Along with the falling snowflakes, Christmas in 1974 also arrived as scheduled.
Sun God's Birthday prays to Sun God, and Manus wears Phoenix Bracelet. He will use this magic item soon.
When he came to the study, the faint smile on Manus's face disappeared, he picked up a letter and opened it. There were many similar letters on his desk, all of which were replies to letters he had sent before.
The reply was very fast. If you calculate the time, you can find that these letters were written and sent back to him shortly after the letter from Manus was sent, or maybe even on the same day.
However, it is not a good thing to reply to a letter quickly, which means that the person who replied did not spend too much time to hesitate and think, and what Manus wrote in the letter is something that needs careful consideration.
As expected, Manus took a look around after opening these letters, and they were all trying to persuade him to give up the idea.
"International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy..."
Manus frowned. The person he found was quite reliable. Not only did he persuade him to give up the idea, but he also explained to him why.
Although Manus's idea does not involve disclosing the existence of Wizard to the Muggle world, it does involve letting the Muggle group know that there is a group that is not open to the public, and that this group is in fact all Wizard.
Such behavior is still a violation of International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, or at least will be considered a violation of International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy.
Since less than half a century ago, there was an extremely bad incident that affected the whole world on the issue of International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, so there is basically no room for negotiation on the issue of International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy.
This is true for Wizarding World all over the world. Even if Manus can get through Ministry of Magic and Wizengamot of Britain, it is useless. International Confederation of Wizards will still question this matter.
"Then there's nothing we can do."
Manus sighed. According to the current progress of his plan, even if International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy were to be moved, it would be a long, long time later, maybe more than a hundred years later.
Neither Mr. and Mrs. Evans nor Petunia can wait this long.
Then you can only use the alternative plan first.
Manus once again wrote a letter and asked Minerva to send it to him. This time he was not going to take the path of Wizard.
"... Maybe it's not a bad thing."
Watching Minerva disappear from sight, Manus looked back thoughtfully:
"In order for my future plans to be implemented smoothly, I also need to have a certain influence in the Muggle world."
Whether it is reforming Wizarding World's education, making Wizard's way of learning magic no longer indulge the barbaric growth of perceptual thinking, or even making magic education available to everyone.
What needs to be done is to synchronize with it, to promote the breakthrough of International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy, and to merge technology and Wizard's traditional magic into real magic.
If these two want to advance, if Manus only has enough fame and status on the side of Wizard, it will not be enough, and there will definitely be a big mess... unless Manus uses some very unethical means.
"Although it is superfluous to demand moral perfection on such a major event that actively affects the course of the world, it cannot be too inappropriate."
Manus's attitude towards morality will change according to his needs. Initially, what he needs is a smooth development period, so he will abide by the best standards of morality as much as possible.
Now, Manus has judged that he has passed the weakest stage of development, and is no longer so rigid in observing morality.
And when in the future Manus needs to take the initiative to influence the world for his own magic research, make the world the same as before he traveled, and gather the wisdom of the entire world to promote the progress of magic...
Manus's attitude towards morality will be further relaxed. Even if this world has the nature of a fairy tale, as long as he doesn't become the villain, there will be no problem. In fact, Manus's own moral values are not that messy in the first place.
The moral bottom line of the Mage group is indeed generally low, but the moral bottom line of him, including School, is still relatively high among Mage.
In the past, Manus needed the protagonist's identity to help him obtain better development resources, but now Manus doesn't need it that much anymore. And in the future, Manus...
The protagonist is always temporary and will drift into mediocrity and silence as the story ends, waiting for the next protagonist to appear.
What Manus wants is to become the background of the world, a part of the setting and even the writer.
Just like those Magic Gods in the world before he traveled, his own existence and rules were written into the underlying rules of the world's operation.
Back in the bedroom, Manus lay down on the bed, took out a notebook from Mental World, opened it, and studied the magic on it carefully.
This is a Shadow Magic.
Manus has been studying this magic system for several months.
At first, when Manus had a rough overview of all the magic systems, he was not that concerned about Shadow Magic. At that time, he thought it was a magic system rooted in animism and using shadow as the medium for casting spells.
A spellcasting system like this is not outstanding among many spellcasting systems, and it also has obvious weaknesses, being restrained by light.
However, as Manus routinely collected and studied various magic systems, he selected Shadow Magic. After truly in-depth study, he found that this magic actually has completely different potential from the original system.
How to say...
I don't know if the original world of this magic system has gone astray, or if this Skill Panel just happened to be incomplete.
Among the low-level magic of the Shadow Magic system, there is the prototype of a path that is much more promising than the path taken by those high-level magics.
The advanced magic in this Skill Tree is to create a world composed of shadows that completely swallows light, and uses shadows as a medium to carry out killing, defense, etc., or to harm the opponent's body by harming the shadow...
These are the reasons why Shadow Magic is not valued so much by Manus.
But among the low-level magic, Manus discovered a magic that surprised him.
[Shadow-Tapping Spell]: Talk to your shadow.
The level of this magic is quite low, with low difficulty and low risk. Under normal circumstances, the effect is similar to that of a meditation. This magic seems more like an alternative form of introspection.
Treat the shadow as another side of yourself that you can talk to. In the process, you can recognize your own shortcomings and improve your Mental Power capacity just like looking in the mirror.
Before upgrading this magic to +10, Manus had no doubts about it.
Until the moment when +10 can choose the direction of strengthening this magic...