Whether to Change It... and How Much / The Journey Begins-Intervening in the War

"Granger ...it's good to see you back." Snape seemed excited too, but unlike the middle-aged Hermione, he didn't lose control of his emotions and remained where he was.

There are some emotions he will never express directly.

"By the way, how did you escape?!" The middle-aged Hermione kept pressing for answers. "You... I mean, all three of you, you're all alright, right?!"

"We're all fine. Those Death Eater can't stop me," Harry said reassuringly, shaking his head. "As for Umbridge, she should be dead by now."

"Really? That's wonderful!!"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged Hermione cheered, and even the Severus Snape's expression relaxed slightly.

Harry didn't know how much the timeline had been altered, but Umbridge was ultimately thrown off Norberta by him, so he was probably indeed dead.

Taking advantage of Hermione and Snape's excitement, Harry and his friends easily got the gist of what they wanted to say.

Just as Harry had guessed, the timeline had indeed undergone a slight shift. At least Harry's relationship with Snape and the middle-aged Hermione was relatively harmonious; it was just that he didn't get along well with certain Weasley.

As for the reason, let's not talk about it. Anyway, some people will never get to eat swan meat in their lifetime.

The Rebellion had previously planned to kidnap Draco Malfoy and his son, but the plan failed, which also exposed Snape's undercover identity.

Just then, middle-aged Hermione went to discuss saving ordinary people with Snape, and was cornered in the Potions Office at Hogwarts. At that moment, Harry, Harry, and Harry Apparition and chose to fight against Umbridge and his Death Eater to cover their retreat!

Hey, this plot seems pretty good!

Although Harry didn't know exactly what the enemy had changed in the past, these changes clearly caused some subtle chain reactions, resulting in some positive changes for him, and preventing the situation from collapsing any further.

This makes the matter quite intriguing.

After reuniting with the middle-aged Hermione and Snape, Harry didn't rush to leave. Instead, he followed them to another hideout—the old Longbottom family.

In the twenty years following Neville's unfortunate death, the Longbottom family also rapidly declined due to their struggle against the Death Eater. Finally, before Augusta Longbottom passed away, she gave the family mansion to Hermione, the leader of the resistance, to house the ordinary people who had been rescued.

With the help of the resistance's intelligence network, Harry gathered some information, which further confirmed his suspicions.

After their enemies traveled to the past, they did make some changes. For example, Voldemort seemed to have become more low-key and less aggressive, and the Death Eater seemed to have gained a fairly clear understanding of the technological capabilities of ordinary people.

But... Dolores Umbridge died, and Theodore Nott and many Death Eater died too.

They were all killed by Harry and his friends, and so far, none of them have been resurrected due to the timeline changes!

This clearly demonstrates that the changes made by the enemy in the past cannot completely alter the reality influenced by Harry!

This gives Harry a lot more options!

Chapter 773: To be changed or not, and... how much to change?

Harry's original intention in traveling to this timeline was simply to find the still-living Dumbledore and investigate the reasons for the differences between him and the Albus Dumbledore.

Besides that, what he probably wanted to do was travel directly back to the beginning of everything and completely change Harry Potter's fate from scratch.

But now, in order to deal with that guy who's using the Time-Turner to annoy him, Harry feels he needs to be more careful.

For example, he could save Harry Potter and Neville Longbottom during the Battle of Hogwarts, thus rewriting the fact that they were dead;

If we find another opportunity to kill Lucius Malfoy during this time, we might be able to prevent the Death Eater from getting their hands on the Time-Turner.

And if he had killed Bellatrix Lestrange Lestrange before Delphi was born, there would be no such thing as the Augurey.

Using this method, Harry can change almost anything!

As a traveler from another dimension, Harry should be a very powerful external force in the current timeline.

Because he is not affected by the changes in this timeline, but assuming that Delphi is the one who travels through time with the Time-Turner, she must be very careful when rewriting history... After all, one careless move could easily lead to a huge blunder like 'I killed myself'.

Therefore, from this perspective, Harry can completely disrupt the plot without restraint, and the chain reaction caused by the enemy rewriting history is simply not enough to offset the destruction Harry creates.

But Harry would hesitate because he didn't know exactly how much he needed to change.

In theory, he can do all the work of the protagonist, and do it with the same quality and ease. Therefore, Harry Potter can be completely sidelined, and the audience can just watch Harry go on a rampage.

He could fight at the Battle of Hogwarts, he could stop Dumbledore's various reckless actions, he could kill all the Death Eater in the Department of Mysteries, and he didn't care if he directly confronted Voldemort at Little Hangleton... In his own timeline, that was exactly what he planned to do.

In his original plan, he could even travel to the eve of Halloween in 1981, rush to Godric's Hollow just as Voldemort was about to come after the Potter family, and have a head-on confrontation with Voldemort. In the end, he would probably have a high chance of defeating Voldemort by relying on his immortality.

Of course, he could have been even more ruthless and simply traveled back in time to the Wool's Orphanage decades ago, where he strangled Voldemort to death before he was even eleven years old.

Nip the danger in the bud—that's a brilliant move, right? But wait, that's not the real solution yet!

If Harry traveled a little further forward, believe it or not...

Could he really have become Voldemort's biological father?

Merope Gaunt only managed to get pregnant by Tom Riddle with the help of Amortentia, so Harry could certainly follow suit and have a little Tom Granger to properly educate him...

Who knows, maybe we can even get some personality swapping then!

There are many similar shady tactics, and given the current conditions, Harry could basically do them all, but he really doesn't want to.

Because he didn't want to be flamboyant for the sake of being flamboyant, or to ruin the plot for the sake of ruining the plot.

This dilemma prevented Harry from setting off, and those around him, including Snape and the middle-aged Hermione, were unable to offer him any advice.

As natives of the current timeline, the latter two knew that Harry was going to travel through time 'for them,' but they only hoped that Harry could overthrow Voldemort's rule by rewriting history and resurrect Harry Potter, who shouldn't have died... and Neville Longbottom.

As for what Harry truly wanted to change, they were unaware of it.

Fortunately, apart from the middle-aged Hermione and Snape, and some other reckless men whose names need not be mentioned, there were still people here who could see through Harry's thoughts.

"Child, are you feeling lost about what you need to do?"

Harry is truly grateful that Snape rescued the bust of Dumbledore from the ruins of the secret passage.

He couldn't make up his mind, and his teacher wasn't around, so he needed someone like Dumbledore to guide him.

"When you feel lost, why not ask yourself first, is it really necessary to make this change?" the principal in the portrait asked softly, his blue eyes filled with a serious, scrutinizing gaze.

"Of course." Harry nodded without hesitation. He was only concerned about how much would change, not about changing the situation itself.

Even if you are fully aware that... changing the past means destroying the present of a large group of people?

"That absolutely has to change!" Harry replied firmly. "If I couldn't do it, so be it, but the opportunity is right in front of me. Even knowing that my actions will completely change the current situation, some things still need to be done!!"

Many people may think that arbitrarily interfering with the course of time is a foolish and dangerous thing, because it often comes with great damage to the present.

Therefore, time travelers who travel to the past to change history in order to satisfy their own desires are absolutely engaging in an extremely selfish act!

But what if we amplify this behavior?

If time travel could change a nation's history and alter its future, then regardless of whether others would approve of it, Harry would have to make a change!

If Harry really had the chance—and in this timeline he'd love to try—would he be able to make Great Celestial Empire the most powerful country in the world?

What if those humiliating histories were reversed? What if they were treated the same way they were treated?!

Regardless of whether he succeeds or not, if he really has the chance, Harry will definitely try!

This behavior is amplified, and it's also true when applied to the Harry Potter series itself. Harry has the ability to change those tragic past events, so what reason does he have not to do so?!

Therefore, he didn't even need to think about Dumbledore's question.

"Child, now that you've thought it through so clearly, go for it." Hearing Harry's reply, Dumbledore smiled. "I think I understand now. The reason you feel confused is because you're too much of a perfectionist."

"What... did you say?" Harry was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized that what the other person said seemed to make sense.

"You're so eager to do everything perfectly that you've stagnated," Dumbledore kind smile. "But child, in this chaotic world full of emotions, there is never a perfect answer. Perfection transcends the boundaries of humanity and magic; it can never be achieved. In every joyful and bright moment, that drop of poison will always be there. So I think you should perhaps tolerate the existence of poison."

"Should I... tolerate poison?" At that moment, Harry seemed to understand something.

Indeed, he was so eager to perfect the story that he hesitated to start and was unsure whether to use the original protagonist again!

"Just do what you think is right. You've always been an incredibly confident child." Dumbledore in the painting smiles and nods. "And I'm sure... you trust Harry Potter in your heart too."

"Perhaps... In any case, I still benefit greatly from your teachings." Harry bowed slightly to the portrait of Dumbledore.

When he stood up again, the confusion in his eyes was completely gone!

"I've made up my mind. I'm setting off on a time-travel journey immediately!!"

Chapter 774 Transmigration Begins, Intervention in the War

After receiving guidance from Dumbledore, Harry finally decided to begin his time travel journey.

"Go, Granger, don't worry about me." Snape solemnly instructed him before he left.

The 'history' he knew was the version of his own heroic sacrifice, so this could be considered as giving his life to support Harry.

"Please... Harry, bring him back, let it all end!!"

Meanwhile, middle-aged Hermione was already on the verge of tears. She not only entrusted the past of this timeline to Harry, but also hoped to reunite with the most important person in her life!

"Don't worry, everything will be alright." Harry nodded gently, making a promise, but didn't explain much more to them.

His purpose in traveling through time this time was not merely to resolve the misdeeds of those two brats, but to fulfill his own expectations and give this timeline a better ending than the 'original story'!

With a gentle flick of his finger, he turned the wheel beside the hourglass, and the old Time-Turner began to vibrate incessantly, the invisible ripples of time gradually engulfing the bodies of Harry, his friend, and his companion.

He waved goodbye to the gray-haired Snape and the tearful middle-aged Hermione, his heart filled with anticipation for what that future, even brighter than they had hoped for, would hold...

"My child, you must remember... that genuine love is more important than any so-called For the Greater Good."

"Dumbledore?!" Just as the time ripples were about to take the three of them away, Harry saw the headmaster in the picture frame waving goodbye to him kindly.

These were Dumbledore's final words of advice... Harry knew they were absolutely crucial to him!

A flash of light, and a sudden feeling of weightlessness washed over them. When Harry and his companions finally landed, they were back in their own time and space.

This is the rule of this Time-Turner: it needs to travel between different time periods before it can truly travel through time.

Harry checked the time and found that only five minutes had passed since he last set off.

Very good, it seems the situation is about as he expected. At least he doesn't have to worry about the enemy taking advantage of his absence for too long.

The three of them took a five-minute break, and after the Time-Turner finished its 'cooldown', they immediately began a new round of time travel.

"Next, we'll be intervening in the Battle of Hogwarts of the seventh year, with our main targets being Lupin, Tonks, Colin, Fred, Neville... and Harry Potter! As for the others... we'll try to avoid causing any trouble."

In that great battle, there were more than fifty casualties, but Harry did not intend to save them all, because that would mean Harry would have to go all out, and it would be beyond what a mere 'intervention' could solve.

But if he actually did that, then it would no longer be a Harry Potter story.

So he ultimately decided to only save those he cared about most, while allowing a certain amount of 'poison' to exist, as Dumbledore had suggested.

This may seem selfish, but it was Harry's final decision.

"Also..." As Harry prepared to activate the Time-Turner again, he looked worriedly at the girl beside him, "Hermione, are you really sure you can do this...?"

"Don't worry, I'll be fine!" Hermione gripped Harry's hand firmly. "I've decided that whatever path you choose, I'll walk with you and never leave you! And I don't want to hold you back anymore! I want to truly help you, even if it means cracking my own soul!!"

These words were spoken with absolute certainty, and Harry finally understood Hermione's resolve.

However... he never felt that the girl had ever held him back!

She had always been silently supporting him from behind, and through continuous efforts, she finally gained the strength to stand by his side!

"Hmm..." Luna Lovegood didn't comment on this scene, but it felt somewhat familiar.

The things that the Know-it-all just said, I think I've said the same things myself...

"Then it's decided. I'll hold Voldemort back, and you deal with the mother of the Augurey '... Let's go!!"

The hourglass of time trembled once more, and Harry and his two companions vanished without a trace, officially beginning their journey to wreak havoc in the 'original timeline'!

May 2, 1998, Hogwarts, midnight.

The darkest hour for the Britain Wizarding World has arrived once again. Voldemort has given Hogwarts an ultimatum and launched a massive attack at midnight!

At this moment, the entire castle was in chaos, with flying spells and all sorts of shouts filling almost every corner.

The Boy Who Lived, known as the Child of Prophecy, Harry Potter, wearing Invisibility Cloak, carefully navigated the castle's chaotic corridors.

He must find the missing Ravenclaw's Diadem, because it is in fact one of Voldemort's Horcrux!

Screams echoed around him, many of them familiar voices, but he had no time to pay them any attention... Right now, besides destroying the Horcrux, there was nothing else he could do...

However, just because he can't do it doesn't mean others can't!