Chapter 185: Time Travel (Part 1)
While shoving fried sausages into his mouth, Aisen fell into contemplation.
Professor Trelawney's Divination ability was indeed quite powerful. She successfully predicted that Voldemort would be defeated by Harry. She also predicted that Lavender's fears would come true one day, and that also came to pass.
At first glance, Professor Trelawney's predictions should certainly make people feel very amazed.
However, she had taught Divination at Hogwarts for over a decade. How many of the predictions she made had come true?
You see, Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall, who had also been at Hogwarts for decades, knew her very well. But Professor McGonagall believed ProfessorTrelawney was a fraud with no real ability.
The reason for this was that over the past decade, Professor Trelawney had predicted that one student would die each year, but none of those predictions had ever come true.
Precisely because of this, Trelawney's predictions had become nonsense.
In the original work, there were Harry and Ron at the Christmas lunch table, making a total of thirteen people including Professor Trelawney. Some said that Ron's pocket also contained Peter Pettigrew's Animagus form, so there were already thirteen people before ProfessorTrelawney sat down.
But in reality, the original work never mentioned whether Ron's pocket contained his pet Scabbers. Furthermore, even if it was in his pocket, Professor Trelawney's prediction was that "the first person to stand up after the meal will die first." But Dumbledore stood up before the meal even began!
However, if the time Harry was later killed by Voldemort also counted as death, then Trelawney's prediction did come true. It's just that Harry coming back to life afterwards is another matter.
At this moment, although Harry and Ron were not at the table, Hagrid and Aisen were. It was also thirteen people, and Trelawney made such a prediction again. Aisen was unsure for a moment whether it would come true.
Thinking of this, Aisen suddenly recalled the prediction Trelawney made during their last gathering. Aisen hadn't taken it seriously at the time. However, thinking of Trelawney saying she saw a beam of light, Aisensuddenly felt a bit strange.
Was that beam of light Dumbledore's Patronus, or was it a beam of light Aisen transformed into after his Transfiguration reached the realm of turning into light?
This... the prediction was a bit vague!
After collecting his thoughts, Aisen still decided it was better to be cautious.
"Tripe, Sybill?" Professor McGonagall asked, scooping from a large lidded bowl with a big spoon, then looking at Trelawney.
Professor Trelawney ignored her, opened her eyes, looked around, and then asked, "Where has dear Professor Lupin gone?"
"I'm afraid the poor man is ill again!" Dumbledoresignaled for everyone to eat, then shook his head, seemingly showing regret. "It's really very unfortunate that he fell ill on Christmas."
"But you must have known, didn't you, Sybill?" Professor McGonagall raised her eyebrows, teasing ProfessorTrelawney.
"Of course I knew--" Trelawney gave Professor McGonagall a cold look, "But I don't constantly boast about myself. If I don't act like I know everything, people won't be nervous."
"But that already says a lot!" Professor McGonagall's tone was full of sarcasm.
Watching the confrontation between the two Professors, Aisen shrank back to avoid getting caught in the crossfire.
"If you must know--" Professor Trelawney's voice suddenly became sharp, "Minerva, I have already seen poor Professor Lupin, he will not be with us for much longer. He seems to understand his time is short, he always avoids looking when I show him the crystal ball--"
"I think!" Before Professor McGonagall could say anything, Dumbledore spoke up, "Professor Lupin is not in immediate danger. Severus, have you brewed his potion?"
The topic between Professor Trelawney and Professor McGonagall was ended.
"Yes, Headmaster!" Snape replied with a gloomy face, seemingly reluctant to answer the question.
"Very good, then he will be up and about soon." Dumbledore nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Aisen. "Aisen, do you have anything planned for the holidays?"
Unexpectedly, Dumbledore brought the topic to him. Aisen paused for a moment, then nodded slightly and said, "Yes, there are some experiments to do in Alchemy."
"Next time, I'll take you to meet someone. I think he can answer some of your questions regarding Alchemy!" Dumbledore said.
"Oh--, I'm looking forward to it!" Aisen said, a hint of a smile appearing on his face. The person Dumbledorementioned should be Nicolas Flamel, right? If there was a real opportunity, it would indeed be good to ask him some questions about Alchemy.
Two hours later, the Christmas feast concluded. Although Aisen had eaten until he was quite full, he still sat there without moving. After all, he didn't want to be the first one to stand up.
Professor Trelawney, on the other hand, had been behaving very normally the entire time. But when Dumbledore stood up and left the table, she immediately shrieked loudly.
"Heavens! Headmaster, you were the first to leave your seat!"
"I don't think that matters, Sybill." Dumbledore smiled nonchalantly, then pointed towards the entrance hall. "Unless there's a mad ax-man waiting outside the door, intent on chopping down the first person who walks into the hall."
Several Professors smiled, and even Hermione couldn't help but laugh. This made Professor Trelawney feel as if she had been offended.
Since Dumbledore had already stood up and left the table, Aisen didn't need to keep sitting there either.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Aisen saw Hermioneholding manuscripts at the entrance of the Library. Clearly, Hermione was also ready for the Time Travel.
After entering the Library, Aisen found that there were hardly any people inside. When they came to a desk next to a bookshelf with Hermione, they stopped and sat down on the bench.
"Are you ready? Let's begin!" Aisen said, looking at Hermione sitting next to him.
After taking a deep breath, Hermione nodded, took the time-turner from around her neck, and then leaned close to Aisen and looped the golden chain around his head.
Getting close to Aisen, feeling his presence, Hermione's face turned red.
"To be safe, reversing four hours should be enough." Seeing Hermione's actions, Aisen smiled and offered his suggestion.
"Okay, Professor Aisen!" Hermione nodded. After calming herself down, she reached out and twisted the hourglass timer four times.
The moment Hermione let go, a feeling of rapidly moving backward surged in Aisen's heart. Immediately after, blurry clouds flashed past his eyes, and some strange noises sounded in his ears.
Then, Aisen felt himself standing on solid ground again. As his vision cleared, Aisen found himself still sitting on a bench by a bookshelf in the Library. Hermione was sitting close beside him, the golden chain linking the two of them together.
"Is this Time Travel?" After taking the golden chain off his neck, Aisen checked the time and found that it had indeed gone back four hours.
"That's right, Professor Aisen!" Although it wasn't the first time she had gone back in time, Hermione suddenly felt very excited.
Aisen nodded and, with Hermione holding the manuscripts, they got up and went to a desk under a bookshelf deeper inside the Library and sat down.
"Alright, let's not get discovered!" Aisen immediately cast a spell that blocked prying eyes, concealing the two of them.
While Hermione began to focus on her homework, Aisenquietly began to sense his body's condition. After carefully sensing it, Aisen didn't find anything unusual.
With God's Perspective fully activated, and Hogwartsreflected in his mind, Aisen found another Aisen and Hermione in the Great Hall. Clearly, they were still eating with Dumbledore and the others at that time.
After turning off God's Perspective, Aisen fell into contemplation for a moment.
Actually, when performing Time Travel in this world and going back to the past, there's a very important rule: you must not let yourself see yourself.
Although Aisen felt that even if he saw himself, it wouldn't be a big deal, after thinking about it more deeply, he discovered some reasons.
Let's say this world didn't have Metamorphmagi or Polyjuice Potion. Then, if you went back and saw yourself, the only possibility you'd think of is Time Travel.
But precisely because Polyjuice Potion and Metamorphmagi exist in this world, it means that if you see yourself, the first thing you'd think of is basically "someone else is impersonating me."
Once this thought appears, the possibility of immediately taking action becomes very high. Thus, the possibility of being discovered by your past self when you go back in time, and then being attacked and killed by yourself, arises.
Precisely because of this, Aisen felt that when Witches used the time-turner to go back in time, they would avoid letting their past selves discover them.
Of course, if the past self discovers the future self, it will inevitably lead to another problem, which is changing the future.
After all, once the past self discovers the future self, the past self will know that the future self will use a time-turner. In this way, even if the future self says nothing, the past self knowing about this matter itself has already changed history.
Thus, the resulting butterfly effect is not something that can be easily eliminated.
Chapter 186 Time Travel (Part 2)
Thinking this, Aisen's face already showed a look of realization.
Speaking of Aisen himself, having fused the legendary Space-Time characteristic, he would inevitably return to the past in the future.
But since Aisen hasn't encountered his future self now, it means there are two possibilities. One is that his future self never traveled back in time. The other is that his future self traveled through Space-Time back to the past and hid himself, not being discovered by his current self.
Although the first possibility exists, Aisen knows his own nature, so he believes this possibility is small. Thus, only the second possibility remains.
As his thoughts turned, Aisen collected his thoughts and cast several more Disillusionment Charms on himself and Hermione. Although his past self didn't observe the situation inside the Library with God's Perspective, Aisenstill wanted to be cautious.
And this also served as a reminder to Aisen that when Time Traveling back to the past in the future, he should still hide himself when necessary.
Time flowed slowly, and four hours passed quickly.
Hermione seemed to have finished her homework and then sat there quietly with Aisen, waiting.
At the moment five o'clock arrived, footsteps were heard from outside the Library. At this time, Aisen noticed Hermione squinting and signaling to him.
Aisen nodded slightly, clearly unable to make a sound.
"Are you ready? Let's start!" A voice transmitted from across several bookshelves, reaching Aisen's ears from afar. That voice was clearly Aisen's own voice.
"To be safe, reversing four hours is enough."
"Okay, Professor Aisen!"
After Aisen's voice and Hermione's voice came, the Library fell silent.
"It's over!" Aisen looked at Hermione, a smile spreading across his face.
"Yes, Professor Aisen!" Hermione stepped forward and directly threw herself into Aisen's arms, hugged him tightly, and then turned around with a flushed face.
"Let's go!" Seeing Hermione's action, Aisen smiled slightly and called out to her. The two left the Libraryunhurriedly.
After separating from Hermione, Aisen left Hogwartsdirectly and went to the secret base in Antarctica.
Lying on the lounge chair in the bedroom, Aisen quietly thought about his next steps.
Just now, he followed Hermione and traveled through time using a time-turner, and he didn't feel anything improper. Therefore, the next step was to try Time Travelusing the Space-Time characteristic within his body.
However, unlike using a time-turner, he still needed to experiment to see how the Time Travel characteristic on Aisen actually worked.
Thinking of this, Aisen's mind moved, and he flashed outside the secret base.
Looking at the scenery of ice and snow, Aisen took a deep breath, and then activated the dormant time power within his body. As his thoughts turned, it was as if he entered another dimension, and his entire being fell into darkness.
Using the power of the legendary Time Travelcharacteristic, Aisen found that the feeling was different from using a time-turner. When using a time-turner, it wasn't just Time Travel back to the past; it also brought a sense of spatial dislocation.
But after he activated the power within his body, he found that the Time Travel characteristic seemed to directly take him into another dimension, which was particularly similar to the feeling when transforming into light.
Then, his thoughts were still turning, and light returned to Aisen's eyes. Looking at the scene of ice and snow around him, Aisen felt his whole body and found nothing unusual.
Feeling the surging magic within his body and the time power that had become dormant again, Aisen's mouth curved slightly, revealing a hint of a smile.
He activated God's Perspective and carefully scanned the location of the secret base, finding no trace whatsoever. Clearly, Aisen had returned to the time before the secret base was excavated.
The first time he used his ability for Time Travel, under Aisen's control, he returned to January 1, 1990. However, because it was the first attempt, he didn't rush to do other things.
Instead, he waited quietly in place for five hours before activating the time power within his body again and returning to the present.
With a flash of his figure, he arrived at the secret base and saw that nothing had changed, and the joy on Aisen's face grew stronger. Apparition Without A Trace back to Hogwarts, Aisen stayed for a full day and found no effect of his return to the past on the present.
However, thinking of the Time Travel cases that had occurred in this world, Aisen couldn't resist and tried again.
This time, Aisen didn't go outside, but directly entered the Forbidden Forest, activated the power of Time Travel, and then directly arrived in 1900.
His vision shifted, and Aisen was still standing in the depths of the Forbidden Forest. After looking around, Aisen found that the growth of some trees was slightly different. But overall, it still looked lush and green.
It was clear that even after nearly a hundred years, the Forbidden Forest didn't seem to have changed much.
However, Aisen's purpose for this second Time Travelwas also for experimentation. Therefore, he didn't deliberately expose himself in front of people.
After transforming into light, Aisen wandered around Hogwarts Castle. There was no difference from Hogwarts Castle in later years, but every single figure in the Castle, in Aisen's view, was extremely unfamiliar.
However, just as Aisen was planning to leave Hogwartsand travel around the world to experience the scenery of 1900, he suddenly thought of the Library of Hogwarts at this time and place.
That's right, Aisen had been researching the mystery of horcruxes before, but had always been unable to start. After all, the book "Secrets of the Most Advanced Black magic" in the Hogwarts Library was hidden by Dumbledore in his office.
However, Aisen is currently in 1900. At this time node, if there are no surprises, "Secrets of the Most Advanced Black magic" should be in the Forbidden Section.
Thinking this, Aisen, who had transformed into light, directly passed through the corridor and entered the Library. Then, as expected, he found the book "Secrets of the Most Advanced Black magic" in the Forbidden Section.
The moment he restored his form, Aisen had already cast the Disillusionment Charm, Concealment Charm, and other spells on himself. After opening the book "Secrets of the Most Advanced Black magic", Aisen didn't look at it carefully.
Aisen first opened up a palace the size of a football field in the Dream World, and then arranged a large number of bookshelves within it.
Subsequently, Aisen roughly scanned the contents of the book and imprinted all the knowledge within it into the Dream World, turning it into a book and placing it on a bookshelf at the edge near the palace entrance.
After completing all these actions, Aisen quickly put the book "Secrets of the Most Advanced Black magic" back in its original place. After that, Aisen didn't delay, cast spells to erase his traces, and instantly transformed into light and left Hogwarts.
In the following few days, Aisen did not show himself in front of the world. Instead, he hid his figure and observed this era in various parts of the world.
On the one hand, Aisen was also worried that contact with some people would directly change history. After all, Aisen couldn't be sure whether changing someone's life experience would affect his own experience before becoming a Witch.
On the other hand, since Aisen intended to conduct an experiment in this era, there was no need to create new problems.
After traveling around the world for a few days in hiding, Aisen's deep interest in Time Traveling back to the past suddenly waned.
How to put it?
Simply because this era was a bit too backward for Aisen.
Although Aisen had always felt that the Wizarding World was still in the steam age after entering it, it still had some shadow of modern society to some extent. After all, the Wizarding World was not completely severed from the Muggle World.
But this era was different. When walking on the streets, one couldn't see many tall buildings, prosperous streets, clean roads, etc. Everything, in Aisen's view, could only be described with two words: "backward".
This sense of temporal disparity was too strong for Aisen. If it were just this, Aisen might gradually integrate into this era and smooth out this disparity if he could live in it.
But precisely, Aisen couldn't integrate into this era. Because integrating into this era meant changing history. This was clearly unacceptable to Aisen.
Chapter 187: Returning Ten Thousand Years Ago?
After the thought crossed his mind, Aisen was momentarily speechless.
With his memories from his previous life, Aisen knew that many people often longed to travel to another world, or be reborn decades ago, or return to a certain era in the past, and so on.
Among these, the idea of returning to a certain era in the past to conquer the world was a very popular one.
For example, returning to the Three Kingdoms period, returning to the Sui and Tang dynasties, etc. Whether one would conquer the world or not is beside the point; at the very least, firing glass and making soap were the most popular ways to get rich.
But all of this was useless to Aisen. Because returning to the past in this world was not a one-way ticket for Aisen. So, if he did anything out of the ordinary, it would be quite absurd if the future were directly changed and affected him.
Thinking this way, Aisen suddenly realized that his integration with the legendary Time Travel Trait was simply a tasteless thing, wasn't it?
Regarding returning to the past, Aisen could indeed use the extra time to practice Charms or study other subjects, and that was true.
But as luck would have it, Aisen had created an unprecedented Charm—the Dream God Spell. He had also used it to create a portable Dream World. Even more coincidentally, Aisen could control the flow of time within the Dream World at will.
In this case, if Aisen wanted to practice Charms or study other subjects, wouldn't he have as much time as he wanted? This suddenly made the method of returning to the past to utilize extra time quite tasteless!
So, what else was the point of returning to the past?
Unfortunately, Aisen was not an archaeology expert from the Muggle World, so he didn't particularly want to investigate some historical unsolved mysteries. However, secretly probing the methods of creating certain magical items was still very useful.
For example, Nicolas Flamel lived for such a long time because he successfully created the Philosopher's Stone. If Aisen could return to the time node when Nicolas Flamel created the Philosopher's Stone, it would mean he could obtain the manufacturing process for the Philosopher's Stone.
Thinking this way, Aisen felt that the Time Travel Trait he possessed was still somewhat useful.
As for learning the signature skills of some ancient figure, Aisen said he didn't need to. Because with his cheat, Aisen's strength would always continue to improve over time.
However—
Speaking of his cheat, Aisen suddenly had a flash of inspiration and discovered something.
Because he suddenly thought that using the Time TravelTrait to return to the past, with the large amount of extra time available, there was one aspect of its use that was extremely exaggerated.
Previously, his mind was solely focused on increasing his time by entering the Dream World and adjusting the time flow. However, the Dream World was illusory and could not directly increase Aisen's strength.
For example, one major function of Aisen's cheat was that he could gain 10 points of Magic every day. Even if Aisenstayed in the Dream World for months or years, the reality would remain the same.
However, Aisen suddenly thought, if he directly returned ten thousand years ago and didn't actively return to the present but lived from ten thousand years ago, wouldn't the Magic in his body, accumulated over ten thousand years, directly break through the sky?
By then, what Voldemort? He would be easily dealt with.
Of course, in addition to the increase in Magic within his body, there was also the annual Miracle Trait.
All along, Aisen had been speechless about the method of obtaining Miracle Traits. He could only automatically obtain one every year.
But if he directly returned ten thousand years ago and lived until the present society, then Aisen would definitely take off. By then, Storage Space Trait, Space Travel Trait, Flight Trait, etc. Aisen would fuse all the traits he could think of.
After fusing the traits that could be fused, he would repeatedly fuse the traits he had fused before. For example, for the Storage Space Trait, he would at least fuse a space large enough to hold the entire Earth.
For the Space Travel Trait, he would at least fuse the ability to travel freely to and from the Virgo Supercluster. For the Super Vision Trait, he would at least fuse a pair of eyes that could see through the entire universe.
By then, Aisen, with his own strength, could sweep across the entire universe without a problem.
...
Thinking of the possibility of reaching such a height, Aisen was directly shocked.
After the shock, Aisen began to doubt himself.
He clearly came to the Harry Potter world to be a passing Professor, so how did the style suddenly change and he became the Sorcerer Supreme of Hogwarts?
Sorcerer Supreme Aisen, it sounded good, but he always felt it was a bit ominous!
Shaking his head, letting his thoughts run wild, Aisenthought of another problem.
In reality, Aisen's idea of directly returning ten thousand years ago and living until the present society wasn't flawed. But there was one crucial issue, and that was he wasn't sure if he could endure the long years.
Ten thousand years. If Aisen lived alone, he would probably go mad from loneliness. Of course, it's also possible he wouldn't, because Aisen could play all sorts of games in the Dream World.
But no matter what, ten thousand years was too long. Especially for Aisen, who was only in his twenties now. Even adding his previous life, it was only a few decades. Compared to ten thousand years, it was practically negligible.
After pondering, Aisen realized that the problem before him was indeed not to be ignored.
However, after some thought, Aisen found two ways to solve this problem. One method was to use the Dream God Spell.
The core architecture of the Dream World created by the Dream God Spell was Aisen's own cognition and memory. If Aisen returned ten thousand years ago and wanted to live easily for ten thousand years without going mad from loneliness, he could directly modify and delete his memories.
Delete all the redundant, useless, and mentally affecting memories from the ten thousand years.
In this way, living for ten thousand years and maintaining the same state of mind as now should theoretically not be a problem.
But this method also created a problem. That was the issue of self-cognition deviation.
Besides memory, the core architecture of Aisen's Dream World also included his self-cognition. Once memories were deleted, Aisen couldn't be sure if his self-cognition would subtly change.
Therefore, directly tampering with his own memories, performing deletion and modification operations, didn't seem wise.
Since this method might have risks, the only other method Aisen could think of was hibernation.
This method was quite simple and crude: return to ten thousand years ago, then find a hidden place and directly hibernate.
Similar to animal hibernation, Aisen would directly hibernate for ten thousand years and then wake up.
If this method worked, it should have no impact on Aisenwhatsoever.
It would be like taking a nap; close your eyes and open them, and you've directly traveled from ten thousand years ago to present society.
Open the cheat's virtual character panel, and voila—setting aside how much Magic increased, ten thousand Miracle Traits are immediately obtained. Isn't this wonderful!
According to common sense, this method should definitely work. But the problem is, how to hibernate is something Aisen needs to think about again.
After all, Aisen wasn't a real animal that could hibernate for ten thousand years at once. As for freezing Aisendirectly, like Captain America hibernating, that certainly wouldn't work.
So, he still needs to create a Charm, a Charm that can make a person hibernate indefinitely?
For a moment, Aisen couldn't help but start scratching his head.
If he really had to create such a Charm, Aisen felt it was actually possible.
But the problem was, how should Aisen wake himself up?
Cast the Nameless Sleep Spell, and after he slept for ten thousand years, the Nameless Sleep Spell would automatically lift? A Charm's duration automatically timed across ten thousand years, Aisen felt it was a bit exaggerated.
Or, create a puppet and have it cast a spell to wake him up ten thousand years later? No matter how he thought about it, it felt unreliable.
However—
Aisen suddenly thought of his Dream World again.
Previously, Aisen always wanted to gain more time, so he sped up the time flow in the Dream World significantly. This way, one day in reality could be decades or even centuries in the Dream World.
But at this moment, Aisen suddenly thought, since the time flow in the Dream World is controlled by Aisen's will, can it be directly slowed down to a certain extent?
For example, spend one day in the Dream World, and after waking up, hundreds of years have passed in the outside world!
This seems feasible!
Chapter 188: The Backlash from Time (Please Subscribe!)
After figuring some things out, Aisen immediately grew excited.
Without bothering to sightsee, Aisen transformed into light and went directly to the Himalayas, entering a cave to begin trying his method.
He entered the Dream World, constructed an ancient wuxia world, and played in an immersive holographic manner for five minutes. Afterward, Aisen exited the Dream World and woke up.
At this point, Aisen found that two days had passed in the outside world.
Clearly, this meant his previous idea was absolutely feasible!
Immediately, Aisen couldn't help but feel delighted.
As soon as he realized his method was sound, Aisenbecame somewhat impatient. Anyway, he had already stayed in the 1900 era for five or six days, meeting the experimental duration requirement, so Aisen decided to return.
Transforming into light, Aisen roamed the wilderness, crossed grasslands, jungles, lakes, and so on, finally stopping in the Hogwarts Forbidden Forest.
After reverting to his physical form, Aisen was about to activate the time power within him to return, but a thought suddenly struck him, and he arrived at the entrance of Hogwarts Castle.
On the stone wall, mottled marks seemed to be remnants of history. But due to the protection of magic, wind and rain could not erode the bricks on it.
Approaching the stone wall near the gate, Aisen pulled out a card, imprinted an "∞" shaped magic mark on it. Then, he dug a hole directly at the base of the stone wall and buried the card inside.
Afterward, Aisen activated the time power within him, and with a flash, he vanished from the spot.
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December 26, 1993, outside Hogwarts Castle, deep within the Forbidden Forest, Aisen's figure appeared out of thin air.
After his vision adjusted, Aisen confirmed he was back here.
After scanning his surroundings, Aisen felt much more relaxed.
"It's good to be in my own era!" Aisen couldn't help but exclaim, the smile on his lips gradually widening.
However, before Aisen could make any other moves, he suddenly felt a backlash force appear out of thin air within him, seemingly trying to plunder his lifespan.
With a slight change in his expression, Aisen dared not delay. He mobilized the magic power within him, closed his eyes, and concentrated fully on resisting that backlash force.
Time flowed by second by second. From the outside, Aisen, with his eyes closed, seemed to be in a temporal maelstrom; sometimes, an aged aura appeared on him, wrinkles formed, and his black hair turned white, making him look utterly decrepit at first glance.
But immediately after, Aisen's skin became smooth again, his white hair turned black once more, and he reverted to his youthful appearance.
While resisting the backlash force within him, Aisen's surging magic power seemed to have a very limited effect. Fortunately, Aisen possessed the Immortality trait, so the vitality plundered by the backlash force had little impact on him.
Therefore, when Aisen's lifespan was plundered and he appeared aged, the Immortality trait would take effect, and he would return to his original state.
However, that backlash force also seemed to contain the properties of Time's Great Power, and besides plundering lifespan, it also had a destructive quality that caused Aisen's thoughts to become somewhat disoriented.
In Aisen's perception, it seemed as if time was rapidly flowing, with eons passing in an instant, and a thousand years in a single thought. This sense of disorientation floated on the conscious level, making him even somewhat bewildered.
At one moment, he felt time flowing extremely fast, and then he felt it flowing extremely slow.
Fortunately, Aisen also possessed the Time Travel trait within him, which gradually began to play a role in resisting this destructive power of Time, protecting Aisenby anchoring his consciousness to the real world's time amidst the confusion, preventing him from being harmed by time itself.
Outside, ten minutes later.
On the conscious level, Aisen had been battling that backlash force for an unknown duration, and finally, that power receded.
The backlash force within him gradually faded, and then completely disappeared. Afterward, Aisen, feeling no other unusual sensations on the conscious level, slowly opened his eyes.
He checked his internal condition, and the powers of the Immortality trait and the Time Travel trait had both become dormant again. Discovering that he was unharmed, Aisen finally let out a long sigh of relief.
Subsequently, a wry smile couldn't help but appear on Aisen's face, and faint cold sweat beaded on his forehead, as he felt lingering fear about his actions.
As for why a backlash force appeared upon returning to the present timeline, Aisen speculated it should be a form of damage to time reversal itself when going back to the past.
Aisen had known about some side effects of going back to the past before. Just like the Department of Mysterieshad experimented, a Witch who was trapped in the past for five days and returned to the present instantly aged five centuries.
This was something Aisen had anticipated.
Just like the backlash force earlier, which continuously plundered his vitality, with the Immortality trait, he should have easily overcome this tribulation.
However, what Aisen hadn't expected was that the backlash force also contained the destructive nature of Time's Great Power itself.
After careful thought, Aisen became somewhat enlightened.
It was still that Witch who was trapped in the past for five days; after returning to the present, besides her own aging by five centuries, Tuesday was greatly extended, while Thursday was greatly shortened.
From this perspective, the backlash force Aisen suffered earlier, the plundering of vitality and lifespan, should be a manifestation of normal time flow reflecting on his body.
As for the damage to the conscious level, which plunged him into a state of bewilderment, it should be the destruction of time itself.
Fortunately, Aisen possessed the Time Travel trait, which also carried the Great Power of Time, allowing him to anchor his consciousness to the present moment. So, after enduring this wave of backlash, Aisen's consciousness fully recovered.
Aisen guessed that, without any unexpected circumstances, this level of backlash would likely, like that Witch, directly cause damage to the time itself after Aisenreturned.
In other words, a certain day in the future would be extended several times, or a certain day would be shortened several times.
However, it might be because the power of Aisen's Immortality trait had subtly connected with the power of his Time Travel trait.
As a result, when time flow reflected on Aisen's body after his return to the present, the damage of time itself was also directly linked and rebounded onto Aisen, instead of spreading out.
Fortunately, Aisen, possessing both the Time Travel trait and the Immortality trait, directly endured it. If he hadn't endured it and had become lost, the damage to time itself would probably have spread out and affected the entire world.
Thoughts flashed through his mind, and Aisen still felt some lingering fear on his face.
His previous Time Travel with Hermione, and his first Time Travel experiment returning to 1990.
These two Time Travels, although one used a time-turnerand the other was his own Time Travel, he hadn't done anything out of line.
For example, using a time-turner without causing harm to the traveler or time itself, the maximum rewind time is about five hours.
Later, when Aisen actively performed Time Travel and returned to 1900, he became a bit unrestrained, staying in that era for more than five days.
Aisen deliberately stayed for a longer period, originally thinking that with his Immortality trait, he wouldn't fear the side effects of aging. He hadn't expected to almost overlook the harm to time itself.
Fortunately, the Time Travel trait integrated into Aisenallowed him to resist the backlash of time's own damage.
He glanced around. The Forbidden Forest was deep and hidden. With a thought, Aisen returned to Hogwarts Castle, to his own office.
Sitting in the chair behind his desk, Aisen slowly fell into contemplation.
Although this Time Travel experiment left Aisen feeling fearful afterward, a period of thought made him vaguely understand where the backlash force came from.
Since Aisen could endure the backlash force brought by staying in the past for a long time after traveling through time, and it wouldn't cause other effects on the present, should he continue to try?
After a long pause, Aisen still decided to continue his actions.
Leaving aside other things, just as he had thought before, using the method of returning to the past and then sleeping until the present to accumulate magic power and Miracle Trait was an idea that absolutely could not be missed.
For Aisen, this method could fully unleash the potential of his cheat. Therefore, no matter what, Aisen would not give up.
As for the intensity of the backlash brought by traveling through time to a more distant past, Aisen felt it was indeed a bit stressful.
But it wasn't that he couldn't endure it; rather, he felt that this trip to 1900 and the subsequent fight against the backlash upon returning to the present took ten minutes. If he went back to a more distant past, the backlash might take even longer to resist.
Moreover, Aisen wasn't sure to what extent the backlash intensity would increase if he went back to a time even earlier than 1900 and returned to the present.
If it increased exponentially, that would be fine, but if it increased exponentially, it would be extremely troublesome for Aisen.
Chapter 189: Has History Changed? (Seeking Subscription)
"Is there no way?" After pondering for a long while, Aisencouldn't help but mutter.
The previous experiment of staying in 1900 for several days made Aisen feel a little strange upon returning to the present, which made him more cautious.
After all, he wasn't sure if staying longer when going back before 1900 would cause the backlash upon returning to the present to skyrocket to a terrifying degree.
After all, the Time Travel Trait integrated into Aisen's body was just the Time Travel Trait. Although the trait's grade reached legendary, it wasn't the power of time itself.
Therefore, the Time Travel Trait granted Aisen the ability to anchor his consciousness to the present moment, preventing him from being constantly lost in the backlash of time itself, but the strength of the time power carried by the Time Travel Trait itself was insufficient to reduce the time Aisen was lost.
Only if Aisen mastered the power of time itself could he ignore the backlash of time. But could Aisen master time? At least, he currently saw not a shred of hope.
However—
Aisen seemed to have thought of something, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
He suddenly felt that since the strength of the time power carried by the Time Travel Trait integrated into his body was insufficient to resist a stronger time backlash, wouldn't continuing to integrate the Time Travel Trait work!
One must know that Aisen had conducted experiments, and his cheat could replicate the same extraordinary traits from similar magical items. Thus, if he replicated a few more copies of the Time Travel Trait and integrated them into his body, he should be able to achieve his goal.
However, as soon as he thought about his goal of using the time difference to accumulate magic and Miracle Traits, Aisen thought of another problem.
That was the difference between going back ten thousand years and going back a hundred years.
How to put it? If he went back ten thousand years and remained in a Nameless Sleep Spell until now, he could accumulate ten thousand years of magic and ten thousand Miracle Traits.
However, it seemed fine to go back a hundred years as well. Although going back a hundred years and remaining in a Nameless Sleep Spell until now would only accumulate a hundred years of magic and a hundred Miracle Traits.
But Aisen could repeatedly go back to the past. Simply put, Aisen could go back a hundred years, remain in a Nameless Sleep Spell until now, then return to a hundred years ago again, continue remaining in a Nameless Sleep Spell until now, and then return to a hundred years ago again.
If he kept nesting like this, he could also accumulate ten thousand years of magic and ten thousand Miracle Traits.
Good heavens, Aisen exclaimed good heavens!
As soon as he thought of infinite nesting, Aisen suddenly felt that other methods weren't appealing anymore.
Because theoretically, Aisen didn't need to go back many years; he only needed to go back within the safe time limit of the time-turner, which was five hours, and then use the ability of infinite nesting to accumulate ten thousand years of magic and ten thousand Miracle Traits.
Of course, theoretically, nesting like this was indeed possible. But the problem was, if he really did this, Aisenwould have to be prepared for millions or tens of millions of Time Travel journeys.
Obviously, this was an unacceptable consequence for Aisen. Because if it were truly like this, it would be no different from being a prisoner for a day for Aisen.
What's more, with millions or tens of millions of Time Travel journeys, Aisen could foresee a scene where suddenly millions or tens of millions of "himself" appeared at a certain moment.
The whole world filled with his own figures, Aisen simply couldn't imagine if such a magnificent scene would trigger a chain reaction and directly destroy the entire timeline?
Thinking of this, Aisen suddenly felt his scalp tingle. It seemed that using the five-hour safe time limit for nesting wasn't very appropriate.
So, what about going back to 1900 and living until now, using such a long time to nest and accumulate magic and Miracle Traits?
After pondering for a moment, Aisen felt that this method should be very appropriate. After all, Aisen could completely withstand the time backlash within a hundred years.
However, Aisen certainly wouldn't be willing to actually live in the past for several decades. Therefore, he still needed to develop a new Charm.
Aisen had tried entering the Dream World and could achieve a state where one minute in the Dream Worldequaled several days or even months in the real world.
But the problem was, while Aisen's consciousness could slow down to the extreme in the Dream World, his body in the outside world couldn't go without food and drink for decades. Therefore, even if he didn't need to create a Nameless Sleep Spell, he would have to create a Charmthat kept his body in its original state. At the very least, he would have to create a Charm that significantly reduced his body's metabolism.
This way, the means to quickly accumulate magic and Miracle Traits could be freely applied. By then, the day he was invincible in the world would be within reach.
After figuring this out, Aisen breathed a sigh of relief. For the time being, he just needed to proceed according to the plan.
In the following days, Aisen wandered around the Castleduring his leisure time. The rest of the time, he studied the Charms he had learned in the Dream World, hoping to select some that could help maintain his body's vitality.
But clearly, Aisen still had no clue about this.
However, after researching "Secrets of the Darkest Art", he made rapid progress in the area of horcruxes.
Every evening, Aisen would take Hermione to study and have fun in the Dream World, and their days were quite comfortable.
Time quickly came to January 1994.
At the beginning of the month, the students all returned to school. Suddenly, the entire Hogwarts Castle became lively again.
On the eve of the start of the term, Hermione told Aisenabout Harry and Ron returning to school.
There weren't many other changes, but there were two things worth discussing. One was that Harry had spent a pleasant Christmas holiday with Sirius Black and received a Christmas gift—the Firebolt.
As the most powerful broomstick of the current era, everyone was amazed when Harry brought the Fireboltto the Gryffindor Common Room.
Of course, since Sirius Black's reputation had been restored, Harry's bringing the Firebolt back to Hogwartsthis time was not subject to Professor McGonagall's scrutiny like in the original story, nor was it confiscated.
As for the other matter, Ron had a new pet, a small owl named Pigwidgeon. Since the rat Scabbers was Peter Pettigrew transformed, Ron had to get a new pet.
The next day, when the students started classes, Aisencame to the main entrance of Hogwarts when no one was around. Near the base of the stone wall, Aisen turned over the soil underneath.
Originally, Aisen thought he would just retrieve the playing card with the "∞" magic mark that he had buried underneath. But when Aisen dug it up, he was immediately shocked.
Because after digging up the soil, there was nothing underneath, completely empty. It was as if Aisen had never buried a playing card with a magic mark there.
"Could geological changes have caused soil movement?" Aisen's startled expression subsided, and he thought of this possibility.
However—
Aisen turned his head to look at the Castle stone wall behind him and immediately dismissed this idea. One must know that Hogwarts School was protected by magic. This protection method was not limited to the ground but also extended underground.
Therefore, soil movement underground near Hogwarts Castle was impossible.
As soon as he activated God's Perspective, his sight immediately spread out in all directions and extended underground, and as Aisen expected, he still didn't find the playing card.
"Or, was there large-scale excavation and repair around Hogwarts Castle?" Aisen murmured, then shook his head again, thinking it was also unlikely.
But Aisen burying the playing card was an extremely secretive matter, so how could it suddenly disappear? Could it be that over a hundred years, history had already changed without him realizing it?
Or was it a consequence of him staying in the past?
For a moment, Aisen's expression became uncertain.
After a moment, after restoring the pit under his feet to its original state, Aisen began pacing outside. As he paced, he pondered where the problem lay.
But regrettably, after thinking for a long time, Aisen still had no clue.
However, Aisen still made up his mind not to perform Time Travel for now. At the very least, he would wait a few months to see if anything strange happened in the Wizarding World before doing so.
After all, changing history was too serious for Aisen, and he couldn't afford not to be careful and cautious.
Coincidentally, during this time, he could properly research how to lower his body's metabolism, or completely stop it.
After figuring things out, Aisen slowly walked through the main entrance.
Chapter 190: Astronomy and Divination (Part 1)
During dinner that afternoon, Professor Aisen noticed the Little Wizards in the Great Hall were exceptionally high-spirited.
"Absolutely brilliant!!" a Gryffindor student said excitedly. "That's the first time I've had such an interesting class—"
"Exactly," his companion chimed in with a grin. "Hagridshould have gotten the Blast-Ended Skrewts out for us to enjoy ages ago."
"But it's a shame that those burning flames still need dried branches and leaves collected to keep the fire going—" His expression of regret seemed a bit exaggerated.
It was clear that the act of collecting dried branches reduced his opportunities to tease the Blast-Ended Skrewts, lessening his enjoyment.
As a Hogwarts student, he always thought magic could make those dried branches and leaves fly into the fire automatically.
"It's alright, at least we don't have to look after those Flobberworms anymore!" another Gryffindor girl said, looking relieved.
Hearing their conversation, Hermione, who was nearby, finally couldn't help but speak up, "Of course you don't need to look after those Flobberworms anymore, because Hagrid's Flobberworms are dead, they ate too much lettuce—"
Watching his companions' heated discussion, Ron, who was nearby, couldn't help but rub his nose and turn his head away, not wanting them to see his embarrassed expression.
There was nothing he could do; the reason Hagrid's Flobberworms died was because Ron had fed them too much lettuce.
The Little Wizards had already started eating around the dinner table. The main course on the table was exceptionally rich, with roasted potatoes, black pudding, sandwiches, turkey legs, bread, sausages, and more, whetting everyone's appetite.
"How was your Christmas holiday this year, Harry?" Hermione asked softly.
"It was wonderful, I think I'll live there from now on!" Harry said with a beaming smile.
"What about Sirius Black? Is he alright?" Ron asked, taking a bite of a turkey leg and turning to look at Harry.
"He's very well, but he's been busy preparing for his brother's funeral recently, and he doesn't want anyone else to interfere," Harry nodded and said softly.
"His brother, Regulus Black, right!" Ron said with an expression of awe. "He's really too cool, absolutely a lone hero—as a Death Eater, he tricked He Who Must Not Be Named, he absolutely deserves that honour."
"Yeah, he stole He Who Must Not Be Named's treasure and replaced it with a fake, then calmly faced death. I can't believe how much courage he had to make that decision back then!" Harry said with a strange expression.
For a moment, not only the Trio, but even Seamus, Dean, and others nearby showed expressions of reverence.
"I heard Harry got a gift, the latest flying broomstick—the Firebolt?" Professor Aisen, sitting nearby, saw this, his eyes flashed, and he spoke up, directly changing the subject.
"That's right, it was a Christmas gift from Sirius Black to Harry!" Speaking of flying broomsticks, Ron immediately became excited. "Professor Aisen, you don't know, the Firebolt is the most advanced flying broomstick in the Wizarding World. Harry riding it will definitely win the House Cup this year."
"When Sirius said he wanted to give it to me back then, I was really hesitant, it's too expensive, they say it cost over two thousand Galleons!" Harry said this, but the smile on his face couldn't be suppressed.
Professor Aisen glanced at Harry with a strange expression. Had the Savior learned to humblebrag?
But honestly, the Firebolt is extremely rare for anyone who likes Quidditch right now. It's like someone who likes sports cars facing the world's top sports cars like Lamborghini, Aston Martin, etc.; that kind of attraction is definitely not just talk.
"So, Harry should have no problem in the upcoming Quidditch matches then!" Seeing Harry's expression, Professor Aisen continued the topic.
"Yeah, Wood came to see me yesterday and told me he already knew about me having the Firebolt," Harrynodded, his face still beaming with joy. "You didn't see—he was so excited back then. It was like we had already won the House Cup!"
"Actually, it's pretty much the same!" Ron took a sip of pumpkin juice and said impatiently, "With a Firebolt, the Gryffindor team's strength will increase a lot, and we'll definitely beat Ravenclaw and Slytherin!"
"Do you think Draco Malfoy will ask his dad to buy a Firebolt for every player on the Slytherin team?" Looking at the high-spirited Harry and Ron, Professor Aisen said casually.
"That's impossible—" Ron's face froze, and then he retorted loudly, "The Firebolt is so expensive—no matter how rich the Malfoy family is, they can't buy a Firebolt for everyone. If they did, their family would surely go bankrupt."
After a slight nod, Professor Aisen said no more.
To be honest, the price of the Firebolt was indeed exaggerated.
You know, the prize money for the Triwizard Tournamentwas only one thousand Galleons. But that one thousand Galleons was enough for the Weasley Twins to open a shop. Yet the Firebolt costs over two thousand galleons; one Firebolt is worth two shops, it's practically robbery.
However, Professor Aisen wasn't particularly interested in flying broomsticks and Quidditch matches, so he didn't dwell on it.
After eating, Professor Aisen and the Trio came out of the Great Hall and walked to a courtyard.
Beside the winding path, clumps of plants grew exceptionally thick. Brushing aside the red berries in the bushes, one could see mistletoe dotted within.
"Fortunately, Sirius's name has been cleared!" Ronsuddenly brought this up again. "Otherwise, if he gave Harry the Firebolt as a gift, it would probably have been confiscated by the school for inspection."
"A Firebolt, and they'd inspect it? What would they do?" Harry looked at Ron in surprise.
"I don't know, maybe they'd just take the Firebolt apart to check!" Ron shrugged.
"Take it apart? That's a Firebolt—" Harry's expression suddenly changed.
"Exactly, if Sirius hadn't been cleared, everyone would have thought he broke out of prison just for you, Harry. In that case, the Firebolt you received would have been considered a dangerous object by the Professors. The result—" Professor Aisen stopped halfway through, but the Trio understood what Professor Aisen meant.
"Yes, Harry, think about it. When you wanted to go to Hogsmeade on Halloween, you wanted Professor McGonagall to approve you, but she didn't agree—" Ron's face showed agreement. "With her strict nature, she would definitely take apart a Firebolt of unknown origin, treating it as a dangerous item."
"But now everyone knows Sirius is innocent, so—" Harry's face showed relief.
"So, Harry, you're going to show off your power in the upcoming Quidditch matches," Professor Aisen picked up the conversation and smiled at Harry.
Hearing Professor Aisen's words, the smiles on Ron and Harry's faces grew wider.
"Luna, what are you doing there?" Hermione suddenly looked at the other side of the garden.
Professor Aisen turned his head to look and saw a little girl with dark golden-brown hair standing on the other side of the garden. She held a box in one hand and a wreath woven from mistletoe in the other.
Luna Lovegood is currently a second-year student at Hogwarts. Because she often talks about things like Crumple-Horned Snorkacks and Blibbering Humdingers, which others believe don't exist, she is considered a bit eccentric.
Today, Luna wasn't wearing her Spectrespecs, so her somewhat bulging eyes gave an impression of surprise.
Perhaps her whereabouts were revealed by Hermionecalling out, as Luna's gaze towards them held a hint of evasiveness. Then, she tossed the mistletoe wreath aside and waved in a singing tone, "Hello, Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Professor Aisen—it's lovely to see you!"
Her posture was as if she had just suddenly noticed Professor Aisen and the others walking towards the garden.
"What are you doing here?" Harry said, suddenly looking curious.
"I'm waiting for Ginny, we agreed to have a picnic together, would you like to join us?" Luna said, holding the box and gently swaying it, her dark golden-brown hair also swaying back and forth.
However, her gaze occasionally fell on Professor Aisen, as if she was worried about something.
"Ginny?" Ron looked suspicious. "You're going on a picnic?"
"Luna!"
Ginny ran over from the other side. She called out to Lunabreathlessly, giving the impression she was almost out of air.
Chapter 191: Stargazing Divination (Part 2)
"Sorry, I'm late, Fred and George kept bothering me. Let's go quickly, don't let anyone know we're going to the Forbidden Forest to visit the centaurs—oh—ProfessorAisen?" Halfway through her sentence, Ginny saw Aisenstanding in the distance and was instantly dumbfounded.
You see, the Forbidden Forest area of Hogwarts School is forbidden to students. As a result, Ginny talked about going into the Forbidden Forest right in front of Aisen.
Ginny, who had just reacted, didn't care that Harry and the others were nearby. Her face immediately turned red, and she lowered her head and shrank behind Luna.
Looking at Luna next to Ginny, who also looked a little embarrassed, Aisen immediately understood what the worried look she had shown when she looked at him just now meant.
"Hmm—, the Forbidden Forest is a very dangerous place!" Aisen didn't hesitate and spoke directly, "For your safety, I think it's necessary for me to go on a 'picnic' with you!"
Saying this, Aisen also gave Luna a meaningful look.
In fact, as a Professor at Hogwarts, although only an Astronomy Professor, Aisen also had the right and obligation to prohibit students from entering the Forbidden Forest.
However, Aisen was confident that he had enough strength to protect them. Therefore, going into the Forbidden Forest together was not a big deal.
Seeing Professor Aisen's attitude, Luna's face was full of smiles. She bent down, picked up the mistletoe wreath on the ground, put it on her head, and hummed softly.
Afterwards, the group walked towards Hagrid's Hut.
Today's Care of Magical Creatures Class was good, and the Trio planned to tell Hagrid everyone's praise for him and also see Buckbeak.
Harry said, "So, you mean you're going to visit a Centaurfor a picnic? Coincidentally, we're going to see Buckbeak, maybe they'll become friends—"
At this point, Harry seemed to feel that something was not right. It seemed that hippogriffs and Centaurs were indeed similar in shape, but they were completely different species.
You know, Centaurs are not much less intelligent than humans, while hippogriffs are just beasts. Comparing them like this and saying they will become friends is not an insult to Centaurs!
For a moment, Harry became stuttering, "I—I didn't mean that, I meant—meant—relationship, yes, their relationship can be like friends!"
Luna's cheerful tone did not change at all: "It's okay, Harry, Firenze is very friendly, he won't mind what you said!"
"Firenze?" Harry was stunned for a moment, then said in surprise, "I know him, Firenze, in my first year, I met a Dark Wizard who was hunting Unicorns, he worked for He Who Must Not Be Named, and it was he who helped me escape from there at that time!"
"It was Firenze the Centaur who saved you from Quirrelland brought you to Hagrid?" Hermione looked at Harry, a look of sudden understanding on her face.
Afterwards, Harry had told her and Ron about this, and she didn't expect that the Centaur Luna and Ginny were going to visit was Firenze, who had saved Harry.
"That's right, he looks very young, with blue eyes and platinum blonde hair, and his body is silver, looking very strong." Harry nodded.
When the group arrived at Hagrid's Hut, Hagrid was weeding in the pumpkin patch. Looking at the burly Hagrid holding a Witch and gesturing in the field, Aisenfelt a little unbearable to watch.
"Hagrid!" Aisen greeted him.
Hagrid turned around and looked over: "Professor Aisen, and Harry, Ron, Hermione! Oh! And two Little Wizards, one is from the Weasley family, Ginny Weasley! What's the other one called?"
"Luna, Luna Lovegood." Luna shook her head, her voice extremely sweet.
Speaking of which, Luna's normal speaking voice is very different from others, as if she is singing, and also as if she is afraid of waking someone up in a dream, it sounds very comfortable.
"Hagrid, how is Buckbeak?" Harry got straight to the point. He looked at Buckbeak tied up in the distance, a look of worry on his face.
Buckbeak was tied behind a tree on one side of the pumpkin patch. His head was turning around, and he was also extending his claws and scratching the ground.
"Not bad, it's just the hearing on April 20th—" Hagridscratched his head, said in a low voice, and then looked at Aisen.
"Don't worry, I said I would find a way to make Buckbeakokay!" Aisen's confident answer made Hagrid heave a sigh of relief.
However, when Hagrid heard that Harry and the others were going to the Forbidden Forest to visit the Centaurs, his eyes widened again. If Aisen hadn't repeatedly assured him that he would ensure their safety, Hagridwould probably have roared.
"Okay, if Professor Aisen weren't going with you, I would never agree to you going to the Forbidden Forest, it's too dangerous!" Hagrid grumbled, but finally agreed to take them to see Firenze the Centaur.
After meeting Firenze the Centaur, the Little Wizardsgreeted him warmly, and Luna directly took the mistletoe woven wreath from her head and placed it on Firenze's head.
Then, she took out food from a box and shared it with everyone.
After all this, it really had the taste of a picnic.
Seeing Firenze the Centaur again, Harry sincerely expressed his gratitude for saving his life. However, Harrywas always confused by the astrological knowledge that Firenze spoke of.
On the other hand, Hermione and Luna listened to Firenze with great interest.
"The recent halo from Mars is a little unusual, it looks very strange, and it seems to signify something to us!" Firenzesaid what Centaurs could see.
Then, he also suggested that everyone do a fire and smoke divination by burning sage and hollyhock.
Unexpectedly, Luna carried these things with her. So, under Aisen's interested gaze, Luna, Hermione, Harry, Ron, and Ginny all did the same.
Then, smoke filled the air and, blown by the wind, drifted into the nostrils of Aisen and the others.
Hagrid stood a little further away, but he was still sneezing constantly.
Firenze seemed to completely ignore the smoke, lying on the ground and observing the traces left after the sage and hollyhock burned, seemingly looking for certain patterns and shapes that could predict the future.
"It looks like a pair of eagle wings." Ron said after a brief glance, giving his answer.
"I think it looks more like a cloud." Ginny looked around and stated her opinion.
Aisen stood quietly to the side and didn't speak. Because honestly, as for the patterns and shapes of the burned traces, in Aisen's opinion, they were completely untraceable.
Or rather, in the eyes of Centaurs, they can indeed see certain things that humans cannot.
How to say it, just like Professor Trelawney said, if you don't have the "sight," you can't "see the future through the mist."
After raising his head, Firenze's face showed a look of confusion. He glanced at Harry and then placed his gaze on Luna: "You are the most spiritual human I have ever seen, can you tell me what you saw?"
"I saw a grand party, and everyone was cheering and celebrating." Luna pulled up a blade of grass from the ground and said cheerfully. It seemed as if she said it casually, looking very indifferent.
Firenze shook his head and said, "Mars governs war. In the past decade, various signs have shown that people in the Wizarding World are only experiencing a brief peace between two great wars. However, there have been new changes recently. The brightness of Mars has suddenly weakened, indicating that the scale of the war may be rapidly decreasing—"
Is the war going to be eliminated? Hearing Firenze's prophecy, Aisen fell into deep thought.
If there were no accidents, the Centaur's prophecy should be accurate. Because the two great wars are the First Wizarding War and the Second Wizarding War.
But the scale of the war is rapidly decreasing, could it be the changes he made?
Aisen thought of Peter Pettigrew being imprisoned in Azkaban because of him, of Dumbledore declaring that Voldemort had been completely killed because of his suggestion, and of Dumbledore collecting four horcruxes in advance.
Looking at it this way, he has indeed caused enough trouble for Voldemort.
So, is this really the reason? Or is it that the change in Firenze's prophecy is actually related to the changes caused by Aisen going back in time? Has history been changed?
Chapter 192: Daily Life
After reining in his thoughts, Aisen looked around and saw that the Trio, Luna, and Ginny all had bewildered expressions.
It seemed that the content of Firenze the Centaur's prophecy was quite vague and ethereal for everyone.
After moving past this heavy topic, the picnic atmosphere deep in the Forbidden Forest became cheerful again.
Afterward, Aisen, Harry, and the others returned to Hogwarts Castle.
Aisen went back to his office, while the Trio returned to the Gryffindor Common Room.
Over the next few days, the Hogwarts curriculum progressed as usual.
A week after the start of the term, Ravenclaw and Slytherin had a Quidditch match.
Due to the Slytherin Quidditch team's advantage with their broomsticks, Ravenclaw ultimately lost.
Although the losing margin was not large, they did indeed lose.
However, this was good news for Gryffindor.
Because Gryffindor had a higher chance of winning against Ravenclaw, if they did win, they could rank second.
For this, Oliver Wood, the captain of the GryffindorQuidditch team, specifically increased training sessions to five times a week.
This was very difficult for Harry, as he only had one evening to do his homework.
However, fortunately, Aisen's dueling group's practical training could take place in the Dream World, which made Harry less pressed for time.
Compared to Harry, Hermione had been doing very well these past few days.
Although Hermione had chosen too many classes, with Aisen's help, she seemed exceptionally energetic all day long.
At this rate, Aisen suspected that Hermione wouldn't even think about returning the time-turner at the end of this school year.
Time flew by, and January quickly passed, but the cold weather didn't change much.
Although the match against Ravenclaw was getting closer, Harry and Ron's spirits had been quite low recently.
On the last Saturday before February, while training the Trio in the Dream World at night, Harry and Ron talked about depressing things.
"I can't believe it, is Snape crazy!" Ron recounted his and Harry's experience indignantly after the training: "He kept making us write about the methods of treating Werewolfbites, and which Potions to use against Werewolves…"
"He also assigned a lot of Werewolf-related homework, the essays had to be several feet long." Harry's face was a bit drawn, "I even saw what Snape said in Lockhart's 'Weekends with Werewolves'—"
"It's not bad, I think Professor Snape's lectures are very useful!" Hermione, the top student, said.
"Hermione, we're not saying his lectures are useless, but that he's repeated a lot of things." Ron was very annoyed, "We know how to identify Werewolves, we know that if you're bitten by a Werewolf you'll become a Werewolf, he doesn't need to keep emphasizing it—"
"Alright, Snape is just worried, there's no need to dwell on this, just finish your homework." Aisen pondered for a moment, then comforted the two.
Aisen didn't take what the two said to heart.
After all, as the Potion Professor, it was no big deal for Snape to teach some content about dealing with Werewolves.
Furthermore, Hermione thought Snape's teaching methods were fine, so what reason did Aisen have to question him?
After the practical training ended, Harry and Ron returned to the Gryffindor Common Room, while Hermionefollowed Aisen to his office.
Clearly, Hermione seemed to have something to say to him.
Sitting in the chair behind the desk, Aisen gestured to Hermione: "Have a seat, Hermione, is there something you want to say?"
"Yes, Professor Aisen!" Hermione nodded, crossing her hands on her lap, seeming a little uneasy.
"Don't worry, I can help you with any problem!" Aisengently comforted her, and a light flashed from his fingertip, landing on Hermione's head.
Hermione's unease was immediately dispelled.
After a slight hesitation, she pulled out the time-turnerfrom her clothes and looked at Aisen: "Professor, do you think I should return it to Professor McGonagall?"
"What? Are you planning to drop a few electives?" Aisenpaused, then said.
Logically, with him giving Hermione an advantage, with the bracelet and time buffs and so on, she shouldn't have too much pressure, so why would she suddenly think about returning the time-turner?
"Of course not, I just feel—" Hermione looked a little sad, "I promised Professor McGonagall not to use it for anything other than studying, she trusts me so much, but I—"
"Hmm—, using it for homework is indeed a bit inappropriate!" Aisen pondered, then his tone became a little more serious, "However, that can't be considered outside of studying, can it?"
"But that's cheating, isn't it." Hermione looked conflicted, "If I keep using it like that, isn't it very unfair to others?"
Hearing this, Aisen almost rolled his eyes.
Using the time-turner to gain more time for homework wasn't that big of a deal.
Speaking of cheating, his use of the Dream World to give her an advantage was the biggest form of cheating.
If she thought that way, she was overthinking it.
"Actually, you haven't done anything wrong, because there is no such thing as fairness or unfairness in the world." Aisen said slowly, "However, frequently using the time-turner for homework is indeed a bit inappropriate."
"Professor, do you think so?" Hermione stared at Aisenwith wide eyes.
"Although reversing time with the time-turner is very safe within five hours, it should still be used with extreme caution.
So, even if you don't feel overwhelmed by your coursework now, I still recommend you drop two electives.
This way, you can at least get a normal class schedule." Aisen leaned his hands on the desk, nodding slightly to Hermione.
Hermione bit her lip, her expression a little conflicted.
But in the end, she didn't intend to give up easily: "I'll think about it carefully!"
"Alright, it's nothing big, go back and get some good rest!" Aisen said, then saw Hermione out of his office.
As for whether Hermione continued to take all her electives or chose to drop two, Aisen could understand either choice.
After all, as a top student, Hermione was indeed quite competitive.
But at the same time, for Hermione, she really disliked Divination Class and Muggle Studies Class.
Thinking this way, it was understandable that Hermionewould drop two classes at the end of the school year.
Coming out of the office, Aisen flashed and had already arrived at the top of the Astronomy Tower, the highest point of Hogwarts.
Outside, it was already dark, with only scattered starlight falling, adding a lot of mystery to the entire Castle.
Although there were still some Young Wizards in the Castle who hadn't gone to sleep, it was already much quieter than during the day.
Although it was already February, the chill still permeated around Hogwarts Castle.
But all of this was not a big problem for Aisen.
Aisen was still hesitating while considering the method he had previously successfully mastered of solidifying magic effects onto the body.
If he disregarded other consequences, Aisen could indeed integrate some powerful magic into his body through a runic method, thereby greatly increasing his strength.
In fact, there would be no problem with his strength increasing to that of a small Superman.
But the problem was, Aisen felt that although this method seemed very complete, it was not yet deep enough.
Therefore, for the next period, Aisen planned to continue his research and find a way to perfect it completely.
Watching Hogwarts gradually quiet down, Aisen's gaze swept across the entire Castle, seeing Dumbledore in the Principal's office.
For Dumbledore, the most important thing was to get all of Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes.
He wondered if Dumbledore had found the whereabouts of hufflepuff's golden cup.
With a flash of his figure, Aisen appeared in the second-floor corridor and slowly walked towards his office.