The House-elves' Blood Curse

"Bell! These House-elf, how come they're using Wand!?"

According to the wizarding laws Hermione had read, there are explicit provisions prohibiting creatures other than wizards from using Wand. This includes, but is not limited to, Goblin House-elf.

Giving Wand to a non-wizard Magical Creatures is a very serious crime, and could even result in being imprisoned in Azkaban, the most terrifying prison in the British Wizarding World.

Although Hermione had always known that her boyfriend didn't really care about the Ministry of Magic's rules and regulations, she truly hadn't expected that Bell would keep darting around the gates of Azkaban!

"Oh, you mean these Wand? I made them in my spare time. Although they're not quite as good as the Wand made by Mr. Ollivander, they're still usable."

After years of research, the Wand Bell now creates are up to 70% as good as Ollivander Wand in terms of magic conductivity and magic capacity.

"I wasn't asking you about Wand! I was asking you why they're using Wand! By the way, do you even make Wand?"

Hermione had no idea her boyfriend could make Wand! Seriously, is there anything Bell can't make?

In fact, Bell doesn't make high-end Potions, and even with low-end Potions, the finished products he makes are not as good as those made by Shanna.

However, Hermione clearly doesn't care about any of that right now.

"Don't you know that Magical Creatures that are not wizards cannot use Wand!?"

Hermione nearly grabbed Bell's ear and Hedor Lion's Roar. She refused to believe that Bell was unaware of the Ministry of Magic's rules.

"Calm down, Hermione, calm down."

Bell took a step back, creating some distance between himself and his girlfriend. Otherwise, he was afraid Hermione, who was keen on upholding the rules, would pounce on him and bite him.

"Don't worry. Although the Ministry of Magic does stipulate that House-elf cannot use Wand, they are actually different from Magical Creatures such as Goblin and centaurs. House-elf are harmless and pose no threat to wizards."

"Why? Why can you guarantee that House-elf are harmless?"

Hermione pressed for an answer.

Although Hermione is still young and naive and cannot yet understand the Ministry of Magic's reasons for prohibiting non-wizard Magical Creatures from using Wand, she does understand Bell's words!

In short, just keep criticizing!

At this moment, Hermione's argumentative side kicked in.

Bell chuckled and pinched his girlfriend's cute little face, not caring about Hermione's teasing.

It's quite fun to play around like this once in a while, isn't it?

"Because of the Blood Curse within the House-elf. Do you know what the Blood Curse is?"

"I read about it in a book; it seems to be a kind of evil Curses?"

Hermione thought about it carefully for a moment, then said uncertainly.

"It's not really that evil."

Bell shook his head.

Magic is neither inherently evil nor inherently evil. Power itself is neither good nor evil; it is the person who wields it that determines the nature of it.

"The reason why wizards nowadays consider the Blood Curse to be evil is mainly because of the existence of the Blood-cursed Werewolf."

Oh, so-called Blood-cursed Werewolf are wizards who have inherited Blood Curse.

Using the power of the Blood Curse, these wizards are born with the ability to switch between human and some form of animal. However, eventually, they will completely transform into animals and will be unable to revert to human form.

Upon first hearing of the existence of the Blood-cursed Werewolf, Hermione covered her mouth in surprise.

And Bell still says the Blood Curse isn't evil? Seriously, isn't my boyfriend's standard for good and evil a little too skewed?

However, before Hermione could even begin to give her boyfriend a couple of political lessons, Bell continued:

"However, there isn't just one type of Blood Curse. It's just that the Blood-cursed Werewolf are the most famous."

In fact, the Blood Curse that wizards encounter most often are the Blood Curse within House-elf.

This Blood Curse has two effects:

First, House-elf must obey their owner's commands;

Secondly, House-elf must not harm wizards unless their owners or themselves are in danger.

(Because the concept of 'harm' is actually very difficult to define, when the Blood Curse was established, it was set so that House-elf would not have the subjective intention to harm wizards.)

Therefore, if a House-elf believes it has not harmed a wizard but rather is saving them, then even if the wizard or others perceive the wizard as actually harmed, the House-elf can still cast spells on the wizard.

This Blood Curse, after years of breeding by House-elf, has been deeply imprinted into their bloodline, making it virtually unbreakable.

Therefore, House-elf would never betray wizards, and allowing them to use Wand would only be of great help to wizards.

And most importantly, the laws of the Ministry of Magic don't apply to Mars.

After Bell briefly explained the Blood Curse within the House-elf, Hermione stared wide-eyed at the large number of wizards and House-elf before her, her face filled with disbelief.

"How could the wizards do this?! Isn't this turning House-elf into their complete slaves?!"

In Hermione's mind, magic should be a great power. Wizards use magic to help people in trouble, create all sorts of magical gadgets, and make the world a better place.

And shouldn't evil magic like enslaving other creatures be used only by extremely evil Dark Wizard? How come, from what Bell is saying now, wizards are actually enslaving innocent, pitiful House-elf as if it's perfectly natural?

Hermione actually doesn't understand the Magical World enough. In the Magical World, there isn't a clear-cut line between black and white.

It's worth noting that among the followers of Grindelwald, the first Dark Lord, known as the most terrifying Dark Wizard in history, there were many wizards who did not know how to use Dark Magic.

And the great White Wizard known as the greatest of the modern era—their respected Headmaster Dumbledore —was no less skilled in Dark Magic, at least surpassing 90% of the wizards in the Magical World.

Bell would never forget the "Riddle's Diary" from her First Day of the Lunar New Year year of high school, with a huge hole cut through it from front to back. The scorch marks around the hole clearly showed it had been burned through by Fiendfyre.

What terrifying control that is!

Only wizards who have mastered true Fiendfyre can truly understand the difficulty involved.

Given Bell's current skill level, if he were to use Fiendfyre Curse to burn Voldemort's Horcrux, all that would be left would be a small pile of ashes.

No! He might not even be left with ashes!