Shocked, Dumbledore had the idea of using Legilimency. After some thought, he gave up.
With a gentle tap of the Elder Wand, he invigorated Hagrid's spirit and made him fully awake. The hidden injuries on his body disappeared. The scattered pieces of clothing and sundries all over the place returned to Hagrid as if time had reversed, restoring to their original state.
However, there was one thing. The two dormice that Hagrid always carried with him were completely crushed to death by the stones in their sleep and did not return.
Hagrid, whose consciousness hadn't recovered just now, didn't hear Dudley's words clearly. Now that he was fully awake, he didn't notice the strange atmosphere. After looking around, he found the fake The Philosopher's Stone wrapped in paper left on the ground. He heaved a sigh of relief and quickly picked it up, presenting it in front of Dumbledore.
Then he introduced the identities of Harry and Dudley to the elder he respected extremely and recounted all that had just happened.
When he got excited, Hagrid even wanted to pull Harry and Dudley to his side to talk to Dumbledore, but he found that Harry was standing firmly next to Dudley and didn't let Hagrid pull him at all.
And Dudley was just doing his own thing, ignoring him.
"Oh! It's all my fault. I shouldn't have exposed Harry's identity!"
Feeling Harry's resistance, Hagrid became sad.
"Don't be sad, Hagrid. They will forgive you. Let them be quiet for a while first!" Dumbledore said.
Dudley didn't have the time to be quiet.
Right in front of Dumbledore, he took out three empty blood storage bags wrapped in tin foil and cotton from his clothes and opened the stoppers.
Waving the wand of Mr. Diggory, a member of the Order of the Phoenix, he cast a simple Moving Spell, attracting the large pool of Hagrid's blood remaining on the ground and injecting it into the bags for proper collection.
After collecting Hagrid's blood, Dudley walked to the stalactite where Quirrell's wand was inserted. After trying the Diffindo Spell several times, he broke the stone and successfully put the somewhat cracked and damaged Quirrell's wand into his pocket.
After doing all this, he walked to the 'corpse' of Quirrell, who had turned to ashes and only had a tattered black cloth left. He searched around but didn't find anything of value, so he gave up.
Then, Dudley set his sights on the gold nuggets that had turned from broken stones on the ground. However, he found that at this time, the gold nuggets were gradually turning back into stones. Only the sporadic base metal substances still contained in the stones had completely turned into pure gold and did not turn back into stones.
"Pure gold, come to me!"
Dudley didn't hesitate. Even a mosquito is still meat, not to mention gold.
Speckles of gold sand shattered the stones that bound them and rose into the air, gathering in Dudley's palm.
Strength Enhancement!
Dudley pointed his wand at himself and cast the magic he and Harry had jointly created. His was in Ancient Latin, the corresponding spell he had planned for this magic. As for the gesture of waving the wand, it was simply to outline the outline of a clenched fist.
A scarlet light flashed. Perhaps because of the blessing of his status as the creator, Dudley was extremely successful in casting this spell for the first time.
Feeling the suddenly increased strength in his body, he was extremely satisfied. This was much more exciting than when Harry had cast it on him in the past!
Dudley turned around and stared directly at Dumbledore, who had found a stone to sit on and was waiting patiently. He looked straight into his eyes. At the same time, he clenched his left hand tightly, and the handful of gold sand in his palm was instantly compressed into one mass.
[Ding!]
[Meet Albus Dumbledore for the first time and unlock the current regret event!]
[Parents Who Met a Tragic End (B-rank)]
[Details: Albus Dumbledore's father was convicted of murder in a fit of rage when Albus was young and later died in Azkaban. His mother died when the Obscurus within his sister Ariana burst.]
[Accidentally Caused Ariana's Death (S-rank)]
[Details: Ariana, Albus Dumbledore's sister, lost her life during a scuffle between him, his younger brother Aberforth, and his then-lover, Gellert Grindelwald (the first Dark Lord).
Although there is no direct evidence, deep in Albus Dumbledore's heart, he is well aware that the spell he cast cost his sister her life. This has become his most terrifying and dreaded nightmare.]
[The Forbidden Love of the White and Black Lords (S-rank)]
[Details: When he was young, Albus Dumbledore fell in love with the powerful extremist wizard Gellert Grindelwald, who was obsessed with dark magic and the legend of the Deathly Hallows and believed that wizards should dominate Muggles.
Later, due to differences in their beliefs and that tragic scuffle, the two parted ways. Eventually, they broke off for the sake of the wizarding world's order and fought each other. The winner took all, and the loser was imprisoned. Their relationship could never be repaired.]
After silently reading the newly-unlocked regret events, Dudley's mood soured and his expression became even more glum.
None of them were what he wanted to deal with now, and none of them were what he could handle now!
"Harry, let's go!"
Dudley just turned his head and walked off.
Harry, who had been trailing Dudley all the time, didn't hesitate at all and quickly caught up.
Although he couldn't fully comprehend the reason for his cousin's anger, he didn't need to. He would unconditionally stand beside his cousin. Even if he couldn't attend Hogwarts to learn magic, it didn't matter.
Dumbledore and Hagrid were left there.
"Hagrid, it seems that the rather opinionated Mr. Dursley has some misunderstandings about me," Dumbledore stood up. "Don't worry. They shouldn't have any dislike for you."
The wise old bee could see the situation clearly even without resorting to Legilimency.
"Oh! How could this be? You came to save us! Dudley is a smart and good lad. He shouldn't treat you like this!"
Hagrid had a big head, but his intelligence was indeed a bit lacking. He couldn't make sense of the current situation at all.
"No, Hagrid! Strictly speaking, I didn't rescue them. They had already defeated Voldemort before I intervened!"
Dumbledore didn't claim credit for himself and objectively stated the truth. "And, Hagrid, you're right.
Mr. Dursley is indeed clever, even cleverer than I thought. He is clever and straightforward, not hiding anything at all! This is good!"
"Perhaps a sincere conversation can address his dissatisfaction and misunderstandings towards me.
Let's go after them!"
They seem to have a bit of trouble. Also, the first-year school supplies of the two new students haven't been purchased yet!"
Dumbledore and Hagrid saw from a distance that Dudley and Harry had an argument with the goblins who came to clean up the mess.
"Oh! Alright! Professor Dumbledore, I sincerely hope you can get on like a house on fire with the two children. But right now, you should go and help them first! I'll be there soon!"
Hagrid wiped the tears from his face. The estrangement between his two new friends and the passing of two lovely little things made him sad.
He squatted down, gently cradled the two somewhat flattened and already dead dormice, wrapped them in a silk cloth, and slowly put them into a separate pocket.
"Don't be too sad, Hagrid." Dumbledore comforted his old friend.
"I'm fine, Professor Dumbledore."
Hagrid replied. He didn't want others to worry about him and tried hard to calm himself down.
This calming himself down made him recall a remark Dumbledore had just said.
"Professor, did you mean, two new students?! Does Dudley count as well? Right, right, right. Dudley can suddenly use magic. He's not a Muggle!"
Hagrid realized this only later. Being in a tense battle state all the time didn't give him time to think about Dudley's special talent.
Now that he thought of it, he didn't think too deeply. He was just simply happy for Dudley.