When Harry and Merlin returned to the wooden house,
Snape was still studying the potion formula, and there was a small crucible on the table. He seemed to be experimenting with the medicinal properties of some of the potions.
Harry leaned over to take a look for a while.
He helped to cut two kinds of herbs and then suggested, "Professor, do you want to go out for a walk?"
Snape glanced at him, put out the crucible, and stood up.
He extended a hand to the boy.
Harry was confused and reached out his trembling hand to put it in Snape's palm, but the elder avoided him.
He even frowned and said, "Pass me the sarcomatous leaf skin."
He forcefully turned his outstretched hand into a scratching gesture.
Harry smiled and handed over the sarcomatous leaf skin that he had cut.
Snape added them into the crucible.
The boiling potion quickly cooled down and condensed into a paste. The Potions Professor estimated that the next step would be a continuous heating process.
Then, he stopped and nodded slightly at Harry.
Harry did not realize that Snape had accepted his suggestion to go out for a walk until he saw him open the wooden door.
He immediately followed.
He noticed that Merlin winked at him.
It seemed to have a deeper meaning.
The two of them, who were unfamiliar with the place, did not understand what good scenery there was. They just casually walked along the path, wooden bridge, and stairs away from the wooden house.
Gradually,
Harry found that they had walked to a staircase around the trees on the outskirts of the residential area.
Further out was the wooden bridge that led to the other side of the rift valley. This also meant that when they looked down, they could see the St. Valentine's flowers climbing up from the depths of the rift valley, like a pile of rippling gelatinous matter under the huge moon. Harry knew that this metaphor was not beautiful, but he vaguely remembered that he had already used the "transparent river" once. At this moment, the other person's mind did not have any considerations about rhetoric. He was more interested in thinking about the conflict between environmental protection and the waste of (potion) resources.
Thus, under the moonlight, the two of them, each with their own thoughts, wandered for a while. Snape patted the non-existent dust off his sleeves and asked, "What did you come up with?" His tone was like a potion question on a final exam paper.
"Live, evil, god, dog …" Harry decided to delay the topic for a while. "Our language is also very magical, isn't it? Those who survive may be evil, and the gods who are high up in the sky are no different from dogs walking on the ground … I mean, who said that? In order for the story to be readable, the protagonist must make a choice between two positive values or two negative values, and not consider between the positive and negative values. Therefore, to live and to die is not a choice. To let oneself live or to let others live is … "
"Potter." Snape frowned and interrupted Harry's eloquent speech. "Do you know that I've been saying that you're stupid on your final exam form for the past three years?"
"It sounds like it's the same in the fourth year." Harry cleverly stopped.
"If you want to reverse the situation, give it a try. Answer the question concisely. What's the result of the discussion?"
"There's a relatively complete timeline on Avalon Island. The crystal ball in our hands can repair it and restore Oulopolos' consciousness. He can unlock the time loop. Then we can join forces and maybe we can fight against Nihon …"
"How do you plan to join forces?" Snape exposed Harry's ambiguity. "Even if time starts to flow, it's just the situation before the knot. How do you plan to join forces? Besides … "He pointed to Harry's small bag where the crystal ball was kept." He may not be willing to cooperate. "
The green eyes darkened under the moonlight, and then the corners of his mouth curled up. "I'll swallow him …" Oulopolos had no time to recover. "Existence swallows time. It's an overwhelming victory against nothingness. Then I can restart the story …"
Suddenly, Snape seemed to be unable to restrain his anger. But when Harry tried to explain, he regained his composure. "The fourth year, it's still stupidity."
"You won't remember me." Harry curled his eyebrows as if he was trying to please Hao Ren. "What you're brewing is the 'second kind of death,' isn't it? So there won't be any more Harry Potter, and there won't be any more … "
"Stupid and cowardly." Snape commented coldly. Then, he suddenly stretched out his arm and grabbed Harry's arm. The latter only felt dizzy for a moment before he realized that he was floating in mid-air. After the fog in front of him dispersed, there was a fence and a rift. Both of them were shaking.
Snape hung Harry upside down in the air. Listening to the boy's pleading, he said calmly, "Try to live."
“I
Can't — "There was no strong valley wind in Avalon, but the fact that Snape could throw himself into the rift with just a slight loosening of his grip frightened Harry.
"Then it's better to die now. Maybe you can get a good position." It was the end of the year.
"No —" This was not a proper way to die. Although Harry thought he had some self-awareness, he still wanted to die more tragically.
"Then try to survive on your own."
It seemed that he couldn't do it.
Between the two of them, one was swaying left and right while the other was as still as a mountain. One was wailing like a ghost while the other was slow and leisurely. After a long stalemate, and after vaguely waking up a few families, Snape felt that his stamina was running out. Just as he was about to tie Harry upside down on the bridge, the one who was being tied upside down suddenly found a chance to grab onto Snape's calf. The potion professor could not dodge in time, and fell onto the bridge with Harry, causing them to see stars.
Harry was already hot-blooded, and at this moment, his vision turned black. He simply stayed on the ground and didn't get up.
Snape heard about Potter's death all night and suddenly lost interest in violence. After staring at the quiet and bright night sky of the Avalon for a while, he kicked Harry twice. After hearing the latter's snort, he said, "I don't think that's the right way to buy time."
"Huh?" Harry closed his eyes and waited for his mind to calm down.
"Even without the timeline on the Avalon Island, you could have swallowed those broken timelines in 1993." Snape quickly listed all the clues in his mind. "If the so-called third force really exists and wants to intervene, then this action across the Middle Ages should have its meaning."
"For example?" Harry asked slowly, while trying to move his head to Snape without getting up.
"There are still three problems. How to break the time loop …"
"Just wake up the Oulopolos."
"How to get the magic back …"
"Swallow him and restart the world."
"And, how to let Potter live on?" Snape lifted one of his legs, and Harry's head, which had just been resting on it, fell back onto the bridge.
"To be honest …" Harry struggled back to Snape and put his head on Snape's stomach again. "If you really want me to think about something, you should cherish my head."
"No need. I have seen the limit of its ability." Snape sneered. "Since all its efforts are to deduce an ending, maybe I can give up on it."
Harry pulled Snape's hand to cover his eyelids and complained, "Since the ending is the death of one party, maybe we should be more tender on the night before the big ending?"
Snape was silent for a moment again. After making sure that Harry could not see his expression, he said slowly, "I don't think this is your ending."
Unfortunately, Harry still caught some emotions in this calm sentence that the Potions Professor could not easily convey. So, he opened Snape's two fingers and looked through the gap.
Snape looked up at the sky. "In fact, you haven't started yet. You're still slacking off."
Hey, this is not a positive comment! Harry rubbed Snape's chest again.
"Let the Oulopolos break the time loop, and use the power of the Oulopolos to restart the timeline … Potter, although you are cleverly occupying the role, you are actually doing nothing."
"I thought cooperation is also a way of working?" Harry felt that it was unfair. He raised his head and bit Snape's chin. In return, he got a heavy slap on the back.
"So, Potter, recognize your own identity and start thinking about the problem from the beginning." After beating the boy up, Snape continued to think about the problem according to his own ideas. "First of all, how to break the time loop?"
Harry knew that he could not mention the Oulopolos anymore, so he came up with another plan. "Restart the timeline." Before the second slap fell, he quickly explained, "This principle is different."
Snape's hand hung in the air. He asked, "How is it different?"
"If you wake up the Oulopolos, he can untie the knot. If you restart the timeline, you rely on paradox to cut the knot."
"Paradox?" Snape was stunned for a moment. The slap fell involuntarily. It was not heavy, but Harry subconsciously cried out in pain. Snape rubbed it twice symbolically and then asked, "What do you mean?"
"There is no Harry Potter in the rebooted timeline. Since this person does not exist, the whole story does not exist. All of Nihon's tricks will be wiped out. There will be no Gryffindor's Iron Triangle, no Holy Night, no Goblet of Fire … Oh, maybe there is still the Goblet of Fire … But if it is up to me, there will be no Voldemort, Lily and James …" He could live.
Harry did not finish his words because Snape suddenly covered his mouth.
There was a strong smell of magic medicine. It was the second kind of death.
At first, Harry thought that Lily's name only provoked Snape, but the Potions Professor did not seem to be staring into his eyes. He was really thinking about something.
A minute passed. Harry, whose neck was stiff, slowly rested his head on Snape's arm, and the two finally returned to the most common "sleeping together" position.
Snape thought of something in the second minute. "Paradox …"
"Yes, paradox." Harry nodded obediently.
"Just one paradox … can break through the time loop." Snape did not smile often, so in the eyes of the Hogwarts students, the Dean of the Snake Institute's smile was almost ferocious. This was due to some psychological factors and the poor coordination of some facial muscles.
But at least Harry could see that this was a sincere smile. In fact, this was even more frightening.
"Yes, one paradox. For example, restart the timeline and erase Harry Potter's existence."
"Idiot!" Snape could scold in a good mood again. "If this is the only way, then what's the point of our operation?"
"Then what do you mean?" Harry asked humbly.
"Consider the variables — Potter! Your magic medicine theory is passable. Consider the variables! "
Harry touched his chin and recalled the changes that had happened before and after the Tadis trip. He did not grow taller, nor did he learn more spells. Well, the only variable that could be considered as a variable was the extra-curricular expansion of his knowledge of history. Wait a minute.
Harry propped up his upper body and looked into Snape's almost joyful eyes.
If there was a variable that could affect the outcome, then it could only be — "Merlin?"
And once Merlin was included in the game, the smell of magic medicine that had been following them from the beginning was even stronger.
The second kind of death, first of all, was a super powerful forgetting potion, and when used together with a spell, it could make a person be forgotten by the whole world. He would lose contact with the whole living world, just like … death.
Harry's breath trembled. "This can't fool the world." It was a confusing zone between life and death, but it could not fool the world.
"You don't need to fool the world, you just need to … fool time." Snape held the boy's wrist tightly. "The second kind of death can strip you from the normal flow of time, as if you died in the Middle Ages. Since you died in the Middle Ages, the condition has been met."
"What are your conditions?" Harry's wrist was hurting.
"Paradox." Snape bit the word. "You died in the Middle Ages, and Oulopolos was half-dead. Why is Nihon still alive after 93 years?"
The Three Pillar Gods were symbiotic. Harry did think of using suicide to end the simulation game controlled by the world, but when he thought of the fact that he would have to restart the next simulation in its hands, he listed it as a plan.
B。
But the "second kind of death" put it on the agenda again, but it was still somewhat difficult to accept.
"I can't stand it …" This time, it was his voice that trembled. "Forgetting everything … Being forgotten by everyone … I can't stand it."
"No …" Snape gritted his teeth. "After all this is over, maybe we can find the antidote."
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