Rowena walked into the Time Auror Department, and everyone was waiting for her at the door. The head of this department, the elderly man, was standing at the front of the team.
"Her Royal Highness, Madam Consul."
"Stewart, how have you been lately?" she asked with a smile.
"Better than I imagined."
"That's good. I heard that you have a new girlfriend. This is your sixth one this month, right?"
"No, just the fifth one."
"Then what's the reason for you to break up with her this time?"
Stewart smiled awkwardly, and Rowena did not continue to ask. She knew that Stewart had a bad habit, that is, he liked to be with women who were obviously the same age as him but deliberately dressed themselves up to look young. The strange thing is that he himself refused to use "Youth Potion" to restore his youthful appearance. In addition, he would always break up with these women for some of the most ridiculous reasons. Because of this, he was often attacked by these ex-girlfriends after they broke up.
"Where is he?" Rowena asked. Then, Stewart led her to the cell where Charles was held.
"Let's be alone for a while."
"Yes."
After watching Stewart leave, Rowena used her authority to take over the entire building and completely isolated Charles's cell to prevent any form of monitoring and snooping. Then, she walked in.
Charles was sitting on an extremely ordinary bed when he saw a beautiful woman walking into the room. He immediately recognized her as the consul's wife Rowena. But he was more familiar with her other identity - one of Founders of Hogwarts, Rowena·Ravenclaw.
The moment he saw her, Charles narrowed his eyes suddenly. Since his reincarnation, his perception has become extremely keen, and he can clearly feel the terrifying and terrifying magic power fluctuations in Rowena's body, which are as deep as the sea.
'Is this the power of Seventh Tier Arcanist?' Compared with the magic power in his body, this power is like comparing a basketball to the sun! After seeing this absolute power, a crazy desire surged in his heart.
"Do you know me?" Rowena asked.
"Of course I know you. You are the noble wife of the consul."
"I mean, do you know of my existence from anywhere else?"
"Elsewhere? If you mean your title as Hogwarts Founders, I read that in the school's history book."
Rowena narrowed his eyes and suddenly asked a fatal question, "Then let me ask you, do you know who J. K. Rowling is?"
Charles's body trembled uncontrollably, but he quickly tried desperately to cover up his gaffe.
"It seems you know." After taking in his reaction, Rowena commented lightly.
"I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about."
"It doesn't matter. Come with me to the palace."
"What are you going to do with me?"
"I don't know. My husband will decide your fate, but I'm afraid you'll have to wait a while."
Rowena brought Charles back to the palace. She did not put him in prison, but restricted his scope of activities. He could only move in a few specially modified rooms that were completely shielded from the power of time to prevent him from using his ability to escape. He was cut off from access to any knowledge of the Empire - including those public basic knowledge. He could watch TV and surf the Internet, but was limited to browsing news and entertainment channels.
So, Charles spent two years in a state of confusion - until Ian returned.
Ian stood outside the door of Charles's room, carefully flipping through all the intelligence information collected on this young man in the past two years. Finally, he opened the door and walked in.
When he stepped into the room, the first thing he saw was the fleeting look of surprise on Charles's face.
"It seems that my fate will finally be pronounced."
"So to speak," Ian looked around, waved his hand casually, and used Transfiguration to conjure two chairs and a table.
"Are you going to kill me?" Charles asked in a deep voice after sitting down. Ian did not answer directly.
"I give you two choices: First, swear allegiance to the Arcane Empire and sign a magical contract that you will never betray."
Charles immediately frowned.
"The person you are loyal to is not me personally, but Empire. Moreover, if you have that strength in the future, I very much welcome you to try to usurp my position."
Charles was silent for a few seconds. "What about the second option?"
"I will send you to a parallel Harry Potter universe. In that universe, the original story has just begun, and there is absolutely no existence of me. However, in exchange, I will completely erase all knowledge about the Arcane Empire in your mind. I will not touch your past life memory about the earth, but all the magical knowledge that you, or the previous Charles, learned in this world will be completely erased."
"That means I have to start from scratch."
"That's basically it."
"I choose the second one." Charles made the decision without hesitation.
"Very good," Ian nodded, and then took out a parchment scroll with the contract written on it. Charles carefully read it word for word, making sure that there were no text traps hidden in it.
Then, he signed his name. The moment the contract came into effect, a mysterious power poured into his mind, erasing all relevant magical information extremely tyrannically.
This process lasted for several minutes. Charles felt that his brain had become empty, and now he could not even perform the most basic "Levitation Charm". He closed his eyes and tried to see if his cheating ability secretly retained these memories, but unfortunately, he did not.
'It seems that I really have to start from scratch,' Charles smiled bitterly in his heart. He could no longer remember the meditation method used to sense and absorb magic power. Although he could feel the magic power, it was still stored in his Magic Core, but he no longer knew how to expand the core to accommodate more magic power. He forgot how to enter "Sea of Consciousness" and also forgot all knowledge about "Arcane Rune Magic".
He was also keenly aware that some extremely key concepts and ideas seemed to be missing from his mind. He knew that those ideas were absolutely priceless, and this Arcane Archon did not even intend to leave him a chance to think about it and try to reproduce it.
It wasn't until this moment that Charles truly realized how long and difficult the road ahead of him was.
Fortunately, the contract did not deprive him of the huge essence Divine Power he had accumulated through his previous abilities, so he still retained the foundation to be promoted to Second Tier (Tier 2). However, he had to find ways to absorb or increase magic power on his own; he was not Bloodline Wizard, so his body could not produce magic power on its own.
Charles took a deep breath, 'Since he can make it from scratch to this point, I can definitely do it too!'
"Are you ready?"
"Alright, ready. Can I ask you one last question?"
"Yes, but I may not answer."
"It's not important information. I just want to know how strong Voldemort is?"
"In the First Wizarding War period, he was only at the First Tier position. But in the Second Wizarding War period, he reached the pseudo-Second Tier position."
"So weak?"
Ian smiled and said, "Do you have any other questions?"
"Can you send me to a specific time period?"
"Okay."
"Thank you, I will remember this favor. Send me to 'Marauders Era' which is the period of Marauders Era."
"No problem."
Ian raised his hand, and a portal emitting space fluctuations suddenly opened. Charles hesitated for a moment, and finally stepped in, and the portal slowly closed behind him.
"You let him go so easily?" Along with the teleportation light, Pheobe and others appeared in the room and asked in confusion.
"People from Primordial Earth, after experiencing reincarnation, either suffer from severe 'God complex' or severe 'protagonist halo delusion'. It is almost impossible to completely control their ambitions, and it is simply not worth wasting so much time and energy for him." Ian explained lightly.
"In this case, wouldn't it be a good idea to just kill him? He is likely to become a hidden danger to the Empire in the future." A trace of killing intent flashed in Bellatrix's eyes.
"If it were before, I would definitely kill him without hesitation," Ian said. "But, as I said before, I suspect that Merlin is injured. If the war situation in the multiverse has really deteriorated to that desperate point, Charles, as a wildly growing variable, may one day come in handy in the future."
"It's good that you have a long-term view. But we should still send people to keep an eye on him." Olivia added.
"I have arranged for personnel to secretly monitor his development progress."
"I'm curious, what will he do next?" Hermione asked.
"It's not difficult to guess. He will try to completely copy my old path to build his own Empire. He is holding his breath and wants to create greater achievements than me." Ian analyzed in a calm tone.
"Indeed, he looks very Envy you," Hermione replied thoughtfully, "Then what height do you think he can reach in the end?"
"If he dares to take some extreme measures, his personal strength may be able to barely touch the threshold of the Sixth Tier position. As for the Empire he established... it will be stuck at the Third Tier position if it survives - of course, if the nuclear bombs classified as Fifth Tier lethality are not included."
"Sixth Tier position? Do you think too highly of him?" Rowena raised his eyebrows, "Without the high-dimensional knowledge plundered from other universes, it would be impossible for him to establish a flawless magic system like you."
"You have forgotten the few strands of 'Divine Flame' that the current Minister for Magic holds in his hand. If he can be ruthless and use Divine Flame to develop Ritual Magic, and sacrifice all the creatures and magic leylines on that planet, it is entirely possible for him to forcibly elevate himself to the position of Sixth Tier."
"I just ignored this."
"The first life-and-death difficulty he had to face was how to expand his Magic Core." Hermione added, "I did research for several years, and it was finally because of the Arcane Rune Magic you created that I was able to succeed. I don't know how many years it will take him to figure out the way out."
"No, the first problem he faces is definitely how to increase his magic power." Pheobe pointed out pointedly, "He must create a method to directly absorb magic power from the earth's veins, or invent some kind of special Potions. If he is smart enough, he will most likely try to forcibly transplant the magic power or blood of other wizards into his own body, so that his body can gain the ability to generate magic power on its own."
"If he wants to establish Empire, he has to create a system that condenses Magic Core for ordinary people who have magical talents but are not born wizards. What Luck is, He has a ready-made perfect core in his own body for him to study and dissect," Hermione said with a smile, "You are still too kind. You should have crushed his core directly and let him truly experience what it means to start from scratch."
"Don't be so stingy. At least give the young people some breathing space." Ian joked.
"I suddenly thought of something," Luna, who had been listening quietly, suddenly spoke, "Will he include our peers in his harem in that universe?"
"He will definitely do this!" Pheobe gritted his teeth and said, "And since he specifically asked to go to the era of the predator (Marauders Era), he will most likely take all Lily, Bellatrix and Narcissa into his pocket!"
"Fortunately, I am absolutely safe." Rowena added in a gloating tone.
"Are you really safe? Don't forget that there is such a thing as Time-Turner. As long as he can get Elixir of Life from Flamel, he can travel to any era as he wishes without worrying about the rapid aging of his body."
"No, I'm still safe. He has to create 'Youth Potion' first. Moreover, if he uses an inferior and crude time travel method like Time-Turner, there is no way he can travel back to my extremely distant ancient era alive."
"Damn, you're right."
"Listening to what you said..." Ian touched his chin and added faintly, "I suddenly regretted not killing him directly just now."