Chapter 252: Smaug, Harvest the Taste
(The first two chapters have been slightly modified and do not affect the reading)
For a long time to come, it was indeed a peaceful time for Townesend.
Study the materials left by the witches every day, occasionally learn ancient magic, and obtain the flesh and blood of magical beasts through the power of the Ministry of Magic, and the teaching of divination classes as a spice.
Townsend lived a full and peaceful life.
But the outside world is different.
The entire British wizarding community was purged in almost a month, and those who opposed it were either imprisoned in Azkaban or fled abroad, and the magician mind had completely taken over.
In just over a year, the wave of change has swept across Europe, and with the exception of some small countries that are resisting, the Ministries of Magic in most countries have begun to recognize the status of magicians, and like the British Ministry of Magic, they have begun to implement a policy of integration into Muggle society.
Unfortunately, the tide of change was hampered as it crossed the ocean.
It's not that the Americas on the other side of the strait are unwilling to change, but that people have long since ended the change and become someone else's shape.
Before Smaug could completely dominate Europe, the Americas had already fallen, and the wizard named Grindelwald held high the banner of change, chanted the slogan "For a more brilliant civilization", used violence and ideas as weapons, gained a large number of adherents, and successfully took control of the American Ministry of Magic.
His mind is no different from that of a magician, the only difference is that he firmly believes that the magician is a damn careerist, and there is no doubt that as a prophet, the other party has gained the trust of American wizards, and although everyone is fighting for the same goal, there is still a lot of friction between the two parties because of the different leaders.
As for Voldemort. Since the defeat in the Golden Hall of the British Ministry of Magic, there has been no news from the other party, Townsend tried to divinate the opponent's location, but the divination failed, obviously the distance between the other party is too far, Townsend suspects, the other party may have left the United Kingdom.
This is undoubtedly not good news, from the perspective of a radical person like Voldemort, it is normal to rush directly into Hogwarts Castle and try to retrieve his Horcruxes.
There is no doubt that there is a conspiracy brewing in the shadows.
"The first Wizard-themed film was a huge success, setting off a frenzy of ticketing in the UK, with the premiere selling breaking British film records."
Townsend casually flipped through the Daily Prophet newspaper in his hand, and on the front page of the newspaper, the chubby director of the Wizard Culture Infiltration Division was smiling with a smile on his face, and the curtain wall of a London movie theater was in the background.
Townsend has been following this movie, or rather, the wizards of the entire British wizarding world, and more than a hundred wizards have even run through the movie - this is not just a movie, but the first step for wizards to integrate into the Muggle world, and it is an important part of the change, and it cannot be overstated.
In short, the success of this film is not unexpected, although the plot of the film is not particularly brilliant, it is just a story about a young wizard who enters Hogwarts House to begin learning magic and fights against the evil dark wizards, but at the end of the twentieth century, for Muggles, the film can be described as a financial explosion, and the special effects are completely cross-generational.
For Muggles, the film was a budget explosion, and all the images of magic were unbelievably real and immersive - of course, because they weren't special effects, but spells cast by wizards.
Townsend also made a cameo appearance as a Hogwarts divination professor in the movie, and even Mr. Potter got his wish, although many plots in the movie have references to his story, but because of his age, he did not succeed in becoming the protagonist.
"The Witcher movie in the United States is about to be released."
A green flame erupted from the fireplace, and two figures, one tall and one short, stepped out of it.
The tall one was dressed in a decent and refined dress, a bowler hat, and a golden cane, and his posture looked natural and majestic.
And what he was holding was a little girl with big aqua blue eyes who looked like a porcelain doll.
"It seems to tell the bond between two male wizards, a bloody story of growing up with each other, being hostile to each other, and finally reconciling before death."
"I'm back."
Tang Sen raised his eyes slightly, his expression calm: "Smaug, it seems that you have been paying attention to this news recently." ”
"In my current form, I'm actually more used to being called a magician." Smaug took off his top hat and placed it on the table, "Of course I need to pay attention to this, the American wizarding world is now my biggest opponent, and we have fought many times in that African land, but unfortunately, that guy named Grindelwald never dared to appear in front of me in person." ”
"Even if he appears in front of you, you can't help him." Tang Sen said lightly: "Moreover, after showing his true body, I am afraid that I will have to fly back across the ocean by myself, but you have asked me, unless there are special circumstances, do not take you back directly." ”
"I can't help it, sometimes I'm still giving a speech, and it suddenly disappears, which doesn't have a good effect." Smaug sat down on the couch in his office, "Besides, after taking this little thing with you, it will be even more troublesome for the master, and you don't want to have an accident silently because no one is watching, right?" ”
Tang Sen frowned: "Collect the taste, you just came back from the island country?" ”
"There are a lot of interesting movies over there. No, Fantastic Beasts, I'm not here to help my master gather ingredients. Smaug said calmly: "I just caught a snake with eight heads today, and I don't know if this thing can be eaten, but I don't think the owner should have taboos, and the people from the Ministry of Magic have already shipped it back." ”
"Let's get back to business." Townsend was too lazy to talk to Smaug again.
This dragon has been in this world for so long as a magician, and it seems that it is becoming more and more like a fish in water, and this dragon is already greedy, talkative, arrogant and pretending, and now it is contaminated with many bad habits of human beings.
Fortunately, the other party still carried out his orders unconditionally, otherwise Tang Sen would have wanted to beat this carried away dragon.
"How's the plan I made? Keeping the Silent One with you for so long should have had a little effect, right? ”
Smaug's face finally became serious, he glanced at the little girl, and said, "I was about to report to you that although it is difficult to make an unconscious magical creature become self-aware through psychological intervention, after repeated attempts, I finally succeeded. ”
"But there is a huge problem, although it is a nascent self-consciousness, it is reasonable to say that it will be a blank slate, but Silent is different, the essence of this thing is only chaos and killing."
"Even if I try to implant a psychological implication of absolute loyalty to the master in his consciousness, I am afraid that there is no guarantee that the master will be able to completely control the other party's behavior, at most make him unwilling to hurt the master."
Townsend frowned.
More than a year had passed, and he had thoroughly studied the witch's research, but the witch had never been very receptive to the preconceived methods of manipulating Murmur.
It has to be said that the witch is a genius in this regard, and among these methods, the most secure is to create a silent consciousness clone by tearing the soul, which has a very high success rate, and there is also magic such as making Horcruxes as a reference.
But it is impossible for Townsend to be silently divided for his own soul, although the power of silence is indeed coveted, but for himself who can cross the heavens, the price and gain are not equal.
The other methods are more crazy, the craziest of which is to transfer the silence into one's own body, and control the silence by becoming the silencer. Theoretically, it is possible, but it requires the use of one's own magic to suppress the Silent Ran at all times, and because the Silent Ran is too powerful, it also needs to replenish the soul power of others at all times - which is why the witch captures Muggles to study the soul.
This method is too unstable, and if it is not suppressed, it is very likely to bring life-threatening.
In short, after combining various methods, Townsend decided to figure it out on his own.
That is, to create self-consciousness for Mooran through the psychological level, and then use psychological hints to make Mooran be loyal to himself from the most essential consciousness.
The feasibility of this method lies primarily in the ability of Smaug's audience to sequence potions.
But now it seems that it is not that simple.
"I need a weapon that commands me, not a double-edged sword."
Tang Sen said: "If there is no way to completely control Silent, then I can only give up." ”
It is absolutely impossible for him to waste the reward quota on living creatures that cannot be completely mastered, although Mooran is indeed the most suitable reward to take away, because as long as he chooses the other party as the world reward, then he who has the consciousness space can freely retract Mooran without other risks.
But if the other side doesn't distinguish between friend and foe, then it doesn't make much sense.
"I'll figure it out." Smaug said hurriedly.
"I'm afraid there won't be that much time." Townsend turned his gaze to the little girl.
The other party was wearing a delicate fluffy princess dress, pink, obviously newly bought, and it should still be in a certain island country depending on the place of origin.
"Smaug, it looks like you're getting along well with her." Tang Sen said: "I didn't expect that, as a dragon, you still have the leisure to buy her clothes. ”
"Shouldn't all humans be insignificant to you?"
(End of chapter)