Hogwarts, a Scholar Becomes a God - Vol 7 Chapter 37

“By the way, didn’t you really teach Hagrid that trick?”

She asked suddenly as Hermione and Clark went up the steps to the library.

Clark almost laughed when he heard the words, “To be honest, I was also surprised today that Hagrid has learned to play tricks. He has completely grasped Malfoy’s weakness.”

The two came to the library while chatting and laughing. Hermione left for a while and came back with a large stack of books in her arms.

“According to what you said, I checked some history books in the wizarding world, and I can see that the appearance of house-elves has something to do with the goblin rebellion.”

Hermione put the History of Magic on the table in front of her.

“But it’s been so long since this rebellion, didn’t those goblins who failed also paid the price?

Why continue to enslave their descendants, we have to look forward and not be immersed in hatred all the time. ”

Hermione looked at Clark with sincerity. As a kind girl, she also fell into a deep tangle after reading “History of Magic”.

On the one hand, as a human being and a wizard, she also felt very angry when she learned about the crimes committed by the goblins during the rebellion.

But on the other hand, after seeing the tragic experience of the descendants of the defeated goblins, the house-elves, she couldn’t bear it.

Does hatred really need to last forever? Should the mistakes made by the ancestors always be shouldered by the descendants?

Hermione didn’t know the answer, she could only resort to the method she often used – flipping books.

However, in the books written by wizards, the meaning between the lines is obvious:

House-elves are the descendants of losers, captives, slaves, private property of wizards, and what they endure is all right.

“But house-elves are also intelligent creatures!” Hermione looked at Clark in distress. “They also have emotions and emotions. They are not tools, and they should also enjoy human rights, right?”

“If the goblins of the past were cruel, isn’t what wizards do to house-elves now atrocities?

What’s the difference between them and those rebellious goblins? ”

However, in the face of Hermione’s question, Clark just said coldly: “Forgetting history means betrayal!”

Hermione was shocked by Clark’s words. She didn’t expect that Clark, who had always been polite and polite, would be so tough on this matter.

However, she didn’t know that the young man in front of him also had a Chinese soul.

Like Hermione’s white left speech, he has heard many times in his previous life.

Maybe some of them are as pure and kind as Hermione, and they are misled by the public opinion of the outside world.

But in Clark’s view, the so-called letting go of hate speech is more because the knife didn’t cut themselves on their own, so I don’t know it hurts.

“House elves were the punishments for the rebel goblins who defeated the wizards in the past, and now we are not qualified to forgive them for our ancestors.”

Clark said coldly, flipped through the book that Hermione held, and found that the contents related to the goblin rebellion were marked.

From this point of view, Hermione’s behavior is not just the outbreak of Notre Dame disease, but she has really grown up and began to think about everything in the world.

“However, we are not qualified to punish the house-elves for our ancestors!”

Hermione was very keen to point out the holes in his words.

“You are stealing the concept, I didn’t say we have to forget history, isn’t the real history still written in “History of Magic”?

No one tampered with it, smeared it, and no one shot TV or wrote novels to beautify it and distort it.

We have never forgotten history, and we have never forgiven.

But one code is one code, this does not mean that we can always enslave the descendants of those mortals. ”

She waved to stop Clark, who was about to speak.

“In my opinion, the enslavement of house-elves is more about the vested interest groups in the wizarding world who, after enjoying the services of house-elves, treat them as private property and are unwilling to let them go.

Is this any different from those slave owners in the American South? ”

Hermione, who had said this, glanced at Clark suspiciously. She remembered that Harry had said that Clark’s house also had several house-elves.

She is talking to a slave owner about how to free the slaves. Clark is so opposed to freeing house-elves. Could it be related to his position?

Clark of course saw her doubts too, so after Hermione finished speaking, he had to say it seriously.

“Hermione, I’ve said it before, don’t look at magic in the eyes of ordinary people, this is a taboo in the occult.

In fact, problems like yours are often encountered by many Muggle-born wizards.

This is the incompatibility caused by the collision of Muggle values, worldviews and wizards’ values ​​and worldviews, and one of the reasons why wizards and Muggles cannot understand each other. ”

“But I have read all the information about house-elves as you said,” Hermione said.

“No,” Clark shook his head, “you didn’t read it all, remember the advice I gave you? You didn’t look up the folklore material in the Muggle world.”

“Folklore material?” Hermione asked suspiciously. “Those are all Muggle stories. What’s the use?”

“Knowledge, or information, doesn’t distinguish between Muggles and wizards,” Clark sighed. “As a mage who uses research and knowledge as a source of power, you must establish a point of view that no matter what information is, it is useful. of.”

Seeing that Hermione still had some vague understanding, Clark had to explain this problem to her bit by bit.

“Actually, in the Muggle world, there are also many folklore legends related to house-elves.”

Clark’s words made Hermione’s eyes widen, “But I’ve never heard of it, it doesn’t meet the requirements of the International Wizarding Secrecy Act…”

“It’s just a few legends, as if you were in the Muggle world, haven’t you heard of ghosts, vampires, werewolves and witches?

And those legendary witches are also riding brooms. Is this also a violation of the International Law of Wizarding Secrecy? ”

Hermione was speechless.

“Actually, before the introduction of the International Wizarding Statute, wizards and Muggles were not as distant as they are now.

Therefore, we can often get a glimpse of some of the real conditions of the wizarding world from the myths and legends and rural folk customs around the world. ”

As Clark said, he flipped through the “History of Magic” again.

“It’s like these house-elves, there are actually multiple versions of their stories across Europe.

The content is usually a craftsman in the garment industry (sometimes a tailor, sometimes a shoemaker), who is one day helped by a dwarf/elf to make products for him for free.

In return, the craftsman sewed clothes/shoes for the elves, but the elves disappeared after receiving the gift in return. ”

As he spoke, he began to raise an example:

“For example, in Germany in 1857, the famous Brothers Grimm wrote a story called “Pixie: The First Fairy Tale”, and the content of the story is also very simple.

A devout shoemaker family, one day the elves suddenly appeared and began to help them make shoes. After discovering the existence of elves, the shoemaker gave some clothes to the elves, but these elves disappeared after singing a song.

In addition, in Göttingen in 1855, a book called “Lower Saxony Legends and Fairy Tales: Collected from the Mouth of the People” contained the same story.

In this version, the shoemaker does not pray or make any reference to God, but throws the leftovers in the kitchen every day.

As a result, the elves started secretly helping him make shoes after eating the leftovers, and after getting new clothes as a gift, the elves sang a song and disappeared.

There is also a similar story in the “Legends and Customs of the Hesse Region of Germany” published in 1854. It is also that after praying to God, the elf appeared, and the elf sang and disappeared after getting the clothes.

In 1843, in Bohemia’s “Little Washerwomen,” a variation of the story occurred, in which the elf became a woman and the job was to do laundry.

She was trapped by a hunter and then forcibly put on her boots and ran away crying.

1826, Scotland, in “Scottish Popular Rhythms”.

There are similar variants that make it clear that giving goblins clothes is offensive to them.

1812, Scotland, in Bards of the Scottish Borders: A Ballad of History and Romance.

A very important story is recorded, because it tells the follow-up of the elves wearing clothes, and these elves joined the fairies after wearing clothes.

…”

Clark did not stop, telling several folklore related to house-elves in one breath.

“In fact, if you read the stories I told you carefully, you will find that the elves in these stories generally obey the same rules.

And the most important point is that the labor of these goblins is not completely free.

In addition to the food that must be provided every day, the goblin actually asks for something far more precious than money after serving for many years.

And this thing is likely to be the owner’s child. ”

“Child!” Hermione’s exclamation drew Mrs. Pince’s reproachful gaze. “What do those house-elves want their master’s children to do?”

“Hehe, in the magical world, the status of children is much higher than that of adults.”

Clark said with some seriousness.

“If you’ve seen some ghost stories, you know that many demons tend to like to target unborn children as a bargaining chip.

This is because the child’s pure and uncontaminated soul is the alchemy material second only to the saints, and can play a very good role in many magical ceremonies.

Compared with Muggle children, wizard children who have awakened their magic power are even more precious.

This is one of the reasons why the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which recruited wizarding children, are so revered.

Under their protection, wizards and children at that time could be free from all kinds of magical creatures, monsters and monsters. ”

“So the predecessors of the house-elves were also part of the mutilation of wizard children?” Hermione asked in disbelief.

Clark nodded, “That’s right, they made a contract by secretly helping Muggles or wizards, and the price they finally got was the children of their masters.”

“How can this be!” Hermione felt that many of her concepts were close to collapse.

She thought that those house-elves were also victims of the rebellion, but she didn’t expect that there was such a secret behind it.

If these house-elves were freed because of her kindness, wouldn’t it mean that more wizard children were hurt because of her…

Hermione couldn’t accept this for a while, and covered her face with her hands.

But she quickly reacted and asked, “If that’s the case, why would the wizard let the goblins control Gringotts? And those house-elves, don’t they also work in the wizard’s house?”

“That’s because they were defeated, and they were cast by wizards to replace their needs for human children with other things.”

Clark said.

“I have reminded you before that it is a taboo in the field of occultism to use the thinking of ‘normal people’ to judge the thinking of magical creatures.

A large number of books and materials also confirm that ~www.mtlnovel.com~ the ethics and worldview of magical creatures are very different from those of human beings.

Many things that you consider precious may be worthless to magical creatures.

And those things that you think are worthless are likely to be treasures involving some supernatural power in the eyes of magical creatures.

This is also one of the rules that human transactions with these magical creatures can achieve. ”

“Take goblins, have you ever seen how they reproduce in a book?”

Clark’s question made Hermione stunned for a moment. She thought about it carefully and found that the books she had read did not seem to talk about this aspect.

“Don’t they need to breed?” Hermione asked curiously.

“How is that possible,” Clark said. “If you have studied Muggle biology, you should know that the most important task of living things is to survive and reproduce.”

“Although fairies are spiritual creatures, most of them come from the natural generation of heaven and earth, but this does not mean that they do not have the ability to reproduce.

It’s just that their reproduction is different from ours, and they don’t need to rely on biological reproduction.

They are more likely to give birth to new fairies through a ritual called [Spiritual Enlightenment]. ”

“So… are human children the sacrifices of this ritual?” Hermione asked hesitantly.

She remembered what she had read in the book. In ancient times, some primitive tribes would choose to hold a **** ceremony in order to activate the spirituality of the totem pole, offering blood sacrifices to their gods as sacrifices.

“Of course human children are more spiritual.” Clark’s words revealed a strong **** aura.

“But now, since the wizards defeated these goblins, they no longer need human children to hold [spiritual enlightenment] rituals.”