Are you alright?
At the edge of the Forbidden Forest, Basil walked over to Draco, who was sitting alone under a tree.
Draco didn't want to look up. But for some reason, the bitterness in his heart vanished the moment the person arrived.
Looking up, I saw it was Basil Granger.
He hesitated before saying, "I remember you have a grudge against my family."
"But Lucius Malfoy is dead." Basil sat down next to Draco.
Now is the time for parent-child bonding ahead of schedule.
Basil made up a reason, "Besides, Sirius and I are friends."
"It's strange, I'm not angry at all. Well, it's my father who wronged you." Draco smiled bitterly. "Perhaps it's karma."
"It's ridiculous that my father died at the hands of the man he respected most."
"Albus Dumbledore, whom we despised and regarded as an enemy, who helped us."
"Why aren't you celebrating with us? This is Gryffindor's long-awaited victory."
Basil shrugged. "I'm not that fond of Quidditch."
"Moreover, it's far too dangerous for a young wizard to approach the Forbidden Forest alone."
"Especially since this young wizard is in low spirits, he might even have a special affection for the Forbidden Forest."
"You're worried I'll go into the woods to find the place where my father died?" Draco frowned. "What's wrong with you? I'm Slytherin."
"But we are all students of Hogwarts." Basil's eyes lit up with kindness.
Draco felt a chill run down his spine and quickly stood up as if he had sat on a hot iron. "Fine, fine, I'll go, I'll go."
Then he left without looking back.
"Hey! Don't go, let's talk some more."
Draco quickened his pace.
"It was your birthday yesterday, do you want me to give you a belated gift?"
Draco started jogging.
With a crackling sound, using Basil's access, Riddle appeared beside him, carrying a box.
Basil turned his head and looked at him.
Riddle nodded and lowered his gaze, saying softly, "My lord, when do you plan to arrange the meeting with Narcissa?"
Basil sighed. "Let's postpone it. Draco isn't used to being with his father yet."
"Today is June 6th, Saturday. Exam results will be released next week."
"The year-end banquet (also called the end-of-term banquet) will be held on Sunday evening, the 14th."
"The next day, the Hogwarts Express departed for London. Most teachers and students would leave Hogwarts for the summer holidays (in the novels, Harry, in his first year, attended the year-end party first and then received his grades. This is probably related to Quirrell's failure to grade the papers before he died. Also, because of Quirrell's death, Harry fell into a coma, causing the departure time to be delayed. But in this timeline, Quirrell finished grading the papers before he died, so the holidays proceeded according to the normal procedure)."
"There's plenty of time, two more weeks."
"To meet with Narcissa, why not just take a portion of the time during these few days?"
"After all, my plan is to go to the other world after I get home, which is the day after the evening of June 15th."
"That's what I thought from the beginning."
"Another world! Unless that world is the one I've read in novels, movies, or anime. Directly comparing it to the 'original work' is different."
"Otherwise, in a complete world, searching for components whose form is unknown is like finding a needle in a haystack."
"You cannot go back until the component is found."
"I might spend a lot of time there."
"The only way to return to the city is by dying."
"This is still a relatively good situation. If it truly reaches a world governed by a different set of laws, would my form still be intact?"
"If it's something like the Lord of the Rings, where the creator god is always watching the symphony, the development of the entire world, can I really not die? And can I return to the city smoothly after death?"
"Could it be that the world you traveled to was actually a dream of the creator god?"
"If it were a world like Mount Shu, where the secrets of heaven are as tight as a net and even the air you breathe has cause and effect, I'm afraid I would be grabbed by a giant hand as soon as I transmigrated there."
"To put it another way, even if there are no high and mighty gods watching over everything, methods of attacking the soul are not uncommon in the myriad worlds. I might very well end up in a world with such methods."
"These are the reasons why I haven't started my journey to another world even though I already have 30,000 gems."
"Fear lingers deep within me, preventing me from thinking rationally."
"Not daring to take a step forward."
"With the help of the Shadow of Obsidian, I was able to review everything and examine those absurd thoughts in my heart."
The system's voice prompt changed from "Connect Parallel Worlds" to "Adjacent World Travel".
"The term 'Adjacent World Travel' refers to similar elements. Therefore, the worlds I travel to will not differ too much in terms of energy level, customs, or structure."
"I'm just worrying unnecessarily."
"So--"
Riddle lowered his head even further. "So, that's why you're planning to travel through time now, lest something unexpected happen."
Basil nodded.
"By the way, are you sure that my return and departure both occurred at the same time?"
Riddle: "Confirmed."
Basil: "Then—begin."
He spread his hands, and a dazzling blue light burst forth.
A black book appeared in his hands.
Riddle turned into a phantom and was captured within it.
Basil's mind raced.
Gemstone: 102945.487 (-30000)
The system's mechanical sound rang out.
[Sizzle. Sizzle. The Grimoire unfolds]
The black cover was cracked, revealing a bright yellow gemstone with a cobalt blue clock face inside.
[The Gate of Time is activated. Spacetime wave released. Search]
Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock.
The clock started ticking.
In my mind, at the edge of the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts, a blue portal appeared.
After withdrawing another batch of gold from the Lestrange Vault.
Basil's figure disappeared from the spot.
The world in the mind, which could only be entered by consciousness in the past, is now appearing in physical form in Basil.
This portal of light seemed to blur the line between reality and illusion.
As he arrived, the ticking of the clock began to slow down, and the silver light that appeared at the edge of the light gate gradually subsided.
[World locked, [Gate of Time] stable, enter?]
As he picked up the box that had accompanied him into the illusory world, Basil's figure vanished into the portal of light.
Nothing special.
It's like stepping from one room into another.
There was no dizziness, just a sudden darkness.
There is no body that is shattered and then reassembled.
Before Basil appeared a tunnel made of blue light.
Touching it feels like pressing on the surface of a balloon.
But when you step on it, it makes a clattering sound.
Of course, in reality, Basil didn't need to take any steps.
He took a few steps before realizing that the floor was moving forward on its own. However, because it was made of the same material as the ceiling and walls and there was no interface, he could hardly feel any movement and that's why he hadn't noticed it.
After advancing for about 10 minutes...
A voice, like a movie narration, lingered in Basil's ears.
"Long ago, two brothers with great Mana established a school to maintain the balance between good and evil in the fairy tale world. The two brothers lived in peace and shared power forever, but things often change unpredictably."
Ahead, also emitting a blue light, an image began to appear.
They were two dark-skinned men, each wearing a long robe in red and blue, and they appeared to be twins.
The man in the red robe seemed to have an unusual sexual orientation, with a bewitching and eerie Demonic Aura, scarlet eyeshadow, and glossy black lipstick.
"So, the similar element is the magic academy?"
"The School of Good and Evil? The place where the descendants of heroes and villains in fairy tales go to school?"
"Seems like a bad movie? One of those politically correct films?"
I'll be releasing two-in-one chapters for the new volume to boost average daily subscriptions.