Hogwarts: Bloodline Legend

Chapter 841 237: The Secret of Ian's Magic Wand

In the memory scene, the Raven's words exploded in Ian's mind like a thunderclap. In this dreamlike and illusory memory scene, Ian's heart surged violently like turbulent waves.

Undeniably.

The shock this scene brought to Ian was indeed far greater than the shock caused by anything else. His pupils almost instantly contracted sharply.

His heart seemed to be gripped tightly by an invisible hand, and even his breathing became rapid. Instinctively, he turned to look at Merlin, trying to find answers in his expression.

But.

Merlin's face remained as calm as water, as if everything in this memory had nothing to do with him. Yet Ian could feel that Merlin's emotions were surging like an undercurrent, almost breaking through the surface calm. The intense emotional fluctuation around him was as uncontrollable as those inferior wizards.

This was evidently because Merlin's heart was very sensitive, having significant emotional fluctuations about this scene, so much so that even he couldn't hide his emotions from the Little Wizard. There was no way around it; perhaps Merlin had advanced further, but he was certainly not far ahead of a Legendary Rank wizard.

If he was careless even slightly, the flaw of the mind would be detected by a Legendary Wizard like Ian, let alone Ian, who was an exceptional Legendary Wizard in this regard.

Almost at the very moment he perceived Merlin's emotions, Ian immediately realized the reason Merlin had previously tried to sidestep him.

It was the secret Merlin tried to conceal!

Realizing this.

Ian felt his throat dry up, and he couldn't help but swallow. Even though he felt he had guessed the answer, it was an answer so unimaginable that he found it absurd and fantastical.

"This... the Raven in your memory, what does it mean?" Ian finally couldn't resist seeking verification, cautiously looking at Merlin, who was extremely sensitive.

Merlin's gaze remained on the Little Merlin in the memory scene, as if he hadn't heard Ian's question. After a moment, he turned his head to look at the Little Wizard and spoke slowly.

"It means exactly what you understand." He responded very directly, his tone calm enough to be shocking, even making the Little Wizard feel an unsettling sense of calm madness.

"This is just too..."

Even Ian couldn't find the words to describe it.

His heart was increasingly turbulent, a complex emotion inexpressible spreading through his mind.

Ian felt that if his understanding was correct, then the magical Raven and the meaning expressed by this Merlin in front of him suggested that originally, there was another Merlin in this world.

A Merlin earlier than this one, truly favored by destiny, destined to grow into a Legendary character known as the Wizard King. Yet, for some reason, that Merlin was killed by the Raven, so the Merlin before him now was merely a replacement cultivated by the Raven after his death through a "mending the fold after the sheep are lost" approach.

What an outrageous plot!

Ian didn't know why the Raven killed the original Merlin, but just from this operation of replacing a crucial character with a substitute, no matter how you looked at it, it was hard to suppress the urge to exclaim "what the heck."

Thinking back carefully.

Ian recalled the memories he just witnessed from Merlin, the daily life during Raven's training of Merlin. He recalled every word Raven said while training Merlin. It must be said that when those words are savored now, they're truly alarming, yet they suddenly make much more sense under this shocking truth.

The Raven's rigorous training of Merlin, those nearly harsh demands, and why the Raven always emphasized, "You are Merlin, you must become Merlin, you must do this and that to bear the weight of the name Merlin" ... all because the Raven was executing a substitute operation!

Ian could hardly imagine how this horrifying event, once known by other wizards in the Magic Realm, would stir up a storm in the Wizarding World.

Merlin, ah.

This name carried too much legend and glory; it was a myth in the hearts of all wizards. The secrets and gossip about him would undoubtedly draw the fervent exploration of all wizards.

The entire Magic World would be shaken.

"The Raven's maneuver... is indeed somewhat immoral, not to mention, even for a bird, it's somewhat outrageous." Even Ian couldn't help but sigh at the Raven's actions.

However.

Actually, if we calmly think about it, this matter is not that hard to accept. It's even not that bad, given that if the original Merlin had already died, then how could the story of that Merlin have even started yet claimed to be usurped when all the history known was created by this Merlin in front of us.

In this way.

How can one say this Merlin is not Merlin? This might be a philosophical question, a bit convoluted, but thinking carefully, at least the legends known were created by this Merlin, and he certainly cannot be considered an imposter. His magic, his achievements are things obtained by himself.

People weren't deceived.

Because they knew the name Merlin, knew Merlin's splendor, all stemming from this man in front of them. The Merlin they know is this Merlin.