Chapter 126: Harry Potter's Confusion
Harry Potter spent the first half of his summer vacation in a state of confusion.
In the last two days of last semester, he was caught off guard by an unexpected piece of news.
You say that I am a good "savior", "wizarding star", "basilisk killer", how did I suddenly become a double yolk egg?
In Dumbledore's office, Harry wanted to pick up Gryffindor's sword and stab him at him when he conjured a double yolk egg omelette to explain his current state of soul.
Although Dumbledore and Zhang Xu repeatedly assured him that the problem of his soul could be solved, Harry Potter was still very worried, and he was worried that he would one day become like Lockhart and be controlled by Voldemort's soul.
On the question of how to dispose of Voldemort's soul fragment on Harry's body, Dumbledore immediately crushed Zhang Xu's suggestion to find Dementors to help, and he couldn't afford to take this risk.
As for letting Harry's soul crunch Voldemort's soul shards taste like the soul fragments in Riddle's diary devouring Lockhart's soul, Zhang Xu and Dumbledore were not very optimistic about it. After all, Harry is still underage, and the power of his soul is not strong, and he doesn't know who will swallow who at that time.
If you accidentally get two Voldemorts out, the fun will be great.
In the end, Zhang Xu and Dumbledore muttered for a long time, and decided to let Harry Potter start learning Occlumency to prevent him from being influenced by Voldemort.
The depressed Harry, after giving up the quota for this year's exchange visit to Huaxia to other classmates, followed his aunt and cousin home, and he was in no mood to run around.
Back at 4 Privet Road, Harry was once again attacked in a daze.
At dinner time, a cucumber was placed on the plate in front of Harry.
The reason why Harry only had cucumbers for dinner was not because the Dursleys had become kappa living in Xuanwu, but because Dudley, the eldest son of the Dursleys, was already overweight.
The nurse at Dudley's school informed the Dursleys that Dudley was severely overweight and that if he did not lose weight, it would adversely affect his body.
So, after endless tantrums, after earth-shattering arguments that nearly toppled the floor of Harry's bedroom, and after Aunt Penny shed countless tears, the Dursleys' new diet was put into effect.
To make Dudley feel better, Aunt Penny insisted that the whole family follow the recipe.
As Harry began to eat the cucumber in front of him, intending to write to his friends immediately tonight for help, Uncle Vernon asked a question that surprised him.
"Boy, is that broom good?"
Harry froze as if he had heard someone tell him that Hermione had failed all of his exams.
"It's the one that was given to you at Christmas." Seeing that Harry didn't react, Uncle Vernon's face distorted slightly.
"Good, that's the best in the UK." Harry Muran nodded.
Harry had made a lot of speculation about the broomstick he had received last Christmas, but he had never had the slightest idea that it was from the Dursleys.
After all, the Dursleys had a very bad impression of the magical society.
Aunt Petunia grew up jealous and envious of her sister's magical talents, and this jealousy and envy grew when she learned that she had no magical talents. This, combined with Lily's constant use of magic to play tricks on her, and the fact that she is no longer valued at home, makes her disgusted with all things magical.
And the reason why Uncle Vernon has a bad impression of the magical society is that Harry's father is mainly responsible for this pot, followed by Hagrid.
Vernon Dursley was one of the tens of millions of ordinary Britons who had a successful career, a harmonious family, a healthy social circle, and a standard of decency.
As the head of the family, he loved his family very much. Penny plucked up the courage to tell him that her sister was a witch. He was shocked, but he assured Penny that he wouldn't alienate her because of this. The first time he faced Hagrid, who was huge and didn't know whether he was friend or foe, he protected his wife and son behind him, and dared to stop Hagrid from taking Harry away.
Vernon Dursley's three views, like thousands of ordinary people on the earth, believe that a decent person should have his own work and career, and talk and behave in a generous manner.
In Vernon Dursley's eyes, people like Harry's father, who has no job and rely on his parents' inheritance, and who don't know what to say, are inherently incompatible with his three views.
If Harry's dad had explained the wizarding society to Vernon Dursley, explaining that he was a member of the rebels in the wizarding society, the relationship between the two families would not have been so bad.
Just as when Bill Weasley approached Vernon Dursley about Harry Potter's Hogsmeade Consent Letter, Bill's image and conversation changed Vernon's impression of wizards.
After becoming the manager of the broomstick shop, Bill's image changed, he no longer had a long ponytail, an earring on his ear, a small fan hanging from it, and he wore clothes that didn't look inappropriate even when he went to a rock concert.
Bill's earrings were removed, his hair was cut short and neatly combed, and he was dressed in a modest suit, just like the Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson.
Vernon was willing to speak with Bill for polite reasons. Frank and enthusiastic in conversation, with a sense of humor, patiently and carefully explained to Vernon about the magical society and his work.
Bill, who had been in the community for several years and had dealt with all kinds of people when he opened the store, naturally had a greater appetite for Vernon than Harry's father, who had just left school.
At the very least, Vernon could treat Bill like a decent man. After all, a bill with a serious job looks more reliable than Harry's father who doesn't have a job.
Through this long conversation, Vernon's hostility towards the wizarding society eased, and he believed that there were still normal people among "those people".
In the end, while talking and laughing with Bill, Vernon half-pushed and half-accepted the two bags of gold that Bill had given Harry in the name of Dumbledore as maintenance money for many years. At the same time, Bill left Vernon a catalog of products from his store.
Before Christmas, Vernon used the two bags of gold coins and the order form from the catalogue to buy the most expensive broomstick in Bill's shop and give it to Harry.
It's just that for some reason, Vernon didn't put his name on the order.
Harry Potter couldn't remember how he ate the cucumber on his plate.
He had been listening to Uncle Vernon talk about Mr. Bill Weasley, and had repeatedly asked himself to learn more from "decent Mr. Weasley".
In the days that followed, Harry's situation improved slightly. Uncle Vernon stopped yelling at him when he was angry with him, but kept telling him to "learn more about Mr. Weasley".
Harry was a little overwhelmed by the change, but he felt that this time was much better than before.
When Harry sent Hedwig to his friends to send a letter asking for humanitarian food aid, he told his friends about it in passing, and they all said that it was good news.
At the same time, everyone also extended a helping hand to Harry, who was facing a food crisis.
Hyde brings back a large box of sugar-free snacks from Hermione's house. Hagrid brought a bag full of rock crust cakes that he had made (Harry kept it for self-defense). Mrs. Weasley sent their owl, Errol, to Harry with a huge cake and a variety of flavors of meat pies. After Zhang Xu, who had just finished the high school entrance examination, received the news, he sent him a large box of self-heating small hot pot.
With two weeks left for the summer break, Uncle Vernon received a call from Bill asking if Harry could go to a game and stay at their house until the end of the summer vacation.
Eventually, Uncle Vernon nodded.
At three o'clock in the afternoon the next day, Bill and Mr. Arthur Weasley drove to 4 Privet Road on time.
With Bill's mediation, the Dursleys and the Weasleys had a barely pleasant tea time.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the two Weasleys left Privet Road with Harry in a car.