguang snapped his fingers again, and then he began to say: "Dobby wanted freedom before, but now Dobby has a new master, who is an honest and kind person, and Dobby doesn't want freedom anymore."
"Honest and kind? Me?" Li Zhuoguang pointed at himself: "Who told you that?"
"Dobby saw it with his own eyes."
Li Zhuoguang suddenly realized: "I was wondering why Sirius didn't go find Harry, but instead came to observe me intensively. It turned out to be you. But how can you think I'm honest... Forget it, with your house elves Three views, there are very few bad wizards.
I have given away the clothes, and I don't plan to take them back, and then..."
Li Zhuoguang said, and threw a gold galleon to Dobby: "From now on, we are in an employment relationship, I will pay to hire you."
Dobby was a little stunned holding the gold galleon in both hands: "This... This... No, house elves cannot be hired."
In the original book, Dobby left the Malfoy family and wandered around for two years before gradually understanding what he wanted. Now he was sent to Li Zhuoguang by the Malfoy family. Li Zhuoguang's direct offer of employment was still too much of a shock to him.
Li Zhuoguang was too lazy to persuade him, because he knew that Dobby's refusal now was just inertia. If he kept him by his side, the seeds of his desire for freedom would always sprout.
Li Zhuoguang started to argue directly: "If you agree that I have expelled you, then at this moment, I am offering you an employment invitation. If you do not agree that I have expelled you, and you still regard me as your master, then now I order you as your master to accept my employment."
"Dobby... Dobby... Your mind is so confused."
"You don't have to think so much, because you actually have no choice at all."
Dobby still hesitated for a while, then raised his head: "One gold galleon is too much."
"Then consider it as this year's salary. I will write you my home address later, you write it down and remember it." As he said, Li Zhuoguang's finger touched Dobby's chest, leaving his Flying Thunder God mark: "You go to my house first and take care of my companions' lives."
"Thank you for your kindness, the great Li Zhuoguang." Dobby put away the parchment covered with ghostly talismans, and disappeared with a crackling sound.
Li Zhuoguang shook his head, then took out a piece of parchment from the gourd, which was the one that gushed out of the Goblet of Fire at that time, with his name on it.
He took out another piece of parchment, took out a feather pen and wrote his name casually. Whether it was the structure, the pen stroke, or the focus, they were all exactly the same. Dobby wrote like a dog paddling, and it was impossible to imitate his handwriting, so he could almost be ruled out.
If he hadn't confirmed that he hadn't signed up, he might have really thought that it was written by himself. But since he came to this world, whether it was homework or letters, he wrote in English, and never in Chinese. Who got his handwriting from where?
Li Zhuoguang shook his head and decided not to think about it for the time being. Just like Barty Crouch Jr. in the original book wanted Harry to participate in the Triwizard Tournament in order to teleport him away with a portkey, someone wanted him to participate in the Triwizard Tournament, and there must be a purpose for him. As long as he continued to participate, someone would definitely jump out.
When those people jumped out, he would let them know what Jiang Boyao beat Cai Xukun up - dimensionality reduction strike.
It's a new day.
Because the Triwizard Tournament was held, a lot of class time was taken up this semester, but Li Zhuoguang found that there were fewer classes on the schedule, and he had no intention of finding time to make up for it.
Moreover, the intensity of teaching this school year has also been reduced a lot. It seems that even Hogwarts, in essence, still pays attention to happy education for most young wizards.
As for those who are willing to make progress, it is not without plans. The library of Hogwarts can be said to occupy a top position in the entire wizarding world, not to mention the library of Ravenclaw.
There is no rule that wizards from the outer courtyard are not allowed to enter the Ravenclaw lounge. As long as they can answer the questions asked by the lounge door, they can enter.
The professors of each major subject have their own small clubs in the school, which allow talented students to communicate and further their studies.
But what puzzles Li Zhuoguang is that Hermione in the original book has never joined any other club except for receiving an invitation from the "Slug Club" organized by Slughorn.
But judging from the subsequent plot, Hermione was lucky. Although the original work has a derogatory description of Slughorn's power and the existence of the "Slug Club".
But judging from the list of members of the "Slug Club", many of them have become top figures without exception, and most of them are also connected with other club members. This is a very valuable network.
The most famous member of the club is Voldemort. In addition to him, there are Snape, editor-in-chief of the Daily Prophet, official of the Goblin Liaison Office, captain of the Holy Head Harpy Quidditch Team, author of "Magical Defense Theory", etc.
Hermione's ability to hold the position of Minister of Magic as a Muggle is probably explained by more than just participating in the Battle of Hogwarts. Of course, this is a bit far-fetched, but it shows that in a small circle with a small population like the wizarding world, connections are a very important resource.
Just like now...
Li Zhuoguang sat on the long table and looked at the pile of invitations in front of him with a numb expression. They were not sent by owls, but by little wizards directly to him, as if this way could reflect the invitation. readers’ attention.
And as long as you pay a little attention, you can find that these young wizards who send invitations are without exception the descendants of the Wizengamot MPs who came to the school before.
Unlike the tired Li Zhuoguang, Malfoy's face was flushed with excitement, just like Ron Weasley. He held a piece of parchment and quickly copied out the key information on the invitation, adding matters requiring special attention at the end.
He looked like this, and if writing homework papers ended like this, Lucius would surely be very relieved. After copying the invitation, Malfoy respectfully placed the parchment in front of Li Zhuoguang.
And based on the strength of the other party's family and the situation of the people in office, he made suggestions for the order of Li Zhuoguang's visit. At this moment, Malfoy seemed to feel that he had reached the pinnacle of his life.
There were almost fifty invitations, and all the Wizengamot members expressed their goodwill to Li Zhuoguang. The rise of the Li family has become a foregone conclusion at this moment.
As Li Zhuoguang's right-hand man, he was about to take action.
"You listed them in the wrong order." At this time, a cold voice came from behind, and Malfoy turned back angrily, wanting to see who dared to deny the results of his uncle Draco's work.
As a result, he saw Percy Weasley standing behind him. Malfoy's expression froze. Even though he mocked Weasley every day, he was just bullying Ginny because she was young and Ron was useless.
The other Weasleys, not to mention the twins, generally would not be provoked by Malfoy. As for Percy and Malfoy, who were prefects, they even avoided him. Although he is a prefect of another college, a prefect is a prefect, and depending on the opponent's momentum, he will be the president of the male student union next year.
But what does he mean?
Percy glanced at what was written on Malfoy's parchment and explained: "The Wizengamot is an organization that predates the Ministry of Magic and now serves as a combination of the Court and Parliament.
Composed of approximately fifty members, the highest officer is called the Chief Magician of the Wizengamot. The current Chief Magician is our headmaster, Professor Dumbledore.
There is a misconception in the outside world that the Wizengamot is composed of fifty members, but this is not the case. There are also ordinary members, clerks, investigators, senior investigators, and finally members. There are actually only about a dozen members, and they are lifelong members.
The Minister of Magic, Senior Under-Secretary of Magic, and senior officials of the Ministry of Magic will automatically join the Wizengamot when they are in office, but when they leave office...
Your ranking is based on the importance of their current position, but if I were you, I would rank the councilors first, even if they all seem to be famous wizards without positions. "
With a snap, the quill in Malfoy's hand fell on the table, and he stared at Percy Weasley blankly.
The red hair, freckles, and old robes make him a Weasley, right? What about Weasley's rich sense of humor? What about Weasley's indifference to fame and fortune?
Aren't you Weasleys very noble and amazing? You bushy, big-eyed Weasley, you should now stand on the opposite side of me and the boss, and continue to fight against the "powerful people" who are ruthless and collusive for the sake of wealth!
Why do you seem to be trying to compete with me...for the position of my right and left hands! Merlin on top, hugging thighs is our Malfoy family's patent! mine! mine! ! !
Li Zhuoguang, who was upset, heard Percy's words and didn't bother to think about it, but felt a lot more relaxed. He picked up the quill that Malfoy had dropped on the table and handed it to Percy: "Tick out those councillors. Well, you don't need to hook too many, just the three with the strongest influence."
Percy was afraid that Li Zhuoguang would regret it, so he quickly took the quill and began to sketch Ali on the parchment, and added a more detailed description after Malfoy's note.
If it weren't for the lack of space on the parchment, Li Zhuoguang suspected that the other party could even write a diplomatic reference book on the other party's invitation. Tsk, what a talent.
At this time, Li Zhuoguang had probably seen the purpose of the other party. Li Zhuoguang did not have the slightest objection to this purpose. After all, the other party relied on his ability to make a living. It would be a waste for such a person to study the leakage rate of imported crucibles after graduation.
Li Zhuoguang stood up and held Malfoy in one hand and Percy in the other: "Although the other party only invited me, it is really uncomfortable for me to go to the banquet alone. Are you two willing to accompany me?"
Of course Malfoy agreed with a bad look on his face. asshole! Originally, this opportunity was his alone, but now half of it had to be taken away by a Weasley, which really made him feel a little uncomfortable.
As for Percy, Li Zhuoguang could even feel his body trembling slightly, and his face began to turn red, but he still insisted: "To thank you for everything you have done for Ron and Ginny, I will accompany you." Go ahead."
Li Zhuoguang smiled. The young man couldn't take off his long gown. If he were an old man in the workplace, he would have started expressing his loyalty by now.
But Li Zhuoguang didn't have the right to laugh at him. After all, when he first started working, it wasn't as simple as wearing a long gown or not. When he was in a bad mood, he started to recruit leaders... Huh? Did I remember so many things? It's really gratifying.
Li Zhuoguang planned the visit on weekends, because on weekends, students in the third grade of Hogwarts and above can go to Hogsmeade. Although Li Zhuoguang has not yet reached the third grade, the person who invited him did not treat him as an ordinary third grade student.
Isn't it fundamental to find a way to leave school?
This was certainly not a difficult task for Li Zhuoguang. The method he chose was simple and unsophisticated, which was to climb over the wall. Li Zhuoguang couldn't figure out why in the original book, Harry had to wear an invisibility cloak and walk through a secret passage when he wanted to go to Hogsmeade.
Since we already have invisibility cloaks, what’s the difference if we put on the cloak and walk directly through the door?
Li Zhuoguang didn't have an invisibility cloak, and he didn't go behind anyone's back when he climbed over the wall. Many people saw it. But Li Zhuoguang is not nervous, because he has now become a core figure in Slytherin.
If anyone dares to tell the truth, there are Slytherin villains who will take revenge privately.
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