Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 188 A Misunderstanding That Leads to Accidents! An Easy Counterattack!

[Congratulations, host! You have successfully resolved the Class A unfortunate incident - The Prisoners of Azkaban!]

The host used sharp language to make Dumbledore realize Sirius's injustice ahead of time, which led to Sirius being properly rescued two years earlier than in the original storyline.

Meanwhile, the host cooperated with Dumbledore to provide evidence, guiding the Wizengamot Wizarding Court to conduct a fair trial, helping Sirius Black clear his name, restore his reputation, and obtain compensation.

However, Sirius Black still served ten years of wrongful imprisonment, enduring a long period of jail time.

This unfortunate incident has been resolved satisfactorily.

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Dali silently received the prompts from the external system in his mind, remaining silent.

From the moment he first saw the big black dog, he had a vague suspicion in his mind, and the timely reminder from the system confirmed the big black dog's identity.

Sure enough it was him!

A self-proclaimed genius of ideas! A brainless, emotional brute!

Poor and hateful Mr. Black the Fool!

No sooner had they exonerated him than he dared to sneak off to Hogwarts and head straight for the Gryffindor common room.

Even a fool could figure out what he was up to!

He was definitely trying to secretly harass Dudley's good cousin; it's absolutely heinous!

Dudley stared at the large black dog not far ahead, his gaze growing increasingly hostile.

The big black dog had already stopped, its sensitive nose constantly sniffing at certain scent molecules in the air.

Meanwhile, within the dog's brain, protected by magical energy and maintaining its human sanity, it kept searching through long-forgotten memories, pondering who this familiar scent truly belonged to.

Soon, the big black dog had an answer.

His gaze turned extremely hostile, and he turned to glare angrily at the source of the smell with his gray dog ​​eyes, which was Dudley.

"Hey! I haven't even done anything to you yet! And you're already glaring at me? What are you looking at?"

Dudley couldn't hold back any longer and immediately retorted to the big black dog.

But Dudley's retort only made things worse. The big black dog braced itself, bared its teeth, and growled at Dudley.

"Woof...Woof!"

next second.

With a sharp bark, the big black dog suddenly leaped high into the air, opened its mouth, and fiercely pounced on Dali.

"Wang~De~Fa!"

In the heat of the moment, Dudley remained calm and simply shouted out a phrase from the national creed of England.

At the same time, he transformed into a blur, flashing to the side at lightning speed. Crimson light climbed onto Smetin's cane. Holding the cane in his right hand, he swung it fiercely at the dog's leg that was leaping into the air, holding back half of the force just before it hit.

"Oh!"

"Awoooooo... Waaaaah..."

The big black dog missed its target and was then struck by the cane mid-air, crashing to the ground in a pathetic manner, letting out a pitiful howl.

"That's it?!"

Dudley looked at the big black dog lying on the ground with its legs swollen, and kindly refrained from pressing his advantage by unleashing his full set of dog-beating techniques. He merely uttered a disdainful sneer, "You dog, why don't you show your true form?!"

Sirius had the same idea and immediately conceived a human-shaped image in his mind.

In an instant, the big black dog's body swelled and deformed, quickly transforming into a slender, middle-aged man with exquisite and luxurious clothes, short black curly hair, and fairly handsome gray eyes.

The only drawback is that the man's left leg, just like in the dog form, is still red and swollen.

Sirius Black, straining to his feet despite his injured leg, glared at Dudley and uttered a low, menacing question:

"Who are you? Why do you smell like Peter Pettigrew?!"

"Just for this? You pounced on me and bit me? Without even finding out the truth? Without even considering the strength of the enemy? What an idiot!"

Upon hearing Sirius's question, Dudley's expression turned cold, and he rebuked him mercilessly.

"You...you must be a dark wizard! I'm taking you to see Professor Dumbledore!"

Sirius Black was even more enraged by Dudley's retort and immediately threatened to take action against him.

However, as he shouted and reached for his waist to draw his wand and cast a spell, his expression changed.

Because he didn't touch anything.

Sirius then remembered that he had put his wand in his suitcase and hidden it in a secret spot outside the castle.

Because the wand cannot change shape when using Animagus magic, and he cannot hold the wand in his mouth after turning into a dog, anyone would know that something is wrong with him.

"What? You're only just realizing you didn't bring your wand? With your intelligence and recklessness, what can you possibly accomplish? You want to catch me? You can't even catch a mouse! I'm the one who should be catching you!"

Dudley continued his relentless attack on Sirius without showing any mercy, and casually tossed out Smetin's cane, which transformed into a wildly growing, thick vine that rapidly coiled around Sirius.

He was well aware of the limitations of Animagus magic on wizards and had already determined that Sirius didn't have his wand. That's why he was at his leisure, waiting for Sirius to make a fool of himself before taking action.

"Obstacles are numerous!"

Faced with Dudley's transfiguration attack, Sirius desperately used his staffless spellcasting skills to cast a Barrier Charm, and rolled on the ground in an attempt to avoid the vines.

However, without the wand's blessing, the spell's power was greatly reduced, and it didn't cause much trouble for the wildly growing vines.

The dozens of vines paused only slightly before wrapping around Sirius again.

Sirius was about to cast other spells without a wand to block the vines when he suddenly heard...

"You've lost your grip!"

The next instant, Sirius felt all his strength drain away, losing the ability to resist. He was tightly bound by the vines and became Dudley's prisoner.

"Now you're behaving yourself, aren't you, Mr. Blake, you idiot?"

Dudley used the vines to move Sirius to a spot against the wall in the corridor.

This is the corridor on the eighth floor near the principal's office. Usually, few students come here, so it's quite empty and quiet.

"You know my surname? Who exactly are you?"

Sirius, entangled in the vines, looked surprised.

"Who I am is not important. What is important is that, Mr. Sirius Black, if you continue to be so foolish, I really need to make sure you keep a considerable distance from my cousin."

Because a person who is foolish yet has strong opinions is a master at ruining their friends!

Dudley spoke frankly, revealing his true thoughts.

“You…you’re Dudley Dursley! Harry’s cousin!”

Sirius hadn't yet grasped the deeper meaning of Dudley's next sentence, but he was provoked by Dudley's previous words, which brought back some unimportant memories to his mind.

In early September, the second day of the new school year, the Daily Prophet featured a photo provided by Dee Gor on its front page.

The main subject of the photo is Harry Potter, whom Sirius Black currently values ​​most.

After Sirius got the newspaper, he clearly etched Harry's appearance into his mind.

However, he only glanced briefly at the figure circled in the corner of the photo by the newspaper editor—Harry's cousin, Dudley Dursley.

He dismissed Dudley's appearance as an unimportant memory.

I just remembered.