The Ancient Time-Turner Ian had brought back to Hogwarts was actually the very one Dumbledore had found in his youth—the Ancient Time-Turner that had previously used the Great Clock to open a passage through history.
Such a peculiar coincidence truly made it hard not to overthink things. Could all of this be some carefully orchestrated Destiny? Or was there an even deeper secret hidden behind it?
Ian had an exceptionally strong premonition.
He believed there had to be a reason for it.
After all, whether God played dice was perhaps something no one knew or could verify, but the fact that there were no coincidences in The Wizarding World was an absolute truth.
All coincidences were merely woven by Destiny, and wizards were beings capable of touching that level. Therefore, in a wizard's worldview, every coincidence could definitely be traced back to its source.
Ian was not the only one who believed this. So did Albus Dumbledore and Nick LeMay. More than that, when they heard the Young Wizard say that he knew who could answer this question of coincidence, both Albus Dumbledore and Nick LeMay realized that Ian's certainty must be connected to some of his experiences in the past.
And that was precisely why.
Nick LeMay had asked whether it was dangerous.
Albus Dumbledore was even more direct. Looking down at the Young Wizard before him, his eyes shifted slightly. "Your Ancient Time-Turner came from Merlin?"
The old Headmaster had not witnessed what had happened in the past, yet he always possessed an insight that made it seem as though he had been handed the script. In truth, after Ian mentioned seeing Merlin in ancient times, such a conclusion was not difficult to infer. After all, in any era, Time-Turners were extremely precious objects.
The people Ian could