Chapter 197 Expulsion

Since he could help a cunning and weird Squib like Filch master magic, why couldn't he lend a helping hand to the poor house-elves? Once this idea emerged, it lingered in Rowling's mind.

However, he soon began to doubt himself. Was this just a momentary impulse, or the so-called "overflowing chastity"?

After all, it is not easy to change a deeply rooted status quo, which involves too many complex interests and traditional concepts...

In the wizarding world, the house-elves, a special group of people, have always been in a state of slavery. For a long time, this slavery has been deeply engraved in their souls, so that they can only get inner satisfaction through hard work.

For these elves, being released by their masters would be a great insult, as if they had lost the value and meaning of their existence.

From the perspective of wizards, this phenomenon is undoubtedly extremely extreme.

However, one thing that must be recognized is that house-elves are not human after all. They have magical talents and amazing wisdom that are no less than those of wizards, and there are many of them.

If one day these elves break free from their shackles and become a free species, the entire magical world will probably fall into uncontrollable chaos.

In this case, the slave contract of the house-elf is more than just a simple contract. It actually serves to protect wizards and even more ordinary Muggles.

After all, the old saying, “Those who are not of my kind must have different hearts,” is a truth that applies in any world.

Of course, elves like Dobby who dare to resist and desire freedom are only a minority. Over the years, he has suffered endless beatings and torture in the Malfoy family. It is this cruel treatment that has finally made him develop a strong rebellious mentality.

However, even under the constraints of the slavery contract, the elves should still fight for some basic rights.

For Luo Lin, who once experienced hardships and lived like an ox or a horse, he knows well how difficult it is for disadvantaged groups.

Therefore, when faced with these poor house-elves, he would lend a helping hand and provide appropriate assistance as long as it was within his ability.

Even after Hermione successfully became the Minister of Magic, she never forgot this mission.

For example, she was committed to promoting reforms in relevant laws, and won benefits for house-elves such as appropriate holidays and reasonable wages, while also prohibiting cruel acts such as corporal punishment on them.

But this is still under the contract of the house-elf!

Since Hermione was working hard to do those things, Rowling knew very well that she was fully capable of doing them.

However, Hermione seemed to have a large funding gap. Thinking of this, Rowling decided to give her financial support.

After providing financial assistance, Rowling put the matter aside for the time being and no longer paid too much attention to it.

But in the next few days, an even more shocking news swept across Hogwarts like a gust of wind.

That is, Umbridge became the senior investigator appointed by the Ministry of Magic to Hogwarts. According to the power granted by Education Order No. 23, she has the qualifications and rights to investigate any teacher at Hogwarts at will.

This sudden news was like a huge rock thrown into a calm lake, instantly causing a thousand waves and making all the teachers and students in the school deeply worried.

Because every wizard knows what kind of person Umbridge is. Not only is she narrow-minded and intolerant of others' disobedience, but she is also keen on abusing her power without restraint.

As expected, in the following days, Umbridge took ruthless action. She began to conduct extremely strict reviews of the courses taught by each professor one by one, which undoubtedly put tremendous pressure on the entire school.

"Oh, this is such a huge trouble! However, it would be great if Umbridge could go and investigate Professor McGonagall as soon as possible. In that case, given Professor McGonagall's temper, she will definitely give her a good beating!" Ron stood aside with a gloating smile on his face, muttering to himself.

Ron's funny remarks immediately eased the tense atmosphere around them!

In the following days, Umbridge frequently appeared in the classrooms of various grades and professors like a ghost.

Her sharp and critical eyes kept scanning every corner of the classroom. The quill pen in her hand rustled on the parchment from time to time, carefully recording everything that happened in the classroom.

Not only that, she would suddenly throw all kinds of tricky and weird questions to those unsuspecting little wizards, making the whole classroom atmosphere tense and depressing.

Under such strict and almost perverted scrutiny, a shocking news came from the square of Hogwarts Castle: Divination professor Trelawney was ruthlessly expelled from the professor team by Umbridge!

The reason for this result is due to Trelawney's unique and somewhat magical teaching method.

Young wizards who have taken Trelawney's divination class all know that in order to learn this course well, it depends almost entirely on personal talent.

However, the tragedy is that, except for Rowling, other young wizards seem to lack the potential to become prophets. Facing Umbridge's relentless pressure, Trelawney is forced to make a prophecy for her.

But as we all know, Trelawney often talks nonsense and makes irresponsible remarks on weekdays, and this time is no exception. Although she racked her brains to make up a series of seemingly mysterious prophecies, there was nothing in them that could really trigger the prophet's ability.

In the end, under Umbridge's high pressure, an absurd prophecy that "Umbridge will be in danger" came out.

Regardless of whether Umbridge believed or doubted the prophecy, she had made up her mind at this moment and was determined to expel Trelawney from Hogwarts.

At this moment, Trelawney was sitting in the middle of the square with tears and snot, looking as miserable and pitiful as a flower ravaged by wind and rain.

She sat with her tattered and slightly messy luggage, and kept complaining about her inner resentment and grievance to Umbridge who was standing in front of her with a haughty look on her face: "Sixteen years!

"I have been living and teaching here for such a long time! Hogwarts is like a warm home to me and is irreplaceable! How can you be so cruel as to expel me without saying a word?"