Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 108 Soaring Through the Air! Witnessing the Truth!

As Dudley ran, he sensed the tracking threads he had placed on Hagrid and Dumbledore in order to pinpoint their real-time locations.

Through his senses and his understanding of the terrain around Hogwarts over the past few days, Dudley was certain that Hagrid and Dumbledore had joined forces to enter the outer edge of the Forbidden Forest to search for Ecclesia's whereabouts.

Dudley went outside through the castle gate that Filch had specially opened for him.

Looking towards the direction of the forbidden forest in the distance.

Then, his gaze darkened, and his legs began to emit a dazzling red light. With the added strength, he leaped three meters high, landing heavily on a hard, tilted air block in mid-air, and shot towards the Forbidden Forest.

The air blocks in mid-air were created by Dudley Gunn using his Transformation technique to condense air.

At this moment, Dali was radiating red light, leaning forward, and floating in mid-air.

Like a peerless master in a martial arts novel using unparalleled lightness skills, every thirty meters or so an air block would appear, allowing him to move through the air with the force of air, as fast as a ghostly phantom.

The meticulous Dudley even used a silent spell to mute the loud noise he made by stomping on the air blocks.

To avoid alerting the target or disturbing others.

Such an astonishing method of travel naturally results in extraordinary speed.

Before long, Dali 'flew' into the forbidden forest.

In the forest, the trees were towering and there were many obstacles. Some of them limited Dudley's 'flight' speed, but not too much. Instead, they saved Dudley the trouble of continuously transforming into air blocks to gain momentum.

He used the large trees in the forbidden forest as footholds, leaping and flying, much like the light-footed skills in martial arts novels.

Dudley possessed exceptional mental fortitude; he leaped repeatedly through the tranquil, dark forest without flinching.

Following the trail, he soon saw a hybrid giant leading a large dog with fangs on his left and holding a lantern on his right, as well as an old bee in a bathrobe with a serious expression.

Dudley jumped directly from the tall tree and free-fell. Just before hitting the ground, he used the 'shock-absorbing and speed-stopping' spell, pausing in the air for a few seconds to eliminate the impact of the fall and land smoothly.

"A unique use of magic! Dudley, you've surprised me again. It's a pity I'm too old to be as dashing as you."

Dumbledore had clearly noticed Dudley's approach long ago, and as soon as Dudley landed, he offered him heartfelt praise.

"As long as you firmly believe that you are not old, age will never be an obstacle for you. Dumbledore, I believe that you can be as dashing as I am."

Dali responded to Old Deng's praise with some inspirational quotes, then quickly got back to the main topic, "You probably already know the general situation and my thoughts, right?"

Upon hearing this, Dumbledore's expression turned serious: "You suspect that Professor Ecclesia is Voldemort's new host. Tonight, Professor Ecclesia used the Disillusionment Charm to become invisible and come to the castle in order to help Voldemort obtain unicorn blood to replenish his life force."

"That's roughly it, but this time Voldemort didn't parasitize a human. Harry had a nightmare that Voldemort was parasitizing a python. At the same time, Voldemort found new henchmen who infiltrated Hogwarts."

Dudley explained to Dumbledore, "I suspect that Ecclesia is Voldemort's new henchman."

"This... When I interviewed Professor Ecclesia, I didn't see anything wrong with her." Dumbledore was still somewhat incredulous.

"That's because she most likely extracted and stored her sensitive memories separately in advance!"

As Dudley spoke, he opened his personal storage space, took out Eckeris's suitcase, and placed it on the ground in front of Dumbledore and Hagrid.

"In this way, not only can one prevent mind control, but one can also perfectly disguise one's body language and micro-expressions, making it impossible for me to see through them!"

"Professor Ecclesia has such a meticulous mind?"

Dumbledore was startled. After listening to Dudley's story, he focused his gaze on the suitcase Dudley had just taken out.

Hagrid immediately moved the lantern closer to illuminate Dumbledore, a very thoughtful gesture.

“I can’t be sure right now that Eckeris is definitely the problem.” Dudley’s expression also turned serious. “We’ll have to wait until you crack this suitcase before we can draw a conclusion.”

Dumbledore nodded slightly, drew his Elder Wand, and touched the constellation pattern on the suitcase.

The next instant, the intense starlight disappeared, and a hidden zippered compartment was revealed on the suitcase.

"It has to be you again, Dumbledore!"

Dudley patted Old Deng's arm, very pleased. Then, with a flick of his finger, he used a teleportation spell to unzip the bottle and take out the beautiful, exquisite, art-like slender-necked memory bottle.

Looking at the memory threads radiating a silvery-white light inside the memory bottle, Dudley, Hagrid, and Dumbledore displayed different expressions.

Dudley felt the excitement of guessing the answer and a tiny bit of final uncertainty;

Hagrid looked utterly astonished, as if he'd never seen anything like it before. His expression seemed to say: Are there really such outrageous people in this world? Memories bottled up and secretly kept at home?

Dumbledore, however, began to doubt himself:

"I actually passed the interview for another of Voldemort's henchmen? Could the curse of the Defense Against the Dark Arts have even affected me, the headmaster? It's truly impossible to guard against!"

"Stop overthinking!"

Dudley couldn't wait to uncover the final mystery. "Let's see what secrets Professor Eckeris is hiding!"

Over the next few tens of minutes, Dudley, just as he had done during his speech in the Great Hall, used the spell "Water as a Spring" in conjunction with the magic that brought forth memories to create meditation water.

Together with Dumbledore and Hagrid, they witnessed firsthand Ecclesia's hidden memories.

As expected, most of the memories were related to Voldemort.

There are also some extremely fragmented and disjointed memories that seem to be related to the mission of the Eccles family.

The memories related to Voldemort were very complete, allowing Dudley and his companions to fully understand the entire process of Ecclesia's encounter and interaction with Voldemort.

Those fragmented memories about the family mission didn't reveal much useful information.

Eckeris was clearly more concerned with this part of her memory. It was too fragmented and disjointed, and one could only barely make out that Eckeris's return to England this time was ill-intentioned and that she harbored deep malice towards a certain ancient family.

"Dali, what are you planning to do next?"

After digesting these heavy memories, Dumbledore asked Dudley, "Voldemort is too cunning. Not only did he set up dark magic to sense and control Professor Ecclesia's body, but he also didn't tell Professor Ecclesia her specific hiding place."

Even when Professor Ecclesias summons him with her wand, she automatically checks if the surroundings are safe.

"We shouldn't be the ones in a hurry, Dumbledore."

Dudley was now very confident, and he continued, "Voldemort is clearly more anxious. We just need to make arrangements for Ecclesia, and then wait for Voldemort to come to us!"