Establishing a Path for Wizard Civilization!

Defense Against the Dark Arts, a course rumored to be cursed by Voldemort, has seen almost no one teach it for more than two years recently.

All the professors who taught it generally met with misfortune within a year of starting.

They were unable to continue teaching students for various strange reasons.

But this time, Quirrell "fell" far too early.

This was indeed a problem that needed to be addressed immediately.

"Do you have any recommendations?" Dumbledore asked.

When conversing with a Seer, Dumbledore always spoke directly and without beating around the bush, as he saw no point in it.

Since Roger brought this up, it shouldn't be for no reason.

Roger shook his head. "No recommendations, I'm just asking. If we're looking for someone to substitute from within the school, then Professor Snape and you personally teaching would be the most suitable. If we're recruiting from outside, I'm curious who it will be?"

The strongest individuals currently within the school were Dumbledore and the four heads of house.

The head of Hufflepuff was the Herbology professor, which wasn't suitable. The head of Ravenclaw was the Charms professor; he was very powerful but specialized more in dueling wizards, and dealing with dark magical creatures in Defense Against the Dark Arts was outside his area of expertise.

He might know a little, but not to the level of an expert in the field. They were all people with strict self-requirements and likely wouldn't agree to simply read from textbooks and turn a life-or-death course like Defense Against the Dark Arts into a water-downed class.

Professor McGonagall was the same, so the only suitable candidates were Professor Snape, who excelled in this area, and Headmaster Dumbledore.

After Roger finished speaking, Dumbledore thought for a moment and said, "Let's go with Professor Snape."

With the Christmas holiday being only a few days long, it was genuinely difficult to find a sufficiently reliable person... Hogwarts wasn't Dumbledore's sole domain.

Although he had the ability, he was unwilling to use force to disrupt order, so he still needed to discuss some matters with the board of governors.

Moving internal staff like Quirrell was easy, but recruiting from outside required many people to agree.

Since they were on the topic of Snape, Dumbledore took the opportunity to say, "I heard you went to Snape to ask about your path in magic earlier."

Not feeling there was anything to hide, Roger replied frankly, "I also asked Professor McGonagall and Voldemort. I now know what path I need to take."

Hearing that Roger had actually sought advice from Voldemort on such a matter, Dumbledore raised an eyebrow, and the portraits of past headmasters behind him began to chatter noisily.

However, neither Roger nor Dumbledore paid any mind to these magical portraits.

Seeing that Dumbledore didn't have any particular reaction to this, Roger continued, "Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, and Voldemort gave me the answers: 'Proficiency,' 'Passion,' and 'Power,' respectively."

"Among them, although Professor McGonagall's and Professor Snape's answers seem different, they are essentially the same."

"Magic becomes powerful through the heart's desire. If a person devotes enough passion to magic, they will naturally become proficient."

"'Passion' can increase one's magical talent. As long as you believe in magic, magic will respond to you."

"Of course, there are also instances of being proficient without being passionate."

For example, there was Seamus Finnigan, that explosive genius, and some people who had suffered abuse, perhaps not interested in Dark Magic, but who developed a talent for it due to a twisted psyche.

"And Voldemort's answer is not wrong either."

"As long as the heart is strong enough, every type of magic holds extraordinary power. However, magic always has its focus."

Taking Avada Kedavra as an example, even if Voldemort were ten times stronger, he couldn't conjure food with an Unforgivable Curse unless he went and stole it.

"So, the answer is obvious."

"I love this wonderful world, I anticipate the infinite possibilities of the future, I am greedy, I want to watch and possess it all forever, which is why I pursue Eternal Life."

"All my ideals, all my desires, at their core, are... 'Me'!"

"And what is wonderful, what are possibilities? Their essence is change."

At this point, Roger paused before continuing, "The path I must take is one centered on 'Me,' mastering change, until I become change itself, and finally transcend change!"

As Dumbledore listened, his brow furrowed slightly.

He could understand Roger's meaning, but he found it difficult to grasp what kind of path it was and how it would ultimately be achieved.

For some reason, Dumbledore felt a faint sense of foreboding.

But he couldn't ask directly, as this undoubtedly touched upon Roger's true core secrets!

Unless it was a near-master-apprentice relationship like Professor McGonagall and Roger, it was truly difficult to ask.

As if sensing Dumbledore's thoughts, Roger smiled faintly and said, "If you're interested, I can go back and write down the specific operational methods within the book and give it to you to read."

"What?" This time, Dumbledore was truly astonished. He was so surprised that it took him two seconds to realize what Roger was saying.

Although Roger was usually a person who acted very openly, this was different.

For example, this was akin to the US publicly revealing all its technological details, all its classified national archives, plus intelligence on all national financial flows to China, with complete information transparency!

Who wouldn't be stunned to hear this?! "My path is not something that needs to be kept secret." This was also Roger's thought after establishing his own path.

The former Roger didn't want to publicize his method for Eternal Life because he didn't want everyone to use the same thing uniformly, stifling innovation and reducing the overall potential of the human race.

However.

It was also difficult for one person to build a skyscraper.

The nearly impossible path to Eternal Life required more assistance.

Methods like nurturing Hagrid and Harry, planting trees and picking fruit across the river of time, were indeed feasible.

However, the idea of upstream innovation and downstream adoption was too slow and had too many variables.

So, he wanted to play with something special.

Roger wanted to establish a path for wizard civilization! Just like in many legends where ancient immortals passed down immortal paths, once a path was established, everyone who walked it would bloom with completely different brilliance according to their own unique nature! Some refined essence into qi, qi into spirit, spirit into void, and void into the Dao.

Some swallowed a golden elixir, declaring, "My fate is mine to control, not Heaven's!"

Some abandoned the great path of the golden elixir and pursued Nascent Soul, Soul Transformation, Tribulation Transcendence, and Great Ascension.

So what about magic? This system, which focused on the mind and bore an eight-tenths resemblance to Warhammer 40,000's warp psychic energy, did it have the potential to create something entirely new that could continuously advance while also allowing for blossoming diversity? In this world, human thought truly possessed immense power; the collective consciousness of all beings was a ritual that could change the world.

If Roger's vision went according to plan, everyone who learned magic in the future would become their own 'cheat code'!

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