Hogwarts: Voldemort, don't stop me from studying

The menu provided by the cafeteria alone is a two-inch thick booklet.

You can also order food.

Just choose what you want to eat in advance, and the house-elves will deliver it to the table silently within half an hour.

At noon, Professor Murray came back from outside. He didn't spend much time greeting people and started teaching Wade.

"You have already mastered all the basics of alchemy," Professor Murray said bluntly, "This summer we will learn something special - biological alchemy."

Chapter 108: Elves and Biological Alchemy

"Bioalchemy?"

Wade thought of the walking tin can man for a moment, and then he recalled what he had learned from the book: "Like the Sorting Hat and Wizard Chess?"

Professor Murray smiled.

"Wizards chess and the Sorting Hat may look similar, but they are actually very different."

He raised his finger, and the lid of a box on the table opened. The black and white chess pieces lined up and walked out, standing on the chessboard while making a lot of noise.

The White Queen glared at Vader with great dissatisfaction: "Hurry up and play chess. Do you have any instructions?"

The knight on the other side shouted, "Let me charge! I want to crush the enemy army!"

Professor Murray nodded, and the chess pieces immediately quieted down.

"This is Wizard Chess."

Professor Murray said: "Sometimes people give people the illusion that they are alive and have thoughts. In fact, this is not the case - do you know why?"

Vader thought about it carefully.

He didn't play chess very often, but because the chess pieces were very interesting, he also collected a set and let them fight on the board when he was bored.

The more you observe, the more you will find that these seemingly lively chess pieces actually behave in a very stereotyped way.

"They always display similar personalities and say similar things... There are some changes occasionally, but they don't grow or learn from their failures."

"Right, so these are just toys pretending to have thoughts."

Professor Murray put the chess pieces back into the box and said:

"To infuse thought into inanimate objects, to make things like mirrors, measuring tapes, and broomsticks appear to have minds of their own, is just low-level bio-alchemy."

"But the Sorting Hat is different. If you interact with it a few more times, you'll find that it's actually quite thoughtful."

“It’s about truly thinking independently and making your own judgment, rather than rigidly selecting students based on the ideas of the four founders.”

Wade gritted his teeth when he thought about being rejected by the Sorting Hat.

——That's right! That guy is not only thoughtful, but also very sarcastic.

"But the Sorting Hat isn't really a life form...it has a brain, but it can't reproduce, and it doesn't metabolize."

"True biological alchemy—in ancient times it was actually called life alchemy—is the ability to create real living organisms, and you are no stranger to the most successful works. Guess what, Wade...what is that?"

Vader lowered his head and thought.

Bioalchemy... a real living organism... capable of self-reproduction... a successful work...

He had learned a lot about magical creatures from books, but had actually come into contact with very few of them.

After a moment, Vader looked up and said affirmatively, "House-elf."

Professor Murray smiled with satisfaction: "Yes, it is a house-elf."

"Legend has it that ancient wizards felt that life was inconvenient because they were far away from people, so all kinds of elves were born from nature."

“Golanlin helped craftsmen improve their skills and make tools;”

"The elves help on the farms, and some even make shoes for people;"

"Wine cellar spirits help people manage food and wine, but they also steal wine themselves;"

"Cobb will help with milking cows, picking up eggs, and cleaning the yard;"

"Brown elves perform household chores with extraordinary speed and efficiency, but if they are paid, they will disappear forever."

"At the same time, because of the evil thoughts of the wizard, many bad elves were born from the swamps, from the roots of the trees, and from the dark forests."

"Goblins cause disasters, redcaps hunt for blood, goblins make animals sick, Pixie makes people lost, and Berdock scares children at night."

"Some of these elves have become legends, and we don't know whether they really exist; but some of them... you can learn about them in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class."

Wade nodded: "There are red hats in the third grade textbook... House elves are the descendants of those good elves?"

Excluding the part of the world that revolves around wizards, even if the legends of the magical world sound beyond imagination... they are very likely to be true.

"'Descendant' is too mild, Vader."

Professor Murray said: "To be precise, the ancient wizards used extreme means to strip away the parts of the elves' bodies that were not beneficial to humans-"

"Like laziness, theft, mischief... and dignity."

"The first house-elves were born from experiments."

"But their magic power is too weak, and their efficiency is greatly reduced. They are even often harmed by livestock."

"So the ancient wizards made some modifications to them - blending the blood of fairies into them, so that house-elves also have powerful magic powers."

"But goblins don't seem to consider house-elves as their own kind?" asked Vader.

"Of course not." Professor Murray said slowly: "Fairies are very proud. In their eyes, house-elves are lowly creatures, not worthy of being called their own kind."

"After the house-elves acquired powerful magical powers, they were no longer willing to be enslaved by wizards."

"Their predecessors - such as brown elves and dwarf elves - although they enjoy working for wizards, they are proud creatures and can even harbor malice towards their masters if they feel insulted."

Wade nodded and said, "That's why there is a record of the elf rebellion in the History of Magic."

More than half of the wars between wizards and alien races in "History of Magic" were caused by goblins, so many students did not pay attention to the subtle differences in the expressions and regarded the goblin rebellion and the elf rebellion as the same thing.

"Yes." Professor Murray sighed, "Although not many times, the house elves have rebelled a few times."

"Wizards are reluctant to completely destroy these creatures, so they can only reshape their minds and erase their personalities time and time again, planting a mark of absolute obedience in their minds, making them happy to be enslaved by wizards."

"Thus the most ideal slaves were domesticated."

"But there is only one thing that is rooted in the soul of this creature, and wizards cannot eliminate it no matter what - that is life's natural yearning for freedom."

"So wizards and house-elves have an unchangeable contract - when their masters give them clothes, they will be free."

"But……"

Wade recalled the attitudes of the elves towards freedom in the original story, and the exiled elf named "Sparkling".

"Almost all the elves I know hate freedom. If they are exiled by their masters, they will feel very humiliated and miserable."

"Yes—in agony."

Professor Murray's smile contained a hint of sarcasm.

"Exiled house-elves are free and can go anywhere - including their original owner's home."

"But look, have any of the exiled elves returned?"

Chapter 109 Stealing God’s Authority

Vader was stunned.

After Shanshan was exiled by her master, she was in great pain, drank heavily and cried, but did she try to go back?

Later, Barty Crouch and his son were coming and going in Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament. What was Winky doing?

Did she ever think about helping her original owner who was under the Imperius Curse?

And will other elves who were expelled or accidentally given freedom by their masters try to return to their original masters and resume their employment?

Or... will they fall to the ground and cry bitterly... then accept this fact and go wandering?

Although Wade knew many house-elves, they all belonged to Hogwarts. Most of them were very satisfied with their current lives, none of them said they longed for freedom, and none of them had ever been expelled.

Including Zoe and McGee...they just want to be treated kindly and respected by the wizards, but they don't want freedom.

Professor Murray did not dwell on this topic for too long.

He pointed at Wade and said, "After seeing the successful precedent, many wizards have become interested in life alchemy."

"But this is not an easy task. Many people were killed by their own creations, and life alchemy gradually became a forbidden technique. But what really made this magic completely banned was the birth of another creature."

"In the fifteenth century, a wizard named Ekstice built a castle on an island and lured Muggle ships to the island. He did extremely terrible things to those Muggle sailors and crew members."

"It is said that the people who were sent to investigate the place later... refused to talk about what they found there. The least shocking part of it was that the place had become a comfortable place for Dementors."

"And that is Azkaban."

"Dementors feed on happiness. People will feel depressed and desperate just by being close to them. They can also suck out human souls and turn people into zombies like themselves. The most effective way to deal with them is the Patronus Charm."

"These creatures cannot be completely killed. Even if they die temporarily, they will grow again from the decayed and dark place. They transcend life and death."

"The 'immortality' that humans have always dreamed of, Dementors have possessed since their birth."

"——So to some extent, this kind of life alchemy can be said to be extremely successful, but it is of no benefit to wizards."

Wade suddenly had a question: "Professor, wizards can use the Patronus Charm to resist Dementors, but Muggles can't even see this creature, let alone resist it..."

"Yes, that's right." Professor Murray asked, "Are you worried that this monster will hurt your parents? In the early eighteenth century, the Ministry of Magic reached an agreement with the Dementors to let them guard the prisoners in Azkaban and not allow them to leave."

"Although I still think this is a stupid decision. But it seems to be working well so far."

Wade shook his head and said softly, "No, I actually want to ask - why didn't the Witch Party and the Death Eaters use the power of Dementors during the Wizarding War?"

Professor Murray was stunned for a moment before he said, "Because to Dementors, the magical souls of wizards are much more attractive than those of Muggles... and there are actually very few wizards who can use the Patronus Charm..."

He paused and said, "That's about it. I think you should understand that life alchemy is both wonderful and dangerous."

"It allows wizards to create species that surpass their own life levels... Each life alchemy is a process that cannot be replicated. There are no two humans in the world that are exactly the same, and there are no two alchemical lives that are exactly the same."

"Creating life is the authority of God, but wizards can steal a small part of this authority."

"This temptation is so great that any alchemist with some ability will take this path sooner or later. No matter how much the Ministry of Magic prohibits it, there will always be wizards who will try to explore the forbidden areas of life."