A certain Hogwarts magical cat

Chapter 24 House Elves

After all the Hogwarts students left the train, Charlie immediately opened his eyes and jumped off the bench.
Because he knew that there should be few wizards in the entire train at this time, and most of them would go to the Hogwarts Great Hall to attend the sorting ceremony and the opening ceremony,
This also means that before Hogwarts sends someone to take away the luggage and magic pets of the little wizards, he can quickly collect a wave of experience,

I believe that there are not too few magic pets in the train!

However, just as he opened the wooden door of the box with his cat's claws, and was about to go out to flex his muscles, his body froze, and he thought to himself:

"Failed!"

Because at this time, in front of his box door, after a burst of ripples flashed, a figure that he did not expect but was reasonable appeared.

"House-elf!"

Charlie looked at the small humanoid creature with big ears and proboscis in front of him, and couldn't help sighing.
He originally thought that it would take about half an hour for Hogwarts to send someone from the school to pick up the luggage here.
After all, due to the space barrier in Hogwarts, under normal circumstances, wizards cannot perform apparation near Hogwarts.

But he forgot that Hogwarts is not just human wizards, there are more than 100 house elves who specialize in serving little wizards.
The house elves, on the other hand, are a magical race that can use apparation in Hogwarts.

In fact, it can’t be blamed on Charlie. Most of his understanding of the world comes from his senior sister. Some details are really unexpected or can’t be remembered.

Besides, it has been so many years, and he is not a fan of Kazakhstan like the elder sister. After going abroad, he has basically never cared about related things.

Now that I think about the introduction about Hogwarts that the senior sister Zeng Jin said carefully, I realized that there are actually not many teachers in Hogwarts.
Most of the chores at school are done by house-elves,

So obviously, it seems that no one else can do the job of coming here to carry the little wizard's luggage back to the school dormitory except for the house-elf.

"Oh, it's a phantom cat, don't worry, Dobby will take you to Hogwarts, and you can meet your master in a while!"

The house elf named Dobby waved his hand, and all the luggage in the box floated up, including Charlie and Leffe, who was put in a cage by Neville.

Faced with the current situation, Charlie had no choice but to give up his previous plan and wait and see what happened.

Although he knew that if the house elf in front of him was defeated, he would definitely get a lot of experience points, but he didn't dare,

Because when he poked his head out of the box just now, he found that there was not only one house-elf apparating over, but at least dozens of them.

Even if there is one key point, he doesn't think he can beat the other party.

In his previous life, he heard from his elder sister that the house elves were a magical race.

This is one of the magical races conquered by wizards in ancient wars. Every one has to be trained as a slave from birth, and must serve its loyal master from generation to generation.

They undertake all the housework and are bound by their masters. They cannot disobey their master's orders casually. If they disobey, they must punish themselves. They have no wages and no holidays. They are proud of their labor and ashamed of wandering freely.
They must work hard all their lives, and they will not be free until their master hands them a piece of clothing.

However, all of this does not mean that the magic race of house elves is weak. On the contrary, most of them have magical abilities far superior to ordinary wizards.

They don't use wands or spells to cast spells. They are basically instant and have plenty of magic power in their bodies. Many magics aimed at humans are ineffective for them.

It's like the space barrier that can restrict the phantom migration of wizards, but it is useless to them.

However, how could such a powerful magic race lose to human wizards?

Charlie personally thinks that, on the one hand, it may be due to the gap in numbers, and on the other hand, it may be the gap in "wisdom".

"Wisdom" here is not a commendatory word, or it should be replaced or more appropriate with words such as "cunning", "sinister", "scheming", etc.
Sometimes wars are like this. If the power gap is not too large, tactics will play a very important role.

So facing a house elf whose magical ability was not much worse than that of an ordinary adult wizard, Charlie felt that it was better to be honest.

When Charlie and a bunch of luggage were taken to the Hogwarts school dormitory by the house elves,
On the other side, Alice, Hermione and others also followed Professor McGonagall after the handover to the luxurious hall of Hogwarts.

Bewitched by magic, the ceiling seems to be connected to the bright galaxy, four long tables of the four colleges filled with gold plates and silver cups, and thousands of magic candles floating in mid-air, illuminating the entire auditorium,
It constitutes a wonderful scene full of fantasy colors.

"Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry!"

Professor McGonagall stood directly in front of the auditorium, at the tables of all Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry professors, and welcomed Alice and the others below.

Next is the sorting ceremony.
One by one, the little wizards stepped forward to accept the test of the sorting hat, and then entered the four long tables under the cheers of the seniors from the second to seventh grades of the four colleges below,

However, when the sorting hat is sorting, sometimes it will be very fast, and sometimes it will take a while,

And Alice obviously belongs to the kind that needs to be delayed for a while,
"Oh, it can be seen that you are very smart, have good wisdom, are also very brave, are very strong, and have a good heart. You seem to be more suitable for Ravenclaw, and Gryffindor is also good. Then where should I assign you?"

Listening to the whispering of the Sorting Hat, Alice looked at the expectant eyes of Hermione, Harry, Ron and Neville on the Gryffindor table, and whispered:

"I hope it's Gryffindor!"

"Since you've decided, then - Gryffindor!"

With the shout of the Sorting Hat, the long table on the Gryffindor side suddenly burst into cheers. They were happy for Gryffindor's growth,
Hermione stood up from her seat excitedly, and stretched her arms towards Alice,
When Alice saw the scene at this time, she was taken aback for a moment, and then some rare sincere smiles appeared on her face. She ran down and hugged Hermione, and sat beside her.

In this way, after the sorting ceremony of the few first-year freshmen officially ended, Dumbledore, as the headmaster, got up and made a few short speeches,

Then suddenly appeared, that big table of mouth-watering sumptuous food:

Roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops, lamb chops, sausages, steak, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, crisps, Yorkshire pudding, pea shoots, carrots, gravy, tomato sauce,

(End of this chapter)