Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 417 Adjustment of the Joint Squad Plan, Hogwarts's Disciplinary Whip!

Dali's impromptu speech was very inspiring. After he finished speaking, most of the students in the auditorium had bright eyes and were filled with fighting spirit.

However, the decrease in Slytherin students has led to practical problems in the implementation of the joint plan of the four houses.

This situation still exists.

This must be resolved.

After a moment's thought, Dali offered a solution: "The four-college joint team does not have a strict requirement that each team must have four members, but all four colleges' students must be present."

The total number of teams across the entire school depends on the college with the fewest second-year and above students.

Currently, the total number of students in the entire school this academic year is simply the number of students in Slytherin House who are in their second year or above.

After providing the solution, Dali continued earnestly without pausing:

"The Slytherin House of today, after adjustments, is no longer the bad-seed house of legend."

I hope that everyone can put aside past grievances, uphold the principles of unity, friendship, equality, and non-discrimination, and that students from all four houses can treat each other with sincerity and empathy, working together to create a bright future for Hogwarts and the wizarding world.

Starting this academic year, any further bullying incidents involving mistreatment of classmates will be dealt with severely.

As he spoke, Dudley took out the medieval B-grade magical artifact, the Cross of Torture, from the interrogation room of the Room of Requirement, and used the Levitation Charm to levitate it, displaying it to the entire Hogwarts school.

"This is a torture instrument left behind by medieval wizards. It can directly cause intense pain. I will modify it now, and from now on, it will be the legacy of the Hogwarts disciplinary committee."

As he spoke, Dali traced a series of ancient runes in the air with his fingers, demonstrating his exceptional alchemy skills on the spot.

A rich yet soft blue-purple magical light enveloped the 'Cross of Painful Punishment' suspended in mid-air. As soon as Dali stopped drawing the magical characters, the series of mysterious words flowed into the magical light that enveloped the cross.

When the light faded, the enormous cross, which was originally more than two meters high and nearly two meters wide and could have tied an adult up and beaten, turned into a regular-sized wooden whip.

Although the whip is made of wood, it now has a bronze metallic sheen.

The whip is shaped like a bamboo joint, with segmented ring-shaped protrusions and engraved with images of four mythical beasts: a lion, a snake, a badger, and an eagle. The handle is slightly convex in the middle and covered with fine textures, making it very comfortable to hold. Hogwarts Discipline Whip (for the use of the Discipline Committee Member): "This whip is the Hogwarts Discipline Whip; it is used only to punish those who maliciously bully others."

From now on, regardless of whether the form of bullying is verbal abuse, physical assault, the use of magic, or covert exploitation; and regardless of whether the bully is a student, a faculty member, or even the principal, once the facts are clear, they will all be punished!

I have imbued this whip with the qualities of justice, fortitude, and decisiveness; I have imbued this whip with a constant and powerful mind-controlling magic; I have imbued this whip with ultimate protection, an impregnable fortress, and immunity to water and fire...

I grant this whip the ability to automatically repair itself when damaged. I decree that this whip shall permanently reside at Hogwarts. I restrict this whip to being wielded only by those possessing the same qualities of justice, fortitude, and decisiveness. I permit this whip to levitate and move autonomously if no suitable wielder can be found!

Dudley did not stop casting spells after he transformed the Cross of Torture into the Hogwarts Whip of Discipline.

As he chanted, he infused the disciplinary whip with his thoughts, imbued it with various powerful magic spells, and added a passive conceptual repair spell effect that allowed it to automatically heal.

A powerful magical force, capable of shaking the heavens and the earth, emanated from the hall. Its fluctuations did not harm anyone, but they still shocked everyone in the hall.

After a long while, Dali finished his spell and stopped chanting.

The Hogwarts disciplinary whip suddenly lost its brilliance, becoming ordinary, yet it remained suspended in the air, enjoying the silent gazes of all the teachers and students present.

"Navie Longbottom!"

Dali suddenly shouted, startling everyone present.

Neville, sitting at the Gryphon Headmaster's table with Harry and his friends, felt as if he had been electrocuted when he heard the shout; his heart and soul trembled.

This wasn't fear, but rather excitement and surprise.

“I’m here! Dr. Dursley, teaching assistant.”

Neville quickly stood up, looked at Dudley, and readily agreed.

He has been healed; both the side effects of the amnesia curse on his body and the regret of his parents' madness have been cured.

He is no longer slow or confused; his resolute and decisive nature has been honed and revealed.

As for fairness, he possessed it from beginning to end.

"Catch the whip!"

Dudley reached out and pushed through the air, sending the Hogwarts Whip, which was suspended in mid-air, flying towards Neville.

Soon, it was grasped in Neville's hand by an extremely excited man.

The long whip of admonition met with no resistance; Neville was immediately accepted.

"I hereby declare that Neville Longbottom shall henceforth be not only the disciplinary officer in my class, but also the first disciplinary officer of Hogwarts, and the first holder of the Hogwarts Whip of Discipline."

Until he graduates, or until a successor wielding the Whip of Discipline is chosen.

In a moment of silence, Dali announced the appointment.

A moment later, thunderous applause erupted as most people watched Neville, who was excitedly holding the Hogwarts Whip, and offered their congratulations and approval.

Clearly, Neville has achieved good results as a discipline committee member over the past academic year.

Neville, however, was not comfortable in such a star-studded setting and showed his shy side, his face turning red.

Dali stood on the platform in the faculty and staff section, scanning the students across the room.

He noticed a few individuals who seemed out of place among the others.

It was those remaining students from Gryphon and Hawk that were not up to par, including four students who had extended their studies last year and three students who had not yet reached the required graduation year.

They looked worried and mingled in the crowd with their heads down.

Moreover, the students around them deliberately kept a certain distance from them.

Therefore, as the applause gradually subsided, Dali pressed his hands together lightly, offering a final reminder and summary:

"Students, I hope you can understand the purpose of Hogwarts' ideological education reform."

Before our thoughts and understanding are fully formed, what we need is not screening, but education and guidance.

Now that Hogwarts has seven well-known intellectual failures left, are we going to abandon them?

Should we isolate them, let them harbor resentment, and allow them to degenerate into depravity?

They returned to Hogwarts for the new school year, and whatever their reasons or thoughts, the result was that they made the choice to give themselves a chance to change.

For this reason alone, they deserve our help again.

You should know that some of you, like these seven students, failed the ideological test during the first ideological assessment.

At that time, I did not say that I would abandon these people, nor did I encourage the students who passed the ideological test to isolate them. Instead, I gave them a chance to gradually correct their thinking through the ideological education reform at Hogwarts.

So now, we will continue to give the same opportunity to these seven students.