Falsifying history is good business

Chapter 344: The Second Unknown Event Settlement

Under the existing social system of the wizarding world, the extent of the Minister of Magic's power is a very metaphysical issue; its upper and lower limits vary from person to person, and there is an almost chasm-like gap between them.

A strong minister can be very strong, so strong that the entire wizarding world is silent and dares not go against his opinions; a weak minister can be extremely weak, so weak that the Ministry of Magic from top to bottom will become the object of indifference and ridicule with him.

Between the upper and lower extremes, people like Cornelius Fudge are very lucky; although he is the kind of person who is likely to be at the lower extreme, he is lucky enough to meet Dumbledore, who is willing to follow the rules and tie his own hands.

When the most powerful wizard in the world takes the lead in abiding by the rules, others will naturally no longer have the delusion of challenging the rules and authority.

However, this practice of relying on the strong to make concessions to consolidate one's position has a great hidden danger; that is, when the strong expresses a different position, Cornelius Fudge's power, status, and even vanity and face will immediately become shaky.

In the original story, Fudge worked hard and took advantage of Dumbledore's weakness of abiding by the rules to launch continuous attacks; but after working hard for a whole year, his power position still collapsed rapidly after Voldemort appeared in public.

As for the present moment, when Dumbledore and Lin You stood by and watched, a rebellious young master from a pure-blood family could easily turn his face to Minister Fudge and openly embarrass him.

"The law is the law. If the law is not respected, what will become of the wizarding world? God... I shouldn't expect some people to learn to respect the law, Mr. Black. The fact that you were sent to Azkaban proves that you are a fool who doesn't know how to respect and trust the law."

The Minister's face flushed red, and he spoke without thinking in his anger, not even caring about basic etiquette. It was embarrassing to quarrel in public, and it was even more embarrassing to quarrel with Sirius Black, who was recognized as a "fool". However, being accused of favoring the Death Eaters in public and not fighting back would only be worse.

Black's face was full of contempt; among the people present, no one could shut him up unless Dumbledore spoke. But just as he was about to retort to the Minister of Magic, the Royal Magic Advisor, who had been watching the show with a smile, suddenly changed his expression.

"Something happened." Lin You blurted out something incoherent, and then his "short" body disappeared like smoke in front of everyone.

The sudden change made everyone look at each other in shock; at the place where Lin You disappeared, there were strong traces of space magic. It was very close to the magic fluctuations when the Apparition was cast, but the fluctuation amplitude was much more intense than the Apparition.

Sirius, who was obviously out of his mind, muttered to himself, "Can I Apparate here?" As he spoke, he subconsciously took out his wand and swirled it around.

Apparition was a very fast magic, so fast that even Dumbledore had no time to stop it; accordingly, when it failed, the speed of the magic backlash was also amazingly fast. With a "pop", a louder and crisper explosion than usual was heard in the courtroom, and then Sirius Black was scattered on the ground in a "pile".

Apparition failed, split into two!

By this time, it was too late for Dumbledore to utter a word to stop him; of course, there was no need to stop him at this time.

Under the horrified gazes of the crowd, the headmaster of Hogwarts calmly waved his wand and reassembled the "pile" of Sirius. At the same time, he warned: "There are anti-Apparition arrays in many places in the Ministry of Magic, especially here in the Court of Inquisition. In order to prevent prisoners from escaping during trial or being kidnapped by outsiders, the restrictions are the greatest."

"But how can that kid be okay?" Although Sirius was shattered into pieces, his mouth was intact and he was still chattering - as for the "trivial matter" of splitting, it was not worth the "predator" to make a fuss about it.

"Don't you understand? The little fellow from the Forresters is different." Dumbledore paused. To prevent these students from continuing to be confused, he had to emphasize his tone. "His magical ability is much stronger than mine. You can't treat him as a child anymore."

The old wizard's last words were more shocking than someone performing "split" in public.

"You'd better go to St. Mungo's to see a doctor and make sure there's nothing wrong with your health." After putting the last piece of the "puzzle" together, Dumbledore still gave worried instructions.

"Oh... okay." Sirius nodded blankly, "That kid... um... what on earth did that kid say happened? If he really has such a strong power, what else could make him so nervous and leave?"

This question was asked purely for the sake of conversation, just to ease my shock and embarrassment.

No one answered Sirius' question, but someone hurried into the courtroom and found the Minister.

"Mr. Minister, Peter Pettigrew is dead." The one who came was an Auror who had just been ordered to send Bellatrix and three others to Azkaban and was returning in a hurry. "It happened when we were sending three prisoners to Azkaban, and he breathed his last in front of us."

When this was said, not only the two former members of the Marauders sighed, but even Dumbledore could not help but sigh; that man was once a classmate and a friend, and later a comrade-in-arms and a traitor. When his true face was first exposed, everyone wanted Pettigrew to die, but after a long time, when the emotions calmed down, there were more complicated feelings.

Cornelius Fudge was the only one who remained indifferent. He said indifferently, "It's about time for this pitiful and hateful fellow to die." At the same time, he reminded, "Check his body carefully. There must not be another Barty Crouch Jr."

The method used by the old Crouch couple to use Polyjuice Potion to save their son has been found out. Now it is natural to make up for the loss, and the deceased prisoners in custody must also be subject to strict examination.

The successive incidents interrupted the previous quarrel, and Sirius lost interest in continuing the argument. He laughed casually and said, "Could it be that the kid from the Forresters left because of Peter's death?"

Before he finished speaking, the person who spoke laughed out loud; soon, others also laughed disapprovingly.

How could it be possible? The death of Peter the Dwarf was no different from the death of a mouse to the royal magic adviser.

They didn't know that Sirius had inadvertently hit the nail on the head; Lin You's hasty departure was indeed closely related to Peter Pettigrew's death. Because at the moment when the Aurors saw that man "take his last breath", the whole world "shocked" violently.

The second "unknown" incident is over.

From the moment Lin You entered the "Shrieking Shack" by chance to capture Sirius and Remus Lupin, which officially kicked off the second "unknown" event, to the death of Peter Pettigrew, the event has officially come to an end.

Although Peter Pettigrew's image is vulgar and despicable, he is a not very prominent but extremely key character in the original plot of Harry Potter; Harry's parents died because of his betrayal, Sirius escaped from prison because he was found, Voldemort's resurrection was also inseparable from his efforts, and in the end he gave Harry Potter a glimmer of hope at the cost of his own death. He is present in the whole story, from the beginning to the end.

Perhaps it is precisely because of his special role that the big world will use his death as the end point of the "unknown".

This time, the "unknown" lasted for nearly a year and had a profound impact on the world; especially the intervention of Patrick Morgan, which completely rewrote the plot of the entire Harry Potter story.

The end of "Unknown" is just the end of the beginning, not the beginning of the end; the plot of Harry Potter can no longer go back to the past, and every new plot in the future will have a new impact on the world. Conservatively speaking, this impact will at least last until the end of the main storyline.

It was about nineteen years after the Battle of Hogwarts, when the original iron triangle became parents and sent their children on the Hogwarts Express at Platform Nine and Three Quarters.

This is just the most conservative estimate.

It’s like finishing a mission in a game, or completing a work project in reality; when an “unknown” event ends, a “settlement” must also be performed.

It was because he noticed the changes in the big world that Lin You left in a hurry; although at this time he did not know that Peter Pettigrew had died, let alone that it was his death that caused the changes. As the author, of course he had to go to the Garden of Eden at this time to meet with the specific executor of the big world plan.

As soon as I entered the Garden of Eden, I saw God's heavy expression; this was very different from His usual ease and composure, and it made the writer's heart skip a beat, and he felt something was wrong.

Lin You quickly asked: "What happened?"

"The will of the world is about to wake up." said God.

"Immediately? How long will it take exactly?" Lin You asked.

"Very soon, very soon! Just like a person gradually regains his perception of the outside world from a deep sleep, He can open his eyes at any time as long as He wants." God looked up at the sky. Although the sky was full of stars, everyone knew that He was only concerned about the big world.

"Isn't this what we expected? Why do you still look so worried?" Lin You asked in confusion, "What's the problem?"

“Timeline. Although the will of the great world has not yet awakened, the timeline of the great world has become increasingly solid. We are almost unable to control it now. If “He” fully awakens, he will completely take away control of the timeline.”

Lin You was surprised and asked, "After such a long time, didn't you make any preparations for this change?"

"Things are out of control. You should know that the loss of control over the 'unknown' event has greatly advanced the awakening of the Great World's Will."

"Can't you find out?" Lin You frowned. "I've already told you all the information I got from the Upside Down. Such a big move is not something Patrick Morgan can do alone. Apart from anything else, it's incredible that he can devour Ares's godhood and get in touch with the Upside Down without your knowledge. They are all characters in the DC story, and the entire DC world is under your control."

"I know what you want to say, Bryce." God glanced at Lin You, "Either I let them off the hook, or... there is one or more powerful true gods helping them."

"I'd like to believe that you didn't let them off, but what about the second possibility?" Lin You asked.

"The second possibility will not produce any results either—at least not for now." God answered frankly, "I can't rush to the lair of every pantheon to question their supreme gods, and it's even more impossible for me to investigate every true god in detail. Unless there is clear evidence and a target, otherwise, aimless investigation will only make you and me the target of public criticism."

Lin You was choked and speechless. What can a writer say about a reality that even God has to admit defeat?

"The timeline of the big world cannot be controlled. Does it have any impact on us?" Helplessly, Lin You could only turn the topic back to more pressing specific issues.

"The biggest problem now is the time forbidden zone." Speaking of the specific problem, God's expression did not improve. "Chronos and I spent a lot of effort to clean up the 'Sand of Time'. The progress was good. In the past week or so, the intensity of the time storm has subsided by more than half. But just now, after the timeline suddenly strengthened, it was difficult for us to penetrate it, and the cleanup work had to be suspended."

"Where is Chronos?" Lin You looked around but could not see the figure of the Supreme God of Olympus.

"He is still trying to clear up as much as he can on the timeline. If it weren't for rushing back to meet you, I would still be there."

"The time restricted area won't run away if it's there, can't we handle it slowly?" Lin You suggested, "Why don't we just not merge the stories that happened between 1840 and 1940 for now? Even if we handle it slowly, there will always be a day when it will be completed."

"We can't just take it for granted, Bryce," God explained. "We have to consider whether the other party will continue to make destructive moves. With the time restricted area, Patrick Morgan and other gods have a safe base of operations. At the same time, considering the continuity of the timeline, they also have an absolutely safe 'operating platform'."

"'Operation console'..." Lin You thought about it and probably understood what God meant.

The world in 1940 is closely related to the world in 1994; everything that happened before 1940 will eventually be reflected back to the present in 1994. If Patrick Morgan and his group of gods were allowed to act freely in the years of the time restricted zone, who knows how many "unknown" mines they would have buried?
As the will of the universe becomes more and more clear, the loopholes in the timeline may not be plugged by the subconscious blockade of the writer alone.

"It seems that we need to have a 'talk' with the will of the great world; what do you think?"

"Hmm?" God was surprised. "You want to take the initiative?"

"We can't always let those guys lead us by the nose. They want to flatter the will of the big world, but we don't have to stand on the opposite side of the will of the big world, right? Even if the will awakens, the big world still needs a constant flow of new stories to merge into it in order to gain more vitality."

(End of this chapter)