"Lord-Lord-Master" shivered with fright

"Did you steal Harry's wand!" Sirius stepped forward and asked

"Wand? No! Twilight didn't steal anything! Twilight is a good elf! Twinkle shook her head wildly

"Then why is Harry's wand in your hand!"

"Mr. Black—" Crouch interrupted with a cold face, "it seems to be the job of our Ministry of Magic"

"Harry needs an explanation," Sirius didn't back down

"The Ministry of Magic will give Mr. Potter a satisfactory answer, but—don't bother" Crouch glanced at Sirius and turned to Diggory "Amos, I'm sorry for you"

"Of course, sir. This is meant to be my job" As he spoke, Amos stood up to Twinkle and asked sternly, "Leprechaun!" I'm a member of the Department of Magical Beasts Control and Control, and you've violated the law. Now, we give you a chance to explain why Mr. Potter's wand is in your hand. ”

Twinkle was visibly frightened by the battle. She curled up on the ground, her hands clasped to her knees, her ears pressed to her cheeks, her big teary eyes looking at Crouch and Amos at a loss.

"I-I picked it up" for a long time before he spoke weakly

"Little goblin, I must warn you, don't try to deceive us, it will only disgrace your master!" Amos issued another stern warning

"I'm not lying!"

"Where did you pick it up?"

"That's—in the woods over there," Shiver raised his arm

Everyone looked in the direction of their fingers, but Crouch strode in front of Shimmer, grabbed its tattered robes, picked it up, and said angrily, "Just you?" ”

Everyone was puzzled by his reaction, and couldn't understand why he suddenly became angry.

"I-I-I..." It's hard to imagine that the house-elf was speechless in the face of his master's inquiry.

"Humph!" Throwing it to the ground, Crouch didn't say hello to anyone and disappeared in an instant.

Looking at the flash of rolling and crying on the ground, a group of people stared at each other, not understanding what kind of dumb riddle the pair of master and servant were playing.

More than ten seconds later, Crouch returned. The most intuitive feeling of the people around him is that he seems to be in a much better mood

"Mr. Crouch, you just—" Arthur asked, frowning

"I'm sorry, Arthur. A little personal," Crouch replied lightly

"It's okay"

When he said this, it was difficult for everyone to ask again.

"Mr. Crouch, the wand—" Amos spoke

"Oh, go ahead," Crouch's face turned cold again, as he spoke of his elf.

"Okay" Amos pondered for a moment, "Boom-elf, you"

"Mister"

Amos was interrupted by an abrupt shout

"Hermione?"

Harry, Ron, Sirius, and Mr. Arthur looked at Hermione in amazement, not knowing what she wanted to do.

"You—it's Hermione," Amos remembered her

"Sir, I believe what Twinkle said" In front of the leaders, Hermione had no stage fright.

"Why?"

"Because we had been to the woods over there during the commotion, Harry's wand could have fallen inside. Right? Hermione turned to Harry and Ron, hoping for their approval.

"Yes"

"This possibility is not ruled out"

Ron and Harry were also very fond of her

"And it was in the box before. Even though Twinkle was afraid of heights, she still took a seat for Mr. Crouch at his request. I don't think she'd break the rules of the Ministry of Magic for no reason. ”

Amos was silent for a moment, and whispered to Crouch, "Look...."

"What do you think, Mr. Black?" Crouch turned to Sirius

"Let Harry decide"

Hearing this, Amos glanced at Crouch, who nodded. Then he consulted Amelia Bones, the director of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and finally—

"So- Mr. Potter, as a party, the Ministry of Magic has decided to respect your opinion" Amos left the decision to Harry

"Me?" Harry was stunned to find Hermione looking at him with a begging look.

"I believe Sparkle didn't steal the wand" Even if Hermione hadn't begged him, he wouldn't blame Twilight. He thought he had accidentally lost it, but Sparkle just happened to pick it up.

"In that case... Given that there were no serious consequences, and that there was the trust of the parties... Leprechaun, we will exempt you from responsibility for theft and wand possession. But if you find out about this situation in the future, you must report it to the Ministry of Magic or your master in time, and you must not deal with it yourself! Amos announced the final result

"Great, Twilight" Hermione stepped forward, trying to pull Twilight up. She was genuinely happy

"Elf, you must strictly abide by the rules of the Ministry of Magic in the future, and you must not disgrace Mr. Crouch again" Percy came out of nowhere at the moment

"I don't think that's necessary," Crouch said slowly

As if sensing something to come, the "Lord-Man" suddenly turned around and stared at his master with dull eyes.

"Twilight's behavior tonight has touched the bottom line of absolute obedience" Crouch looked at it indifferently, without the slightest pity in his eyes, "I told it to stay in the tent, I told it to see good things, but it disobeyed me!" A house-elf who doesn't listen to his master's orders - then.... Clothes! ”

"No ——!" With a terrible scream, Flashing jumped and fell at Crouch's feet, buried his face directly in his leather shoes and cried, "No, no, no! Master, no clothes! No clothes! ”

"She can't be blamed for that!" Hermione stepped forward quickly and said indignantly, "She has a fear of heights!" It must have been frightening to see the demonstrators hanging people in the air, and you should be considerate of her! ”

"I understand it?" Crouch smiled eerily, as if he had heard a big joke. He took two steps back, trying to get rid of the tangle of the glitter. But Twinkle followed suit, and his face seemed to be welded to Crouch's leather shoes.

"I don't need a house-elf who tarnishes the reputation of his master"

Leaving a word lightly, the Crowage Phantasm is gone.

"Ahhh!!h Flashing and crying

"Let's go too" The farce was over, and Ivy and the others prepared to go back. Only Hermione stood still, watching the heartbroken Flash, not moving.

"Let's go, Hermione," Mr. Arthur came over, patting her on the shoulder and whispering in assuasion.

.....

"It's slavery! It's oppression! Raw! Barbarous! Uncivilized! They don't treat house-elves as human beings at all! On the way, Hermione was very irritable and scolded the wizards for their inhumane behavior.

"Calm down, Hermione. It's not human," Ron casually comforted

Didn't want to directly attract firepower" That doesn't mean she doesn't have feelings - Ron! ”

"If you want me to say that Mr. Crouch should have chased away such a house-elf," Percy is also a traditional wizard, and the owner told him to stay still, but he fled. He also violated the rules and possessed a wand, embarrassing Mr. Crouch in front of so many Ministry of Magic officials. ”

"She didn't do anything!" Hermione yelled

"It was Mr. Black who found out in time!" Percy was still conceited and said, "Think, Hermione. In Mr. Crouch's position, if his house-elf is doing anything around with a wand.... He can't afford it! ”

"She's not doing anything wrong! She just picked up her wand from the ground! Hermione snapped

"Okay~ Hermione," Ron said, "there's no need to be serious, Kreacher doesn't do the same, and you haven't seen it before." House-elves were born to be masters."

Kreacher is an elf of the Sirius family. It hated Sirius and thought he was a disgrace to the Black family. Sirius usually beats and scolds it, and the relationship between master and servant is very stiff, but Kreacher still faithfully carries out Sirius's orders.

"Nobody is born for whom" Because of Kreacher's business, Hermione doesn't like Sirius very much right now.

"But it's not—" Ron tried to retort that it wasn't human, but Hermione glared at him and retracted it.

"Hermione" Ivey, who had been watching the play for a long time, finally said "I don't think you need to be angry at all"

"You think they deserve it, too!" Now, even looking at Ivey's eyes became dangerous

"I mean, if you're upset about what happened to Twilight, you should be happy."

"I'm ~ happy?" Hermione wondered if she had misheard

"Now that it's expelled, it's no longer oppressed by Crouch and it's free. Isn't that a good thing? ”

"...."Hermione hesitated, "It seems good to me, but Twilight doesn't think so"

"What does it think has to do with you? It thinks it should serve its master, do you agree? ”

Hermione was silent

Betty tugged at his sleeve twice, signaling not to speak too harshly. Ivy also took it when he saw it, and he turned to look at Mr. Arthur, "Mr. Arthur, do you know what Minister Barty was doing halfway?" I feel better when I come back."

"Not very sure," replied Mr. Arthur, "but certainly not work-related." The most important thing in the ministry at this time is how to deal with the aftermath. Perhaps, as he said, a little bit of a private matter. ”

"What's so strange about that," Harry disagreed, "Didn't you hear Mr. Crouch, he told Twilight to stay in the tent and look at something, maybe there was something valuable." He was worried that the baby would be lost, so he flew back to take a look, and found that he was naturally in a good mood if he didn't lose it."

"That's fine, just like I thought," Ron chimed in, "maybe Mr. Crouch bets too—"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Mr. Arthur hurriedly scolded

"The logic is reasonable. But judging from what he asked, it seemed that there was more than one person in Shining. Did Minister Barty's family come too? Ivey asked again

"Uh.... Mr. Crouch is currently alone," said Mr. Arthur, who pondered for a moment before speaking

"Alone? I'm not married, or—"

"All I can tell you is that Mrs. Crouch and her children have sadly passed away," Mr. Arthur said vaguely

"Hmph~" Sirius listened and scoffed.

"That's what I'm thinking too much," Ivy didn't ask anymore