Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 226 Expanding the Network! The Announcement of Breakfast Time!

Dali immediately understood the cause and effect.

It must be that Voldemort's main soul went berserk, which aroused the Voldemort soul fragment in Harry's forehead scar, causing Harry to feel pain as well.

To avoid worrying his cousin and causing him to miss important matters, Harry endured the pain and did not use the Mirror Mark to notify Dudley.

Harry might even have stopped Ron, Neville, and Seamus from going out to look for people, because the matter was related to Voldemort.

It's been dragging on until now.

"Harry, how are you now?"

Dudley came to Harry's bedside, helped him sit up, and handed him a bottle of potion to nourish his mental strength.

"It doesn't hurt much anymore, I'm fine, cousin."

Harry quickly said that he didn't want Dudley to worry too much about him.

Then, he picked up the bottle of potion and drank it.

Dali understood that his cousin was being incredibly sensible.

But sometimes, being too sensible isn't a good thing.

While Harry was drinking the potion, Dudley used his magic to create three mirror marks, which landed on the wrists of Ron, Neville, and Seamus, and explained their purpose to them.

After Harry finished the potion, his expression visibly relaxed, and Dudley spoke again:

"Harry, don't try to tough it out. If you underestimate the consequences and something irreversible happens, it will make your family and friends even more upset, understand?"

"I understand, cousin." Harry felt a little ashamed, realizing that he couldn't think as comprehensively as his cousin.

"Alright, stop thinking about nonsense. It's not good to turn yourself into a person with a self-destructive personality."

Dudley's tone became more uplifting, giving Harry strength.

Then, Dali said to his three roommates, "If you encounter any emergencies in the future, use this mirror mark to notify me."

Ron and Neville, if you encounter anything that the class monitor and discipline monitor can't handle within their respective responsibilities, you can also report it to me using the Mirror Imprint.

But if things aren't urgent and you can reach me, please report to me in person. There are more and more people connected to this Mirror Mark network now, so it's easy for the line to get busy, since only two people are allowed to talk at the same time.

Ron, Neville, and Seamus nodded without much thought, their eyes fixed on the mirror mark on their wrists. They looked at their hands from left to right, quite surprised.

Harry showed it off to them yesterday afternoon, and to his surprise, they got it this morning too.

Seeing this, Dali said no more.

Let Harry rest for a while, and then use a calming spell to soothe your mind and enter a deep sleep. You lie down on your bed and take a nap.

When it was time for breakfast, I left the dormitory with my friends and went to the auditorium on the first floor for breakfast.

As they passed the Gryffindor common room, Hermione, who was always up on time, joined them.

Dudley showed no favoritism and also added a mirror mark to Hermione's wrist.

Hermione's reaction was even stronger than Ron's and the others. She was not only curious about the mirror mark itself, but also about the magic that created it, and kept asking Dudley all sorts of questions.

Dudley then explained to Hermione a few points about the alchemy and spell-based techniques for creating two-way mirrors, selecting those that Hermione could currently understand.

When we arrived at the auditorium, all the teachers and students had gathered, and it was time to start lunch.

Old Deng, sitting in the main seat with dark circles under his eyes, stood up and gestured for everyone to be quiet.

He couldn't wait for everyone to finish breakfast before he started speaking.

He discovered that the news of the huge black magic mark on the playground had already spread among small groups of students in various colleges.

There's no way around it; there are always some energetic little wizards who, early in the morning, ride their flying brooms out of the windows and circle the three towers of Hogwarts Castle and the playground a few times as a form of morning exercise.

The little wizard also liked to gaze into the distance through the corridor windows.

Old Deng removed the cover and barrier in front of the castle gate last night, and he also listened to Dudley and did not cast any spells to hide the Dark Mark.

As the young wizards flew and looked around, they naturally spotted the large, conspicuous Dark Magic mark on the playground.

Then the news spread like wildfire, and it probably won't be long before the entire school's teachers and students know about it.

If Dumbledore didn't speak up soon, the Hogwarts students would have to eat breakfast in fear under the shadow of Voldemort and the Death Eaters.

"Please quiet down, everyone. I have something to say. Something bad happened last night. A powerful Death Eater infiltrated Hogwarts."

Dumbledore got straight to the point, and as soon as he paused, the students who had been quiet started chattering noisily again.

Judging from his expression and listening to his words, there was a strong sense of panic.

Dali shook his head repeatedly.

"Fortunately, the Death Eater was discovered and killed on the spot by the Dursley assistant before he could enter the castle."

Dumbledore quickly activated the 'loud voice' spell and added that sentence.

The auditorium fell silent again instantly, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

The faculty, staff, and all the students, unaware of the situation, all turned to where Dudley was, their expressions shifting from shock to acceptance.

A significant number of people looked at Dali with a different kind of fear in their eyes.

This is understandable, as Dudley's formidable strength had already made him famous throughout Hogwarts and deeply ingrained in people's minds.

This other kind of panic stems from the fact that some people realized that Dali, despite being only an eleven-year-old first-year student, had already dared to commit murder.

How can we avoid inspiring awe?

Dali quietly accepted the attention of the entire school's teachers and students, showing no stage fright whatsoever, but rather confidence and charisma.

Even in this situation, he scooped up a spoonful of soup and savored it by himself.

He knew that Old Deng claimed he killed Little Barty to give the entire school a boost of morale, dispel the fear of the Dark Mark, and also to build momentum for him, setting a cruel tone for his speech on the playground after breakfast.

This step wasn't wrong, and Dali naturally accepted it.

Of course, death and killing should not exist in the world of a group of underage wizards aged eleven to seventeen.

But this wasn't Dudley and Dumbledore's fault; the fault lay with Voldemort, the Death Eaters, and even the entire dark wizarding community.

To put it in an extreme way, the problem lies with this morbid magical world!

If the world were at peace and everyone were friendly, Dudley could even play games with these children, using magic to create flowers instead of fighting.

But harsh reality doesn't allow such a wonderful thing to happen.

Dudley didn't want to see a victory like the one in the original story, a victory that would result in mutual destruction, nor did he want to see a superficial victory where a few people carried a whole group.

So he had no choice but to tear away the facade of peace and present the bloody, cruel reality to the young wizard.

It was presented before the eyes of this group of future hopes of the magical world.