Expungement and Divine Descent

Seeing this, Moriarty became even more aggressive.

"Merlin!"

"You, a legend of the past, cannot possibly make up for the mistakes you have committed in the present!"

Riding the Golden Gryphon, Moriarty flew to the side facing away from Hogwarts Castle, forming an encirclement around Merlin together with Lilith and the other four women.

"I, Moriarty Slytherin! The sole direct descendant of Salazar Slytherin!"

"The strongest heir of the Four Founders, the strongest successor of Hogwarts!"

"I hereby solemnly swear, by the authority of supreme glory, to erase Merlin's traces from Hogwarts!"

Sacred flames burned in Moriarty's eyes. His voice rumbled like thunder, every sentence accompanied by thunderous roars and howling gales.

"Whether it is portraits or Chocolate Frog cards, I will erase them all!"

"All that will remain of Merlin will be honest records of his true life and people's evaluations of him!"

"I will also completely erase Merlin's name that The Quill of Acceptance once wrote in The Book of Admittance!"

"Ooooooh!"

Cheers erupted from within Hogwarts Castle and continued for a long time.

Some had already torn up Merlin's Chocolate Frog cards and removed his already damaged portraits from the walls—if they could not remove them, they smashed apart that section of wall!

Merlin's body visibly swayed, but after only a moment, he regained his composure.

He glared at Moriarty with hatred. "Fine. Do whatever you want."

"When I Become a God and travel freely through the Multiverse, do not regret it!"

"I never regret anything!" Moriarty's stern voice drowned out Merlin's. "One thing Hogwarts wants to teach us is never to regret!"

Moriarty waved the Slytherin staff and pointed it at the locked little tower no student had ever visited.

The next second, the lock instantly sprang open. The entire little tower trembled under the influence