Chapter 446

Inside the pub.

The topic naturally turns to Harry's guardians, the Dursleys' problem.

"They locked Harry up, Harry said that place was like a prison, and then, they only gave Harry poor canned soup to drink, there wasn't even much vegetable leaves in it..."

Ron complains indignantly; he now wishes he could rush to the Dursleys' house and stuff the mouths of those mean people with slugs.

Sean is silent.

The Dursleys are indeed bad people; they are narrow-minded and mean, spoiling Dudley and abusing Harry. Even without Harry, they can't be called good people; for example, without Harry, Dudley is also a bad egg who bullies the weak.

But their image is far more complex than "bad people."

Wizards have never had a good image in the world without magic. Most of the time, they are synonymous with trouble, evil, and terror.