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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 me! Holmes 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 merely 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 me tell you, that war killed a conservative estimate of one billion people. So, right now, I strongly advise you to abandon that insane idea immediately."
"Because if you don't, I'm the diplomatic version of you, here to reason with you. But in a moment, the me 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 mean, a billion dead people… Yeah, that's way too much, even for me."
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 me 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 means the magical war won't happen in the future. And if that's the case, you shouldn't have needed to come here to warn me, right? Isn't this a time paradox…?"
"Because this place is Paradise—a separate, independent world cut off from reality. The information we discuss here won't affect the timeline of the real world. That's the only way I could avoid a time paradox."
Future Kasenhis explained as he pulled out a Command Block, holding it in his hands as if checking something. After a moment, he frowned deeply.
"I'm you from ten years in the future—the diplomatic one, the scholar. Right now, in this timeline, there should also be a version of you from nine years in the future—the soldier. He should have already come looking for you by now."
"Hmm… oh fuck! I think I know Just earlier, someone used some ridiculously overpowered magic and nearly erased me from existence. If it weren't for Dumbledore..."
Future Kasenhis let out a long sigh. "Still too late... That bastard has already become a Time Ghost."
"…Are we talking about 'English'? Because I have no clue what you're saying. What is a Time Ghost?" Kasenhis looked confused.
"Let me explain—he didn't get here the same way I did. I used a completely separate world to avoid time paradoxes. But he used the Time Flow Watch from the Equivalent Exchange mod to turn back time and return to this point. That means he didn't 'time travel' in the normal sense—he reversed time instead. So technically, he's not affected by time paradoxes."
"…Still not getting it." Kasenhis scratched his chin.
"It means that since you abandoned your idea, the events that were supposed to happen in our future… never will. Which means our entire timeline... is gone."
"Normally, when someone like me uses a Time-Turner to travel through time, we rely on this world's intrinsic time rules. That means that once my timeline 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 time, 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 me, right?" Kasenhis thought about it. Yeah, that made sense.
"The problem is that having two versions of you exist in the same timeline for too long will cause the timeline to collapse. We're too powerful—having one Kasenhis already strains the timeline. Two? That's just asking for it." Scholar Kasenhis boasted.
"…So this timeline 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 timeline—he has to disappear."
"The issue is, a Time Ghost's mind is frozen in the exact moment their original timeline collapsed. That means Warlord Kasenhis is stuck in a mental 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 become wizards. Trick the timeline into thinking the future war is back on track. Once we get dragged back to our own timeline, 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 become."
"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 messed 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 time, stop messing 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 some kind of self-defense, the rest is up to you."
The next moment, 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 times, shook his head, and muttered to himself.
"What in the blue hell just happened…?"
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