Vol 2 Chapter 1826: Return (great auspiciousness in the Year of the Tiger)

Hermione stared at Duo Duo and said seriously, "But I don't know what that means."
"It's literally." Duoduo said, clapping his ears a few times.
He conjured another black drink, and Hermione smelled a sweet smell, and she noticed that the cup he was using was Hufflepuff's gold cup.
"Literally?" Hermione frowned.
"When you need it, it appears." Duoduo said with a smile, "Helga has many shortcomings, but it is still reliable." He gulped down the drink in the golden cup, and when he put it down, the golden cup was again was filled.
Faced with this answer, Hermione didn't know what to say for a while. Listening to what he said, they didn't actually have to do anything, just wait for the Hufflepuff secret treasure key to appear.
But is this possible?
Hermione was skeptical, he didn't get the key to Hufflepuff's secret treasure at Dodo, and he didn't get the answers he wanted.
Although there have been psychological expectations, but still very disappointed. Just the right time, is it time to fight Voldemort? Compared to Hufflepuff's treasure key, she hopes that by then, Ivan and Dumbledore will be able to return.
Just as Hermione was thinking about this, Duoduo drank another drink, and he wiped his mouth with interest, "It's delicious, do you know what my favorite place in the Eternal Dream is?"
"What?" Hermione asked curiously.
"It's just that everything here is the same as reality. Although I have been dead for thousands of years, I can still live here. I have gained immortality in a disguised form in a dream. This feels very good. No wonder so many wizards want to live forever. The only one The disadvantage is that it may be too monotonous, no matter how rich the imagination, the millennium time has run out, I can't think of a new dream, but just from your dream, I found a lot of interesting places, the next few hundred years will be Depend on them."
A dream that has lasted for thousands of years, and will remain so for the next infinite years. Hermione couldn't imagine this feeling, she didn't think it would be good, what's the value of this immortality?
Everyone is afraid of death and hopes to gain unlimited life, but after they get it, they may find that the real situation is very different from what they imagined, but since the eternal dream and the home of house elves are mentioned, Hermione also has many question.
"I don't understand, if this dream tree was made by the evil god's black magic, why didn't Hufflepuff destroy it, but turned it into a home for elves?"
"Because the darkness cannot be completely eliminated, that guy has other life-saving magic that Helga has not found and cannot crack. The purpose of our stay here is to prevent the resurrection of the Nightmare God." Duoduo explained, "Then An ancient warlock created the elf. Now, we are the jailers to guard it. Each elf is responsible for guarding a piece of darkness in his own dream... The grievance between us and the of nightmares is a very long story, I Happy to share with you, but I think you may need to leave this dream more."
Hermione has been in the dream for a long time, and I don't know how long has passed in reality.
Since there is nothing she needs here, she really wants to leave here.
"I'm leaving!" She nodded, and then thought of something, "I have one last question, about the current situation of the house-elves, you know? Now the elves are the servants of the wizard and the affiliated race. I want to know, what do you think?"
She briefly explained the current situation of house-elves and the things about the House-Elves Promotion Association. It is difficult to meet a house-elves with a clear mind like Duoduo. Although they are characters from more than a thousand years ago, He Min still wanted to know his opinion on the matter.
You know, other house-elves are very resistant to... and are unwilling to accept wages and vacations, and Dobby is no exception, which makes Hermione very frustrated.
She wants to be recognized by the elf, even a elf from a thousand years ago.
"Elves have been serving humans since the day they were created, and I don't think there's anything wrong with that, elves love to work, they need work, and they're willing to work for wizards, but we're not slaves or pets. I want wizards to work for Our labor pays wages, and although I don't know what the money is for, I support your idea. The elf is free!"
House-elves are free...
Duoduo's last sentence was shouted out, but it gave people a sense of unreality.
Hermione felt as if she was getting further and further away from him all of a sudden. He was clearly in front of her, but the world was peeling away, and Duoduo on the opposite side was waving goodbye to her.
She knew she was waking up, she was leaving the dream and returning to reality.
From a distance, everything in the Hogwarts kitchen is disappearing into darkness.
Until darkness became the only color.
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How long does it take to return to reality from the world of the dead? No one can answer this question. After all, there are only a few people who come back to life, especially a special case like Ivan.
Since ancient times, he may be the only one who has traveled through space in this way.
In the void, light and shadow flashed quickly in front of Ai Wen's eyes, moving backwards faster than the light. He felt as if he was flying through the universe, seeing countless strange planets and sights.
Every planet represents a space. Some of them are quite barren, like the space created by Haierbo; some are full of life and rich in life and ecosystems; Yes... Before Ivan stopped to watch these planets and sights carefully, he was quickly carried forward by Slytherin's gems.
All the brilliance disappeared until he entered complete darkness.
There seems to be a black hole here, and Aiwen can't tell the direction in it, and he doesn't know whether he is moving forward or backward, or falling, and time has lost its meaning. He simply closed his eyes, and an unknown amount of time passed until he heard a slight sound in his ears.
Ai Wen opened his eyes and found himself back to reality. This is still a place he is very familiar with. In the past few years, he has been here many times. The circular walls are covered with portraits of people. They are discussing in a low voice. Zhang was Dumbledore, smiling as usual.
This is the headmaster's office at Hogwarts, which is almost exactly the same as when Dumbledore was still alive, except that the owner behind the desk is no longer Dumbledore, but Snape in a black robe.
He stared closely at the sudden appearance of Ai Wen, with a dangerous light flashing in his eyes.