Chapter 64: How Did We End Up Here?

With a greasy tone and the striking platinum blonde hair in sight.

If it wasn't Malfoy, then who else could it be?

"Robert, who do you think I am? I'm Malfoy, Malfoy keeps his word."

"Don't compare me to you."

Malfoy looked disdainfully at Ron, slightly raising his heels, trying to look down on him. Unfortunately, he was slightly shorter than Ron, even when standing on his toes, it was only an eye-level gaze.

"But you're late."

Ron's voice raised a bit, yelling at Malfoy angrily, "And my name is Ron, Ron Weasley, not some Robert."

"Fine, Robert."

Malfoy impatiently waved his hand, looking like he didn't want to talk to Ron at all. His gaze shifted to Harry, aggravating Ron even more.

"Potter, where's your assistant? Is it this Robert or... um? "

Malfoy intended to mock Harry, but when he saw Hermione hesitating, everyone in Slytherin knew about the close relationship between Dudley and this little girl from Gryffindor.

"Ron, it's Ron."

Harry corrected Malfoy and quickly explained, "Hermione is just curious and followed along. She won't interfere."

He didn't want to involve Hermione in this.

Ron, with ill intentions, stared at Malfoy, itching to start something. "So Malfoy, who's your assistant? The two little chubby ones by your side? Or are you going solo?"

"Hmph, if you want a two-on-one, come at me."

Malfoy was unafraid of Ron's threat. Harry had some qualifications to confront him, but just a little Ron Weasley?

Moreover, he had a reliable assistant.

"Draco, your assistant wouldn't happen to be me, right?"

Another voice sounded outside the door, and a massive figure blocked the doorway's light.

"D-Dudley?!"

Hearing that extremely familiar voice, two surprised voices echoed in the room.

"Heh heh, this is my assistant."

Malfoy was full of pride, provocatively raising his eyebrows at Harry.

Actually, Malfoy did consider standing them up initially. However, this idea was extinguished shortly after some teachings from Dudley. It changed him quite a bit.

Of course, it had nothing to do with Malfoy liking to trouble Harry. He just purely didn't like Harry.

If before it was about why Harry wouldn't be friends with him, now it turned into why did Harry Potter get such a brother?

"I didn't promise you, did I?"

Dudley shook his head somewhat helplessly.

"Making me deal with my brother?"

During this time, Malfoy had changed quite a bit. He wasn't as annoying as before, or else Dudley wouldn't continue teaching him.

"Why are you guys meeting here in the middle of the night?"

Dudley encountered Malfoy sneaking out when he returned to Slytherin after his night exercise, and he came over upon hearing Malfoy arranged to meet Harry.

Harry glared at Malfoy and began explaining.

"He's, my brother!"

"A wizard duel? "

Listening to Harry's explanation, Dudley's expression became even stranger.

He surveyed the crowded room, packed with people, and asked, "Here?"

Sure, these two could think of it. Dueling in such a cramped place—was it a game of cards to determine the winner?

Hey, don't laugh; there are exactly three of them.

Of course, this cramped space was referenced to Dudley's own body size.

"Hermione, why are you here if they're dueling?!"

Dudley walked to Hermione's side, took off his own clothes, and draped them over her.

The castle could get quite chilly at night.

"I couldn't sleep, worried they'd get caught and lose points, so I came over."

Mumbling a few words, Hermione concealed what happened in the Gryffindor common room. Seeing Dudley didn't press further, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Originally thinking it was a playful duel, seeing Harry and Malfoy locking eyes as if sparks were about to fly, Dudley suddenly became interested.

So he asked, "Do you really want to fight?"

"Yeah!" The two answered simultaneously.

"Then let's fight."

Dudley showed no intention of stopping them.

"Dudley?" Hermione looked at him in surprise; after all, Harry was his brother.

Dudley shrugged.

Although he didn't know why these two didn't get along, it didn't matter.

Win or lose, there wasn't much harm for them at this stage. With their current magical knowledge, throwing a few sparks from their wands was already impressive. Most of the time, it would be a physical brawl, at most leaving a black eye. Dudley's potions could easily heal such minor injuries. Not everyone was like Hermione, who had almost completed the second-year curriculum as a first-year.

Besides, boys' friendships were often built on a good brawl.

"Tomorrow, 6 a.m, same place."

If they really wanted to duel, Dudley would suggest changing the location to outside Hogwarts castle. It was spacious and quiet early in the morning, and they could do whatever they wanted.

"Now! Go back to sleep!"

Dudley opposed staying up late because it harmed the body, liver, and skin. However, he supported early rising.

With Dudley speaking, even if the two wanted to fight, it wasn't happening for now.

They obediently followed Dudley.

The group returned in the direction they came. Dudley would first send Hermione and them back to Gryffindor before returning to Slytherin with Malfoy.

To be honest, the inside of Hogwarts Castle was huge, much larger than it appeared from the outside. Hogwarts was clearly enchanted with the Untraceable Extension Charm. Inside the castle, there were a total of 142 staircases. Just thinking about the number of possible combinations with these constantly moving and changing staircases, it was enough to give anyone a headache.

Fortunately, most of the time, they behaved normally.

Otherwise, young wizards would do nothing every day but find their way around.

The magical nature of Hogwarts' staircases didn't end there. Every Friday, they would connect to some strange places. There would always be some unknown rooms or paths leading to inexplicable places. So many young wizards were enthusiastic about exploring Hogwarts because you never knew what surprises it might bring.

Dudley looked thoughtfully at the corridor in front of him, one that he didn't remember being in. Obviously, he was feeling this kind of surprise now.

However, he wasn't happy about it at all.

"This seems to be the forbidden corridor on the fourth floor?! How did we end up here?"

(End of this chapter)

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