Grindelwald had confirmed Auroro's identity.
Auroro claimed to be Alex Fiennes.
Fiennes had lost his memories of Auroro.
And...
Anton frowned slightly as the memories above the 'Lake of the Mind' rapidly flipped through, pulling up and analyzing the relevant information.
Before Anna arrived, Auroro had suddenly claimed to be sleepy and voluntarily entered the ring.
And when Anna mentioned Auroro's existence, Anton had Time Magic power on him.
This allowed Anton to find a rather uncertain answer in Pedro's old memories.
—The ironclad rule for using a Time-Turner: never appear before yourself.
Though Pedro, the 'Time and Memory Collector and Traveler,' and his granddaughter-and-Apprentice Anna often ignored that ironclad rule.
They even enjoyed meeting their past selves and possible future selves.
Pedro did it to ease the loneliness of a Time traveler and share resources.
Anna, meanwhile, treated reminders brought back by her future self as 'prophecies.' She regarded the possible versions of herself in the past as interesting adventures, then traveled through time to fill in those past existences that 'might or might not have existed.'
The wizards and Goblins in the field of Time Magic played no less wildly than those in any other field.
Interesting.
Thrilling.
But they were often toyed with by magic in return.
Just like Magizoologists—countless ones throughout history had accidentally been killed by the cute fluffy creatures they raised. Some had even been more capable than Newt and Hagrid, yet they still ended up barbecued.
It did not even require such an advanced field of magic. Luna's mother, for instance, was said to have died while researching spells.
With all these chaotic thoughts swirling through his mind, Anton simply went underground beneath the Cottage and had the Elephant-eating Vine drag out a suitcase from deep within its roots. He took out the