It was a huge oil painting, about five meters long and three meters wide, and it covered the front wall in thick colors. I can't tell which era's work is the work of any master, but I can comprehend a bit or two of beauty from the desolate artistic conception in the painting.

That's all. Except for being larger, it can't be called a masterpiece.

But the painting was placed in a grand display at Buckingham Palace, in front of the Queen's seat.

Harry looked at the picture with some unease, and he could see something different in it.

"This painting ...... Was it drawn by a magician? ”

He was asking about the people around him, and anyone who knew anything about Britain would have screamed at the sight of that figure. Because that face is so familiar, it spanned World War II, crossed the Cold War, crossed the new century, and is still popular on the currencies of some countries and regions until now. Queen Elizabeth II, the name is a legend.

And now, this old woman, who can attract the attention of half the world with a casual movement, is just like an ordinary old woman, wearing ordinary clothes, sitting on the side very ordinary.

She smiled kindly and said to Harry, "It's a bit close, but wrong, this painting is a copy of Leonardo da Vinci from the Renaissance." You should know his life very well, he likes to create more than copying, so even if this painting doesn't look as beautiful as the Mona Lisa, just the name of 'copying' spreads, it is enough to make this painting hype up to the same value as the Mona Lisa. ”

"Leonardo da Vinci? Of course I do. ”

Harry was a little nervous, as a native of England, it was the first time he had spoken to the queen so closely.

"I heard that he was summoned in the form of a heroic spirit by the Chaldean institution presided over by the Department of Astronomy, and because of his sexual interest, he deliberately appeared in the form of a woman, that is, the Mona Lisa. Although it was covert information, the Auror Office still collected it. ”

“…… No, the point is not this, but what do you see in this painting. ”

For some reason, Harry always felt that Her Majesty had just been frightened.

Didn't the royal family get information from the Chaldeans here? Obviously, he can get it by just an Auror leader, and it seems that the British royal intelligence is not good enough here.

Then again, the relationship between the British royal family and the headquarters of the Clock Tower is really bad, even people like themselves who don't care about the political landscape can see it. A thoughtless Harry walked for a moment before turning his gaze back to the huge painting.

In the painting, the most striking thing should be the circular hole at the top, which is also the focus of the whole painting, and everything else stretches out from the circular hole. The translucent circular holes connect the countless rivers, and under the rivers, more tributaries are divided, and at the end of the painting, the painter paints nearly 10,000 rivers with a fine brushstroke, and more branches can be seen on the top of the painting.

The closer you get to the circular hollow, the more strange creatures are above the rivers. Like multiple dragons, giant beluga whales, unspeakable aliens, and some close to celestial shapes. Harry recognized Jupiter, which was in its closest position to the circle.

Underneath the monsters, the rivers split more and more, and some human figures resembling gods appeared. Carrying wings and thunder and lightning, snow and ice, they sat in the clouds and looked down at the river below. The monsters and the gods didn't have much direct contact with the river, because the closer you got to the outside, the river became more and more dense, and the river left a little space in the beginning, enough to accommodate the monsters and the river.

Downward, human-like shapes appeared, and the humans and the gods were entangled, and something like a spaceship or a UFO surrounded them. And the further down they went, the thinner the shadows of the gods became, and the ships disappeared, and the humans were swept away by the rushing river, struggling to move upstream. Eventually, the shadow of the gods disappeared completely, and the monsters, which were once the size of the mountains, gradually became scarce and small, and were scattered by the river along with the humans.

Then the second focus of the painting arises, which is comparable to the circle at the top. A large oval shadow looms over the river, scooping up the people in the river. Since then, people who have left the gods and lost the spaceships they once rode in have resumed making tools, and their boats have grown larger and larger until they have completely covered the dense tributaries of the river.

Eventually, it disappears at the edge of the painting.

It was just an ordinary painting, but Harry shuddered. The scene depicted in this painting made him feel very uncomfortable.

"This painting ...... Are you talking about world history? ”

Harry guessed. Having studied the history of magic, he remembered the story he had heard from a ghost class that, in the lethargic tone of Old Binns, had heard the story of the disappearance of the gods and the rise of human reason.

Combined with this painting, it is a story that describes the birth of all things from the roots, and then the appearance and disappearance of the gods, the end of the god generation, and the human beings standing on this land. Every character can be corresponded, creatures can be vaguely corresponded, and the loneliness of the prosperity of the gods and the rise of human beings can be seen at a glance.

Those monsters should be said to be fantasy species, those gods, of course, ancient gods. As for the oval shadow that protects humanity, from the point of view, Harry speculates that it is the inhibition of the primate, and it is because of the inhibition that humanity can flourish so much.

"Yes and no, this painting is more than just history."

Her Majesty smiled and rejected Harry's speculation.

"I forgot to tell you just now that this painting was not only reproduced by Leonardo da Vinci, but there were many people before him...... No, it might be a bit inappropriate to say that they are human, but I should say that there are many creatures that have been reproduced. ”

"Huh?"

Harry was surprised by this remark, and Her Majesty was finally relieved to see that Harry's interest had finally been aroused. After asking Sir Dan Brackmore to bring Harry over, he was non-violent and uncooperative, unwilling to listen to Her Majesty. Her Majesty was speechless when she wanted to woo Harry to her side.

"This painting is a copy of a lost clay engraving. It's not known what was originally painted here, but the clay print is at least 8,000 years old. ”

Discovered from a Catalan mound about 8,000 years ago, it was collected by the original Mother Earth goddess. Perhaps, that is exactly what the original Mother Earth goddess depicted.

Thousands, tens of thousands of rivers flowing out of the circular holes, a picture that is unimaginable to humans today.

The clay print was reproduced by the gods who had lost the [Goddess's Divine Core], but there were no humans on the painting, only until the appearance of the gods.

After the end of the age of the gods, the painting was depicted by the goblins, by the giants, and the same only ended up in the future of the goblins and the giants.

During the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci had seen the original original, and he saw the story of mankind from it.

All races see their future only in this painting.

"But the age of the gods is over, and it will not be over until the first year of the Common Era. The elves remained on the earth until the 5th century, but with the death of King Arthur, the gods disappeared completely. There were some remnants of the giants, but they just couldn't teleport themselves to the inner part of the world. The world has become human, and the old master has given way to us. ”

"But, Mr. Potter, did you ever think that humanity would disappear too?"

"Maybe it's self-destruction caused by the expansion of science and technology, maybe it's been worn out by time, or maybe the leader of a certain big country has a hot brain one day and starts a nuclear war around the world. Just like the former masters of the world, humans will give up their places. ”

The cold truth that came out of Her Majesty's mouth made Harry shiver once more.

"This is the eternal legal principle of the world, and the old era is replaced by the new era. Do you know why I'm coming to you? It's because of Potter that you're dissatisfied with the world right now. ”

"No...... I've never had any resentment against the world. Harry was already a little dizzy when he heard this, and he recalled how he felt when he first took the history of magic class: "I'm happy with my life now, I have a wife and children who love me, and I'm going to retire from the Ministry of Magic in the future......"

"So, why did you hand in your resignation to Kingsley?"

The queen stopped asking the previous question, but suddenly asked a new one. Harry saw something in Her Majesty's eyes.

yes, why do you retire?

I guess I was dissatisfied and fearful of such a dim and uncertain world.

Justice is no longer justice, evil is no longer evil, and if you want to protect the peace, you have to keep killing people to achieve it. This kind of thing made Harry, who had direct contact with the truth, feel confused. It would be nice if the time went back to the past, when Voldemort was the bad guy, and as long as he pointed his wand at Voldemort, he was on the side of justice. It's just that now, there's no going back.

So, he said slowly.

"Your Majesty, you have indeed gathered my latest information, and I do feel lost and uneasy. The line between good and evil has been completely blurred, which makes me feel very bad for the cause of justice for half my life. But since the world is like this, I can't do anything to change him, and one person's strength is too weak. ”

"But what if there's a chance to change?"

"What do you mean?"

Harry was a little dazed.

"As I said before, it's inevitable that humanity will eventually be destroyed."

[END will come eventually]

So there are still many people who are trying to avoid the end of humanity. Isn't the Chaldeans, whom you mentioned earlier, also working on this matter? I, an adult I know, is the same, he/she has put a lot of thought into protecting the future of mankind, but what I agree with the most is his/her dream. ”

Her Majesty had a wistful expression, and it was hard to imagine that such an old woman could have such an expression, like the expression of an ordinary subject meeting a real king, a longing and admirer.

"While solving the END of humanity, we will create a world where there is only happiness."

"Avoid all sorrow, purge the state of good and evil, and return the freedom and future of humanity to mankind. The name of this painting is "Potnia Theron", and it was the one who took it. He/she is comparably comical, but has a very noble desire, and this is the way to solve Potter's confusion. ”

"Oh yes, your answer just now was correct and wrong. This does describe history, but the essence is different. The rivers are endless paralleluniverses like a mirror. ”

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PS: The watermelon ...... of the type moon I mean, the drunken boy came out! As expected, it's a Lori.,And it's a drunken lustful Lori! also once molested Jin Shi when Jin Shi was young, and he really deserves to be a character who was remembered to death by Jin Shi...... As one of Japan's three major demons, it is unsurprising that it has a demonic nature, and there is a non-low-level divinity (the god generation is over!). And it's also a dragon species.,Judging from the bond setting.,It can be seen as the same as the son of the eight-headed snake or the son of the nine-headed dragon (or that sentence.,The god generation that said good is over!) ）。 The treasure of the lustful Lori is the god of the ghost poison.,That is, the poisonous wine that killed her.,But why is this drunken Lori's treasure the thing that killed her......

PS2: Potnia Theron originally meant the Catalan mound, a matriarchal society that was worshipped in a human settlement 8,000 years ago. In the type moon, it is the suffix of the Queen of the Beasts (Sand Stripe Love Song) and the Mother of the Beasts. No matter which one of them, they seem to be villains, but in fact, they are still positive characters...... Sick and coquettish!