I stared at the system's message, heart racing faster than the wings of a Thunderbird in flight.
All four Founder relics… finally in my grasp.
The sword's weight in my hands felt heavier than steel—not because of its material, but because of the responsibility and potential it carried.
Gryffindor's fire surged faintly in my veins, and with it, a talent for transfiguration that let me manipulate matter almost instinctively.
The system's final reward blinked at me, stark and impossible:
One-Time Temporal Manipulation.
I could travel to the past. To Hogwarts during the Founders' time.
I exhaled slowly, imagining it.
Years of study. Untouched by time. Learning from the greatest minds magic had ever known.
The system clarified: I would not age while in the past. But the present would continue ticking forward. The longer I stayed, the more reality would progress—yet I would return as I left: untouched, unscarred by time.
The implications were staggering.
I could refine my alchemy with Flamel. Learn dueling, strategy, and magic directly from the founders themselves. Study their magic before it was diluted by centuries of tradition. Witness Salazar, Helga, Rowena, and Godric as they shaped Hogwarts, shaped the wizarding world… and maybe learn secrets they didn't leave behind in texts.
I looked at the four relics now resting in my hands.
Salazar's Locket—mind and water magic.Hufflepuff's Cup—charms and earth magic.Ravenclaw's Diadem—air magic and spell creation.Gryffindor's Sword—fire magic and transfiguration.
Each one already made me something more than human. A prodigy among prodigies.
And now, with temporal manipulation, I could leap into the most perfect classroom imaginable: the Founders themselves.
I imagined my arrival in the past. The founders, still young, still full of idealism. The chance to train, learn, and influence in ways no one else could.
Every spell they cast, every idea they conceived—it would be mine to study, to absorb, to perfect.
And I would return… not just powerful, but omnisciently prepared. Every battle, every duel, every political move… anticipated, understood, mastered.
I made my decision immediately.
The globe-trotting magic plan, the wandering lessons with the world's greatest… it all paled compared to this.
I would go back.I would train under the founders.And I would return ready to forge the Golden Age of magic the world had never seen.
The countdown in my mind began. Soon, I would step into history itself.
The Founders' Era awaited.