Hogwarts: I'm Harry's older cousin

Chapter 13.13. Divine Skill Meditation and the Unbent Spoon

Three days later, unsurprisingly, Dudley won the championship of the Junior Mathematical Olympiad, while Hermione came in second.

The remaining top students at Oxford Dragon Primary School didn't even make it into the top ten.

At the moment the results were announced, they were reminded of the fear they had once felt at the mercy of Dudley.

Too weak. Beating up a kid is no challenge at all.

Looking at the task reward notification on the system, Dali fell silent.

"Your first close encounter with the little witch earns you one chance to win a prize."

This was a reward given after his encounter with Hermione in the classroom. Just like the lottery he received for helping Harry renovate his cottage, Dudley never drew it.

Dali, a devout believer in metaphysics, felt he was having bad luck during that period, so he kept the ball.

Today was an auspicious day for Dali, and after his usual bath and change, he rubbed his hands together and started the lottery.

"I have a feeling I'm on a lucky streak today, it's time to make a move."

The moment that will decide our fate has arrived.

"Let's draw a born magic god."

With that in mind, Dali pressed the button on the slot machine, and of course, his first move was to draw a prop.

The results appeared almost the instant the lottery was started.

A silver soup spoon appeared in Dali's hand.

Congratulations on winning the item "Unbent Spoon".

There was no explanation or description; it just looked like an ordinary soup spoon.

Dudley stared at the spoon, and in the reflection of its smooth surface, he felt as if the spoon was staring back at him.

The lottery process was extremely perfunctory, and there wasn't even a video of it, so Dudley had no idea what it was.

"We can look into it later." With this thought in mind, Dudley carefully put the spoon into his pocket.

What if it's a good thing?

If the first attempt doesn't yield good luck, then according to the law of conservation of luck, the second attempt will definitely be better.

So, Dali started the lottery again.

Whether it was Dudley's imagination or not, he felt that the slot machine was spinning for an unusually long time this time.

I don't know how much time passed before the slot machine slowly slowed down.

A huge red and white mech gradually appeared on the screen.

A work that evokes childhood memories – Magic Knight Rayearth (Magic King)

"Domokosalaam? Hallelu Ball Ball Ha Ya Ya?"

Two spells immediately came to Dali's mind.

The anime *Magic Knight Rayearth* does involve magic. For example, the old woman in the main group is actually V-Me, one of the three great magicians of the Long-Eared Tribe. Although she often suffers setbacks in the story, she is very powerful in the lore.

The other of the three great magicians is Agraman, the final boss of this work.

"Give me a Lightbringer?"

"I'm piloting a mech at Hogwarts?"

Thinking about it, it's actually quite exciting.

But anything can happen until the very last second. Just like the commission (bonus) your boss promises you, it's just a pie in the sky that you can see but not eat until it actually ends up in your pocket.

The slot machine's display frame slid across the screen, jumping from the Lightbringer section to the next section and then freezing.

The image of a yellow mouse appeared before Dali's eyes.

This is no ordinary yellow-skinned rat; it's a creature that can unleash 100,000 volts and is almost universally known.

"Pikachu?" Dudley said slowly.

Pokémon (also known as Pokémon, Pocket Monsters, or Pokémon series) - Pikachu.

However, the item he drew this time wasn't Pikachu, and it wasn't even really related to him. Instead, it was his rival, a yellow fox with squinting eyes.

A CG animation appeared before Dudley's eyes, depicting the battle between Pikachu and Abra during the Goldenrod City Gym Challenge in the original Pokémon series.

"Congratulations on drawing the superpower-type skill - Meditation."

Meditation, a Status-type move in Pokémon, enhances one's abilities by calming the mind and focusing the spirit. Its effect is to raise the user's Special Attack and Special Defense by 1 stage.

In Pokémon, attacks are divided into Attack and Special Attack. Attack refers to physical attacks, while Special Attack generally refers to energy-based attacks. The same applies to Defense and Special Defense.

But it seems like Casey can't learn meditation, right?

Just as Dudley was beginning to wonder about this, the scene changed again. A burst of bright light erupted from Abra's body, and Abra evolved into Kadabra.

Yongjira can learn meditation at level 55.

Dali:

Let's try out the skill effects first.

Dali sat cross-legged, feeling his heart become very calm, like a calm water surface, where a drop of water falling into the water creates ripples.

Ding Dong

A faint, invisible red glow emanated from Dali's body.

it's over.

Aside from feeling calmer inside, Dudley didn't feel anything different about himself. Then he looked at his attribute panel.

Nothing changed; it remained the same pitiful 0.8 magic power, practically nonexistent.

"Hey, I don't believe it."

Intrigued, Dali immediately resumed his meditation practice.

After two stages of ability enhancement, three stages of ability enhancement, and so on up to the sixth stage, Dali finally stopped meditating when the system indicated that further meditation would have no effect.

This is the same as the effect in the game; it cannot be strengthened indefinitely, and each ability can only be upgraded to level six.

After 6 stages of enhancement, Dali's final magic power value is displayed as 0.8.

"A waste of time."

Just as Dudley was thinking this, he noticed a line of small text below his magic power.

Magic Resistance: 6.

Is this the effect of a special defense boost?

Although it cannot increase magic power, it is a divine skill in a sense.

Dudley's eyes lit up.

At this time, Dali's data is:

Name: Dudley Dursley Race: Muggle (True)

Occupation: Magician (Pseudo), Ripple Messenger

Power: 9

Agility: 6

Physical condition: 15

Mana: 0.8

Magic resistance: 6

Magic: None

Magical Costume: An Unbent Spoon.

技能：铁山靠（LV5）、拳击（LV3）、语言（LV2）、数理化（LV2）、生理（LV2）、手工（LV1）、枪械（LV1）、弓箭（LV1）。

Special: Ripple Messenger (LV1), Meditation (LV???).

Six hours later, Dudley's magic resistance reading of 6 gradually changed to 1.

"So here's the question: where did the special attack bonus go?" Dudley pondered, rubbing his chin. Unfortunately, no one could tell him, so he had to find the answer himself.

Hogwarts, after Dudley's sixth-stage enhancement.

The lights in the Hogwarts admissions office, which had been turned off long ago, suddenly came on.

On the desk, the quill pen, which had stopped working, seemed to sense something and instantly stood up again.

This is a magical quill, said to be over a thousand years old, dating back to the founding of Hogwarts, and crafted by one of the four Grand Masters. It records information about children born with magical talent.

Then it wrote another letter on the thick parchment.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore (Sir Merlin, First Class, Chief Wizard of Wizengamor, President of the International Confederation of Wizards)

亲爱的.

The cabinet next to the desk was piled high with letters—the acceptance letters to Hogwarts students to be sent out next year.

PS: In the original story, the chances of a real Muggle getting into Hogwarts are practically zero. In fan fiction, something has to be added to make it possible.

PS2: The initial idea was to get a magical girl version, Magical Girl Dudley, but that was too much of a gimmick, so I changed it.

PS3: Guess what kind of soup spoon that is, or I'll give you a big slap if you guess wrong.

(End of this chapter)