Chapter 118: Dimensional Magic: Imaginary Creation
The car's engine roared, and traffic flowed along the road. A gust of hot summer wind blew through the car windows, but thanks to magic, the three inside felt no discomfort.
Their plane tickets were booked for that afternoon's flight.
The time for their brief reunion was finally drawing to a close.
"Roger."
"Hmm?"
In these final moments, Charlotte suddenly had a question: "Do you think Germany's future will get better and better?"
Harry, having traveled with them, had witnessed much, and Charlotte had witnessed it too. It was the first time the young Harry had directly confronted the world's cruelty, leading him to contemplate life and death more deeply.
As an adult within the Ministry of Magic's system, Charlotte was more concerned with the rise and fall of regimes and the prosperity or decline of nations.
Having witnessed too many dark moments in history, she had gained a profound understanding of the idea that "history is a spiral." She worried that the suffering that had befallen the German people in the past might repeat itself in the future.
This was understandable. After all, the past two years had been turbulent everywhere, with various wars, and even one of the two superpowers had collapsed. In such a tumultuous era, for a nation in flux, it was natural to feel uneasy.
Although their time together had been short, Charlotte had gained some insight into Roger's personality due to his unreserved nature. He was a very straightforward person, someone who spoke his mind directly.
Charlotte wanted to know what the future world looked like through the eyes of this Seer.
Roger's answer was, as always, direct: "I don't know."
"...Huh?" Charlotte was momentarily taken aback.
She had considered the possibility that Roger might refuse to answer, or that his answer might be something she didn't want to hear, but she had never expected this.
After her experiences with the Ministry and the many sights she had seen on their journey, Charlotte viewed Roger as unfathomable, almost like the legendary Grindelwald.
I don't know? She couldn't comprehend it.
Roger and Harry were sitting in the back seat and couldn't see Charlotte's expression, but they could discern her thoughts from her tone.
"Actually, outsiders often misunderstand Seers," Roger explained.
"While we have the ability to observe the future, it doesn't mean we can constantly monitor everything that will happen, making us nearly omniscient." Even Roger's almost unfair precognitive sense of danger only triggered when he himself was about to face a crisis.
"If Seers were truly that powerful, Grindelwald would have conquered the world long ago, instead of suffering several defeats and ultimately falling at Dumbledore's hands."
"Normally, what we see is merely a possibility of the future, 'what might happen,' not what is absolutely destined to occur."
The future, from the moment it is observed, already deviates. To those who do not understand the path of fate, prophecies are nearly unchangeable destinies because they only observe a single point in the future.
Sometimes, it even happens that their very observation causes the future to develop in the direction of that point, a rather absurd outcome.
However, for powerful Seers who have a more natural grasp of fate, destiny is not like that.
Otherwise, why would Grindelwald have caused trouble? If everything were already decided, what would be the point of all his efforts?
"I can use the power of prophecy now to observe Germany's future development, but at most, what I will see is based on 'this moment' as a reference point, showing what might happen to Germany in the future."
"During this time, if I, Grindelwald, or others who can strongly influence fate make significant changes in our actions, the future will shift in another direction... so predicting this is meaningless."
When the future can be drastically altered, observing a distant future only serves to disturb one's mind, making it difficult to see the path ahead, leading to an endless immersion in the illusions of possibility.
To use a less fitting analogy, imagine a couple idly discussing how to spend a million dollars if they save up enough in the future. The more they talk, the more heated the discussion becomes, and the two end up having a huge argument... Planning based on a potential future as if it were a fixed reality often leads to comical situations.
"However, if you're curious about this, I do have an idea that might offer some reference."
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In some ways, Roger was like Harry in that he had his areas of specialization.
After all, with thousands of years of development, the magical system had become incredibly complex. Even with his second brain assisting him, Roger couldn't possibly be an expert in everything.
At the very least, dark magic, magical creature studies, and potions were not Roger's strong suits.
Of course, Roger's definition of "not strong" was relative to his own areas of expertise and compared to the masters in those fields.
Having frequent interactions with Voldemort, Snape, and Hagrid, he was already on a completely different level from ordinary students.
"Why did you come here?" Charlotte asked, glancing at her watch. It was noon, and they still had time to catch their flight.
Otherwise, they would have to go through the Ministry's diplomatic channels, use the international Floo Network, or change their flight.
"Because it's more convenient here," Roger said with a smile, stepping on the rubble beneath his feet.
After a long time, the three were reunited here, the place where Harry had first cast a large-scale Time Phantom Shuttle Spell.
The Berlin Wall! Last time, Harry had wielded his wand here, but this time, it was Roger who drew his.
He raised his wand to the sky and gently "stirred."
It was as if an invisible potion cauldron was inverted in mid-air.
As he stirred his wand, Roger began to speak, "A nation's strength doesn't solely lie in its so-called GDP, its warships and cannons, or whether its people have enough to eat. Or rather, these are all parts of a nation's strength, but national power is not composed solely of them."
"Extremely high economic development might ultimately only enrich the pockets of a few hundred people. No matter how many guns and cannons are on paper, if the army is unwilling to fight, they are of little use. And human hearts are greedy; even if people live well, there will always be those who are not satisfied and harbor resentment."
"The true measure of a nation's and a people's strength lies in just a few words: organization."
If viewed from Roger's Three-Dimensional Theory, it's about the abundance of high-level medium dimensions.
"Don't just look at the figures on paper; look at how much capital you can truly mobilize, how many weapons, how many people are aligned with you, and what their collective strength amounts to. Summing and multiplying them by their respective weight values, as long as the final total ranks among the best, it's enough to establish oneself in this world."
Historically, there are many battlefield cases of overcoming the odds with fewer forces. Excluding battles where timing and location were particularly special, like when meteorites fell from the sky.
The reason such victories were possible was singular: sheer numbers. Having more people doesn't necessarily mean they are united. Ancient armies that would collapse at a 20% casualty rate were incredibly common.
If, in ancient times, someone could divide ten thousand men into ten thousand separate paths and have them all fight to the death, that would be a truly terrifying force.
It was the same with the "Shampoo Guy's" war. In the early stages, everyone was united, fighting with all their might, leading from one victory to another. But when they had to contend with numerous major powers and the brutal war of attrition began, coupled with the enemy's propaganda offensive, the people's hearts... were scattered.
Add to that a few critical decision-making errors. He who ascended to the throne by the will of the people, lost it due to the loss of that will, and ultimately died with regret.
"See."
At some point, Roger lowered his wand and pointed his finger at Harry beside them.
Charlotte instinctively turned her head, suddenly finding Harry extremely strange, finding him utterly displeasing.
"This is..." Charlotte frowned. She didn't feel like she had been hit by any magic.
Why? "Physical walls can be broken easily, but the walls between hearts are different," Roger said, snapping his fingers with a pop.
In the air between Charlotte and Harry, a semi-transparent, deep brown object resembling a funhouse mirror gradually materialized.
Wizards' aversion to themselves and the world can produce Obscuruses, and the negative emotions of all beings can spawn numerous dark magic creatures.
Roger, having communicated with Hagrid and possessing some knowledge of magical creatures, combined it with his own Alaya Magic, using his magic to catalyze something.
The Berlin Wall, a wall that once physically separated a nation, a people, dividing them into two. Even after the wall was dismantled, the psychological repulsion between them persisted, even spreading for decades without end.
This location, with its still uncleared remnants, held a special significance in ceremonial studies.
[Dimensional Magic: Imaginary Creation!]
East Germany, West Germany – the psychological rifts between countless people were materialized under Roger's wand.
Thought currents became Roger's medium dimension. As countless thoughts converged at the node of this ritual, a new life was born.
"A dark magic creature... Hmm, let's call it a 'Bias Lens Monster'." Roger said casually.
As he spoke, Roger picked up a fist-sized piece of broken brick from the ground, rubbing it gently between his fingertips. With a Transfiguration spell, he transformed it into a censer.
It looked somewhat like an incense burner.
Then, with a tap of his wand, Roger used Alchemy to solidify a rather powerful Space Magic, the Undetectable Extension Charm, and a bit of Virtual Reality technology within it.
Finally...
[Dimensional Magic: Divine Declaration]
From a mystical perspective, a dark magic creature like the Bias Lens Monster shouldn't have been born. While the people of East and West Germany had their prejudices, they weren't to that extreme. It was Roger's magic that caused its proliferation.
In a way, Roger was its "creator."
For ordinary people, a relationship is just a relationship.
But for Roger, who could wield Dimensional Magic, when the "causal relationship" became so strong that it reached the level of "I am the root of your existence," it could serve as a handle for casting spells.
"Come." As Roger uttered the word, he gently shook the "incense burner," and the Bias Lens Monster that had been between Charlotte and Harry disappeared.
Not just that one. With Roger's casting point as the center, the exclusionary thoughts of the German people continuously condensed into Bias Lens Monsters, which then continuously vanished into the incense burner in Roger's hand.
Roger lowered his head, observing how these dark magic creatures, which normally would delight in toying with others using their "prejudice" abilities, fell into a deep slumber within the vast space of the incense burner.
Their minds had entered the virtual reality Roger had set up, becoming engrossed in it.
"Take this. You've worked hard carrying our entire Germany around these past few days; this is a small token of my appreciation." Roger presented the incense burner to Charlotte.
Charlotte opened her mouth, unsure of what to say.
Although her depth of magical research was such that she hadn't even fully grasped what had just happened, she had seen the results, even if she hadn't experienced it herself. She knew Roger had just used some incredibly potent magic.
Was this something she should accept?
Seeing her hesitation, Roger explained, "This censer contains a magical creature born from the conflict between people. You see, the lid of this censer is half black and half white. If the conflict between people intensifies, the number of magical creatures will multiply, and they will then be forcibly drawn into the censer, causing the black portion to increase."
"Conversely, if the conflict between people lessens, the dark magic creatures in the censer will gradually dwindle as their breeding ground disappears, and the white portion will increase."
"If you see the white slowly spreading one day, this country is moving forward. If the black gradually increases, this country is beginning to decline."
Although it initially stemmed from the mutual exclusion between the people of East and West Germany, once this creature was truly born, as long as the ritual site Roger had established at these ruins was not destroyed, various conflicts that could breed prejudice could potentially spawn Bias Lens Monsters.
In other words, through Roger's modification, this incense burner became a measure of 'unity.'
Compared to complex data reports that often had tricks and could be manipulated, this might better reflect the path the country was taking.
Charlotte took the incense burner, stared at it blankly for a moment, and then said, "The spread of white doesn't necessarily mean moving forward, does it?"
She thought of the self-immolating corpse burning in the flames. When he was around, the people had also been united.
But...
"That depends on how you see it. From the perspective of the world's people, he was undoubtedly evil. But for the Germans... 500,000 marks for bread, that became history, didn't it?"
Perhaps due to some historical reasons, in slightly more upscale restaurants here, bread is served complimentary with meals. The pricier items are steak, sausages, mushroom soup, and the like.
"And in the latter half of his political career, the darkness probably spread very quickly... if this thing existed back then." Roger tapped the censer in Charlotte's hand with his finger.
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With a violent roar, the plane took off, gradually disappearing from Charlotte's sight.
It all felt like a dream. If it weren't for the half-black, half-white censer still in her hand, Charlotte might have doubted whether the past half-month's experiences were real.
Recalling the bits and pieces of this period.
Their first meeting, her confusion about their travel routes, the shock of seeing the Time Phantom Shuttle Spell for the first time, the mental breakdown from being pressured by her superior, the twelve-year-old Seer who single-handedly persuaded the Minister of Magic to grant him great convenience.
She had stepped into history time and again to witness reality, even meeting the legendary Grindelwald a few times. Finally, she received a farewell gift that seemed incredibly significant.
"...It feels like I could write a story about this."
What if she called it "Traveling with a Seer"? As soon as the thought popped into her head, Charlotte shook her head and dismissed it.
She wasn't crazy. If she actually wrote it, she'd probably end up in prison for leaking state secrets.
"I wonder what kind of things those two will encounter in Greece... I really want to go with them." With a hint of emotion, Charlotte turned around and headed towards the Ministry of Magic.
She had to go write her summary report and debrief.
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