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The three of them exchanged glances before Dumbledore and Lupin turned to Kasenhis, looking a little surprised.
"…How do you know?"
"Did you, by any chance, inspect it closely yourself?"
Kasenhis gave them both a weird look. "It's the abandoned lavatory, the one where Moaning Myrtle stays. And I swear on my dignity, this has absolutely nothing to do with ! Hols figured it out through deduction. But seriously, shouldn't you guys be more concerned about why Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets is inside a girls' bathroom? That does make him the biggest pervert of all!!"
"We were rely making a hypothesis," Dumbledore explained.
"…It better just be that."
The three of them strolled out of the Alchemy office, but just as Kasenhis stepped past the threshold, it felt like he had walked through a thin layer of water.
Woosh!
"What the…? This really is another version of MC world."
He stared, dumbfounded, at the blue sky, the floating islands beneath his feet, and the crystal-clear spring water flowing from an unknown source—heading to an unknown destination.
A Kasenhis who looked slightly older than him appeared in front of him.
"I know you have things you want to say, but hold on for a second. I'm you—roughly ten years from now. In 1998, when Neville was in his seventh year, you managed to bring 'that' crazy idea in your head to life. In other words, you successfully granted magic to every single person in the world."
"Oh…"
"Don't interrupt. And then, a global magical war broke out. Let tell you, that war killed a conservative estimate of one billion people. So, right now, I strongly advise you to abandon that insane idea imdiately."
"Because if you don't, I'm the diplomatic version of you, here to reason with you. But in a mont, the from nine years in the future will arrive, and he's the military version—coming to hunt you down!" Future Kasenhis blurted all this out in one breath.
"…Wow." Kasenhis was utterly dumbfounded. He rubbed his forehead. "Is this heaven? The one made from glowstone and water? That Nether portal to paradise?"
"That's not the point. The point is, you need to give up that idea."
Kasenhis shook his head vigorously. "Actually, I already have. I an, a billion dead people… Yeah, that's way too much, even for ."
Future Kasenhis stared at him intensely. "Are you serious?.. You aren't joking, right?"
"What else? Forget a billion people—even a hundred is way too much for to accept. If anything, this just proves why I was never Slytherin material. I completely lack that whole 'sacrifice for the greater good' mindset."
Future Kasenhis nodded slowly. "So, you're confirming you've already abandoned that idea?"
"Yeah, I'm sure. But wait—if I've already abandoned that idea, then that ans the magical war won't happen in the future. And if that's the case, you shouldn't have needed to co here to warn , right? Isn't this a ti paradox…?"
"Because this place is Paradise—a separate, independent world cut off from reality. The information we discuss here won't affect the tiline of the real world. That's the only way I could avoid a ti paradox."
Future Kasenhis explained as he pulled out a Command Block, holding it in his hands as if checking sothing. After a mont, he frowned deeply.
"I'm you from ten years in the future—the diplomatic one, the scholar. Right now, in this tiline, there should also be a version of you from nine years in the future—the soldier. He should have already co looking for you by now."
"Hmm… oh fuck! I think I know Just earlier, soone used so ridiculously overpowered magic and nearly erased from existence. If it weren't for Dumbledore..."
Future Kasenhis let out a long sigh. "Still too late... That bastard has already beco a Ti Ghost."
"…Are we talking about 'English'? Because I have no clue what you're saying. What is a Ti Ghost?" Kasenhis looked confused.
"Let explain—he didn't get here the sa way I did. I used a completely separate world to avoid ti paradoxes. But he used the Ti Flow Watch from the Equivalent Exchange mod to turn back ti and return to this point. That ans he didn't 'ti travel' in the normal sense—he reversed ti instead. So technically, he's not affected by ti paradoxes."
"…Still not getting it." Kasenhis scratched his chin.
"It ans that since you abandoned your idea, the events that were supposed to happen in our future… never will. Which ans our entire tiline... is gone."
"Normally, when soone like uses a Ti-Turner to travel through ti, we rely on this world's intrinsic ti rules. That ans that once my tiline disappears, I should vanish along with it. The only reason I'm still here is that we're in Paradise, completely separate from the real world."
"But that Kasenhis hunting you—the 'Warlord Kasenhis' from nine years in the future—he won't disappear. He exists outside the normal flow of ti, and now he's trapped in this era with no way back."
"…If the future war isn't going to happen, then he has no reason to kill , right?" Kasenhis thought about it. Yeah, that made sense.
"The problem is that having two versions of you exist in the sa tiline for too long will cause the tiline to collapse. We're too powerful—having one Kasenhis already strains the tiline. Two? That's just asking for it." Scholar Kasenhis boasted.
"…So this tiline can only have one Kasenhis? Are you saying I have to kill myself?"
"More like delete. Right now, Warlord Kasenhis is basically a bug in the tiline—he has to disappear."
"The issue is, a Ti Ghost's mind is frozen in the exact mont their original tiline collapsed. That ans Warlord Kasenhis is stuck in a ntal loop, bouncing between 'kill you now' and 'wait a little before killing you.'"
"His priority for killing you is directly proportional to how likely you are to create the future war."
"Now, the biggest problem—how do we make him disappear? Killing yourself won't do it. He's got a Command Block, and even though I managed to seal it, he still has the Magic User mod. You're not beating him in a head-on fight…"
"So here's my plan—create a magical seed that technically allows everyone in the world to beco wizards. Trick the tiline into thinking the future war is back on track. Once we get dragged back to our own tiline, you destroy the device before it activates. That way, the version of us that doesn't belong here—along with that future mistake—will disappear for good."
"But the problem is, the further you go with the magic seed plan, the stronger his killing intent toward you will beco."
"Won't you die too?" Kasenhis ignored the whole 'Warlord wants to kill you' part and focused directly on the bigger question.
"So what? I'm the one who ssed up in the first place. Paying the price is only fair."
As he spoke, Future Kasenhis rummaged through his pocket and pulled out a small golden figure.
"Wait a damn minute—you have a Totem of Undying?!"
"Eh, just basic survival strategies." Future Kasenhis waved it off like it was nothing. Then, he dug into his pocket again and pulled out a beautifully bound book.
"Neomancy. Look, if you've got free ti, stop ssing around with Thaumcraft. It's too dangerous. And while we're at it, please never play with Command Blocks and Equivalent Exchange before you end up breaking reality."
Future Kasenhis dumped the Totem of Undying, the Neomancy guidebook, and the knowledge of the magical seed that could grant magic to everyone into Present Kasenhis's hands like a parent dumping groceries on their kid.
[Acquired Neomancy Guidebook. Neomancy mod successfully unlocked.]
"Alright, now that you've got at least so kind of self-defense, the rest is up to you."
The next mont, Kasenhis heard a deep hum in his ears.
Then—he was back in his office.
"Kasenhis, are you okay?" Lupin turned his head to look at him.
Kasenhis, still holding the Totem of Undying and the Neomancy guidebook, blinked a few tis, shook his head, and muttered to himself.
"What in the blue hell just happened…?"
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