Hogwarts: I'm Harry's older cousin

Chapter 240, Section 238: The Second World's Number One Wizard Card Tournament

The second annual World's Greatest Wizard Card Game Preliminary Tournament, hosted by "The Witch and the Poison," has begun with great fanfare.

The Daily Prophet dedicated three separate interviews to introducing this event.

Spurred by the lure of real money rewards, many wizards began practicing during their free time.

And since all his friends were playing it, many wizards who didn't usually play Wizards cards were also drawn in and gradually became interested in this card game.

Wizards don't have many forms of entertainment, and the wide audience of wizarding cards has created a unique social circle. In fact, just like the Quidditch social circle, many wizards don't actually like Quidditch that much. They just 'like' it because everyone else does.

Going with the flow is a common human tendency.

The key difference is that compared to Quidditch, which demands a high level of physical fitness, Wizarding Cards is much simpler and suitable for all ages.

With the official launch of the European Wizards card packs during this period, almost the entire European continent was abuzz, and wizards from other places even made special trips to participate.

Sales of Wizard cards reached their peak.

But that's not all. With the release of the famous Wizarding series, those wizards who consider themselves of high status feel that it's a huge loss of face that their names are not included in the Wizarding Masters series.

The desire to compare oneself with others is ever-present and cannot be avoided anywhere.

Previously, Dudley was the one who invited famous wizards in England to grant him authorization; now, wizards are taking the initiative to come to him and request that his cards be made.

Even Mr. Lucius, who always looked down on others, paid a visit to the Caro family one night.

Even the Minister of Magic, Fudge, couldn't escape the trend.

So they printed another batch of expansion packs featuring famous figures from various countries, adding them as DLC.

The Wizarding Card Tournament was so popular that even the young wizards at Hogwarts knew about it, and many older students had already prepared their decks.

"The Wizarding Card Game tournament is starting again, D-bro, are you going to participate?"

At dinner, Ron sat down at the Slytherin table with two small lamb chops in each hand.

Harry, Hermione, Neville, and the others were with him.

Although Gryffindor and Slytherin still occasionally clash, they are no longer as fiercely opposed as before.

Anyway, the College Cup is all for the disciplinary team, and the four major colleges can never even get close to it. Without competition, there are naturally fewer conflicts. They are ranked first, second, and third in Quidditch, but it is all healthy competition.

As I said before, even if you were taught wrong things at home when you were young, you can correct them at school.

After starting school, how many days do these little wizards spend at home?

Most of the time we're on campus. As long as the campus atmosphere is good, there won't be so many trivial matters.

It's become commonplace for people to switch tables during meals. Today Hufflepuff goes to Gryffindor, tomorrow Gryffindor goes to Slytherin. It's completely unlike when they first entered school, when the four houses were clearly distinct.

Their relationship is more like that of Dudley in his previous life when he was in elementary school, in classes one, two, three, and four.

"No, I don't have that much time," Dali shook his head decisively.

During this period, apart from practicing Ripple Qi Gong, he was researching Den Den Mushi (snail communication devices) or learning spells and ancient magic script. He simply didn't have the energy to do anything else.

"Just have fun, you guys."

We can't just keep studying at a high intensity. Humans aren't machines. Even machines need to cool down and relieve mechanical fatigue. So Dali agrees that we should relax occasionally. If we don't have much time, we shouldn't force ourselves to study, as that will only reduce our learning efficiency.

"Where's Hermione?" Neville turned to look at Hermione.

Hermione shook her head as well: "I'm not going either."

For Hermione, if learning spells gets tiring, she can relax by learning ancient runes; if learning ancient runes gets tiring, she can relax by learning the Transfiguration Charm; and if she learns the Transfiguration Charm, then...

She genuinely felt relaxed.

In addition, she wasn't particularly interested in wizard cards to begin with; she was only interested because Dudley made them. Now that Dudley wasn't participating, she naturally didn't want to participate either.

It's a shame that she had such a powerful deck built with hidden cards.

Dudley patted Harry on the shoulder and said, "Harry can go in our place."

Although he didn't have the time or that much interest, Harry was different. He loved wizard cards and would practice with Draco and Neville in his spare time.

After all, it's a game that Dudley created himself.

As for why not seek out Ron, that guy's performance is too inconsistent; when he's strong, he's incredibly strong, and when he's weak, he's completely powerless.

Fighting depends entirely on luck.

Then he took out a deck of cards and handed it to Harry: "Here's a deck of cards for you. I hope it helps you."

Harry was delighted to hear that the cards were created by Dudley himself and happily accepted them.

Meanwhile, Sirius Black, who had been released by the Ministry of Magic, was currently in Lupin's common room.

Fudge kept repeating Sirius's deeds, squeezing his value to the point where his approval rating couldn't be increased any further, and finally closed the case and cleared his name.

"Remus, what are Wizard cards?" Sirius asked curiously.

The word he's been hearing most often lately is "wizard card," and he's very curious about what it is.

"That's a card game that's been very popular lately," Lupin explained simply.

To be honest, he also thought the game was very interesting. It was easy to pick up and play, and it also had a strong strategic element.

Unfortunately, his financial situation wasn't good enough to buy more expansion packs, so he could only use the basic ones.

Sirius was only curious; he lost interest as soon as he heard it was a card game.

In his opinion, it's boring to need to use your brain to play a simple card game; he dislikes anything that requires thinking.

"It's hard to believe that Harry didn't join the Gryffindor Quidditch team."

"He doesn't even like Quidditch!"

Sirius complained to Lupin that Harry preferred Quidditch, a competitive sport, to the cards.

Simple and straightforward, just do it.

"That's not surprising; not everyone likes Quidditch."

Lupin expressed his understanding of Harry, saying he wasn't particularly fond of Quidditch.

Unlike his two other friends, James and Sirius, who are Quidditch irons enthusiasts.

"But James likes it."

Sirius emphasized this point and reiterated his incomprehension of Harry's dislike of Quidditch: "What's fun about Quidditch if you don't like it?"

Sirius Black.

Lupin, unusually serious, said, "James is James, and Harry is Harry."

"If you really want to have a good relationship with your godson, you'd better remember this."

"He idolizes his brother much more than he idolizes James."

(End of this chapter)