Grindelwald made his arrangements subtly from the sidelines. If Roger agreed, a seemingly win-win situation would be achieved in an instant, but Roger had a different opinion.
Roger could see Voldemort's future, not because his Seer abilities had expanded, but because Voldemort's future posed a genuine threat to him.
Voldemort himself was a massive destabilizing factor, and he had grasped a corner of temporal power.
In the future Roger foresaw, Voldemort ultimately did something terrifying, leading to the chaos of spacetime itself.
Although this was only one possibility and not a certainty, Roger had many ways to interfere and prevent it from happening.
But this already revealed a part of Voldemort's dangerous nature.
Allowing Voldemort to delve too deeply into the path of time was contrary to Roger's intentions.
Unlike Grindelwald, Voldemort was the type of person who wouldn't mind dragging more people down to hell with him if his ideals couldn't be achieved.
Roger was indeed a Seer, but he wouldn't blindly believe that having the ability to predict the future meant he couldn't fail.
He had never forgotten the seven bullets embedded in his body in the Middle East.
Some of his seemingly mad actions were simply because there were things he had to do, even if the risks were high.
But if Grindelwald was determined to make this happen…
…
…
"Are you feeling unwell?"
Hogwarts School, the Room of Requirement.
This was a very magical room that could generate a suitable dwelling based on a person's thoughts. When Roger was in his first year, this place had been his primary laboratory.
Now, it had become the site of his research with Nicolas Flamel.
"Yes…" Roger replied to Nicolas Flamel's question, frowning slightly.
While contemplating Voldemort's arrangements, he suddenly realized that his thoughts had deviated from his past self.
When dealing with political struggles at the Ministry of Magic, it was only an emotional imbalance, but now, Roger found that even his thoughts were problematic.
This was happening even though Roger possessed the Time Plague technology, which allowed him to interact with his past self to anchor his identity.
Without the Time Plague technology, and having achieved a self that spanned past and present, Roger would have had great difficulty detecting such a deviation.
"I told you long ago that your plan to have your consciousness experience hundreds of billions of years of time was too radical," Nicolas Flamel said irritably.
As one of the most famous immortals in the world, Nicolas Flamel could understand Roger's pursuit of Eternal Life.
But just as Roger disdained Voldemort's chosen path, Nicolas Flamel did not entirely agree with Roger's path either.
Or rather, Nicolas Flamel had no issues with Roger's theories, but he had opinions on every aspect of his practical application!
It was like someone from modern society traveling to ancient times and wanting to complete thousands of years of human civilization's progress in a few decades, completing three industrial revolutions and entering the information age.
The route was correct, but it wasn't meant to be taken like that!
To comfort Dumbledore, he had said some kind words, but that didn't mean he had no objections.
"If it were merely the passage of time, it would be manageable, but you also want to fully experience the lives of billions of beings in real-time."
"Men, women, old, young, birds, beasts… Honestly, it's already beyond my expectations that you're only starting to have problems now."
Nicolas Flamel had expected Roger to show greater reactions earlier.
"...The power of the Time Plague alone cannot support my goal. I need to find a way to solve this problem," Roger said after a moment of silence.
Roger felt that if this continued, he would eventually suffer from schizophrenia.
"You still want to continue?" Nicolas Flamel was taken aback.
He hadn't expected Roger to be so stubborn, still not giving up on this path despite experiencing adverse mental reactions.
Roger sighed lightly, "There is no path forward."
All the problems he faced could be condensed into these few words.
It wasn't that Roger was stubbornly insisting, nor that he didn't want to enjoy life like a normal child, lost in the intoxication of his youthful prime.
It was that he didn't know which direction to go.
Even though he was a Seer who could see the future, he still felt lost about his own path ahead.
Every time he wanted to stop, he felt death chasing after him.
In this world, there was no other pillar to shelter Roger from the storm.
When he wanted to move forward, he could only struggle through a thicket of thorns.
Did Roger not know the problems with his plan?
He knew them all too well.
But…
If he didn't choose this path, what other way could he achieve Eternal Life? Looking at Roger's state, Nicolas Flamel pondered for a moment and then said, "Your obsession with Eternal Life is your strength. This unwavering will has granted you nearly miraculous, superhuman magical power."
"But this is also your greatest weakness at the same time."
"Being too fixated on Eternal Life can sometimes make it difficult for you to see everything beyond it."
"I think you understand what I mean."
As an immortal who had lived for over six hundred years, Nicolas Flamel had seen far too much.
Knowledge was knowledge, experience was experience; intelligence and wisdom were not the same thing.
Since executing the Reincarnation Plan, Roger had experienced a much, much longer subjective timeframe than Nicolas Flamel.
But what Roger experienced was merely the lives of others.
Obsessive people could often go far on the path of magic, but their lives were often a mess.
Dumbledore, Grindelwald, Voldemort – these wizards who stood at the pinnacle of the world today were all like this.
They were great, they were powerful, but they never felt happy.
Meeting Nicolas Flamel's gaze, Roger could discern the meaning he wished to convey from his look.
"I know, but in this world, only Eternal Life is worth pursuing."
Roger's gaze remained firm, but Nicolas Flamel shook his head, "Is there a possibility that your Path of Immortality had a problem from the very beginning?"
"Not starting from the Reincarnation Plan."
"What do you mean?" Roger was somewhat confused.
"You said you wanted to achieve an immortal mind, so let me ask you."
"What do you think a truly immortal mind should look like? Or more precisely, what state do you want to 'cultivate' your mind into?"
After a lengthy discussion with Dumbledore, Nicolas Flamel wanted to understand Roger's past in more detail, and during this process, he discovered some issues with Roger.
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