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Chapter 994: The Forthcoming Game
🕑 Added 2024-01-14 18:58:51 +0000 UTCMagic, as an ancient system, had evolved extensively from the era of the Titans to the peak of the divine age, through the fall of deities, the subversion of the Magic Era, and the darkness of the Middle Ages. It had developed comprehensively up to the present day, making it difficult to bring about improvements.
Moreover, the overall level of magic underwent a reverse development; the more modern the society, the lower the magical potency.
In contrast to magic, Muggle technology progressed in a positive direction and continued to prosper.
Especially in the next twenty years, Muggle science and technology would experience a rapid wave of development, fundamentally altering the current state of affairs.
In such a backdrop, regardless of perspective, the Wizarding world had no reason to reject embracing technology.
Even if Evan didn't do it, other wizards would. That was why Muggle-born wizards were rising in status, gradually becoming the mainstream in the wizarding world because they could bring about changes, which was a major trend in development.
With the introduction of technology, many ancient branches of magic would hasten their decline because the era no longer required them.
For example, demonology magic—just think, in this age, who would need dangerous demons for anything?
Unless one desired to keep a succubus locked in a small dark room, engaging in harmless activities every day.
However, there was no need to exert great effort to learn demon magic just for a succubus. Besides, succubi had a somewhat unique body structure, and in other aspects, they were just average. There was nothing particularly appealing about them. Evan believed that Animagus, complex potions like Polyjuice, and the like could fully meet the daily needs of most people. Having a pet cat was actually quite nice too...
If you don't believe it, you can compare a succubus or a small cat and see for yourself what the deal is!
There were also some branches of magic that should be completely controlled or even banned because they were too dangerous.
For example, time magic. Using a Time-Turner to go back in time and change the world would make everything on the timeline chaotic.
Just imagine, a mad wizard or Muggle with a wealth of modern technological knowledge returning to the Middle Ages, then imprisoning and enslaving a bunch of witches persecuted by the church, having them use magic to produce soap, silicone, abrasives, and such, driving technological development, and creating weapons to conquer the world.
If such a thing were to happen, it would be absolutely terrifying!
Now everything and everyone familiar would undergo a change, especially in that medieval background where the whole society was permeated with an air of extravagance, debauchery, and moral decay. Gathering so many witches around, no matter how to look at it, wouldn't be so simple, and the world would become unrecognizable.
Such things should be absolutely forbidden, and time and history should develop according to their original trajectories.
However, apart from the previous special Time-Turner, Evan didn’t know of any Time-Turner with such great magical power that could go back to a thousand years ago.
Even if he were to obtain that Time-Turner in the future, Evan would absolutely not do such a thing.
But right now, he was not clear about the fact that some things were not as simple as whether you wanted them or not. Under the push of so-called "fate," many situations were often beyond one's control, including gathering witches for battle—a situation that now seemed quite absurd in retrospect.
In any case, with the introduction of technology, many aspects of magic would not only be abandoned or prohibited but would also undergo corresponding changes.
For example, in potions, machines could be used to monitor and brew, completely liberating wizards.
However, the change would be more in the lifestyle of the entire Wizarding world. The introduction of technology would make life more convenient. After all, apart from using magic, wizards and Muggles were not fundamentally different; they were all human.
This was a major development trend that was unstoppable.
Voldemort and pure-blood wizarding families were currently trying to prevent all this, propagating the ideals of pure-blood glory and the supremacy of power, hoping to return to that Dark Era. However, their ambitions were mixed with the desire to conquer the world. So, from any perspective, they would ultimately fail.
If it weren't for Voldemort and the evil god, Evan would probably have started to make changes in this area!
Everyone in the Room of Requirement was very satisfied with the communication prop made by Evan and Hermione.
"You know what?" Harry said, looking at the gold coin in his hand, "This reminds me of the Death Eaters’ scars. Voldemort touches one of them, and all their scars burn, and they know they’ve got to join him."
“Well … yes,” said Hermione quietly. “That is where I got the idea … but the function of gold coins now goes far beyond the scars of the Death Eaters, and you’ll notice Evan and I decided to use bits of metal rather than our members’ skin!"
“Yeah … I prefer your way; it's a great idea," said Harry, grinning, as he slipped his Galleon into his pocket. “I suppose the only danger with these is that we might accidentally spend them."
“Fat chance,” said Ron, who was examining his own fake Galleon with a slightly mournful air. “I haven’t got any real Galleons to confuse it with."
Along with these gold coins, Evan recently made two more Starcatchers.
Their progress had slowed down a bit, after all, after school started, everyone's workload increased significantly. They also needed their own private time, and Evan, Hermione, and Ginny could no longer spend the whole day discussing length, thickness and various issues in the Room.
Angelina decided to give these two new brooms to Fred and George, and as the first Quidditch match of the season, Gryffindor versus Slytherin, drew nearer, their D.A. meetings were put on hold because Angelina insisted on almost daily practices.
The fact that the Quidditch Cup had not been held for so long added considerably to the interest and excitement surrounding the forthcoming game.
The Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs were taking a lively interest in the outcome, for they, of course, would be playing both teams over the coming year.
In addition, everyone was eager to see the performance of the Starcatchers, considering that these were brooms developed by Hogwarts students themselves.
Considering that Evan made the brooms, if they proved to be fantastic, they might even be promoted to professional leagues, which would be a sensational event worldwide.
In this situation, the competitive atmosphere between the two Houses was growing.
Considering the past feud between Gryffindor and Slytherin, this game was very interesting to watch.
The friction between students continued. And Professor McGonagall and Snape, though they attempted to disguise it under a decent pretense of sportsmanship, were determined to see their side’s victory.
You could tell how much Professor McGonagall cared about beating Slytherin. In the week leading up to the match, she even abstained from giving homework to all classes with Gryffindor players, which was beyond imagination.
“I think you’ve got enough to be getting on with at the moment,” she said loftily. Nobody could quite believe their ears until she looked directly at Harry and Ron and said grimly, “I’ve become accustomed to seeing the Quidditch Cup in my study, boys, and I really don’t want to have to hand it over to Professor Snape, so please use the extra time to practice, won’t you? We must win the game!"
