The King of Flags at Hogwarts

Poppy: "Ancient Greece..."

"Hahaha, yes, the nine goddesses of Avalon still know they are Greeks. That despicable Herpo is nothing more than an incarnation of Tyton, one of the nine goddesses."

"That's why I tried my best to stop Morgan and her schemes, and many wars in history have started because of this."

"But I still overestimated myself..."

Bobby, with a gossipy look on her face, asked, "Is it Vivian?"

"Yes, there are times when historical records are true. Vivian, she lied to me and trapped me inside the oak tree... Oh God, she wasn't even one of the Nine Goddesses."

The oak face suddenly fell silent, but its expressions became lively, sometimes smiling, sometimes in pain.

Bobby guessed that it must have been a romantic time, and even though he had been so badly deceived, Merlin still couldn't forget Vivian.

Merlin is Merlin after all; he quickly snapped out of his reverie.

"But Morgana and the others miscalculated. The war did provide the Golden Apple Tree with enough nutrients, but it also drastically reduced the number of wizards. In just over a hundred years, the Golden Apple Tree became malnourished and was on the verge of death."

“Oh, look at me,” Merlin laughed. “I’m getting old, and my mind isn’t working so well anymore. I even forgot to tell you that Avalon was able to rule the world of the dead in England because of the magic of the Apple of Gold.”

Poppy said, "So if the Golden Apple tree dies, the entire Avalon will lose its magical support, leading to its destruction?"

Merlin nodded approvingly: "That's right, that's roughly how it is. Without the support of magic, Avalon will sink into the Sea of ​​Death."

Bobby nodded. The Sea of ​​Death was terrifying; it almost left her naked.

"So Morgan had to put all her energy into the Golden Apple tree. She was busy making sure that every 'spirit' could be collected. She even killed her eight sisters to ensure the continuation of the Golden Apple."

"She ultimately succeeded in prolonging the life of the Apple of Heaven, taking hundreds of years to maintain it until the number of wizards in England recovered to a level sufficient to support it."

"I took this opportunity to escape from here and return to the real world."

Bobby suddenly realized: "No wonder the wizarding world says you were born around the tenth century, and that the Arthurian legend is all fiction!"

“That’s right. If I return to the world and still use the name Merlin, people will naturally misunderstand.”

"But why do I feel like you're doing this on purpose?"

"Hahaha, as expected of my descendant, you saw through it at a glance. I did it on purpose. I have always felt that historical records are not entirely accurate, and what later generations see is all falsehood. So why can't I personally make the historical clues even more complicated?"

Imagine if future generations argued heatedly about whether Merlin was born in the sixth or tenth century—wouldn't that be hilarious? But actually, I was born before Christ, hahaha…”

Poppy ignored Merlin's quirky humor and instead thought of a question: "Wait a minute, Master Merlin, you haven't explained why I am your descendant yet."

“I’m an impatient man. Let me continue,” Merlin laughed. “I’ve done a lot of things, such as forming the Order of Merlin, organizing many wizarding civil wars, and easing the conflict between wizards and mortals. Oh, mortals, you call them Muggles now.”

"You must be wondering how I know about your World Cup activities. That's because every medal in the Order of Merlin is my eyes."

Bobby understood that most people wouldn't wear medals on their bodies, except for someone like Fudge who wanted to assert his authority all day long.

“I have many disciples, four of whom you should be very familiar with: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin.”

"You should be able to transform into three animals by now, right?" Merlin suddenly asked out of the blue.

Yes, three kinds.

"There is another kind, representing wisdom. Child, have you ever heard of the teachings of the Druids?"

"Yes."

"That was the doctrine I created before I was trapped by Vivian. After I was trapped in Avalon, Avalon became a holy place in the hearts of my disciples who remained on earth. A holy place for druids."

"The four founders of Hogwarts are a continuation of my Druidic teachings. They represent weight, shrewdness, courage, and wisdom, respectively, corresponding to the strength, agility, spirit, and wisdom in the original Druidic doctrine."

"And at that moment, Morgan transformed into Morgana and came to my side, becoming my apprentice. She knew that I still couldn't forget Vivian, so she imitated Vivian in every gesture and smile..."

Bobby was speechless. He was known as the most powerful wizard in history, but he fell for women twice in his life.

"After she became pregnant with my child, she immediately reverted to her original appearance. Because I had run away, I had already established an unbreakable bond with this oak tree. As the Queen of Avalon, she simply moved a finger, and I was trapped back inside the oak tree."

"It was only now that I realized Morgana's goal was to give birth to offspring, and then she herself would be reborn in those offspring—because she didn't have much time left to live."

“At that time, who else could possess a bloodline as powerful as mine? I was her only choice.”

"Before I was dragged back to Avalon, I immediately placed a curse on her through blood ties, so that her children would be boys for generations to come! This way, Morgana would not be able to be resurrected, because as a woman, she could only use the ancestral spirit to resurrect herself on female offspring."

Bobby suddenly realized why his grandfather's family had never had a girl before Christine.

"But what about me and my mother?"

“Thirty-four years ago, the entrance to the realm of the dead was removed, severing the connection between me and my descendants. Unfortunately, your maternal grandmother conceived within those few short hours… By the time I reconnected with my bloodline, your mother had already taken shape.”

"Fortunately, your mother is a Squib. Morgana's physical body has been dead for a long time, and she can't even sense your mother's magic. Even now that she's possessing Christine's body, Christine's aptitude is so mediocre that she can't bear her full power."

"But you must remember, even if she is using your mother's body, you are still no match for her."

Poppy nodded. Through their brief exchange last night, she already had a good grasp of Morgana's strength.

She asked, "So, Morgana will find another opportunity to take over my body?"

“That’s right, child. Your talent is unparalleled. The moment you were born, Avalon had a queen again, a living queen. On that day, the trees here cheered, and all living beings sang. How could Morgana not covet your body?”

Merlin paused, then continued, "Let me go on... I thought things would continue like this, that Christine Paine would continue to have boys, but you were another unexpected turn of events."

“Child, you possess incredible blessings. My curse has no effect on you. You were born as a girl with unstoppable force.”

Poppy said sadly, "Blessings? What good are they? Morgana still covets my body, and the curse of the resurrected ancestral spirits still plagues me."

Merlin said, "If your soul is stronger than Morgana's, then there is no need to worry about the resurrection of the ancestral spirits."

Poppy's eyes lit up: "Then... do you think I can hold off Morgana?"

Merlin sighed, "Your talent is amazing, but Morgana has existed for more than two thousand years. The gap caused by such accumulation is not so easy to bridge. In my opinion, her soul power is now at least twice that of yours."

Before Bobby could feel discouraged, Merlin added, "However, I know a way to strengthen the soul."

Bobby's expression changed three or four times in those few dozen seconds. Did the old man like to tease the little girl? Without realizing it, Bobby pouted.

"Hahahaha..." Merlin, being an old and shrewd man, could easily see through Poppy's emotional changes. His great-granddaughter was just too amusing. No wonder that descendant of the Dumbledore family liked to joke with Poppy so much.

“You can go to the East, where the wizards are very mysterious. Their magic is different from ours, including methods to strengthen the soul.”

"Child, you must remember, you must do everything you can to stop Morgana, you cannot lose."

“If you lose, she will descend upon the earth once more as the Queen of Avalon and will surely turn against the wizarding world.”

"After all... the lamb has been fattened up again."

Bobby agreed wholeheartedly, and then asked, "I have one more question."

"explain."

Why must the King of Avalon be a woman?

Merlin laughed and said, "The original guardians of the Golden Apple Garden were Hesperides and the hundred-headed dragon Ladon. I ask you, among these three women and the dragon, who was the true master?"

Bobby thought for a moment: "Hesperides?"

She seemed to understand yet also seemed not to understand: "Just because the Golden Apple Garden is Olympus's property, does the dragon Ladon, as a son-in-law who married into the family, not have the right to rule this place?"

“That’s right. In Eastern terms, Ladon was just a servant, just a guard.”

“Avalon has been a matriarchal society since that time!”

Chapter 115 Broken Steel Sword

Poppy now understands her origins and realizes that only one of her and Morgana can live—there cannot be two suns in the sky, nor two rulers in a country.

This is an irreconcilable contradiction.

She sighed, her expression solemn, looking every bit the hero about to die a martyr.

She asked Merlin in a heavy tone:

"Ancestor, you've been talked about by so many wizards, about Merlin's beard, Merlin's socks, you can feel it, right? I want to know how you feel inside?"

Merlin: ?

The wind-up animation is so long, and you're asking this?

Merlin was stunned for a full five seconds, then burst into laughter: "As expected of my offspring, that's more like it! Hahaha, how boring would this world be without jokes?"

The next moment, bright silver specks began to flow outward from the branches at the top of the oak tree, forming words beneath the canopy.

In less than three seconds, Bobby found himself in a silvery-white world, surrounded by densely packed records.

"The wizards are talking about me, of course I can sense it, and I've even written it all down, see for yourself!"

Merlin's tone was very cheerful; he could finally share with others what he had recorded for hundreds of years.

A joke with centuries of history, are you scared yet?

Bobby scanned the text quickly, his forehead covered in black lines. It was confirmed; this old tree branch was indeed no decent person.

"Merlin's shorts."

"Merlin's black stockings."

"Merlin's blackheads."

"Merlin's armpit hair."

"Merlin's beard."

"Merlin's lace nightgown."

…………

Merlin's beard is the most frequently used, which is not surprising.

But can someone tell Bobby what the heck is "Merlin's perky butt"?

Come, let's see who said that.

“James Porter, said on June 29, 1976, when Lily Evans agreed to date him.”

……

This lecherous scumbag! No wonder Snape's father described Harry as "just like his lecherous father" after Harry patted Angelina's butt.

When confessing his feelings to Aunt Lily, what came to mind was her perky butt?

"Merlin's gag"? Who said that?