Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Archmage

The arrogant Draco Malfoy couldn't talk for three sentences without mentioning his father, which made Ron beside him burst into laughter.

This made Malfoy even more furious. He temporarily let Hermione go and turned to Ron, yelling:

"Are you laughing at me? Just look at your red hair and old robe. You're just another poor - ass, poverty - stricken member of the Weasleys, a disgrace to the pure - blood families!

Wait until your family makes money as fast as they have kids, then you can show your teeth and laugh!"

Ron couldn't laugh anymore.

He got so angry that his body temperature seemed to rise, and his face and neck turned as red as his hair: "Malfoy, what did you say?! I'm gonna... "

"Bang!"

"Ah!"

Before Ron could utter his angry retort, the chivalrous Hermione had already taken decisive action. Without using her wand, she threw a straight punch and landed it right on Malfoy's nose.

This punch had an amazing effect.

Malfoy's tears and nosebleed gushed out.

In pain, he covered his face with both hands and let out a loud scream.

"How dare you hit me? Hit me in the face? What's your name? I'll definitely make my father get you expelled from Hogwarts!"

Malfoy stamped his feet in a hurry. After scolding Hermione, he called out to his two slow - witted bodyguards, Crabbe and Goyle, telling them to cast evil spells.

"I'm Hermione Granger! If Hogwarts is controlled by villains like you, then I'd rather not go to Hogwarts!"

Facing Crabbe and Goyle, who had taken out their wands and were about to attack, the resolute Hermione didn't back down at all and stood up against the Malfoy Trio.

"Granger? Never heard of you! You're really a dirty Muggle - born... Wow - ah~ah~Pa!"

After the pain on his face eased a little, Draco Malfoy couldn't help but curse.

Just as he was about to say the most offensive discriminatory word to Hermione, he suddenly got hit by Harry's powerful punch.

This punch landed on Malfoy's stomach.

Different from Hermione's weak punch, Harry's punch was an extremely heavy one with Strength Enhancement. Moreover, he deliberately employed the spinning - force technique he had learned from Dudley.

Malfoy was violently hit by the spinning force. Immediately, his feet left the ground, and he flew backward at an angle, taking his two bodyguards, Crabbe and Goyle, with him around the waist.

Fortunately, his two slow - witted, short and fat bodyguards served as buffers. After flying five or six meters, Malfoy landed smoothly.

As for Crabbe and Goyle, they should thank their fat bodies that absorbed the impact force.

"Unexpected, but reasonable!" Dudley sighed in his heart.

After just a few rounds of conversation, the conflict escalated into a violent one.

He's not completely evil, nor clearly good.

Draco Malfoy, that snake, why do you have such a sharp tongue?

You wanna be friends with Harry Potter? Fat chance!

[Draco Malfoy - The Draco - Harry Friendship That Began and Ended (Class A)]

[Details of the regret event: In the original story, maybe out of recognition of Harry Potter's fame, or perhaps under the instruction of his Death Eaters father, in the beginning, Draco Malfoy really wanted to be friends with Harry Potter.

However, the pure-blood supremacy ideology that Malfoy had developed made Harry feel disgusted and resentful as soon as they met.

Later, because Malfoy belittled Harry's friend Ron, the possibility of Malfoy becoming friends with Harry was shattered.

From then on, his (Malfoy's) feelings turned from affection to hatred. During their school days, Malfoy and his followers always opposed Harry's protagonist group at every turn.

It wasn't until Voldemort and the Death Eaters regained power in the original story that Malfoy showed a tendency not to completely collude with Voldemort and gave Harry's side some help, either openly or secretly. Only then did Harry gradually change his opinion of Malfoy.

After defeating Voldemort and starting their own families, they truly buried the hatchet and became friends.

The regret event unlocked by the System on Malfoy posed a dilemma for Dudley. He would never try to reconcile his cousin with a hopelessly bad friend for the System's rewards.

But the problem now was that Draco Malfoy wasn't beyond redemption.

Based on his impression of the original movie from his previous life, Dudley felt somewhat sorry for Draco Malfoy.

Forget it! Let this regret event take its natural course!

After some thought, Dudley decided that he must take drastic measures against the pure-blood supremacy ideology prevailing in the wizarding world.

This was not only to perfectly resolve Hermione's regret event. It was also to create a more harmonious wizarding world, unite as many forces as possible to study magic together, and fight against Voldemort and other opposing Dark Wizards.

During the process of taking these drastic measures, if he could make Draco Malfoy, or even the Malfoy family behind him, completely change their ideology, he would give it a push and see if Harry could accept this friend earlier.

If not, he would just abandon this regret event and be done with it!

As Dudley was thinking about these things, he didn't neglect to deal with the current mess.

He watched as the Malfoy Trio staggered to their feet from the corridor floor, clutching their stomachs, and then tried to pick up the wands they had dropped earlier. He wondered if they were going to launch a counterattack or make a strategic retreat.

Just then, the voice of a conductor from the Hogwarts Express came from behind Dudley and the others.

This was an NPC that always appeared on the Hogwarts Express, pushing a cart and selling snacks and drinks.

Such NPCs existed in both the Muggle and wizarding worlds, but the snacks and goods sold in the wizarding world were more peculiar.

"Cousin, what should we do?" Harry also sized up the current situation. It felt like they were caught between a rock and a hard place.

"Don't worry. Watch me handle this!"

Dudley remained calm and composed. Staring at the Malfoy Trio who were about to reach their wands, he whispered:

Full-body Restraint! Muffliato!

In an instant, three sturdy ropes materialized out of thin air and tightly bound the Malfoy Trio. Their screams and shouts also became inaudible, as if they had been muted.

Then, Dudley raised the Smelting stick in his hand and performed transfiguration.

The long, straight body of the stick suddenly split into three even longer vine-like branches that extended forward. They were as flexible as snakes. First, they deftly picked up the wands of the Malfoy Trio, and then they wrapped around the already bound trio themselves.

"Let's go! Let's go back to the compartment!"

Dudley grabbed the handle of the cane and turned around to walk back.

Harry and his friends were amazed to see Malfoy and his two companions being lifted into the air by the long vines transformed from the shaft of the cane. They waved their hands and kicked their legs in panic, moving their lips and tongues, but it was all in vain. They couldn't utter a single sound.

They could only be carried along by the vines as Dudley moved back.

Everyone quickly turned around and followed Dudley.

They were eager to know how Dudley would handle the conductor who had already vaguely sensed something was wrong ahead.

They didn't have to wait long. Anticipating that the snack - selling conductor would shout out, Dudley didn't hesitate and cast the spell again:

Confound the Senses!

The conductor immediately felt dizzy, shook his head, and started dancing a messy dance on the spot.

Just like that, Dudley led his friends past the confused conductor one by one.

He also casually took out two Galleon and placed them on the snack cart. As a result, a large variety of magic snacks levitated and followed the group.