Chapter 244 Passionate Dudley

Lately, Harry has been feeling strange.

Normally, Ron or Draco should have received a letter long ago, but there was nothing.

Even the letter promised by his fan brother Anthony and Neville was not sent.

Most surprising of all, his godfather's gift never arrived either.

Yes, gifts.

Sirius was not a parent who didn't know how to talk to his children and kept writing letters.

As a result, Harry received a gift almost every few days, which almost made Dudley, who was now a good person, return to his previous appearance.

"Harry, on my birthday before, you could resist not using your power to kill me." Dudley sighed when he saw Harry's gift.

But now even Sirius's gift was gone.

This made Harry suspiciously look through the bag that Draco's father had given him for the Invisible Stretching Charm, and counted Sirius's gifts inside. There were only four gifts in it - the latest Nimbus 2001, a Golden Snitch model, The complete collection of "Doraemon" is a genuine Bamboo Dragonfly from Skywalker Alchemy Workshop.

This is wrong. Sirius had said that he would make up for all the missed birthdays of Harry. Sirius was involved in his first birthday, not counting the one at the end of the last month, which was July 31st. No matter what, there were still 10 items. Give it a gift.

All of this made Harry feel that "Doraemon" was no longer good. In addition, this was a Muggle community, and bamboo dragonflies were not allowed to be used outdoors. If he hadn't been able to practice magic now, he would have gone crazy from boredom.

But even so, Harry couldn't help but feel lonely. His cousin, who was also a wizard, had nothing in common with him.

He missed Hogwarts so much that his insides ached.

He missed the castle, the secret passages and ghosts, his classes, the letters brought by owls, the banquets in the great hall, the four-poster bed in his dormitory, the cabin on the edge of the Forbidden Forest and the Hagrid, the gamekeeper.

As for why there was no location for Sirius and his friends, it was because Harry felt that he had guessed the truth and that this incident was probably a prank on their part.

He still remembered the first time he and Sirius met after the Quidditch final, when Professor McGonagall jokingly asked him to check the infractions records of his father and Sirius.

To be honest, when he actually checked it out later, he could only say that he was stunned.

Harry had never thought that his father and Sirius were so active. Points were deducted almost every day. Along with them, there was also a guy named Lupin and the traitor Peter Pettigrew, and now... Professor Snape, the original Slytherin.

Lupine should be their friend, and needless to say, Professor Snape, their relationship is definitely not good, and they probably got points deducted for fighting.

It is said that if the deans of Slytherin and Gryffindor had not deliberately added points at that time, the score might even be negative by the end of the year.

That was also the golden age of Ravenclaw. Because of the fierce battle between Slytherin and Gryffindor, Ravenclaw became the winner and the winner of the Academy Cup.

Is this why Professor Flitwick was kinder to Snape?

All in all, his godfather is an enhanced version of Fred (Fred's pranks are more cruel, and George usually plays a moderating role).

Harry now had reason to suspect that his godfather had contacted his friends and was preparing to give him a big surprise for his birthday at the end of the month.

Everything now is just a conspiracy, making Harry think that he has been abandoned by the magical world and has lost contact.

This is not Harry's whim. In his opinion, there are several pieces of evidence to prove it.

First, the Daily Prophet was not received.

Ever since he knew that Sirius was the new owner of the Daily Prophet, he spent another 1 KN deposit to order from Owl by mail.

After all, it's not expensive. The newspaper also uses a variety of transformation spells. If the news changes, the content of the newspaper will also change throughout the day.

If this happens, it's equivalent to ordering two for the price of one.

But now, even the Daily Prophet is gone, and only Sirius can do this.

Secondly, his understanding of Ron.

Even if Ron really forgot about himself because the holidays were so fun, he still had an idle Nimbus 2000 in his hand. In his previous letter, he used this to replace Ron's Christmas gifts for the next three years.

It's impossible for Ron to forget this Nimbus 2000, it's still in his hand.

The third one is the automatic reply letter.

He sent many letters using Seaweed, some of which would be answered automatically - such as the after-sales service at Skywalker Workshop.

And now that he has not received any letters, there is only one possibility - Heide's letter was not sent at all.

Heweide himself was not injured, so this must have been committed by an acquaintance.

Then there is only one answer. The birthday party at the end of the month will be very exciting, and it may not only be Ron, Draco, and Sirius, but maybe other students will also go.

Now Harry even suspected that the 21st mentioned in the letter was false. In order to act more realistically, they might delay picking him up until the end of the month.

So, with the feeling of pain mixed with anticipation, time quickly came to July 18th, 3 days away from the original date.

It was probably the hottest day of the summer, and the big square houses on Privet Drive were enveloped in a drowsy silence.

The cars that were usually shiny and bright were now parked in the driveway, and the grass that was once lush and green had turned yellow - due to the drought, the use of watering hoses had been banned.

The residents of Privet Drive usually spent their leisure time washing cars and mowing lawns, but now that neither of these tasks could be done, they had to hide in their cool houses, opening the windows wide, hoping for a non-existent breeze.

Harry was lying flat in the flower bed outside number four Privet Drive, hiding from the hot sun behind a large clump of hydrangeas.

Harry was hiding here not because he was excluded or had caused any trouble.

He just wanted to avoid the strange enthusiasm of his cousin Dudley.

Because of the pranks of Sirius and the others, Dudley thought that no one cared about Harry now.

So Dudley asked him about his well-being with a smile that made Harry uncomfortable.

"Would you like some more bacon? You're so skinny."

"Harry, there's something good in my room, would you like some--"

"Harry, would you like me to bring Pierre (Dudley's former friend, who has lost contact since he went to Hogwarts) over and give him a beating to vent your anger?"

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The most annoying thing is that Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia, who were thought to be on Harry's side (i.e., against Dudley and Harry being too close), both acquiesced to this.

Harry could barely understand Aunt Petunia's behavior. After all, from Aunt Petunia's previous self-exposure, it was not that she had no feelings for him, but that she was jealous of him and his mother's magic.

Uncle Vernon's attitude made Harry confused. Although Uncle Vernon was a henpecked man, he was still very tough on key points. Could it be that he knew that Sirius was very rich and the owner of the largest newspaper in the UK?