Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 186 34. Dobby's Interview

Early the next morning, at 5:55 in the morning, Merlin woke up from meditation on time.

He took a shower first, then put on his nightgown, sat by the window, watched the gradually waking city, and ate a refreshed breakfast in the tranquility of no one being disturbed.

Even though he was on vacation, Merlin didn't really want to go anywhere in particular.

If it wasn't for the fact that he had received an invitation to attend the Weasley family's gathering, he would actually rather lazily sleep at home in New York for a week, and then go to Wisconsin for a visit.

But since he came to London, Merlin planned to use these few days to shop for some urgently needed magic items in Diagon Alley.

It was a long shopping list, and it took him several days and a lot of luck to gather everything he needed.

The clock on the wall slowly pointed to 7 o'clock, and Merlin's door was knocked.

"Come in."

Merlin leaned back in his chair and called out to the door.

The next moment, with the fluctuation of the magical power of the Transfiguration Curse, a house elf with a rag on his body and a pair of suede boots appeared in front of Merlin in a majestic disguise.

That's Dobby.

Merlin had seen it once before and operated on it.

Speaking of which, this elf is really lucky. Merlin still remembers that when he operated on Dobby, he made at least 3 mistakes that shouldn't have been made.But the elf tenaciously survived the threat of death.

Dobby was very nervous. He received a message from the kind Mr. Harry last night. He knew that Mr. Merlin, who had saved his life, was likely to become his new boss.

But Mr. Merlin is not a talkative employer, and he needs an interview with Dobby.This was the first time Dobby participated in an interview, and he even sneaked into the Muggle library for this purpose, and read books all night.

Now, Dobby tried hard to straighten his chest, trying to make himself look more capable.

But unfortunately, its appearance determines that this camouflage posture can only make it look more ridiculous.

House elves are naturally short creatures, even shorter than the goblins of Gringotts.

And their appearance is also very weird, as ugly as those ugly goblins, with bat-like ears and slender noses.The most important thing is that most of them look skinny, but they have big eyes, so Dobby's protruding eyes and green pupils look a little scary.

It has no hair on the top of its head and has many wrinkles on its forehead.

Generally speaking, this is not a creature that can make people feel good at first glance.

In fact, the status of such ugly creatures in the wizarding world is also very embarrassing. When the wizarding civilization was born, they served around the wizarding gate as slaves.

It is said that this originated from a human wizard’s rescue of the house elves. The rescued elves voluntarily became servants of the wizards in order to repay their favor. Coupled with their natural good magic perception, in the thousands of years of inheritance, the house elves Elves have become a very important link in wizard civilization.

In this era, most house elves, after thousands of years of slave inheritance, take it as a matter of course that they are slaves. Most elves have never thought of changing their living conditions and status.

They regard loyalty as the greatest dedication in life, and even in some ancient families, when the house elves are too old to work, the master will cut off its head and keep it as a collection.

This cruel behavior is even regarded as a twisted "glory" by the house elves.

However, when the forest is big, there will be all kinds of birds, and the oppression has lasted for thousands of years, and there will always be people who will resist.

Dobby is the most unique of the house elves, Harry said that he knows how to distinguish right from wrong, good from evil.

In fact, Dobby really doesn't like his former masters, the Malfoy family, because they are a group of crazy Death Eaters. Shame, it wanted to rebel, and it did.

It violated the master's orders several times, helped Harry Potter, and finally got freedom with Harry's help.

This is a unique life. Merlin looked at the nervous house elf in front of him. He already knew all the stories about Dobby from Harry and Ron.

If the person standing in front of him was a human being, then Merlin would include him in his department. He needed this kind of employee who could distinguish right from wrong and who knew how to pretend and resist.

But the thing is, Dobby isn't human.

"Dobby, I believe Harry has told you what I have said."

Merlin was wearing a nightgown. He crossed his legs and looked at the nervous house elf in front of him. He said:

"I don't need you to serve me, I don't need a servant. I live in the Muggle world, in our world slavery has been dead thousands of years ago, and I don't need you to be my slave. "

"Yes, Mr. Merlin."

Dobby replied in a high-pitched, cadenced voice:

"Mr. Harry told Dobby that Mr. Merlin needs Dobby to join your department as a... er, advisor on magical matters."

Having said that, Dobby said nervously:

"To be honest, Dobby doesn't think he is qualified to be a magic consultant. Dobby is just a humble house elf. Dobby doesn't know too many secrets about wizards."

"But you at least know a lot more than Muggles."

Merlin waved his fingers and said softly:

"What you are going to join is a department made up of muggles, where your knowledge and magic can be of great help. Most importantly, I need an assistant who can skillfully use the transfer spell to help me at critical moments. My subordinates provide the necessary support."

"Yes, Dobby's Transfiguration spell is very good. This is the innate ability of all house elves."

The house elf nodded hastily. When it talks, it has a habit. It doesn't call itself "I", but calls itself by its own name. This is probably the habit of the house elves when they were slaves.

Because in the eyes of the master, slaves are not equal beings, they are just talking and intelligent utensils, and they are not qualified to use the word "I".

"not bad?"

Merlin tasted the word, looked at Dobby, and said:

"You're too modest, Dobby. At least I haven't seen any wizard who can take five people at a time, directly from England to North America... Your accomplishments in the transfer spell are already comparable to those Great wizard. That's really outstanding."

Merlin's praise made Dobby less nervous, and a smile appeared on his ugly face.

"Next question, Dobby, do you use any other magic besides the Displacement Charm?"

Merlin asked.

Dobby nodded:

"Dobby can use basic magic. The Malfoys never avoided Dobby when they taught their son. Dobby memorized those spells. Oh, Malfoy is stupid, and Dobby only needs a few practice The magic he uses takes him days to master."

"Let me see with a disarming spell."

Merlin took out his wand and put it in his hand.

Dobby was a little apprehensive, and said softly:

"No, no! Mr. Merlin saved Dobby's life, and Dobby is in an interview, so he can't use magic on Mr. Merlin. That's not right."

"That's part of the interview too, Dobby."

Merlin said to the house elf in front of him:

"I need you to be a member of my department, but I don't need to be burdensome in my department. Before you officially enter the job, Dobby, I need to make sure that you are competent for the series of tasks I will give you in the future... This is very important. Important, I can't send a powerless person into a dangerous zone."

"Then... that's fine."

Dobby stretched out his slender fingers. Under Merlin's gaze, the elf didn't chant spells, and there were almost no magic fluctuations. It just snapped its fingers lightly, and the magic wand in Merlin's hand was slammed by an invisible hand. Twitching, the wand Lola was beating and was about to leave Merlin's palm.

But the next moment, Merlin clenched his fingers again, canceling Dobby's disarming spell.

This made Dobby very disappointed, his big ears were pulled down, obviously, he thought he had failed the interview.

But it didn't.

"Very well, Dobby! You've proven yourself, and you're as good at disarming as you are at shifting."

Merlin was very satisfied with the performance of the house elf.

He needs Dobby to take on the important task of saving the lives of agents in critical moments in the future.Among them, the transfer spell and the disarming spell are two very important magics, and Dobby's ability to use the disarming spell without a spell also fully proves the magical potential of this elf. As long as it is given enough time, it can become A magical advisor who rivals full-fledged wizards.

And it has a big advantage.

Muggles, that is, ordinary people, cannot see house-elves.They are essentially magical beings.

In this way, when Dobby was carrying out his mission in the Muggle world, it was equivalent to putting on the best disguise.

The interview is almost over now.

Merlin was very satisfied with Dobby's various performances. Maybe it will not be able to reverse its will and thoughts for a while, but it doesn't matter, Merlin has enough time to reverse its wrong ideas.

"This... sign it."

Merlin handed over a contract prepared last night to Dobby, who took it in his hands respectfully.

Although this house elf is more rebellious than his companions, it has also inherited the extremely polite habits of the house elves.Although he looks ugly and looks funny, but if you look closely, it is not difficult to find that Dobby has a very elegant demeanor in every gesture.

Even the movement of snapping fingers just now, and the rhythmic shaking of the arm, if placed on a human body, it would be quite chic.

Dobby looked at the contract Merlin gave it, and this was the first time in its life that it saw a contract related to itself.

Especially when he saw the salary package on the last page, Dobby's big eyes widened even wider. He looked at the string of dollar figures and the conversion rate of gold Galleons behind him, and he looked up in a daze. At first, looked at Merlin.

it says:

"Too much, this is too much. Mr. Merlin, Dobby was at Hogwarts..."

"I know about you at Hogwarts."

Merlin waved his hand and said to Dobby:

"But that was in the wizarding world, and you are now an employee of the Muggle world. In our world, there is a term called minimum wages. I can't keep your wages down, or it's illegal...you can It is understood that this is already the least amount of remuneration you can get in theory, and you don’t need to worry about it at all.”

"Uh?"

Dobby blinked, and it said:

"Mr. Merlin, Dobby doesn't know much about people in the Muggle world, but are you all so generous?"

"I don't know about others."

Merlin shrugged:

"But the benefits of S.H.I.E.L.D. are really good. How about it? Dobby, do you want to sign?"

"Ah."

Dobby nodded, and it said to Merlin:

"Dobby has nowhere to go. The kind Mr. Harry has taken Winky. He is Dobby's friend. Dobby doesn't want to trouble other good people. If Mr. Merlin thinks Dobby can help, then Dobby will do his best." Help."

After finishing speaking, with a wave of its slender fingers, a name with very beautiful lines was neatly written in the signature field of the contract.

"very good."

Merlin accepted the contract, he stood up and said to Dobby:

"So from now on, in the next 5 years, Dobby, you are a department of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the official consultant of SDOLD. You may not understand what our department does. I think you can understand it. , we are the Department of Magical Affairs Management of the Muggle world. Any magic-related matters that happen in the Muggle world are under our jurisdiction."

Speaking of which, Merlin looked at the worn-out pillowcase and suede boots Dobby was wearing, frowned and said:

"You need to go through a 6-month training before you can officially enter the job. Before you enter the Secret Service Academy, I will give you 2 additional tasks."

"Uh-huh."

Dobby nodded vigorously, looked up at Merlin, and said:

"Please order, master, er, I mean, Mr. Merlin."

"Call me sir!"

After Merlin said something, he hooked his fingers, and his wallet flew from his coat pocket to his hand.Merlin took out some bills from it and handed them to Dobby, who said:

"Here is your uniform and weapon allowance. I need you to go to Madam Malkin's robe shop in Diagon Alley as soon as possible to order a suitable uniform for secret agents. I have already greeted Madam Malkin in advance. In the future, the uniforms of our department will be made by her. In addition, I need you to go to Mr. Ollivander's wand shop to choose a suitable wand for yourself."

"How can a good agent have no weapons?"

(End of this chapter)