Calvin went to the basement, where he had moved his office underground since Malfoy was Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts.

Lucius was reading a book under a dim oil lamp when he heard Calvin coming, so he put it aside.

Calvin glanced at Lucius as he looked at a book about leprechaun craft from the medieval period, with a label on the crest indicating that it had been borrowed from the library.

"I thought you'd be more interested in riches and honor." Calvin flipped through the book with interest.

"I think these books will bring me more wealth, Mr. Capet," Lucius said respectfully, "and, of course, wealth and honor must be built on the basis of life." ”

"You're right," Calvin put the book down, "and do you know that your life is in danger right now." ”

Calvin put his hands behind his back and stared straight at Lucius.

"Ah, Mr. Capet, what's going on?" Lucius's nerves tensed instantly.

"Go, call your house-elf, the one named Dobby, here." Calvin said coldly.

Lucius was a little confused, but he quickly summoned Dobby to his office.

The house-elf's magic is not limited by Hogwarts, so he appears directly in front of the two.

"Master, what are you looking for?" Dobby humbly saluted Lucius.

But Lucius did not speak, but looked at Calvin beside him, waiting for his order.

Dobby also noticed Calvin, he looked up, and his big bulb-like eyes met Calvin's, and then immediately looked away, as if he was afraid of being burned by these fiery red eyes.

"Dobby," Calvin's voice was soft, "you've been looking for Harry a few times this year, Harry Potter, what did you say and do to him?" ”

Dobby shuddered involuntarily as he looked at Lucius, "Master, Dobby..."

"Answer his question, Dobby."

"Yes, master," Dobby turned to Calvin and bowed, "Dear Mr. Capet, Dobby has approached Mr. Potter three times this year to get him out of Hogwarts. Dobby also tells him that there is a conspiracy against him in the castle..."

Dobby didn't say a word, and his head drooped a little.

"Dobby!" Before Lucius could finish listening, he began to roar angrily, "You are a house elf, how dare you not listen to me!" How dare you! ”

Dobby heard the roar and quickly curled up on the ground, shivering, waiting for punishment to come.

But nothing hit him, and not a single spell came out. He opened his eyes and found that Lucius's impulsive actions had been stopped by Calvin.

"Don't get excited, Lucius. Strictly speaking, he didn't break your rules, he just played a play on words. And I told you that it's better to pay attention to house-elves and don't capsize in the gutter. ”

Calvin said sarcastically.

"Well, give me this house-elf, and you won't have to worry about him continuing to disobey your orders."

Lucius slowly put down the book he was about to throw out, and said nervously, "Mr. Cape, this house-elf has no problem giving you, but my identity will not be revealed." ”

"Since I've come to you, I'm here to tell you that there's no problem with your safety. But in the future, you should be more careful. You've got your wife and Draco on you. Calvin patted Lucius on the shoulder.

"Yes, yes, and Narcissa and Draco. I'll be careful in the future. Lucius wiped the sweat from his forehead and pulled out a piece of parchment from a drawer, preparing to write a contract to transfer the relationship between the house-elves.

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But Calvin took out a piece of parchment directly from his sleeve, and Lucius took it and saw that it was a complete contract, leaving only himself unsigned.

Lucius looked at Dobby, who was trembling next to him, "Mr. Cape, to be honest, an unqualified and disobedient house-elf like this is actually of no value, why don't you replace one?" ”

"No, I'm very interested in this little guy."

Lucius nodded, and signed his name at the bottom of the contract.

Dobby suddenly stood up straight, his eyes widened, and the expression on his face was no longer panicked, but half excited and half surprised.

He turned to Calvin and saluted respectfully, "Master." ”

"Very well," Calvin nodded in satisfaction, then said to Lucius, "The fishing plan is going on as usual, don't worry about your safety." ”

With that, he left the gloomy basement, with Dobby following him.

Back in his office, Amor was lying on a pile of books and immediately noticed the ugly elf following Calvin. As a magical animal with no low intelligence, she immediately judged what it was!

House-elves! Snatch her job!

Amor was furious, and stood up on the stack of books, his hair standing on end, grinning at Calvin.

My mother has been serving you with all her heart and soul for so many years, if you don't give me more cat food, forget it, and bring a little slut back from outside to steal my place.

Seeing that Amor was about to jump over and scratch himself, Calvin hurriedly hugged Amor and stroked her head and scratched her chin.

"Alright, Amor, I'm not going to drive you away. I'll give you a meal tonight. Calvin stroked the civet's fur and placed her on the ground. Amor, who was in a slightly better mood, ran back to the cat nest with a puff of smoke, but she still held out a kitten's head and looked warily at the ugly house-elf behind Calvin.

Calvin sat down on the couch and reached out to the couch next to him, motioning for Dobby to sit down, "Sit." ”

Dobby didn't speak, just shook his head, not daring to sit down.

"Dobby, I order you to sit down and talk to me." Only then did the house-elf dare to sit on the sofa and bow his head in fear.

"Dobby, why are you stopping Harry from coming to school, why are you telling him that someone in the school is going to target him?" Calvin's tone sounded lighthearted.

Dobby's head hung even lower and he whispered, "Because Mr. Potter is the great hero, the Savior, he defeated the mystery man." Dobby didn't want him to get hurt. ”

Calvin nodded, and then asked, "So, how did you disobey Lucius's orders?" ”

"Dobby will punish himself..."

"What?" Calvin didn't hear it for a moment.

"Dobby would punish himself, and after disobeying his master's orders, Dobby would hit his head against the wall and poke Dobby with a fork."

Calvin then noticed that Dobby had a lot of scars on his body that hadn't fully healed. He shook his head regretfully, like Kreacher, Dobby was not a house-elf who was completely obedient to orders, but a creature of free will.

He took off his coat and threw it on the table in front of Dobby, "Help me put my clothes away." ”