Falsifying history is good business

As the Earl of Goff, he had no choice but to commit blackmail.

In the past, the writer knew every important character that was integrated into the big world; even the history and settings of many characters themselves were rewritten by the quill pen. But this time, the Endless Family "entered" the big world without the writer's knowledge.

Although Lucifer revealed part of the story, Lin You still knew nothing about the nature of the existence, personality traits, etc. of the members of the Endless Family.

Turning to Constantine for help became the best option at the moment - after all, he was an acquaintance! Although the result was not satisfactory, it at least partially answered the most pressing questions of the author.

The Endless Family nominally consists of seven siblings: Fate, Death, Dream, Despair, Desire, Destruction, and Delirium.

The reason why we say "in name" is because these god-like beings always have some characteristics that are inconsistent with human common sense.

For example, "Fate" only occupies one place, but often appears in the form of three sisters - this should be the result of the author of the real dimension drawing materials from Olympus and Norse mythology.

In addition, the "desire" of family members is of uncertain gender, and they can switch between the two identities of male and female at any time according to different situations; probably, if the other party likes men, he is a man, and if the other party likes women, he is a woman, and his figure and appearance are definitely at the pinnacle of the other party's aesthetic taste.

The information provided by Constantine is like this, which seems complicated, fragmented, unsystematic, and full of strange stories. However, the author extracted the most needed content from it to verify his conjecture.

The most important conjecture: at least part of the Endless Family exists because of humans.

Why does "desire" switch between the two forms of man and woman, but not between the male and female forms of various animals? Is it because it only corresponds to the desires of higher animals such as humans, and does not include the instinctive desires of other lower animals?
Lin You also asked Morpheus two questions in a row: whether the power of dreams can be exerted on animals and whether it can be exerted on gods. The purpose of these two questions is actually the same, which is also to verify his conjecture.

At that time, the Sandman's answer was that gods should have dreams, but he had never experienced them - never experienced them does not mean that he cannot experience them. In other words, the Sandman believes that he has the ability to interfere with the dreams of gods or beings of the same level, but he has never taken the initiative to do so. Most of the time, he acts around the dreams of humans.

Soon, Lin You remembered that Constantine had provided another trivial but useful information.

"The ancestors of the Constantine family once dealt with the Sandman. In the magic notebook they left behind, there was a sentence: Dream and reality, hope and despair." Hell's detective spoke of this news with an indifferent look, as if he did not think it was that important. "It is said that a dream interpreter who had deep contact with the Endless Family told my ancestors, but no one knows the specific meaning, and no one even knows whether these two sentences are related to the Endless Family."

Compared with Constantine's indifferent attitude, Lin You was unusually interested in this sentence.

From the existing speculation, the existence of the Endless Family revolves around the birth, aging, illness, death, joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness of human beings, and has a strong "concept god" attribute. As a "concept god", the definition of "concept" directly determines the source of their power and their future destination.

"Dreams and reality, hope and despair." Lin You laughed dumbly, "Is it the unity of opposites? Or does it mean that dreams represent hope, while reality always makes people despair?"

Feeling "angry" at not being able to see the whole picture, Lin You made a teasing judgment, and then turned to go to Wychcross; here is the ancient castle passed down from generation to generation by the wizard Burgess family, and it is also the place where they summoned and imprisoned the sleeper Morpheus.

Ever since he knew the ins and outs of Sandman's entry into the human world, Earl Goff ordered an investigation into this new wizard family that emerged after the fusion of the DC world, and soon got the results.

The Burgess family has always kept a low profile. Even when two Dark Lords successively wreaked havoc in Europe and Britain, the family stayed indoors. Relying on an ancient castle that has been passed down from generation to generation and has countless defensive magic attached to it, they were able to protect themselves calmly during the two wizard wars.

Of course, in hindsight, the family simply wanted to keep the secrets of their castle, and the Dark Lord's rampage became a perfect cover for them to avoid being seen. Their strategy was indeed very successful, so successful that many British wizards did not know that there was such a once powerful old wizard family, and only a few elderly people still remembered the surname "Burgess".

Judging from the report Lin You received, the Burgess family has actually reached the end of its road. Just like their surname that is gradually being forgotten, the family itself will soon disappear completely in history.

The last patriarch of the family was a homosexual and had no bloodline - at least according to publicly known information, there was no bloodline; there had never been any rumors of illegitimate children. More importantly, the current patriarch had been in a deep sleep for a few days, and was suspected of suffering from the legendary "narcolepsy". If he never woke up, the Burgess family would be extinct.

So, when Lin You entered the castle, he saw people from St. Mungo's and the Ministry of Magic as expected. According to public statements, people from St. Mungo's came to treat illnesses, and people from the Ministry of Magic came to investigate cases; Mr. Alex Burgess was inexplicably ill and unconscious, and from the wizard's thinking habits, it is indeed necessary to investigate whether he has encountered a curse or a curse.

But in reality, the people from St. Mungo's were probably really here to treat illnesses, but it was unknown what the Ministry of Magic thought. Because there was an obvious fact at the moment, that was that Alex Burgess did not leave a valid will before he suddenly fell into a coma; once Alex died, the rich assets of the Burgess family would inevitably trigger a fierce battle for inheritance among distant relatives.

After all, around 2000 AD, same-sex marriage was not recognized or protected by British law - neither in the wizarding world nor in the Muggle world; compared to Burgess's distant relatives, Alex's same-sex lover had no legal inheritance rights.

As the final arbitrator, the Ministry of Magic must plan ahead and conduct a thorough investigation of the causes and consequences of the matter in order to make a convincing judgment.

Unfortunately, there would be no result from the investigation; the punishment inflicted on Alex Burgess by the Sandman himself was beyond the reach of Dumbledore.

"It seems that the Ministry of Magic has made some progress over the years. At least it now pays attention to procedural justice and has evidence-based procedures when doing things. It is no longer a matter of executors acting freely and making their own judgments." Lin You joked to the Auror who led the team.

The three Ministry of Magic staff members who appeared in the castle were all familiar faces. The leader was Nymphadora Tonks - now she should be renamed Nymphadora Tonks Lupin; she was just a new Auror when Voldemort was resurrected, but now she has quite a lot of experience.

The young man following the "senior Auror" was obviously still a rookie. He wore glasses and his hair covered the scar on his forehead. There was also a female employee of the Ministry of Magic who looked like a recorder. Her once fluffy hair was tied up, but in order to hide her beaver-like front teeth, she always pursed her lips when she smiled and never laughed.

"Is Lupin busy recently?" Lin You asked.

Hearing this question, Nymphadora was stunned for a while, and the color of her hair began to change irregularly. "As your employee, isn't it you who decides whether he is busy or not, Your Excellency? How could you not know?"

"Oh, I haven't contacted Lupin for a long time. His work is usually routine, and he doesn't need to contact me unless there is a special situation." Lin You said the behavior of being a hands-off boss as if it was a matter of course. "So what about you, are you still busy with your work?"

"As you said, it's just routine work." Nymphadora's mood became increasingly depressed. "Just look at the three of us. If it was a mission that the Ministry of Magic valued, why would they send me to lead the team and bring two interns with them? Many of the Aurors are veterans who have experienced the two wizarding wars."

"It's not surprising. It's just a property dispute at most. Strictly speaking, it's not a serious case. Even the Burgess family never took the initiative to report Mr. Alex's inexplicable coma. If Fudge was in charge in the past, the Ministry of Magic might have been happy to pretend nothing happened. Now that they can send you here, it's at least a bit of progress."

"There's something else going on about Mr. Burgess's coma, isn't there?" the trainee civil servant with the beaver teeth ventured to interject.

Lin You turned around and asked with interest: "Why do you think so?"

"Because Your Excellency is here, it means that there must be a crucial problem here, but it is temporarily unknown." Hermione expressed her judgment a little excitedly, "You rarely intervene in specific affairs. You are not even seen at the inauguration of the new Minister of Magic. Now you suddenly appear here. Does it mean that what happened in Burgess Castle is more important than the election of the Minister of Magic?"

"You are very perceptive, Miss Hermione. You did guess it right." Lin You first praised her verbally, and then poured a bucket of cold water on her head, interrupting her excitement. "However, what happened in Burgess Castle is beyond the scope of what the Ministry of Magic can handle, so you cannot get involved."

"Why?" Nymphadora yelled in dissatisfaction before Hermione could say anything; among the three people sent by the Ministry of Magic, Mrs. Lupin, who had recently been "promoted" to the position of mother, was the most restless and the most impatient one.

"Let me tell you this. When Alex Burgess fell into a coma, thousands of narcolepsy patients around the world woke up at the same time." For Lupin's sake, Lin You patiently explained, although he didn't say much. "The scope of this incident is too wide and has attracted the attention of Muggle intelligence agencies. I believe that although the current minister is not as cowardly and incompetent as Fudge, he is definitely not willing to wade into this muddy water." (End of this chapter)