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"Well, it turns out I was right."
George took a deep breath. "So, when I first appeared in this world, you already knew about it?"
"At the very beginning, I did not know."
The purple jade disc swayed from side to side, explaining, "My soul is housed within this jade disc, and I can only barely maintain my stability; I had no spare energy to monitor the worlds. Therefore, the four worlds have always cycled according to the fate I had originally written. It wasn't until later, when the overall destiny of the world you reside in underwent significant changes and the God of Death came to report it, that I became aware of your existence."
"Then why didn't you deal with me? I was very weak at that time. Even if it was inconvenient for you to act, your servant should have been able to easily handle me," George asked tentatively.
He was trying to fish for information from this Creator to determine if his projection into this world was related to Hongjun.
"Because you were most likely placed in my world by that Great Mighty One."
The purple jade disc circled around George. "Although my current state is poor, an ordinary Creator would not be able to silently stuff a person into my world. Anyone capable of doing that... if they wished me harm, they could have long since swallowed both me and my four worlds. There would be no need for such subtlety. Moreover, since I created the world, only that Great Mighty One has visited me and knows my location in the Chaos. Therefore, I guessed that you were sent here by him. He also mentioned once that he enjoys placing different people into various worlds, granting them special abilities, and watching their lives unfold across these different realms. It is one of his hobbies."
"So that explains it."
George was now basically certain that the one who sent him to transmigrate and provided him with his 'Golden Finger'—his cheat ability—was Old Ancestor Hongjun. Since Hongjun had shown kindness to this world's Creator, the Creator, after guessing his identity, chose not to interfere with his actions. If George hadn't initiated contact, it was likely this Creator would never have approached him either.
"I just didn't expect your growth speed to be so rapid; you are truly worthy of being the one chosen by that Great Mighty One."
The purple jade disc moved in front of George. "How about we make a trade?"
"What kind of trade?" A look of confusion appeared on George's face.
The purple jade disc slowly spoke: "I know that your strength will definitely surpass mine in the future. I am willing to split off a world and give it to you now, while your strength is still insufficient. In exchange, when you are powerful enough in the future, I hope you can help me recover my strength."
That Great Mighty One named Hongjun, although he had used the jade disc to help her re-gather her scattered soul, did not intervene further to help her fully recover. If she relied on herself to slowly heal, there was no telling how long it would take. During that period, if she encountered a malicious Creator passing by, she and her worlds would be finished.
Therefore, she was willing to use an entire world as the price to request that this person chosen by the Great Mighty One help her recover her full power in the future. Once her strength was fully restored, using the experience accumulated from her previous failures, it would not be difficult to create a new world given some time. She could even create two more.
Hearing this Creator's request, George thought for less than two seconds before nodding in agreement.
For him, increasing his strength was paramount. Why would he refuse a free world to devour and fuse with? As for the condition of the trade, he felt that if his strength was truly sufficient in the future, helping out would be no big deal. If his strength wasn't enough, then he would be powerless to help anyway, so there was no need to worry about it now. No matter how he looked at it, it wasn't a losing deal.
Furthermore, in order to help him improve his strength, this Creator of the Harry Potter multiverse would surely offer instruction without reservation, allowing him to gain a significant amount of knowledge and experience.
Thus, after some exchange, George selected the world where he had already altered the fate as his advance payment and began the process of devouring and fusion. While performing the fusion, he made another request to the Creator inside the purple jade disc.
"I would like to try something, I wonder if that is alright?"
"Of course, no problem," a nonchalant voice came from the purple jade disc. For her right now, fully recovering her strength was the only major issue; nothing else mattered.
After receiving an affirmative answer, while George manipulated the world for devouring and fusion, he teleported to the Hogwarts School of Technology and Magic in his own timeline. Looking at Professor Snape sitting in the Headmaster's office, George reached out and directly pulled his soul out of his body.
"Professor, this is as much as I can do to help you. Whether you can make up for your regrets and how you choose to proceed will depend entirely on yourself."
Opening a portal, George arrived in a parallel world that was currently in the 1959 timeline. He then placed Professor Snape's soul into the body of the unborn baby Snape. A few months later, Professor Snape would discover that he had been reborn into his infancy, and after that, he would have the chance to meet Lily again.
As for how the future develops, that would depend on Professor Snape's own choices.
Back when George was still studying at Hogwarts, Professor Snape had treated him like his own son. Now that he had the ability, he naturally wanted to help him make up for his life's regrets. He couldn't directly use time magic to send Professor Snape back to the past in their original timeline, because that would disrupt the overall fate of that world, causing many people to disappear. However, sending him to a parallel universe posed no such problem.
Professor Snape's biggest regret was that during his school days, due to his obsession with the Dark Arts and the bitter opposition between Slytherin and Gryffindor, he had drifted apart from Lily. He had even spoken harsh words to her—calling her a Mudblood—which broke Lily's heart. In the end, this led to Lily marrying his nemesis, James, and subsequently dying at the hands of Voldemort.
"This is indeed... very interesting."
Watching Professor Snape's soul gradually awaken within the unborn infant's body, George felt that he suddenly understood Old Ancestor Hongjun's strange hobby a little better. This feeling was just like what he was doing now—letting Professor Snape be reborn in a parallel universe to see what happens.
As for Professor Snape's 'Golden Finger,' being reborn with his memories and knowing the future plot development was the greatest cheat he could have. The Professor Snape at this time had learned the Fairy Tail magic that George had improved; his strength was much, much greater than before. Even Voldemort at his peak would not be a match for the current Professor Snape. So, as long as Professor Snape grew up normally to adulthood, he would be the most powerful wizard in this world, not losing out even to Dumbledore.
If he had time, George also wanted to livestream and watch Professor Snape's future development, because it promised to be very interesting.
Perhaps Old Ancestor Hongjun, who had thrown George into the Marvel world, had the same idea and might have been watching him and his clone all along. However, the difference was that George had a friendship with Professor Snape; if Professor Snape was in danger, he would definitely intervene to save him.
Old Ancestor Hongjun, on the other hand, had no friendship with George. It might purely be out of a sense of amusement or mischief; if George died, Hongjun could simply switch to the next subject.
(End of Chapter)