Hogwarts: I am Harry's eldest cousin

"I'll stay on the ground with you."

Dudley answered without even thinking.

"And what if I fall off the broom?"

Hermione then asked.

"I'll catch you down there." Dudley patted his chest to show that he was sure he could catch it.

Hermione:

Although it sounds warm, I always feel something is wrong.

At 3:30 in the afternoon, the first-year wizards from Slytherin and Gryffindor arrived at a lawn outside the castle on time. No matter whether they were from wizarding families or Muggle families, they were all looking forward to the ability to fly.

Only Dudley was yawning boredly. To be honest, he was not very interested in flying courses that only focused on practice. My own strength is flying, and it is a clear, breezy day, which is perfect for a nap.

Across the lawn are endless black trees, which is the border of the forbidden forest.

Dozens or even hundreds of flying brooms were neatly arranged on the ground, and both sides were filled with expectant little wizards.

After a while, Mrs. Huo Qi, the teacher, came.

"What are you waiting for?" she shouted, her tone even more excited than the little wizards. "Everyone stand next to a flying broom and hurry up."

"Stretch out your right hand, place it on top of the broom handle, and say, Get up!"

Well, what a simple, crude and unpretentious spell.

"stand up!"

Harry just shouted once, and the broom obediently bounced into his hands. He was the first little wizard present to do so.

Even if the others shouted several times, the broom only rolled a few times on the ground.

I have to say that Harry really has a talent for riding a broomstick.

Soon, the brooms of the other little wizards also responded one after another, bouncing from the ground to their hands.

Of course, there were also people whose brooms didn't react much for a long time, like Hermione's, which rolled around a few times mischievously and then remained motionless.

As for Dudley, unsurprisingly, his broom was even less responsive than Hermione's.

To him, the flying broom is just an ordinary broom.

So Dudley took advantage of the teacher's inattention, hooked his feet, lifted it up hard, and then held it easily.

Dudley was quite curious about things like flying brooms. Since he couldn't use them anyway, he might as well study them.

Thinking of this, Dudley took the broom and studied it. The flying broom looked like just a bunch of rotten sticks put together, with a bare middle, but in fact there was an invisible pad on the stick. Otherwise, flying on a wooden stick for a long time would be somewhat uncomfortable for the buttocks. It is said that in order to uphold the long-standing image of wizards riding brooms, the pad was made invisible.

Dudley's final evaluation was not as good as the magic carpet.

Soon, little wizards began to ride their brooms into the sky one after another.

There are only a few still standing on the ground.

This included Hermione and Dudley.

Hermione tried several more times, but the broom still just fluttered in the same place, so she gave up.

Anyway, flying class is not a big subject, and it is not even included in the OWLs exam.

Looking at Dudley, who was standing next to her, studying the broomstick in his hand without any intention of "going to heaven", Hermione's face turned slightly red.

"Actually, you don't have to stay with me."

It was obvious that Hermione had misunderstood and thought that the broom in Dudley's hand had bounced up there by itself, and that he was doing it for her.

"Uh-huh"

A scream from the sky interrupted their thoughts.

The fat little Neville lost control of his broom due to improper operation and fell from the sky. Fortunately, the fall was not very high and only his arm was broken. Madam Hooch helped him walk to the school infirmary.

"What an idiot, that little crying bag."

"Mr. Bottom has really hit the bottom this time."

As Madam Hooch saw Neville off, some people were whispering.

On the other side, Harry and Malfoy faced each other again, and continued the unfinished quarrel last night, and they didn't know what to say, anyway, the two met in the sky.

Dudley was too lazy to bother with them anymore. They always quarreled whenever they met recently, and he was almost annoyed by it.

"Doesn't this mean the course is over?" Dudley thought, pinching his chin as he looked at the messy little wizards, each doing their own thing.

Although Madam Hooch said she would be back soon, she certainly wouldn't be in the mood to teach anymore with a little wizard injured.

Then Dudley suddenly had a bold idea.

He had never done that in all the time he had been at Hogwarts.

"Hermione."

Dudley turned to Hermione.

Hermione, who was originally staring at Dudley, did not expect Dudley to suddenly turn his head. When their eyes met, her face began to turn slightly red again, and she quickly looked away.

"how?"

Replied in a low voice.

"Do you want to go to the Forbidden Forest?"

Dudley leaned close to her ear and whispered.

"?!"

Hermione was stunned by Dudley's suggestion and whispered with her hand covering her mouth.

"Now?"

"Of course, while it's still early, I can come back in time for dinner."

Go around the edge of the Forbidden Forest first, explore the route, and see if there is anything you need.

"But we are still in class."

For Dudley's proposal, Hermione verbally refused, but the eagerness in her heart still betrayed her.

'Skipping classes? With Dudley?'

'So exciting?'

"Escape. It's not like I haven't done that before."

It wasn't the first time for the two of them. Dudley took Hermione to skip class as early as Oxford Dragon Primary School.

Chapter 61 The Little Girl Picking Mushrooms (Ask for monthly tickets!)

The Gryffindors were all cheering for Harry and Malfoy's flying chase and didn't notice Dudley and Hermione's little tricks at all. Some Slytherins did see it, and they blindfolded themselves very consciously.

"We dare not say."

"We dare not ask."

'We don't know.'

So the two of them crossed the lawn very smoothly and trotted along the path to the edge of the forbidden forest.

Hermione's heart was beating "thump, thump" all the way. As a good student, skipping classes was a taboo for her.

But it was so exciting and fun.

Hermione's little face was rosy, like a ripe red apple.

The flying class without being able to fly is so boring, so I might as well take this opportunity to look around. I have been in Hogwarts for a while, and I have been either in the bedroom, classroom or library. I haven't really explored this magical place yet.

The forbidden forest is generally fine during the day except that the light is a little dim.

Hogwarts is located in the Scottish Highlands on the island of Great Britain, which has a temperate maritime climate. The trees here are mostly oak, maple, and beech. They are dark and continuous, and give people a depressing feeling at a glance.

Of course, this only applies to other little wizards, Dudley doesn't care about it.

The place where Dali used to live was full of twists and turns, with a mountain everywhere.

The Forbidden Forest is just a larger forest, but of course the focus is on the magical creatures and plants that live in it.

"Wow" Hermione was deeply attracted by the scene inside just after stepping into the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

The sunlight shines through the gaps between leaves and branches, creating mottled green and yellow shadows on the forest floor. The light and shadows dance constantly with the wind, giving people a sense of harmonious beauty.

Even Hermione's originally irritable mood calmed down.

When Hermione was attracted by the scenery of the Forbidden Forest, Dudley was secretly watching her. He saw that Hermione was worried recently, not only because she was depressed about not being able to fly smoothly in the flying class, but also because of other things. But since she didn't say anything, it was not easy for him to ask. He hoped to take Hermione to the Forbidden Forest to relax her mind.

In fact, this little girl is very stubborn, just like herself.

So did Harry.

But he seems to be like me. No, it’s because we have been together for a long time that our personalities have become similar.

Will people who are both stubborn be attracted to each other?

Haha. It sounds like you are talking about a Stand Messenger.

Hermione skipped ahead, curious about everything in front of her.

At this moment, she seemed to no longer be the know-it-all Miss Gryffindor, but just an ordinary energetic girl.

"Here here! Dudley! Come here!"

Hermione was standing under a tree that was at least a thousand years old and required four or five people to hug. She waved her arms at Dudley. Dudley came over and saw Hermione pointing at the branches above and said.

"Look there!"

The sunlight filtered through the tree canopy, illuminating the trunk, making the texture of the bark clearer. Looking in the direction Hermione pointed, Dudley saw a small five-petal yellow plant in the gap between the trunk and the branches.

St. John's wort is a relatively rare herb. It is said that the devil has left evil power on this herb. If you rub the veins with your fingers, blood-like juice will appear. It can be used to treat anemia and menstrual problems, but it is mainly used to treat stab wounds and gunshot wounds.

Hermione chirped like a lark, explaining to Dudley the uses of the herb.

Dudley didn't comment, but just smiled and listened patiently.

Although he recognized the herb early on.

After Hermione finished her explanation, Dudley quickly climbed up the tree branch, took out a small shovel and other tools from the bag on his waist, carefully dug out the herb, and put it into a small bottle that had been prepared long ago.

“Great technique”

Hermione has a very strong theoretical foundation, but her practical ability is much weaker. At least she thinks she can't do it like Dudley.

Then, thinking of how Dudley's hand, which was as small as a palm-leaf fan, was carefully pinching the herb with two fingers, Hermione couldn't help laughing.

The silver bell-like laughter echoed in the forbidden forest, and the pair of white rabbit teeth were so eye-catching.

"Hermione, you look so beautiful when you smile. Smile more often in the future."

Dudley spoke the truth very bluntly, causing Hermione to blush and pound her chest with her fists to hide her inner shyness.

It is said that the Forbidden Forest next to Hogwarts is a natural treasure trove of potions. Just by strolling around the forest, Dudley harvested quite a few potions. Although they were not very rare varieties, there were so many of them that he could see one every few steps.

Not to mention Chinese medicinal herbs like mistletoe, Houttuynia cordata (Zhe Er Gen), Dictamni, Water Chestnut (Puji), and Rue, Dali collected a lot of them, especially Rue, he almost took away all the roots, it seems that he plans to go back and cultivate them.

Dudley and his friends also discovered the Babo tuber, which is between magical animals and plants.

It is a plant that looks like a big, black, slimy slug and is extremely ugly in appearance.

However, this thing has very high medicinal value, so Dudley carefully put it away.

By the way, its juice can cause some damage to the skin, so be sure to wear dragon leather gloves when picking it.

After Dudley put away the herb, he found Hermione standing in front of a green mushroom-shaped plant that seemed to be emitting a faint fluorescent light.

Apparently, our Miss Know-It-All also has her moments of ignorance.

"This is a herb called Agaricus. We will learn about it in the fourth grade Herbology class. Logically, it should belong to the fungus class like other mushrooms, but there doesn't seem to be a separate subject for magical fungi in Herbology."

"The mushroom cap is very sensitive. Once stimulated, it will spray spores that paralyze the whole body. It can be used to make paralysis potions."

Theoretically, the mushroom itself is more valuable than the Babo tuber, but unfortunately wizards in the wizarding world are only interested in its spores.

"Mushrooms themselves can be used as medicine to make strength potions."