At any moment, once a person's normal thoughts are expressed, they immediately undergo drastic changes due to language and semantics. Once interpreted by others, even more ambiguities inevitably arise.
History can never be narrated by all parties involved, nor can it truly be told by them. Therefore, history can only be compiled by outsiders—based on conjecture, selective perspectives, and personal interests.
This reality makes historical interpretation extraordinarily difficult and highly prone to distortion. Yet as long as there are enough samples, there will always be something to gain. Major historical events, differing viewpoints, and even completely opposing interpretations all carry vastly different meanings.
When there are disputes over major historical events, it means there was no single, absolute victor. Multiple interests and multiple interpretations naturally lead to disagreement, making a unified conclusion impossible.
A decisive historical narrative can only exist when it represents the overwhelming victory of a dominant power in the writing of history.
The powerful nations that appear convincing in history books may not have truly existed, but in that era, there must have been a powerful ruler capable of controlling historical records. Because of this, when writing about insignificant events—or even travel journals—authors could write freely, allowing their personal preferences to shape the narrative.
In ancient fantasy histories such as Gulliver's Travels, many of the magical practices described are entirely different from modern magic. They resemble mages chanting spells and providing long-term guidance in exchange for immense destructive power.
Although the theory of "ancient magic" is far less convenient than modern magic, its destructive potential cannot be underestimated. George had no idea why he had never heard of it before.
George's family had always been in the book trade, yet throughout his childhood, he had never found any record of "ancient magic" in their collection. Perhaps only Watts's writings or certain ancient family genealogies contained such information.
Although the reason remained unclear, there were undoubtedly countless secrets hidden behind this gap. George suddenly thought of "ancient magic." Voldemort might have some connection to it.
With that thought, George looked toward Hermione. She was currently flipping through a foundational text on ancient magical tomes.
This was a course George himself had recommended. Ancient magical texts were an extremely difficult field of study, involving vast and complex textual memorization as well as intricate semantic interpretation. Even for George, this was a formidable challenge. However, ancient magical tomes encompassed the fundamental structure of magic itself—representing the most mature and promising direction for magical development.
Texts imbued with their own magical power could break free from the limitations of wands and raw magical energy. They were the core of magical popularization and magical transformation. Precisely because of this, ancient magical texts were the most difficult discipline of all.
After some thought, George chose encouragement over struggling through it himself.
Shamelessly, he dumped this enormous burden onto Hermione.
Fortunately, Hermione was resilient—and more importantly, determined to defeat George. Faced with obscure and incomprehensible magical texts, she never felt bored for a moment.
Though George felt slightly guilty, that ancient tome truly suited Hermione's talents. Her astonishing memory and comprehension made learning from it far easier. If it had been George instead, dealing with that book would not have been so simple.
"Hermione's future shouldn't be that of a lawyer."
With that thought, George no longer felt embarrassed. He didn't want Hermione to end up as a Ministry lawyer in a place with only three thousand people. That would be such a waste.
After all, George was mentally an adult. While he could accept many phenomena in the magical world, he found it difficult to agree with its values.
Just as Voldemort's attacks plunged the entire magical world into chaos, the world's technological progress seemed to have stagnated entirely. Wizards who mastered shortcuts and "black-box magic" lagged far behind ordinary people in terms of scientific advancement.
Under such circumstances, George found it hard to accept that a wizard would become a lawyer or a civil servant. Lawyers were not bad people. In many countries, lawyers enjoyed high incomes and social status. But in the non-magical world, being a lawyer—regardless of income—made far more sense.
What was truly strange was that a student could spend seven years studying magic, only to become a Ministry lawyer—especially when the magical world barely needed lawyers at all.
After all, criminals were almost impossible to capture. Take Voldemort as an example: the magical world possessed countless forms of "cheat-level" abilities. If crime truly needed to be eradicated, there were far too many methods. In trials, the power of magic and technology far exceeded anything a lawyer could contend with.
Even in George's previous life, lawyers were never the most benevolent or essential group in society. More often than not, their role was simply to circumvent public rights and prevent official oppression of the people.
Criminal cases in the real world had always relied on evidence. Meanwhile, George had countless ways to make money in this life. Upholding justice and reducing crime had nothing to do with lawyers. In this world, George could not tolerate a genius—especially one who happened to be his friend—ending up as a lawyer with little real value.
"Archmage Hermione Granger—the choice is yours."
With that thought, George finally felt at ease, quietly deciding Hermione's future research path.
At that moment, Hermione Granger was completely absorbed in the thick ancient magical tome. She had no idea that, unknowingly, due to her overwhelming talent and a moment of impulsive competition, her fate had already begun to shift.
She drifted far away from rare yet rigid occupations for an entire year, away from the comfortable and pleasant career of a Ministry lawyer, away from her hometown—plunging instead into endless, shadowed research on magical tomes, becoming a crucial pivot in changing the world.
George did not know whether, when she eventually learned of this enormous change, she would smile—or curse him angrily.
It was Thursday. The sky was clear, and a gentle breeze drifted through the air.
At lunchtime, in the grand hall of Watts, students sat in small groups, chatting as they ate. George sat with Harry, Ron, and Hermione, talking as they enjoyed their meal.
"If someone had told me before that I'd end up hating someone more than Dudley, I would never have believed it—but now I do."
Draco Malfoy had earned the honor of ranking first on Harry Potter's list of most-hated individuals. Harry's hatred for Malfoy was even stronger than the hatred Dudley had shown him over eleven long years.
George knew Harry felt this way simply because Dudley wasn't around at school. The most annoying thing about enemies was that they always seemed to follow you everywhere.
And Harry was only eleven. Hating Dudley for eleven years had not been easy. But as a friend, the most important thing was to understand that life was hard—and not to break under it.
At times like this, a smile was enough.
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