446 Karan wakes up
Karan lay straight on the bed, breathing heavily, as if he had been running just now.
He had nightmares again.
Since paying the price of using the crown, Karan has occasionally had nightmares.
But before that, Karan dreamed more about the infinite stairs leading to his feet.
There was light above his head, but he could only run down the disappearing steps until he reached the dark abyss.
This is an unexplainable dream. No matter how hard Karan tries, he seems unable to avoid falling into a dark fate.
Until he met Sybill Trelawney in the Forbidden Forest.
At that time, Sibyl still retained the gift of the third eye and had unimaginable divination skills.
She saw the infinite falling dream through Karan's eyes.
Later, while being sealed, Sybil shouted out the solution to this dream——
“I’ll try my best to fly!”
fly.
In Sibyl's prophecy, this is how Karan saves himself.
And this prophecy also came true in the world of fierce fire - Karan rode a magic bicycle, chased by taboos, and changed time, successfully left the world of fierce fire and returned to the real world.
But thinking about it carefully, this prophecy does not seem to be completely effective-because in the final result, Grindelwald's men still succeeded in getting the crown, and Callan failed to prevent Abraxas from stealing.
This is a prophecy that has not been fully fulfilled.
Nor is the magic bicycle the true symbol of "flight" in the prophecy.
And Karan's nightmare has also changed from a dream of infinite falling to another nightmare - that is the prophetic picture that Master Merlin once showed to Lily and Snape - that is, Karan is the one who caused the world of fire to happen. The culprit.
Before that, when he first entered the world of fierce fire, Karan thought it was the result of Voldemort in another world - because in the world of seven hundred Horcruxes, the God of Death had personally shown Karan and others the future. Picture - After Voldemort gave up the Horcrux magic and successfully obtained the power of the Forbidden One from Dumbledore, he let go and chose to let Li Fire purify the whole world again.
But the reality was unexpected.
[The God of Death never does business at a loss. 】
[Karan thought he saw the future, but he didn’t know that it was the God of Death teaching him how to destroy the world in disguise. 】
[And, he has already done it in this illusory world. 】
[Everything was ruined in Li Huo's pursuit. 】
There are simply too many doubts about the whole incident.
How could Master Merlin know about Karan's experience in the world of Seven Hundred Horcruxes?How did he see it?And why does it appear as a ghost in the principal's secret room?Will he come back?
Could it be said that Master Merlin successfully obtained eternal life?
Fortunately, judging from the behavior of Master Merlin in the world of fire, he wanted to save Karan, but gave up the plan because of the Crescent-Horned Snorlax.
Moreover, he seems to know Death very well.
In this way, if Master Merlin is right, wouldn't Death have already achieved its goal long ago, and there is no need to fulfill the so-called third wish with Karan?
Karan still remembers the purpose of the God of Death - it wants to get rid of the identity of non-existence and experience the feeling of existence. Karan will succeed the God of Death.
In just three years, Karan has completely realized the difference in the magical world. It is completely different from what he imagined.
Originally, Karan thought that his own Voldemort was dangerous enough, but Voldemort might have targeted him because of his two escapes, not to mention that the God of Death also existed.
And Callan’s mysterious ancestor—Antioch Peverell.
This man is still shrouded in mystery.
Neither blood magic nor emotional sealing seems to be enough to achieve Antioch's long-cherished wish of eternal life.
Then what exactly will his method be...
Karan thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out. He simply sat up. After seeing the moonlight in the gap between the curtains, he subconsciously reached out and wanted to close the curtains tightly. But after thinking about it, he simply closed the curtains. Pulled it apart.
The silver moonlight shone on the bed and floor of the bedroom, and even more on Karan.
Facing the moonlight, he thought of the Forbidden One and the prophecy of Sybill Trelawney in the world of Seven Hundred Horcruxes——
[The dark age is coming. 】
This is a world without a savior.
Although Karan has been involved in many major events, he does not take it for granted that he is the savior.
This was actually all the result of the Bend-Horned Snorlax, which made Karan different. He knew little Harry's wonderful adventures in an unknown world out of thin air, in the form of a bestseller.
It's even mentioned in the prophecy of Sibyl (The World of Seven Hundred Horcruxes), and Karan is no different.
He still remembers the complete prophecy——
[When falsehood becomes true, you will eventually realize that it makes no difference. 】
[Existences darker than darkness are hiding in the depths, and everyone must prepare for this in advance. 】
[You are no exception, a descendant of evil blood. 】
[Resist, join, or ignore it - every road is so difficult - because -]
[The dark age is coming. 】
The false becomes the real, which refers to the magical function of the Snorlax, which has the ability to travel across the world.The Forbidden One also has this ability, but compared to the Horned Snorlax, one is more frontal and safer and more reliable, while the Forbidden One is much more dangerous.
Karan has realized the so-called "no difference" - he is not a magical time traveler, but was born this way, a descendant of Antioch. It's just that the Bent-Horned Snorlax triggered him in advance to accept his identity. The fate of the wizard.
But it's also possible that Karan was just a squib, and it was the Snorlax that activated his wizard blood.
It's a pity that this process cannot be replicated. It requires not only the Guardian God of Thestrals, but also an intact Hopping Cauldron, and even a gentle Taboo like Cadmus attached to it. Otherwise, the Bent-Horned Snorlax There is no way to create it again.
But no matter what, Karan does not think of himself as the so-called savior.
Like everyone else, he needs to make his own choices together as the dark age is approaching, and every path is so difficult.
And compared with this long-standing prophecy, Kallan has another problem that needs to be solved urgently-Antioch's prophecy that he will destroy the world with fierce fire.
Under the moonlight, Karan rolled out of bed.
He turned on the desk lamp, sat in front of the table, took out a piece of letter paper, and carefully reviewed the information in his mind.
But after thinking about it carefully, Karan didn't know what to write.
During that night talk in the school hospital, he had already communicated many things with Principal Dumbledore, so much so that he already understood the principal's views on Grindelwald——
[He loves him, so he wants to kill him. 】
[Kill him who no longer carries the two people’s common ideals. 】
Nurmengard failed to imprison Grindelwald, which shows that the magic of love has failed - but can such a twisted love be called love?
Karan has always suspected that his character is actually affected by the emotional sealing technique. It may be that the Bent-Horned Snorlax activated the blood magic left by Antioch in advance.
But the difference between him and the late-blooming Meadows is that the Snorlax also left him with a glimmer of hope to receive love in order to change him.
The first person to change all this was Mr. Anthony.
It's even a bit absurd - this method was said by the future Karan himself.
He taught Mr. Anthony how to change himself, which happened when Mr. Anthony was dying, and his unusually stubborn attitude aroused Karan's inner guilt.
It was this trace of guilt that caused Karan to change.
This kind of expression of love was already absurd enough in the eyes of Karan.
As for Gellert Grindelwald's love for Dumbledore...
Well......
Karan just hoped that would never happen to him.
He didn't want Snape or Lily to go crazy and want to kill him one day, just to preserve the good image of Callan.
This is really scary.
However, after thinking about it for a while, Karan found that his life seemed much better than he imagined, and even his mood improved a lot.
Instead of living in a storage unit like little Harry did during the holidays before fourth grade, he had a full bedroom, or even a house.
For this reason, Karan would like to thank the Acromantulas for the wealth they bring, and hopes that no one will ever remember them.
Especially compared to Dumbledore, Callan feels that he is much happier.
He always believed that Dumbledore was the wizard who should become the Dark Lord——
Ariana became an Obscurial due to Muggle bullying.
His father's lessons led to him being imprisoned in Azkaban.
The mother was killed by the out-of-control Ariana herself.
Even his former lover turned into an enemy who wanted to kill him.
But Dumbledore still lived full of hope, and he chose to hide his pain deeply.
The only good thing is that Aberforth in this world no longer hates him, and his sister Ariana also survived successfully.
When he thought of this, Karan, who had made a small contribution, felt a deep sense of satisfaction.
And Snape, who finally got rid of his annoying father, came to Hogsmeade village with his mother Eileen Prince, and even opened a Gobstone Club shop.
Although Snape's father is still alive, Callan feels that even in Snape's own heart, he would think that he is happier than Callan.
Of course, neither of these two people are as happy as Lily.
As a wizard, she rarely bothered her Muggle parents.
Even the Evanses were happy to see this. They easily accepted the fact that magic existed and were sincerely curious about new things.
The only breakup, Penny, was stopped in advance by the young Karan.
From this point of view, Lily is simply the happiest person in the trio.
The satisfaction in Karan's heart suddenly became deeper.
His good mood does not come from the comparison of the miserable lives of others, but from these constant feelings of satisfaction.
Callan taught Mr. Anthony the way to finally feel loved.
But Mr. Anthony had no intention of giving up on him from the beginning.
He really managed to do it.
Today, Karan has truly become a person who can experience love, and is deeply affected by this.
After his mood gradually improved, Karan simply crumpled up the blank letter paper and threw it into the trash can along with the envelope with the words "Albus Dumbledore" on it.
There was a lot to worry about ahead of time, more than Karan could have imagined.
But there are many things worth cherishing.
This is more than there is to worry about.
After looking at the moon in the sky for a while, Karan picked up the "Daily Prophet" on the table.
It's still the same, the front page is still about Gellert Grindelwald.
The momentum of the first-generation Dark Lord has completely suppressed Voldemort, and newspapers have also changed from introducing the crimes he committed in Europe to gradually tracing Grindelwald's childhood life.
After seeing the Deathly Hallows symbol on the wall of Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the photo, Karan couldn't help but think... What would happen if Grindelwald knew that the Resurrection Stone was in Voldemort's hands?
Karan remembered that Grindelwald's original idea for the Resurrection Stone was to create an army of Inferi. Compared with the cost of fighting between the two Dark Lords, this does not seem unacceptable?
But in the end it still depends on Dumbledore's decision.
Karan felt that he still knew too little about the first-generation Dark Lord.It would be more reliable to leave the plan to deal with Grindelwald completely to Dumbledore, who had defeated him once.
Karan opened the newspaper and reread the reports on other pages.
In the original timeline, Dumbledore once believed Harry's words after the Goblet of Fire, causing the Minister of Magic Fudge to be hostile to him. Fudge was unwilling to accept the fact that Voldemort had returned.
This resulted in Dumbledore being stripped of a number of titles - such as President of the International Confederation of Wizards and Chief Wizard of the Wizengamot.This was an attempt by the Ministry of Magic to reduce Dumbledore's authority.
But Fudge doesn't know where to stay in this world, and in the face of the threats of the two Dark Lords, no one dares to remove Dumbledore's other honors, even if he doesn't care.
People are counting on Dumbledore to defeat Grindelwald again, just like last time.
although......
Callan turned his attention to a report titled [Dumbledore once again rejected the proposal of the new Minister of Magic].
What was roughly mentioned in this report was that Dumbledore firmly opposed Harold Minchum's request to station dementors at Hogwarts, and strongly urged wizards to be vigilant against dementors.
It seems that Abraxas Malfoy's escape from Azkaban was deeply remembered by the Headmaster, but his relationship with the new Minister was not a happy one.
This is no different from Fudge.
Karan slowly folded the newspaper and gave up. He gently rubbed his eyes and planned to go back to bed and have a good sleep.
These things in the newspaper have nothing to do with Karan. The constraints of the crown are still affecting him, preventing Karan from exerting all his strength.
And it seems that due to the use of the time turner, the duration of this cost has also become longer. Karan estimates that it will be longer than a year, and he will not fully recover until after Christmas.
This is really difficult to handle. Karan never thought that the time turner would have a negative impact on the crown. It was almost like punishing him for trying to take advantage of the trick by constantly traveling through time.
But fortunately there is still Principal Dumbledore.
Karan slowly closed his eyes and tried to calm himself down to sleep again.
At this moment, he suddenly felt a burst of heat coming from the pocket of his pajamas.
Karan took out the magic gold coin in confusion. On it was the message sent to him by Meadows. Just from the words, he could feel the joy in Meadows' heart.
"I finally got a ticket for the Wizard's Duel Competition!"