Hogwarts: I am Harry's eldest cousin

"Shh, keep your voice down."

Ron said quickly, fearing that Hermione would wake the others.

Hermione ignored Ron and stared at Harry: "Don't you know that doing this will make Gryffindor lose points? And you want to give the house cup to Slytherin?"

"I can't let you do this."

Hermione stopped the two of them and blocked the way out with her hands. Even though she was isolated, she was still trying to protect the interests of her college, even if no one cared.

"You are violating school rules!"

If it was anyone else, Harry would definitely ignore it. The problem was that this was Hermione and he had a pretty good relationship with Hermione. Hedwig was given to him by Hermione and Dudley together. He also knew that Dudley and Hermione had a very close relationship, so close that even he was a little uncomfortable.

"He's obviously my brother."

Of course, it's just a little bit of dissatisfaction.

Are you going to break your promise?

It doesn't seem to be impossible, since Malfoy can be beaten at any time.

So he wavered.

However, Ron's attitude at this time was extremely firm. He retorted without showing any weakness: "Didn't you also violate the school rules? Don't think I don't know. I saw you skipping class this afternoon."

After these words were spoken, Hermione was speechless for an instant, and all the words in her mind were stuck in her throat. It was indeed true that she skipped class this afternoon.

Although she could explain that even if she was discovered, she could still gain back the lost points, one should not be so hypocritical.

You can't just say "I can do it, but you can't"? That's too unconvincing.

Dudley had told her that you had to lead by example to convince others.

"You have nothing to say? Then get out of the way and go back to sleep."

Seeing that Hermione didn't answer, Ron thought he was stumped by his question and pulled Harry out.

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Hermione's presence was heard again: "I'll go with you."

"What?" Harry thought he might have heard it wrongly.

What's going on? Hermione, who is usually afraid of breaking school rules and getting deducted points, what's wrong with her today?

Skipping classes with Dudley in the afternoon and hanging out with them at night?

However, because of his average grades, Harry was unable to go to Oxford as an exchange student like Dudley, so he didn't know that this was not the first time that Hermione had been taken skipping classes by Dudley.

"I said I'll go with you."

Hermione sighed and took out her wand, "Dudley is right, it's not a violation of school rules as long as we're not caught."

Seeing that the two did not respond, he urged: "Hurry up, the later it is, the greater the risk of being caught."

Ron and Harry looked at each other.

"Let me make it clear first. You can follow us, but I won't take care of you when you get out. If you get caught, don't betray us."

Hermione retorted angrily: "I know more spells than you, just take care of yourself."

The trophy room is located on the third floor of Hogwarts Castle, some distance away from Gryffindor, but generally much closer than Slytherin in the basement.

The person you have to pay most attention to when taking a night tour is the dormitory manager Filch, an old man who is always hunched over and has a gloomy face. He is especially harsh to young wizards.

Once he finds out, points will inevitably be deducted.

Of course, there is also Peeves who may show up at any time.

This is a ghost who likes to play pranks and is particularly annoying.

Hermione really lived up to her words. The spells she knew were not even on the same level as Harry and the others.

If Hermione hadn't cast a simple little spell on the way to avoid the detection of the dormitory manager Filch's cat, Mrs. Norris, Harry and Ron might have been caught shortly after they set out.

After narrowly avoiding 'Mrs. Norris', the three of them walked briskly along the corridor. The moonlight poured in from the high windows, like silver bricks lying on the ground.

I went to the third floor and tiptoed to open the door of the showroom. It was quiet and no one was inside.

"It seems we are early."

Ron was the first to walk in, saying as he walked in, "When Malfoy and the others come over, I'll give him a good laugh."

The three of them found a place in the showroom to rest, quietly waiting for Malfoy and the others.

Time passed by minute by minute.

The surroundings were still quiet. Not even a mouse, let alone Malfoy, was there.

It was unknown how much time had passed before Ron finally showed an impatient look on his face. He scratched his hair and said angrily, "Damn it, I knew this would happen. Malfoy and the others won't come. Slytherins are all cowards. I should have thought of it earlier."

"Harry, we've been tricked."

Just as Ron finished speaking, the door of the showroom was pushed open again.

"Who said I was a coward?"

Chapter 64 How did we get here?

The greasy tone, coupled with the striking platinum blonde hair that caught the eye.

Who else could it be but Malfoy?

"Robert, who do you think I am? I am Malfoy, a Malfoy who keeps his word."

“Don’t compare me to other people.”

Malfoy looked at Ron with disdain and stood on tiptoe, trying to look down at him. Unfortunately, he was slightly shorter than Ron, so even on tiptoe he could only look at him at eye level.

"But you're late."

Ron raised his voice slightly, and shouted at Malfoy angrily: "And my name is Ron, Ron Weasley, not Robert."

"Okay, Robert."

Malfoy waved his hands impatiently, as if to say, "I don't want to talk to you at all." He turned his gaze to Harry, which made Ron very angry.

"Potter, where is your assistant? Is it this Robert, or... uh."

Malfoy originally wanted to mock Harry, but he was a little stuck when he saw Hermione. Everyone in Slytherin knew that Dudley had a good relationship with the girl from Gryffindor.

"Ron, it's Ron." Harry corrected Malfoy and explained hastily: "Hermione just followed here out of curiosity, she won't interfere."

He didn't want to involve Hermione either.

Ron looked at Malfoy with ill intent, ready to make a move: "So, Malfoy, your assistant? What about the two fat guys beside you? Or do you want to be alone?"

"Well, if you want to fight two against one, just come on."

Malfoy was not intimidated by Ron's threats. Potter was still qualified to fight him, but a mere little Ronnet?

And I have found a very reliable assistant.

"Brother, the assistant you are talking about is not me, right?"

Another voice sounded outside the door, and the huge body directly blocked all the light from the door.

"Dudley?!"

Listening to that extremely familiar voice, two voices full of surprise sounded in the room.

"Hehe, this is my assistant."

Malfoy looked proud and raised his eyebrows at Harry provocatively.

In fact, Malfoy did want to break the appointment at first, but he gave up the idea soon after it came to his mind. After a period of teaching by Dudley, he changed a lot.

Of course this has nothing to do with Malfoy's love of causing trouble for Harry.

He was simply annoyed with Harry.

If before it was just about why he didn't want to be friends with himself, now it has become about why Potter could have a brother like that?

"I never said I would promise you."

Dudley shook his head helplessly.

'Let me deal with my brother?'

Malfoy has changed a lot during this period of time. At least he is not as annoying as before, otherwise Dudley would not have continued to teach him.

"I said, what are you doing here in the middle of the night?"

Dudley was returning to Slytherin after evening exercise when he happened to run into Malfoy sneaking out. When he heard that Malfoy had made an appointment with Harry, he came along.

Harry glared at Malfoy and began to explain.

'This is my brother!'

"Wizards' duel?"

After hearing Harry's explanation, Dudley's expression became even weirder.

I looked around the crowded room which was so crowded that there was not enough space for more than a few people to stand.

"it's here?"

It's amazing that these two guys could think of dueling in a place where it's difficult to move. Are they going to decide the winner by playing Landlord?

Hey, don’t mention it, there are exactly three of us.

Of course, the movement here is based on Dudley's own body size as a reference.

"Hermione, they're going to duel, why are you here?"

Dudley walked over to Hermione, took off his own clothes and put them on her.

The castle is still a bit cool at night.

"I couldn't sleep because I was worried about them getting caught and losing points, so I came here."

Hermione stammered a few words, hiding what happened in the Gryffindor common room. Seeing that Dudley did not delve into it further, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Dudley thought it was just a playful duel, but when he saw Harry and Malfoy looking at each other, it seemed that sparks flew in the air, and he instantly became interested.

So he asked, "Do you really want to fight?"

"Yeah!" they said in unison.

"Then let's have a fight."

Dudley made no attempt to stop him.

"Dudley?" Hermione looked at him in surprise, Harry was his younger brother.

Dudley shrugged.

Although he didn't know why these two people disliked each other, he just had to do it.

In fact, whether winning or losing, it will not harm either of them at this stage, so why should we stop it?

With their current reserve of magical knowledge, it was already a great achievement to throw a few sparks from the wands. Most of the time it was physical combat, which would leave a black eye at most. The potions that Dudley made now could easily eliminate such flesh wounds. Not everyone was like Hermione, who had almost finished reviewing the second year courses in her first year.

And boys’ friendship is often forged through fighting.

"See you at the usual place tomorrow morning at six o'clock."

If they really wanted to duel, Dudley would definitely recommend changing the location to outside the Hogwarts castle. Not only is it spacious, but there aren't many people around early in the morning, so they can fight as they please.

"Now! Go back to sleep!"

Dudley is against staying up late because it is harmful to the body, liver and skin, but he supports getting up early.

With Dudley's words, even if the two wanted to fight again, they couldn't do it for the time being.

Follow Dudley obediently.

Several of them headed back in the direction they came from. Dudley would definitely send Hermione and the others back to Gryffindor first, and then go back to Slytherin with Malfoy.

To be fair, the interior of Hogwarts Castle is very large, much larger than it looks from the outside. It is obvious that Hogwarts has also been cast under the Traceless Extension Charm. There are a total of 142 staircases in the entire castle. The number of these densely packed stairs alone is enough to make one's scalp tingle.

However, it is useless to just remember these 142 staircases, because these stairs are slowly moving and constantly changing. Think about it, with 142 staircases that can be combined and arranged, how many routes are there in total?

It is as complicated as a large maze, and it is not easy to avoid getting lost.