[HP] I was the scroll king at Hogwarts

Chapter 147 SPEW

"SPEW? What does that mean?" Alice asked, looking at Hermione and the fifty badges in her box that stood in front of her.

Hermione raised her head proudly: "House-Elf Rights Promotion Association!"

"You mean promoting the rights of elves?" Seeing Hermione nodding, Alice smiled, "Your ideas are very unique, and few people think about house elves."

This was actually a bit beyond Alice's expectation. Most of the little wizards at this age were concerned with learning, socializing, and all kinds of small troubles. Few or almost no one would think of raising house elves, or even fighting for the rights of elves.

And ashamedly, Alice herself never thought about the house-elves.It is even said that she enjoys the services of house-elves, such as Kreacher at home.

"Oh, yes, I knew you would agree with my idea!" Hermione explained excitedly, "Our short-term goal is to ensure that the house elves get a reasonable wage and a good working environment, and the long-term goal includes modifying the use of Wand laws, and trying to get an elf into the Department for the Regulation and Control of Fantastic Creatures."

Alice nodded frequently, and seemed to agree with Hermione's point of view: "Yes, short-term and long-term considerations have been taken into account."

Hermione happily picked up a pink badge and handed it to Alice: "Originally, the participants had to pay two silver coins to buy the badge, and the income was used for us to print and distribute leaflets. But in order to thank you for your support, I decided to waive the fee to teach you!"

Looking at the pink badge with "SPEC" written in front of her eyes, Alice's smile stiffened for a moment.Wearing a "vomit" badge on clothing is a bit of a stretch.

She looked at Hermione with a serious face, and felt that she had to say something about house-elves.

"Have you ever asked the wishes of the house-elves?" Alice asked. "Have you ever read about the history of the house-elves and their attitude towards it?"

"I've researched it," said Hermione, surprised by Alice's sudden change of attitude, "I went to the library to check a lot of information. Centuries ago, elves existed as slaves."

That was what made her feel even more unforgivable.For centuries, no one has realized that this is wrong.House-elves are sentient beings, and isn't it absurd that one race has been kept as slaves by another for centuries?

Moreover, Hogwarts, as a place to train wizards, also treats house elves as slaves, which shows that the concept of wizarding society is fundamentally wrong.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with your thinking or your vision, but with the current situation, you can't even achieve your short-term goals."

Hermione stayed where she was, obviously not understanding what Alice meant.

"It's unforgivable for house-elves to be paid. After centuries of slavery, unconditional service to wizards has become somewhat of their habit," said Alice. "You can go to the kitchen, Take any elf and tell him to set him free. I'm sure his reaction is absolutely the opposite of what you'd expect."

In Alice's view, Kreacher is already a rare and unique existence among house elves, so unique that even Sirius can't stand it.But even Kreacher like this always put the Black family first, and has been carrying out Regulus' orders for so many years.

And what about the other house-elves?For them, it is not their right to get wages and pursue freedom, but it is their performance that they are abandoned by their masters and unqualified.

"But that's not true," said Hermione dazedly, "as soon as we give them a sense of freedom, they'll change their minds."

Alice said helplessly: "This is just your opinion. You can't guarantee that they will change their minds. Even if they change, it won't happen overnight. At least for now, they are unwilling to change."

Hermione lowered her head and said in a low voice, "So Professor Hall, you don't agree with my point of view."

She actually knew that everyone didn't understand her thoughts.Even her two best friends, Harry and Ron, called the House-Elf Rights Association "vomit".

"No, no, no," Alice waved her hand, "I agree with your views and ideas from the beginning. It's just that I think, why don't you change your approach?"

Hermione looked up and saw that there was no mockery in Alice's eyes, so she hesitated and asked, "What method?"

"You, the House Elf Rights Promotion Association, target wizards, but wizards, as vested interests, will not easily change their minds, especially when the slaves themselves have no objections." Alice said.

In this regard, her feelings are still very deep.In the previous World Cup, with the help of Kreacher, they quickly set up the tent.Her thought at the time was that "house-elves are awesome, and having a house-elf is really handy".

Hermione was thoughtful: "The professor means to change the target audience from wizards to house-elves?"

"That's pretty much what it means," Alice nodded gratifiedly, "but it's a gradual process. And the change in the concept of wizards should also be done subtly, but the priority is only after the house elves."

Only when the house elves realize the importance of freedom and rights can the so-called liberation be possible.Only when the elves stand up and speak out, will wizards realize that elves are intelligent, independent and independent individuals.

If Hermione's original approach was followed, she would only be ungrateful.In the eyes of house-elves, Hermione is the villain who prevents them from serving their masters; in the eyes of wizards, Hermione is a meddling, madam-hearted eccentric.

"Of course you have to pay attention to the degree of publicity," she added even though she knew it was unlikely, "don't make a 'house elf rebellion' like the 'goblin rebellion' in the end."

At that time, it will not be the liberation of rights and interests, but a battle between wizards and elves.And considering the powerful magical abilities of the elves, this must be a tragic war.

Hermione's eyes lit up, which was almost the opposite of what she did, but it did serve the same purpose.

"But how exactly?" she asked with a headache. "Sometimes I feel like I can't communicate with the elves at all."

Alice blinked: "This is the problem you have to solve, and it is also the most difficult point to solve. I think you can find out the special cases among the elves, find out the commonalities among the special cases, and think about what makes them different from other elves. Elf is different, more rebellious."

Hermione frowned, obviously this was really a difficult point for her.A rebellious elf, Dobby was one, but the only one she knew.This seems to prove that it is a wild idea to change the inherent concept of elves.

"But I have some ideas about the change of wizard's concept," Alice said unhurriedly under Hermione's expectant gaze, "You shouldn't promote 'what to do', you should focus on 'why do you want to do this'?" Do it."

For example, publicize in newspapers what house elves have done for wizards, how house elves who were not enslaved centuries ago lived, and the inhuman treatment some house elves received, etc.

"Of course you have an advantage. After all, only a small number of families own house elves. This means that there are only a small number of people who are really opposed to your position. You only need to convince the silent majority." Alice finally concluded.

The above conversation took place in Alice's office. After sending away the excited Hermione, she left the office without stopping for a second.

She always felt that it was an awkward behavior for her to come up with an idea to liberate the house elves.Maybe that's the essential difference between her and Hermione?Alice thought.

Maybe it's because she has too much affection for wizards. Even if she is a Muggle wizard, she has a stronger sense of belonging to the wizarding society than the Muggle society.This also caused her to be involuntarily influenced by various thoughts of wizards, thinking that many things should be like this.

"Professor Hall, please stay."

When she was stopped for the second time, by the very polite Sirius Black, Alice subconsciously became vigilant: "Professor Black, why are you looking for me?"

That's not what Remus said!Sirius scratched his head irritably, asking politely would not change Alice Hall's attitude towards him.

Sure enough, he was on the same level as that slug!he thought angrily.

"I want to ask, is there any way to continue avoiding the curse?" Sirius forced a friendly smile.

Because of Alice's suggestion last semester, Remus safely resigned from the position of professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts and became an assistant teacher of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

And as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor who replaced Remus, after working for half a semester, Sirius couldn't help but want to go further and keep teaching.After all, this way, he could be with Harry.

Alice said succinctly: "No."

Sirius's chest heaved, but unexpectedly, he didn't run away: "But you helped Remus escape the curse."

"'That person' is not a fool, and it is lucky to escape once. If you have been rotating professors, I think you are more likely to have an accident together." Alice explained, "Actually, I would also like Professor Lupine to escape the curse." Very surprised."

Visible to the naked eye, Sirius collapsed.Obviously not being able to stay with Harry at school all the time hit him hard.

"Goodbye, Professor Hall." He left without looking back.

Voldemort is really domineering. Looking at the lonely back of Sirius, Alice sighed with emotion.It's just a position, if you can't get it, you have to curse everyone who gets it, what a persistent and distorted psychology!

Wait, ignoring the surprised eyes of the passing students, she stopped where she was, and had a terrible thought.

Since Voldemort's body is so persistent, as a split Horcrux, why did the crown commit suicide so easily?Why didn't other Horcruxes commit suicide when they were desperate?

If the doubts are true, what is the purpose of crown suicide?Was it to make Dumbledore think he was dead?

But the headmaster is so powerful, after that he must have carefully checked the Response Room and even Alice herself, why didn't he find any problems?

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Just to emphasize, Alice is not a Horcrux