Hogwarts Reading Days

"Sparkling?"

Harry repeated, eyes bewildered.

"The house elf who was driven away by Crouch in the World Cup." Hermione didn't even bother to use her honorific title, which shows how dissatisfied she was with Crouch's actions, "When I was reading the "Daily Prophet" today to collect information, , found out that Sirius mentioned Crouch's house-elf as proof that Barty Crouch Jr. was still alive. To be honest, I was a little concerned about Winky's situation..."

"Why are you worried..." Ron was interrupted by Hermione before he could finish speaking.

"I went over and found the poor house-elf completely broken."

Hermione felt sorry for Winky, feeling worthless for her.

"Hasn't she been evicted by Crouch?" Ron was even more confused.

"Winky still can't forget that man. Anyway, you come with me first." Hermione led the two to the kitchen below the auditorium.

"Then what do you want Albert to do?" Ron didn't forget that Hermione wanted to ask Albert for help in the first place.

"Dobby told me Albert was popular with the house-elves and maybe he could help with Winky's problems."

Because of the House-Elf Liberation Front, Hermione is now almost one of the least popular among house-elves, and although they haven't kicked her out of the kitchen, Hermione can feel the house-elves' disgust. look.

"Albert is very popular with house-elves?" Harry felt that house-elves were very warm to everyone.

"Yeah, very popular." Hermione nodded and said, "Albert is very friendly to house elves. Every year during the Christmas holidays, he will give house elves some Christmas gifts, so many house elves work for him."

"Give a house-elf a Christmas present?"

Although Harry had done it himself, he still felt that Albert was a little... hypocritical.

"Albert has a cat, and sometimes the house-elf will help take care of it..." Hermione said to herself, "I heard from Dobby that the house-elf would cook supper for Albert alone and send it to the dormitory. Of course, Albert has no prejudice against house elves, and he is very friendly, treating them like relatives, and the Christmas gift is just to express his gratitude to the house elves for their usual care."

Hermione really admires Albert. Most wizards never take house elves seriously. There are very few who can do what Albert does. He is even willing to patiently help Hermione write about house elves. Touching stories of living in harmony with wizards to promote friendly relations between the two parties.

The two looked at each other, and to be honest, Albert's treatment at the house elf made them envious.

"By the way, Albert gave Dobby a job." Hermione said suddenly.He was the first to do so, apart from Dumbledore, which few wizards are willing to do.

"He hired Dobby?" Harry and Ron were surprised.

"What did he hire Dobby for?"

"That guy is really weird," Ron muttered.

"It seems that manpower is needed to open the store in the future, and it can also take care of the lives of Fred, George, and Lee Jordan." Hermione has already learned the whole thing from Dobby, although Hermione is not satisfied with the salary Albert gave. Too satisfying, but he's at least willing to give Dobby a job, which is a good start.

Some things need to be done step by step, and everything should not be rushed.

"He's got everything ready."

Harry felt that this was very similar to Albert's style of acting, everything was prepared in advance, it didn't look like a Gryffindor at all.

Not many Gryffindors, at least, would think to think about these things in advance.

"Believe me, if Anderson was a pure-blood, he would have become the object of pursuit, admiration, and envy of countless pure-bloods." Ron seemed to remember something, and laughed at himself: "It belongs to the kind that even Malfoy has to bow his head when he sees him." A flattering type, then, with his ability and pure blood reputation, he will definitely become the Minister of Magic within ten years and become another legend in the magic world."

(The Minister of Magic is elected once every seven years and can be re-elected)

Harry and Hermione looked at Ron in astonishment.

"Don't look at me like that, Albert is more famous in the wizarding world than you think." Ron muttered, "So famous that even a guy like Malfoy can't do anything about him, even his mother admires him, Fred and George used Albert to convince our family."

"Does the wizarding world dislike Muggle wizards?" Harry asked suddenly.

"My dad just likes Muggles and never gets promoted," muttered Ron. "He doesn't care, but Percy does. The guy is ambitious."

"It's not uncommon to see crowding out anywhere."

Hermione pushed open the kitchen door and took Harry and Ron into the kitchen again. This was their second visit to the Hogwarts kitchen.

"Long time no see sir." Dobby hugged Harry tightly.

"Thank you for the Christmas present." Harry forced a smile on his face, still not quite used to the house-elf's enthusiasm.

"How is Winky?" Hermione asked anxiously.

"It's not very good. Ever since she found out about Mr. Crouch's death, she has been emotionally broken. Recently, she has been crying a lot and drinking too much. She still can't adapt to her identity." Dobby said sharply

"Because Sirius forced Winky to tell about Barty Crouch Jr?" Hermione asked warily.

"Hermione?" Harry frowned.

"No, Mr. Black didn't come to see Winky." Dobby shook his head and said, "However, Professor Dumbledore called Winky over to ask some questions a while ago."

"Dumbledore?"

The three looked at each other, followed Dobby to visit Winky, and the surrounding house-elves avoided them, as if Dobby had some terrible infectious disease.

"She looks fine now," said Ron, observing Winky.

"I just took a tranquilizer for Shiny." Dobby said helplessly, "Mr. Anderson happened to notice Shinky's condition when he came here for supper with his partner a few days ago, so he gave me a big bottle of it." Tranquilizers and euphorias, sometimes given to Winky when she's having a meltdown."

Harry looked at the house-elf, then at Hermione, and for a moment didn't know what to do, there was absolutely nothing he could do.

"Can you use the Forgetting Charm, Hermione, do you know that spell?" Harry pulled Hermione aside and muttered in a low voice, "I remember Lockhart being very good at this spell, maybe we can make Winky forget something that isn't Very pleasant memory."

"No, although I know the principle of the Forgetting Curse, but..."

Hermione had actually thought about using the Amnesiac to make Winky forget about Crouch, but she felt that she couldn't decide on her own, otherwise something bad might happen.

Of course, she can't do that.

This is actually the reason why Hermione wanted to find Albert. Maybe Albert's charm only needs to gently touch Shiny's head, and then say to the house elf: If you have nowhere to go, you can come to my house.

Maybe, all problems can be solved.

From Hermione's point of view, Albert was willing to hire Dobby, and it would definitely not be a problem to accept another house elf. This matter was beneficial to both parties. With Albert, Winky's life would definitely be much better in the future.

"Xing, are you willing to follow Albert?"

After hesitating for a long time, Hermione came to Winky and asked in a low voice, "If you want, I'll ask Albert for you. After he graduates from school, he will definitely be willing to have a house-elf to help him take care of his daily life. "

Winky raised her head and looked at Hermione in disbelief, her expression was a little twisted, she seemed to want to cry, but couldn't.

"This is a good idea. Mr. Anderson is a good man, and he is also a very great person. He is very good to everyone. He will definitely become a great wizard like Dumbledore in the future." Dobby also felt Hermione's proposal. Great, they can all work for Mr. Anderson then.

"No, Winky doesn't want to, Winky doesn't want to, Winky will never betray its master." The house elf shook his head frantically.

"Mr. Crouch is no longer your master, he drove you away." Dobby reminded sharply, "And, he is dead, killed by Peter Pettigrew."

"Shut up Dobby." Winky covered her ears and curled up.

"Do you want to go back to Barty Crouch Jr.?" Harry asked back, "I know Barty Jr. is still alive, he even took my wand and released the Dark Mark during the World Cup , now that he has returned to his master, do you plan to follow Voldemort in the future?"

The atmosphere in the kitchen suddenly became very weird, and there was even a small-scale chaos. The name Voldemort still had a strong deterrent to the house elves.

"Harry..."

Hermione forcibly pulled Harry out of the kitchen under the uneasy gaze of the house-elf.

"You shouldn't be mentioning You-Know-Who's names, you've freaked them all out." Hermione looked at Harry reproachfully, as if he'd just done something very outrageous.

"Is Barty Crouch Jr. still alive?" Ron asked suddenly.

"It seems to be alive, I heard from Sirius that little Barty is hiding, as if trying to revive Voldemort." Harry muttered.

Ron trembled all over, gritted his teeth and said, "Harry, can you not mention this name."

"Don't be like that Ron."

Under Ron's gaze, Harry finally gave in reluctantly.

"Oh, okay." He spread his hands and said, "They are looking for Barty Crouch Jr., Sirius said that if Peter can be caught, they should be able to ask the specific whereabouts of Barty Crouch Jr. .”

"Can't you ask Anderson for divination?" Ron asked in confusion: "With Anderson's ability, I think he might have a way to find out where Barty Crouch Jr. is hiding, after all, he had divination for Sirius back then." All of Peter's clues came true, even though they didn't come in handy."

"Don't be too superstitious about divination Weasley."

Moody, who had just come out of the hall, said to the three of them: "If that thing really works, many things in this world can become very easy. Even Dumbledore doesn't believe in that thing, because usually it doesn't work." allow."

"Is that so?" Harry murmured suspiciously, "But Anderson is really accurate, even though he charges a lot of Galleons for every divination."

Harry didn't quite know what happened to the other fortunetellers, but Albert Anderson's fortunetellers were all accurate.

As for Professor Trelawney, although the professor had made several predictions, Harry still thought she was a liar from the bottom of his heart.

"I've also heard that he can do divination. If Mr. Anderson is really that powerful, I should suggest that Dumbledore ask him to do divination." Moody muttered, "At least, you don't have to worry about not being able to find Peter Pettigrew. Barty Crouch Jr."

Moody limped away on crutches, looking as if he intended to talk to Dumbledore about it.

"That...Professor Moody."

Hermione hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and said, "Can you ask Professor Dumbledore for me, just tell him that the house elf Winky has collapsed because of Mr. Crouch's death, and the question is whether you can use the Forgetting Charm to help Winky Forget those unpleasant memories."

Moody stopped, turned his head and stared at Hermione with the potion for a moment, and said in a low voice: "To be honest, this is not a pleasant topic, especially tampering with other people's memories, which is generally taboo for wizards If you can not do that, it is best not to do that, and if you want to erase the important memories of other people in the head of the house elf, you also need a very powerful oblivion spell, once used, it will cause damage to the house elf's brain Permanent damage."

Hermione's face became extremely pale, the corners of her mouth quivered and she said, "I didn't know it would be like this."

"You still have a lot to learn, and I suggest you focus on helping Potter pass the second project." Moody looked up at Harry and said, "The situation is getting a little weird now, you'd better Learn more ways to protect yourself, don't go to the battlefield unprepared, it's easy to lose your life. It's really hard for me to imagine that Dumbledore didn't teach you these things."

Under the gaze of the three, Moody limped away on crutches.

"I don't think it's a good idea for you to ask Professor Moody for help," Ron muttered.

Harry also agrees with Ron's words. Moody is obviously more interested in the arrest of the dark wizard. If he can find out the whereabouts of Little Barty by asking Winky, Moody will definitely do that.

However, the three of them didn't know that their conversation just now caused some waves in Moody's heart.

Divination?

To be honest, Barty Jr. doesn't believe in this deceptive thing.

Even if little Barty got an excellent result in o·w·ls divination.No, maybe it was because he got an excellent grade in the divination exam that he knew better what divination was like.

There are actually very few real fortune tellers, and they are more or less liars. Even if they are not liars, their abilities are usually very limited, and they cannot predict accurate things. What they get is basically some mysterious and inexplicable things.

Of course, Anderson is really evil, and there must be a reason why Potter and Weasley admired him so much.

That guy really is a scourge.

Little Barty felt that he needed to be more vigilant, so as not to be exposed because of divination that day, although he felt that this kind of thing might be extreme.

Sometimes he really wanted to kill that Mudblood.

In fact, Barty Jr. was right.

If Albert is willing, Barty Jr. overturned.