Jon looked at Dobby strangely.
"Observation? Is it an aboveboard observation or a furtive observation?"
Dobby finally exposed his face completely from behind the leaves, and said proudly.
"The master asked Dobby to observe Mr. Green secretly, but of course Dobby would not do this. Dobby knows that Dumbledore and Green are great wizards. Dobby has no way to disobey the task assigned to me by the master, but he can also Tell Mr Green about it!"
After Dobby finished speaking, his proud face suddenly turned ferocious, and he began to self-mutilate his head against the tree trunk beside him, while screaming non-stop.
"Bad elf! Dobby is a bad elf!"
It didn't seem like he couldn't restrain this self-harming behavior, it's just that the slave mentality that had been integrated into his instinct made him subconsciously unable to accept any behavior that betrayed his master.
Jon looked at Dobby, who had stopped panting after bumping his forehead a few times, holding the tree trunk together with both hands, and couldn't help but think of its deeds in the original book.
This house-elf from the Malfoy family is a complete oddity among elves.
Although he also has the most basic master-servant concept between elves and wizards, this concept is under his own concept of good and evil.
That is to say, he was serving the Malfoy family, but he did not agree with what the Malfoy family did. In addition, the attitude of the Malfoy family towards elves could be said to be harsh, which made this elf He is a different kind, he doesn't like his master at all, it can even be said to hate him.
It’s just that in the original book, Dobby admires Harry Potter because he knows that Harry Potter defeated the Dark Lord and regards him as a hero.
And now at this time when there is no Harry Potter, Dobby naturally has no object of worship, but he still respects Dumbledore and has a good impression of Jon.
So he said that he took advantage of Malfoy's order and told what he observed, which is highly credible.
If another house elf came over, Jon would definitely be on guard. Of course, normal people would not let house elves do this kind of behavior.
"Can we come down and talk?"
Jon invited him.
At this time, it was already getting dark, and it was not long before the castle curfew began. There were no students from Hogwarts Castle on the Black Lake side, and only Jon was left empty.
Dobby readily accepted this, and he climbed down from the tree trunk, and then came to Jon.
"How long have you been watching me from that tree?"
"Today's first day, Mr. Green!" Dobby said, "The master just called Dobby out of the house yesterday, and he just assigned the task this morning."
"In other words, since I came to the Black Lake in the afternoon, where have you been?"
"Yes!"
Hearing his answer, Jon understood why Lucius was relieved to let Dobby spy on him.
House elves are a special magical race. Even without a wand, they can use their fingers to use magic that is completely different from wizards. If Dobby wants to hide, it will be really difficult for Jon to find him, unless he is like himself now. Come out of the tree, wanting Jon to find out.
Dobby seemed to realize that Jon might be minding that he had been peeping all afternoon, and hurriedly waved his hand and said.
"But Dobby didn't intend to keep observing Mr. Green from the tree. There are many classmates of the little master in the castle by the lake. Dobby can't appear in front of them, otherwise the little master will definitely know about it."
"Of course I don't blame you for this, Dobby, and don't call me Mr. Green, just call me Jon."
Jon said casually, and then sat down on the grass.
And Dobby looked at him blankly, as if he had heard something shocking.
"Mr. Green. Sir, let Dobby call his name!"
Hearing that he subconsciously raised the volume, Jon couldn't help but say.
"Don't get too excited, okay, Dobby, it's just a name, maybe it's really shocking to a bad wizard like your master, but you know, I'm a respectful, civilized and respectful person. A good wizard of quality, that's why you are willing to help me, isn't it? So don't be too surprised."
Dobby obviously listened to what Jon said. He tried his best to breathe slowly, and he seemed to have calmed down a lot, but his big eyes were still looking at Jon excitedly.
"Okay, okay, Joe, Jon!"
"Yes, that's it. Just call me Jon. Since you are willing to help me, even at the expense of disobeying your master's orders, then we are friends, aren't we? So I can call you Dobby, and of course you can call me too." Jon. Sit down, Dobby, may I ask you something about your master?"
Dobby seemed to have put in a lot of effort, and finally sat down opposite Jon, but even if he was sitting on the grass, he still looked so cramped.
"About the master, there are some things I can't say. The elf has no way to betray his master unless he is abandoned."
Jon thought for a moment, then suddenly said with a smile.
"But it is reasonable for the elf to hide some things for the master, right? Then we can do this. I will ask you some questions that only need to be answered yes or no. Of course you have to lie to me in order to protect the master's secret, right? ?”
Dobby's face was blank for a few seconds at first, as if he didn't understand what Jon said, but soon his smart brain reacted, and immediately nodded his head vigorously.
"Yes! Dobby is trying to hide the master's password, so he can't tell the truth to Jon!"
After and Dobby determined the next communication mode, Jon quickly asked the first thing.
"Dobby's master asked Dobby to come to Hogwarts to observe Jon, and Dobby's master also knew about it, right?"
The next moment, Dobby shook his head like a rattle, that movement was very natural, without the slightest sense of guilt.
"No! Master Dobby's master doesn't know about it!"
That is to know.
Jon knew in his heart that there were still a large number of house elves in Hogwarts castle. The elves here were supposed to be loyal to the castle, but after Voldemort became the headmaster, they were not the real house elves of the castle. Master, then he will definitely let all the elves here be loyal to him, otherwise it will definitely be a hidden danger.
And now that Dobby suddenly appeared in the castle, it is impossible for Voldemort to not know, or Lucius doesn't have the guts not to report to Voldemort.
That is to say, after the first game, it was not Malfoy and his son who wanted to observe and spy on him, but Voldemort?
"Then after Dobby came to Hogwarts, he has no other tasks except to observe me, right?"
Dobby nodded happily.
"Yes, no more, Dobby's only mission is to observe Jon!"
Jon tapped his chin with his fingers, and continued to ask after thinking.
"right!"
Hearing this answer, Jon frowned involuntarily.
Not Voldemort?
Then there is only Lucius, what else can he ask Dobby to do?
Thinking in his heart, Jon continued to ask tentatively.
"Dobby still has a mission to protect the little master?"
"No!"
"Are these two tasks the only ones on Dobby?"
"Yes!"
"Any other tasks?" Jon couldn't guess it now.
Dobby is a house elf of the Malfoy family, and Lucius should have asked him to observe him, and Voldemort agreed by the way, and it must have been Lucius' private order to Dobby to protect Draco secretly.
Then what else would they have Dobby do?
Voldemort should have nothing more to say. With such a haughty character, even the **** look down on him, so how could he entrust some important things to the house elves.
Besides, even if he really needed the elves to do something for him, there were so many candidates in Hogwarts castle, there was no need to borrow the Malfoys' so unnecessary.
That is, it can only be that Lucius has other things to arrange for Dobby.
While Jon was thinking, he raised his head and happened to meet Dobby's big bright eyes. He could feel that Dobby was looking at him expectantly.
Suddenly, Jon had a thought, and he asked.
"Dobby still has a mission related to me, and it was Dobby's master who ordered him to do it?"
"No!"
Dobby said firmly.
This made Jon more sure of something.
"Dobby's master asked Dobby to see if he could find a chance to meet me quietly, but he didn't allow Dobby to meet me, nor did he tell Dobby why he did this, did he?"
"no!"
Dobi replied louder, more excited and excited.
At this time, Jon finally figured out what kind of mission Dobby was shouldering.
After repeating these, he couldn't help showing a sneer in his heart, but he didn't express it on his face, but expressed his gratitude to Dobby from the bottom of his heart.
"Thank you for telling me this, Dobby."
"You're welcome, Dobby didn't do anything, Dobby just lied to Jon." Dobby said without any guilt in his heart, because it was only now that he told the truth, and he was indeed cheating before. jon.
A deception that every elf knows well.
After learning about the filth in Lucius' heart from Dobby, Jon stood up from the grass again.
"It's getting late, I'm going back to the carriage, Dobby, don't hide what happened today, if your master asks, then tell him what I did this afternoon, but the conversation we just had To hide."
"Understood! Dobby knows that he can't disobey his master's order, but he can tell him some things for his master's benefit later!"
"Yes, that's right, that's it."
Jon praised that Dobby was indeed different from the house elves he had seen before.
"Then goodbye, Jon, Dobby is going back too."
After finishing speaking, Dobby disappeared into the air in front of Jon.
Of course the house elves can use apparation freely within the scope of the school, but the anti-apparition here also restricts their magic, so that although they can teleport freely, they can't do anything about it. Take others with you.
Plus that all the elves in the castle have given their allegiance to Voldemort himself, which is equivalent to eliminating the possibility that Dumbledore and the others will take advantage of the loophole of the house elves.
In fact, in private, Jon felt that the reason why Voldemort became so wary of the house-elf's magic might have something to do with the betrayal he experienced.
A young man from a pure-blood family named Black whom he trusted very much used to use the house-elf's magic to set a trap for him on an extremely crucial matter.
Now that Voldemort has recovered the split soul in the Horcrux, he must have discovered this trap, so he can basically guess who did it and how it was done.
Having already made a mistake on one matter, then a smart person like him will definitely not make a second mistake.
After Dobby left, Jon did not continue to stay by the Black Lake.
He went straight back to the horse farm that was still parked on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. After entering the carriage, he walked directly towards Dumbledore's office.
Knocked on the door and walked in, he said to Dumbledore with a somewhat sarcastic smile on his face.
"Professor, we haven't won a complete victory yet, some people can't bear it anymore."
Hermione's bedroom, after Mrs. Gray and Hermione reached an agreement at the beginning, she kept her promise and never left the carriage.
And Hermione didn't hide from her that she had conducted a search in the castle, but she didn't say clearly what she was looking for.
"That means you didn't find anything at all? Well, I don't think I should doubt you, Miss Granger! But I have to ask some, to prevent someone from taking me for a fool!"
Ms. Gray looked very angry, she seemed very dissatisfied with Hermione's mouth for nothing.
"Did you not gain anything, or did you just make a promise to me at the beginning to perfunctory, in fact, you didn't want to help me find that crown at all!"
Facing her questioning, Hermione's face didn't change, she just said calmly.
"I seldom make promises to people, Ms. Gray. Since I promised you at the beginning, I will try my best to do it. You don't have to doubt it. I really didn't lie. There was indeed no one in the castle when I entered the castle. Find what you asked me to find."
"But I heard a clue from another person who said he once saw a diadem in the headmaster's room at Hogwarts Castle."