Chapter 534: Chapter 532: House-elves and Centaurs
For most people, the first phase of vacation is a ti for endless entertainnt and fun. Then, right before school starts again, they suddenly rember they have howork.
So on the last day of the Christmas holiday, this scene appeared in the Hufflepuff Common Room. The laughter from the previous days was gone, and everyone was anxiously and hastily completing their howork that they hadn’t written a word of.
This is also a traditional collective activity in Hufflepuff, happening once or twice every year.
With only one day before school begins, the ti was tight and tasks were heavy, so much so that there weren’t many people coming for lunch. Compared to the bustling long tables of other houses, Hufflepuff’s table seed deserted.
Of course, this might also be because Hufflepuff is closer to the kitchen, allowing them to have lunch without needing to co to the Auditorium... because so students from other houses were also acting quite strangely.
Among them were Harry and Ron from Gryffindor, who stood up after only five minutes, stuffed their pockets with roasted potatoes, and hurried out of the Auditorium.
Hermione was behind them, constantly scolding.
Then, when they reached the entrance of the Auditorium, she suddenly stopped and didn’t go back with them. Instead, she turned and headed straight towards Hufflepuff.
Kael was discussing the Firebolt with Cedric, just lifted his head, and saw Hermione sitting at the empty spot across from him.
"Hermione?" Kael asked instinctively, "Did you have another fight with Ron?"
"No," Hermione said, "I’ve figured it out. Arguing with him doesn’t make
feel any better and served no purpose. I’m here to find you this ti."
"Find ?"
"It’s because of this." Hermione took out a box, opened it, and placed it on the table.
Kael and Cedric both leaned in to look.
The box contained about a dozen badges, each a different color, but each bearing the sa letters.
S.P.E.W.
"Spew?" Cedric instinctively said, "You don’t an to use this to boo the champions from other schools during the second task, do you... I don’t think Professor McGonagall would agree with that."
"Not spew." Hermione said sowhat irritably, clearly having already been misunderstood many tis before.
But she still tried to calm herself, explaining, "It stands for the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare."
"The what of the house-elves?" Cedric looked at Kael, puzzled, "Have you heard of it?"
"No," Kael shook his head.
"I created it, just two months ago," Hermione said crisply, "The goal is to fight for the rights they deserve and wages for the house-elves."
"Huh?" Cedric was even more baffled, thinking he must have misheard, "Wages for house-elves?"
"Yes, that’s right."
Hermione’s voice was a bit louder than before. "I believe many wizards treat house-elves like slaves. They don’t receive wages or vacations, and what’s even more terrifying is that here at Hogwarts, there are over a hundred such house-elves..."
Hermione spoke passionately, growing more and more excited, as if delivering a campaign speech for Minister of Magic.
Upon hearing her words, many couldn’t help but laugh, especially the nearby Slytherins, who laughed till they were pounding the table.
Cedric, with his good personal upbringing, tried his best to listen calmly to Hermione’s words.
"So I think we should help them... Would you like to join? You only need to pay two Silver Sickles to purchase a badge... This inco can later be used to print flyers."
"Sorry," Cedric said, "Can I ask how many mbers you have now?"
"Hmm... six," Hermione said,
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