Chapter 55: Preparations for School! Long-Buried Grudges!

After Dudley's four buddies swore their oaths, Dudley gave each of them two thousand pounds and sent them away.

This parting meant they wouldn't see each other for at least several years.

Well, you gotta be careful all the time. Caution enables a ship to sail for ten thousand years.

As long as Voldemort was alive, Dudley couldn't rest easy!

...

After leaving the coffee shop, Dudley took Harry by taxi to a suburban animal supplies store. They bought some things they might need after school started and quietly put them into the portable storage space.

When they got home, Dudley asked Dumbledore, who was teaching the Dursleys, to spare some time to put a powerful sealing spell on a large iron cage. After the cage was modified, Dudley also put it into the portable storage space.

On August 30th.

Hagrid, who was far away at Hogwarts, sent a letter by owl, telling Dudley and Harry that the two fire dragons compensated by the goblins from Gringotts had arrived.

They had successfully moved into the dragon shed Hagrid had just built. They were chained with magical iron chains and were very docile, almost like the big dogs Hagrid raised. They interacted with him very friendly.

Apart from being a bit old and not very active, they were perfect.

Dudley was skeptical about this. After all, Hagrid, being a half - blood, thought all magical creatures were cute. There was only interaction and no fighting in his eyes, except for cats that made him allergic.

However, there was nothing he could do about it at the moment. He could only wait until after school started to go and have a look.

In the afternoon of that day.

In the Dursleys' house, the great wizard Dumbledore, who stood at the pinnacle of power in the wizarding world, showed a relieved and delighted smile.

He had never been this happy even when he found Voldemort's Horcruxes.

Finally! He finally made the Dursleys initially master the five spells he had planned.

Although the spells were not very powerful and they were not very proficient, at least they could cast them.

Watching Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon standing opposite each other, one casting Expelliarmus and the other casting Protego, and having so much fun, Dudley and Harry also smiled happily, happy for their family.

After that, Dudley received another System reward, but this time the reward was not the highest - level one.

[Congratulations to the host for successfully resolving the D - rank regret event - Rejection from the Wizarding World!]

[The host transferred his own fusion ability, turning his parents from Muggles into wizards, and he even made Dumbledore, the greatest wizard of the twentieth century, condescend to be a tutor to teach his parents magic.

This fulfilled Aunt Petunia's long - cherished childhood dream. It also made her beloved husband, who loved her in return, become her companion in the wizarding world, giving her unparalleled satisfaction.

However, the host did not make Aunt Petunia a wizard with normal inborn magic power endowment.]

[This regret event has been well resolved.]

[Special fixed reward: 1 D - rank fusion opportunity.]

[Extra reward: 1 E - level fusion opportunity.]

[Currently, the host has 1 D - rank and 1 E - level opportunity to fuse magic items.]

After receiving the System's prompt, Dudley's joy was not affected.

On the surface, in order to make up for this regret, he spent two opportunities to fuse D - rank magic items. In the end, he only got one D - rank fusion opportunity and one E - level fusion opportunity, resulting in a net loss of two E - level fusion opportunities.

But in fact, the gains and losses of this matter cannot be calculated in this way.

Dudley made his parents let go of their concerns, become happy, and become powerful. That's a huge real - deal profit.

He always thought so.

On August 31st.

The class at the Dursleys' house was dismissed.

At this time, Dumbledore didn't come to the Dursleys' house. Instead, he stayed at Hogwarts to prepare for tomorrow's opening ceremony.

With Professor McGonagall around, he didn't need to prepare anything and could just be a hands - off manager, enjoying a rare moment of relaxation amidst his busy schedule.

Dudley put most of the supplies he and Harry had purchased in Diagon Alley into his portable storage space to get ready for tomorrow's start of school.

The Dursleys were in a somewhat low mood, feeling sad about the upcoming separation.

Especially when Dudley told them that they didn't need to drive him and Harry to London tomorrow, this sense of parting sadness became even stronger.

Aunt Petunia wiped her tears, pulled Dudley and Harry aside, and told the kids what little she knew about the wizarding world. She also voluntarily brought up the matter of the kids avenging her sister.

Aunt Petunia hoped that the bad guys who killed her sister's family would be punished, but she hoped even more that Dudley and Harry would always be safe and unharmed.

Dudley confidently stated that there aren't many wizards in the wizarding world he can't handle. Moreover, with Aunt Lily's protective magic, he and Harry would never be in danger of losing their lives.

It took him a lot of talking to soothe his mother's emotions.

In the end, Aunt Petunia, who still wasn't completely at ease, rather hesitantly mentioned a figure who had once made her fearful and kept her at a distance.

"Sweetie Dudley, and Harry, when you go to the wizarding world, you might meet a wizard named... Severus Snape.

Back then, Lily and I, along with our parents, lived in a house in the town of Cokeworth. We got to know this scary boy who lived in Spinner's End nearby.

He was very withdrawn and had magic power. He often played some magic tricks on me and scared me. I hated him and was also very afraid of him, but he had a good relationship with Lily.

Later, he and Lily went to Hogwarts. Lily once casually told me that he was very outstanding and had powerful magic.

So, if you meet him at Hogwarts or in the wizarding world, relying on his relationship with Lily, maybe you can ask him to help you."

Parents who love their children always plan for their long - term well - being.

Aunt Petunia wracked her brains and thought of the few wizards she knew, hoping to add an extra layer of protection for her son and nephew's safety.

She didn't know that Snape was already on Dudley and Harry's revenge list.

When Dudley heard that his mother said Snape had played tricks on her, he was so angry that he almost exploded.

Too much time had passed since his reincarnation. The small details in the original story, like the childhood feud between Aunt Petunia and Snape, had really been overlooked by Dudley before.

Fortunately, it wasn't too late. Now he remembered everything!

"Aunt Petunia, this Snape is..."

Harry wanted to remind Aunt Petunia that Snape was not only not a good person but also their enemy.

But he was interrupted by Dudley: "Harry, stop talking."

Dudley held back his anger and then turned to his mother and said:

"Mom, don't worry! Harry and I will take good care of Mr. Snape."

Aunt Petunia was slow to react at first. When she heard her son's promise, she felt a bit better.

After the conversation ended, as Dudley and Harry were going up to the second - floor bedroom, she finally caught on and shouted:

"Dudley, it's him taking care of you, not you taking care of him!"

"Don't sweat it, Mom! It's all the same!" Dudley called out without turning around.