The mastermind behind Hogwarts

"Gamp is dead?!"

Like a bomb exploding at Hogwarts, it caused a huge uproar.

Countless people had been hoping for a conflict between Gamp and Guang, but when the conflict actually occurred, accompanied by the death of Gamp, their longtime enemy, people were left with nothing but disbelief.

The wizard's shock seemed to affect space and time; the entire sky and earth seemed to be paused, frozen in that instant.

Lilith and the others stared in horror at Gamp's corpse. Gamp, betrayed by his comrade, died with his eyes wide open, his death more tragic than that of any enemy they had killed.

Even so, Moriarty's woman showed no fear, resolutely casting angry glances at the light.

They stood side by side with Moriarty, and Moriarty shared their sentiments; he despised the light.

"To turn against your own comrades in pursuit of power is quite in line with your usual style."

"But that's alright, after all, you're a villain who would turn against your own mentor just to become stronger, right, Hikaru?"

"No, at this point, there's nothing I can't say. I should call you Merlin!"

"Just a thousand years ago, you forced the four giants to hand over the sacred artifact of light elemental magic, just as you are doing today!"

Moriarty's sharp gaze seemed to pierce through the light's disguise, causing the light to fall away and revealing its true identity in a single sentence!

This time, the impact was stronger and more sensational than the previous "bomb".

Lilith gripped Moriarty's arm tightly, even more tightly than when they were deeply in love. "He's Merlin???"

"Merlin???"

"Just Merlin!"

"That Merlin?"

"Merlin, don't tell me this is true."

"Just now I was praying to Merlin, that the light wouldn't destroy Hogwarts!"

"Grindelwald, pinch me, am I dreaming?"

On the Ravenclaw Tower, Dumbledore's eyes were glazed over, and his tone was uncertain.

Grindelwald: "Like you, I feel like I'm in a dream."

He took a deep breath, two breaths, three breaths... but his turbulent emotions could not be calmed.

Merlin, the god of wizards!

Connecting this figure, who has almost become a part of wizarding faith, with the mastermind behind the Immortal Organization requires considerable determination.

This is not something everyone has.

At this moment, if Moriarty hadn't said it himself, everyone would have thought the person who said it was a madman.

Unable to doubt Moriarty, they could only doubt themselves.

Compared to Dumbledore and Grindelwald's "dreaming theory," most teachers and students suspected that there was something wrong with their ears or eyes, or that they needed to go to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries.

"Moriarty," Light glanced at Hogwarts Castle, noticing the expressions on people's faces, and chuckled, "your outspokenness didn't bring them courage or strength; instead, it terrified and broke them..."

"When trust in you conflicts with faith in me, we are all so vulnerable!"

As Guang spoke with intonation, people discovered that Guang's voice was no longer that hollow, mechanical sound, but rather the sound emanating from an aging vocal cord!

Light tossed Gamp's corpse away like trash, and the latter flew into the Forbidden Forest with a "whoosh." Light, meanwhile, placed his right hand on his forehead and slowly stroked it down.

The light then dissipated, revealing its true nature:

A healthy male wizard, with fair skin and a tall stature, but his face was deeply lined, resembling that of a farmer who had toiled in the fields all his life.

But his pale short hair, the beard that reached his stomach, his upright posture, and those eyes—all revealed depth and wisdom.

The true face of light was finally revealed to everyone.

Moriarty simply couldn't connect the light before him—the elderly Merlin—with the young Merlin from Avalon in his second year.

Even though Moriarty knew perfectly well that they were one person.

But the young Merlin was a tall, handsome, blond mage. He was gentle and polite, and possessed extraordinary strength. He fought alongside Moriarty against Dracula and taught Moriarty a powerful alchemical skill, namely the Alchemy Matrix.

This alchemical skill, according to Merlin, is called the Brain Dimension.

Moriarty didn't know what happened during the years between the young Merlin and the old Merlin, but Moriarty was certain that they were both Merlin.

"No, perhaps you've long ceased to be one person." Moriarty sighed softly, as if bidding farewell to the young Merlin: "From the moment you encountered the magical artifact, you were no longer one person."

Merlin understood Moriarty's deeper meaning, but he did not miss his younger self.

"When I learned of Dracula's death, I knew you had seen my younger self, the innocent and foolish me."

Merlin's voice was like the hooting of an owl, and cruelty gleamed in his eyes.

"I taught you about the Brain Dimension, but I didn't take it seriously. I never expected you to develop the Alchemy Matrix. I knew this was a weakness. Sooner or later, you would suspect me because of the connection between the Alchemy Matrix and the Brain Dimension!"

Merlin wasn't talking the whole time; he wasn't going to be so kind as to explain things to people. He was using his brain's spatial dimension to say every sentence and every word.

Inside and outside Hogwarts Castle, both living and dead things are frozen in the mental dimension, forever sealed in murals.

It has the same ability as when young Merlin sealed Dracula.

The difference is that the elderly Merlin can do all this with just a glance, while the young Merlin even needs to transform into a black dragon.

however.

Everything here is so lifelike, continuing its existence as before, expressing their current anger and fear, releasing the emotions of the living, and proving the value of the inanimate—

That's because of Moriarty.

Moriarty was not speaking for the sake of speaking, nor was he kindly telling stories to the elderly Merlin.

When the elderly Merlin activated his Brain Dimension Space, Moria continuously used the Alchemy Matrix to clash with Merlin and break Merlin's alchemy.

This unseen confrontation went unnoticed by anyone except the alchemist Nicolas Flamel.

"Distorting reality, erasing the world, creating spacetime—has Merlin's mental dimensions become so powerful as to be utterly despairing?!"

With a heavy heart, Nicolas Flamel destroyed a portrait of Merlin in the Hogwarts corridor.

The person in the portrait looks exactly like the light.

Nicolas Flamel tore it up piece by piece; it was the only thing he could do for Moriarty.

"Fortunately, we have Moriarty."

"Merlin's mental dimension is strong, but Moriarty's alchemical matrix is ​​even stronger!"

"The magical legends of the past are, after all, the past."

……

heaven.

Moriarty and Merlin are locked in a standoff.

The Hogwarts teachers and students finally accepted the fact that the Light was Merlin.

Merlin left far too many traces in the magical world, and he left far too many traces at Hogwarts.

The Slytherin prefects still maintain the tradition of telling new students that Merlin once studied at Slytherin House.

The top students, recalling Merlin's portrait, immediately understood it by comparing it to the light; the professors, needless to say, understood as well.

Despite this, people still cannot accept the reality that Merlin has become an enemy!

"By Merlin above, this cold, cruel reality!" Dumbledore sang an ancient ballad, poignant and beautiful, as he descended the Astronomy Tower. "Why must fate torment Hogwarts? Is it a curse? We are cursed!"

The principal's words reflect the people's sentiments.

This vulnerability made Guang reveal a slight smile, which seemed particularly sinister on his deeply lined face.

"Hogwarts' fragility and weakness are the best nourishment for dark elemental magic."

"Moriarty! You don't know that, do you!?"

Merlin stopped his mental dimension, and dark elemental magic was released from his chest, staining his chest black.

(The foreshadowing that had been buried for two years has finally been revealed. The character of Merlin was something Ah Hong had thought of before writing this book. It can be considered a fan fiction based on the character of Merlin.)

(In the official Harry Potter universe, Merlin is as everyone knows: a graduate of Slytherin House, and the wizards' catchphrase is "Merlin above." Ah Hong has created the character of Merlin as the mastermind behind the Immortal Organization, and he possesses the alchemical abilities of the Brain Dimension and the Alchemy Matrix, which is also intended to depict the bond between Moriarty and Merlin. Ah Hong will also describe the process of Merlin transforming into light. What do you all think of these fan-created interpretations and depictions of Merlin?)

(End of this chapter)