True Magician

Chapter 39

Romani's Inner World.

My mind, which took the form of Solomon's Temple of Time, had a rather pleasant environment, if I do say so.

In front of my throne was a table covered in frills and decorated in a lovely pink color scheme. And on it was a tea set with cakes and hot tea. Behind it sat me and Tommy, who was giving me a look that promised the worst and most painful torture. I smiled sweetly and drank coffee from a pink cup with pictures of cute ponies on it. Tommy himself didn't move at all, and only his occasionally constricted pupils showed that he was alive.

- Uh-huh. Relax. I just want to have a little chat. And no, nothing's poisoned, and I don't want to kill you.

-But I do. - he said with a stone face.

- Oh? You're good at humor," I grinned and took a sip. "You know, when I came here and found out about you, I was curious about your goals.

- Why should I answer your questions?

- Because then you won't get out of here? - I asked, tilting my head to the side, but I got his clenched teeth - You're smart, there's no doubt about it. And given your self-confidence, you can't have a more or less thought-out plan after the war is over. With you as the victor, of course.

He raised an eyebrow at my words.

If you take his story from the wiki into account, he's a typical unrecognized genius with an unorthodox mindset. The very fact that Tommy tried twice to become a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher shows that, and he is, please note, a master in that direction. Why would the very "evil in the flesh" himself want the very idea of teaching children? And from the same dark magic he himself uses? It doesn't make sense.

- See, in my original world, there is a faction of mystical beings that is divided into three parts: good, evil, and not so good. Pretty familiar, isn't it? - I began, at which a tiny flame of interest lit up in his eyes - There's a supposed non-aggression pact between them, but if no one knows of any violation of it, it doesn't exist, right? What I'm driving at is that they are more or less equal to each other and are parts of one unified faction, one unified mechanism. Brings to mind some thoughts, eh?

- What are you getting at, "Magician"? - Tommy finally decided to speak up.

- At the moment, all wizards are divided into three factions: light side, dark side and neutral. And in theory, if they divide the whole territory of magical Britain into more or less equal parts, and the balance of power becomes approximately equal, what will happen?

- What happened in your world. - he muttered thoughtfully.

- Exactly. And now imagine the existence of three main schools of three factions. The head of the light one is the same "dumb as a door", the dark one is you personally, and the neutral one is someone else. Imagine something like the "Tournament of the Three Wizards", but instead of kids fighting for glory, there would be three schools, one on each side, where the winning side would get a chance to control magical Britain as a whole. Sounds intriguing, doesn't it?

Heh. Introducing the Grail Wars concept with a dash of magic games from Fairy Tail or The Misfit at the School of Magic into the world of Harry Potter? That sounds like a lot of fun.

Am I afraid that Voldy will just kill off all the half-breeds? Nope. He'd rather put his ideology on the back burner under those circumstances. Besides, there is magic here that can turn a half-breed into a pureblood through some ritual.

Another thing to consider is that in this world, the light and dark sides are very clearly separated. The local wizards don't realize that the world is not divided into "black" and "white". It is "gray." Are all "good" people good? Nope. Are all "bad" people evil? The answer is the same.