In the Harry Potter Without Harry Potter

Chapter 4: Elf Education

Jon's maturity and mentality that is beyond that of his peers surprised Lily, but that is pretty much everything.

It wasn't as if she had never seen a mature kid, even if it is rare, she knew a kid like that, the Longbottom boy who had lost his mother when he was a child, had always acted much more sensible than others of his age.

Jon's explanation allowed the only trace of wariness she had of him to drop in Lily's mind, and then, as she had promised earlier, she started to answer Jon's questions now.

"Is that guy Barty Crouch really a professor at a magic school?"

Even though the situation felt safe for the time being, Jon still felt a sense of incredulity over what had happened today.

Crossing over to a world of magic that only existed in fantasy is indeed shocking, but not to the point where Jon couldn't accept it.

But judging from everything that had happened today, this might be the same magic world from the novel, but it is definitely more than simply that.

According to that plot he knew by heart, Lily Potter in front of him should have died with her husband 10 years ago, and her son Harry Potter who would have survived in the hands of the biggest villain in the story, Voldemort, would later become the only hope of the whole wizarding world to defeat the Dark Lord.

As for Barty Crouch Jr, the male wizard who found him first, he is a diehard loyalist of Voldemort, the kind of diehard who will kill his own mother and father for Voldemort.

In the original fourth book, he impersonated the professor of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class and plotted in Hogwarts for Voldemort's resurrection plan, and although he eventually succeeded, he was also captured by the Ministry of Magic and had his soul sucked out by a Dementor.

Before that, he had been imprisoned in his home by his father, the Head of the Department of International Magical Cooperation, who is also called Barty Crouch, by using an Imperius Curse, so how did he now become a professor of charms class at Hogwarts?

Would Dumbledore employ such a former Death Eater, and nominally deceased person, as a professor at Hogwarts?

Or is it possible that Dumbledore is no longer the headmaster at Hogwarts at all?

There were many questions on Jon's mind and the conversation that had just taken place between Lily and Crouch, though brief, had revealed many things.

Wanted, Real Hogwarts, Fake Terrorist Group, exile

None of these striking words slipped Jon's mind.

The wizarding world is certainly still the same, but something significant must have changed in it beyond his knowledge.

For example, if this Lily in front of him is really the one he thinks she is.

What about Harry Potter?

Of course, Jon couldn't just ask "Do you have a son named Harry" out of the blue, so he decided to find out more about the current state of the wizarding world.

When she heard Jon's question, Lily's face turned somewhat gloomy, like the sea on a dark night, seemingly calm, but in reality, it contained waves that would erupt at some point.

"If we go by the current official Ministry of Magic announcement, ninety percent of what he said to you is true."

"He is indeed a professor of charms class at that 'Hogwarts' and he approached you in order to bring you in, and the notice that you were asked to sign was a real notice of acceptance to a wizarding school. But kind professor, friendly classmate, hehe"

Her blue-green eyes met Jon's, and the gloom and anger in them looked like they would overflow from their sockets.

"Do you know about slave owners in the Middle Ages?"

The way she was acting made Jon feel inexplicably nervous, and he swallowed and nodded slightly.

"For that school, students like you, who came from Muggle society and whose parents are both Muggles, are considered slaves for them to train. For pureblood students, it is indeed a school, but for muggle students, it is a domestication camp!"

"The so-called muggles are ordinary people in the normal world who don't know about magic and don't have the means to use it."

"That notice of acceptance, written in the Ancient Rune language, only requires the signature of the muggle students for them to enrol. Because that notice has another name - 'Elf Education Contract'!"

Jon's pupils flinched slightly and his heart shook.

The name elf is not the name of some beautiful, pretty, noble creature in the world of Harry Potter.

A house elf, a magical creature domesticated by a wizard into a slave, whose entire value from birth is to pride themselves on their unconditional servitude to the wizard and to be completely controlled by the wizard both mentally and physically!

Lily's voice was cold, as cold as an iceberg that would not melt for a thousand years.

"You may not understand what an elf education means, but by signing that contract, you will be bound by that 'Hogwarts' in all aspects to be educated to become a slave after entering the school, without even the right to obtain a wand, and never be recognised as a wizard, the only official title that is given to them is one word - 'Mudblood'!"

Jon stood silent.

Never had he expected this world to have changed to such an extent.

In the original story, although bloodline discrimination is a kind of social problem in the magical world, but it would never reach the point where the classes are so completely separated, and the muggle-born wizards are no longer considered human.

There can only be one possibility for such a situation to arise, and for a former Death Eater like Barty to become a professor at a magic school.

Voldemort, the Dark Lord who, in the original story, a terrorist at best, has taken full control over the wizarding community and brought his reign and ideological domination over the whole island of Great Britain!

But is he really capable of such a thing, the madman whose mind could only think of torturing and killing people using unforgivable curses?

And what was Dumbledore doing?

Did he just stand by and watch the wizarding world change hands?

With the little information he had now, Jon couldn't figure out what kind of changes had occurred to make the otherwise good wizarding world what it is today.

Jon raised his head and looked at Lily once again.

"And what about you Mrs Potter."

"You can address me as Professor Potter."

Lily's face remained expressionless, making it impossible to tell just how her mood had changed after hearing the title Mrs.

A small test, which didn't yield much result, Jon took a deep breath.

"Well Professor Potter, just now at the orphanage I remember you mentioning to me that you wanted to take me to the real Hogwarts. Is that also a wizarding school?"

"No, and yes, I'm taking you to the only wizarding school in Britain. That castle as it now has no qualifications to be called a school."

Lily frowned and revised Jon's mistake in speech, then continued.

"Seven years ago, the wizarding world was not what it is now. Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore failed to resist that man's oppressive rule over the wizarding world, nevertheless, we never stopped resisting under his leadership till now."

"The real Hogwarts is never bound to the ancient castle, and in the constant struggle to overthrow oppression and reclaim the equality of Muggle wizards, we have never given up on educating the next generation of young wizards properly and fairly. So even after leaving that castle, the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, which has been passed down for close to a thousand years, has never disappeared, and I am the Potions class professor responsible for taking you to school."

A silence fell over the wooden hut as Lily's words fell.

The bouncing fire reflected on Jon's seemingly calm face.

After figuring out the current gloomy situation, he sighed helplessly and finished off the cup of hot chocolate that had become slightly cold and sticky.

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