Chapter 616 Rove's House Elf MLM Organization
After the first game, Rove ranked first among all Warriors with a high score of 94.
The excited Hufflepuff badgers pulled him again and celebrated until late into the night, so that Rove didn't wake up until very late the next day.
In the morning, he walked into the auditorium carrying a black leather suitcase, and immediately became the focus of attention, and everyone's hot eyes were fixed on him.
The students all know that Rove is very powerful, but there are different opinions on how powerful he is, and there is no accurate measurement standard.
But this Triwizard Tournament, let everyone really see the horror of Rove.
Klum—an international superstar—was a blast before the game; Harry Potter—the Boy Who Lived—was the favorite to win in Rita's article.
But both of them only scored 54 points in the end. Compared with Rove, the gap is not that big.
It can only be said that it was numb before the game, and the game was soft-footed.
Ron Weasley and his like only have four points, and if they try harder, they will surpass Rove's fraction.
Rove was about to walk towards the Hufflepuff table when he heard someone call his name, turned his head and saw it was Hermione.
Instead of staying at the Gryffindor table, Hermione sat at the Ravenclaw table with Shirley, and waved at him vigorously, beckoning him to come over.
Rove turned to the Ravenclaw table, sat down beside Shirley, and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I want to discuss something with you!" Hermione held a box in her hand, and she shook it vigorously in front of Rove, and the things in the box clicked and clicked.
Rove glanced at it and saw a bunch of badges in the box, all in different colors, all with the same letter written on them.
He picked up a badge from the box, looked at it carefully, and asked knowingly, "What is this?"
Hermione said excitedly, "S.P.E.W.—Society for the Promotion of House Elf Rights, this is a non-profit organization I just founded in the middle of last night."
"I wanted to call it a movement to stop cruelty to our biological friends and improve their legal status, but after thinking about it, it just doesn't feel right."
Hermione danced and said, "So I made this the title of our organization manifesto."
Rove snorted, nodded and said, "Very good. Hogwarts lacks entertainment activities. Developing personal hobbies can not only pass the time, but also have leisure and entertainment."
"I'm not entertaining, but doing something seriously!" Hermione raised her eyebrows and said with a straight face:
"I went to the library to look up information yesterday after hearing you say that house-elves are slaves to wizards.
I don't know if I don't check, but I was shocked when I checked. I didn't expect that house elves have been slaves for thousands of years.
The British Muggle government passed the "Abolition of Slavery Act" in 1833. Unexpectedly, the wizarding world is approaching the 21st century, and there are still a large number of slaves.
I can't believe no wizards have been doing anything about this..."
"Hermione, of course someone has taken measures." Rove corrected softly and accurately:
"As early as a thousand years ago, Hufflepuff established the House Elf Resettlement Office to collect abandoned and disabled house elves, provide them with shelter and food.
At that time, there was not even a Ministry of Magic, and it was the time of the Wizarding Council. She also rescued many house-elves and placed them in Hogwarts. "
"My grandpa also pushed for the house-elf rights guidelines to ensure the treatment of house-elves."
"But this policy is not enforced by the Ministry of Magic, is it?" Hermione stared and said:
"The treatment of house-elves has not changed substantially, they are still slaves and there are still numerous reports every year of house-elves being brutally abused and killed.
I saw the news photos and it was shocking... We should find a way to abolish house elf slavery. "
"It's not that wizards have tried to abolish house-elf slavery before," Rove said.
"As early as 1973, a number of famous wizards jointly initiated the "Protest Against House-Elf Slavery". Do you know why this protest was ultimately dismissed?"
"Why?"
"Because a large number of house elves took the initiative to stand up and oppose this protest case." Rove said softly.
"House-elves don't want to be free, they want to be slaves."
"That's because they're uneducated and indoctrinated!" Hermione said excitedly.
"This involves another issue." Rove said seriously:
"As I told you, in the ancient kingdom of wizards, those wizards used their powerful blood to combine with animals on the earth to create many magical creatures as their captive livestock.
We humans, centaurs, giants, goblins, and house-elves were once servants of ancient wizards. "
"After the doomsday catastrophe, our ancestors transformed from slaves to become the new masters of this world."
Rove paused for a moment, then continued:
"And the house elves - as the most perfect slaves of the ancient wizards - have the ultimate slavery and obedience, and become our slaves.
They are bound by the magic of ancient wizards, and slavishness is their instinct and nature, as natural as breathing.
No matter how you educate yourself, this instinct cannot be changed unless you can unlock the magic of the ancient wizard. "
Hermione frowned and said, "So, you mean to do nothing and let the house elves continue to be enslaved for a thousand years?"
"That's not true." Rove shook his head. "Although we don't have the ability to break the magic of ancient wizards, we can appeal to everyone to treat house elves kindly and improve their treatment."
It is said to call on everyone to treat house-elves kindly, but in fact it is more to appeal to pure-blood families to treat house-elves kindly.
There are no house-elves in the poor wizard's family, so there is no kindness or abuse.
An ordinary family has one or two house elves, and they will not abuse them, because this is an important "labor force". Who will do the work if the abuse is broken?
It's like the uncle of the farmer will not abuse his cattle, he will eat and drink for him!
Similarly, if there is a house elf in the Weasley family, let alone beating and scolding, the status may be higher than Ron!
Most of the people who really abuse house elves are ancient pure-blood families like Malfoy and Black.
They were rich enough to care less about killing a few house-elves, and abuse became a habit.
Hearing what Rove said, Hermione's emotions rose again, and she said excitedly:
"Yes, we want to improve the treatment of house-elves.
We thought we'd start with a membership, and attendees would pay two Sickles - for a badge - which would allow us to print leaflets.
You are the treasurer, Rove - I have a piggy bank for you - Shirley, you are the secretary, and you need to write down everything I say now, as a record of our first meeting. "
Rove and Shirley looked at each other, and the young man sighed softly, "Hermione, do you think someone will pay two Sickles for your shoddy and broken badge?"
Hermione was at a loss for words for a while, she sold in Gryffindor for half a day in the morning, but no one bought it.
"I have a way to sell it for you." Rove smiled.
"How?" Hermione asked curiously.
"You tell them that for every ten people who join the club, they will be rewarded with one Galleon for buying our badge worth two Sikels." Rove laughed:
"Believe it or not, it won't be long before the whole of Hogwarts is our house-elf rights pyramid scheme... Ah bah, members of the Promotion Association."
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