Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 460 Ariana is enrolling! School rules adjusted! Book and pen combination optimized!

Old Deng believed this was a private matter for his family to use connections.

But Dali doesn't think so.

The thing is... Ariana, after being resurrected, needs to go to school.

Old Deng's alter ego, his parents, and his younger brother allowed Ariana to stay at home for more than a month, sharing the hard-won family affection. However, they could not keep Ariana from moving on to a new life forever.

Back then, Ariana was plagued by psychological trauma and was an amnesiac, making it impossible for her to attend school.

So Old Dumbledore's parents rejected Ariana's Hogwarts acceptance letter on her behalf, and crossed out Ariana's name from the admissions document.

Now, Ariana has been resurrected, her psychological trauma has healed, and she no longer has the Obscurus. She is now a pure, cheerful, and sunny fourteen-year-old witch.

You can't just not go to Hogwarts, can you?

However, Hogwarts has no precedent for accepting students who voluntarily withdraw, so their names were crossed out of the admission book, and they did not meet the requirements for the magical ritual of becoming a Hogwarts student.

Old Deng believed that sending Ariana to Hogwarts was a private matter, and that he needed to use his power as headmaster to seek personal gain.

He himself would not feel any psychological pressure for doing such a small thing. Before he met Dudley, he had used his power and status to protect Hagrid.

It's just writing another admission notice now, it's nothing at all.

But when he told Dudley about it, Dudley didn't consider it a private matter.

"This is a flaw in the school rules!"

Inside the principal's office, Dali said to Old Deng, "Ariana's refusal to enroll was for a valid reason, and a very legitimate one at that; her physical condition simply did not allow it."

Logically, Hogwarts should retain the student's enrollment and allow them to take a leave of absence until their situation improves, at which point they can formally enroll again.

Instead of a blanket ban, simply crossing out the name from the admission notice.

“You’re right, Dali,” Old Deng agreed wholeheartedly. “Then I’ll go…”

"Go ahead! Refine this rule in detail, and check if there are any unreasonable aspects in the other rules. We'll discuss it and revise them accordingly."

Dudley nodded and said matter-of-factly, “Rules and order must adapt to the development of the times and be constantly adjusted rationally. They cannot be treated as some precious tradition and be implemented lifelessly for thousands of years.”

“I completely agree with what you said. The Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance are not necessarily willing to change, and the ideas in them are not as intelligent as the Sorting Hat.”

"If Ariana's name isn't reinstated in the Book of Admission, her magical initiation into Hogwarts won't be complete, and that's what I'm worried about."

Old Deng expressed his concerns.

After expressing his concerns, he had an idea: "How about... you and I revise the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance?"

"No need for that. The Hogwarts superconsciousness has already granted me the authority, and they will agree to my reasonable suggestions."

Old Deng's worries simply didn't apply to Dali.

"Ah~"

Old Deng sighed, half-laughing and half-crying, and said, "Sometimes, I really wonder if I'm the principal or you are. I think it's time to hand over the principalship to you."

Hogwarts would probably agree with this very much…

"Stop! Don't even think about slacking off and enjoying a life of leisure!"

Dudley interrupted Old Man Deng, "Do you think the benefits of becoming younger are so easy to enjoy? You, and the professors of Hogwarts, if you don't work for another 50, 60, 70, or 80 years, you'll not only be letting down my good intentions, but also the students of Hogwarts!"

And besides, I'm only twelve years old! Twelve years old, you understand? At this age, being a teaching assistant is already outrageous enough, let alone being the principal, that's just a pipe dream!

Besides, I'm very busy; my schedule is quite full. Becoming a school principal is a dream come true ninety years from now!

"Alright, alright, I'll take the job, I'll continue being the principal," Old Deng said helplessly.

However, Dudley completely ignored his plea for mercy. His figure suddenly disappeared from the principal's office and then suddenly returned. However, when he returned, Dudley had an ancient book in his hand and a quill pen that was moving.

It is precisely the book of admission and the pen of acceptance.

Dudley placed the book, the pen, and the two antiques on the principal's desk and directly explained his thoughts.

The admission book immediately flipped to the list of students from over ninety years ago, where Ariana Dumbledore's name was clearly visible, though it had been crossed out with several horizontal lines.

The Pen of Acceptance immediately hovered forward, absorbed the ink from the horizontal lines, and then dotted Ariana Dumbledore's name in mid-air.

The next moment, the ink of Ariana Dumbledore's name flew off the page.

The admission guide worked in perfect harmony, rapidly flipping through the pages until it finally stopped at the list of students admitted this academic year.

The pen of acceptance added another stroke to the blank space at the end of the list of students admitted this academic year, and Ariana Dumbledore's name was inscribed in that spot.

In this way, Ariana had essentially completed the magical ritual for entering Hogwarts.

“Great! I’ll have Hagrid drive the Thestrals to Godric’s Hollow to pick up Ariana. That will replace the Hogwarts Express’s part of the entrance magic ceremony.”

Old Deng said happily.

But Dali discovered a new problem.

He pointed at the Book of Inclusion and the Pen of Acceptance and asked, "Those wizard couples and children who were killed by Voldemort and the Death Eaters have now been resurrected, so why are the children's names still crossed out?"

Dudley had just been flipping through the Book of Admissions when he noticed some crossed-out names of junior wizards on the transition pages. With a quick activation of his conceptual perception, he immediately recognized the identities of these junior wizards.

Hence this question.

The Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance remained silent, unable to speak, and continued to move and adjust the names of the resurrected little wizards.

Good heavens, their only duty is to sense and record the names of new wizards in parts of Britain and Ireland.

Crossing out the names of the little wizards who died prematurely was already an extra service; who could have predicted that the dead little wizards would be resurrected one day?

Isn't this making things difficult for them, the combination of writing brush and inkstone?

If the little wizard in front of them weren't someone recognized by the general consciousness of Hogwarts, they would have simply ignored him.

Dudley grasped the simple idea of ​​the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance, and while working with the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance, he began to ramble on.

Most of what they said consisted of grand principles to boost work enthusiasm.

There were also some specific instructions mixed in.

The Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance will calculate the age of the resurrected wizards at the time of their death, which is also their current physical age. Based on this, they will calculate the specific year when the wizards reach the age of eleven, so as to accurately arrange their enrollment time.

The Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance are not very intelligent and have little self-awareness or emotion. Faced with Dudley's incessant guidance, they can only accept it all and follow it completely.

Little did they know that while Dudley was giving orders, he was also optimizing and modifying the Book of Entry and the Pen of Acceptance, enhancing their sensing capabilities and adding many new rules for response that they didn't have before.

Dudley originally thought the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance didn't need any changes, but in the end he changed his mind.

Some laziness, however, cannot be shirked.