Hogwarts: Wizards of Eternity

Because of the wizards' powerful yet easily countered nature, Muggles have been the main force in the world since ancient times.

From very early times, wizards have lived in seclusion.

It is precisely because of this, and thanks to Greece's unique terrain, that many wizards' residences have been preserved to some extent...

Well, speaking of preservation, almost everything of value inside has been taken, either officially or privately, over these two thousand years.

What remains are empty houses with only sightseeing value, and black wizard testing grounds like Azkaban, so sinister that no one wants to go near them.

But with the Time-Turner Illusion Charm, everything is different again, and perhaps there is still deep value to be excavated here.

"Greece is a country with a glorious past, but a bleak present," Nicolaou said, gazing at the surging sea.

A sailboat with special magic cast upon it sailed on the horizon. The key wizard residences, which are not open to the public, have all been given something similar to the Fidelius Charm, and only by piloting this special ship can one enter them.

"This place was once the center of civilization, possessing the most advanced Western thought and technology, but after being destroyed several times..."

"I don't think Greece should be like this now. I want our Ministry of Magic to be as impressive as the British Ministry of Magic. We don't want to be a tourist country." Nicolaou had been thinking along these lines.

He wanted to obtain something from the ancient wizards that might turn the fate of this country around.

That's why he, as the Minister of Magic of a country, lowered himself and busied himself like a lackey for Roger.

And this idea, after he and Roger spent ten days together touring Greece and witnessing many historical highlights of Greece's past, spread like wildfire in his heart.

Some people study for the rise of China, some storm the Capitol to make America great again, and some strive for the strength of Germany... Lesser countries may not have the ambition to compete, but those whose ancestors were once wealthy, even if temporarily in a slump, will yearn for a glorious future.

Next, he took the opportunity to express to Roger his desire to record the scenes he had seen using magical means.

Roger didn't object to this. It wasn't anything that needed to be kept secret, but he wasn't optimistic about Nicolaou's plan: "Even if you just look, how much knowledge can you gain from the ancient wizards?"

"Even if you really gain something, what's the use?"

"Although some ancient magic has been lost in the flow of time, the overall system has never been cut off. It has not been lost due to discontinuity, but has been naturally eliminated by modern magic."

Ancient magic is more powerful than modern magic, but this is at the cost of controllability.

Ancient magic is more complex to learn and harder to control. Someone who studies both ancient and modern magic will definitely find modern magic superior.

To use an easier-to-understand example:

Ancient magic is like a bow and arrow, and modern magic is like a pistol. The power of some heavy bows far exceeds that of pistols, and the range is the same. Skilled archers have an effective range of about 300 meters, while pistols only have 50 meters.

On paper, bows and arrows are much better than pistols, but pistols are more convenient, and it is easier to train gunners. The淘汰 of bows and arrows is inevitable.

The investment in learning one ancient magic is enough to learn at least five modern magics.

Roger's curiosity about ancient wizards is more about the curiosity of their thought processes when they pioneered a new path from scratch.

He wanted to see what inspired them in their daily lives, outside of books.

He didn't want to convert to ancient magic.

"—Having something is always better than having nothing." In fact, Nicolaou also knew that the possibility of the legacy of ancient wizards changing the fate of Greece was very slim.

But what else could he do?

Although he held a high position, he, like Fudge, was a politician-type wizard with not much magical power. To put it bluntly, his strength was about the same as that of Professor Quirrell, who had been possessed by Voldemort.

All he could do was take action in the direction he could strive for.

"If nothing else, the discovery of a large number of real historical materials can benefit Greece a lot."

When they really arrived, Roger found that it was indeed necessary for the Greek Ministry of Magic not to make the residences of some wizards public.

Along the way, Roger dispelled 13 traps, 7 curses, and various other dangerous places that had arisen due to the passage of time.

Roger was getting annoyed. If this weren't someone else's place, Roger would have used a 'Solar Flare' to level the place, and then slowly investigate, finishing with a Restoration Charm to restore everything.

And this was just walking over.

Once the Time-Turner Illusion Charm was activated, it was even more incredible.

Even Harry, who had seen many cruel scenes in modern and ancient warfare, looked very bad.

He looked like he wanted to vomit.

Nicolaou didn't want to lose face in front of the two young guests, so he held on, but Roger could tell that he was also reaching his limit.

"I thought ancient wizards might have played around a lot, but I didn't expect it to be to this extent." Roger rubbed his temples.

Morality and ethics often have different standards in different eras, different regions, and different groups.

For example, in ancient times, 14 years old was almost the age to talk about marriage. The notorious massacre of cities was even considered a normal military tactic in some periods.

And in some groups, only they themselves are considered human, and all races other than them are just bipedal livestock in human form.

Similar ideas, if not uncommon among ancient wizards, were at least 'rampant'.

Some modern pure-blood wizards may also have similar ideas.

Roger recalled the many works that Professor McGonagall had lent him and that he had seen in the Hogwarts library,

and couldn't help but sigh.

It seemed that those books must have been embellished by later generations.

'Should we stop here?' Roger looked back at the two people with extremely pale faces.

Behind him was the scene of an ancient wizard studying human transfiguration, peeling off the skin, fat, muscles, nerves, internal organs, and bones of dozens of Muggles, floating them in mid-air, turning them into various strange things, and then piecing them together.

—...-By the way, these Muggles were all alive the whole time.

The scene was like a Slaanesh Bloodletter training their skills.

Roger understood how ancient wizards were able to continuously improve their technology in an environment where they lacked communication and wizards were hostile to each other.

Collaboration is just 1% inspiration, plus 99% brute-force trial and error?

It was very similar to Roger, but Roger used himself for trial and error, while they used Muggles to experiment.

"Let's go visit other places first." With Roger taking the lead, Harry and Nicolaou nodded repeatedly.

Before canceling the Time-Turner Illusion Charm, Roger took one last look at the ancient wizard, and he suddenly remembered something.

Witch Hunt!

The witch hunts of this world, as they now seem, may be somewhat similar to what the bald man did to the Jews. Certainly, many innocent people suffered unwarranted disasters and died unjustly, but the initial cause was not necessarily 'innocence'.

A small group of people committed crimes for greed, took the sweet fruits, and in the end, the sticks fell on those innocent people to bear together.

Roger remembered this matter, along with the many things he had seen and heard during his previous journeys.

When the Three-Dimensional Magic is popularized in the future, he must also prevent similar phenomena from happening.

Whoever makes a mistake should bear the blame.

"Alas," Nicolaou sighed as he walked out of the ancient wizard's laboratory.

He had thought he could gain something of value.

But the first stop was a failure.

What he had seen might have some value in magic, but it was completely unsuitable for public disclosure.

Nicolaou had many ideas for the future, and he once thought that the most likely thing was to run a school.

Europe has three major magic schools: Hogwarts, Durmstrang, and Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. What Nicolaou wanted to create was not the fourth well-known institution.

Instead, he wanted to use the large amount of ancient magic discovered to create something like a 'holy land for ancient magic research'.

With Greece's national strength, hegemony was out of the question, but cultural victory might be worth a try.

But now, if what is discovered later is all this kind of thing, his hope will really be dashed.

With a glimmer of hope, the magic sailboat set off again, heading to the next Greek island in the Aegean Sea.