Harry Potter: This senior is pretty strong

Chapter 28 A Kind and Courageous Heart

"Elvis, pass me that sandwich, please!" Qin Yu said to his roommate Elvis at the lunch table.

After Elvis handed him a sandwich as instructed, Qin Yu took a few more items of food, put them on a plate, and got up to leave.

"Qin, where are you going?" Elvis asked curiously.

"I'm going to see a friend, well, someone I think I can become friends with," Qin Yu said with a smile.

Then, before Elvis could ask any more questions, he grabbed a plate of food and hurriedly left.

Watching Qin Yu's departing figure, Elvis tilted his head, wondering who he was going to see and whether he knew them.

Thinking about how good Qin Yu was at making friends at school, Elvis couldn't help but feel envious and took him as his role model.

……

The person Qin Yu was going to meet wasn't a person, but a house-elf.

That's right, Lucius Malfoy brought his house-elf Dobby with him to Hogwarts this time.

Compared to meeting Lucius, Qin Yu was even happier to meet Dobby, the little elf who longed for freedom.

In this magical world, the deaths of several characters left Qin Yu, a casual fan, feeling deeply saddened, such as Snape, Dumbledore, and Dobby the house-elf.

The elf's yearning for freedom, its loyalty to its friends, and its courage in the face of danger all deeply moved Qin Yu.

Therefore, as soon as get out of class ended, he went to the auditorium to get some food and then headed straight for the principal's office.

Sure enough, Qin Yu saw the little elf standing against a pillar in the corridor outside the principal's office.

However, besides Dobby the elf, he also saw Professor McGonagall, who was stepping into the office.

After Professor McGonagall went inside and closed the office door, Qin Yu strolled over and saw Dobby up close.

The little elf had big eyes and pointed ears, and wore a smock that looked like a modified pillowcase, making him appear quite thin.

"Hi, sir, my name is Qin Yu. What's your name?" Qin Yu walked over and asked directly.

"Ah? Dobby, sir! My name is Dobby!" the little elf said hurriedly.

However, Dobby immediately looked at Qin Yu in astonishment and said in disbelief, "What did you just call Dobby? 'Sir'? You called Dobby 'Sir'?!"

Qin Yu smiled slightly: "Aren't you a gentleman, but a lady?"

"No, no, no, Dobby isn't a lady, that's not what Dobby meant. Dobby just wanted to say that it's really surprising that you call Dobby 'sir,' no one has ever called Dobby that before..." the little elf rambled on.

"So, from now on, people will call you that." Qin Yu's nose tingled slightly as he said this.

Yes, all this little elf has ever sought in his life is respect from others.

“But Dobby is just a lowly house-elf…” Dobby said, head bowed.

“I believe that a person’s nobility stems from their kind and courageous heart, not from their birth. Don’t you agree, Dobi?” Qin Yu said gently.

"A kind and brave heart? Does Dobby have such a heart?" Dobby murmured upon hearing this.

"Yes, I believe you can!" Qin Yu smiled and looked into Dobby's big eyes, speaking sincerely.

"Dobby has a kind and brave heart?! Thank you, thank you for saying that. Dobby has never been happier than today! Dobby's owner always says that house-elves are lowly... No, no, Dobby can't speak ill of his owner, bad Dobby! Bad Dobby!"

Watching this self-destructive house-elf cursing himself and banging his head against the wall, Qin Yu couldn't help but sigh, thinking to himself, "The road to liberating house-elves is truly long and arduous!"

Qin Yu wanted to stop him, but he couldn't.

Once the little elf Dobby stopped bothering him, Qin Yu handed him the food and said, "Dobby, it's lunchtime now. Would you like something to eat? These are all local specialties from our school, and they're really delicious."

Dobby tiptoed to look at the food on the plate, swallowed hard, but ultimately shook his head and said, "Thank you, Dobby can't eat."

"Why?" Qin Yu asked, somewhat puzzled.

“Dobby can’t eat without his master’s permission…” the little elf explained.

"Huh? There's such a rule..."

Qin Yu was taken aback. He only knew that the little elf could not wear clothes given by others, because giving clothes meant breaking the master-servant contract, but he did not expect that even food could not be worn.

However, upon further reflection, he realized that if the elf could eat whatever it wanted, it wouldn't be so thin and bony now.

This realization made Qin Yu feel sympathy for the home-elves' origins once again.

“Sir, are you planning to give these to Dobby?” Dobby asked tentatively.

"Not entirely. I actually wanted to eat with you, since I haven't had lunch yet," Qin Yu said truthfully.

“Then, Dobby can eat with you. Dobby can look at and smell the food, if you don’t mind…” the little elf said carefully.

"Of course I don't mind!" Qin Yu said with a smile.

So Qin Yu found a place to sit down in the corridor and chatted with Dobi while eating.

Being able to look but not eat is somewhat cruel, but Dobby is happy because some of the food on the plate belongs to him; he just can't eat it.

……

"Dobby, what are you doing at school today?" Qin Yu was quite curious about this.

“Master didn’t tell anyone I can’t tell you, but since Qin wants to know, Dobby will tell you… Master said there was an explosion at Hogwarts, so Professor Dumbledore must have some secret… Master came here this time to cause trouble for Professor Dumbledore and make him less secure in his position as headmaster… Master hates Professor Dumbledore… Ah, Dobby is talking badly about Master again, Dobby shouldn’t do this…” Dobby rambled on about what he knew.

"Oh, I see." Qin Yu nodded thoughtfully after hearing this.

It seems that Lucius Malfoy found out about the Forbidden Forest explosion, but he obviously didn't know the truth of the matter, let alone that it was related to Qin Yu. Otherwise, he wouldn't have thought it was Dumbledore's secret.

Thinking of this, Qin Yu felt somewhat relieved.

"Qin, you should eat Dobby's food too!" The little elf looked at Qin Yu with expectant eyes.

"Uh, okay!" Qin Yu felt a little full, but he couldn't refuse the hospitality.

The little elf was happier watching the food being eaten than if he had eaten it himself.

……

"Professor Dumbledore, I heard that some students were injured after the explosion in the Forbidden Forest. Is that true?" Lucius asked Dumbledore after chatting idly for a while in the office.

This made the latter feel a slight chill.

Dumbledore originally thought that Lucius only knew about the explosion in the Forbidden Forest, so he could simply say that he had an accident during a magical trial and get away with it.

Who knew that Lucius even knew about the student injury? We'll have to find another reason.

However, Lucius obviously didn't know about Qin Yu, otherwise he wouldn't have been so calm when he saw Qin Yu earlier.

Thinking of this, Dumbledore exchanged a barely perceptible glance with Professor McGonagall. Having worked together for many years, Professor McGonagall could certainly understand the headmaster's meaning.

“Lucius, a student did indeed wander into the Forbidden Forest, but he was not seriously injured,” Dumbledore said calmly.

"Oh? So what exactly happened with this explosion? The school board sent me here because they want an explanation!" Lucius brandished the school board's banner.

“No problem, we can go to the Forbidden Forest together later, and I’ll explain the situation to you,” Professor Dumbledore nodded and said.