Hogwarts: From Luna's House to Godhood Through Intense Competition

"Oh!" Dobby let out a long sigh, looking at Vizet with an incredulous gaze.

Wizette said, "Apply the medicine! This is Dictamnus dasycarpus; it will easily stop the bleeding."

“Yes, my master…” Dobby carefully took the mortar and pestle, and with a look of resignation, closed his eyes and smeared the medicinal paste on his forehead.

With a hissing sound, Dobby's wound healed quickly, though the bloodstains all over his head made him look rather gruesome...

Chapter 25 The Lighthouse that Guides Lost Ships

“According to what’s written here…” Vizette held up the Ministry of Magic’s certificate, “you must obey whatever orders I give, right?”

Dobby bowed ninety degrees, his voice trembling as he said, "Yes, my master!"

"You only obey my orders?" Vizette asked. "Or... do you also continue to obey your master's orders?"

Dobby quickly replied, his voice still trembling, "My master... I can only obey your orders."

Boom boom boom!

There was a knock on the door, and Xenophilius's voice came in, "Vizet, why don't you have that house-elf... collect the Christmas presents?"

Dobby looked up and blinked his tennis ball-sized eyes, as if asking for permission.

Without knowing Lucius's true motives, Vizet didn't intend to have Dobby do anything. "Dobby, clean the blood off yourself and then stay by my side."

……

Wizette received more Christmas gifts this year than last year.

In addition to gifts from professors and friends, he also received gifts from students in other colleges, those...admirers he thought he had lost interest in.

These gifts from worshippers included stationery and books, as well as sweets, with chocolates being the most numerous.

Xenophilius emerged from the kitchen, staring at the makeshift shelves, and asked in surprise, "Vizet... what did you do at school?"

Luna covered her mouth and chuckled, then explained, "He dueled with Professor Snape."

Xenophilius was startled. "You won?"

“I suffered a crushing defeat. Professor Snape is a very powerful wizard.” Vizzet shook his head. “I learned a lot from it.”

"Oh...I see! You're still a student, so don't be discouraged!" Xenophilius offered a few words of comfort.

"This Snape is pretty formidable... Apart from a few universally disliked individuals, few students dare to provoke him."

"Oh, right!" he sniffed again and asked, "Can you smell anything?"

"odor?"

Vizette and Luna sniffed, instinctively trying to make a judgment.

"The scent of grass and trees?"

"The scent of lavender?"

"Is this the smell you're seeing?" Xenophilius sniffed again, as if he didn't believe it. "Why does it smell different to me?"

"I understand!" Vizet realized what was happening, quickly drew her wand, and gently waved it towards the shelf. "Traceable!"

A puff of gold dust shot from the tip of the wand, then turned black in mid-air and landed on several boxes of chocolates.

"What's going on? It's black..." Xenophilius asked疑惑地, "Did someone poison you? Someone from Slytherin?"

“There is indeed a potion mixed in…it shouldn’t be poison.” Vizette carefully put the chocolates away. “Mr. Lovegood, I’ll take them back to my room to check them.”

“That’s true, you’re a potion master now.” Xenophilius nodded, then added, “Be careful!”

“Thank you, Mr. Lovegood,” Vizette replied, waving her wand to make the shelf float up, and followed him back to the room.

……

After setting up the shelves, Vizette conjured a small stool for Dobby. "Dobby, sit down. Let's continue our conversation."

Dobby's voice became incredibly shrill, like fingernails scratching a blackboard, as if he had heard something unbelievable. "Master, you want me... to sit down?"

“Yes! Sit down!” Vizette repeated. “Tell me why you were at Hogwarts and attacked Harry with a Blink-Ball.”

After extracting Dobby's memories, he handed them over to Dumbledore without examining them, so there are still many things he doesn't know.

Dobby's owner at the time was Lucius Malfoy, so in order to keep the secret, he chose to escape the problem by self-harm.

“Master… because Lucius Malfoy intends to… to…” Dobby looked at Vizet, his voice trembling even more, “He intends to open the secret chamber!”

"With what?" Vizette raised an eyebrow. "Don't dodge my question!"

Dobby's body trembled violently, and he was covered in sweat. "Use what you left behind! It's the key to the secret chamber!"

Saying those words seemed to have exhausted all his strength, causing him to slump down on the stool.

“What I left behind?” Vizette seemed to realize something. “I order you, don’t hide anything! You must explain everything clearly!”

"Tell me everything you know, including the secrets Lucius Malfoy is hiding, without holding anything back!"

“Yes… my master!” Dobby’s body continued to tremble, but he still managed to finish speaking.

Hearing Dobby's account, Vizzet said with a wry smile, "So you and Lucius Malfoy... through rounds of guessing, deduced that I am Voldemort?"

"And because back then... in order to extract your memories, I transformed into the image of Voldemort and then threatened you... claiming to be researching you, so the evidence is conclusive?"

Upon hearing the name "Voldemort," Dobby shuddered and tumbled off his chair. "Yes...it's just too much like him no matter how you look at it..."

Vizette's expression was strange. "Have you been punishing yourself too much? So... do you need some kind of potion to heal you?"

Dobby struggled to his feet, waving his hands frantically, shouting, "No potions! No potions!"

"Did Professor Snape bring you to Malfoy Manor?" Vizet changed the subject, glancing at the shelves beside her. "Are you sure it was on a Saturday afternoon?"

Dobby nodded quickly and said, "Yes, Master!"

Vizete nodded and rummaged through the shelf to find a gift, a gift from Dumbledore.

Inside the box, besides a piece of parchment, there was a transparent glass bottle containing a thin layer of colorless liquid and a silver memory thread.

"You really were a prophet!" Vizette unscrewed the cork, his expression shifting from amusement to surprise. "Phoenix Tears!"

The colorless liquid inside the glass bottle was actually the tears of a phoenix.

This is an extremely precious and rare potion ingredient, which can have a very strong healing effect even when used directly on a wound.

At least in Vizette's memory, as long as the poison is not cursed, there is a high probability that it can be cured by Phoenix Tears.

Vizette placed the glass bottle in the inner pocket, tucked the silver memory thread into her temple, and began to examine the memory contents inside.

This silver thread of memory is the memory he extracted from Dobby, and its contents are consistent with Dobby's account.

He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the parchment in the gift, on which were written two sentences:

Perhaps a seemingly insignificant action can act like a lighthouse on the shore, guiding lost ships back to land. The more ships that dock, the more ships will be available for use...

Chapter 26 How to get along with Dobby?

For some reason, Vizette suddenly remembered something Salazar Slytherin had once said: Every action of the Guardians eventually has an impact on the magical world…

He put the parchment in his pocket. "Dobby, you just mentioned that Lucius Malfoy was a Death Eater. What was his status back then?"

Dobby stammered, "He...he is your loyal follower."

Vizette rubbed her temples, too lazy to delve into Dobby's understanding. "Just say everything you need to say at once! That's my order! And you'll need to answer me like that from now on!"

Dobby's body trembled, and he stammered on, "Malfoy Manor... is often the meeting place for those Death Eaters..."

"You... often entrusted him with important tasks... and kept many things... inside Malfoy Manor..."

He glanced furtively at Vizet and added, "Those dark magic items... money and treasure... will all be moved to Malfoy Manor..."

"So he was a core member?" Vizet murmured. Now he understood why Dumbledore had written that note.

Since they are Voldemort's right-hand men, it would be a good option to bring the Malfoy family back on track in this way.

Based on Vizet's understanding and knowledge of Voldemort over this period, Voldemort's methods of maintaining the Death Eaters were not particularly sophisticated.

In essence, it is an extreme form of oppressive rule that ensures unity and loyalty within the Death Eaters through intimidation, collusion, and manipulation.

He then used killing, coercion, and torture to suppress all his opponents, which is why Voldemort remains infamous to this day.

This is the difference between Voldemort and Grindelwald: one wins people over through appeasement, while the other creates an atmosphere of extreme terror and uncertainty.

The reason why Voldemort has various nicknames is precisely because Death Eater attacks are often without warning, appearing randomly in some place in the form of a Dark Mark.

The impact of this uncertainty is far-reaching, causing great anxiety and panic among the wizards involved.

Even today, wizards who lived through that era still unconsciously recall that horror and spread that terror to those around them...

……

Vizette snapped out of her daze and looked Dobby over again.

In his opinion, from the perspective of the positioning of house-poms, this house-pom is indeed quite special;

Dobby did not fully obey Lucius Malfoy's will, otherwise he would not have left the manor on his own for the so-called key to the secret room;

In addition to tipping off Harry Potter, he also used magic without permission, attempting to "protect" Harry through his own understanding and methods.

However, from another perspective, one can appreciate Dobby's uniqueness: his ability to distinguish right from wrong and good from evil, and his courage that sets him apart from his own kind.