In the original timeline, Hagrid was cleared of his charges.
This was during a period when Dumbledore's influence over the Ministry of Magic had waned due to the Chamber of Secrets incident.
Now, Dumbledore's influence was at its peak.
When a person becomes powerful, they find the entire world filled with goodwill.
Whatever he wanted to do, people would naturally flock to help him "solve problems."
The "accident" during his school days had always been a lingering shadow in Hagrid's heart.
After receiving the Seer's answer, Hagrid finally felt completely at ease.
After thanking Roger, Hagrid answered Roger's previous question: "It's actually just a minor breakthrough that isn't particularly outstanding... Roger, do you remember that 'Fear Demon' we created together last year?"
"Of course." Roger had caused quite a stir to ensure its complete eradication, even borrowing Headmaster Dumbledore's authority for it.
"The Fear Demon was too dangerous, and you forbade me from continuing the research. I also abided by our agreement then."
"But I've always been a little curious." A magical creature that even wizards could barely observe – to Hagrid, it was just too cool! Coincidentally, Roger's virtual reality technology had recently made a breakthrough, allowing for ultra-long-distance 'networking.'
Virtual reality was no longer confined to specific locations like arcades; it was much more flexible.
Even Hagrid would find time to engage with it after finishing his day's work.
In Hagrid's opinion, the creator permissions in the virtual reality world were incredibly fun.
Whether it was various fire drakes, griffins, thunderbirds, or other mystical magical creatures, Hagrid could replicate them in this world… even if it was just their appearance, it was still quite interesting, wasn't it? It was like those Muggle hobbyists who enjoyed model airplanes, model cars, and Gundam models.
If you can't get the real thing, a replica can sometimes have its own unique charm.
While creating in the virtual world based on his knowledge of various magical creatures, Hagrid accidentally thought of the new species he had personally created the previous year.
Roger didn't want him to research it, so instead of researching, why not create a 'model' with similar characteristics?
Of course, after Roger's repeated admonishments, Hagrid also knew that messing around carelessly in the magical world could lead to great trouble.
So, Hagrid just wanted to create a virtual species that others couldn't see, to try and see if he could make it.
Instead of building a dark magic creature that could potentially corrupt someone's mind.
"And then, you created it?" Roger asked, frowning, as an alarm bell already rang in his mind.
This sounded like another serious safety hazard! If it were an ordinary person, Roger wouldn't be so sensitive.
But this was Hagrid! As the most authoritative expert in Magical Creatures at Hogwarts, Hagrid rarely came back empty-handed when he took action!
"That's just something that exists only in the virtual world; it's not even considered alive and has no ability to think at all… I created it based on the final goal of our first collaboration."
Initially, Roger wanted Hagrid to help him perfect a miniature creature that could obey a wizard's commands, which is how they met.
Due to the unexpected emergence of the Fear Demon, Roger had abandoned this research direction.
And provided other research avenues.
But Hagrid still remembered their initial concept.
"However, when I finished it, I realized it seemed to be closer to what your Three-Dimensional Theory mentioned," Hagrid said, recalling.
As one of Roger's few close collaborators.
Although due to his big mouth and his approach, which was even more reckless than his own and driven by pure interest, Roger hadn't taught him the full content of the Three-Dimensional Law.
However, Roger hadn't kept some related concepts secret from Hagrid.
He only kept the operational methods secret.
Hearing Hagrid say this, Roger became even more suspicious.
So, without further ado, he immediately unfolded the Illusory True Realm on the spot and began remotely accessing Hagrid's virtual world to see what the heck Hagrid had created!
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"This thing…"
Each meticulously managed virtual world had its own distinct scenery, often reflecting some aspect of the owner's psyche.
Dumbledore's virtual reality was a cozy old house with poetic scenery.
Nicolas Flamel's was a museum filled with collections, nested within an alchemy laboratory.
Roger's virtual reality was a grand library, along with ports connecting various virtual worlds.
As for Hagrid…
It was almost a replica of the Forbidden Forest, except that the ecological environment here was even more complex than the Forbidden Forest, with rare and precious 'magical creatures' from all over the world frolicking about.
Of course, everything here was just an empty shell; the liveliness was an emotional setting, and they didn't truly possess magical power.
What they possessed were merely 'ability settings' given by Hagrid.
Naturally, Roger was more interested in Hagrid's new creation!
And after Roger carefully observed it from a creator's God-like perspective, he found that Hagrid's description was indeed accurate.
This thing is truly close to the Second Magic! An invisible extremophile microorganism that can obey a wizard's commands and has the ability to interfere with other existences.
"Isn't this just the 'magic elements' and 'spiritual energy' that are often mentioned in various fantastical stories!"
Roger's magical abilities are far from what they used to be.
Looking at Hagrid's convenience in using creation permissions, ignoring the difficulties involved in breeding various species, and purely constructing 'imaginary creatures' based on his knowledge of magical creatures.
Roger realized that if he wanted to, he could completely replicate them!
At that time, the wizards of this world would probably be able to switch to elemental mages on the spot.
"If only I hadn't chosen to break through the path to eternal life with the Three-Dimensional Law."
"Instead, I first considered immortality and developed virtual reality..."
Then the entire worldline would probably shift to another side.
But there are no 'if onlys' in life.
Roger had already advanced his magical theories to this extent and couldn't go back.
So, in terms of significance to Roger, this was indeed just a small breakthrough, as Hagrid had said.
"However, this technology seems to be useful elsewhere."
Roger had been considering how wizards could accept the Three-Dimensional Law without difficulty.
But what about Muggle civilization? How could Muggles accept the extraordinary?
And at this moment, Roger thought of an idea from the 'imaginary species' created by Hagrid!
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