"Hiding something?"

Ian was somewhat surprised, looking at Merlin with suspicion in his eyes, feeling that Merlin was trying to trick him into taking out the Magic Mirror again. If it were him, he would deceive others in the same way.

"I don't know, I only know there's a secret space inside, and certain things are placed in the space." Merlin shrugged, making Ian feel even more suspicious.

"Then I'll go back and research it myself." The Little Wizard wasn't planning to give Merlin a chance, since he didn't know before, but now that he does, the secrets inside the Mirror of Erised will surely be unveiled by him. After all, although he might not be an Alchemy Master now, calling himself an Alchemy Expert is definitely not a stretch.

"Oh, thank goodness, you're finally done." Leonard crawled back at this moment, looking somewhat scared, as the Phoenix nestled in his robes.

Perhaps it feared Ian might get upset and hit it too. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"This guy can't beat me with magic, and he's worse than me in physical fights, definitely a defeated opponent; I'm the real All-Purpose Wizard." Ian couldn't help feeling a bit invincible.

"Uh..."

Merlin didn't know how to refute.

Leonard also found it hard to interject. After all, he was following Ian, the "defeated opponent," to learn magic, even in the presence of "an ancestor," he couldn't belittle his future teacher.

However.

Leonard wanted to meet the situation with silence, but the Little Wizard clearly didn't plan to change the subject.

"Remember, this matter needs to be written in the future genealogy of the Dumbledore family, in bold font, with multiple copies, so that every Dumbledore family descendant will memorize this story!"

Ian seriously instructed Leonard.

"Ah? This... why?"

Leonard was a bit astonished, instinctively asking.

The Little Wizard blinked.

"How to put it, just... I have great use for it, remember, remember."

He ambiguously brushed it off.

Seeing the Little Wizard in this way, Merlin couldn't help but twitch his eye corners a few times, even without thinking, he could sense the Little Wizard probably had no good intentions.

But what could he do.

Losing means losing... Alas, Merlin felt a deep sense of powerlessness for the second time, the last time being in childhood, truly this guy before him was a real nemesis.

"Oh, by the way, give me back that eyeball." The more he thought about it, the more upset he felt, the more he found it hard to bear, so he began asking Ian for the Alchemy Props he handed him earlier.

"You're dreaming if you think I'll give it back."

Ian clutched his pocket, believing that once it lands in his pocket, it's under his protection, and thus remains safe.

What?

Shameless?

Didn't Merlin say it's the property of the True Creator, and also claimed he was the True Creator himself, so handing the item to Ian doesn't constitute returning it to the rightful owner?

"It's a good thing I'm not a policeman, otherwise I'd definitely give you a big red flower." Ian kept murmuring, making Merlin feel more of the Shadow Crow sensation.

"Keep it, keep it, just don't bother me anymore." Feeling a headache, Merlin weakly waved his hand, no longer wanting to retrieve the cyber eyeball he gave Ian.

"Oh, by the way."

Ian suddenly seemed to remember something, quickly circling to Merlin's back, tiptoed, and with lightning speed pulled a few... dozen strands of hair from Merlin's head.

"Hiss~"

Merlin felt some pain.

"What are you doing?"

He covered the back of his head.

Where visibly less hair now remained.

"I also have a guess."

Ian lifted his head.

Staring into Merlin's familiar eyes.

"Great Mage, see you in a thousand years."

He carefully stored Merlin's hair, smiled without reason, and turned to look at Leonard who seemed to realize something in shock.

"Mr. Dumbledore, study magic well."

As he finished speaking.

Ian considered the Ancient Time Converter that Merlin had given him earlier, and the next moment vanished from the large canyon through Apparition, leaving only Merlin and Leonard.

The valley returned to tranquility, with only the breeze blowing and leaves rustling.

"A thousand years later?"

Merlin stared at the spot where Ian disappeared.

He was momentarily stunned.

"Hogwarts, huh... Seems I've failed." Then, this Wizard King extinguished his eye light slightly, whispering in a low voice, carrying a hint of regret.

He could always extract the hidden information from a few pieces of words.

"Teacher, can you live for a thousand years!?"

Leonard's language comprehension ability apparently wasn't lacking either, as he looked at his nearby Great Mage in disbelief, switching to a title with some bond secretly.

"Only a thousand years."

Merlin didn't experience much emotional fluctuation regarding this.

"The guy just now was the real antique..." He glanced at his young apprentice beside him, filled with a taste of sentiment in his tone.

"He's my ancestor, right?"

Leonard now clearly sticks to his earlier assumption.

"Who knows, chances aren't small."

Merlin shrugged, his gaze resting on Leonard's Phoenix, a species transcending life and death, even he couldn't trace its origins, only making some reasonable assumptions.

"It truly is that!"

Leonard nodded.

Took out a notebook, starting to write quickly.

"Hmm?"

Merlin glanced over.

Suddenly feeling unable to hold back.

This guy actually began writing the so-called family inheritance story following Ian's instructions.

...

What happened next in the canyon, Ian couldn't know anymore, he returned to the Ancient Castle of the Little Morgan family, immediately Apparition appeared in the castle's corridor.

"Riddle!"

Ian was just about to search for Riddle.

Suddenly.

He noticed something strange about his Money Bag, initially thinking Merlin might have placed magic on the metal eyeball, quickly taking it out only to find the anomaly wasn't the eyeball.

"This..."

Ian took out a chess piece.

A piece representing the King.

It was emitting a light shine akin to a light bulb flashing, along with a vibrating sensation. Ian was amazed to discover it seemed to resonate with some entity.

"This way, huh."

Ian followed the resonance, all the way up, watching the chess piece's light flashing more frequently, and vibrations growing stronger, as it led him to a garden at the back of the castle.

In the wine-tinted dusk.

A woman was crouched in the garden, trimming those exotic flowers.

"Duchess?"

Ian seemed to realize something.

He cast a spell, gazing at the distant woman, and sure enough, the Duchess already had a life growing in her womb, which would be the most legendary and great future king of Ancient Britain.

"Hiss!"

Ian recalled that earlier today, King Uther, under Merlin's guidance, visited this place and coupled with the Duchess, truly making him feel amazed!

The Duchess not only was pregnant with King Uther's seed!

And!

Today she again engaged in that act with King Uther!

A pregnant woman!

Truly explosive!

Even Hogwarts's Forbidden Book Area doesn't dare write wild stories like this!