Chapter 410 The Punishment of the House Elf
Hearing the news that he couldn't go back, Rove didn't lose his composure or act aggressively, just kept silent and kept silent.
In fact, he has long been mentally prepared.
Using a time-turner, Eloise Mintab was trapped in 1402 for five days, and when she returned to her own time, her physical age was increased by five centuries, and she died at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Wounds .
Since Eloise Mintab is the case, Rove is no exception.
He was just lucky, always thinking that Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw might have a solution, but now that hope... has also come to nothing.
Rove sighed, no longer in the mood to chat, he took the initiative to end the conversation, and left Ravenclaw's office.
Hufflepuff hurriedly followed, and she forced Rove to visit the castle he was very familiar with.
Shuttle through Hogwarts, the endless stream of students also stopped and looked at Rove curiously.
It would allow Professor Hufflepuff to spare precious time to be his tour guide and accompany him on a tour... Who the hell is this kid? !
Such a big face!
Hufflepuff kept greeting the students with a gentle and kind attitude, just like a loving mother, she asked with a smile:
"Rove, does Hogwarts feel different now compared to your time?"
Rove has seen five duels between wizards who started fighting after a disagreement, and he replied:
"There are more martial arts here... In our era, it was not allowed to cast spells in the corridor, and it was even more impossible to allow duels."
The boy thought for a while, and then added: "The magic power of those students is also much stronger than that of my era."
Using the Cruciatus Curse is enough to go to the advanced class of Azka for further study, but Hogwarts in this era is just ordinary.
But even students in the third and fourth grades can use the Cruciatus Curse proficiently, which is a little unusual in the ordinary.
Their magical talents are too outstanding!
Hufflepuff narrowed his eyes and said, "Were all wizards in your era weak?"
"Most wizards are indeed like this." Rove pointed to a little wizard who used the Iron Armor Curse, and said softly:
"The Ministry of Magic... that is, your current Magic Council, more than half of the officials cannot use the Iron Armor Curse as skillfully as he does."
This has something to do with the changing of Defense Against the Dark Arts professors every year, but it is undeniable that the overall strength of wizards in that era was indeed not as good as it is now.
There may be one or two outliers...such as Dumbledore, Grindelwald, and Voldemort, but they are just outliers after all.
"The power of the wizard's blood is indeed weakening." Hufflepuff sighed.
"One or two generations is not very prominent, but when the time span is lower than a thousand years, it will be obvious."
Rove looked at Hufflepuff, frowned and said, "The power of blood?"
"Yes." Hufflepuff nodded slightly, and she asked:
"Rove, do you know why pure-blood wizards are keen to intermarry with the same pure-blood wizards?"
Rove thought for a while and said, "Pure-blooded wizards think that marrying Muggles or Muggle-born wizards will tarnish their blood."
"So how exactly is it defiled?" Hufflepuff asked.
"I don't agree with this point of view." Rove shook his head and said, "So, I always feel that this statement is a fallacy and discrimination against Muggles."
"Rove, any opinion is not groundless." Hufflepuff said softly:
"This statement may be biased, but it's not entirely absurd... You should know that wizards are very weak in reproductive ability?"
Rove nodded. He had heard from Helena that the entire group of wizards had been cursed by a more powerful existence.
"The ancient pure-blood wizards have made many attempts to solve the fertility problem." Hufflepuff looked into the distance, and she seemed to be lost in memory, and said slowly:
"They found that Muggles are as fertile as rabbits.
Some pure-blood wizards try to intermarry with Muggles, hoping to use the blood of Muggles to break the shackles of wizard breeding. "
Hufflepuff looked at Rove's face and sighed:
"However, after several generations of intermarriage, those pure-blood families unexpectedly discovered that the power of their own blood was weakening."
"How did you discover this?" Rove asked curiously, "Is it possible to quantify such things as strength?"
"It can't be quantified, but it can be observed intuitively." Hufflepuff said solemnly:
"The Parseltongue of the Slytherin family; the natural Legilimency of the Ravenclaw family; the Transfiguration Magus of the Gryffindor family; the Celestial Eye of the Trelawney family...
These are the characterizations of the power brought by the blood, and many abilities cannot even be learned the day after tomorrow! "
"One of the pure-blood wizards in Slytherin once intermarried with Muggles, and in the third generation, they don't have the talent of Parseltongue.
In the fourth generation of descendants, there will even be squibs. "
Professor Hufflepuff paused and said:
"After a large number of intermarriages, pure-blood wizards began to reject intermarriage with Muggles in order to protect the power in their blood, and gradually formed discrimination against Muggles and some pure-blood superiors."
Luo Fu couldn't help but sighed with emotion: "There is such a thing!"
"Yes." Hufflepuff was silent for a moment, then asked softly:
"If it were you, would you still be willing to intermarry with Muggles after knowing that the blood of your offspring would be diluted step by step?"
Rove didn't answer directly, he just said softly:
"But without intermarriage, it may not be able to pass on forever... Pure-blood wizards have difficulty in breeding, and sooner or later the bloodline will be cut off in a certain generation."
"That's right." Hufflepuff laughed:
"This is a terrible conspiracy, just to weaken the entire wizarding group, slowly assimilate it into Muggles, and finally completely perish."
"Who did it?" Rove asked.
Hufflepuff didn't answer, she stretched and said lazily:
"Let's not talk about this now. Are you hungry? I'll take you to the kitchen for something to eat."
"Professor, I'm not in the mood to eat right now." Rove shook his head.
"If you're not in the mood, you should eat something." Hufflepuff pressed Rove's shoulder and said enthusiastically:
"Delicious food always makes people feel happy. I cook for you myself. Most people can't eat the food I cook."
With a snap, the two disappeared into the endless crowd, and appeared in the kitchen the next second.
Rove looked around, wondering, "Hasn't the anti-apparition spell been cast in Hogwarts now?"
"Impacted." Hufflepuff smiled triumphantly: "But this is the magic I learned from Hodor, and it is not restricted by the wizard's magic."
"Hodor?"
"The house elves I adopted." Hufflepuff explained: "The magic they use is a different system from wizards."
After hearing the movement, a group of house-elves appeared, standing in a row, all wearing the same uniform:
A tea towel with the Hogwarts crest on it.
Hufflepuff smiled and said, "Go and rest, I can do it myself, so I don't need to bother you."
"Yes, Professor Hufflepuff." The group of house-elves bowed respectfully and left quickly.
"These house-elves are all abandoned, most of them are defective, and no other wizarding family is willing to adopt them, so I took them in at Hogwarts."
Hufflepuff sat on a chair, she looked at the boy's side face, and asked: "
"Rove, after a thousand years, have these poor fellows gotten better?"
"No." Rove shook his head and said, "They are still the wizard's slaves."
"Is that so?" Hufflepuff whispered with some disappointment:
"After so many years of punishment, I think it is enough, but I didn't expect that there is still no change."
Rove raised his eyebrows and asked:
"What punishment?"
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(Thanks to the three big guys "Tired Cat_", "The Huban Jun" and "Xiaomengxin 1223" for their rewards.)