Matthew felt some doubts arise within him. The arrow that had struck Irina just now had been quite fatal.
If he had not returned to this point a thousand years ago and met the siblings, perhaps Kadir might have narrowly escaped disaster, while Irina would not have lived long enough to display her talent. Then those records would not have existed in the future history of the Black family.
What Matthew had done just now was precisely what made his experiences on the future Timeline make sense.
"Had Merlin deliberately sent me to this point in time?" Matthew began to doubt Merlin's purpose in sending him back.
Matthew walked out into the corridor and looked toward the first floor. It was now a complete mess; the beasts he had conjured had defeated the Muggles who had broken in.
With a wave of his wand, the beasts turned back into stairs.
The beasts he had conjured had not killed those Muggles, but they appeared to be badly injured.
Matthew used Legilimency to inspect the Muggles' memories. Sure enough, someone had seen the gold Irina had transformed during her Magic Outburst.
There had been two witnesses. One was already lying on the floor, while the other had gone to find the Church.
The other villagers had heard that Wizards could create gold, and greed had taken hold of them. They wanted to capture Matthew and the others before the Church arrived and force them to produce gold.
"Hogwarts gave Muggle-born Wizards room to grow." Matthew gained a clearer understanding of the circumstances faced by Muggle-born Wizards in this era. With no one to guide them, they developed slowly and had virtually no ability to protect themselves. A dozen or so Muggles gathered together dared to cause trouble for young Wizards.
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