Hogwarts: I'm Harry's older cousin

Chapter 90, Section 88: Harry: I want a little sister.

Dali has been quite troubled lately. His worst fears have come true: in just one week, he discovered that he had grown another five centimeters in height.

If this growth trend continues, his height will reach at least two meters before it stops.

Sometimes being too tall or too big isn't necessarily a good thing.

Especially when he stands with Harry and the others, it's like a fairy tale, a snow-white giant with a few little dwarfs.

With a sigh, Dali pushed aside the boulder that was half his size and grabbed the giant spider that was sleeping in the cave beneath it.

The eight-eyed giant spider is easiest to catch in winter, as it seeks out a relatively warm cave to hibernate and survive the entire cold winter.

At this time, they will remain in a deep sleep until their bodies reach a sufficient temperature, and they are harmless to humans and animals.

This is the best time to catch them.

Because they are alive at that moment.

Dudley took out a test tube, broke open the giant spider's fangs, placed them at the mouth of the tube, and pressed down hard, like opening a small sluice gate. In no time, the entire test tube was filled with venom.

Carefully placing the test tube, Dali squeezed out the venom again until not a single drop remained, and then used the same method to search for another one.

It didn't take long for Dali to collect a large amount of octopus venom.

After greeting Hagrid, Dudley headed towards the castle; today was the weekly materials gathering day.

"That Dursley kid, why is he always so disobedient?"

Hagrid watched Dudley's departing figure, scratching his head helplessly. "Didn't I tell him the Forbidden Forest was dangerous?"

The only person who could call the 195cm tall Dudley a "little guy" is probably this three-meter-tall mixed-race giant.

He kept muttering to himself, "I heard from the centaurs around here that some unknown giant has recently come. It has a particular fondness for collecting the hair and saliva of other magical creatures, forcing the unicorn family to hide deep in the Forbidden Forest. They're so pitiful. The last time I saw it, its mane was almost bald."

On Christmas Eve, Dudley received letters from Penny and Vernon.

The notice said they wouldn't be picking up Dudley and Harry during the Christmas holidays; they were going on a trip abroad.

tourism?

Abandoning him and Harry to go on a trip? This made him suspicious.

"Am I really their biological child?"

Hermione, standing next to Dudley, helped him say the words he hadn't yet uttered.

Hermione also received a letter from the Grangers at the same time.

The content is exactly the same as Penny's and the others'.

"It's probably a family outing together."

No need for "maybe," it's definitely true.

Otherwise, how could such a coincidence happen?

"Harry, maybe we'll have a younger brother or sister after the holidays."

Dudley, holding the letter, suddenly spoke to Harry.

Harry's eyes lit up at the question, his interest instantly piqued: "Really? Then I want a little sister. Ron told me his sister Ginny is really cute."

Is something you can just do because you want to?

You'd have to ask Vernon; the chromosomes are with him.

There weren't many young wizards still at Hogwarts for Christmas. Dudley was the only one in Slytherin, and only a handful from the other houses. They couldn't even make a football team if they were all together.

"Even though Neville and Malfoy are not here, your training cannot stop."

Dali first gave a brief statement, and then he took out the study plan he had prepared for the group.

One serving per person.

It's a full 20 inches.

It will definitely make their vacation incredibly fulfilling, and as for Dudley's own plans, they'll be measured in feet.

Harry and Hermione took the parchment from Dudley and began to study it, while Ron was on the verge of tears.

To be honest, he really wanted his vacation to be more relaxed and enjoyable, but everyone around him was working so hard and so busy, he just couldn't bring himself to be a lazy bum.

Overwhelmed with grief and anger, Ron devoured three large bowls of potatoes and ten chicken legs until his belly was round and full.

The next morning, after finishing his morning exercise, Dali returned to his room and glanced at the pile of things in the corner—gifts from the owls.

It was piled up so high that it was as tall as a small mountain.

"Why do I feel like I'm receiving more gifts than I did when I was in St. George's Elementary School?"

After casually flipping through them a few times, I found that the neatly stacked square pile at the bottom was a gift from the young Slytherin wizards.

Everyone received a gift; no one was left out.

When did I become so popular in Slytherin?

The overwhelming green color was so bright it hurt my eyes.

The cover is very nice, but don't use it next time.

Slytherin is supposed to be a combination of silver and green, so why do these people only see green?

Dudley didn't examine the 'lush green' gifts closely, but instead started browsing other things.

First came Hermione's gift, a small bag that was clearly handmade. What surprised Dudley even more was that this wasn't an ordinary bag; it had been enchanted with a seamless stretching charm. Unfortunately, perhaps due to Hermione's limited skill, the bag wasn't very spacious inside, but Dudley loved it and kept it close to his body as a keepsake.

Harry gave him a set of wizard-made fitness equipment. Although there are relatively few wizards who exercise, they do exist, and the equipment is quite functional.

Neville gave him a complete set of herbalism books; every good potion-making wizard was also strong in herbalism.

Snape gave Dudley a set of profound Potions books, which emitted a faint black aura, clearly indicating that this set of books was a non-sale item that could not be bought through normal channels.

Ron gave him a set of wizard chess, as Dudley had previously told him that he wanted to study wizards' entertainment.

Malfoy gave him a walking stick?

Dudley looked at the stick, which was thick at the top and thin at the bottom, with a slightly speechless expression. Was the huge round lump on top meant to be used to hit someone on the head?

If you add spikes, it's practically a miniature mace.

Dali swung it a few times and found it quite easy to handle, so he put it away.

As soon as Dudley came out of the lounge, he saw Harry, who was beaming with excitement.

Yes, because there was no one else in Slytherin, Dudley led Harry and the others to the Slytherin common room so they could study together more easily.

Anyway, Slytherin has way too many rooms.

"Brother D, look, this is an invisibility cloak!"

Harry presented a transparent object to Dudley as if it were a treasure.

An invisibility cloak is a magical item that can conceal one's body.

According to the history of magic, the earliest invisibility cloak came from the Deathly Trinity, a treasure obtained by the third member from Death.

Legend has it that it possesses the ability to evade the pursuit of Death.

Whether it's really that amazing or not, we don't know.

In short, the invisibility cloaks sold in wizard shops are all made from the skin of a creature called an invisibility beast.

Dudley was certain that Harry's invisibility cloak wasn't made of the skin of some invisible beast; its material was far more special.

"Harry, do you know who gave this to you?"

(End of this chapter)