Remember [New] in a second! The lunch at noon was cooked by Tom and Hermione. They went into the kitchen together and made a not-so-great but absolutely safe lunch.

Tom was really worried about Kreacher's mental state and the cleanliness of the kitchen in Black House. With the blessing of these two unstable factors, this lunch is likely to be cleaner and more hygienic than the street food stalls in India.

Sirius saw right through Tom's mind.

He couldn't help being a little embarrassed: He obviously planned to invite them to dinner, but it turned out that the guests could cook by themselves!

So he kept muttering about the cleanliness of the kitchen while trying to help. But the young master of the Black family has never cooked himself—there were house elves at home when he was a child, Hogwarts took care of the meals when he was in school, and the Ministry of Magic provided food and lodging after graduation. How could Sirius have the opportunity to learn to cook? Woolen cloth?

As a result, he didn't help as much as he messed up.

Fortunately, Lupine and Tom were reliable, so this lunch was prepared without any risk.

What reassures Tom is that at least the kitchen is clean, there are no unnecessary insects or magical creatures, and all kinds of kitchen utensils have been cleaned to shine.

This is somewhat incompatible with the surrounding environment, very abnormal.

Lupine gave an explanation: On the first day they moved in, they focused on cleaning two places: the bedroom and the dining room, and they didn't live in until they were clean and spotless.

Tom suddenly realized. That's right, Sirius and Lupine have lived here for a while, and the sanitation of key places can still be guaranteed.

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Finally, Tom brought a pot of curry to the table.

A pot of steaming curry is best for dinner with many people. And the magic seasoning of curry has a very surprising feature, that is, just change the meat added inside, it is a brand new dish: chicken curry, beef curry, seafood curry, vegetarian curry.

Tom picked up four dishes at once!

As for the staple food, it is rice, pancakes and bread.

"It's quite rich." Sirius looked at the food on the table with satisfaction and smiled.

When everyone was eating happily, Tom suddenly said something like this: "Regulus, he is a Gryffindor."

Sirius:?

A question mark popped up in his head.

"Tom, we didn't drink too much, how did you come up with such silly words?" Sirius took the silver teapot in front of Tom, checked it, and made sure there was only black tea in it.

"He is indeed a Gryffindor." Hermione echoed Tom, and then gave her own explanation: "If I remember correctly, the name Regulus, like Sirius' name, comes from a star ... Regulus is the brightest star in the constellation Leo, and it is also the star located in the "heart" of the constellation Leo, so from this point of view, he is indeed a Gryffindor."

Sirius smiled and shook his head, "I didn't expect you to say this, it sounds reasonable, but I don't think he's still a Gryffindor, he's a real Slytherin."

The tradition of Slytherin is not pure blood supremacy, the tradition of this house is ambition, shrewdness, respect for honor, judging the situation, playing wisely, and winning first. It's just that after Voldemort came out, the real Slytherin spirit was on the verge of being lost.

Good traditions are gone, leaving only the notorious purism.

It can only be said that bad money drives out good money.

After the meal, everyone leaned on the chairs, reminiscing about the food they just ate.

"Yordle, your craftsmanship is really good!" Sirius said contentedly: "By the way, do you have any idea how to destroy that thing?"

Tom held the locket on the table in front of him. He didn't wear this thing with him, because he could feel that the locket was affecting his emotions, amplifying some negative emotions, making him more irritable and easily depressed.

It has such power without being "activated". It can only be said that it is a Horcrux made in Voldemort's heyday. If this horcrux was allowed to absorb the power of a wizard's soul like a diary, it might cause a big mess.

After taking it a little closer, Tom noticed something special about the locket—countless tiny runes could be faintly seen on the surface of the locket, and these runes formed a powerful protective spell, making the surface of the Horcrux extremely difficult to damage.

"Kreacher said that it tried almost everything, such as throwing it in the stove, hitting it with a hammer, and even the destructive spells of the house-elves couldn't hurt it, so what are you going to do?" Sirius looked at the Horcrux, a little worried.

Tom naturally planned to give it to Dumbledore, and let him take Gryffindor's sword and give it a sword.

"Sword? Will it work?" Sirius frowned, remembering that Kreacher had said that the surface of the locket was indestructible.

"Just open the box, the inside part is definitely not that strong."

"But, it seems that it can't be opened." Sirius tried, but the locket couldn't be opened.

"This thing is a relic of Slytherin. If you want to open it, you probably need a snake's old tongue. This is his routine operation." Speaking of this, Tom lamented Voldemort's protection methods for his Horcrux.

He has done his best.

Slytherin's locket was hidden in the cave, surrounded by strict spell protection, and the locket itself was indestructible, and only those who could speak snakes could open it. With so many protection methods, theoretically the locket should be foolproof. It's a pity that people's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations, and many accidents happened.

The Hufflepuff Cup was placed in Gringotts. Gringotts claims to be the safest place in the world. If the goblins can really do what they boast, then there is really no problem with Voldemort's choice. However, he encountered false propaganda.

Ravenclaw's diadem is hidden in the Room of Requirement. The Room of Requirement itself is very hidden, and with the debris accumulated over the centuries inside, trying to find the crown from inside is really a needle in a haystack. In the end, I ran into the friend of Harry Potter...

Probably because of the fragments of Voldemort's soul on his body, Harry can always meet Voldemort's Horcrux in various incredible scenarios.

In the original world line, he saw Hufflepuff's gold cup at a glance; he accidentally saw Ravenclaw's diadem in sixth grade—he even hid Snape's textbook next to the diadem; He also picked up Tring's locket when cleaning up the debris in Black's mansion...

It can no longer be explained by coincidence!

It can only be said that Horcruxes will attract each other.

Sirius didn't know the twists and turns, and he was already getting anxious.

"How can there be anyone who can speak the old tongue now? The descendants of Slytherin are extinct!"

"Trust Dumbledore, he can definitely solve it." Tom moved Dumbledore out and comforted Sirius.

"I hope so." Sirius frowned and said dubiously.

After a few chats, Tom and Hermione left 12 Grimmauld Place, preparing to return to Hogwarts.

After leaving Sirius' house, Tom and Hermione chose to take the subway back to the Leaky Cauldron.

On the subway, Hermione's brow never furrowed.

"What's the matter? Baby~" Tom put his arms around Hermione's shoulders and whispered in her ear, "Frowning every day will make wrinkles on the forehead."

Hermione simply leaned her head on Tom's shoulder, and said quietly: "What do you think Kreacher is in Sirius' eyes?"

Tom thought about it, and felt that before today, Sirius definitely didn't regard Kreacher as a "person". After today, it's hard to say.

But this is no wonder to Sirius, because this is determined by the environment in which he grew up, and it is also the consensus of the magic world. Few wizards in the wizarding world feel that house-elves have personalities. In public perception, they are just useful, loyal tools that can reflect the noble family.

Probably Dumbledore and Hermione would treat house-elves as human beings.

"I hope the story Kreacher told today can touch Sirius. His attitude towards Kreacher is really not friendly." Thinking of the way Sirius just snatched the locket from Kreacher, Tom felt hopeless.

In his eyes, everything at 12 Grimmauld Place was the origin of his nasty original family, and Kreacher was no exception. He didn't kick it out because it knew too many secrets.

"Sirius will pay the price, not only him, but also all the wizards who enslave house elves. They have never regarded house elves as creatures with the same sensitive emotions as humans." Hermione said worriedly : "They will pay for the way they treat the house-elves. Voldemort has paid the price. Who will be next? Sirius? Or us?"

"You think too much." Tom teased Hermione by flicking the tip of Hermione's upturned nose.

He feels that the countermeasures left by the ancestors of wizards are almost perfect, and the theoretical basis is comparable to the caste system of "suffering in this world, and being superior in the next world".

The best shackles are by no means physical chains, but the shackles of the heart.

Can the house elves fight? Very capable. If the house-elves rebelled now, would the wizards be able to suppress it? At the current level of wizards, it is estimated that they cannot beat them.

The fact that Lucius Malfoy was instantly killed by his own house elf Dobby could explain a lot of things. Think of the hundreds of house-elves in the Hogwarts kitchens as if they were hundreds of adult wizards.

It can only be said that there are capable people among the ancestors of wizards!

The clause in the Regulations on the Management and Use of Wands that "magical creatures other than wizards are prohibited from possessing wands" must have set off a bloodbath back then. These ancient wizards used **** methods to frighten all non-wizard magical creatures from getting their hands on wands.

Come to think of it, house-elves can fight so well without a wand, and with a wand... wizards better hope house-elves don't use wands made by wizards.

If the ancient wizards chose to use violence to keep the house-elves in captivity, I am afraid that the house-elves have already won their freedom through continuous struggle.

It's just that the wisdom of the ancients was really beyond imagination. They managed to tame these powerful magical creatures by distorting the values ​​of house elves.

Behavior that many wizards find unacceptable is, in their eyes, taken for granted. "No vacation, no wages, and absolute obedience to the wizard's orders" are just as natural in their minds as "annual leave, five insurances and one housing fund, and timely wages"!

Astonishing.

Similar things have been done by Muggles. It is also a colonial empire, but the residual influence of Great Britain in its colonies is far less than that of France in its former colonies. Why?

One is conquest by force, dispatching prisoners, and the other is cultural assimilation, nothing more. It is easy to break the shackles of the hands, but difficult to break the shackles of the heart, this is the reason.

"What?" Hermione stared at Tom seriously until he looked away. "The United States was still segregated until the 1960s. It's not equal now? I feel that those people will definitely pay the price in the future—Wizard Could it be an exception?"

The girl's voice is crisp and sweet, which makes people's hearts flutter. Hermione is like this, exuding her own charm all over her body.

Tom saw her serious face and melodious voice, and his heart swayed.

"So what do you want to do?" he asked gently.

"Free the house-elves and set them free. Tom, you can help me, can't you? If we join forces—"

"Sorry, but I can't agree on this matter."

"That's, I-what? What did you say?" Hermione looked at Tom in astonishment, her eyes were full of surprise, she never expected that Tom and her position on this matter were not the same.

"So you plan to enjoy those slave labor in peace?" Her voice cooled down.

Tom: ...

It seems to have stabbed a basket?

"That was not what I meant-"

"Then what do you mean?"

Tom felt cold sweat run down his brow. This was the first quarrel between the two after they got together, and he just felt a little overwhelmed.

He has tasted the sweetness of love, and now he will taste the bitterness.

Dumbledore, save me!

Tom's mind raced ~lightnovelpub.net~ and a name popped into his mind.

"Do you think Professor Dumbledore doesn't know about the living conditions of the house-elves in the Hogwarts kitchen?" Tom stroked Hermione's hair to calm her down, "Of course I support you, I I have always supported you, but we must figure out a problem in advance, why Professor Dumbledore did not make the same choice as you."

Hermione felt relieved when Tom said he would support her, and then she was attracted by the questions Tom posed.

Yeah, why didn't Professor Dumbledore choose to give those house-elves their freedom?

Dumbledore definitely knew of the existence of these house elves, so his attitude was very doubtful.

Because in Hermione's eyes, Dumbledore didn't do anything!

Is he not kind enough? Hermione shook her head, dismissing the possibility.

So why?

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