Waiting for One's "Self" from Another World / Visitors from Another World, an Uneasy Atmosphere...

"This thing... it's very likely been tampered with by someone else. Let's give it a try..." After some careful consideration, Harry decided to take a bold step. "You two step back a bit. If I disappear and don't come back immediately, go and get the teacher right now!"

"Harry, are you sure you want to try this yourself?" Hermione already knew what he was going to do, and she couldn't help but feel extremely worried. "We don't know anything about the situation over there. Should we prepare first, or could I and the Loony go with you?"

"I just wanted to do a simple experiment; it might not actually time travel," Harry said softly, trying to reassure me. "Besides, even if I accidentally time-traveled, given how well these two kids have used it, I should only end up in the Black Lake over there, and it would be easy for me to come back immediately. Moreover... if there were any real danger, I certainly wouldn't let you two come with me."

"Well... okay, I won't go, but she has to stay with you, is that alright?" Hermione hesitated for a moment, then suddenly pushed Luna Lovegood next to Harry. "You need someone with you, no matter what."

"That's good, that way we can have someone to help us if something happens." Luna Lovegood nodded directly, bypassing Harry, and even forcibly took Harry's arm.

"Uh... I feel like, uh... okay~"

Harry shrugged helplessly. He had wanted to say that it didn't feel like companionship, but rather more like surveillance.

What, are you worried that if I accidentally travel through time, I'll secretly go find that brat's mother and continue our ill-fated relationship?

But I guess I'll just bring it along. It seems like even Voldemort died in that other timeline, so there shouldn't be any danger.

Besides, Harry just said that he might not actually travel through time and leave...

After making some quick preparations, Harry drew Luna Lovegood closer to him and used his wand to remove the Full Body-Bind Curse and sleeping charm from the Time-Turner.

In an instant, the tattered pocket watch began to tremble once again.

But then Harry suddenly put it into his Space Ring, and then waited anxiously.

Hermione and Luna Lovegood, too, were incredibly solemn at this moment, awaiting the possible journey through time...

But after a while, Harry and Luna Lovegood were still standing there, showing no sign of leaving!

Harry, however, revealed a knowing smile and took the 'pocket watch' out of the ring again.

"Phew... looks like I guessed right~"

The Time-Turner in his hand, its hourglass now empty, no longer vibrated, as if it had completely stopped.

"Oh dear... it didn't actually travel?" Luna Lovegood blinked in confusion, her expression a little... disappointed.

She had actually started secretly planning what to do after she got there, but in the end, she didn't expect to make such a blunder.

"What's going on?" Hermione was equally puzzled. "Why is it so quiet? I thought... you and the Loony were really going to disappear into the past."

"Because I stopped time," Harry laughed, raising the Space Ring on his hand. "It's all thanks to this Space Ring."

"Now, this Time-Turner belongs to us!"

Chapter 734 Waiting, 'Self' in Another Dimension

Honestly, Harry really wants to hug Luna Lovegood and give her a big kiss right now... if Luna Lovegood doesn't object, and if Hermione doesn't kill him~

The Space Ring that Luna Lovegood once made truly always seems to solve his problems when he needs it most.

For example, right now, Harry is using the Space Ring to exhaust the last bit of the Time-Turner's progress.

The ability to stop time is a special ability that has become almost ubiquitous in ACGN works.

Harry certainly didn't possess that ability, but his Space Ring did have a near-time-stopping state inside... Any object placed inside would become still due to the isolation of the alternate dimension, which was at least a form of time stop.

So while dealing with the Time-Turner -Time-Turner, Harry kept thinking about what would happen if he put it into his Space Ring.

For example... will the entire Time-Turner remain frozen in its current state?

After some thought, Harry's initial conclusion was... he believed that the Time-Turner's progress was very likely to be reduced to zero.

While his Space Ring could freeze objects, it couldn't freeze simple spells in the same way.

He couldn't pre-cast a Killing Curse into the ring and then unleash Avada Kedavra when needed... If he could, why didn't he store tens of thousands of Blasting Curse or Reductor Curse in the ring beforehand, so that he could simply unleash a city-destroying curse comparable to a nuclear strike when fighting someone?

Modern magic spells are not as stable as elemental magic. Harry can encapsulate a water ball in his ring that won't dissipate, but he can't encapsulate a spell that has broken free from the wizard's control.

The Time-Turner also stopped for this reason. The Hour-Reversal Charm has the characteristic that it is irreversible once activated. Although it is sealed in the hourglass, it will not stop because the hourglass stops, and the process of this curse will eventually come to an end.

What Harry was trying to do was to see if, after the Hour-Reversal Charm ended, the Time-Turner could bypass the Space Ring and transport him and Luna Lovegood to another time and space.

It now appears that this thing cannot break through the alternate dimension inside the ring, so I have obtained such a special Time-Turner.

So... if I actively use it, will it be possible to travel to the timeline where those two brats reside?

In addition to this, another issue is also worth noting...

"A Time-Turner that can travel through time and space, that's a very convenient thing." Hermione had clearly guessed Harry's idea. "For example... we could send those two kids back to their own time and space, and maybe they could travel around a bit while they're at it. After all, the time limit issue has been resolved, hasn't it?"

Hermione already knew that Harry really wanted to go and see it.

He must have desperately wanted to understand what was happening there, to know why those people had all left him, adding one tragedy after another to his life...

If it weren't for this reason, why would he be in such a hurry to experiment with that Time-Turner?

However, he wasn't taken away immediately, which instead caused a minor misunderstanding.

"That's certainly possible, but let's wait a bit longer." Harry shook his head and sighed softly. "If we're really going to use it, we'll definitely need to make some preparations beforehand, and I'm also wondering if other 'guests' will come knocking."

"Other guests?" Hermione was taken aback by the question.

"The parents of these two children, that is, from another timeline... you." Luna Lovegood guessed it immediately.

"Is... that possible?" Hermione frowned in doubt. "If they want to find us, wouldn't they need a second Time-Turner that can travel through time?"

"What I fear most is that they might make a second one!" Harry said seriously. "This thing looks too much like an experimental product, so there's no guarantee that there won't be a genuine one later! And Hermione, think about it, this Time-Turner was something you from that timeline copied from Theodore Nott family. Why didn't you destroy it when you knew it was contraband?"

"Could it be... that my counterpart in that timeline was also worried about a second one?!" Hermione suddenly realized.

"That's right!" Harry nodded firmly. "If all our guesses are correct, then those people will definitely come, unless... they don't care about these two kids at all!"

Although Potter's memories suggest that his relationship with his father was extremely bad, Harry believed that no matter how terrible the person on the other side was, they would never stand idly by and watch their child go missing!

So if he can find another Time-Turner, he will definitely come looking for it!

As for why Harry guessed there would be a second Time-Turner, the reason is, of course, that Hermione on the other side kept it.

No matter the time or place, a top student will always be trustworthy... This is absolutely true for Harry!

"The nursing home will be on full alert from now on. Let's wait a bit longer," Harry made a serious decision. "Until the Easter holidays are over... if no one comes, we'll go there ourselves!"

In the following days, Harry's people began a series of intensive preparations. They were busy preparing the items needed to travel to the alternate dimension, while also carefully setting up the nursing home and its surrounding... battlefield.

That's right, if Harry's prediction comes true, they'll likely end up fighting with the parents of these two brats.

After all... he was facing a father searching for his son, and such a man might not be able to maintain his usual rationality.

Moreover, judging from the memories of the brat Potter, the person over there didn't seem to be a very rational person to begin with.

As for why Harry was so sure the other party would come knocking, it's because if they really possessed a second Time-Turner, they might have already traveled to this timeline a long time ago!

Think about it, Harry has already held the two kids captive for over forty days. Even if the people there are incredibly stupid, they couldn't possibly travel back a month and a half after the kids went missing to search for them.

So on February 24th, it's very likely that while Harry was dealing with Fudge and Akinbad, the people from that side had already arrived!

However, perhaps because they were unaware that this was another time and space, they dared not interact with anyone lest they inadvertently disrupt history, and thus could only conduct their investigations secretly.

Of course, there may be other reasons as well.

But regardless, if they really were in this timeline, so much time has passed; they should know the difference between 'Harry Granger' and 'Harry Potter' by now...

If they don't come looking for me, who else can they turn to?

Chapter 735 Visitors from Another World, Discordant Atmosphere

The Home Retirement Home, founded by Harry, was built on the site of the former Shrieking Shack, which is basically on the edge of Hogsmeade Village, in a secluded and quiet environment.

If you visit during the day, everyone will marvel at how spacious and beautiful this mansion truly is.

But when night falls and all the lights are turned off, this mansion transforms into a dark castle, exuding an ancient and inviolable mystery.

It was already mid-April, and the temperature in the Scottish Highlands was gradually warming up. However, the five people, who were currently bathed in moonlight, did not feel much warmth around them, and their expressions were all solemn.

"This used to be the Shrieking Shack, but now it's been turned into such a large nursing home..."

The middle-aged man at the head of the group quietly surveyed the building in front of him, his expression filled with emotion. He subconsciously pushed up his glasses, and it seemed as if even the Lightning Scar on his forehead trembled along with his fingertips.

"Harry, haven't we already confirmed the differences between the two worlds?" the red-haired woman beside him suggested. "Why don't we go in now and see if Al and the others are here?"

"I still don't understand... why can't we just travel to an earlier time?" another blond middle-aged man complained, "If we had, we would already be seeing the two children, and we wouldn't have wasted so much time in this world!"

"Please... didn't I already explain it to you, Draco? The 'method' you mentioned doesn't work according to the rules."

The one who spoke again was a shrewd, capable, and still charming middle-aged woman. Just by looking at her demeanor, you could tell that she was definitely the only one among the five who had actually brought her brains with her from the past.

"Even if we can use Time-Turner to travel through time, we still can't arbitrarily violate the rules of time. After Albus and the others disappeared, we were helpless for many days, which is a fact. So if we travel to the same point in time as them, or even earlier, and wait for them to appear, then their disappearance would not have happened. And without this fact as a cause, there would be no result from our time travel!"

"Hmph, I don't understand a word you're saying." The middle-aged version of Draco Malfoy snorted impatiently, feeling that the other person was just making excuses.

"I'm telling you... can't you read more books in your spare time? This is a time paradox, it's Novikov's principle of self-consistency, do you understand now?!"

"Hermione, don't get so worked up," the red-haired woman quickly interjected, though she herself wasn't interested in such theories. "I think... the most important thing right now is to rescue my and Harry's child."

"Ginny, that's what I'm talking about too! We..."

"Alright, alright, let's all calm down, okay? Ginny, and you too, dear." The last, slightly overweight, middle-aged redheaded man quickly tried to smooth things over. "Anyway, the situation is this: we've come to this damn world and searched for so long, and finally everyone decided to investigate this nursing home tonight... But I still don't quite understand, since it's 1994 now, why don't we ask Professor Dumbledore for help?"

"Ron, didn't I already say this? This is a world that's not quite the same as ours. The relationships between the characters here are not the same as ours!" The middle-aged woman— Hermione Granger from the alternate timeline—rolled her eyes in exasperation.

Sometimes she really felt that discussing serious matters with the people around her was the biggest folly of her life.

However, she patiently explained to her husband, "Harry and Professor Dumbledore in this world have an irreconcilable conflict. Those two children are likely in Harry's hands. If we ask Dumbledore for help, do you know what Harry will do here?!"

"No, I don't want to know... I only know that his last name here is Granger." Middle-aged Ron muttered under his breath, his expression suddenly turning extremely sour.

Yes, someone in this world is now Harry Granger, and he and Hermione here are rumored to be engaged!

So this is great, you don't even need to change your surname after getting married.

Clearly, this guy knew perfectly well that even if Hermione Jones Miss Granger could change her middle name, she would absolutely not want to change her last name.

Otherwise, she and her two children wouldn't have the surname 'Granger - Weasley'.

"This won't work, that won't work... In my opinion, it's all Potter's fault!" The middle-aged Malfoy then turned his attention to the middle-aged Potter. "If you hadn't trusted that woman, we would have found Scorpius by now! Damn it, I took out the only Time-Turner I had at home, and you let it get stolen!"

In fact, the issues that the middle-aged Malfoy is raising now are one of the reasons for the disharmonious atmosphere in this time-traveling group.

When they first arrived in this time and space, there were actually six of them.

After the two children went missing, the Potter and the Malfoy family were at a loss for a long time, but eventually decided to put aside their differences and join forces.

The middle-aged Malfoy produced another Time-Turner, which had the same function as the Theodore Nott Time-Turner he had previously captured. Moreover, this one was made of higher-grade materials and did not have the limitation of only being able to stay in the 'past' for five minutes.

Even with this, they still didn't know exactly what time the two children were in.

Just then, a woman approached them.

Delphi Diggory.

She introduced herself as Cedric Diggory's cousin, and after meeting the middle-aged Potter and his companions, she sincerely explained the whole story to them.

How Mr. Diggory, heartbroken after losing his son, wept bitterly, and how she orchestrated the theft of the damaged Time-Turner by her two children, guiding them back to the Triwizard Tournament era in an attempt to save Cedric Diggory's life...

So, the middle-aged Potter chose to believe and took her on the journey through time.

However, just after they successfully arrived in the alternate dimension, the woman suddenly turned on them, easily defeating the middle-aged Harry and stealing the Time-Turner!

And before leaving, she revealed her true identity to everyone...

The Augurey left behind by the Dark Lord!

"So this is all your fault!" the middle-aged Malfoy sharply rebuked the middle-aged Potter. "To be defeated by a twenty-year-old woman who hasn't even been to Hogwarts, and you're the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement!"

"Shut up, Malfoy!" the middle -Ginny yelled back, "None of us wanted this to happen, and didn't that woman fool all of us at the same time?!"

"Enough, stop arguing..." The middle-aged Potter, his voice hoarse, stopped his companions' argument. "Draco is right, it's all my fault. If I had communicated better with Albus, perhaps none of this would have happened... But in any case, this is our only choice now, let's go."

He shook his head wearily, then, without waiting for his companion's opinion, walked alone towards the nursing home under the cover of night...

Chapter 736 Splitting up is just sending people to their deaths

The nursing home under the cover of night appears quiet and rustic.

Pushing open the lavishly decorated door, the hinges, thanks to regular maintenance, made absolutely no sound, much to the relief of the five time travelers who were sneaking in.