Harry Potter: Charlie's Candy Factory

Chapter 223 You Are Already a Free Elf
In the kitchen, accompanied by a crisp bang, Dobby knew that it was his masters who had returned.

"The master has returned from Mr. Black's factory."

Crouching in a dark corner, Dobby's already depressed mood became even more depressed. As he spoke, those big ears like cattail leaf fans drooped down, covering his eyes.

"More than!!!!"

However, just when he was sad here alone, in the front hall, Lucius' voice suddenly pulled him back, like a reflection, almost catapulted him to stand up, and then there was a "whoosh", It turned into a flash of trivial matter and stayed in place, and came in front of Lucius.

"Great master, what do you need Dobby for..."

Crouching at Lucius' feet, he asked the person in front of him with a bit of flattery and fear as usual, and at the same time subconsciously tightened his heart, for fear that something was wrong and would provoke punches and kicks from the other side.

However, this time, unlike before, Lucius did not speak.

After a while, Dobby only heard a gentle voice coming from above his head.

"Now, Dobby, get up, it's cold on the ground."

While speaking, Lucius even bent down himself, grabbed Dobby's arm with both hands without hesitation, and helped him up with a smile.

"Master, Master?"

Lucius' behavior made Dobby couldn't help shivering. It seemed that because it was too magical, he had never dreamed of such a scene even in his dreams, so after stammering out the word "Master", he He couldn't say anything else, he could only stare wide-eyed, and looked at Lucius Malfoy over and over again, as if he was confirming whether the other party was really his master, not Mr. Black who had taken the compound soup.

"Come, come here."

Lucius supported Dobby's arm, and led it tremblingly to the sofa in the front hall of the mansion.

"sit down."

Lucius smiled and gestured, but it had another meaning in Dobby's ears.

He trembled even more suddenly, his skinny legs were almost unable to support his body, so he knelt down on the spot.

"No... no, this, this is the master's sofa. The master ordered that Dobby must never use the master's sofa, otherwise he will be... beaten."

Hearing this, Lucius's movements froze, and he subconsciously raised his head to look at his wife Narcissa who was about to go upstairs.

Narcissa's expression remained unchanged, she shook her head slowly, as if to say that she also forgot when she gave the order.

Helpless, Lucius had to cough twice, took a deep breath and continued
"Okay... then let's talk briefly, Dobby... based on the care you have taken for the Malfoy family, that is, me, Narcissa and Draco, for so many years, so, after thinking about it, I intend to... give you your freedom."

While speaking, Lucius took off the cloak he was wearing and shook it lightly.

Then, under Dobby's shocked and trembling eyes, he bent down again, and solemnly put the cloak on Dobby's body slowly.

After putting the cloak on him, Lucius didn't stand up immediately, but whispered in his ear
"Well, now you are free."

At this moment, Dobby's mind completely shut down when faced with a beautiful scene that had never appeared in his dreams.

He stared blankly, and looked at his master without blinking...or, it should be the former master.

His hands subconsciously grabbed the two corners of the cloak behind him.As his fingers rolled over it, he desperately felt the delicate fabric and extremely fine stitches—this was a sense of touch he had never had before.

In this way, after two or three minutes of staring at each other, Dobby finally forced his brain to recover from the shutdown.

Those huge eyes filled with tears in an instant, and then slowly raised his arm, tremblingly holding Lucius' big hand that was still supporting him.

"Master... gave Dobby freedom?"

Dobby opened his mouth and murmured.There was a cry in the already thin voice, which seemed even sharper.

"Master...Master, you..."

He held Lucius' hands a little harder, and under the agitation of emotions, he couldn't speak for a while.

Lucius smiled, completely without the harshness and arrogance he used to treat Dobby. Instead, he exuded an aura of "Charlie Black" from the inside out.

"Just call me Mr. Malfoy, you are free now, I am not your master now."

As soon as these words came out, Dobby's already turbulent emotions could no longer hold back, and the hot tears accumulated in his eyes welled up and fell on the precious carpet of the mansion.

"Mr. Malfoy you are such a good man... you are the best man in the world... Dobby never, never imagined a day like this, my God... you are like Mr. Black, a worthy man Great wizard with sincere respect... I'm sorry, I'm sorry Dobby once expressed dissatisfaction with you behind your back, Dobby is such a bastard elf..."

For a moment, countless words filled with various emotions flew out of its mouth unstoppably, but most of them couldn't be separated from the praise for its former master, Lucius Malfoy.

Yep...that's the elf.Even if the way you treated him before was all bad, as long as you think about him at a critical moment, or help him once, he will completely forget all the unhappiness and sincerely express his praise to you.

Even a black-bellied and deep-faced person like Lucius, in the face of Dobby's thanks, almost didn't hold back his pretentious posture at the moment.

Reluctantly, he had no choice but to interrupt the emotion expressed by the other party first, stood up, sat on the sofa, and continued to speak softly

"Okay, Dobby... Actually, I have one more thing, and I want to ask you to help me complete it."

Hearing Lucius' sincere tone, Dobby didn't bother to say anything for a while, and hurriedly wiped the snot and tears on his face with the cloak Lucius gave him.The former owner of the cloak couldn't help but twitch his eyes at this moment.

After his emotions calmed down, he eagerly patted his thin chest, made a duty-bound attitude, and said loudly

"Mr. Malfoy, please leave it all to me!!! No matter what, I will definitely finish it for you!!!"

Hearing this, Lucius let out a sigh of relief, and the smile on his face was even bigger.

Pointing to the direction of the study, he continued to say
"There's a box over there. It's a gift I'm going to give Charlie. I hope you can help me deliver it."

"no problem--"

Upon hearing this, Dobby immediately agreed, but just as he was about to leave impatiently, Lucius seemed to have thought of something, and Lucius hurriedly continued

"When you see Charlie, don't forget to tell him..."

"say what?"

"Talk to them more, you are already a free elf."

(End of this chapter)