Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Archmage

The girl's steps were as swift as her thoughts, brisk and hurried.

Before Hermione Granger could finish speaking, she had rushed to the open compartment door and saw Dudley, Harry Potter, and Ron inside.

Dudley and the others, whose attention was caught, naturally turned their heads and saw this long - curly - haired, big - toothed witch holding her head high a bit haughtily.

[Hermione Granger - The Bullied Know - it - All Girl (B - rank)]

[Details of the Regret Event: Hermione Granger, who was born into a Muggle family, like others of her kind, would naturally be discriminated against and bullied by wizards with the 'pure - blood supremacy' ideology.]

The plot in the original story well confirmed this. The pure - blood campus force led by Draco Malfoy always looked for opportunities to insult Hermione with foul language and bad behavior.

Although Hermione effectively countered this bullying behavior in the original story, and her friends helped and comforted her as much as possible.

However, her heart was still inevitably traumatized, and this kind of trauma couldn't be fully made up for by just countering a few evil spells or throwing a few punches.

"The Boy Who Lived, the Savior Harry Potter, his powerful cousin, and this red - haired classmate, have you seen a toad? Neville's toad!"

The proud Hermione Granger spoke up while Dudley was receiving the System's prompt.

"A toad? No! We haven't seen one."

Harry replied. He had learned some skills in discerning expressions and looks from his cousin, and he could feel that this suddenly - appeared witch had no ill intentions towards them.

"No toads, but there was a mouse. It's dead though!" Ron made a bad joke.

"Dead?!"

Neville, who was following behind Hermione, puffed and huffed as he chased after them with his chubby body. Just as he was about to catch his breath, he vaguely heard the terrifying words blurted out by Ron.

He thought his toad was dead and was so anxious that tears welled up in his eyes.

"Wu... That was a pet given to me by Uncle Algie. My Leifu!" Neville sobbed.

Seeing this, Harry and Ron quickly explained and comforted this sentimental classmate.

Dudley watched this scene unfold, and the System's new prompt sounded in his mind again.

[Neville Longbottom - Parents Driven Mad by Torture (A - rank)]

[Details of the Regret Event: As another wizard family that met the first two conditions of the prophecy, Neville's parents, were kidnapped and tortured by the Death Eaters about ten years after Voldemort's downfall.

Because they endured a large number of Cruciatus Curse cast by Bellatrix Lestrange, they were tortured to the point of madness. They are still lying in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries for treatment and have never recovered in the original story.]

[Neville Longbottom - Excessive Benevolent Forgetting (C - rank)]

[Details: Since his parents were tortured to madness, Neville Longbottom's childhood was always filled with great mental agony.

In order to make her grandson feel better and not grow up in pain, Neville's grandmother cast the Memory Charm on Neville multiple times.

This made Neville forget part of his pain. Meanwhile, he became extremely forgetful and suffered serious after - effects.

"What a poor kid!"

After receiving the System's prompt, Dudley silently sighed in his heart.

Meanwhile, he stood up and prepared to take control of the situation.

"Two uninvited classmates, if you have no prejudice against me and Harry, I'd be more than happy to help you find that toad named Leifu."

Dudley said calmly, "After we exchange our names."

Seeing Dudley step forward to take charge, Harry and Ron immediately felt much more relaxed. They had already explained the situation clearly to Neville, and Neville stopped crying.

Hermione noticed that Dudley's demeanor was on par with hers. Her eyes brightened, and she tilted her chin up even more:

"We're all equal! I have no prejudice against anyone! And I really hate those who inexplicably have biases against others! I'm Hermione Granger!"

"I feel the same way! I'm Neville!" Neville beside her replied timidly.

"Great!"

Dudley praised and then, together with Harry and Ron, officially introduced themselves to Hermione and Neville.

"How are you planning to help Neville find his toad? Are you going to use magic?"

After the introductions, Hermione asked impatiently, still looking a bit cocky.

"Of course!"

Dudley answered straightforwardly. He raised his left hand, and the Smelting stick on the luggage rack flew straight into his hand.

This act shocked Hermione, Ron, and Neville.

"Isn't that a stick used by us Muggles? The middle - school students near my home also have similar stuff."

Hermione said in surprise, "Don't wizards use thinner, shorter, and more convenient wands to cast spells?"

"I find the stick handier!" Dudley smiled confidently. "Please make way. I'm going to cast a spell!"

Hermione immediately pulled Neville out into the corridor, making room near the compartment door. She was eager to see how magic could be cast with a Muggle stick.

Trace Appear! Guide Me!

Dudley tapped the Smelting stick gently on the compartment floor and uttered the two incantations.

Immediately, a guiding arrow made of blue light appeared in front of him, pointing to the left - hand corridor.

"Follow this arrow, and you'll find the toad's trail!"

Dudley explained and then led Harry and Ron out of the compartment.

Hermione and Neville, who were already in the corridor, looked in the direction the arrow was pointing as soon as the blue arrow appeared.

In the distance the arrow pointed to, blue toad phantoms kept flashing, showing where Leifu had crawled.

"Nice magic!" Hermione first praised and then asked, "Which spell textbook records these two incantations? I'll learn them!"

"The fifth chapter of the third - year spell textbook, Tracking Spells and Anti - Tracking Spells."

Dudley blurted out the answer effortlessly.

"You've even pre - studied the third - year courses!" Hermione's eyes widened. She had never met a peer more studious than herself.

Hearing this, Dudley just smiled without saying a word.

But Harry, standing behind him, said smugly, "What's so special about the third - year spell - casting classes? My cousin knows more spells than all the spell textbooks for the first to the seventh - year spell - casting classes combined, and much, much more!"

"Come on, Harry, stop boasting for me! You should learn from Hermione's dedication to learning!"

Dudley softly scolded his cousin.

Seeing Harry quiet down, he then said to everyone,

"Let's follow the guidance of magic and go looking for it!"