Hogwarts: I am Harry's eldest cousin

Chapter 209 The Ever-changing Sirius

"Dangerous?" Dudley raised his eyebrows when he heard the word. He was sure he had heard it right.

Which one is more dangerous, Sirius, the basilisk, the Horcrux, or the remnant of Voldemort?

It was obviously just Dumbledore's excuse for not wanting him to interfere.

"I just want to solve the problem at hand as soon as possible. Those Dementors control the outer perimeter of the castle, making Hogwarts shrouded in dark clouds all day long. It is rainy and lifeless almost every day, making the surroundings full of smoke and miasma, making it impossible for me and my teammates to exercise properly."

"And I have received feedback from many young wizards that Dementors have shown their intention to attack them."

The group of Dementors had been somewhat restrained after being thrown out by Dumbledore at the dinner party, but they have become active again recently.

This kind of thing is an evil spirit that is more disgusting than black magic creatures. It doesn't have much IQ and if it is allowed to develop, problems will arise sooner or later.

It is better to hope that Voldemort will become a good person than to expect them to abide by the Ministry of Magic's agreement.

"Dudley, be patient, after all, this is a request from the Ministry of Magic."

Dumbledore took out another cockroach, put it into his mouth and started eating it.

When the school started, many young wizards sent letters to their families. They thought that Fudge, a guy who believed everything he heard, would immediately give in and remove the Dementors as soon as possible. However, this time, Fudge, who usually had no opinion of his own, was unusually tough and insisted on letting the Dementors guard Hogwarts.

Even after receiving so many letters of complaint, he remained indifferent.

This left the wizards who sent the letters with no choice. The only one who could make the decision was Fudge, who was the Minister of Magic and theoretically the most powerful man in England.

However, it is certain that Fudge's approval rating has dropped significantly.

But a decline is better than losing your job directly.

Dudley sighed, "If they really strictly abide by the rules of the Ministry of Magic, don't attack Hogwarts students, and don't mess with me."

"Professor Dumbledore, I have a small suggestion. I do not agree with your repeated tolerance of the Ministry of Magic. You are the headmaster of Hogwarts, and your responsibility should be to be responsible for the safety of all students."

"Don't forget, in addition to being the headmaster of Hogwarts, you are also the chief wizard of the Wizengamot."

The Wizengamot is a magical organization established earlier than the Ministry of Magic. It is an organization similar to a combination of a court and a parliament, and the Chief Wizard of the Wizengamot is the highest official of the organization.

In theory, its power is no less than that of the Ministry of Magic.

However, Dumbledore, as the chief, completely delegated his power.

The Headmaster of Hogwarts and Chief Wizard of the Wizengamot are both comparable to the top ranks of the Ministry of Magic, and are politically no less prestigious than Fudge's.

Knowing something about Dumbledore's deeds, he understood that Dumbledore no longer wanted to participate in any power struggle.

But this is not something you can just not participate in if you want to.

The great sage Xun Ge'er said it well: "As long as a person is alive, he is in the world. Where there are people, there is the world."

As long as Dumbledore lived, he remained in the middle of a power struggle, even though he made it clear that he was tired of the center of power.

There is no use in escaping.

Because others don’t think so.

Power can blind people and make them lose themselves.

After saying this, Dudley left the principal's office and gave Fox another bag of rations before leaving.

He could understand Dumbledore, but he didn't agree with him.

After Dudley left, the portraits of past headmasters became active, and they all expressed their opinions.

"Dumbledore, I think he is right." A calm female voice sounded, and this voice surprised the headmasters around.

She seldom voices her own opinions and usually just listens.

But she is respected by all the principals.

Her name is Phyllida Spohr. She is the oldest headmaster in all the portraits of headmasters and the first headmaster to have her own portrait.

"In my time, there was no Ministry of Magic, only the Wizarding Council."

"The Wizarding Council is responsible for managing the magical world, while Hogwarts is responsible for teaching outstanding wizards. The division of labor is clear and they do not interfere with each other."

"At Hogwarts, only the headmaster has the final say. Even the Speaker has to stand aside."

"It's not wrong for Dumbledore to value power, but what we should do is face it squarely instead of staying away from it blindly."

"Phyllida, I understand, I know," Dumbledore said softly, his voice becoming smaller and smaller: "Let me think about it."

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Sirius's intrusion into Gryffindor caused quite a stir.

The little wizards discussed this matter whenever they had free time, and the story became more and more outrageous.

Some say that Sirius was able to transform himself into a flowering bush, evade the Dementors, and sneak into Hogwarts.

Some say that Sirius passed through walls like a ghost, so the Dementors couldn't find him at all.

The most outrageous thing is that Sirius turned into dried potion after entering the castle and was hidden in Snape's potion room.

He spoke with such seriousness that he even worked out a spell to turn it into a dried potion.

Dudley scoffed at this statement. If Sirius dared to hide there, Snape would definitely not mind slicing and mashing him and throwing him into the crucible to cook him into a pile of mush.

However, rumors are just rumors. They are only circulated among little wizards, and the truth may be completely different from what they imagine.

Is it possible that Sirius only entered Hogwarts through some secret passage in Hogwarts Castle?

No way, the little wizards think that this is not exciting at all, not magical at all, and not magical at all.

Therefore, this conjecture has little appeal among young wizards.

Even if this is the closest guess to the truth.

As the days passed, there was still no trace of Sirius. It was as if this guy had disappeared and would never appear again after he reappeared.

During this period, the Defense Against the Dark Arts class jumped from being the least popular subject to being the most popular subject.

Professor Lupin’s courses are really interesting. They are basically practical classes, and there is absolutely no repetition. They are all about dealing with various kinds of dark magic creatures.

For example, the Red Hat is a bloodthirsty, cruel and very difficult monster with a danger level of 4X. It will appear immediately when it smells blood in the wild and will continue to attack travelers until the other party dies.

For example, Kaba, a magical aquatic creature that likes to eat human blood, will drag lost people into the water and drown them before sucking their blood. Its danger level is also 4X. It looks like a monkey and is nicknamed water monkey.

Lupin tirelessly taught the young wizards the subtle techniques of dealing with these dark magic creatures, which benefited everyone a lot.

Even Dudley praised Lupin's teaching methods.

A lot of knowledge cannot be learned from books.

Chapter 210 What's the point of playing Quidditch? Even dogs don't go!

Care of Magical Creatures is the second most popular course after Defense Against the Dark Arts.

Because this course is also a practical course.

Since Hagrid brought the Hippogriff to the first class, it has been highly anticipated. The second class did not disappoint everyone. Hagrid brought the father of the Hippogriffs, a strong Griffin.

Although the griffin's personality is different from that of the hippogriffs and it does not allow anyone except Hagrid to approach it, which prevented the little wizards from successfully riding it, just observing it up close made everyone excited.

The griffin is such a majestic and handsome creature.

The third class was about an old acquaintance of Dudley, Harry and the others - Fluffy with three heads.

Its huge size gives people a great sense of oppression, and even just standing in front of it feels tremendous pressure.

Until Fluffy saw Dudley.

It turns out that the three-headed dog has a very good memory.

The moment it saw Dudley, the originally mighty three-headed dog immediately put on a flattering expression, and the three heads began to rub Dudley in turn.

Maybe in Fluffy's mind, Dudley and Hagrid have already been equated.

Listed as the ones that should never be provoked.

"Dudley, have you seen him before?" Hagrid asked curiously.

Dudley gently pushed the three huge heads away and replied to Hagrid, "I think so."

The magical creature, the three-headed dog, is also extremely popular. With Hagrid protecting them, many little wizards successfully touched Fluffy, which made everyone even more excited.

The little wizards naturally love it very much because they can see a new magical creature every time and occasionally get to play with it.

Popularity naturally increased gradually.

By the way, the previously hybridized carnivorous slug eggs have not yet hatched.

The agreed three weeks had arrived, and in this Potions class, Dudley successfully submitted a satisfactory answer sheet to Snape.

He successfully improved the formula of the shrinking potion.

A new type of shrinking potion has been created.

The medicinal properties are more stable. More importantly, the taste is not so unacceptable, and it even has a hint of the unique fragrance of water chestnut.

"Perfect answer. Well, as agreed, Mr. Dursley can do his own research in Potions class starting today."

Snape held up the new potion that Dudley had made and spoke to the young wizards with a little pride.

"If there is anyone among you who can do it, I can also grant him this power."

"Of course, if you fail, you will have to clean all the toilets in the school."

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The bell rang for the end of get out of class, and Dudley and Hermione stood up from their seats and began to collect their textbooks from their desks.

This class is Ancient Magic Runes.

The professor was a witch named Bathsheda Barbling, who had a serious and solemn expression.

Sparse figures walked out of the classroom.

Not many people choose this subject, one can even describe it as pitifully few. There are fewer people than in the divination class taught by that big liar Trilawney. At least in the divination class, you can get extra points as long as you say you saw death and give a simple description.

Most of those who choose this subject are from Ravenclaw and Slytherin. People from the remaining two colleges will definitely not choose it, with the exception of Hermione. She is the only Gryndor who chooses this course in the entire Hogwarts.

It is worth mentioning that after taking Divination, Arithmancy and Muggle Studies, Hermione finally followed Dudley's advice and gave up these three courses.

Take Care of Magical Creatures and Ancient Runes with Dudley.

Human energy is limited. Just as Dali said, it is better to specialize in a few things than to be broad-based without being specialized.

Ancient magic may sound very noble, but it is actually a very boring subject.

It's not like what Dudley remembers from those fan works, where you start by learning the permutations and combinations of magic words and runes. Although these are also involved, they are only covered in the later stages of the subject. Don't even think about it before you graduate from Hogwarts.

The content learned in the early stage is quite boring. Well, it is even more boring than the history of magic.

The most basic part of this course is to learn a language first, an ancient magical language system.

Then the translation of ancient magical texts into modern languages ​​is what we do in every class of this course.

Use simpler words to describe what ancient magic words do - language learning + translation + archaeology

Dudley and Hermione listened very carefully.

Ancient magic language is the basis for using ancient magic. If you want to use runes, you won't be able to do anything if you don't understand the ancient magic language.

It’s like you got the Nine Yin Scriptures, but you don’t know the meaning of the words inside. Let alone refining the Nine Yin Divine Claws into the Nine Yin White Bone Claws, you can’t even make the Chicken Claw Crazy.

"Today's classes are finally over."

Dudley twisted his neck slightly, making a 'click' sound.

This made the little wizard sitting behind him and Hermione feel frightened, fearing that he might accidentally twist his neck.

"Dudley, what are your plans tonight? Do you want to watch Quidditch?" Hermione suggested as she put her textbooks into the bag that was cast with the Traceless Extension Charm. "I heard that today is the match between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff, and Harry was invited by Gryffindor captain Wood to be the special guest."

When Dudley heard about Quidditch, his interest immediately waned. He shook his head decisively: "What's the point of Quidditch? Even dogs don't go."

Instead of watching Quidditch, you might as well play a game of wizarding cards or do a set of pulling exercises.

More and more wizards like this game. According to incomplete statistics, the number is no less than the number of wizards who like Quidditch.