This idea of a demon house-elf was completely out of the mainstream among house-elves nowadays.
Even Dobby, who had an avant-garde ideology and had always pursued freedom, was not as bold as this demon.
Hermione, on the other hand, kept nodding. Some of the demon's ideas matched her own.
She did not agree with waging war, but house-elves had to stand up for their rights. They were not slaves.
"Home-elves are supposed to serve their masters," Ron could not help but say.
He, Harry, Hermione, and Elaine had been standing behind Dumbledore, nervously observing this demon house-elf. The unfamiliar magic and power made him feel awe, but this demon was not threatening at all. What's more, the topic it was talking about was so familiar that Ron forgot to be afraid.
The history that the demon had just mentioned and what it was now talking about was a topic that he and Hermione had been arguing about for a long time. It was about the rights and protection of house-elves and their relationship with wizards. They had been discussing this on the way here.
"Home-elves like to serve wizards. They do it willingly, they …" Ron said.
"Shut up!" The house-elf in the circle of fire suddenly jumped up and shouted angrily, "You despicable wizard, house-elves are not slaves. We don't need to serve wizards selflessly, and we don't have any masters."
"That's right!" Hermione said in agreement. "Home-elves have never been slaves."
The demon glanced at Hermione, then quickly turned to Ron.
"Remember, wizard, we are not slaves. Other than that shameful traitor, there are many other house-elves who are willing to fight. We will fight to the end. We will win the war and take back our home."
"But you have already lost. The war you are talking about happened more than a thousand years ago," Ron whispered.
His voice was so low that only Elwyn and Harry could hear him.
Elwyn and Harry did not intend to participate in this topic. It was meaningless to discuss this topic with a house-elf demon in this place, and there seemed to be no end to it. If Hermione were to participate …
They were not here to debate, and it was getting colder and colder.
"I understand. Thank you for your information." Elwyn said, bringing the topic back to the main topic. "If we want to know more about Hufflepuff, we need to look for the house-elf called Toto. Where is he? How can we find him? "
"He died long ago, idiot!"
'That's right, Plenty isn't a demon or a specter. There's no way he's still alive.'
Does this mean that the clues are cut off?
That shouldn't be the case. It was impossible for Hufflepuff to not know about Toto's lifespan. It was impossible for him to leave nothing behind.
"For the sake of this lady, I can tell you a piece of information," the demon continued, pointing at Hermione. The devil pointed at Hermione. "That traitor told me that if any Hogwarts wizards came looking for him, I should tell them that he brought Hufflepuff's treasure back to the home of the House Elves. I didn't intend to say this, but that bastard made me stay here so that I could deliver this information. Damn it, I've had enough. Let me go back, I hate this castle … "
… …
"Do you think that demon's words can be trusted?"
"No problem. Don't forget, Dumbledore is here too. That bastard won't lie to us."
"Then where is the house-elf's home?"
"I don't know." Harry shook his head and turned to look at Elwyn, who was lying on the bed next to him. "Any clues, Elwyn?"
"There are a few places that I can't be sure of." Elwyn said, lying on the bed and reading a very thick magic book. His face was very close to the pages, and because the handwriting was very small and dense, it was very difficult to read. "It talked about the war between the wizards and the house-elf. In that history, it mentioned a home. I think it should be referring to the territory of the house-elf."
So, he just needed to find the place that used to be the territory of the house-elf a thousand years ago.
This was very difficult. After all, it was an ancient history from a thousand years ago, and the records were not very detailed.
Trying to find such a place from such incomplete information was tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack. The key point was that the demon himself could not tell where the place was. He did not know the name of the Muggle or the wizards, so he could not provide any valid evidence. He did not even know the specific direction of the house-elf's home.
At this time, a few hours had passed since the meeting with the demon in the morning, and it was almost dusk.
They all arrived at the Burrow. Elwyn and Hermione had promised their families that they would stay at the Hogwarts for Christmas, but it was over soon, and there was no point in continuing to stay at school. This year's Christmas holiday, the Hogwarts was particularly quiet, and only a few of them were there.
So, at the strong request of Lady Weasley, they all went to the Burrow for Christmas.
In the morning, after the demon said its last message, Dumbledore sent it back.
The corpse became a corpse again, and everything returned to normal, as if it had never happened.
Then, Dumbledore sent the five of them to the Burrow.
It was obvious that Hermione felt a little sorry. She had planned to talk to it about the protection of the house-elf, and wanted to know more about the history of the war, but the house-elf demon did not want to stay in the real world at all, not even for a second.
On the way, Dumbledore also told them that they could not let the demon stay. Although it did not have much power, its thinking was very extreme, and it wanted to encourage the house-elves to wage war against the wizards. It was also very unstable, and it could easily lose control.
Now that they had the information they wanted, it was better to let it go.
The problem now was not the demon, but the home of the house-elf, and the treasure key that Toto had taken away.
Dumbledore said that he would keep an eye on it, and Elwyn also planned to look for it. Before leaving the Hogwarts, he specially asked Dobby to go to 12 Grimmauld Square to find Chris, and ask them to go to the library of the Blake family and bring back all the historical materials of that period.
Now, the magic book he was reading was the library of the Blake family.
Hermione, Elaine, and Ginny were downstairs helping Lady Weasley prepare dinner. Elwyn and the other two were kicked out, because the girls thought that they were too clumsy when cutting the brussels sprouts with a knife, and Ron even cut his fingers …
It was snowing heavily outside, and the three had nowhere to go before dinner, so they could only go back to Ron's room.
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