"IT WAS YOU!" Harry shouted angrily. "It was you who sealed the barrier at King's Cross Station to stop us from getting through!"
"Yes, sir," said Dobby. He nodded frantically and flapped his large ears. "Dobby hid nearby, waiting for Harry Potter, and then sealed the passage. Dobby had to use iron afterward. My hands burned, sir."
Dobby showed Harry his ten long, bandaged fingers. "But Dobby doesn't mind, sir. Dobby thought Harry Potter was safe now. Dobby never imagined... Ha!"
Dobby swayed back and forth, moving his large, ugly head.
Dobby sobbed and said, "Dobby was so surprised when he heard Harry Potter had returned to Hogwarts! I burned the master's dinner! The beating was so severe. Dobby had never experienced anything like it, sir..."
Harry sank heavily back into the pillow, irritation clear on his face. "You almost got Ron and me expelled! You better get out of the way before my bones grow back, Dobby, or I'll strangle you to death."
Upon hearing this, Dobby just smiled strangely and then wiped his nose on the dirty pillowcase.
"Why are you wearing that, Dobby?"
Seeing that Dobby was only wearing a pillowcase, Harry couldn't help but feel confused.
"Is this, sir?" Dobby said, tugging at the pillowcase. "This symbolizes the status of a house-elf, sir. Dobby can only be freed when his master gives him clothes. The family made sure not to give Dobby even a pair of socks, sir, because then Dobby would be free and leave them forever."
Dobby wiped his bulging eyes and suddenly said, "Harry Potter must go home! Dobby thought his Bludger would..."
"Your Bludger?" Hearing Dobby's words, Harry's eyes widened in anger. "What do you mean your Bludger? You let that Bludger hit me and almost kill me?"
Dobby took two steps back, horrified, wanting to explain to Harry.
But at that moment, a flash of grayish-white light shot out from behind a stone pillar nearby.
"PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!"
Irina emerged from the darkness, softly shouted, and cast a full-body binding curse.
After hiding out in the school hospital, Irina and Lynn had been crouching, observing Harry's bed when Dobby appeared. They didn't act hastily; instead, they waited for the right moment to strike when Dobby had let his guard down.
You see, with the incorporeal magic of house-elves, if Dobby knew their location, they would have no chance of catching him.
But now, when Dobby was horrified by Harry's accusation, it was their best opportunity, as Dobby's attention was entirely on explaining the Bludger, leaving him completely unprepared.
As expected, Dobby was caught off guard by the sudden binding spell and was struck by the grayish-white light.
Dobby's entire body froze in place, unable to move.
"Maybe you're doing this for Harry's benefit, but haven't you realized that everything you're doing is hurting him?" Lynn stepped slowly out from behind Irina. He dispelled his ghostly illusion spell and looked coldly at the frozen Dobby.
Although Dobby, who had been hit by the full-body binding curse, couldn't move, he still had his own consciousness. His eyes were rolling, full of horror.
"Irina?! Lynn?! Why are you here?"
Harry asked in surprise, seeing both Lynn and Irina.
Irina approached with a smile. "I heard that criminals often return to the scene after committing their crimes, so Lynn and I decided to stay early. And indeed, this house-elf showed up."
Harry asked eagerly, "Irina, do you know where this house-elf named Dobby comes from? Who is his master?"
Irina shook her head and said, "How could I know?"
While Irina was speaking to Harry, Lynn suddenly took out his wand and pointed it at Dobby, who was frozen in place.
"CRUSH!"
Lynn said calmly, and a violet light struck Dobby, knocking him unconscious.
Who knows what strange magic house-elves possess, but just to be sure, Lynn decided to render Dobby unconscious.
"Leave, Gale," Lynn called softly after putting Dobby to sleep.
Boom!
There was an explosion of air, and Gale appeared in front of Lynn, wearing a clean blue-and-white pillowcase.
"Another house-elf?!" Harry stared at Gale in shock.
Irina smiled and said, "That's Lynn's house-elf. Don't worry, he's here to help us."
Lynn gave Harry a slight nod and then ordered Gale, "Take this rebellious house-elf away. Don't let him escape before the end of the school year!"
"Yes, Master!" Gale saluted Lynn.
Gale approached Dobby, lifted him with one hand, and then snapped his fingers with the other hand. With a sound of air explosions, Gale and Dobby vanished from the spot.
"Goodnight, Mr. Potter. Sweet dreams!" Lynn said with a smile, waved at Irina, and motioned for her to follow.
Irina quickly said goodbye to Harry and then followed Lynn's lead.
Their wands twirled in synchronization, and their figures disappeared from the scene.
A confused Harry sat on the bed, doubting his life choices.
After leaving the school hospital, the two dispelled the Disillusionment Charm and walked down the hallway.
"Lynn, I clearly controlled Dobby with the full-body binding spell just now, why did you still want to attack him? I don't think you're just worried about Dobby making trouble for you, are you?"
Irina asked softly, her beautiful ice-blue eyes gazing at Lynn beside her.
Lynn spoke calmly, "Actually, I hate Dobby."
"Ah?" Irina was a bit confused. "Why?"
Irina didn't understand that Dobby was always portrayed as an elf who fought for freedom in the original story, even sacrificing himself to protect Harry.
Irina remembered when she read this part of the original novel, she cried.
Lynn turned his face away and spoke in a very soft voice, "Fighting for freedom is a good thing, and it's the nature of every living being, but..."
"Stay in your place, find your place, take responsibility, and do your best! I don't oppose Dobby's idea of escaping the Malfoy family. After all, the Malfoys were too much for him. But Dobby is, after all, a dog! A house-elf of the Malfoys, not a house-elf of the Potters!"
Lynn's tone seemed to grow slightly cold.
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