"By the way, didn't you really teach him that trick from Hagrid?"

Hermione asked as she and Clark climbed the steps together to make their way to the library.

Clarke almost laughed when he heard this, "To be honest, I was surprised today that Hagrid actually learned to play tricks, and he completely grasped Malfoy's weakness." ”

The two of them made their way to the library while talking, and Hermione left for a while, returning with a large stack of books in her arms.

"According to you, I consulted some history books in the wizarding world, and I can also see that the emergence of house-elves has a certain relationship with the original goblin rebellion."

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

"But so long has passed since this rebellion, didn't the goblins who failed pay the price?

Why continue to enslave their descendants, we have to look forward, we can't always indulge in hatred. ”

Hermione looked at Clark with affection, and as a kind girl, she was also deeply entangled after watching "History of Magic".

On the one hand, as a human being, 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 fate of the offspring of the fallen elves, the house elves, she couldn't bear it.

Does hatred really need to be perpetuated? Do the mistakes made by our ancestors need to be borne by future generations?

Hermione didn't know the answer, and she had to resort to the method she used so often – flipping books.

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

House-elves are the offspring of losers, captives, slaves, and private property of wizards, and what they endure, everything is taken for granted.

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

"If the goblins were cruel in the past, what the wizards do to the house-elves today is not an atrocity?

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!" ”

Clark's words shocked Hermione, she didn't expect that Clark, who had always been gentle and elegant, would be so tough on this matter.

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

He didn't know how many times he had heard the white left remarks of a virgin like Hermione in his previous life.

Perhaps there are indeed people like Hermione who are as simple and kind as Hermione, and are misled by public opinion in the outside world.

But in Clark's view, this so-called letting go of hateful speech is more because the knife didn't cut into their own body, so they don't know how it hurts.

"House-elves were the punishment of the rebel goblins by those who defeated the wizards at the beginning, and now we are not qualified to forgive them for our ancestors."

Clark said coldly, flipping through the book Hermione was holding, and found that the contents related to the fairy rebellion were marked.

From this point of view, Hermione's behavior is not just an outbreak of Our Lady's disease, but that she has really grown up and begun to think about everything in the world.

"However, we are not qualified to punish house-elves for our ancestors!"

Hermione was astute in pointing out the holes in his words.

"You're changing concepts, I'm not saying we have to forget history, isn't the real history still written in the History of Magic?

No one tampers with it, smear it, and no one shoots it or writes it to beautify it or distort it.

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

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

She waved her hand to stop Clarke, who was about to speak.

"In my opinion, the enslavement of house-elves is more due to the fact that those vested interests in the wizarding world treat them as private property after enjoying the services of house-elves, and are unwilling to let them go anymore.

Is this any different from those Southern slave owners in the United States? ”

Hermione glanced at Clark suspiciously, she remembered that Harry had said that Clark had several house-elves in the house.

She's talking to a slave owner about how to free the slaves, and Clarke's opposition to the emancipation of house-elves is related to his position?

Clarke, of course, also saw her suspicions, so after Hermione finished speaking, he had to say seriously.

"Hermione, I've said it before, don't look at magic through the eyes of ordinary people, it's a big taboo in the occult.

In fact, many Muggle-born wizards often encounter problems like yours.

This is one of the reasons why wizards and Muggles cannot understand each other. ”

"But I've gone through all the information about house-elves, as you said." Hermione said.

"No," Clark shook his head, "you haven't read it all, remember the advice I gave you?" You didn't look up Muggle folklore material. ”

"Folklore material?" Hermione asked suspiciously, "Those are Muggle stories, what's the point?" ”

"Knowledge, or information, is no matter what Muggles or wizards," Clark lamented, "as a mage whose power is to study and learn knowledge, you have to establish the idea that any information is useful. ”

Seeing that Hermione still didn't seem to understand, Clark had to explain the question to her bit by bit.

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

Clarke's words made Hermione's eyes widen, "But I've never heard of it, this doesn't meet the requirements of the International Wizarding Secrecy Act......"

"It's just some legends, like you're in the Muggle world, haven't you heard of ghosts, vampires, werewolves, and witches?

And those legendary witches also ride brooms, isn't that a violation of the International Wizarding Secrecy Act? ”

Hermione was speechless.

"In fact, before the International Wizarding Secrecy Act was introduced, the connection between wizards and Muggles was not as distant as it is now.

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

Clark said as he flipped through the History of Magic again.

"It's like these house elves, there are actually many versions of their stories all over Europe.

It usually consists of a craftsman (sometimes a tailor, sometimes a shoemaker) who is one day helped by a dwarf/elf to make a product for him for free.

In return, the craftsman sewed clothes/shoes for the elves, but the elves disappeared when they received the gift in return. ”

As he spoke, he began to give examples:

"For example, in Germany in 1857, the famous Brothers Grimm wrote a story called "The Elf: The First Fairy Tale", and the content of the story was also very simple.

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

In addition, in Göttingen in 1855, the same story was told in a book entitled Lower Saxony Legends and Fairy Tales: Collected from the Mouths of the People.

In this version, the shoemaker does not pray and does not mention God, but throws the leftovers in the kitchen casually every day.

As a result, the elves ate the leftovers and began to secretly help him make shoes, and after getting the new clothes in return, the elves sang a song and disappeared.

Also, in the 1854 book "Legends and Customs of the Hesse Region of Germany", there is a similar story, in which a pokemon appears after praying to God, and the elf sings and disappears after getting the clothes.

In 1843, in the Bohemian Little Washerwoman, a variant of the story was produced, in which the elves became women whose job was to wash clothes.

She was captured by hunters in a trap and then forcibly put on her boots and ran away crying.

1826, Scotland, in Scottish Popular Rhymes.

There is a similar variant, which makes it clear that giving goblins clothes is offensive to them.

1812, Scotland, Bards of the Scottish Borders: Composed of Historical and Romantic Ballets.

It tells an important story because it tells the story of the aftermath of the elves who put on their clothes and joined the ranks of the fairies.

……”

Clark didn't stop recounting several folklore related to house-elves in one breath.

"In fact, if you read the stories I've told carefully, you'll find that the elves in these stories generally follow the same rules.

And the core of this is that the labor of these goblins is not completely free.

In addition to the food they must provide every day, the leprechauns will actually ask for something far more precious than money after years of service.

And this thing, most likely, is the owner's child. ”

"Kid!" Hermione's exclamation drew a reproachful look from Mrs. Pince, "What do those house-elves want their master's children for?" ”

"Hehe, in the wizarding world, children have a much higher status than adults."

Clark said with some heaviness.

"If you've ever read some ghost stories, you should know that many demons tend to use their unborn children as bargaining chips.

This is because the child's pure, unpolluted soul is the second alchemical material after the saints, and can be used very well in many magical rituals.

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

This is one of the reasons why the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who were founded in the first place to admit wizarding children are so revered.

Under their protection, the wizard children of the time were protected from all kinds of magical creatures, demons and monsters. ”

"So the predecessor of the house-elves was also part of the mutilation of wizards' children?" Hermione asked incredulously.

Clarke nodded, "That's right, they make a pact by secretly helping Muggles or wizards, and the end price is their master's children. ”

"How can this be!" Hermione felt like many of her ideas were on the verge of collapse.

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

If her kindness led to the liberation of these house-elves, wouldn't there be more wizard children who would be hurt because of her......

Hermione was a little embarrassed to accept this, and covered her face with her hands.

However, she quickly reacted and asked, "If that's the case, then why would a wizard let the goblins control Gringotts?" And those house-elves, don't they also work in wizards' homes? ”

"That's because they were defeated, and the wizard used magic to replace the need for human children with something else."

Clark said.

"I've warned you before that using the mind of a 'normal person' to judge the mind of a magical creature is a taboo in the realm of the occult.

A large number of books have also confirmed that the ethics and worldview of magical creatures are very different from those of humans.

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

And those things that you don't think are worth much, in the eyes of magical beings, are likely to be treasures involving some supernatural powers.

This is one of the rules that allows humans to trade with these magical creatures. ”

"Take the elves, have you ever seen how they reproduce in a book?"

Hermione's question stunned hermione, and she thought about it for a while, realizing that the books she had read didn't seem to cover it.

"Don't they need to breed?" Hermione asked curiously.

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

"Although goblins are spiritual creatures, most of which come from the natural generation of heaven and earth, this does not mean that they do not have the ability to reproduce.

It's just that their reproduction is different from that of us humans, and they don't need to rely on biological reproduction.

More often than not, they give birth to new goblins through a ritual called [Spiritual Enlightenment]. ”

"So...... Are human children sacrifices to such rituals? Hermione asked hesitantly.

She remembered that she had read in a book that in ancient times, in order to activate the spirituality of totem poles, some primitive tribes would choose to hold a bloody ritual and sacrifice children to the gods they worshipped.

"Of course, human children are more spiritual." Clark's words revealed a thick smell of blood.

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

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