My gains from absorbing all these souls was way greater than what I expected, I would even go as far as to say I had to take back my previous statement that the natives of this reality weren´t very talented.
I got countless powerful, talented and famous beings from all universes in this reality. The list of talented beings was bigger than I expected, first of, I got Merlin, his talents and knowledge was of the charts compared to everyone in this reality and he could definitively survive in some other crazy powerful magic worlds like Fairy Tail. Next, I got some other beings that were inferior to him but still a great addition, like Morgana, the four founders, Herpo the foul, all generations of Ollivanders, versions of Flamel, Grindelwald, Dumbledore and Riddle from universes where they were already dead.
This list was basically the main contribution to my gain for the last 4 weeks but there were others that were worth mentioning like the knowledge and talent for divination and astrology from the centaurs, as well as crafting and business from goblins.
I also got a small upgrade NE wise, my reserve grew only by about 2%, which was actually a lot if you considered my low multiverse reserve, and my magic power upgraded to ancient magic power, which meant that I could now do larger scale reality bending compared to before.
These gains convinced me to some how fuse the dead lands with the world tree, or at least its multiversal property, so that I could get the souls from any possible universe in the future. I was however also painfully aware that this was probably going to be a project that could require a millennium, if I consider my current understanding of space and its dimensions. I would have to do that after I'm done with Hogwarts and I would also have to push back my plans for my Home project, as this was more important. I refuse to go to another reality before I get this done.
I now had 2 weeks of vacation left before my second year begins and I was planning to use this time to practice everything I needed for me to have fun this year because I was planning to start it during the train ride.
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*2 weeks later*
I arrived an hour before the express leaves because I had to make some preparations. I started by enchanted the rails, so that I could remotely change their lengths, to make the trip longer if I wanted to. Next, I waited for my targets to arrive, my toy was only Tonks but I wanted to get some 'control' of the cast just in case.
I didn´t have to wait long before I saw Tonks and her parents apparat to the station, she spent a few minutes talking with them, not knowing that this year was going to be a nightmare for her. By the end of the year she was going to be a baby momma, be traumatized, fail the auror exam and not join the Order of the Phoenix but because of that she won´t meet that 14 years older fleabag and won´t die in the battle of Hogwarts, so your welcome, you can thank me later. Man, I'm such a nice guy, one nightmare year and some mental scars in exchange for avoiding your fated death sounds like a steal to me. My heart is so big, … nah that's definitively my hormones speaking.
A few minutes later, she spotted some girls in the crowd, probably her friends, and left her parents to join them, not knowing that she will start to distrust them very soon and will eventually lose their friendship.
As they boarded the train, I 'accidentally' bumped into her friends, used my improved version of the imperio on them, and with that it was checkmate. My Imperio worked remotely and more like a suggestion than an order if I chose, so I could make the girls excuse themselves one after another without raising suspicion until Tonks was alone in the department. I didn´t activate the spell yet and occupied a department for myself, just to give myself an alibi incase it doesn´t go according to plan. I was planning on spending the first half on the ride normally before replacing myself with a mirror clone.
After an hour, the train station was getting crowded and I knew it was about time for on of the most suicidal protagonist to ever exist to appear. Seriously, this duo of dumb and dumber knowingly run to the danger every year and when McGonagall ask them in their sixth year, why such things always happen with them around, Ron just says that he has been wondering himself the exact same thing for years.
When I left the department, I cast a light confundus on the door so that no one could occupies my seat. Many people on the platform were actually here to see Harry Potter but since no one knew how he looked, they all just ran around like headless chicken. I didn´t have such a problem so I spotted him next to the very conspicuous family of redheads. As I approached them, I couldn´t help but sneer at how dumb wizard kind was, they actually believed that an infant defeated the dark lord that threatened to take over the country and instead of feeling humiliated by this fact, they just cheered.
I was actually tempted to help Voldemort out a bit, not much but enough for him to take over magic Britain. I might even concoct a potion/disease that targets muggles and squibs, similar to what Flamel did, and give it to him. I wonder what he will do when there will only be a few thousand beings left in the world. Will he regret it or rule them with an iron fist?
When I passed the group, I cast Imperio on the twins, just to make sure that they wouldn´t play pranks on me or I might actually hang them upside down from the grand hall or the astrology tower while being naked, and Ron so that I had a certain control over the trios actions. I could also use it on potter but that would be too easy, I want him to struggle against everything he comes across and not just die when I tell him to, run if say so, and so on.
I really didn´t like Harry and Ron that much, too stupid, annoying and lucky for my taste.
I went back to my seat and waited for the train to leave.
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A/N- Next chapter will be the start where you will realize just how evil he is, I feel like what I have shown till now was actually very mild. Also, I have never really written a smut chapter (the one with the cat doesn´t count) and I´m actually very hesitant if I should do it because I´m afraid that it will be too bad.