Time Magic Reversal (Six): The Denied Self

Apprentice Anthony Weasley was dead!

He had died from a potion developed through research into Werewolf Venom, the Crackling Curse, Boggarts, and more.

What an idiot!

Fiennes had only raised the potion bottle and laughed a few times, loudly declaring things like, "Drink this, and I'll become the most talented wizard alive!" Yet his apprentices had all started eyeing the potion.

Good, Fiennes had thought with a cold smile. He wanted to see which greedy fool would dare steal the fruits of his life's work.

Then he saw them. There were three!

Three greedy little brats plotted to share the potion, then turned on one another after getting their hands on it. In the end, Anthony Weasley, the apprentice who had been skulking off to the side, got lucky.

That silly boy didn't run off with the potion. He drank it right there on the spot.

Did they have any idea how dangerous magic was?

How many times had he told those idiots?

Studying Charms was dangerous!

Developing Potions was dangerous!

He hadn't even come from a Magic School. Everything he knew was obscure and unconventional, which made it even more dangerous. They had to be careful!

But none of those idiots would listen!

Who could he blame?

If anyone was to blame, it was that father of yours, who'd been greedy for beauty. Or that half-man, Goblin Pedro, the teacher had sent to kill him.

That half-man had drunk Polyjuice Potion and turned into a beauty, plundered everything your father owned, and even sold you like a piece of merchandise.

Otherwise, you should have been studying at a Magic School.

Yes, these apprentices should all have been studying at a Magic School, with bright futures ahead of them.

Fiennes sighed. The century-long war between Grindelwald and Voldemort had left