Chapter 174: Tom, Go Become the Savior

Harry?

Harry seems the simplest option, after all in the original story Harry also obtained the Magic Stone, but if the Magic Stone as a whole is just a trial, then the moment Harry got the Magic Stone he already completed the trial; if one then wants to get the Magic Stone from Harry's hands, they may have to face Dumbledore directly.

Moreover, Harry is a person Dumbledore watches throughout, so once Dumbledore realizes he wants to intervene, he may intervene directly.

Unless Dumbledore's entire arrangement is truly only to protect the Magic Stone and involves no further monitoring or intervention of Harry and the whole process, then it might still be possible.

But if that's the case, he could just go get it himself without any problem, no proxy needed.

Better to consider the worst‑case scenario.

Harry would have to give up for now.

Quirrell is being directly controlled by Voldemort, so he can't move.

Professors like Snape are hard to deal with, so a student must be chosen…

Neville?

Too stupid.

Ron?

Too weak.

Hermione?

Maybe could be considered…

While thinking, suddenly a thought leapt into the mind.

There's a guy who might be useful.

"Diary, no, Tom. Long time no see."

…

In the secret chamber, Murphy took out the long‑sealed Diary.

Up to now, through research on various mental Magic, Murphy has roughly figured out the Diary's principle.

Besides being a Horcrux that houses a fragment of Tom Li De Er's soul, it can also, by forming a mental link with its holder, seize the holder's Magic Power and life; at that point the Diary becomes like a magical parasite living on the holder, perceiving the world through the holder's senses and even searching the holder's memories to appropriate them.

This is the resurrection trump card Voldemort left for himself.

However, just as Legilimency can be blocked by Occlumency, this mental link must be built on the other party's trust in the Diary.

If the other party doesn't trust the Diary, their mind is like being sealed by Occlumency, and the Diary is powerless.

And Murphy's trust level in the Diary is constantly zero, so in fact no matter how many lies he writes to deceive Tom, he won't be controlled by Tom, nor can Tom perceive the outside world through him.

Moreover, once Tom believes his nonsense, Tom might even be able to reverse‑control the other side through this relationship.

After all, communication is relative; who says you can't swindle a swindler?

At this moment, Murphy opened the Diary.

He switched to a cheerful handwriting and wrote: "July 31, 2089, General Angel Boton handed this notebook to me. He told me it is a thinking notebook; do not trust its words lightly."

Diary: "Hello, I am Tom Li De Er, pleased to meet you, what is your name?"

"You truly are thinking, but I won't tell you my name; I am merely a recorder. General Boton asked me to record our battle. He said only this immortal Diary could forever remember these events."

Diary: "…Alright. Who is General Boton?"

"He is the Diary's previous holder. He is a great man; legend says he was once an orphan, later fled Night City to avoid being killed by the Witch Hunter Movement. He also helped us escape the pursuit of the Kurasaka Group; he is the wizard's savior."

So that guy learned a bunch of spells from me and then ignored me for ten years?!

The Diary feels a resentful sting of being freeloaded.

Soul‑thin! He must have guessed I could gain power through communicating with him!

He even warned this newcomer! Let him also freeload!

What a mess!

The Diary is so angry it doesn't want to speak.

Yet the writer seems unfazed, occasionally updating an entry.

"December 2, 2089. We found another group of survivors; they used the Shrinking Charm and Undetectable Extension Charm to hide themselves over a thousand meters underground. Yet the Kurasaka Group's Magic Power monitoring network still detected them. General Boton led us in a rescue, and we saved twelve people, all children. Thirty‑seven adult wizards among them all perished after being cut off."

"Known total survivors: 127."

"February 12, 2090. We discovered mechanical worker bees near the camp and began migration."

"March 5, 2090, encountered intelligent battle tanks. Five wizards fell in battle."

"Survivors total: 122."

"April 1, 2090. A spy satellite carried a Magic Power monitoring network; a Muggle sympathizer told us the satellite's surveillance covers over 97% of the globe, so any outdoor spellcasting will thereafter draw direct strikes of 'Heavenly Fire'."

"Our wand was sealed."

"May 11, 2090, three unmanned warcraft spotted us, summoned a swarm, and the camp was bombed."

"13 dead. Survivors total: 109."

"May 13, 2090, the intelligent network predicted our Apparition location; awaiting us was a sea of intelligent machines…"

"27 dead. Survivors total: 82."

"May 14, 2090, escape."

"16 dead."

"May 17, 2090, escape. 11 dead."

"May 19, 2090, 18 dead."

"May 20, 2090, 9 dead. We broke free of the intelligent swarm. Survivors total: 28."

Too tragic…

Truly too tragic…

The Diary no longer knows what to say.

The Wizards of this world live more humbly than rats in the sewers.

They are clearly a band of refugees, yet they are pursued all the way, and they cannot even mount a decent counterattack.

Is this the future?

Did I cause such a future?

Even though they feel no guilt, they still sense immense pressure; in a world like this, what's the point of my resurrection?

"On May 23, 2090, General Bodon spoke with me. He said that if he and the other two adult Wizards die, I will be the oldest of the remaining children, and I must take responsibility for leading them to keep fleeing."

"But where do we flee to?"

"In this world, there is no place left for us to take shelter."

"General Bodon said we should go north, where there is a way for us to survive."

"On June 3, 2090, we set out northward, our destination the Scottish Highlands."

"Each of us took the wolf transformation potion, left by a great prophet."

"We became a Wolf Pack, evading the tracking of spy satellites."

"On August 19, 2090, we reached the Scottish Highlands. But the intelligence was leaked, and a sea of mechanical troops awaited us, among which were even mechanical Wizards capable of casting Spells…"

"We resisted… but we were constantly annihilated…"

"General Bodon gave me a magical artifact, a battered Time Converter. He told me this is the last hope, and he wants me to take the diary to the ruins of the Hogwarts Castle in the Scottish Highlands, where I can reverse time and awaken the Wizard King again…"

"Everyone is sacrificing themselves, while I merely scrape by…"

"I arrived at a dilapidated manor, but the castle is still far away… ahead lies an endless legion of mechanical troops… I cannot get through…"

"This is my final end, the end of the Wizards."

"Tom. Are you watching?"

"I write these words in desperation."

"Because after I die, you will be the last Wizard in this world."

"Tom."

"I know you are not a good person… in the future you will become the Demon King who ultimately destroys our world…"

"But I have no way left…"

"I can only rely on you…"

"If you are also a Wizard…"

"Tom, save us…"

"I will open my heart to you."

"I will sacrifice my life, give everything, just to bring you back to life."

"I will use the last Time Converter in my hand to send you back, to the moment when everything can still be salvaged…"

"Go seize the Magic Stone, Tom."

"It is the trump card that can reverse everything, the tool that will make you the Wizard King."

"With greater power comes greater responsibility."

"I believe in you."

"Even if you are a demon, since fate has brought you to my side at this moment, it must be for that inevitable arrangement."

Suddenly, the diary sensed a soul that was completely open to it, and it could even directly seize everything from the other.

At the same time, the diary displayed its final line of text.

"Tom, go become the Savior."

(End of Chapter)