Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 139 A short intermission (transition chapter carefully edited)
Lin You returned to Forrest Manor. Because using a quill pen would bring a serious mental burden, he was given a few days to rest.

After a busy night, the framework of the vampire story in the big world was finally established; in the future, if there are new vampire stories that are integrated into the big world, they must be modified according to this framework. Those that cannot be modified will either be thrown aside in the celestial intersection or abandoned.

A project should be a place where you give up and gain something. A qualified chef should not throw all kinds of ingredients into the dish even if it is a hodgepodge.

Ingredients that you can’t use…may as well keep them and look at them later.

From Lin You's personal point of view, if the world's root of "absolute uniqueness" is modified when necessary, it may have a miraculous effect.

In the library, under the bookshelf where history books were gathered, Earl Goff was struggling to move a thick tome.

For safety reasons, these bookshelves, books, and even the entire library have been cast with layers of forbidden magic; here, magic can be used to search and mark, but no movement or summoning magic can be used; even the owner of the manor can only use his hands to read if he wants to.

Lin You was looking for modern European religious historical materials—of course, the part recorded from the perspective of wizards. He wanted to confirm what kind of changes the story of Van Helsing brought to the history of this world after it was integrated into the big world.

At the beginning of the filming of Van Helsing, there was a grand idea to try to incorporate all the famous monsters from ancient times in Europe into it, and build an unprecedentedly large "Monster Movie Universe". This is why in the beginning of the film, the director used a lot of space to describe the underground weapons research institute of the Vatican and the monster hunters initially organized by the Vatican.

Therefore, it is not surprising that many monsters such as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein, vampires, werewolves, etc. appeared in the first movie at the same time.

It’s a pity that the ambition is big but the market is small; the box office failure resulted in the first film in the “Monster Movie Universe” also becoming the last one, and the once grand worldview ended up in vain before it even unfolded.

However, when the story of Van Helsing was integrated into the big world, the grand worldview that had never been completed became a reality in the big world. What the movie failed to tell was able to be interpreted in the history of the big world.

Lin You is now looking through historical materials because he wants to know the outcome of historical interpretation.

The underground world involving demons and monsters would definitely not be recorded in public history books; it could only be found through "A History of Magic" and by using the Forrester family's connections to find clues in confidential information from the Muggle government, and to verify each other for textual research.

Not to mention, after integrating the story of "Van Helsing", relevant content did appear in "A History of Magic".

"Around 1900, with the so-called 'industrialization' of Muggles, the living area of ​​wizards gradually shrank; correspondingly, the activity areas of vampires, werewolves, and many magical animals and plants also shrank significantly. The struggle between the wizarding world and the Muggle world for living space intensified during this period."

"Compared to the restraint and self-restraint of wizards, many other intelligent species, including magical animals, react more violently and have more conflicts with Muggles."

"Against this backdrop, the Muggle Catholic Church attempted to organize a new round of killing plans against non-Muggle groups, and to some extent took concrete actions."

"There is reason to believe that this is another witch hunt-like persecution plan by the ignorant church."

"But the plan was not implemented for long; before wizards were affected, Muggle governments of various countries raised great doubts about the Vatican's actions and forced the church to abandon the plan through political pressure."

"Some people claim that this is the result of wizards, but there is no substantial evidence for such rumors and they are completely nonsense." "On the contrary, there is clear evidence that the Muggle government's obstruction of the Vatican Church was out of their own interests; that is, the Muggle governments of various countries have subsequently established law enforcement agencies against non-Muggle creatures. There is reason to believe that they are the product of the struggle for power with the Vatican."

Judging from this long account, the Vatican's Monster Hunter Project must have had a great impact on the wizarding world; otherwise, given the wizards' indifference and alienation towards the Muggle world, they would not have spent so many words to record the power struggles among the Muggle high-ranking officials.

In Lin You's opinion, even if the wizards did not "collectively cast the Confusion Curse or even the Imperius Curse on the top leaders of the Muggle government", they must have done a lot of work in it.

The potential damage to the wizarding world from a global agency that could autonomously hunt monsters is too horrific; it would inevitably lead to large numbers of monster hunters invading the wizarding world's already shrinking preserves.

Although monster hunters are unlikely to target wizards directly, werewolves and vampires are part of the magical world - although only a marginal part; in addition, there are centaurs and mermaids, are they considered monsters?

There are also Grindylows, Yeti Bigfoot, various fire dragons, etc. Countless creatures in the magical world that can live in peace with humans or have been tamed and controlled will become the targets of monster hunters.

By then, the already unstable order of the magic world is bound to be in turmoil.

The wizarding regime in the early 20th century should not have been as corrupt and inefficient as that in the 1990s, so it would not have been blind to the risks involved. It is only natural for them to take precautions against potential risks.

What attracted Lin You's attention the most was the mention in "History of Magic" that the Muggle government established an "enforcement agency against non-Muggle creatures."

There is indeed such an agency in the British government, which is under the name of MI5. It is a semi-independent intelligence investigation department with a rather difficult name. In simple terms, it can be called the "Paranormal Biology Investigation Section."

Interestingly, while the Foresters serve as magical advisors to the British royal family, they also serve as technical advisors to this department.

Earl Goff could not help laughing when he unexpectedly discovered that the influence of the Forester family had been expanded. "I don't need to use a quill pen. I can benefit from the results of history's interpretation. This shouldn't be considered as 'abusing power for personal gain', right?"

After leaving the library, Lin You called the old housekeeper.

"Please help me spread the word to the outside world. Just say that after years of dedicated research, the Forrest Family has invented a drug that blocks the werewolf virus. As long as it is used within the effective time limit, it can 100% eliminate the werewolf virus and stop the werewolf transformation process."

The old butler's eyes widened; although he was a dud, he had been handling the daily operations of the Forrest family business for many years and immediately understood the market value of this potion.

more importantly……

"Master, is this the potion you invented? Is this why you stay in the laboratory so often?" The old butler was inexplicably excited. "This potion is worth at least an Order of Merlin."

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