After scolding Pansy and Millicent Bulstrode, Draco Malfoy left with Crabbe and Goyle.
Pansy, who was completely smitten, vigorously shook Millicent's drowsy shoulders. While shaking, she coyly said to Millicent,
"Did you hear that, Millicent? Did you just hear that? Malfoy was concerned about me! He not only saved us but also showed concern for me!"
Although Millicent had just recovered from the effects of the Stupefy spell, she was only dazed, not stupid. Facing Pansy's infatuated remarks, she murmured puzzledly,
"Did Malfoy really mean what you think he meant?"
But Pansy simply wouldn't listen to Millicent. All she could do was act all shy and keep shaking.
"Stop shaking me, Pansy! If you keep it up, I'm going to throw up!"
"How dare you! Vomit recklessly on the playground and ruin the environment! You two, five points will be deducted from Slytherin House each!"
A sudden hoarse shout interrupted Pansy and Millicent's train of thought.
They watched helplessly as the caretaker, Argus Filch, silently put a large notebook back into his bosom and strode towards them angrily.
The slugs and vomit on the ground were direct evidence of their pollution of the playground.
"I..."
"What do you mean 'I'? Isn't this mess on the ground what you two vomited? Clean it up right away, and no magic allowed! If you don't clean it up before dinner, you'll be confined to my office!"
Filch punished Pansy and Millicent very roughly without asking for the reasons.
Because he had witnessed the whole thing and written it all down in his big notebook.
At this moment, he was both fulfilling his duty as a caretaker and taking revenge for Dudley's friends.
It was just tough luck for Pansy and Millicent, who had never done manual labor with their own hands.
...
The moment Hermione felt relieved after punishing Pansy and Millicent Bulstrode, Dudley learned from the System's prompt that Hermione had encountered another Bloodline discrimination incident.
As for the complete details of the incident, he learned them from the accounts of Harry, Ron, and Hermione during dinner.
He praised his cousin for his words and the way he handled things and commended Hermione and Ron for their bravery in countering the verbal bullies.
And he received a reward for perfectly resolving a B-rank regret event.
[Congratulations to the host for successfully resolving the B-rank regret event - The Bullied Know-It-All Girl!]
[When Hermione Granger first suffered Bloodline discrimination and bullying, the host refuted the fallacies of the bully Draco Malfoy face-to-face. Through rigorous and impeccable dual analysis and argumentation, the host completely helped Hermione understand the false nature of the pure-blood supremacy ideology.
Hermione came to realize that Bloodline discrimination was just the wail of the decaying wizard aristocracy and wasn't worth her being sad.
Influenced by the host's advanced thinking, Hermione actively launched a powerful counterattack when she encountered Bloodline discrimination again and completely dispelled her inner knot.]
[This regret event has been perfectly resolved.]
[Fixed reward: B-rank fusion opportunity * 1.]
[Extra reward: B-rank fusion opportunity * 1.]
]
[Current available opportunities to fuse magic items: B-rank * 2 times, C-rank * 2 times, D-rank * 3 times, E-level * 1 time.]
Dudley checked the available fusion opportunities in his System panel and felt extremely delighted.
It was getting closer!
The time for him to gather enough materials for an S-rank fusion opportunity was getting closer! And the time to fuse Voldemort's yew wand was also approaching!
The time for him to achieve a significant leap in his magic power and have combat power comparable to that of the fully - fledged Voldemort and Dumbledore was getting closer!
As long as he perfectly fulfilled Hagrid's Long-Cherished Wish of Raising Fire Dragons and obtained two A - rank fusion opportunities, he could synthesize step by step to get an S - rank fusion opportunity.
Dudley didn't plan to deliberately damage Voldemort's yew wand to lower the rating of the wand and thus reduce the cost of fusion.
Because he wanted to fully acquire the twin characteristics between Voldemort's yew wand and Harry's Holly wand, so as to obtain the bug - like attribute where the power of spells would be multiplied by ten when fighting side by side with Harry.
By then, no one in the world could withstand a single move from the two brothers.
What the White Demon King, the first and second - generation Voldemort, all would have to admit defeat!
Dudley daydreamed about the bright future and put down the spoon for the mushroom soup. After finishing his dinner, he was about to leave the Great Hall and continue to study magic in the Room of Requirement.
Just then, a tawny owl flew in through the owl window reserved in the Great Hall, clutching a letter in its claws, and headed straight for Dudley.
Dudley waited a bit and got the letter sent by the owl messenger.
Taking a closer look, he found that it was from Mr. Ollivander.
After opening and reading the letter, Dudley's face immediately showed a strange expression.
How absurd!
He had just pulled a fast one back then, but Ollivander really made it happen!
In the previous letter from Diggory, the steps for buying a new wand were simplified. Dudley thought Ollivander had only made some progress, but he didn't expect that this old wand - maker had truly managed to sense the will of the wand.
A wand wasn't like the Sorting Hat, an alchemical item with its own thoughts. Even if it had a will, it must be extremely weak.
It's really tough for Ollivander to sense that!
However, this was not a bad thing for him, but a great one!
More friends, more options.
In the future, when publishing a book, he could not only gain the fame of being the first author but also obtain the complete method of sensing the will of the wand developed by Ollivander.
It was simply like a pie falling from the sky.
Ollivander also apologized to Dudley in the letter and asked him to forgive him for not writing immediately to inform him of the progress.
Dudley just gave a faint smile, thinking Mr. Ollivander was such an honest man!
Needless to say, after returning to the dormitory, Dudley immediately wrote a humble reply.
In the letter, he wrote that Mr. Ollivander could rest assured to write the secret manual and publish the book. He didn't have the slightest intention of blaming him.
When he was free in the future, he would go to Mr. Ollivander to have a meal and a drink.
After writing, he bothered Harry's Hedwig again and sent the reply out overnight.
The next day, Monday of the second week of the semester.
Dudley didn't continue to attend classes with the first - years of Gryffindor.
After a week of getting to know and familiarizing himself with the situation, it was time for him to attend classes according to his own rhythm and preferences.
Dudley decided to put aside [herbology class] and [potion - making studies] for the time being. These two subjects require a great deal of time and effort to master but couldn't provide immediate combat power.
He planned that in the future, when there were enough [fusion opportunities], he would use some means to quickly master them in a 'cheating' way.
As for [Defense Against the Dark Arts], the professor was still lying in the [school infirmary]. There was no way to take the class.
Moreover, Dudley had already learned most of the special [incantations] for defending against [dark creatures] through [fusion] of [Quirrell's Cracked Wand]. For the rest he didn't know, he could still learn from Professor Flitwick in the [spell - casting classes].
[Astronomy class] could be regarded as an evening pastime for stargazing. He'd go when he had time and skip it when he didn't.
As for [history of magic], it was so boring that not even a dog would touch it. Pass!
He decided to give up [flying classes] directly. Dudley was just waiting for [Harry] and [Hagrid] to get him the [Golden Snitch]. After [fusion], he would be able to fly like an arrow.
However, he would take time to remind Madam Hooch.
He would ask her to invite some idle senior members of the Hogwarts Quidditch team to assist her when teaching the first - years, to ensure the safety of the class.
This was to prevent more flying screw - ups like [Neville] and [Hermione] from showing up. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to save them all.
After such a calculation, among the eight major courses at Hogwarts currently, only [spell - casting classes] and [Transfiguration class] were left.
Dudley planned to selectively take these two courses with the senior students to supplement his skills in advanced white magic and advanced [transfiguration] that he hadn't mastered yet.
As for those [optional courses] he hadn't taken yet...