"I can't believe that there is such a phenomenon as house-elves in England!" Hermione said excitedly from the Hogwarts kitchen, "You know, house-elves are treated very unfairly!"

"They're all slaves!No pay!No breaks!No freedom!They don't have anything!They get hysterical at the mention of their master's name!" Hermione referred to Dobby's screaming of Malfoy's "bad dark wizard" when he rushed to the nearest table and slammed his head into the top after saying that Malfoy was a "very bad dark wizard", when Dobby was still yelling, "Bad Dobby!

"I say, house-elves are happy at heart, aren't they?" said Ron, "and when house-elves are at our service, they are happy, and they like to be called around......

"It's people like you, Ron," Hermione said vehemently, "to maintain this rotten and unreasonable system because you're too lazy!"

Hermione is right, Darren has always believed that laziness is the biggest driving force for the progress of human society, otherwise, human beings are still fighting with beasts with big sticks, maybe it is because of convenient magic and the existence of house-elves that wizards have lost the motivation to move forward, this is still because the number of house-elves is too small, only pure-blood families can have it, otherwise, I am afraid that wizards will become a group of fat pigs, and it may not be......

However, there are still a lot of things to do in Dalun, and I really can't take care of the housekeeper and raise the elf, because the next day Penelope came with the news, after the research of investment experts, it is more troublesome than expected to complete his investment plan, because to maximize the benefits, it takes a lot of financial leverage, and now all countries still have requirements for financial institutions, and I don't want to greatly relax financial supervision later, so if you want to meet the requirements, you can only complete it through multiple cross-border transfers, which requires more time, and the financing cost has also risen sharply, so that Daren has to invest more money and energy。

As a result, Darren originally wanted to talk to Hagrid about Rita and ran out of time, so he asked Hermione to pull Harry and Ron to do it, hoping that they could convince Hagrid not to have any more contact with the crazy woman, otherwise, Hagrid would definitely get himself and Dumbledore into trouble.

And, as if he wasn't busy enough, at dinner on Thursday, Penelope told him the news that now as long as she needs to teach Darren at Hogwarts, she will find a restaurant in London to eat and then return to Hogwarts, just to enjoy the skills of those star chefs, and also to increase Penelo's understanding of human society, after all, experience can stimulate emotions, and many things must be experienced before they can be experienced.

Also, this is the time when Penelope gives Darren a briefing on the school, "Today in the Transfiguration class, Professor McGonagall said that there is a ball at Christmas, which is a traditional part of the Triwizard Tournament and a great opportunity for students to socialize with foreign guests, and the ball is only open to students from the fourth grade and above, but if you wish, you can invite a junior student. ”

"The Ball?" Darren frowned again, he noticed that he had been hearing worrying news from Penelope at dinner recently, "but I don't have time, I'm just halfway done, and I've invested nearly twice as much money as expected, and those guys are very difficult to deal with, and the whole plan starts before Christmas, and I'll have to be there." ”

"Hmph," Penelope smiled, and took a sip of soda, "I'm afraid your plans are going to change, and after class, Professor McGonagall left me behind and told me that, according to tradition, the ball is held by warriors and their dance partners, so I, you, must have my own partner, a partner for the Santa ball." ”

"Oh my God!" said Darren, who had lost his appetite at all, "I had to go to this ball, and I had to dance with people! ”

"By the way, the ball is to be dressed in a gown, and it will be held in the auditorium at eight o'clock on Christmas night, and it will end at twelve o'clock at midnight, four hours, and I'm afraid you won't let me do it for you. ”

"Oh, I wish you could, yes," Darren looked at Penelope with sudden hope.

"No!" Penelope simply refused, "it's your moment of glory, and you have to attend!"

"And," she looked at Darren playfully, "who are you going to ask to be your partner? You don't want me to dance in the auditorium with her in your arms, she'll be upset, you can't hide it, believe me, a woman's instincts are accurate in this regard." ”

"Oh......"

Penelope pouted, "By the way, seriously, who would you ask to be your dance partner?" I guess it must be that Hermione, a very smart girl, I heard of her when I was in school," Darren has asked Hermione to cover for Penelope these days, and they must have become more acquainted.

Darren didn't intend to deny this, and nodded, "Well, it's her, anyway, with my identity, I don't know a few girls at Hogwarts, she's the most suitable." ”

Hearing Darren say "identity", the light in Penelope's eyes dimmed for a moment, but it was fleeting, looking at Darren, "If," she said slowly, "I mean, if I haven't left school, will you invite me?"

Darren looked at Penelope in surprise, the other party's big eyes radiated a beautiful light, a smile on his face, and his fingers flicked the curls next to his shoulder.

By taking a cup of soda, Darren calmed down his heartbeat that began to accelerate inexplicably, "Of course, it's a pity that I don't have this honor!" Indeed, with Penelope's appearance, being a dance partner is definitely a very suitable choice.

"Hehe, you guy, you're so much better than that nerd, he's not as good at talking as you are," Penelope laughed, but sighed, his face full of wist.

"Okay, I've told you everything today, you can prepare yourself, I suggest you hurry up and practice dancing, otherwise it won't be good to step on your dance partner, your body is very strong, it will hurt a lot." ”

"How do you know, oh, compound potion......" Hearing Penelope's words, Darren suddenly realized that after all this time, I am afraid that she has known himself well!