Daphany stared blankly at Hermione, who was excited and gushing in front of her. Next to Daphne, Daphne looked incredulous. Beside Hermione, Harry and Neville looked helpless. Ron looked not only helpless, but also reluctant.

"What do you think, Daphany? You're going to join in, too. Hermione said excitedly, and then handed over a box with dozens of them written on it. of the coat of arms.

"So, Harry, you all bought this vomit badge?" Daphany asked helplessly picking up a badge.

"I don't want to buy it at all, really!" Harry said very sincerely.

"This one isn't vomiting, it's.. Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare, abbreviated as..! Hermione exclaimed.

"Alright, Hermione." Daphany shook her head with a smile: "You talked about your thoughts for a long time, so can you tell me why I want to participate in your promotion association?" What can this promotion give me? ”

Hermione was stunned, apparently she hadn't thought about this question before: "What to get?" ”

"yes, what do you get?" Daphne nodded, "You want to fight for the rights of the house-elves, well, it's your freedom." But you want us to join in, so what can you give us? ”

"This ...... Fight for the elves to get the full ...... they deserve It's a very lofty goal...... "Hermione said.

"I mean, what can I get out of it!" Daphne interrupted Hermione, "Your goal may be very noble for you, and it will give you pleasure. But what's in it for me, Harry or Ron. We'll even have to pay two silver sicols to buy the badge. Although two silver gallons are nothing to me, even if it is two gold gallons, twenty gold gallons are also not in my heart. But I always want to know what I can get out of spending this money, right? ”

"How can you only think about the benefits?" Hermione said excitedly, "We're fighting for the elves to be free......"

"If it's not good for me, why should I do it?" "As you know, I have four elves in my house, and one of them was taken in front of you. Having house-elves at my service saves me a lot of trouble. Whether it's a stipend, a salary, of course, I can provide them with a little money, but why should I do that? You can't say, if you open your mouth, I'm going to pay a sum of money that I didn't need to pay, right? ”

"That's it!" Ron rarely agreed positively with Daphany's words. For Hermione's brain fever, what to do, the promotion of house-elf rights and interests will give him a headache, no, no. If it was in the original story, although it was actually a headache, it was not much objection. But now, something has changed......

"Daphine, you ......" Hermione obviously didn't expect Daphany to have this attitude. But Daphany's words did make her not know how to answer for a while.

"Hermione, the questions I'm talking about are all things you might encounter in the future." Daphany chuckled softly: "If you can't convince me, how will you convince others in the future." ”

Daphany said and gestured to a few people around her, "Harry has special reasons, so let's not discuss it. Ron's house, I heard George and Fred talk about ......" she looked at Ron, "The two of them told me that you seem planning to move back to the family estate before Christmas today, right?" I'm sure I'm going to be looking for a house-elf when the time comes. ”

Ron was stunned for a moment, then a little embarrassed. Harry and Hermione both looked at Ron in amazement, something they didn't know.

Yes, the Ron family is about to move. With the rise of the toy factory, the Weasley family's asset index rose. The Weasley family, as the number one old family in the whole of Europe, certainly has an ancestral estate. It's just that because the family's economic conditions are really embarrassing, the cost of maintaining the house is really unaffordable, so it can only be sealed. With a steady and staggering amount of income (at least in the eyes of the Weasleys), they were naturally willing to reopen their ancestral home.

It is certainly an attitude to live a rich and comfortable life, but to live a rich and comfortable life is to deliberately live that kind of tight life, and to live in such a cramped small room, no one will refuse, unless the head is sick. The Weasleys, of course, were not sick in their heads, so they had decided to reopen the family home on Christmas Eve.

The twins once talked to Daphany during the holidays and talked about their desire to find a house-elf. Their idea was to find some inexperienced elves and ask Daphne to arrange for their family elves to come over and guide them. Daphany agreed at the time, promising to send Jingjing to help teach the young elf at that time. Of course, now you can also consider arranging a flash.

"Do you want to use house-elves in your house?" Hermione looked at Ron in surprise.

"Well, that's what Mom and Dad said. Our family used to have a magic contract. It is possible to keep house-elves in captivity. Ron said with some embarrassment and some joy. He had always been a envy of Draco and Daphne, or the manors of other great magical families and their house-elves. Now that his family wants to live a similar life, Ron is looking forward to it. It's just that there are still a few months left, and Ron was hoping to show it off again.

"It's the same with the Neville family, the entire Longbottom family group, the various branches combined, there should be more than ten house-elves, right?" Daphany turned to Neville again. Central Plains Book Bar

"Hmm......" Neville looked at Hermione 'viciously' and said with some embarrassment, "I live with my grandmother, and we only have one in the house, but our family should be quite a lot." It's not clear how many you have. But there must be more than ten. ”

Seeing Hermione's incredulous face, Daphne continued with a grin: "Daphne's family, it should be four, right?" Daphne looked at Daphne, who smiled and nodded, "The Draco family is two now, but the entire Malfoy family has a total of thirty branches. Pansy must have a dozen or so in the house. As for Hogwarts, there are hundreds of house-elves. All the magic giants have house-elves. Why do you want us to give up the service of the elves to answer your call? ”

"But...... But......" Hermione was still a little unconvinced, "they should have these rights." ”

"Why?" Daphany asked directly.

"......" Hermione was at a loss, and in her opinion, it was taken for granted. Why? She didn't know either.

"Why do you think they should have these rights, so that we should give up the rights we already have?" Daphany didn't plan to let this little girl go. There was something wrong with the little girl's train of thought, and Daphany seriously suspected that the mess was delaying Hermione too much of her mood and energy. Otherwise, with her talent, she should be stronger.

Hermione's eyes were faintly red, obviously her outlook on life, values, and worldview was messed up by Daphany, and she couldn't think of any way to go back for a while. Daphany asked directly from the point of interest, and she really couldn't refute it.

"Follow me." Dafanie pulled Hermione, who was about to cry, and turned to leave. Hermione wanted to refuse, but she didn't have the strength of Daphany, and she was finally dragged away. Harry and Ron tried to follow, but were rejected by Dafanie with a wave of their hand.

The two of them walked to the tower bridge on the outskirts of the castle and stopped.

"What are you bringing me here for?" Hermione asked, pouting. Obviously, she was very unhappy by Daphany just now.

"Hermione, do you want to help the house-elves because you feel like they?" Daphne asked, looking at Hermione.

Hermione was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head uneasily, and her eyes wandered around: "You...... What are you talking about, how could I ...... with elves"

"Of course it's not that you look alike. It's about treatment. Daphany chuckled: "Ordinary people are born as little wizards, and they will be treated more or less unequally in the wizarding world. The treatment of house-elves reminds you of this. ”

Hermione kept her head down and didn't speak. But her gesture is obviously telling Dafanie that she is right.

"Hermione, I can understand your thoughts, but this can't be done!" Daphany's tone was serious.

"So what am I going to do?" Hermione looked up at Daphany with a blank look in her eyes.

"No one can fight their fate in the place of others!" Daphine looked at Hermione and said word by word: "The only one who can fight against fate is himself!" House-elves used to be vassals of goblins. That's what they're doing now. Later, the goblins were defeated by the wizards, and the wizards became their masters. Whether it is the age of goblins or wizards, they are vassals, slaves. This is already a thousand-year-old tradition. It's almost impossible for you to change everything by yourself. This touches the interests of too many people. Bad people are like killing their parents. You have harmed their interests, and you have done them a great sin. The elves can only get all this after they want to fight, they want freedom and rights, not what you can do with a few slogans. ”

"So, what should I do?" Hermione asked blankly.

"If, if you really want this wizarding world to change in this regard." Daphany looked at Hermione, "Get stronger!" ”

"Getting stronger?" Hermione was a little confused, and she didn't react for a moment.

"Yes, get stronger!" Daphany nodded, "Be strong enough, strong enough to have enough influence that others have to care about your advice." It has to care about what you think. Strong enough that your will becomes something that others have to care about. It's so strong that the magic families will be willing to give up some opinions in order not to offend you, or be willing to give some money to those house-elves. ”

"Strong enough that others care about my opinion?" Hermione muttered, as if asking Dafanie and as if asking herself. Gradually, the confusion in Hermione's eyes vanished, and turned into a determined gaze. In the end, the bright light in Hermione's eyes was a little difficult to look at: "I understand Daphany, I will become stronger, become very strong." ”

Daphne was satisfied, and was about to nod, but heard Hermione continue, "I'm going to be the Minister of Magic!" ”