"The wizarding world has its fair share of troubles."
After a brief chat with Professor McGonagall, Roger temporarily abandoned his idea of widely sharing his Alaya Magic concepts to benefit the masses.
Professor McGonagall had lived in Muggle society for many years and even worked in the Ministry of Magic's judicial branch, making her exceptionally experienced. A few questions from her were enough to make Roger give up on his sudden impulse.
Firstly, the Statute of Secrecy was a consensus among wizards worldwide, the crystallization of current conservative thought. Roger's bold plan to interfere with Muggle thinking would undoubtedly face strong opposition from the old conservative faction of the wizarding world.
Secondly, while Roger's Alaya Magic was feasible, it presented a difficulty.
If he intended to start with entertainment and guide thinking, he would first need to produce works that could become popular in more than one country.
"You're a Seer, perhaps with some special means, but what about others? I want to develop a time-travel-related magic and then invest tens of millions to produce a time-travel themed movie, but if it doesn't make a splash in theaters, wouldn't that be a disaster? This stuff isn't suitable for ordinary wizards to play with! Storytelling is a talent, and many professional film and television companies often fail."
"A group of wizards who don't even understand Muggles wants to play with Muggle entertainment? So, Roger's proposed path, under the current wizarding social environment and objective conditions, generally has only two ways to go."
"One is the path of secrecy: sneak in quietly, no shots fired. Those capable of doing this would do it secretly without attracting the attention of the conservatives."
"Even if discovered, they'd insist it was just normal commercial investment."
"The other path is for wizards to collectively chase Muggle trends. They would adapt to changes in Muggles."
"But this would lead to another problem: often, Muggle ideas differ from the needs of wizarding magic development."
"Therefore, neither of these methods held much significance for Roger."
Roger had his own premonition of crisis, and there was no need to seek far when the solution was near for magic research.
He was purely doing this to strengthen wizarding civilization as a whole.
After all, his rapid growth was built upon the legacy of countless great wizards of the past.
If they hadn't left so many writings, Roger's magic research progress might not even be one-tenth of what it was now.
The excellent achievements of many other wizards allowed him to learn and adapt his own path.
As the saying goes, three mediocre generals are better than one Zhuge Liang. Roger naturally wanted to mobilize the wisdom of the masses to make it easier for him to copy... or rather, borrow.
But according to Professor McGonagall, unless he had the strength to change the overall atmosphere of wizarding society one day, Alaya Magic would hardly be able to play its intended role.
"So that's why you're a bit down today?" Hermione, standing beside him, suddenly understood.
"I thought..." She had thought it was due to a magical accident.
Hogwarts common room.
A group of people gathered around Roger, students from all four houses, of varying ages.
In the past three months, setting aside his somewhat crude methods, Roger had genuinely helped many people and had even changed the atmosphere of inter-house rivalry.
Now that this "big brother" in everyone's eyes had suddenly turned into a lead coffin, many people Roger had helped in the past naturally gathered to inquire about his well-being.
"Uh, actually, you've misunderstood. Although my current appearance is a bit strange, I'm perfectly fine." Roger had always been a straightforward person. Seeing his concerned classmates around him, he had no intention of hiding his magical experiments.
"You can think of it as me experimenting with a highly toxic magic, but the poison has no effect on me. This lead coffin is mainly to prevent the toxic substance from harming anyone other than myself." Roger had also tried to develop magic to eliminate radiation.
However, Roger himself lacked the ability to sense radiation, which made it difficult for him to determine if he had eliminated it cleanly. So, he would maintain this appearance until the Geiger counter was delivered to the school.
"Won't it be stuffy in there?" From the other side of the lead coffin, a young wizard, who had been sorted into Slytherin and whose parents were Muggles, asked with some concern.
Roger had intervened when he was being ostracized by some of his housemates.
Even though everyone had heard that Roger was developing a "toxic" magic and that they might get hurt if it leaked, no one around him left.
They didn't believe the Seer would make a mistake, nor did they think that even if the "toxin" did leak, the Seer couldn't handle such a small matter.
"Not at all, it's quite spacious in here." Roger wasn't lying about this.
"You know the Undetectable Extension Charm, right? I used it a bit, and the environment inside is sufficient for my daily life."
The Undetectable Extension Charm was something Roger had asked Professor McGonagall to apply for from the Ministry of Magic back when he was working on modifying his magical brain.
Although the path of magical brain modification had temporarily become a discarded plan due to the development of Human Alchemy, the right to use this spatial spell was given to Roger shortly after the Fear Demon incident.
According to the Ministry of Magic's requirements, as long as Roger's usage did not involve commercial activities or violate Ministry laws, he could use it freely.
"Then how do you eat?" Fred Weasley and George Weasley asked in unison.
These twin brothers of Ron had sought help from Roger, who was said to be skilled in Alchemy, when they encountered problems in developing prank items.
Roger had provided them with some knowledge and inspiration, which led them to develop the Puking Pastilles, a new prank item. Therefore, they had also come to check on Roger when he "got into trouble" this time.
"I don't need to eat," Roger replied.
In fact, Roger's body modification had progressed to the point where he no longer needed to eat conventionally about a month ago.
He had more efficient means of energy replenishment.
Eating now was purely for the enjoyment of delicious food, or out of "habit."
It was like Roger could now go without breathing, but he felt unaccustomed to it.
Although he was gradually becoming "inhuman" in terms of his life level, his habits as an ordinary person over the years were not something that could be quickly changed.
"Alright, everyone, go about your business. Don't worry about me, I'm fine."
Hearing Roger say this, everyone exchanged glances and gradually dispersed.
But most of them were heading in the same direction.
Hogwarts Library! These people, who had been helped by Roger, deeply understood Roger's 'power.' Facing a strong individual of the same age, or even younger, many of them couldn't help but start imitating him.
Just like when Voldemort was at school, many classmates who admired him couldn't help but emulate his words, actions, and thoughts, eventually transforming into Death Eaters.
Nowadays, reading in the library had become a quietly popular trend at Hogwarts.
After everyone else left, only Harry remained.
Roger had just secretly sent him a magical message, wanting to talk with him alone.
"Harry, you've been in a very strange state lately. You're not focused in class and always seem distracted when doing other things."
"...I'm sorry." Harry, thinking Roger was rushing him to fulfill their agreement, showed a pained expression.
But Roger didn't mean that. He knew that a forced melon wouldn't be sweet, so he never intended to force anything. "Is it because of those memories?"
Roger knew that after all this time, Harry should have read all the memories the professors had about his parents, including Snape's, of course.
Roger's Pensieve had been specially modified by him, making the user's experience of memories even more 'immersive.'
"Yes, I..." After hesitating for a long time, Harry finally spoke his mind.
"I don't know how to face Professor Snape anymore."
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