"Accident?"

Zuo Si leaned forward slightly, revealing a curious look.

Due to the "Silencer" system adopted by the Department of Mysteries at the British Ministry of Magic, all cutting-edge magical research is not recorded on paper, and is recorded entirely by the brains of the project leaders involved.

When he was about to retire, he would extract all these memories through the meditation basin and give them to his successor, and he would forget them completely.

In other words, everything that happened in the Time Hall, as well as past records of the use of the Time Reversal Spell, was entirely in Professor Crocker's head.

No one else in the Ministry of Magic, including the Minister himself, is unknown.

As for the news released to the outside world, eighty percent of them have been deleted and reprocessed a lot, and they will not reveal any core secrets at all.

Professor Crocker nodded solemnly, "Yes, a very, very terrible accident.

I can't tell you exactly how it happened, but I can tell you that the witch didn't just travel through time, but at least fifty times.

And almost every time the time span is more than thirty years.

And the reason for this result in the end is not who she killed when she traveled through time, but revealed to herself, her parents, grandfather, and ancestors at different points throughout the time about the major events that would happen in the future.

This idiot who has no logical thinking skills at all is eager to change the decline and withering of the family in this way.

Did you know that if someone goes back in time and desires to change the established facts that have happened, they usually don't succeed?

Because no matter what you do, there will be all kinds of accidents and coincidences, and what you want to change will eventually evolve into its original result.

In the Hall of Time, we refer to this phenomenon as Divine Refuge.

That is, everything that has happened in the timeline has a great force that we don't know about protecting them from being easily changed.

But the problem is that if someone continues to wreak havoc on a timeline that concerns them, then there is a terrible chain reaction.

It's as if you throw a stone at the surface of a lake that only creates a ripple and disappears quickly, but if you drop multiple stones at the same time, the ripples collide with each other.

No one knows how it works or how it works.

But one thing is certain: the past, present, and future should change as a result.

In order to settle the disaster caused by the witch, fifteen people from the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic died, and three others disappeared inexplicably.

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If you count Muggles, more than 100,000 people have been affected, and a centuries-old town has been wiped off the map.

Thankfully, something like this has only happened once so far, otherwise I don't even know what the world would have become. ”

Nervous!

Anxiety!

Fear!

From the expression on Professor Crocker's face, it was not difficult to see how incredible the threat posed by this incident, which had been carried by the wizarding world in a few words.

What's more, this incident is also the dividing line where the Ministry of Magic's attitude towards the Time Reversal Spell has taken a 180-degree turn.

Until then, any capable wizard can study the spell and time travel as they please.

But since then, the Ministry of Magic has issued a series of laws that prohibit all of this.

And that's not all!

Even the time reversal spell has completely disappeared from various books and notes.

Even the top wizardry school in Europe, like Hogwarts, has no record of this.

The degree of control is far more stringent than the three unforgivable spells, as well as high-level black magic such as fire and horcruxes.

"I see! No wonder after this incident, the Ministry of Magic erased the existence of the spell with an almost unreasonable and hard-line attitude. Zuo Si touched his chin with a thoughtful expression.

As someone who had mastered the Time Reversal Spell, he was certainly well aware of the incredible destructive power it contained.

With just a little bit of in-depth development, you can already create a terrifying magic like [Reverse Millennium], so its huge potential is self-evident.

The only problem is that the spell is too complex and structurally unstable at all.

Neither Zuo Si nor Professor Crocker, who had studied this spell for almost his entire life, were 100% sure that he could control it.

The Time Turner is the mantra that removes the core of the mantra that allows you to freely control time, and only pursues the castrated version that can briefly go back to the past.

"There's no way around it. Aside from the Hall of Time, there is no second place in the world where you can safely study time-reversal spells. Now, however, the barrier in the Hall of Time has collapsed for unknown reasons, so all research has to be stopped. If nothing else, the Ministry of Magic probably won't be restarting the project. ”

When he said this, Professor Crocker said with a hint of regret and loneliness.

After all, he had studied time magic all his life, but in the end, he didn't even have a place to work, so he naturally felt a little desolate.

However, as the culprit, Zuo Si obviously did not feel guilty at all, but continued to ask with great interest: "Since you have been studying time magic all your life, you should be very familiar with the various precautions of time travel?" ”

Crocker replied with a wry smile: "I can't talk about understanding, but after so many years of research in the Time Chamber of the Department of Mysteries, I have still summed up some rules." ”

"Oh? What happens if a thief from the future comes to the present and steals something with the help of time magic, and the owner returns to the moment when the thing was stolen through time magic, and the two travelers who should not have been at the changed time meet each other? ”

Zuo Si went around in circles for a long time, and finally raised the question that had been bothering him.

In fact, he had long thought of using time magic to go back to the moment when the scroll was lost and intercept the thief directly.

But considering that the time coherence of this world is stronger than that of other time and space, and there are many "pits", I have never chosen to do it.

Such a "strange" question instantly made Professor Crocker stunned, lowered his head and thought for a long time, and finally said in an uncertain tone: "Two time travelers meet?" I haven't really encountered such a situation.

However, based on previous experience, such a situation is nothing more than a few outcomes.

First, the two sides go to war, one of them kills the other, does not alarm anyone, and then has a certain impact on the entire timeline, but it is not violent;

Second, the same war, it is also one of them that kills the other, but it alarms many people, especially the owner of the loss to meet his past self, which will have a very drastic effect, and even lead to a change in some future results.

Thirdly, the two sides did not go to war, and the thief offered to hand over the stolen goods in exchange for no punishment, and this situation will not have any effect on the timeline. ”

"And what if the thief is also from the future owner?" Zuo Si touched his chin and continued to ask.

After all, in order to travel time, it is necessary to have a complete understanding of all the possible situations and consequences.

"If this is the case, then the biggest possibility is that the owner will return to the past and find that the thief is actually himself, thus forming a new closed loop of time, and there will not be two time travelers."

This time, Professor Crocker replied without even thinking about it.

He's been an expert on the magic of time all his life, and he knows all about what time travel can bring.

"Time...... It's an interesting power. Thank you so much for taking the time to help me. ”

After getting what he wanted, Zuo Si took the initiative to stand up and end the conversation.

Crocker replied with a smile, "You're welcome. I can't do any research right now, anyway, and if you can get into the Ministry of Magic and pick up the baton, I'll be more than happy to hand over the secrets I have in my head for the rest of my life. ”

"Hehe, forget it, I'm not interested in working in the Ministry of Magic, it's a pure waste of time and life." There was undisguised contempt in Zuo Si's tone.

How so......

The British Ministry of Magic, which looks at the world from a modern perspective, still exists because the number of wizards is relatively small, and they basically don't need much care.

Otherwise, ruling the country in such an inefficient organizational form will inevitably cause a series of serious problems such as economy and society, and it is estimated that it can only be compared with those black uncles in Africa.

Professor Crocker had worked in the Department of Mysteries all his life, and of course it was impossible not to know what the senior bureaucrats of the Ministry of Magic were, so he just smiled and shook his head, and then turned to leave.

In his eyes, this is nothing more than a sign of youthful vigor.

After about half an hour, Zuo Si ended his trip to the Ministry of Magic and went straight to the house where he had first stayed.

He didn't even pay attention to the thick layer of dust on the ground that had accumulated from the long period of uncleaned, and without saying a word, he waved his wand and used the Time Reversal Spell.

Moment!

The scene before me began to distort and regress at an indescribable speed, and in the blink of an eye, it all came to an abrupt halt.

"Father, where are we?" Phoenix asked, tilting her head.

It is estimated that it is a relationship that has only been born for a long time, and he is full of curiosity about everything around him.

"We took a short time trip, back almost half a year ago. Remember, no matter what you see or happen for a while, you should never act rashly. Because you are not yet born at this point in time, whatever you do will have an impact. Zuo Si patiently explained.

"Understood." Phoenix agreed without hesitation.

In this way, a man and a bird instantly vanished in place.

Next Second......

They appeared directly at the gate of the castle, located deep in the mountains.

Zuo Si lowered his head and glanced at his watch, confirming that it was correct at this point in time, and quickly curled the corners of his mouth and muttered to himself: "Come on, let me see who you are and what your purpose is." ”

The voice has not fallen!

He saw a guy who looked exactly like himself hurrying out of it.

The man looked nervous, and had a wand in his hand, apparently intending to use the illusion to escape as soon as he escaped the castle's influence.

But unfortunately, before he could run far, he saw Zuo Si standing not far ahead.

"You...... Why are you here?! ”

The thief's face changed suddenly, and his whole body trembled slightly, obviously terrified.

Zuo Si smiled and asked, "You can go back in time, why can't I?"

Don't forget, from the moment you stole the scroll, you were actually in my sight.

As long as this point in time exists, then I can travel back in time and catch you at any time.

But to be honest, I really didn't expect the thief to be you, dear Master Draco Malfoy.

If you don't mind, can you tell me where you got my hair, nails, or dander mixed with the Polyjuice Decoction?

Where did you learn how to enter the Doomsday Bunker?

And most importantly, by what means did you gain the ability to time travel? Who is instructing you to do this? ”

With his true knowledge skills, Zuo Si effortlessly saw through the true face of the thief hidden under the compound potion.

I have to say that this result is really surprising.

Although he had made many previous speculations about the identity of the thief, such as Voldemort, Professor Crock, and even his future self.

But he never thought it would be Master Malfoy who did it.

Malfoy, who maintained his left-hand appearance, was also obviously nervous that he would be recognized at a glance, and while holding the seal scroll he had just stolen in his hand, he shouted in a trembling voice, "Don't come here!" If you come here, I'll release the monsters sealed here! ”

"Poofhahahaha! Dear Malfoy, do you know what is sealed in the scroll? Zuo Si couldn't help but laugh.

Obviously, he didn't think the other party had the ability to open the seal.

What's more, now that there is the Phoenix God Suppression Array, even if the God of Sins Atropal is released, it will be nothing.

"Whatever it is, it's sure to be a threat to you." Malfoy said viciously.

Zuo Si raised his arm and made a gesture of please: "Then what are you waiting for?" Let's go! Trust me, if that thing is released, it won't be me first, but you, the person with the scroll, who will be killed. What's more, since I can seal it once, I can naturally seal it a second and third time. ”

Young Master Malfoy visibly hesitated.

Because he didn't know what was sealed in the scroll, and what would happen if it was released.

The tense nerves and the tremendous pressure in his heart made the young man sweat profusely, and his eyes showed struggle.

But at this time, the effect of the compound decoction disappeared.

In a few moments, Draco had gone from a teenager who looked exactly like Zuo Si to a middle-aged uncle who looked to be in his early forties.

"Wow! It's unbelievable. Dear Malfoy, what is it that makes you take risks at this age? Zuo Si's eyes widened in surprise.

He had thought that the Draco Malfoy in front of him should be about sixteen or seventeen years old, and he was threatened by Voldemort after the resurrection and had to take on this dangerous mission.

But now it seems that the situation is much more complicated than expected.

It is not surprising that teenagers in their teens and twenties dare to take risks, but when an uncle who is middle-aged and has a family and children on his shoulders chooses to take risks, there must be a reason behind him to do so.

"I'm sorry, I can't say anything."

Malfoy pursed the corners of his mouth and squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying.

"You were coerced? Your family has been kidnapped? Or is there something going on in the future that makes you want to use the monsters sealed in this scroll to save the day? Zuo Si narrowed his eyes and said tentatively.

But Malfoy just shook his head: "Don't ask, I really can't say anything." I know I can't be your match, so if you want to kill me, do it. ”

"Kill you? No, no, no, I'm not going to kill you. Zuo Si walked straight to the front, snatched the scroll that sealed the gods, and then waved his hand bluntly. You can go now. Go home, don't try to hit this thing again. Believe me, no matter what happens in the future, releasing it is not a wise choice. ”

"Just let me go? Are you sure! Malfoy seemed completely unable to believe what he was hearing.

"Or else? If you don't want to tell you something, and I don't want to kill you, I can only let you go. Zuo Si deliberately shrugged his shoulders as if you made me feel very embarrassed.

Through several covert detection spells, he discovered that Malfoy's soul had been branded.

Maybe it's some kind of sign, or maybe it's a magical contract......

In short, if you persecute yourself too much, eighty percent will cause damage to your soul or even collapse.

In addition, this incident happened at least twenty or thirty years later, so there is no need to rush too much.

A very complicated expression appeared on Malfoy's face, and it took a full minute before he spoke, "Thank you!" Counting this time, I owe you four lives. ”

"Sounds like we're going to get along pretty well in the future?" Zuo Si raised his head and stared at the other party with interest.

"Pretty good. You're even my son's godfather. Malfoy said with a hint of emotion.

In the next ten minutes, the two of them chatted like this.

At least on the surface.

When the effects of the time magic ended, Malfoy vanished from that point in time.

From the moment he was pulled away, Zuo Si could tell that he was using a time turner for time travel, not a time reversal spell.

"Father, why don't you let me read his memories directly?" Phoenix asked in a very confused tone.

"Because there's no need for that. In fact, during the conversation, Draco Malfoy had already revealed some information to me in a cryptic way. The next thing I have to do is sort it out and figure out what's going on. ”

With that, Zuo Si also waved his wand and cast a time reversal spell to return to his normal time node.