Lucius Malfoy was reportedly a former Death Eater, one of Voldemort's trusted followers.
Judging by the current situation, he had once kept that black notebook, which served as a Horcrux, safe for Voldemort.
Yet he could not even beat a house-elf?
Were house-elves really that formidable, or were Lucius and the Death Eaters behind him just that pathetic? Harry could not tell for the moment.
Still, he did not particularly care about the matter, since it had little to do with him.
Watching Lucius get blasted away by Dobby, rage helplessly, and finally turn and leave, Harry found it all very entertaining. As for Dobby's tearful thanks afterward, Harry accepted them without the slightest hesitation.
Afterward, he asked Dobby whether he intended to find a new job.
Dobby said that he hoped to find work as a free elf-a paid job.
Harry had no particular feelings about that. Although house-elves in the wizarding world were unpaid, as a child who had grown up in the Muggle world, he thought paying people for their work was perfectly natural.
Of course, if someone was willing to work for him for free, Harry would not mind either.
Harry tentatively offered Dobby two Galleons a week, with one day off each week. He had left himself some room to negotiate with that offer.
The upper limit he was fairly comfortable accepting was five Galleons a week, with two days off.
Five Galleons was not a high wage. Even the lowest-ranking teaching assistant at Hogwarts had a standard weekly wage of twenty-five Galleons, with two days off each week.
Of course, Hogwarts currently had no teaching assistants, only instructors. For example, Instructor Monet, who was currently lying like a corpse in the Potions teaching office, having lost all will to live, had a standard wage