Hogwarts: I'm Harry's older cousin

Chapter 133, Section 131: People harbor resentment because of injustice.

The title of Queen of Gryffindor is just one of many; there are also titles such as the Lioness of Gryffindor.

After all, Hermione is a Gryffindor, and the animal representing Gryffindor is the lion.

However, Hermione didn't like the nickname, and neither did Dudley.

If Hermione is a lioness, then what is he?

In a pride of lions, the lionesses are responsible for hunting, while the male lions are only responsible for eating and protecting the pride.

However, even when they are the same size, male lions may not be able to beat female lions. One hunts every day and is all muscle, while the other hardly moves except when mating.

Most importantly, a lion's attack lasts only 5 seconds (the shortest is 1 second)!

Ron watched the cheering crowd and nudged Neville with his elbow: "Hey Neville, Hermione's stealing the spotlight right now. We're like NPCs."

Neville said in a muffled voice, "What does it matter? I don't like being in the spotlight, you should know that."

A Gryffindor who doesn't like to be in the spotlight? How could Gryffindor have such a wizard? Huh?

If there's a Gryffindor like that, it's probably Dumbledore.

Hearing the faint cheers coming from the other side of the castle, Draco straightened his collar, holding the cane of civilization that Dudley had given him. His demeanor and movements were very similar to those of his father, Lucius, yet there were differences.

"My father, I think my companions are waiting for me. I must leave now."

After saying that, Draco stood up and walked towards the door without waiting for his father to speak.

As he left, he glanced at the seven Nimbus 2001s lined up side by side: "I don't need to gain honor through such petty means."

"I will obtain it with my own hands, just like the ancestors of the Malfoy family."

The glory of the Malfoy family's ancestors will be restored in my hands, Draco.

Lucius just stared blankly at Draco's retreating figure, lost in thought.

My thoughts seemed to drift back to many years ago, when I, too, spoke with the same confidence.

The only difference is that Draco was speaking while standing in front of himself, while he was speaking while standing in front of a portrait—well, a portrait of someone who died from dragon plague syphilis.

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"There were a total of 32 errors, 72 missing syllables, and 95 details that were not done well."

Dudley: "."

"That guy named Alex!"

Hermione emphasized loudly.

"There were opportunities at every turn to make the spell cast faster and more accurately; it's a real shame he failed to notice them from beginning to end."

After dealing with the bullying incident, especially after seeing Dudley in the crowd, Hermione couldn't hold back anymore. Once they were away from others, she completely exploded, babbling on and on in front of Dudley.

She was reviewing the entire battle, trying to find her own shortcomings. Well, she was mainly looking for Alex's shortcomings, pointing out all the mistakes Alex had made in casting the spell, since that was her specialty; she had just been imitating Dudley.

"Oh, my queen, please spare me today." Dali picked at his ear vigorously, begging for mercy.

If it were only once or twice, Dali could participate, but this was the seventh time he had heard about it today.

There's no way around it, nagging is Hermione's nature, but she only does it in front of Dudley now; she maintains a cool and aloof demeanor in front of others.

Dudley's enormous size, combined with his exaggerated movements and expressive face, made Hermione giggle nonstop.

"You're still the King of Slytherin," Hermione said, then punched Dudley in the chest.

But as soon as she finished speaking, as if she had thought of something, a slight blush appeared on her face.

Before Dali could speak, he changed the subject.

"What do you think the principal and the others will do to punish him? Will he be expelled?"

Dudley's attention seemed to have been diverted by Hermione.

"Bullying is something that can be taken very seriously or lightly, especially before it escalates into something serious."

"If Professor McGonagall were to handle this, I think the three of them would most likely get a disciplinary action, have some points deducted, be put in solitary confinement, and do some labor for a few days, and that would be the end of it. She's too soft-hearted."

Professor McGonagall may appear serious, but she is actually a very kind-hearted person.

Moreover, last year's incident caused quite a stir, with Hogwarts expelling a total of five students.

Dumbledore is unlikely to fire him easily this year.

"In their view, being expelled from Hogwarts means you can only go to other magic schools, you will never receive the best education, and you will never become a great wizard. In most cases, that's not the case."

In other words, the disciplinary group has only been established for a short time and is not mature enough in all aspects. Otherwise, they would not have needed to go through the professors and the principal and could have been dismissed directly on the grounds of rectifying conduct.

In Dali's view, rectifying school spirit, discipline and conduct is of paramount importance.

Since they'll most likely be enemies after graduation anyway, it's better to nip it in the bud.

"Then all our efforts have been in vain?"

Hermione was feeling down.

She thought of Luna. She hadn't done anything wrong, so why did they treat her like that?

It's fortunate that nothing serious happened; if she hadn't intervened, Luna would definitely have hit her forehead on the table corner.

If everyone is protecting the future of these bullies, then who will protect the future of the bullied?

"How could it be all for nothing?" Dali gently shook his head. "Everyone has seen what you've done, your hard work and dedication."

"You have shown them through your actions that the disciplinary team is not a competitor, not a professor's lackey, and certainly not a high-ranking class enemy."

"Not everyone harbors malice, nor does everyone enjoy bullying. We will gain more support and more allies. Equality, justice, the rule of law, integrity, democracy, civility, harmony, and freedom—how many people yearn for these?"

Only a very small number of outliers take pleasure in bullying and tormenting others; we call them antisocial personality disorder.

People harbor resentment because of injustice.

The great sage Xun once said: "People are not worried about scarcity, but about inequality."

"And we brought them fairness."

At this point, Dali touched RUA Hermione's fluffy, wavy hair, saying it felt amazing.

"Even Slytherin, which was previously seen by outsiders as a gathering place for dark wizards, they all pursued fairness, didn't they?"

"Let's wait quietly; time will tell."

In fact, it didn't take long at all.

The next day they received a large number of letters, each one conveying a single message.

I hope to join the discipline group.

This gave them quite a while to screen the options.

Not everyone is qualified to join the discipline team. It's not about quantity but quality. Dali's preferred candidates were decided from the beginning.

There is only one principle: better to have none than to have something of poor quality.

(End of this chapter)