Chapter 196 Free Will

Vader knew that this house elf was a bit stubborn, so instead of asking Dobby about Harry Potter's safety, he asked:

"I heard Harry say, you want to be free?"

Dobby's excited expression suddenly froze. He slowly lowered his arms and rolled his big eyes, looking at Wade in horror.

"Don't be afraid, I won't tell Malfoy." Vader said seriously: "What I want to say is, if you really think so, then I can help you."

"Help...help Dobby?" Dobby sniffed, his voice trembling: "Why, sir? Dobby is a slave. Dobby doesn't know you, and you don't know Dobby either."

"Why?"

Vader smiled softly and said: "Maybe it's because you are the first house elf I have seen who yearns for freedom? Tell me, do you want freedom? Do you want me to help you? "

Dobby grasped the old pillowcase tightly with both hands, his body trembled slightly, and his eyes seemed to be trembling. After a long time, he finally closed his eyes and said loudly:

"yes!"

"Dobby wants to be free! Dobby wants to leave their home forever!"

After he finished speaking, he seemed frightened by his own voice. After being stunned for a while, he said carefully and fearfully:

"But...but...the master will not give Dobby freedom! The people in the family are very careful and will not even give Dobby a pair of socks."

The conditions for a house elf to gain freedom are simple but difficult. As long as the master gives him clothes to wear, he can be free.

But throwing it on the floor, throwing it into the laundry basket, or just letting him take it to the wash doesn't count. It must be clear, leave it to him for safekeeping, or give him clothes as a gift.

The inner thoughts of the wizard determine the direction of the magic's operation.

"Don't worry about this, I will find a way." Wade asked: "Are you willing to believe me?"

Dobby looked up at him for a long time before saying, "Yes, I believe you."

This was the first wizard who would squat down and talk to him. How could he not believe it?

Wade smiled and said: "Then, before that, please wait patiently, I think it won't be long..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a "gulu" sound and couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Dobby held his stomach pitifully.

Wade glanced at the candies and exquisite pastries on the table and understood something in his heart. He said in a normal voice, "McGee, could you please bring us some food?"

There was a soft "pop" sound, and a round tray appeared on the floor.

On the plate were bread, baked potatoes, fried sausages and a large bottle of black tea.

"Thank you, McGee."

Vader pushed the plate towards Dobby and said, "Eat quickly, Malfoy may be back soon."

"Also, McGee is the elf in charge of the Slytherin lounge in the castle. Although your master does not allow him to enter the dormitory, if you need help, you can ask McGee for help, or ask McGee to tell me. He will hear it."

Dobby stared at him blankly, his lips trembling, but he did not speak, nor did he touch the steaming food.

"Then it's time for me to take my leave."

Vader stood up and said with a smile: "Goodbye, Dobby. I hope that when we meet next time, you will be a free elf."

He touched his wand to his forehead and disappeared from the room.

Dobby heard subtle footsteps walking out of the dormitory, the wooden door was closed, and then the sound gradually faded away.

…

"Wade Gray is going to help that house elf get free?"

When Vader left the Slytherin common room and walked in the deserted corridor, McGee emerged from beside him and asked softly.

"Yes." Wade said, "You have also seen that his master is very cruel to him."

"I do not like him."

After a while, McGee suddenly said: "He is very strange, like an alien."

Wade asked: "Because he pursues freedom?"

"He betrayed his master."

McGee thought about it and felt that this statement was a bit loose, so he corrected it:

"On the surface, he is obeying his master's orders, but he is actually betraying him. No one will accept such a house elf! He will become a homeless ghost and wander until death!"

"I will." Wade said calmly: "If I don't prepare him for a better life, I won't help him escape from his current environment."

Mikey was stunned. He looked at Vader and emphasized again: "Dobby is a bad elf who will betray his master."

"Does Mikey think he did something wrong?" Wade asked.

--of course!

Mikey thought so in his heart, but he blinked his eyes and opened his mouth, but he couldn't say such simple words.

Although he didn't witness it with his own eyes, he often heard how Draco Malfoy treated Dobby.

Dobby often punished himself cruelly, even burning his fingers with an iron and putting his ears in the oven.

In the dead of night, he found some discarded old clothes, tore them into strips and used them as bandages to wrap around his wounds.

Mikey was a little confused.

Wade didn't mean to ask him to answer immediately, but asked: "Did he eat the food you sent?"

"He's crying!" said McGee. "It's really hard to hear."

"Help him, okay, Mikey?" Wade said softly: "Send him some food every day. I put burn ointment and white moss in the umbrella house. You can also take two bottles and send them to him."

"……All right."

McGee seemed to be reluctant to say:

"Since Wade Grey said so, then McGee can help him. But McGee is different from him!"

He said seriously: "McGee will not betray!"

"Of course, I know." Wade said.

He thought that Malfoy might not agree with this statement.

But in McGee's heart, Malfoy... and those Slytherin students can only be regarded as the service objects of work, not the people he is loyal to.

McGee's self-awareness is actually not inferior to Dobby, but he did not realize it.

Life in Hogwarts is peaceful and happy for the house-elves here. In such an environment, it is difficult to have any extreme rebellious ideas.

If McGee and Dobby were in the same place, his approach might be more intense-just like Kreacher of the Black family, he would take the initiative to find a way to kill his master.

But when Wade thought of Draco Malfoy, McGee also talked about him.

"He joined the club called the 'Dead Soul Society'. He asked them if the president was a Death Eater. They said no."

"They also gave him a ring that could deliver simple messages, saying that..."

McGee looked at Wade.

"It was said that it was inspired by the Book of Friends."

"Well, I see."

Wade was not surprised.

The Book of Friends provides convenience for wizards, and this convenience certainly does not only exist between his friends and ordinary people, but also evil people can make full use of it.

This is a double-edged sword.