บท 5: The Interview (4)
The room became silent after Edwards' grand speech. Whether it was Dumbledore or the painting of the headmaster, they all started to imagine how beautiful such a prosperous world would be.
Wizards would truly become powerful beings that control the world, or multiple worlds. They would have long lives to pursue their dreams and goals, and they may even eventually conquer death.
"Haha, Edward, only a noble pureblood like yourself could create such a beautiful world," suddenly said Headmaster Phineas Black. However, Headmistress Dilys Derwent gave him a cold look, but he ignored it.
"Noble family, huh?" replied Edward. "In the world I envisioned, the concept of a noble family would have existed, but not because of bloodlines. No, it was simply based on abilities and achievement. If a wizard is powerful enough and contributed enough to the Wizarding World, of course, he would be granted wealth and noble status.
"However, if his descendants are mediocre, then they would only be privy to the wealth and heritage of their families. No power or status would be granted after more than three generations--if the descendants do not meet a certain requirement."
Although Phineas was a little sad about this information, he could still accept the fact that noble families would still exist in this utopian world. As for the other portraits, they looked at him with gleeful smirks.
As for Dumbledore, he had a slightly surprised look in his eyes after imagining the world that Edward envisioned, then he soon calmed himself down and looked at it from a critical point of view.
"The making of such a civilization will never be peaceful and would be followed by blood and war. Not to mention how easy it is for wizards to lose themselves with so much power.
"And in a more realistic tone, what about the muggles? How do they fit in your grand plan?"
"You are right, professor. The Wizard Civilization would have to commit countless atrocities to reach the level I envisioned, but tell me, what great civilization has not done such a thing to achieve their grandeur and glory. This is just an inevitable thing," replied Edward with a calm look on his face.
"As for the muggle? Actually, they are one of the reasons that I gave up all my ambitions."
"What, you gave up?" asked Phineas. A few minutes ago, he was thinking maybe one of the future heirs of his black family might one day find a method to revive him from this painting.
Although he would have to ask Edward to take care of his last bloodline and ensure that he has descendants. But he still had some hope. And it was not just Phineas that was surprised, many of the other portraits were too.
However, Dumbledore was not. He took notice of the fact that Edward used the past tense when mentioning his ambitions, implying that there were no longer his goals.
However, Edward just ignored the portraits as he continued to enjoy his tea.
"You know, I once started thinking about the future of wizards, do you mind hearing my opinion?"
"If you do not mind," replied Dumbledore with an intrigued look on his face.
"I believe that a war with the muggle is an inevitable thing, and it will not be started by wizards, not if things remain the way they are. As muggles' science and technology continue to evolve, they will eventually discover wizards, then war will take place. Unfortunately, I do not believe for a second that wizards have a chance of winning such a war."
"Nonsense," roared Phineas Black, full of fury on his face. And it was not just him, many other portraits had similar thoughts as him.
Edward looked at the painting with a calm look, "Do you know that muggles landed on the moon more than 20 years ago?"
"What does that have to do with anything?" asked Phineas with a frown on his already serious face.
"I'm saying this to tell you how advanced muggle' science and technology and the rapid pace at which they are developing. Now, let's look at us wizards, what was our greatest achievement in the past few decades? What major achievements that can change the world in the past few years?
"The only thing that I can think of is the Philosopher's Stone, however, that was created more than 600 hundred years ago. Not to mention that the stone did not contribute to the wizarding world in the slightest.
"Muggles have already begun to explore the stars, while we still have laws from the Middle Age. For Merlin's sake, we have space magic, but we have not even reached the moon yet. Even worse, no one even had the idea of actually exploring the moon.
"Well, I'm sure that some idiot wizard once had the idea of reaching the moon, then took his broom to try to reach there and die in the vacuum of space. However, that does not count."
"All a wizard needs to do to win a war against the muggle is to use the Imperius Curse to control all the higher echelons of the muggles and use their powerful weapons against them," argued Phineas.
"That's not going to work as much as you think. It is common knowledge that any person with strong will can wake up from the Imperius Curse. Do you think that with the more than 7 billion muggles, there will not be people with Will strong enough not to be affected by the Imperius Curse?"
"So according to you, the wizard will come to an end after we lose the war to muggles?" suddenly asked one of the portraits.
"No," replied Edward while shaking his head. "On the contrary, it's the opposite. After losing the war, wizards will start to flourish afterward."
บท 6: The Interview (5)
"How is that possible? If the muggles won the war, they would kill all of us wizards!" exclaimed one of the portraits.
"No, you are wrong. After winning the war, the muggles will become curious about us, they would lust and envy our powers. Although this war would have proven that science and technology are no worse or even better than magic, their desires to become special or unique will get the best of them.
"As such, they will study wizards thoroughly. For a long period of time, I imagine that wizards will become nothing but experimental subjects, little lab rats in a laboratory. The muggles will try to find the source of the power of our magical powers.
"I believe that they will succeed. It may take him some time, but they will eventually succeed. After that, they will want to grant such power to muggles. And I also believe that they will succeed in that endeavor.
"Then, a brand new group of wizards will rise from muggle society. Let's call them Neo Muggle Wizards. These individuals will start to combine magic with technology, thus creating a brand new magical civilization. And with the large population of muggles, even if only 1% of them can actually turn into Neo Muggle Wizard, the number of wizards then will still be exponentially more than the current time.
"After that, the Neo Muggle Wizards--with their advanced thinking from science and technology--will also explore the universe and countless dimensions, thus creating a prosperous age or civilization of wizards."
"Preposterous! Absurd! The very notion of your words is ludicrous!" yelled Phineas Black, who seemed very agitated. All the other portraits had similar ideas as him, but they tried to remain calm.
"Calm down, Phineas," said Dumbledore--who was not as calmed as he appeared on the surface. "This is just a hypothetical future. There is no need to become so riled up."
Phineas Black then looked at Edward with a fierce look, then closed his eyes and shut off his senses. Or at the very least, it appeared to be doing so.
As for Dumbledore, he was a little shaken as this was the second time in his life that a powerful wizard warned him of the future danger of the Wizarding World.
His old friend had tried to use radical methods to deal with the problem, while the one in front of him seemed rather indifferent.
"Edward, you mentioned that this was one of the reasons that you gave up your ambitions, what is the other reason?"
Edward pondered for a few seconds before answering.
"It was because of my parents. After their deaths, I came to a realization: Voldemort did not kill them, but the Wizard World did. Voldemort is a result of all the things wrong with our society.
"Whether it is the wanton discrimination or racism of those pureblood theorists, the social inequality between muggle-born wizards, half-bloods and purebloods, the backwards mindset of wizards for millennia, or the superiority complex of most wizards towards other races--both magical and non-magical. All these problems resulted in the creation of Voldemort, thus leading to the death of my parents. In my mind, the Dark Lord was not the only person that killed them, but the wizarding world.
"Why would I lead this kind of people to create such a prosperous civilization? Are they worthy?"
The room became quiet again. Many of the portraits had a complex look on their faces as they looked at Edward, and they sighed to themselves.
As for Dumbledore, he also sighed before saying. "I'm sorry Edward about your parents, however, I do not think you should judge the entire wizard world because of a minority few. There are plenty of good-hearted people in the wizarding world willing to do good things. A perfect example is your parents. When Voldemort was in power, they rose to the occasion and fought for what is right."
"You may be right, professor. But do not forget that the 'minority few' that you talked about are actually the ones with all the power and influence in the wizarding world."
The room once again entered a brief period of silence.
As a matter of fact, Edward did not tell the whole truth. One of the main reasons that he did continue with his ambitions was because he realized that he did not really need the help of the wizarding world to accomplish his goals/
With his talent and relentless pursuit of magic, he strongly believes that he will one day discover the way to travel through dimensions and other universes. After that, his journey through the sea of stars and dimensions will begin.
He will pursue the path of magic until he becomes one of the most powerful wizards in countless dimensions and universes. His legend will spread throughout many realities, and he will be able to control his own fate.
And the first step of his grand plan will begin after he acquires the Philosopher's Stone. This is one of the reasons that he decided to come to teach at Hogwarts.
"Well Mr Bones, let's get back to the interview. So, for what reason you decided to come to teach here at Hogwarts."
"I have had many great memories in this castle. In many ways, it is a second home to me, so I thought of coming back. Furthermore, I have been lusting after the books in the Restricted Area, unfortunately, you always prevented me from entering there."
Dumbledore just smiled before asking a few other questions for the interview, then Edward left.
Dumbledore was left alone in the room with his thoughts, then Phineas Black said, "What a scary guy!"
"What do you mean?" asked one of the portraits.
"I do not believe for once that a person who can come up with such a goal and ideal to just give up like that. In most likelihood, he discovered a way to accomplish these things on his own," replied Phineas with a sneer on his face.
Then, the portrait of Dilys Derwent asked, "So, what are you going to do, Dumbledore? Are you going to hire him?"
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