At dawn, Snape saw that Harry had fallen asleep again.
Then he turned and walked out of the room.
Just as he closed the door,
He saw Hermione tiptoeing along the corridor. Under the dim corridor light, he could see the little witch's pajamas and the bruises under her eyes.
It was obvious that Harry had not been alone this night.
Seeing Snape coming out, Hermione wanted to greet him, but the old man strode over and whispered, "Ask the kitchen to make some light food..."
Hermione responded, then realized what Snape was saying. "Harry... he's awake?"
Snape nodded slightly and walked to the living room. Ron and the others did not go back to their rooms to rest.
Instead, they sat on the sofa in twos and threes.
Some were in a daze, some were napping. Drac was reading the newspaper, but when she heard Hermione's voice,
She was the first to look up. "Potter is awake?"
Hermione nodded casually and turned to the kitchen first.
Snape was left to explain the situation briefly.
About half an hour later, Charles and Wayne also rushed back to the manor.
A group of people gathered in the living room.
After everyone said a few words, it became extremely noisy.
Fortunately, Snape was emitting a cold aura. In the end, only Charles asked on behalf of everyone, "So... Harry brought back any news?"
This was exactly what Snape could not answer. He simply repeated what Harry had told him, and that was only what he had seen and heard, without explanation or footnotes. For Charles and the others, who had not fully recovered their memories, it was just another layer of mystery.
That night, they planned to remove the mask of Mystique, only to find that the person under the mask was not a high school student as they expected. Instead, it was another perplexing mask. Then, they watched as Harry drove the blue police car into the sky and disappeared in front of everyone's eyes. Those who could explain it all said lines from fantasy novels or adventure comics.
Charles and Wayne did not immediately believe Snape and the others. Instead, they "invited" him to Château Xavier and questioned their children in private. Jean and Scott quickly admitted that they and Quicksilver had left the X-Men uniforms in the underground training ground. Damien pulled out several bugs from his Robin uniform.
"Do you believe everything Harry Potter said?" Charles always felt that his children were calmer.
"We don't believe him. We experienced what he said."
Wayne was even more suspicious. "Damien, you should have a more convincing reason."
Four-year-old Robin had an indifference and calmness beyond her age. "I agree with Batman."
In the end, it was Kronos who testified to the authenticity of the story and prevented Wayne from suggesting Plan C, which might exacerbate the conflict. Of course, he still had doubts. "If Harry Potter has a cat that can speak human language, he should have shown it earlier to gain our trust, not to play with us."
Kronos looked a little impatient, and his irritation was almost worrisome. "He needs this show. He needs to lead the story of the X-Men and Batman from the written world to reality, and then... "
Then, the moment Harry traveled through time and space, the impenetrable time loop cracked, and imagination invaded reality. Those stories, both real and illusory, and what happened tonight forced Charles and Wayne to engrave the X-Men and Batman deeply in their minds. They finally woke up.
The town was also undergoing subtle changes. It remembered the superheroes from the depths of its memory. A shallow impression was not enough for them to acknowledge Marvel and DC, but it was enough to make Kronos tremble in fear. This was a sign of the collapse of the future.
From the moment Harry proposed the plan, Kronos knew that it was destined to come to this point. The question was, what should they do next? Should they continue to use the stability of this timeline to gamble on an uncertain outcome, or...
Everyone in the living room had different thoughts, but the atmosphere was not deadlocked for long. Harry woke up, but he was still very weak. Dr. Mccoy quickly checked his body and repeatedly emphasized that he needed to rest well. So, Snape's wheelchair came in handy. Harry temporarily gave up walking upright and drank the soft lean meat soup under the care of Hermione. Drac explained to him the subtle changes in the town after the Tadis left. "... That's about it. If you want to see the details, Jean and Peter have been updating the school newspaper."
Harry raised his eyebrows. "I believe in your ability to narrate things. Of course, leave me a copy of the school newspaper. So, I understand the situation, and it's not much different from what I expected. So... welcome back, Professor Xavier, and Mr. Batman. "
Charles' smile was as amiable as ever. "I don't think this is a complete return." He pointed to his head. "I only remember part of the things. Of course, my ability has not recovered."
"It will all recover." Harry smiled. "Everything will recover."
Hermione had been paying close attention to Harry. She immediately read more from his words. But before she could say anything, Kronos stepped forward and asked, "So, what's your next step?"
This was also the question on the minds of more than half of the people present.
Harry looked at everyone and noticed something from their expressions. "Professor Snape has already told you what I saw in 2043. It's not a very good future. Wizards, superheroes … These are all stories that don't exist anymore. The Virtual Gods only left behind a small group of humans and left them to torture themselves in the wasteland. Or rather, this small group of humans that were left behind is the last hope of the world …"
Charles interrupted. "According to your description, the survivors are not... strong? They don't have a chance to get weapons, do they? "
Harry was stunned. He then smiled and said, "No, Professor, not at all. I don't intend to use them for an uprising or a revolution. I mean... well, from the moment the Oulopolos kept this small timeline for us, Nihon's plan has failed. In his original plan, he tied a dead knot in the timeline to trap us. However, this small white timeline..." Harry raised the pocket watch hanging in front of his chest. "It allows the present and the future to communicate, so there are countless possibilities. Every decision we make may lead to a different future. We are not trapped, but in a state of mutual restriction..."
"What do you mean by mutual restriction?" Bruce Wayne finally could not help but interrupt. "What happens now can affect the future, but what hasn't happened yet can't affect the present."
"No, it can." Kronos said coldly. "Harry's observation of the future will lead to the collapse of the future. The timeline has a self-repairing function. If the future eventually collapses into one, the present will naturally be connected."
"In fact, the town has already been interfered with by the future." Hermione said softly.
At the same time, everyone was a little panicked. There was a moment of silence in the living room.
"So, your plan is... to change the future?" Kronos was the one who broke the silence.
Everyone realized that the white cat's tone was not only doubtful, but also angry. However, most people didn't understand what it meant. Only Hermione frowned slightly, and Peter picked him up and looked at Harry in confusion.
Kronos didn't want to be comforted. He stretched out his front paw and scratched a long scratch mark on the high-end coffee table. At the same time, he sharply criticized the boy opposite him. "You want to kill him — you will kill him!"
Who was "he"? Perhaps among the audience, only Snape and Hermione, who had a little understanding of the Babel Myth, guessed it.
The timeline was irreversible. This rule wasn't so strict under normal circumstances, especially for the Babel God who observed the entire time and space. They could change the past, the present, and the future at will. But once they abandoned their high and mighty divinity and entered a story that belonged to them...
Oulopolos died of suicide. He returned to his past and patted it on the shoulder. It shattered into countless echoes, one of which was called Kronos.
Harry didn't think of this when he took over the split timeline. He figured it out when he stood in front of the electronic display and looked at the wreckage of the Oulopolos. The Time Prisoner set up a trap. He wanted to use Harry to kill himself. "Come on, take over my timeline, travel through time and space, reverse the future, and exhaust me!
How could I forget that he was a suicide enthusiast? "
Harry didn't sleep for long. He had thought about these things before he walked out of the bedroom and decided to accept the Oulopolos's arrangement. So he could tell Kronos gently, "… Although it's a pity, maybe … we should treat this as suicide."
Kronos, who was in Harry's arms, trembled. He then lowered his head and put away his paws as if he had accepted the fact.
Snape glanced at Harry and didn't say anything.
After that, although there were still doubts, everyone could see that Harry was weak, so they left and advised Harry to rest. Ron and the others wanted to surround Harry and say a few words, but they were all pulled away by Hermione.
Harry noticed their gazes and quickly smiled. He then asked, "What day is it today?" Judging from the temperature, Tadis should not have returned to the day he set off.
Ron and the others recognized Harry from his smile and finally felt relieved. He then smiled and said, "December 23rd, buddy. It's almost Christmas."
"You mean you've already prepared a gift?"
"…"
They looked at each other for a moment and laughed until Snape drove the others away with his sharp eyes and pushed Harry back to the bedroom to rest.
When he was properly tucked into bed, Harry finally couldn't help but complain, "I feel like my bones have been stepped on by a winged hippogriff."
"You can ask Haig for compensation." Snape told a lame joke that could only amuse Harry.
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