"So how much salary do you want?" Dracula was a little speechless, and then asked.

Dobby had a very bright smile on his face, tears of joy filling his eyes again.

"Mr. Dracula, Dobby wants to be paid, just to buy enough clothes for Dobby to wear! Dobby still prefers work to salary!" Dobby said, "So, Dobby is a free elf, sir, and Dobby only needs one sicot a day and one day off a month!"

"One ...... a day Sico?" The corners of Dracula's eyes jumped, "Your monthly salary is not even two Galleons, and you can't even afford a beautiful dress."

How can there be such a conscientious labor force in this world, I am afraid that even the black-hearted capitalists in the Muggle world dare not oppress employees like this. If they dare to learn that there are such employees, they will probably be moved to tears......

"It's okay, sir, Dobby is holding this outfit long enough to wear!" Dobby said contentedly, "Dobby has calculated that three sets of clothes a year are enough! One set in summer and one in winter, and one set in spring and autumn!"

"So what you call getting dressed...... It's just looking for a dress to wear, rather than looking for a new and better-looking outfit?" Listening to Dobby's miraculous speech, Dracula became more and more helpless.

"Of course, house-elves don't need those nice clothes!" Dobby said confidently, "Dobby can wear even a pillowcase for years!"

"I can't meet your request." Dracula shook his head, "What kind of salary is a silver west a day? If this spreads, people may think that I am the kind of evil capitalist who picks the door...... Where are you going to put my face?"

"Well, on your terms, exchange Sico for Galleons, a gold Galleon a day." He did a little math, and changed a condition that he didn't think was good, "As for rest days, it's the same as Hogwarts students, and it's okay to have two weekends off?"

"That's it...... Seven Galleons a week and two days off?" Dobby crossed his fingers and counted for a long time, and suddenly shuddered, "So much money and vacation time...... It's horrible!"

"That's more than seven Galleons a week......," Dracula said after a moment of silence, "Dobby, do you know that if your salary is a little less, and your holidays are deducted, you will not be much different from those free house-elves."

"But...... Dobby is a free house-elf......" Dobby stared at Dracula in front of him with big green eyes a little confused.

Degu stretched his hand and held his forehead.

Free and free are the same word, "free", and Dobby is a way of understanding Dracula's house-elves who don't want money as free house-elves.

"Mr. Dracula, it's not that Dobby is bargaining, it's that you're giving too much!" Dobby seemed to see Dracula's lack of words, and flatteringly explained, "Sir...... Dobby likes freedom, but Dobby doesn't want much freedom. Dobby prefers to work!"

It's better that Dobby doesn't explain, and explaining it makes Dracula completely helpless. ….

It can only be said that even a progressive elf in the wizarding world like Dobby wants to escape from the mental imprisonment of a house-elf overnight.

Others bargain with their bosses for a higher salary and more vacation time. Dobby is better, in turn, he will press down his salary, and he can compress as much as he can during the holidays, and he will be anxious with you if he can't achieve his ideas......

"Okay, it's up to you." Dracula waved his hand and kicked the speechless house-elf out of the office, "Go to Gryffindor's bedroom and apologize to the great Harry Potter you admire!"

……

Since the first Quidditch match in November, Hogwarts has had an additional house-elf who needs to be paid.

Although the salary he needs is not the same for Dracula......

Dracula threw a large bag of gold galleons directly to Dobby, covering his salary for more than 20 years.

Dobi for a bit

Horrified by the amount of wealth, he returned the gold to Dracula. He left only two Galleons for himself, which represented a month plus another four separate days' wages.

The house-elves are also good at housework, and keep Dracula's office in order.

After becoming a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor and getting such an office, Dracula never bothered to arrange and tidy it up, basically just after seeing that it was a little messy, he casually used a cleaning charm to get rid of the dust in the office, and then continued to let it maintain that "messy beauty".

As for the interior of the office, Dracula hasn't done much to renovate it.

He had merely used Transfiguration to turn the curtains into thick black curtains, which he used to block out the sunlight that might come in during the day; Hang a few bats at the door of the office that look like specimens but are actually alive and well, and use them to provide a guard for the office to prevent anyone from sneaking in.

There wasn't much of the other furnishings or the like—a desk, two soft armchairs, a comfortable sofa, a bookshelf with a few books, a wine rack for wine, a sugar rack for lollipops, and a large bed.

And after Dobby took over the management of the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor's office, things changed dramatically.

Desks and bookshelves are neatly organized, beds are not wrinkled, and every corner of the office is spotless.

Dobby also deliberately followed Dracula's preferences, took the money that Dracula gave him to buy, and added a lot of decorations to the idle space in the office-

For example, a black Gothic coffee table, a large vase carved with demonic wings, a large dark clock standing tall, and a crystal lamp decorated like a moon......

When the furniture was finished, Dobby noticed that a corner of his office was still empty, so he planted a few bright red flowers watered with blood.

It is a flower from the ancient magical world of the Himalayas, the Sanskrit name seems to be Manju Sahua, it has no leaves when it blooms, the petals are as red as blood, and it is stained with a bewitching temperament. ….

Dobby has been tending to Malfoy Manor for a long time, and is very good at using magic to raise flowers. He thought that this strange flower was very much in line with Dracula's temperament, so he took great care to cultivate them very well.

[In view of the general environment, as Dracula's new butler, Dobby has taken care of Dracula's office very carefully.

But it only took him a week to clean and decorate Dracula's office.

Then Dobby was idle.

In the past, he not only had to rely on his own house-elf to take care of the entire huge Malfoy Manor, but also had to accept accusations and various temporary instructions from the Malfoys.

Even so, Dobby was able to find time to sneak out and "rescue" Harry Potter from the Dark Lord's threat......

You can imagine how efficient his work efficiency is.

Now that it's just an office, Dobby still feels bored, even with the addition of some of the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom and dueling club.

When he didn't have enough work, Dobby felt a deep sense of guilt, believing that this lazy life was not something that a good house-elf should enjoy.

So, he went into the kitchen on the basement level of Hogwarts Castle and went to help the other house-elves who worked at Hogwarts......

"Budi, let me tell you, I'm definitely the most successful house-elf now!" In the Hogwarts kitchen, Dobby brushes the dishes and shows off to the house-elves he just met.

"Why do you say that?" Budi, a house-elf who works in the kitchen, asked curiously.

"Because I'm a house-elf with my own wage!" Dobby proudly said, "I can earn 30 silver sike a month, which means that in less than half a year, I can buy a set of clothes with my own money!"

"What?!" Budi looked horrified

, moved a few steps to the side, as if he didn't want to stand with Dobby, "Who the hell is your master, who can degenerate you to the point of getting paid? Budi is ashamed of you!"

"Don't do that, Budi, don't you want to wear a new dress?" Dobby asked, "If we can earn a wage, we can buy clothes with our own money!"

Dobby's talk about buying clothes finally aroused Budy's curiosity, and he suppressed the unreal feeling in his heart and asked:

"So why did your master pay you, Dobby?"

"Because Dobby has no master, Dobby is a free house-elf!" Dobby said, "It was Mr. Dracula who hired me, and he paid me to work for him."

"Mr. Dracula is the greatest man I've ever met, and he's willing to pay the house-elves and even give them a holiday!"

"What?!" Budi was so shocked that his hands shook and he slammed the plate in his hand on the ground, "You said you don't have a master, you're a free house-elf?!"

"And you even have a vacation? How can you be the most successful house-elf, you are clearly a house-elf shame!"

Budi's shrill scream attracts the attention of all the house-elves in the kitchen.

The elf supervisor in the kitchen was chopping vegetables, and when he heard Budi's voice, his face darkened.

The elf director, carrying a freshly chopped and bloody kitchen knife, stepped forward and grabbed Dobby's arm and forcibly pulled him out of the kitchen door.

"We don't need a depraved house-elf like you in the kitchens at Hogwarts!" He said viciously.

The kitchen door slammed shut.

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Ripples of dust