Chapter 364: Chance and Necessity

Vader was stunned.

While he was in a daze, he only felt a tingling sensation on his scalp. For a moment, he seemed to be back to the moment when he was outside the terrace and hiding with bated breath for his own life.

But what Ralph meant...when there was only a wall between him and Voldemort, there was actually a house elf nearby?

Seeing that Vader didn't speak, Ralph continued to explain: "Many years ago, when Dumbledore was still studying at Hogwarts, Ralph was responsible for cleaning the Gryffindor Tower and taking care of the daily lives of the children. "

"Then Dumbledore, like you, began to notice the house elves hiding in the school and tried to find them. He was friendly to Ralph and sternly stopped other children when they caused havoc."

"You...are you Dumbledore's friend?" Vader asked.

"No?" The old house elf shook his head: "Dumbledore is Ralph's master."

"When Dumbledore allowed werewolves into the school, Ralph had to make sure that he would not harm other students every few days before and after the full moon night."

"Vampires are no different. The little guys in Gryffindor Tower will also always pay attention to the little bat."

"What about Voldemort? Have you also spied on him?" Vader asked in disbelief.

Ralph nodded slightly.

"In that person's eyes, house elves are like pests, like spiders crawling around the corner. He never pays special attention to us. But in fact, when Professor Quirrell behaves abnormally, the first thing he discovers is us."

Vader thought of the house elves' extremely keen hearing, and how Quirrell was talking to himself when he wanted to communicate with Voldemort behind his head.

He even recalled that in the original plot, the Chamber of Secrets basilisk wandered around Hogwarts, but it only petrified a few people and killed no one.

Every time, the students who encountered the basilisk would "coincidentally" avoid looking directly into the basilisk's eyes. Some used mirrors or water, and some used the lens of a camera.

If all this is not a "coincidence", is it possible that Ralph was also protecting the students during that plot?

He did not completely prevent every harmful incident, but only gently nudged students out of death when they encountered a fatal crisis.

Of course, in this world, that plot did not happen, and Vader had no way to verify his conjecture.

He just asked: "Then you also know... about James Potter and several others turning into Animagus?"

Sirius and Lupine had always thought that Dumbledore knew nothing about this.

"Of course." Ralph seemed to understand Vader's thoughts. He said, "But I don't report everything to Dumbledore - especially when it comes to student privacy."

"...but you said Dumbledore is your master."

"Yes, but so are the students of this school...I am a house elf at Hogwarts."

"You've never told anyone these things before, have you? Why are you telling me?" Wade asked doubtfully.

Ralph raised his head slightly, looked at him and said: "Dumbledore believes that Wade Gray will be worried that his friends will be harmed, and may take drastic actions because of worry, so it is necessary to explain."

——What is excessive behavior? This is obviously a legitimate and reasonable concern for classmates.

Wade complained in his mind, but he felt more relieved.

He thanked Ralph and thanked him for helping him before. After Ralph disappeared before his eyes, he returned to the dormitory.

Everything in the dormitory is still just right. The room is warm and comfortable, the bedding is fluffy and soft, and the tables, chairs, and sundries are neatly arranged.

Wade looked at the pot of hot water on the table and imagined that one day Zoe and the others would become as wise and steady as Ralph, which felt incredible.

By that time, he will probably be as old as a dry tree trunk... If he can live that long...

While holding the water glass, Wade thought of the shy Zoe, of the cheerful and talkative Habi...and of Ralph's wrinkled face, and his eyes as big as tennis balls...

Suddenly, Vader froze as if a pause button had been pressed, and Ralph's voice echoed in his ears——

"It's me."

"I am the guardian of you children."

House elves rarely call themselves "I", but refer to themselves by their first names. For example, Zoe always says "Zoe is so so" as if she is talking about someone else.

But Ralph...he said "I" very naturally...

Wade thought for a while, shook his head, and let go of the weird feeling he had just felt.

——The older you get, the more you can discover the nature of the world...and Ralph may have been influenced by Dumbledore, so he has a slightly stronger self-awareness than other house elves.

…

When Khalil entered Hogwarts, he went through the complicated class schedule of third-year students in Hogwarts before even reading the book.

Students with fewer course choices are actually not that busy, but they have to walk a long distance to change to the corresponding classroom for each class. In the meantime, they have to deal with the stairs for school activities and Peeves who likes to cause trouble, which makes everyone seem busy. commonplace.

Wade found that he gradually liked the divination class.

Trelawney was still talking nonsense. There were actually very few students who could see her pretentiousness. Most of them were in awe of this professor.

Trelawny liked it best when her students made up all kinds of tragic prophecies that sounded false at first sight. But Professor Trelawney would not deny Vader's prophecy interpretation, even if it was as dull as boiled water.

Arithmetic divination also began to become more interesting - of course, other students did not actually think so - as the difficulty of calculations increased, the accuracy of divination also improved.

Even the Care of Magical Creatures class looked good.

Hagrid brought in various harmless or low-danger magical creatures and asked the students to learn how to care for them.

Occasionally, several ferocious beasts would appear in his class. Whenever this happened, Hagrid would always stand next to the monsters, watching the students one after another as they came into contact with, greeted, and played with the ferocious beasts to prevent any accidents.

Time slipped into October so quietly.

Khalil's academic performance can be described as polarizing - some subjects he learned ahead of schedule, some subjects he slept from beginning to end, and after waking up he said:

"Seriously, Gray, how did you resist being hypnotized by that old man?"

Wade said: "Do your homework."

Caril suddenly became energetic: "Really? Have you finished writing it? Lend me a copy!"

Wade happily threw the homework to him, but as soon as Khalil opened it, he was dumbfounded.

"What is this you wrote? "Analysis of the Key Points of the Vanishing Spell"? Have we learned this spell?"

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