Harry Potter and the Old Ones

On Christmas morning, Harry woke up slowly.

"Merry Christmas, mention-"

"Merry Christmas, Harry Potter!" Dobby jumped from Tierra's bed to Harry's bed with big round eyes.

"Are you... Dobby!?" Harry was taken aback by Dobby.

"Where's Tierra?" Harry asked nervously, "What did you do to Tierra?"

"I'm fine, Harry." At this moment Tierra came in after washing up, "Look at Harry, let me introduce you formally, this is Dobby."

"Hello." Dobby waved happily at Harry.

"This is... what's going on here?" Harry asked suspiciously, "I'm a little confused."

"Dobby is free!" Dobby said excitedly.

"What? What's going on?" Harry was still confused.

"Let me explain." Tierra patted Dobby on the shoulder and said.

"It's like this, I learned through the prophecy that Dobby is Malfoy's house elf, so I guessed that Dobby's so-called actions to protect you were all inspired by Malfoy, right, Dobby? " Tierra squeezed Dobby's shoulder and said.

"Oh... oh, yes." Dobby said guiltily.

"So taking advantage of Christmas, I made a magical gift and gave it to Draco. The outside is a box that can't be opened except for house elves, and inside is a set of clothes." Tierra pointed Pointing to the wizard costume Dobby was wearing, he said.

"Yes, the clothes that Mr. Tierra gave Dobby!" Dobby said happily, pulling up the clothes on his body.

"Tiera gave me a color-changing scarf too," Harry said suddenly.

"That's not the point." Tierra said, "The point is,

House elves are a race conquered by wizards in ancient wars. Every one of them has to receive servile training from birth, and they must serve their masters as slaves from generation to generation. They undertake all housework and are bound by their masters. They cannot disobey their master's orders casually, and must punish themselves if they disobey. For them, their highest right is to obey the orders of their masters. They must work hard all their lives, and they will not be free until their master hands them a piece of clothing. "

"So you gave Dobby a piece of clothing, and Dobby went free?" Harry asked.

"Yes! Dobby is free!" Dobby said again happily.

"So Dobby won't try to hurt me again?" Harry asked again.

"Dobby never meant to hurt Harry Potter, Dobby—"

"Dobby is only under orders from his master, right?" Tierra patted Dobby on the shoulder and said.

"Yes, yes, Dobby is only under the orders of his master." Dobby changed his words temporarily.

"Oh, that's great!" Harry said perfunctorily.

Through eye contact with Harry, Tierra knew:

[I want to unwrap the present quickly! 】

"Harry, you wash up first, and I'll take Dobby to Hagrid first." Tierra said.

"To Hagrid? Why Hagrid?"

"I want to arrange a job for Dobby. Although Dobby is free, his survival is also a problem." Tierra said, "And Hagrid often complains to me that sometimes he is too busy, I think He should be happy to accept Dobby."

"Oh, well...wait for me." Harry jumped off the bed quickly, dressed and washed, "I'll go with you, and we'll open the presents when we get back."

【I have prepared a big surprise for Tierra! 】

Tierra heard Harry say excitedly in his heart.

"Well, okay, then hurry up." Tierra said helplessly.

Tierra already knew what Harry's big surprise was.

It's a brand new wizard robe.

Ever since "Parasite" was successfully refined, Tierra has only been wearing "Parasite", which is dust-proof, dirt-proof and self-cleaning, so according to Harry's observation, Tierra hasn't had any clothes for nearly two months. Changed wizard robes.

It took even less time than Harry had expected to get rid of Dobby the nuisance.

Just when Harry was fully dressed and wrapped up, and was about to walk out of the Gryffindor gate, Tiera grabbed him.

Tierra's other hand grabbed Dobby's arm, smiled and said, "This way is faster."

As soon as Tiera finished speaking, Dobby, Tiera, and Harry disappeared into the Gryffindor lounge.

The next second, they appeared next to Hagrid's cabin.

The next thing is very natural -

Hagrid, who has always loved magical animals, has no reason to refuse to take in a homeless house-elf.

Especially when Hagrid knew that this house-elf was a different species among house-elves, longing for freedom and equality, Hagrid was more willing to take Dobby in.

Anyway, Dobby was small and thin, not as big as Hagrid's dog, and had big teeth.

Hagrid made a bed for Dobby by the fireplace in his living room out of scrap fence, old blankets and Buckbeak's molted down.

Dobby liked the bed very much, and except that he couldn't bounce on it, Dobby was quite happy with it.

This brings the relationship between Dobby and Hagrid into a lot—

It made Dobby slightly relieved of his depressed mood of not being able to work beside Tierra.

After that, Tierra, Harry chatted with Hagrid for a while before returning to the dormitory.

Dobby was left with Hagrid.

Every Christmas is Hagrid's busiest time. Apart from taking care of a large booth of magical animals in his secret zoo, he also has to choose Christmas trees and ingredients for the school Christmas.

So Hagrid was overjoyed at having such a little assistant brought over by Tierra and Harry, like a two-meter-old kid getting a new toy.

After Tierra returned to the Gryffindor dormitory, under Harry's expectant gaze, she opened the gift Harry gave him—

A brand new, Gryffindor robe, from Madam Malkin.

The collar and cuffs of the robe show rows of fragmented ancient runes with golden silk thread——

It has the function of keeping warm in winter and cooling in summer.

"Oh, my God, Harry! I really like it so much, I really like it so much!" Tierra made a very happy expression on the surface——

But in his heart, he was calculating whether such a brand new and unopened robe could be returned to Mrs. Malkin's robe shop.

It should be able to return a lot of golden Galleons.

Tierra also took out her present——

A gold and red Gryffindor icon brooch.

This is the same failure as Gilderoy Lockhart's brooch.

It’s useless to keep it, and it’s a pity to lose it. Tierra didn’t dare to give this to other professors, so she gave it to Harry. I hope he likes it——

"Oh my God, Tierra, I love it so much," said Harry, pinning the brooch to his chest.

Suddenly, a wonderful fragrance emanated from Harry——

This is the function of this brooch, which can make the wearer emit a unique fragrance.

The wearer can't smell this fragrance, but it can increase the attention of people around to a certain extent.

Tierra took a deep breath, and then said:

"Merry Christmas, Harry."

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