Has the Timeline Changed Again? / This Plotline Seems Pretty Good

"You mean... a deal?! Something like that..." The girl trembled uncontrollably as she leaned against Harry, a sign of utter grief and despair.

If any of Harry, Meghan, and Harry were to care deeply about the plight of ordinary people in this timeline, it would only be Hermione.

Because she herself came from an ordinary background.

So she couldn't understand why, even though ordinary people were already under the protection of the British Government, so many children were still Death Eater every year and then cruelly imprisoned in Hogwarts concentration camp!

She also couldn't understand why, given the British Government's overwhelming advantage over the Death Eater, these villains could still act so rampantly, even indiscriminately hunting and killing Muggle for their own amusement, only needing to pay the Prime Minister a small sum of gold afterward!

But... that's just how it is.

It's just a political organization; how noble can you expect from them?

With an overwhelming advantage in both intelligence and military strength, the British Government could certainly ruthlessly eliminate Death Eater except Voldemort, or place them entirely under government supervision.

But the question is, what are the benefits of doing this?

Wizards are a global community. If Britain were to completely wipe them out, and something were to happen in the future that involved fantasy, they wouldn't even have anyone to take the blame in a critical moment.

From this perspective, eliminating wizards is definitely not a worthwhile endeavor, and by the same logic, keeping them under surveillance is even less worthwhile.

Wizards have so many ways to hide and disguise themselves, from Disillusionment Charm to Polyjuice Potion, who has the time to keep a constant watch on them for even a second?

Moreover, even if it were possible, how much financial and time investment would it require?

Therefore, the British Government's attitude towards all wizards, including Death Eater, is that as long as you don't provoke them, you can slowly destroy yourself.

The government knew they couldn't stop the birth of new ordinary people, which is why they allowed Death Eater to abduct these children.

As for the Death Eater wantonly harming ordinary people?

Please, those ordinary people who were harmed were essentially the same as those Voldemort killed and turned into Inferi —mostly the poor, homeless, and a large number of elderly people...

To put it bluntly, in the eyes of politicians, these lives are simply numbers that drag down the entire country's economy.

Handing them over to the Death Eater is essentially the same as unplugging the ventilators from some people; the disappearance of each one of them can save a large amount of social Fawley spending.

That's what high- Fawley societies are like, not to mention that politicians also get benefits from Death Eater.

Allowing Death Eater to run rampant is actually a win-win situation for both the country and the personal fortunes of politicians...

Most importantly, the government can watch as the wizards dig their own graves, shovel by shovel!

"It's like raising piglets, and the Death Eater will only get dumber and dumber!"

Luna Lovegood's words hit the nail on the head. According to Voldemort's current ruling ideology, the marriage between wizards and ordinary people will inevitably decrease significantly. This is because marriage not only means the leakage of information in the Wizarding World, but also means that the next generation will be Half-blood, and that there may be Squib starting from the next generation after that!

Therefore, marriage alliances between the Pure-blood Family are the dominant trend in the Britain Wizarding World today.

The situation is quite clear: the Death Eater are severing the lifeline of ordinary people from the outside world, and internally, their rampant intermarriage is causing inbreeding, deformities, and the Bloodborne Curse to proliferate. Aren't they courting their own destruction?

Anyone with a basic understanding of biology, even those who have studied at the junior high level, can figure this out. So why would the British Government expend so much effort to deal with them?

They're just taking their money while letting these thousands of 'piglet' run wild in the pigpen until they all crash into themselves and die!

The problem now is that there's an extra Voldemort among the 'piglet' who wants to kick things off.

He was strong enough, and more importantly, thick-skinned and tough, making him difficult to kill, and he was always thinking about rebelling against the British Government and all of humanity.

So Harry decided to take action; he absolutely could not let Voldemort's plot succeed.

"We have to get the Deathly Hallows!" Harry said firmly to the two girls. "These three things are far too dangerous. They can't fall into Voldemort's hands... no, they can't fall into the hands of any wizard! When we travel through time again, we have to get them before Voldemort does, and then try to bring them back to our own timeline..."

"Try it if you can do it, you wretched brat!!"

Suddenly, a tremendous demonic aura pressed down from the sky, and the Demon King, shrouded in black mist, was hurtling towards them from the distant sky!

Along with it came a ghastly green death ray!

"Apparition immediately!!"

Harry's expression suddenly hardened. Fortunately, he had prepared Anti-Apparition Jinx beforehand, so Voldemort did not appear suddenly, but flew over from nearby.

This gave Harry a rare moment to react!

So, before Voldemort and his Killing Curse could land, Harry, his friends, and their companions had completed all the preparations for Apparition!

"Barty Crouch Jr. Crouch.!" Just before leaving, Harry suddenly asked the captured Death Eater one last question, "What is the most important thing in your life?!"

"..."

The Death Eater's lips moved slightly, and he managed to utter a few words. At the same time, the thick beam of the Killing Curse crashed to the ground... but unfortunately, it was once again completely ineffective!

"You bastard! You bastard!!"

At this moment, in this desolate wilderness, only Voldemort's powerless roar echoed everywhere...

Chapter 771 Has the timeline changed again?

A ripple of magic flashed, and Harry and his friends were back in that bustling, lively neighborhood.

Although there was a bustling crowd not far away, Voldemort was certain that he couldn't catch up, the two women still felt lingering fear.

"Voldemort... his power is truly terrifying." The three of them hid in a small alley between two buildings. Hermione patted her chest in fear, her voice noticeably strained.

Luna Lovegood didn't say anything, but her body was trembling slightly.

Although it was only a very brief stalemate, Voldemort's terrifying magic left a huge shadow on them, making them feel fear involuntarily.

"He's stronger now than the one Harry Potter fought, and the Voldemort we're about to encounter... but thankfully, he's not entirely invincible," Harry said in a low voice. "The key now is the Deathly Hallows. As long as we get that thing out of this time and space, Voldemort will never be able to cause any more trouble."

"But will things be that simple?" Luna Lovegood asked with some worry. "Voldemort's daughter... that woman named Delphi, she also has a Time-Turner, she certainly won't let us make such a change so easily."

"So the key now is to race against the enemy, right?" Hermione continued her analysis. "To get ahead of them, we'll have to travel through time immediately..."

Hermione hesitated for a moment when she said this, and Harry knew that she couldn't immediately let go of what had happened here.

"Hermione, I'm sorry..." Harry clenched his fists tightly, blaming himself for not being able to resolve his lover's inner conflict.

Ultimately, it's because he's not strong enough and lacks the power to confront Voldemort head-on!

He certainly had many ways to temporarily change things, such as staying here longer and killing all the Death Eater by any means necessary!

However, these are all only temporary, merely an illusion he can currently perceive.

As long as Delphi lives and as long as the other side still possesses the Time-Turner, everything Harry does here will ultimately be in vain.

He certainly wanted to get rid of Delphi here, but Voldemort's presence was a huge hindrance. After Harry's previous failed sneak attack, Voldemort's protection of Delphi would increase exponentially, making another successful sneak attack almost impossible.

Therefore, the only thing he could do was to change history!

"Harry, it's not your fault..." Just as Harry was secretly blaming himself, Hermione suddenly cupped his face in her hands and gently shook her head at him. "I was too nosy. I shouldn't have cared so much about things that didn't concern us, and I even made you worry and feel guilty. So I should be the one apologizing. I came here with you full of confidence, thinking I could definitely help you, but in the end I still held you back and couldn't help at all..."

"Hermione..." Harry frowned, feeling a pang of heartache as he looked at the girl in front of him, who appeared so sad and remorseful.

Fortunately, the academically gifted girl quickly regained her resolve.

"So, make your own decision!" Hermione took Harry's hand, looking firmly into his eyes. "No matter what, I... and Loony, we will always support you and stay by your side!"

"That's roughly the idea, but you don't actually need to include me, Know-it-all ~" Luna Lovegood shrugged, seemingly indifferent.

"Even if I didn't want to bring you, you've already followed, haven't you?!" Hermione retorted angrily.

She has clearly returned to her usual love-hate relationship with Luna Lovegood, and it seems that her earlier emotional outburst has passed.

However, while enjoying the two girls' banter, Harry inadvertently noticed something else.

"Have you two noticed that it seems like there haven't been any police cars patrolling this street for quite some time now?"

"Police cars... you mean those kinds of cars that used to appear every now and then?" Luna Lovegood thought for a moment, then shook her head. "I haven't seen any since the beginning."

"That's true. It seems like there haven't been any police cars around since we came back." Hermione had the same impression; the once densely packed patrol cars on the street seemed to have vanished all at once.

"Something must have happened... You two wait here for me, I'll go investigate." Harry frowned slightly, leaving the two women in the alley for the time being.

His intuition told him that this was not a good sign.

Because of past incidents like the Voldemort hoax and subsequent real terrorist attacks, Britain has a 24/7 police presence in its busy commercial streets, and police cars are a common sight.

When the two girls were shopping here before, and when Harry came back to look for them later, all three of them had seen police cars patrolling this street more than once. It doesn't make sense that all the police would have left just because they went out for a drive and came back.

To find out the reason, Harry walked around the crowd and used Legilimency some simple research, but the information he got surprised him!

"It seems something big has happened..." Harry said to the two girls with great seriousness after returning, "I suspect the timeline has changed again!"

"What?!" Hermione exclaimed in shock. "Delphi, didn't you petrify her? How could this possibly have happened?!"

"I don't want to believe it either, but I've used Legilimency on several people, and in their knowledge, there have never been such heavy police patrols on this street before, and London hasn't experienced any terrorist attacks in the past twenty years," Harry said gravely. "The only explanation I can think of for this sudden change is a shift in the timeline!"

"Perhaps Voldemort just happened to have the Mandrake Restorative Draught, or maybe someone else traveled through time in Delphi's place," Luna Lovegood said softly. "Anyway... someone beat us to it."

"Shouldn't we leave right away?!" Hermione exclaimed anxiously.

"No...we need to go find Severus Snape now!" Harry shook his head. "I need to confirm the changes in the timeline with him again, and also...we need to say goodbye to him before we leave."

Now that it was clear that the other side had gotten ahead, Harry wasn't in a hurry anymore.

There's no use in him being anxious now. Who knows which point in time the enemy has traveled to? He can't just keep running around in the past like a headless fly.

So it's better not to rush things and think carefully about the next steps.

If the timeline has indeed changed, the Severus Snape will definitely be affected. Therefore, as long as Harry finds the Severus Snape, he can roughly analyze which areas have changed, which is at least a way to prepare in advance.

So Harry, along with the two girls, Apparition again and headed to the Shrieking Shack of the resistance.

I hope they're still there...

Chapter 772 The plot seems pretty good.

At this moment, inside the dilapidated Shrieking Shack, Snape and middle-aged Hermione in the current timeline seem to be arguing about something.

"Severus, it's been several hours already, are you going to wait any longer?"

The middle-aged Hermione urged him on with a serious expression. She and Snape seemed to have become quite familiar with each other, and they could even call each other by their given names.

She was now wearing a different set of clothes, somewhat tattered but looking capable, which made her look like a battle-hardened warrior, no longer the high-ranking official who had previously been indifferent to combat.

"Weasley and the others have already left with the last group. This place could be discovered by Death Eater at any time. You'd better leave quickly too, and stop being so stubborn!"

"No, I'm not leaving." Snape shook his head coldly. "I will not leave this place until I'm sure he's back safe and sound!"

"But..."

"Hermione Granger!" Middle-aged Hermione wanted to say something, but Snape abruptly interrupted her, "I just left Lily's son at Hogwarts ... Once again! Once again I watched him risk his life, and I couldn't do anything about it!!"

"Severus, wake up! He's not like Harry. That guy is from another timeline, and he's much stronger Harry!" Hermione, now middle-aged, anxiously urged. "He doesn't even have the surname Potter!"

"Isn't that great?" Snape retorted sharply. "He's not named Potter, he's named Granger. Can you honestly say you weren't secretly happy? Please, everyone here knows why you've been single ever since Potter died!"

"I..." Middle-aged Hermione opened her mouth, but did not refute Snape's words.

Seeing Harry again, especially a young Harry, would naturally make the middle-aged Hermione incredibly excited, and she might even feel an urge to rush up and give him a hug.

That spirited young man, bearing his family name, made no attempt to conceal his intimate relationship with his fourteen-year-old self... Although a Loony had intruded into the story, for middle-aged Hermione, it was undoubtedly a dreamlike unfolding.

But... that wasn't my dream.

Therefore, middle-aged Hermione could certainly understand Snape's feelings, because she was actually in the same boat as him... only able to watch helplessly as Harry faced danger alone, but there was absolutely nothing she could do!

She couldn't even be as brave as she was in her youth, able to stay by his side...

Just as middle-aged Hermione and Snape were feeling dejected, a crisp sound suddenly came from the dilapidated hut, and then they found that a boy and a girl had suddenly appeared in front of them!

"Granger ..."

"Harry!"

For a moment, both of them stared wide-eyed, and the middle-aged Hermione could no longer control her emotions, suddenly lunging forward and grabbing Harry's shoulder!

"Are you alright?" She turned Harry over, examining him closely. "Umbridge... did they hurt you?!"

"Uh... I'm fine." Harry was taken aback by Hermione's sudden concern for him; he was caught off guard.

"Hmph, you've become so eager now?" Hermione snorted in dissatisfaction, seeing that her adult self seemed to be taking advantage of a younger man.

"Hmm, it seems this has quite a significant impact~" Luna Lovegood, on the other hand, raised an eyebrow nonchalantly, her expression completely that of someone watching a show.