Settle at Hogwarts

Just like the Black family, when Sirius entered Azkaban, no family members lived in Grimmauld Place, and only an old elf remained there.

"Is Duoduo your nephew? I seem to have never seen him before."

Koko nodded vigorously: "Yes, little master, Koko has been an adult elf for a long time. Duoduo and Bibi have just grown up and have learned and become proficient in using various household magics."

"Tub, are you interested in house elves?"

Hearing his grandmother's question, Tabor quickly swallowed the food in his mouth, and then said with some embarrassment: "That's not true. I just felt that Keke's attitude towards me was a little strange today, so I asked a few more questions. I saw it before I have read books about house elves, and I have always been curious about why they want to be attached to the wizarding family so much? Are there no free elves?"

Liya smiled: "It's normal that you don't know this, but this is not a secret among pure-blood nobles. Elves rely on wizards to survive, and they can also rely on wizards' residences to survive. Free elves are impossible to appear. Yes, because without a wizard they are like rootless duckweeds, they will soon become weak and die."

"Death?"

"Yes," Liya said in a very determined tone: "House elves are creatures created by wizards, and they have a contract with wizards. They will absorb wizards by providing services to wizards and obeying orders. And the magic escaping from the manor.”

"So..." Tabor hesitated and remained silent, and did not directly ask questions about the Prince family.

"Yes."

Liya's face looked a little gloomy: "That failure was a huge blow to your grandfather, and his magic power has begun to fade."

"But, there are grandmothers, uncles, and little Irene, so it shouldn't be to that extent."

Liya shook her head: "Tabo, generally speaking, for every pure-blood member born, one or two elves may be born, and even squibs may have their own elves. When your father left the family, Ke Coe became the redundant one. There are many more now, and they all remain in the Prince family, and one of them will inevitably die out. Because it is no longer needed."

If you are not needed, will you die?Tabor murmured in his heart, and suddenly thought that in the original plot, although Dobby liked freedom, he still worked with Winky at Hogwarts, which was exactly what his grandmother said.

"Actually, your uncle and grandfather want to give you Duoduo, mainly because she is younger and she has not been exposed to any secrets of the Prince family. It can reassure your uncle more than Keke."

Tabor nodded. He had a better impression of Keke, who had done a lot of things for him, than Duoduo, who he had not met yet.However, after all, the elves belong to the Prince family. It is very generous for my grandfather to give them as Christmas gifts. How can I be picky?

"You want Koko?"

Tabor looked at Liya's clear and sharp eyes and asked with some embarrassment: "Koko, what will happen if you stay in Prince Manor?"

"It won't be anything like that while I'm still here. Once I'm turned into a portrait, it won't be far from death."

Tabor immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't know exactly how old his grandmother was, she must not be older than Dumbledore. And the life span of wizards is much longer than that of Muggles. Presumably his grandmother can still live. Five or sixty years will not be a problem.There's no need to rush into Keke's matter.

"Grandma, I'm just asking. Since it's a Christmas gift, there's no point in choosing it yourself. But it's really convenient to have a house elf."

Seeing that Tabor really didn't seem to care too much, Liya touched Tabor's soft black hair with satisfaction.

"Do you have any plans for today?"

Tubo thought that he still had some Christmas gifts that he had not prepared, so he directly said that he wanted to go to Diagon Alley.

Liya didn't stop him, she just gave Taber a few more words and left the restaurant.

After Tabor finished breakfast, he took Koko to Diagon Alley.

As soon as he entered the confines of Diagon Alley, Tabor immediately felt the comfort of his body being constantly nourished by divine power.Coming from nothing, his sense of divine power became particularly clear.

Tabor only paused for a moment, and did not pay attention to the strangeness in his body. Instead, he walked into stores one after another, choosing Christmas gifts for professors, family members, and classmates.

Soon Koko's hands were filled with bags of all sizes.

Feeling that all the Christmas gifts he needed to give had been bought, Tabor simply asked Koko, who was having difficulty walking behind him, to go back to the manor first, while he wandered around the extremely lively Diagon Alley.

Just as Tabor was passing by the entrance of Gringotts, he suddenly heard someone calling him.Turning around, he saw Caractacus following a middle-aged man in black robes. The two of them walked out of Knockturn Alley next to Gringotts.

"Tabor, I didn't expect to see you here. How did you spend your vacation?"

Tabor nodded: "Not bad, how about you?"

Caractacus also nodded with a smile, but his smile seemed a little scary.

"Of course it's good. By the way, this is my father." After Caractacus finished speaking, he said to the middle-aged man: "Father, this is Tabor, Tabor Prince. He is our The best student in the class.”

"Oh, really. It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Prince." Mr. Bock said in a hoarse voice.

Tabor pretended to have never seen Mr. Bock before and said hello politely.

Mr. Bock obviously did not recognize that Tabor was the young man who was with Slughorn last time. However, after hearing Tabor's last name, his strange expression became more distorted: " Is your grandfather okay? Yesterday I saw that your family was looking for someone to test medicine. Is there any new product coming out soon? "

"Of course there's nothing wrong with my grandfather. As for the potion... I think you'll find out soon."

After Tabor finished speaking vaguely, he directly said that he wanted to buy some more things, and parted ways with the two Mr. Bock.

After taking a few quick steps, Tabor secretly breathed a sigh of relief.Mr. Bock put a lot of pressure on him, because he always felt that magic items were external forces, and although things like curses were easy to use, most of them required paying a price, so he did not conduct too in-depth research.

Even so, Tabor could tell at a glance that Mr. Bock had many black magic tools that could kill people. Who knows if there are more in the dark?