Hogwarts from another world

At Hogwarts, the castle's caretaker, Mr. Pringle, has never been likeable.

Even in the castle, there were many terrible rumors related to him.

But I have to say on his behalf that Mr. Pringle has never actually punished a student corporally, especially in such a cruel way.

Even students like Neville, who had seriously violated school rules and were sentenced to solitary confinement, were just doing some chores in chains.

But now, Mr. Pringle's ferocious methods almost shocked Neville and Hermione.

"Crack!" Another hard whip.

The house elf that was drawn let out a howl.

House elves are a very strange creature. They look skinny and small, with ears as big as bats, bulging eyes as big as tennis balls, and a relatively long and flat nose... At the same time , they can speak human words, and they look like short humans...

"Ah...ah...ah..." With one whip after another, the house elf screamed one after another.

"Tell me... who ordered you to strike!" Mr. Pringle roared.

There was no answer. All the house elves looked at their beaten companions with sympathy, but no one spoke.

"Damn it!" Mr. Pringle seemed to be a little angry, and he tried his best to crack the whip in his hand.

……

"No..." Hermione's eyes filled with tears.

But fortunately Matthew caught her in time, otherwise she might have been overcome with emotion and rushed in to try to stop Mr. Pringle.

Even Neville Longbottom, who was born in a pure-blood family, was very surprised by the scene in front of him.

Mr. Pringle gasped for air at first. After resting for a while, he continued to start his interrogation, still using such ferocious methods.

Neville and Hermione couldn't bear to watch.

Matthew tugged at them, signaling them to stop looking.

"Matthew, this is so cruel..." Hermione said softly, holding back tears, "They are slaves...those house elves..."

Matthew did not speak, but pointed to a small iron door on the other side.

Then he took his two friends and quietly left the door of the room where Mr. Pringle was; because Matthew was worried that it would be too bad if they lost control of their emotions and were discovered by Mr. Pringle!

Then, he walked to the other small iron door. The small iron gate is very short and can barely accommodate an adult house elf to pass through; for a twelve or thirteen-year-old wizard like Matthew, he needs to bend down to pass through.

As soon as he broke into the room, a pungent stench immediately came to his nostrils.

All three people quickly covered their noses.

Then, the scene before them shocked them beyond measure.

If I guessed correctly, this small room should be the "lounge" for the more than a hundred house elves.

A densely packed number of small beds appeared in front of them... a room about the same size as their common room actually contained nearly a hundred beds; the range of activities of each house elf was probably only as big as a "hand"... …

Not only these, but the sheets and quilts were extremely tattered and looked like they had been used for decades. All the cotton in many quilts has fallen out... It's hard to imagine that these thin things have to accompany those little ones throughout the winter.

It was freezing cold in the room, with no fireplace or anything else to keep warm...and it was only November. It’s hard to imagine what they would do if it were a really cold winter.

Next to one of the beds, they found a small iron basin.

The iron basin contains something similar to swill... In a sense, it can be called "food"...

Hermione bent down and got closer to the basin of things...and then, she seemed to be vomiting...

For any wizard, these things would be too much to swallow.

"Slave labor..." Hermione's breathing became very heavy, and it was difficult for her to say these words.

"The house elves are cooking for Hogwarts after all. They can at least steal something to eat while cooking..." Neville said a little deceptively.

But he must also know that this is impossible. For house elves, stealing is completely impossible.

Matthew patted Hermione's shoulder gently: "Let's go!"

They've been in this kitchen for too long...

It was obviously not safe, especially since Mr. Pringle was right next door, whipping the poor house elves hard with his whip.

……

The three of them quietly left the kitchen.

Fortunately, they were not discovered by Mr. Pringle...although they didn't know that entering the kitchen was not a violation of school rules!

However, compared with their very excited expressions when they first entered the kitchen, the three of them now looked extremely heavy.

Including Matthew Wakefield... Although he had already expected that the house elves in this world lived an inhuman life... but after witnessing their living environment and living conditions with his own eyes, he I couldn't help but be shocked by it.

The three people walked through the bright and wide stone corridor in silence.

When they appeared next to the auditorium again——

"I can't believe it..." Hermione finally stopped being silent and said with a hint of tears, "They actually treat those poor little guys like that... They cook for us, carry our luggage, clean the house... but I still have to live such a hellish life..."

"Wake up, Hermione..." Neville said with some "rationality", "They are just house elves... they are not wizards..."

"Can you do whatever you want without being a wizard?" Hermione suddenly became very angry, "We shouldn't treat them like this...even if we are dealing with pets...What's more, the help the house elves give us needs to be treated like this... Much bigger than a pet…”

"They may not like a comfortable life..." Neville continued to explain, "You don't know house elves. They actually like hard work and hard work... If you give them a comfortable environment, they will actually be very restless. of……"

"Are you an idiot, Neville?" Hermione said suddenly angrily, "It's obviously just a small effort... for wizards... improve the working environment of house elves... improve their lives..."

"Hermione..." Neville shrugged and looked at Matthew for help, "Matthew, please give her some advice..."

While wiping tears from the corners of her eyes, Hermione suddenly said: "So... they will treat Muggles like that in the future... right?"