Hogwarts: Wizards of Eternity

Merlin, whether in this world or in Roger's previous life, was a world-renowned wizard.

Countless Western mages' images have been influenced by him.

Pointed hat, long beard, staff... — —

According to what Roger learned in his Hogwarts History of Magic textbook, Merlin's legend began during the reign of King Arthur in the sixth century AD.

But Slytherin House has always claimed that "Merlin was their alumnus." As everyone knows, Hogwarts was not founded until the tenth century AD, nearly four hundred years apart.

There are two possibilities here: either Slytherin House is boasting to save face, or Merlin has also set foot in the realm of longevity!

From Roger's subjective point of view, the latter possibility is obviously higher.

On the one hand, Merlin is a wizard with magical creature blood, a 'half-human, half-demon,' and also the most prominent leader of the Muggle-friendly faction among the world's wizards.

The Order of Merlin was initially an official supervisory organization loyal to the British royal family, suppressing wizards and preventing them from acting lawlessly, a violent agency.

This conflicts with Slytherin's advocacy of pure-blood, wizard supremacy, and other ideas.

Therefore, even if Slytherin House wanted to play a trick similar to the Tang Dynasty royal family finding a Taoist ancestor to enhance their reputation, they generally wouldn't choose Merlin.

On the other hand, there's the evidence brought about by what Roger encountered when trying to trace Merlin's history and gain some benefits from him!

"The Crisis Anticipation ability saved me again." Roger couldn't help but sigh, the magical development in this world is truly full of crises.

If it weren't for his ability to anticipate crises, he would have died countless times already.

The Time Phantom Shuttle Charm can lock onto a space, trace time, and project past scenes into the present, seemingly without affecting historical time and space.

But in reality, it does have an impact.

When Roger mobilizes past images, it generates fluctuations in time magic, but no abnormalities have occurred before.

This is because the fluctuations are fleeting, and people who don't understand time magic won't even realize what happened.

Even among those who understand time magic, how many would experience a great change in their lives due to this tiny fluctuation, leading to a major change in historical time and space and causing the collapse of the present time and space?

This is almost impossible.

But this almost impossible thing has become inevitable in Merlin's case!

Roger doesn't know if Merlin is still alive now, but Merlin back then was probably already powerful to an incredible extent.

If we use a 'magnetic field lunatic' approach, his magnetic field strength might not be strong, but his realm is definitely ridiculously high.

In technological terms, it's like a group of primitive people sharing nuclear fusion technology with you.

Roger can sense with his Crisis Anticipation ability that if he uses the Time Phantom Shuttle Charm to trace the past, then Merlin might be able to glimpse a corner of the future along his momentary spellcasting traces.

The same information has different values in different people's hands.

For example, the American financial magnate George Soros will short the British pound next month this year.

This move led to the collapse of the pound, completely withdrawing from the European exchange rate system, and had a certain impact on the overall trend of the United Kingdom later on.

Soros himself also reaped 1.1 billion US dollars in a short period during this process.

If an ordinary person knew about this, they would at most eat a few scraps behind this financial magnate in 1992.

But if someone with enough power knew about this in advance and was 100% certain of the accuracy of the information, then... the world line of Earth might undergo some subtle shifts!

And this is the same in Merlin's case.

"I'm still not strong enough." Roger has sighed this sentiment countless times.

Currently, Roger's Time Plague is still in its initial stage.

He can only achieve 'time connection' from when he left school after the end of his first year until today.

His current time-line defense mechanism starts after getting off the Hogwarts Express.

He can't yet achieve 'the weakest moment is the strongest moment' to defend against time-line attacks earlier in time.

Even his own existence time is like this, so the history before 1990, before he transmigrated, is even more so.

"It seems that I won't be able to explore Merlin's secrets until I can spread my existence into history."

"Right, I have to remind Harry again not to use the Time Phantom Shuttle Charm and Time Cinema Charm to look around everywhere when he's in England, and not to use magic to look at those antiques of unknown age."

Roger felt somewhat regretful about this.

But he didn't take it too seriously.

It's just a matter of sooner or later. History is there, why be so anxious to explore it sooner or later?

Putting aside the Merlin issue, Roger began to turn his attention to other famous wizards.

Sure enough, similar phenomena did not occur with the four founders of Hogwarts, such as Hufflepuff and Gryffindor.

Although these wizards, like Merlin, are all crowned with the name "Great."

But there are still differences between greatness and greatness: extreme magical power, promoting the progress of civilization, and making important choices at critical junctures in history.

Merlin occupies all three, while the founders of Hogwarts put more effort into the latter two.

They broke the traditional apprentice inheritance model of the wizarding world, moving the progress of civilization forward by one step, but in terms of magical power... they were strong enough, but not strong enough to transcend the era.

It's like Baki Hanma and Saiyan Kakarot can both be considered the 'strongest on Earth' in their respective worlds, but their value is different.

One can only dominate within Earth, while the other is a force to be reckoned with in the universe.

"It seems that I still have to go back to Hogwarts to understand everything."

Roger followed in the footsteps of the four founders of Hogwarts, traveling all over Britain.

Although they created Hogwarts, it doesn't mean that their lives revolved around the interior of Hogwarts. Before and after they made this decision.

They did a lot of things outside of Hogwarts.

In that era dominated by small-scale apprentice inheritance, what they four did could be described as defying the world!

This is like the first birth of the imperial examination system in the ancient Eastern country, which will definitely cause no small backlash. Hogwarts and the vested interests of the old system at that time naturally had disputes.

By watching the historical images of both sides, Roger gained some insights.

But because this historical puzzle lacks the piece related to Hogwarts, Roger always felt unsatisfied.

Roger looked at the time, it was already late August, and there were only a few days left before the start of school.

Well, everything is just right.

"It's time to prepare for the start of school."

Although Roger had already completed the superficial courses of the school through self-study, the value of Hogwarts Academy to Roger is not limited to the teaching courses publicly offered by the professors.

First, Hogwarts is actually a place where top talents in the wizarding world gather. Here, Roger can find top experts in those fields he is not good at and exchange knowledge and learn.

Secondly, most of the wizards in the entire British wizarding world are from Hogwarts. In Eastern terms, this is the "orthodoxy" of the British wizarding world. It is more deeply involved in all aspects of society than the Ministry of Magic.

Finally... Dumbledore is here.

In terms of large-scale destructive power, Roger can be called the strongest in the world, but in terms of head-on magical duels between wizards, Dumbledore, who has learned Roger's three-dimensional magic, is the current "number one combat wizard on Earth."

When Roger and Dumbledore stand together, Hogwarts is the safest place in this world where three-dimensional magic has not yet been promoted.

Here, Roger and Dumbledore restrain each other while also protecting each other, and away from Hogwarts...

Just as Dumbledore is worried about Roger and always wants to keep him under his nose, Roger is also wary of the top wizards in this world.

Not only Dumbledore, but when Roger is monitoring Voldemort, his main energy is focused on observing Grindelwald.

As a seer, Roger is too clear about how much trouble a seer can cause if he is determined to stir things up.

"But speaking of which... to actually buy these books, what does Nicolas Flamel want to teach?"

Unlike Roger's school in his previous life, in the wizarding world, there is no so-called education bureau to determine what courses the school teaches.

Instead, the professors decide on their own.

The professors will list a book list in advance of what textbooks will be used in the next academic year, and then the students will purchase them themselves.

Other courses are easy to say. Year after year, what books will be used are often fixed. Even Flourish and Blotts will sell old textbooks, and you can buy them and use them directly.

But the Defense Against the Dark Arts course is different. Due to the curse, the professor of this course changes every year, and the textbooks are different every year.

"Forget it, it's better than Lockhart." After thinking about it, Roger shook his head.

If Roger were to buy a pile of adventure stories created by plagiarizing other people's lives as textbooks, then Roger would definitely smash that pile of books on Gilderoy Lockhart's face!

London, Diagon Alley.

This British wizarding trade center is as prosperous as ever.

No, to be precise, it is even more lively than when Roger came last time.

Roger keenly noticed that some of the shops on the streets of Diagon Alley had changed.

Several shops that used to sell sweets have changed new owners and businesses.

Inside, various magical materials were being sold. From the German on the outer packaging of these materials, Roger instantly understood their background.

"Has full cooperation already tentatively begun?" Roger thought of the visit from the German Minister of Magic that Dumbledore had mentioned to him before.

Just like national trade among Muggles, the Ministry of Magic also collects tariffs on international trade between wizards.

He noticed that the materials in these shops had obviously undergone relevant reductions and exemptions, otherwise they wouldn't be so cheap.

"Roger!"

Just as Roger was pondering what impact this would have on his plans, a crisp voice rang out from behind him.

Looking back, Roger discovered that it was actually the child he had met once last year.

"Long time no see." The girl trotted over, weaved through the crowd, and approached Roger with a beaming smile, greeting him.

Luna Lovegood had a deep impression of Roger.

Before Roger even got close, she had sensed Roger's presence nearby through a large gathering of disturbances!