Chapter 104: Naughty

Merlin and Morgana were magically twice as strong as Dumbledore. 

It is not too big of a difference. 

Of course, wizards are weaker now, but not as massive as anyone might think. 

At that time, the Hogwarts High Inquisitor and other orders hunted wizards, and the times were not too peaceful.

A strong wizard is a living wizard. 

However, there are not so many who really try to become stronger nowadays.

"And this is Merlin's book, I suppose..." 

Next to Merlin's corpse lay a book, which in the past was a collection of spells and light rituals found or created by Merlin himself.

The book became more of a grimoire, and Morgana used dark magic on it just out of spite to harm her ex. 

This book had a powerful curse on it that would kill even Dumbledore within a couple of seconds of touching it.

This is certainly interesting, but... it won't help my personal power in any way.

This crystalline soul crypt is quite interesting, but... there are many innocent souls there.

I simply can't bring myself to use this crystal, and the best option is to simply free all these souls from captivity. 

Of course, fifty thousand souls don't just vanish into thin air... but I've almost found a way to do just that. 

However, if my medallion contains the souls of people who deserve it and generally evil beings, then... it's all messed up.

 Morgana might come in handy, but it's not for me. 

She is quite a nasty and truly "dark" person, and I simply don't want to help her in any way. 

It would have been different if she were still young and innocent... but who knows what she would do in that case? 

I haven't found any wizards capable of fighting her here. 

Therefore...

"No-o-o!" 

Morgana's soul and astral projection shouted momentarily when I approached her and extracted her soul with all its magical potential from her body.

I would have doubted myself and my power if she could have put any kind of resistance against me because her resistance was simply ridiculous. 

I immediately placed this dark soul in my amulet for some time.

"You are free..."

With Will's small effort, the crystal containing a huge number of souls cracks and shatters. 

At the same moment, a cry is heard, chilling the souls of many souls, and they seem to dissolve towards the River of Souls or elsewhere in this world.

"Thank you..."

Merlin's transparent silhouette appeared for a moment. He glanced at Morgana and my medallion, bowed, and disappeared.

There was nothing more interesting here, and I simply teleported to Hogwarts after sorting out the magical distortion.

"Oh, Merlin's underpants..." 

Albus jumped sharply from his seat when I suddenly appeared in his office.

"Anthony, you shouldn't scare an old man like that..." 

He calmed down when he realized it was me. 

At the same time, Fawkes chirped slightly, and there was a sense of disapproval of me scaring them like that in its song.

"I apologize. I'll remember that. While flying over England, I stumbled upon the tombs of Merlin, Morgana, and King Arthur. I think you would be interested in seeing them."

"..."

He froze in some incomprehension.

"I'm serious because there was some ritual with fifty thousand souls that sustained Morgana's body in life, and she could wake up twenty years from now. Are you coming?"

With a wave of my hand, I opened a portal there. 

It was precisely a passage in space.

Albus was truly shocked when he noticed the bodies especially the book, over which I had already worked and gotten rid of Morgana's curse. 

There was nothing interesting for me there, but I copied it for Hermione.

A wizard-like Dumbledore quickly confirmed that these were real bodies... and he looked at the crystal shards with sadness when realizing that darkness was present at any time. 

I headed to Hermione now that there was no magical distortion here and Albus himself could move back and forth.

She had a lesson with McGonagall, and I didn't interrupt the class... and simply disappeared from the view and perception of everyone except Hermione. 

Hermione's eyes widened when I entered the classroom while McGonagall was teaching and discussing transfiguration. 

I walked half a meter away from her.

"How did you sleep, Hermione?" 

It was worth it for me to approach her as the top student and smartest overall in the class and talk to her in a whisper.

"Anthony! The lesson is going on!" 

Hermione's eyes blazed with "righteous anger."

"They can't hear or see me." 

I shrugged and sat down at the desk.

 She started turning her head to ensure nobody was looking at me. 

"By the way, you're sitting there as usual and keeping quiet. And yes..." 

I lean sharply towards the girl and kiss... There was no strong protest, but there was "displeasure" because of the wrong place and time.

"Anthony! What are you doing?!"

"Don't pretend like you don't like it. I know what a naughty girl you are. All your adventures and rule-breaking..." 

I smiled at the blushing little witch.

"Th-that's not true!" 

She tried to deny it.

"But it is true. Hermione, you've always gotten into all sorts of trouble. It's in your blood, and now... just imagine doing something naughty right in the middle of the lesson... right in front of the professor..." 

I whispered in her ear while jumping off the desk and hugging her.

"I..." 

She swallowed. 

"Tony... we... this... in such a relationship... well... I mean..." 

Hermione's uncertainty is quite understandable. 

She went through a lot with us in chat and visited other worlds, but years of teasing aren't easily forgotten.

This is not to say the teasing was terribly awful, but she might have felt that way.

"We have plenty of time to figure it out. Do you want to kiss?"

I asked her while watching her reaction, and she didn't disappoint me. 

Hermione looked at my lips and swallowed again, then shyly averted her gaze to the side. 

She looked at the acquaintances sitting nearby and then at the professor lecturing about transfiguration. 

After a few more seconds of captivating contemplation, she squinted and leaned forward while puckering her lips slightly.

I didn't refuse such an "invitation" and tasted the lips of the innocent witch. 

She was sitting in the class purely out of politeness now so there wouldn't be any unnecessary questions about her.

She could have passed exams for all seven courses herself by now and even become a professor. 

She hadn't done anything but read books in the months since the chat, and her knowledge was truly vast... in this world.

As for our relationship... she's a young witch and quite inexperienced in love matters, but she's very interested in experiencing it all herself. 

"I feel like a seducer demon hunting innocents." 

I jokingly declared as soon as our lips parted.

"Rias said they haven't done that for a long time..." 

She found something to respond to me.

"Devils come in all shapes and sizes." 

I shrugged. 

"By the way, I found a tomb where Merlin himself was buried." 

I mentioned it casually as if it were an insignificant event that happened every year.

"Merlin?" 

She asked, still not completely recovered from the feeling of the kiss.

"Merlin, the one associated with King Arthur. Here's how it happened..." 

I told her about the tomb, the fifty thousand souls trapped in the crystal, and their past.

I finished my story just in time for the end of class, and everyone else got up and grabbed their things to leave.

After all, news of the discovery of such wizards' bodies... will surely stir up all of magical England.

"So, you managed to fly all over the planet, discover a tomb, then see the past of Morgan and Merlin, and then even destroy the crystal with... fifty thousand souls?"

She quietly asked, more just for the sake of it than out of any real need.

"Yeah." 

I nodded... while massaging her shoulders in the Gryffindor common room.

At first, McGonagall didn't like that there was a "dangerous individual" here.

However, I directed her to Albus... and she still hasn't returned, probably because of the information about the tomb. 

The other students were sitting and whispering while watching us. 

Ron just snorted and left... poor redhead. 

I couldn't care less about him.

"Horrible... so many people... she was even worse than he-who-must-not-be-named."

She whispered to me. 

"Um-mm." 

She moaned from the massage and immediately blushed as many other girls looked at her right away.

"Oh, I didn't know our little bookworm... uh, Hermione was like that." 

A blonde girl said with a smile and... hidden jealousy.

"You have no idea what this beauty is capable of."

I spoke up and immediately felt the tension on Hermione's shoulders.

"Let's go to your room... I need to give you something." 

I whispered in her ear but she blushed as she led me to her room... All the charms that usually prevented boys from entering the girls' wing didn't work on me.

I took Morgan's soul from the locket and a portion of her magical potential once in her room.

"This will instantly make you more talented and stronger in magic." 

I said it immediately. 

After all, there's no point in being strong alone in the chat who knows what other missions await there.

The stronger the girls are, the more likely they'll be safe.

"What... what is this?"

"I extracted her magical potential from Morgan." 

I said it easily. 

"Don't worry, you won't develop a split personality. Your magic will just become... more focused."

"That's still not very reassuring. This isn't dark magic, is it?"

There was no hint of disgust or fear in her voice but determination.

"Um... listen, well, maybe, somewhat?" 

I said it uncertainly. 

"Anyway, I tried for you and also got this book." 

I pulled out Merlin's book. 

"There are many "light" spells and rituals in there." 

As soon as the book appeared in her eyes, it immediately appeared in her hands.

"I've bought old books at the Dimensional Store before, but this... this must have cost a lot of Chat Points."

She said it immediately while opening the book. 

"I don't remember these spells... ah, but I know this one. Is this a modification of "Stupefy"?" 

She began flipping through the pages with obvious interest and forgetting everything around her.

"Ahem."

I cleared my throat.

"What about the magical potential? It's almost like the Sinful Key."

"I don't mind. And... thank you." 

She thanked me with an innocent kiss. 

I tried to make the kiss longer and less innocent this time.

 After that, I took on my "angelic" form with wings and...

"Wow."

She immediately grabbed onto my wing with her hands.

I restrained any "natural" pressure of my essence on her even now, but an ordinary human would tremble with fear or ecstasy.

"They're so soft..."

 She said it with an enthusiastic voice from behind me.

"Do they not bother you?"

"I wasn't very sensitive about it, but they are part of my essence." 

I said as I began infusing bright energy into that soul while finishing what Merlin's spell had done. 

When there were no more "dark spots," I asked Hermione to lie down on the bed and relax... but just in case, I put her to sleep. 

I literally began aiding her in absorbing Morgan's soul so that her soul would become stronger. 

The magical potential also transferred to her immediately, and I could observe how her soul shells became stronger and larger even brighter. 

I released her into the River of Souls of the local world when only the core of Morgan's soul remained.

I moved us to the Room of Requirement when she woke up and began practicing magic. 

She became three times stronger, and it's worth mentioning that Morgan's soul also lost strength after being cleansed of dark spots. 

She could easily compete with the Headmaster of Hogwarts... 

The people from the Ministry of Magic were in the Headmaster's office. 

They immediately realized how this could significantly elevate their status in society.

But if their names were to be included in the archives of those who found the real body of Merlin himself... well, that's quite a sensation.

I didn't interact much with anyone here except Albus and Hermione.

I wasn't particularly interested in students from different houses coming to me with various questions. 

There are some audacious from Slytherin who even tried to probe the ground and send me the most foolish insults... for which they now have a streak of bad luck for several days.

In the evening...

Shinoa Hiragi: Administrator-kun, I don't know how important this is... but a spaceship has hovered over Metropolis... and many people in strange spacesuits flew out and attacked Superman from there.

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