Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 71 SSS New Regret: Hogwarts Deviating from Its Course!

"Very good! Very energetic!"

Dudley's tone returned to calm, and he continued to gaze at Malfoy, as if he could see into Malfoy's heart through Malfoy's eyes.

Malfoy shouted and yelled with his mouth covered. He was short of breath and panting heavily, but he still didn't dare to take off the clothes covering his face.

He still cares a lot about his image and places great importance on personal and family honor.

Unlike in the past, he now has empathy, has learned to reflect, and understands the situations and feelings of others.

"It seems you've changed!"

Dudley continued to say to Malfoy, "I don't expect you to completely abandon your beliefs of the past ten years in just one day. I only hope that in the future, when you want to insult others, you will first think about whether you are in the right."

"I……"

Malfoy tried to say something, but Dudley interrupted him.

"You don't need to promise me anything; your future actions will speak for themselves."

Dudley shifted his gaze from Malfoy, turned back, and his sharp eyes swept over the thirty-odd first-year students who were frozen in shock, like statues, as well as Professor McGonagall, whose mouth was slightly agape and whose expression was a mixture of shock and astonishment.

Then, quickly begin chanting the incantation:

"Surrounded by clouds and mist!"

Dudley cast a variant of the Weather Charm, and a thick white fog suddenly rose up, completely enveloping the area where the first-year students were standing.

“This time, I’ll give you face and not push things too far,” Dali said coldly again. “But if there’s a next time, you’ll never have another chance.”

Smetin tapped the ground with his cane.

White magic emanated, brushing past the Malfoy trio like a gentle breeze.

The muddy clothes transformed back into wizard robes, the hooded garments covering the three of them vanished without a trace, and the bumps on Malfoy's face from the stinging curse quickly faded away.

In the blink of an eye, Malfoy and his two companions had returned to their original forms.

Malfoy was overjoyed. He reached up and touched his face, finding no pimples. Just as he was about to say a few words of thanks and soften his tone, he heard Dudley's voice again:

"Don't just stand there, hurry up and get into the fog!"

It was a matter of face, and Malfoy understood immediately.

Immediately, he pulled Crabbe and Gore into the cloud that Dudley had just created.

In the fog, some timid first-year students had already started wandering around, and Malfoy and his two companions naturally blended into the group.

"A smokescreen! The fog has cleared!"

Dudley chanted two more spells, and the first-year students in the mist, except for Hermione, Ron, Neville, and the Malfoy trio, all felt momentarily stunned.

By the time they came to their senses, the fog had cleared, and the freshmen's memories of who exactly was in the group had become hazy. They couldn't tell that the Malfoy trio had suddenly appeared, and naturally, they couldn't connect the three of them with the little mud-covered figures from before.

“Dali Dursley, you…”

The fog that Dudley had just created did not obstruct Professor McGonagall's view.

Professor McGonagall, who had been watching Dudley's spellcasting closely and keeping a close watch on Dudley's curses, now saw that Dudley had handled the matter "perfectly" and wanted to say some words of advice to Dudley from the perspective of a teacher.

Unexpectedly, Dali didn't give her the chance at all, interrupting her with calm and forceful words.

"Professor McGonagall, right? Dumbledore mentioned you to me."

I admire your kindness and fairness, but I would like to remind you that most of the time, reprimanding both sides of a conflict does not truly resolve the dispute.

It could even exacerbate the conflict between the two sides, backfiring entirely.

Dudley waved his hand to remove the Bubble Charm from his and Harry's heads, and then, with Harry, slowly walked back to the new students' line, just as he had when he stepped out of the ranks.

Professor McGonagall was left standing there, stunned by Dudley's words, frozen in place for several seconds.

"Professor McGonagall, it's time to take the new students to the Great Hall for the Sorting Ceremony!"

Hagrid, who had been observing the whole thing without leaving, timely reminded Professor McGonagall, who was in a daze.

Then, Hagrid quietly left to his hut and dragon house to take care of his little and big darlings, keeping his deeds and fame hidden.

Professor McGonagall then temporarily put aside her thoughts, maintained a serious expression, gathered the scattered group of freshmen, and led them through the gates of Hogwarts Castle.

Upon entering the main gate, you will see the foyer on the first floor. Hogwarts' Great Hall and Dining Room is located to the right of the foyer, accessible through a double door.

At this moment, the first-year students could already hear the noisy conversations coming from the auditorium on the right. These were from upperclassmen who were waiting for the freshmen to be assigned to their respective colleges and for meals to be served.

Professor McGonagall did not immediately lead the new students into the auditorium. Instead, she took them to a small room opposite the auditorium and asked them to wait for a while. She then gave a brief introduction to the sorting process.

It mainly includes two things.

One question is: what are the names of the four houses at Hogwarts?

Another thing is that after students are sorted into colleges, their performance will affect the grade of their respective colleges, and at the end of the academic year, the college with the highest grade will receive the college award.

After saying that, Professor McGonagall went alone to the Great Hall to report to Dumbledore on the new students' arrival.

In Dali's view, the so-called college award is nothing more than a collective honor that is touted as great but is actually not very useful.

In addition, Dali is too busy right now to pay attention to the Academy Awards or the upcoming Sorting Ceremony.

From the moment he stepped through the gates of Hogwarts Castle, his cheat system began to resurface in his mind.

【Ding--】

[Congratulations, host. Your words and actions that guide people toward goodness at the castle gates and within the Hogwarts grounds (including the Hogwarts Express) have been recognized by the Hogwarts superconscious.]

Unlocked SSS-level special hidden regret event: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry deviating from its course.

[Details of the unfortunate incident: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was founded a thousand years ago by four outstanding wizards.]

The aim is to provide young wizards with magical talent with the opportunity to learn magic, and to ensure that, with proper learning and guidance, magic can be passed down and promoted from generation to generation, thus strengthening the wizarding community.

However, the disagreements among the four founders in the early days of the school regarding the selection of students, as well as the differing bloodline oppositions across different eras, sowed the seeds of future problems for Hogwarts' magical education.

Thousands of years ago, young wizards born into Muggle families were considered symbols of miracles and gifted beings.

Salazar Slytherin, who favored pure-blood students, became an outcast, clashed with his three closest friends, and ultimately left alone in the Chamber of Secrets.

A thousand years later, pure-blood wizards occupied a high position in the magical world, advocating the idea of ​​'pure-blood supremacy', triggering a new round of bloodline conflict, and poisoning generations of wizards.

Differences arising from bloodline ideology, concepts of good and evil, ambition, and desire have made Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry both a cradle of white wizards and a breeding ground for dark wizards over the past thousand years.

It has deviated from its original educational goals.

Students graduating from Hogwarts inevitably split into two camps: black wizards and white wizards, who then wage war against each other and engage in frantic internal strife.

It not only cost the lives of many wizards, but also wasted a lot of teaching resources.

The magical world has declined with each generation, facing a shortage of talent and a weakening of magical traditions. Modern wizards, on the whole, are far less skilled than their predecessors, lacking the drive and dedication to mastery of magic. A revolution is urgently needed!