Chapter 524: Equality of Thought at Hogwarts

Chapter 524 Hogwarts’ Equality Trend

"Students, I wish you a happy weekend. get out of class is over now!"

As Professor Slughorn announced the end of get out of class, the students in the Potions classroom cheered and rushed out of the classroom. The next two days would be their rare vacation.

But just as everyone was walking towards the auditorium, lounge and other places, Harry saw Hermione running alone in the direction of Hufflepuff House with a stack of books in her arms.

"Hermione, what are you doing there?"

Harry chased after him and asked, but Hermione raised a book she was holding alone in her hand and said:

"I'm going to promote this book to the house elves in the kitchen, so that those rigid-minded house elves may pay more attention to their own rights."

Harry took a closer look and realized it was a book called The Quibbler.

This magazine was just a niche magazine before. Except for a very small number of core fans, everyone else basically just regarded it as a pastime when they were bored. After all, the records about various unknown creatures in it were really too many. It's weird, no one really takes it seriously.

But not long ago this all changed.

"The Quibbler" uncharacteristically began to report first-hand news about the equality issue of Muggle wizards in the outside world, which greatly increased the interest of the young wizards who were locked up in Hogwarts and unable to understand the outside world.

And then a statement that Mike published on it resonated with most of the students at Hogwarts, making it one of the must-read magazines for Hogwarts students every day, with almost everyone holding a copy.

Even Harry himself felt that Mike's statement was right. There are indeed many injustices in the wizarding world today that need to be corrected.

But I heard that this incident was a big deal outside, and many people made their own statements about it, which made the kind-hearted Harry feel a little intolerable and confused.

He has become a little confused. Is it worth doing this?

If possible, Harry really wanted to ask Mike in person, and believed that the other person would be able to give him a satisfactory answer.

It's a pity that Mike is no longer in Hogwarts. He disappeared inexplicably one night, and no one knows where he went.

A student is missing.

This should have been a very serious matter, but strangely, neither Mike's friends nor the professors paid any attention to it.

And perhaps because he was thinking too much, he couldn't help but say the last half of the sentence.

"Of course it's worth it!" Hermione screamed, then opened the book "The Quibbler" and read, "Poverty makes men miserable, hunger makes women degraded, darkness makes children weak, and what we have to do is to change this. Everything! Look! How well he said it! This is a great cause! I am even willing to give everything I have for it!"

"But...that sentence seems to have been said by Hugo..."

"Do you think I don't know?" Hermione retorted with a blush, "Or do you think I'm an idiot?"

"No, of course I'm not..."

"Then shut up!"

"Okay...okay."

Harry closed his mouth in frustration and silently followed Hermione towards the Hogwarts kitchen.

He had been feeling that something was wrong with Hermione for a while. Not only did he not come to play with them every day, he even relaxed a lot in studying.

This is why Harry had to follow Hermione today. He really wanted to find out what was going on.

In fact, there are many people who are in a similar state to Hermione. Just like the classmates Harry and Hermione saw along the way, almost all of them had a copy of "The Quibbler" in their hands, and they were all the same. The deputy was acting in a hurry.

But the strange thing is that no matter how busy they are, as long as they meet a student with "The Quibbler" in their hands like them, they will go up to say hello enthusiastically, but when they meet a guy like Harry with empty hands, they will look at him coldly. right.

The most exaggerated thing is Filch. Now the janitor and cleaner of Hogwarts has been completely conquered. Like those students, he reads "The Quibbler" non-stop every day, even without eating. Be willing to let go.

Such a state is undoubtedly not conducive to work, and this is indeed the case. The cleanliness of the corridors of Hogwarts has dropped significantly during this period. The reason for all this is that Filch was overly addicted to "The Quibbler". 》Thus slacking off the work.

He no longer goes out on patrol at night. No matter how loud the noise made by the students who roam at night, he will not pay attention to it. Instead, he hides in his office that smells of grilled fish. I continued to watch "The Quibbler" by the light of the oil lamp.

According to the descriptions of several night tour veterans, they often even see Filch put "The Quibbler" on top of Mike's "Squibs are people too!" Also has the same powers! "The article was read to Mrs. Lorris over and over again.

Now, whenever Harry imagined Filch staying up late at night with his eyes like light bulbs staring at him, slowly telling Mrs. Norris the details of the article in that small, dark room, he felt a chill running down his spine!

That's really weird!

But when he told Ron and Hermione about this, he didn't get the reply he wanted. Ron and Hermione actually expressed sympathy for Filch.

In Hermione's words:

"This is the last ray of hope for this poor old Squib!"

Then starting from the next day, the two of them brought some classmates to help Filch clean Hogwarts, which moved Filch to tears.

This was also the first time Harry had seen Filch's dry eye sockets so wet.

Of course, that's not the point.

The point is, are my classmates actually willing to help Filch with his work? Are they still looking harmonious?

This is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world!

You know, usually they hate Filch to the core!

All of this gave Harry a strong sense of disobedience. Forced by this feeling, he began to instinctively look for similar people who had not been affected.

As a result, he searched around and found that only Slytherin students in the entire Hogwarts could be considered normal.

The rest of the students, and even some professors including Flitwick, were completely immersed in "The Quibbler", making Mike feel a little strange.

But Slytherin's normality only lasted for a short period of time.

After their initial resistance to the Quibbler and Mac, the Slytherin students soon encountered misfortune.

First, people from the other three major colleges began to spontaneously boycott the Slytherin students, which made it difficult for them to live in Hogwarts.

Harry felt that this was actually nothing to Slytherin, after all, they had always liked to be alone before.

But then Draco jumped out for the first time and publicly expressed his support for Mike's remarks. He admitted that Slytherin purebloods did discriminate against Muggle-born classmates in the past, and said that he would be strict in the future. Restrain Slytherin students to prevent this behavior.

Unexpectedly, this group completely used his speech as the speaker of Slytherin. Although he gained the favor of many other house members, it also made him the target of public criticism within Slytherin.

Almost all Slytherins regard Draco as a traitor, and some even publicly declare that Draco is just like Ron, a pure-blood scum!

Harry felt that there must be something wrong with Draco's brain, otherwise he would never have said such stupid words. You must know that he himself is a Slytherin, and his future days will be aroused by the anger of Slytherin people. It will definitely be very difficult.

But what Harry didn't expect was that this time things still didn't develop as he expected.

Faced with the impending revenge of the Slytherins, Franklin took action decisively.

In the name of Mike, he led the members of Ravenclaw and the Los Santos Security Company to directly attack the entire Slytherin, and pushed Draco back into the position of Slytherin's talker, and it was not until this Only then did everyone finally understand, Draco, this guy has always been Mike's person from beginning to end.

Since then, all the students at Hogwarts have become supporters of Mike's theory, no matter what they think in their hearts. Even Hagrid, who once had a pet-killing grudge against Mike, has now become a supporter of Mike's theory. He became a die-hard fan of Mike, waiting for the owl to deliver the new issue of "The Quibbler" to him all day long.

And if there is anyone in Hogwarts who has not been affected by Mike, then apart from Dumbledore and other professors, there are only those hard-working house elves left.

But now Hermione seemed to have noticed this, and began to try to "quibble" with them.

But to be honest, Harry didn't really think Hermione could really convince those house elves to fight for their rights.

You must know that Hermione had already established a 'Vomiting Association' a few years ago in an attempt to help the house elves escape from their current situation of enslavement.

But the actual situation is that the house elves are too stubborn. They are not willing to accept Hermione's ideas at all, and even yell at them. In the end, only Mike supports Hermione as a friend. , and gave wages to the house elves in his family.

Just like this, the two normal house elves in Mike's house are still fighting for their lives, thinking this is an insult to them!

Thinking of this, the expression on Harry's face couldn't help but become a little weird.

Because if it didn't go as he expected, they would probably be driven out by the house elves this time.

At this moment, Hermione, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped, causing Harry to almost bump into her.

"Here we are!"

Hermione said with firm eyes, not as if she was talking to Harry, but as if she was cheering herself up.

Then he ignored Harry and entered the kitchen holding a copy of "The Quibbler".

At this time, the house elves were busy. The whole kitchen was filled with the smell of oil smoke, and tableware and various ingredients were flying all over the sky. The house elves were busy flexibly on the kitchen table.

Looking at such a scene, Harry couldn't help but feel emotional.

I heard that they have to repeat such busy work three times a day, each time lasting at least 2 hours, otherwise the professors and students of Hogwarts will face the risk of starvation.

Not only that, after completing the work in the kitchen, they also need to be responsible for the cleaning work throughout Hogwarts Castle. The lawn outside the castle also needs to be mowed. Otherwise, Hogwarts will be destroyed just by a squib like Filch. It has long since become a garbage dump.

It can be said that this is a group of people who have been quietly contributing to Hogwarts for thousands of years.

And the reason why they did this was just to repay Ms. Hufflepuff for taking them in and giving them a place to stay.

"What a great bunch of creatures!"

Harry made a judgment, and for a moment, he even felt that he understood why Hermione established the Vomiting Association, and why Mike must participate in this massive resistance movement outside.

Such a great creature should not always be treated like this!

At this moment, the house elves in the kitchen also discovered the arrival of Harry and Hermione.

They originally thought that Harry and Hermione were just ordinary students who came to the kitchen to look for food, but they came with a sneer on their faces and were ready to receive them.

But when they saw Hermione, the smiles on their faces disappeared instantly, replaced by looks of horror!

"The devil is here again!"

The leader of the house elf screamed and shouted, and then the noisy kitchen suddenly fell silent as if someone pressed the mute button.

All the house elves looked at Hermione blankly.

The next moment, frightened screams resounded throughout the kitchen. In just a moment, all the house elves disappeared, and only the flames in the stove were still beating in the kitchen.

Hermione had three black lines on her forehead. She was really speechless. Ever since she persuaded these house elves to ask for wages from Hogwarts a few years ago, these house elves have always treated her like this. , and judging from the current situation, these stubborn house elves seem to remember this incident for a lifetime, and maybe even tell it to their children, so that Hermione's reputation as a devil will continue to spread.

Hermione couldn't help but feel depressed at the thought of this.

Harry next to her was amused and was covering his mouth to suppress his laughter.

After glaring at Harry, Hermione took a deep breath, then raised her copy of "The Quibbler" high and shouted:

"I have a book here that contains what Mike wants to say to you. Do any of you want to hear it?"

As soon as he said this, Harry was surprised to find little heads sneaking out of the small corners of the kitchen, looking at them with shocked expressions.