2 chapter 2 : Merlin's Heir

[The entities]

 Death : So that was your gift for that kid?! A Chinese cliché of the old thousand-year-old master?! You have no shame ?

 Eternity : I'm quite disappointed, with Jacob from TWILIGHT you were quite original but pfff.

 Reality : I can swear to you that this is not my gift, I only gave him the universal talent so that he would be good at everything that might interest him. What he is experiencing is the work of someone in his world, and the ghost has spoken of a successor.

 Death: Shit! Hopefully it doesn't ruin the character, Jacob was cool.

 Reality: It looks like you got really attached to Jacob ahahahah!

 Mort: Shut up and continue the little one's story.

 [Alternative reality]

 Ron: Merlin!! Are you Merlin, the legendary Merlin?!

 Merlin: Um certainly...I saw through my old friend's eyes that the world still knows my name but as a symbol now. A simple icon. Those who really knew me or knew who I really was have disappeared from this world a long time ago, there are only ignorant people left.

 Ron: Why do you say that?

 Merlin: My child, when men divide themselves into castes of pure blood or not in magic, it is only ignorance and stupidity! Several great mage families that I have observed have become idiots, they swear by my name that non-mages are worthless and that only wizards should rule the world with them at the head. I am a powerful wizard and a role model for them but no one told them that my own parents had no gift for magic. They were just poor peasants.

 Ron: Were your parents muggles?!

 Merlin: Is that what you call non-mages!? Muggle? Is it bad to be magicless and different?

 Ron: No, on the contrary!! My father told me a lot about Muggles and he brings back several objects from their world, they are quite imaginative and ingenious even if they sometimes make bad choices like some wizards. I think some of their inventions are amazing, they have things that allow them to fly in the sky without magic brooms. Where we depend on magic, they manage completely without it and their world continues to progress. Dad and I sometimes talk about it a lot, that's why he takes me on walks with him so often, but that's also why he gets looked down upon by others.

 Merlin: Your father, what's his name?

 Ron: Arthur.

 Merlin: And you?

 Ron: Ronald.

 Merlin: Arthur, just like the king I once served. Your father is an exceptional person and he had an exceptional son. Ronald, you can leave here at any time, you are not stuck here. Your cat is not really a cat but a rare and unique being which serves both as a key and a receptacle to this dimension that I have created.

 Ron: Lucius? Was it Lucius who brought me here?! But why am I here?!

 Merlin: I entrusted our little common companion with a task a long time ago, that of finding me a successor with the most talented child and he found you because your talent must be truly extraordinary. Tell me Ron, what would you like to be or have above all else?

 Ron: Me?! Um, I like learning new things and I also like magic.

 Merlin: Do you want to become powerful and famous one day?

 Ron: No, not at all! I would like to learn and understand all the mysteries of magic, not to be a great wizard but to know magic and its true nature. I've read a lot of books that talk about magic but it's always based on using it and not understanding it. How can something allow my mother to clean with the tools coming to life to clean themselves? How and why can magicians make things appear out of nowhere? I want to understand the magic that muggles don't have access to. If she chooses who can use it or not it may be because she has a will and she may or may not be alive and-(stop). Sorry Mister Merlin, I talk a lot when it comes to this.

 Merlin himself was frozen as he watched the barely 6 year old child have this kind of thought and his shock was not small.

 If Ron wanted power and fame, he would have erased his memory after refusing him as successor but after this monologue from the child, he wanted at all costs to make him his heir.

 Merlin: Ronald, there are several books in this library that talk about what interests you. Some of them are very old and you will have to learn ancient languages ​​to understand them but I will be there to help you. There are also spells and treasures but for that I would like to ask you one last question. Do you want to become my heir?

 Ron: Could I come and read all these books?! When would I like it?

 Merlin: Yes and there are also treasures of-(interrupted)

 Ron: I agree to read them...sorry, I agree to be your heir.

 « AH AH AH AH ! It's good then ! » Merlin laughed to himself, he had mentioned treasures but Ron didn't seem to care and just wanted to read the books.

 Ron: You said I can leave here whenever I want. How ?!

 Merlin: Let me show you.

 "Lend me your sight" Merlin asked someone as an image came up and it was Ron's empty room.

 Ron: This is my room!!

 Merlin: Yes, you were sleeping when you were transported here. It's wise to check if the place is safe before you go out and to do that you just have to think really hard. In this place, the weather is parallel to that outside so you have to be careful with your outdoor activities.

 Ron: Um I understand…

 Merlin:…

 Ron:…

 Merlin: You're not going out?

 Ron: Actually I wanted to ask if we could start now. I would like to start by learning these ancient languages ​​so that my reading will be peaceful.

 Merlin: You are really special! Ahahahah, we can start now...

 (time skip)

 An entire year passed and Merlin was traumatized by the child. Ron in seven months had learned 4 ancient languages ​​not only thanks to his universal talent which gave him a rapid understanding but also because even outside the library he worked on the pronunciation and meaning of words as well as the tenses used.

 He started reading several books and absorbed all their information like a sponge can absorb water with the help of the explanations of a delighted Merlin who took joy in teaching again after all this time especially with a brilliant student , calm and curious.

 However, if for Ron things were going well, for his parents it was worry. The family was not rich, Molly was a loving stay at home wife and mother and their father worked at the Ministry of Magic for muggle affairs and he didn't earn much there.

 Charlie and Percy's studies required a lot of resources and next year, Fred and George will certainly have to start magic school and Ron had overheard his parents discussing their difficulties and his father who wanted to take out a new loan and make some overtime at the ministry.

 Ron decided to do something about it, he had seen Merlin's great treasures and he begged him in tears and on his knees to allow him to use some of it for his family forgetting that it already belonged to him.

 Merlin, touched by the child gave him his permission and Ron had borrowed a small fraction of this treasure, Merlin had transferred it to a small chest accompanied by a letter from Merlin inside the chest with which Ronald had left from the library.

 One rainy day, Ron came home soaking wet and in a hurry.

 " Dad ! Mom ! Come quickly I have to show you something...I found something in the woods under the old tree on the hill! » he said as he arrived in front of them and his mother immediately stood up when she saw him.

 Molly: RONALD BILIUS WEASLEY, WHAT WERE YOU DOING OUT IN THIS RAIN?!

 Ron: I was sitting on the hill reading as usual and the rain caught me there, it's not my fault. To avoid getting soaked I stayed near the tree where I noticed something that-(interrupted)

 Molly: I DON'T WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING!

 Ron: But mom-(interrupted)

 She immediately cast a spell on him to dry him before confiscating his book and sending it to his room to the amused laughter of Fred and George who still found interest in their little brother's words.

 Arthur wanted to defend his son but a look from Molly sent him into silence, the woman was angry because she was worried about his condition, Ron could have gotten sick.