Harry was not stupid.
Maybe he would go off the rails sometimes.
But in the field of magic, he was definitely not stupid. As soon as Merlin spoke, he blinked his eyes.
At the same time, countless thoughts flashed through his mind.
Merlin also saw the flash of light in Harry's eyes. She also saw that there were people coming and going upstairs and downstairs, so she turned around and walked into the room.
After closing the door and sitting down, she continued, "Although I don't know the specific situation, it seems that in your era, using spells and wands to cast magic is normal? I personally don't use spells very much.
The main reason is that first, we don't need them, and second... we don't have spells. "Merlin put her palm on the table.
With a flip of the table, an apple appeared in his palm out of thin air.
Harry took the apple, wiped it, and was about to bite it.
But Snape knocked on his head.
"Magic is to me.
It's a kind of energy in the body that resonates with the natural elements. Using it is just a transfer of energy in the body.
It's actually more like an instinct. "Merlin looked at Harry, who was humming and washing the apple with tea, and laughed.
"So, a magic world full of spells.
In my imagination,
It's like an ordinary person.
In the morning, they wake up and say the password to wash their face, say the password to eat, and say the password to walk. "
Snape gradually understood Merlin's words. "In your eyes, magic is a kind of complete and pure energy. The magic in the spell system breaks it down into pieces?" He felt a kind of terrible power from this description. Although Principal Deng did not talk to him about the decline of magic, it was actually a consensus in the magic world. Another consensus was that the more powerful a wizard was, the more proficient they were in silent spells. However, in the magic world of the 20th century, the definition of magic without spells was not magic without spells. It just omitted the step of saying the spell.
Merlin did not show them her powerful magic ability, so Snape could still keep calm for the time being, but his expression kept changing.
"This shouldn't be a kind of decomposition …" Merlin unconsciously tugged at his scarf again, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face. "I've experimented with the spells that Daniel used today. Those phrases, those phrases that are called spells, do indeed have power. They can awaken the magic power in a Wizard's body and guide it to flow … That's a feeling."
As if she finally found the right words, Merlin's tone changed from hesitation to certainty. "Like Daniel said just now, Shakespeare created a new word to express a certain meaning, and this word was constantly used in the process of circulation... Gradually, people directly used it directly to express that meaning.. Incantations are created. I think the purpose of creating them is to build a bridge between wizards and magic. It makes the flow of magic smoother. This is … "
"The upgrade of communication." Harry interrupted with bright eyes. "For example, we only knew how to say the sentence 'you did something superfluous,' but later we began to say 'you did something superfluous.' Although they all express the same meaning, the emergence and popularization of the idiom 'superfluous' emphasized its meaning in the intertextual reference."
Merlin was stunned for a long time before she nodded. "That should be the meaning..."
Harry, who got the affirmation, was even more exultant. "Then, the widespread appearance of spells — if I remember correctly, it should be during the Renaissance. The Catholic witch hunt caused a great deal of damage to the magic world, killing and driving away a large number of powerful wizards. The rest of the wizards could not catch their breath until the Renaissance. Under this background, the rise of spells is understandable. Wizards needed to master magic faster and more conveniently..."
Snape's cough reminded Harry that he had gotten carried away. He scratched his head and realized that he seemed to have revealed something.
Merlin's expression changed a few times, but in the end, he did not say anything. He only said matter-of-factly, "In a situation where one's ability is limited, perhaps a curse is a shortcut to mastering magic, just like a magic wand."
Harry and Snape thought about the magic world of the 20th century, and then imagined the era of Merlin where magic could be used at will without wands and spells. They could not help but be fascinated.
Merlin smiled and said, "This may be a good thing. I guess in your era, magic must have developed to an unimaginable level. After all, the sorcerers of our time could not create vehicles like Tadis. "
Harry thought for a moment and felt that the types of spells were really dazzling, but in terms of magic power... He shook his head and sighed deeply. "One generation is worse than the next." Snape rolled his eyes again.
There was only one bed in the room, and it was not spacious. Naturally, it was not easy to sleep on.
The kind Merlin had planned to give the bed to Harry and Snape. According to him, he had been fighting with Arthur for so many years, and he was used to sleeping in the wild. Of course, Harry and Snape refused. According to them, he was the ancestor, and they should respect the old and cherish the young.
Since it was about respecting the old and cherishing the young, the one who was most qualified to be the "young" in the room rubbed the floor and looked at Snape. This is Merlin … I don't think the professor will mind if I sleep with Merlin for one night, right?
Snape snorted and took out an old thin quilt from the cupboard. He laid down on the floor and thought to himself, How long has it been since I slept alone? How peaceful!
Merlin, who was forcibly involved in time travel, was a little excited during the day, but it was hard to say whether it was because of mental exhaustion, so she fell asleep quite quickly. Harry, who was lying on the other side, and Snape, who was lying on the floor, were also breathing steadily. Only the moonlight of the year 1600 shone in through the window that could not be closed. It was empty and quiet in the room.
It was not until around two o'clock in the morning that Harry finally got tired of lying down. He carefully lifted the corner of the quilt covering him, held his breath, and softly stepped into his shoes. He got out of bed and walked to the window. In the distance, he could see a few faint lights on the river. He did not have a broom, but he was very familiar with using a levitation spell. Harry stepped on the edge of the window and lightly jumped out, landing quietly on the street.
After taking two steps, he turned around and saw that Snape had also landed. It was a pity that the Potions Professor was still wearing the Victorian-like costume instead of the black robe he wore at work. Otherwise, he would definitely look more like a big bat.
"Let's go for a walk?" Harry issued a not-so-formal invitation.
Snape frowned and walked to him. "Can't sleep?"
How could he possibly fall asleep? Harry shook his head.
In London in the year 1600, there was really not much to see except for the drama. Of course, there was also the added charm of history, but when you were really in the middle of it, you would be overwhelmed by the dirt and dilapidation. The two slowly turned two streets and arrived at the bank of the River Thames. The dense fog was quite interesting. Harry breathed a sigh of relief and looked back at the residential area with some melancholy.
"In another sixty years or so, this place will be unrecognizable."
In 1666, the Great Fire of London burned the back of the city, and it also put an end to the Black Death that spread across Europe. Since then, London began to use stone and brick to build houses instead of wood. Big Ben, the Science Museum, and Scotland Yard were all built after that. Most people's impression of London was that of London after it recovered from serious injuries.
Snape stopped, cast a warming spell on Harry, and then waited for him to speak.
But Harry opened his mouth a few times and found that there was nothing to say. The words that came out of his mouth were not constructive at all. "... Before I set off, I only thought that I needed to create a storm to break through the time loop and save everyone. But I still have no clue how to create this storm."
"But will 1993 be the eye of the storm in your imagination?" Snape calmly followed Harry's train of thought.
"It must be." Harry put one hand in Snape's coat pocket and slowly sorted out his thoughts. "I need a big event to restart time. Of course, I can't run at the speed of light, but I can travel through time. For example, I can write a letter in London in the year 1600, and then give it to a reliable person, let him and his descendants keep the letter until the letter is delivered to Hermione in 1993. But this is just the prerequisite for me to create a storm. I haven't figured out where the storm will come from. "
"But it will definitely be a space-time storm."
"Definitely." Harry shrugged. "But the premise of all space-time magic that I know is' magic '. It can't be done in the year 93 when magic disappeared."
"You pulled Merlin in because you want to ask him about space-time magic," Snape said affirmatively.
"Unfortunately, Merlin hasn't started to study time magic yet..." Harry was a little disappointed.
Snape stopped and then pulled Harry hard. The boy looked back and saw Snape's dark eyes staring straight at him. Snape said word by word, "No, he has already started to study it."
Harry was stunned.
Snape was almost laughing. "You should be more familiar with the legend of the butterfly than I am. You don't think that today's trip to the Renaissance and tonight's discussion about magic and spells means nothing to Merlin, do you? The ripples have already begun to appear. As long as we don't 'forget everything', Merlin will certainly continue to think about time magic after he returns to the fourth century, and then he will continue to study it until he becomes the grand sorcerer who is proficient in space-time magic that we are familiar with... "
"Well..." Harry subconsciously held Snape's hand. "Does this count as breaking the continuity of time and space?"
"You're more professional than I am in this kind of thing." Snape mocked him, but what he was thinking was, Are they changing history, or are they becoming history?
Harry was half stunned and half panicked. All kinds of thoughts were running around in his mind. Then, he caught a strange thought. "Professor, do you think Merlin was thinking of jumping into the lake when we bumped into him?"
Snape: "...?"
"You see, at that time, Merlin had just bid farewell to Arthur and was in great pain. That place was very suitable for him to jump into the lake. Maybe, our collision interrupted Merlin's thoughts of suicide and allowed him to live until he became the grand sorcerer in our history books. So..." Harry took a breath and concluded, "Our actions are part of history in the first place!"
Although they were both thinking the same thing, when it came out of Harry's mouth, it became a boundless absurdity.
Snape pressed his temples. "Don't twist the deeds of great men!" Besides, "Speaking of suicide, Potter, I need to emphasize again that I did not follow you to the Middle Ages to watch you die."
After a brief silence, Harry laughed. "We have to end this sooner or later."
He and Maya were symbiotic. In the foreseeable future, there shouldn't be a Maya, so how could there be a Harry Potter?
Snape squeezed Harry's hand so hard that it hurt, and Harry did not hide his frown.
The confrontation ended with Snape releasing his hand expressionlessly and leaving Harry behind.
Harry rubbed his hand and followed him, only to hear a hard sentence from the front. "What's the next plan?"
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