Ryan let out a heavy sigh.
That was really thrilling.
Still, this is a good thing. By coming into contact with Dumbledore's magical power, his persona shouldn't have collapsed.
However, the most common Male-Male Pregnancy Potion in the Jingjiang Dimension, clashing magical pressure, a lengthy Slytherin Code, and the so-called platinum aristocracy didn't appear, so things shouldn't be too ridiculous.
Moreover, Dumbledore even sold Fawkes's feathers, meaning those cliché female-oriented fanfictions' slutty tropes about embezzling the Potter family inheritance probably don't exist either. Furthermore, the Potter family isn't like those fanfictions where they live in some ancient estate; they genuinely invented shampoo and have a steady stream of Galleons constantly flowing into their vault.
In the original work, Potter worrying about running out of wealth was just idle anxiety, but the reason why Snape has greasy hair is probably close to the truth.
Besides, according to my post-transmigration investigation, patents in the Wizarding World must be restricted by magical contracts with no expiration date; as long as the corresponding technology is used, a cut of the profits is automatically paid out.
Ryan could not help feeling a bit excited. Although through all the data and information collected after transmigration, combined with the original work, Ryan had long discovered that he should be in the original novel's dimension, Dumbledore—the most crucial figure capable of affecting the entire Wizarding World—had not yet been contacted.
As long as he did not make contact for a single day, he could not be one hundred percent certain of the transmigrated world, nor could he truly feel at ease.
Everyone strives to overcome anxiety and fear in order to live with a clear conscience! Regardless of whether one strives for fame and fortune, to control others, or to earn money, it is all for peace of mind! Getting married or making friends is also for peace of mind! Striving for peace is actually just finding an excuse for one's own peace of mind.
Why someone as gifted as me still works hard is simply to secure peace of mind—to identify surrounding threats and continuously grow stronger until reaching true supremacy in every sense, freeing myself from worries about natural and man-made disasters so I can live freely according to my own ideals and desires. That is true peace of mind.
Perhaps, viewed from another angle, this accident could still be considered a good thing.
Since Dumbledore is still just like his original self, the things threatening me are only left with these.
Ryan opened the book in his hand that recorded mythological stories.
Only wizards like these could truly be called gods. Did Death really still exist in The Tale of the Three Brothers? Yet the Land of the Dead and King's Cross should both exist, after all, these were mentioned in black and white in both the novel and the movies.
He decided not to release the strategy for resolving Voldemort to Dumbledore just yet. While it would very likely eliminate the threat of Voldemort in advance, what if Voldemort disappeared only for Dumbledore to mutate later into a new threat? What would he do then?
Compared to Voldemort, a mutated Dumbledore would obviously be far more terrifying. There are many ways to extend one's life and use magical transfiguration to enhance strength; he is not incapable of them, but rather restrained by a nearly rigorous moral code.
Although it was confirmed that Dumbledore matched his original self, it would be bad if there were actually ancient wizards plotting behind the scenes.
Furthermore, whether it was Voldemort or Harry Potter, they were respectively the descendants of the second and third brothers among the three brothers. Could Ignotus Peverell be the name of Death? Would the birth of the prophecy stem from some other stranger, deeper reason? Besides, according to Sybill Trelawney's prophecy:
The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... And the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... And either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives... The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies...
Wait, I was also born as the seventh month dies, and my parents also thrice defied the Dark Lord's clutches. If I hadn't transmigrated over, would "me," possessing Smith magic, also count as possessing power the Dark Lord knows not?
Yet with my system's ability far surpassing this world, this was probably just borrowing trouble. The original me might truly have been the Child of Prophecy. Deducting from the original work, if Voldemort had not used Harry's life to resurrect himself, given Harry's original competence and recklessness, he might really have died under Voldemort's hands.
And Voldemort, having destroyed his own horcrux Harry Potter with his own hands, would likely have seen his cultivation greatly diminished as well, leaving Neville next in line.
In the original work, Neville was clearly a late bloomer, harboring the hatred of seeing his parents driven insane and tortured by Bellatrix Lestrange. Coupled with Harry Potter running interference ahead of him, it was genuinely possible for him to take down a drained Voldemort through a series of coincidences. Of course, if Neville also failed, the one behind him would likely have been the original Ryan Smith.
Ryan Smith, a third Child of Prophecy whom perhaps even Dumbledore did not know about, should have been more obsessed with alchemy rather than being obsessed with magic like me. Wielding the similarly completed Black Knight or some other invention, he would ultimately end Voldemort. "I" might just be the final trump card, though using the Black Knight—a Muggle-like invention despised by Voldemort—to kill Voldemort might be closer to the original plotline had the first two Children of Prophecy both died.
Moreover, since Voldemort and Harry were almost confirmed to be the children of the second and third brothers from The Tale of the Three Brothers, would the bloodline inheritance of the eldest brother's children be passed down to me and Neville? That was not impossible, as pure-bloods were inherently close relatives.
Among the Alchemy Cabin's many marvelous inventions, several were various styles of wands. Could they have been created simply to surpass the ancestors?
Was the rigorous, freakishly secretive style of conduct a lesson learned from the eldest brother's death by arrogance?
Did he hate the history books of the Wizarding World because they recorded the shameful past of the Elder Wand being lost outside?
Would a sudden arrogance and a transformation into someone sparkling like jewels awaken the bloodline of the initial ancestor, the eldest brother?
Did Dumbledore know this news? According to the original plotline, he had once gathered all three Deathly Hallows and investigated them as well; did he understand their descendants?
Did the Smith family's covert style of conduct exclude my own news from his awareness?
In the original course of the world, he knew Neville was also a Child of Prophecy, so the original me—even if he didn't know the Smiths—as the Hogwarts Headmaster who had undoubtedly looked over every name in the Book of Admittance and the Quill of Acceptance one by one, must have noticed the name Ryan Smith.
Even my deceased father's final invention was a wand, particularly one utilizing Muggle technology and appearances despised by Voldemort. Did he know the prophecy? Was his death also caused by some mysterious existence? After all, the parents of every Child of Prophecy met a bad end.
Harry's parents were killed by Voldemort; Neville's parents were tortured into madness and dementia by Voldemort's subordinates; while my parents, because of Voldemort, lost the opportunity to enter the Alchemy Cabin to tinker with inventions, ultimately dying in an accident that should never have happened.
Anger ignited uncontrollably. If there were truly gods manipulating things behind the scenes, then wait—just wait for the revenge of me, Ryan Smith.
It really, truly was getting more and more interesting.
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