34. Dobby's interview(1/2)
The next morning, at 5:55 in the morning, Merlin woke up from meditation on time.
He took a shower first, then sat by the window in his nightgown, looking at the gradually awakening city, and had a refreshing breakfast in the undisturbed tranquility.
Although he was on vacation, Merlin actually didn't really want to go.
If it weren't for the invitation to attend the Weasley family's party, he would rather sleep lazyly at his home in New York for a week and then go to Wisconsin for a walk.
However, since he came to London, Merlin planned to spend these few days to buy some magical supplies he urgently needed in Diagon Alley.
It was a very long purchase order, and it took several days and enough luck to collect everything he needed.
The clock on the wall slowly pointed to the 7 o'clock moment, and Merlin's door was knocked.
"Come in."
Merlin leaned against the chair and shouted to the door.
The next moment, accompanied by the magic fluctuations of the shapeshift curse, a house elf wearing a pair of overturned boots appeared in front of Merlin in a disguised majesty posture.
That's Dobby.
Merlin had seen it once before and had surgery on it.
Speaking of which, this elf is really lucky. Merlin still remembers that when he performed surgery on Dobby, he made at least three errors that he shouldn't have. But the elf still stubbornly survived the threat of death.
Dobby was very nervous inside. He received a message from the kind-hearted Mr. Harry last night. He knew that the Mr. Merlin, who saved his life, would probably become its new boss.
But Mr. Merlin is not a good employer, he needs to have an interview with Dobby. This is Dobby's first interview, and he even sneaked into the Muggles' library and read books all night.
Now, Dobi tried hard to stand up his chest, trying to make himself look more capable.
But unfortunately, its appearance determines that this disguised posture can only make it look more comical.
The domestic elves are born short, even shorter than the fairies in the Guling Pavilion.
Moreover, their appearance is also very strange, as ugly as those ugly goblins, with bat-like ears and slender noses. Most importantly, most of them look skinny, but their eyes are very big, so they look a little scary when they stand out with their protruding eyes and green pupils.
It has no hair on its head and many wrinkles on its forehead.
In general, this is not a creature that looks good at first glance.
In fact, the status of this ugly creature in the wizarding world is also very embarrassing. When the wizard civilization was born, they served around the wizard sect in the form of slaves.
It is said that this originated from a human wizard's rescue operation for domestic elves. In order to repay the kindness, the rescued elves voluntarily became servants of the wizards. In addition, their natural good magical perception, domestic elves have become a very important part of the wizard civilization in thousands of years of inheritance.
In this era, most domestic elves have taken the fact that they are slaves after thousands of years of slave inheritance. This is natural. Most elves have never thought of changing their current situation and status in their lives.
They regard loyalty as the greatest dedication of their lives. Even in some ancient families, when the elves of the house cannot do anything, their masters will cut off their heads and serve as collections.
This cruel behavior is even regarded by the house elves as a distorted "glory".
However, there will be any kind of bird when the forest is big, and the oppression will last for thousands of years, and there will always be people who will resist.
Dobby is the most unique among the house elves. Harry said that he knows how to distinguish right from wrong, good from evil.
In fact, Dobby really doesn't like the Malfoy family, his former master, because they are all crazy Death Eaters. While trying to abide by the rules of the race, he feels ashamed of his actions of serving the evil ones. He wants to resist and put it into action.
It violated the orders of its master several times and helped Harry Potter, and finally gained freedom with the help of Harry.
This is a unique life. Merlin looked at the nervous house elf in front of him. He had learned all the stories about Dobby from Harry and Ron.
If a human standing in front of him, Merlin would take him into his department, and he needed such employees who distinguish right from wrong and know how to disguise and resist.
But the problem is, Dobby is not a human.
"Doby, I believe Harry has told you my words."
Merlin was wearing a nightgown, and he raised his legs, looking at the nervous house elf in front of him, he said:
"I don't need you to serve me, I don't need a servant. I live in the world of Muggles, in our world, slavery has perished thousands of years ago, and I don't need you to be my slave."
"Yes, Mr. Merlin."
Dobi replied in a pointed, ups and downs:
"Mr. Harry told Dobby that Mr. Merlin needed Dobby to join your department and become an er, magic affairs consultant."
Speaking of this, Dobi said nervously:
"To be honest, Dobby doesn't think she's qualified to be a magic consultant. Dobby is just a humble housewife. Dobby doesn't know too many wizards' secrets."
"But you know much more than the Muggles at least."
Merlin waved his finger and said softly:
"What you want to join is a department made up of Muggles, where your knowledge and magic can help a lot. Most importantly, I need an assistant who is skilled in using the Transformation Spell to provide the necessary support to my subordinates at critical moments."
"Yes, Dobi's Transformation Spell is very good, it is an innate ability of all housewifes."
The house elves nodded quickly. When it spoke, it had a habit. It would not call itself "me", but called itself by its own name. This was probably the house elves' habit when they were slaves.
Because in the eyes of the master, slaves are not an equal life, they are just objects that speak and have wisdom, and are not qualified to use the word "I".
"very nice?"
Merlin savored the word, and he looked at Dobby, and he said:
"You are too modest, Dobby. At least I have never seen any wizard who can take five people at once, and directly move from England to North America to move your figure curse in North America, your achievements in the shape-shifting spell are comparable to those great wizards. This is really outstanding."
Merlin's praise made Dubi less nervous, and it also had a smile on its ugly face.
"Next question, Dobi, besides the shapeshift spell, will you use other magic?"
Merlin asked.
Dubby nodded:
"Dobi will use the basic magic. When the Malfoy teaches her son, he never avoids Dobi. He remembers all the spells. Oh, Malfoy is stupid. Dobi can use magic that Dobi can use only a few practices. It takes several days for him to master."
"I'll take a look with a disarm curse."
Merlin took out his wand and put it in his hand.
Dobi was a little frightened, and he said softly:
"No, no! Mr. Merlin saved Dobi's life, and Dobi is interviewing and cannot use magic on Mr. Merlin. This is wrong."
"This is also part of the interview, Dobby."
Merlin said to the house elf in front of him:
"I need you to be a member of my department, but there is no need for a burden in my department. Before you officially join the company, Dobby, I need to make sure you are competent for a series of tasks that I will give you in the future. This is very important. I cannot send a person with no power to a dangerous area."
"Then that's OK."
Dobby stretched out his slender fingers. In Merlin's gaze, the elf did not chant spells and had almost no magical fluctuations. It snapped his fingers so gently. The wand in Merlin's hand was suddenly twitched by an invisible hand, and the wand Lora was beating and about to break away from Merlin's palm.
But the next moment, Merlin's fingers clenched again, offsetting Dobby's disarming spell.
This disappointed Dobby, his big ears shook, and obviously, he thought his interview had failed.
But it didn't.
"Very good, Dobby! You have proved your ability, your disarming spell is as skilled as your move spell."
Merlin was very satisfied with the performance of this house elf.
He needs Dobi to take on the important task of saving the agent's life in critical moments in the future. Among them, the shapeshift and the disarming spell are two very important magics. Dobi's ability to use the disarming spell without spelling also fully proves the magic potential of this elf. As long as it is given enough time, it can become a magic consultant to compete with a formal wizard.
And it has a great advantage.
Muggles, that is, ordinary people, cannot see domestic elves. They are essentially members of magical creatures.
In this way, when Dobi performs a mission in the Muggle world, it is equivalent to wearing a layer of the best disguise.
The interview has been conducted so far.
Dobby's performances satisfy Merlin. Maybe his will and ideas will not be able to be distorted for a while, but it doesn't matter. Merlin has enough time to reverse its misconceptions.
"Sign this."
Merlin handed Dobby a contract prepared last night, who held it with respect to both hands.
Although this house elf is more rebellious than his companions, it also inherits the very etiquette habits of the house elf. Although she is ugly and looks funny, if you look closely, it is not difficult to find that Dobi's every move has a very elegant style.
Even the finger-knocking movement just now and the arms were shaking rhythmically. If it was placed on a human, it would be quite chic.
Dobby looked at the contract that Merlin gave it, and this was the first time it had seen a contract related to itself in his life.
Especially when he saw the salary and benefits on the last page, Dobby's big eyes widened. He looked at the string of dollar numbers and the conversion rate of Jin Jialong behind him. He raised his head in a daze and looked at Merlin.
It says:
"Too much, too much. Mr. Merlin, Dobby turned out to be in Hogwarts."
"I know what you're doing in Hogwarts."
Merlin waved her hand and said to Dobby:
"But that's in the world of wizards, you're an employee of the world of Muggles. In our world, there's a term called the lowest income. I can't lower your salary anymore, otherwise it's an illegal act. You can understand it as the least reward you can get in theory, and you don't need to worry about it at all."
"Well?"
Dobby blinked, it said:
To be continued...