DOTM: Chapter 619/620

Chapter 619: Never Make Trouble

Feeling refreshed and triumphant.

Although he only gained the upper hand at first through a sneak attack and was later suppressed by the opponent's powerful strength, Ethan had achieved his goal and did not need to dwell on these minor details.

"Those words on your lower back, you are not allowed to just remove them, okay?"

"What words?"

Ethan twisted his body to try to see, but found it difficult to view that spot on his lower back. He had no choice but to cast a mirror spell, then looked at Diana with a speechless expression.

"Hehehe."

Diana held her head high, looking smug. She was not the type to suffer a loss. Did he think only he could write words?

Ethan could only shake his head helplessly, washing away the words written with divine power. After that, he acted as if nothing had happened and proceeded with various preparations.

Diana was also packing. She was returning to her world today. Besides Logan, Sherry and Laura were also going with her. The two felt a bit bored and decided to visit Diana's place for fun.

Their real purpose was also to avoid Ethan, since these two did not want to turn back into children and attend some magic academy.

Given the choice, no one would willingly turn into a child. Especially when there was no impending crisis of lifespan, and they were in the prime of their youth with their bodies at peak condition, they were even less willing to become children.

Ethan asked around, and only Illya, Leah, and Rin would be entering Hogwarts with him.

Besides the children who had to turn into kids to blend into Hogwarts, they also needed several official guardians.

"I'll go."

Considering the era and cultural background, the nominal guardians were ultimately Selene, Evelyn, her brother Jonathan, and O'Connell. These individuals had British accents and were most suitable for impersonating guardians. However, apart from Selene, the others were mostly going for a trip, so nominally, Selene would be looking after the children.

"Strange? Where did Scáthach run off to?"

After saying goodbye to Diana and sending a few people to Diana's world, Ethan began preparing to go to Hogwarts. But after looking around, he did not see Scáthach.

Given Scáthach's personality, she would definitely not miss this opportunity to watch the fun. Her absence was absolutely abnormal.

While wondering about this, he suddenly saw two little girls with twin pigtails chatting and walking toward him.

One had black hair and blue eyes, and although she was small, it was clear at a glance that she was Rin.

The other was neither Illya nor Leah. This girl wore clothes similar to Rin's, also had twin pigtails, and had very noticeable purple hair.

"Scáthach?"

"How do I look?" Scáthach stood in front of Ethan, gently twirled around, then maliciously acted cute toward him, making him uneasy and unsure how to comment. "I made some adjustments to the potion you gave Rin and used it on myself. The effect isn't bad, right?"

Scáthach was at least a demigod. The potion Ethan made was for ordinary people. If Scáthach used it directly, it would not have any effect at all.

So, after figuring out the principle and formula, Scáthach optimized and strengthened it herself, then drank it directly, turning back into a little girl.

"You are going to Hogwarts too?"

"Such an interesting place, of course I cannot miss it."

"Alright."

Ethan glanced at Selene next to him. She had been specifically called back. Cherry Military Industry was already on the right track, and Selene's initial decisive actions had deterred most enemies. Now, they did not dare to use underhanded tactics to deal with Cherry Military Industry because they had realized the other party had fewer bottom lines than them and was more ruthless.

What scared these people the most was that Cherry Military Industry could always find the mastermind behind the scenes, and their revenge came particularly quickly and never failed. In this regard, Cherry Military Industry had never made a mistake. This kind of intelligence and assassination ability made them fearful, as if nothing could be hidden from this mysterious new military enterprise. Conversely, they could not find any evidence to prove that all of this was done by Cherry Military Industry.

They began to suspect that their companies had spies planted by the other party. Before they could figure out what was going on, no one dared to act recklessly.

However, Selene's return did not mean that Cherry Military Industry was left unprotected. Not to mention Annette's own strength was not something ordinary humans could handle, Ada had also been active in that world, constantly collecting various information and intelligence. In fact, many attacks and assaults targeting Cherry Military Industry were known by Ada and relayed to Annette to prepare for before they were even carried out.

Selene simply killed the incoming enemies and then used her unique magic to counter-track, eliminating the fools who thought they were safe hiding behind the scenes.

Now that Selene was absent, this work could be divided between Annette and Ada to handle together, which could also give the two women, who were gradually feeling bored, something to do.

"Let's set off directly."

This time, it was not just about creating a reasonable birth time to get on the Hogwarts freshman roster. They also needed to create various identity documents, including birth and other information, which would take time to forge.

Calling it forging, with the abilities Ethan and the others possessed, the fabricated documents were no different from real ones.

Ethan did not need to worry about this at all. After arriving in the Harry Potter world, Selene only took half a month to create complete sets of information, including genuine birth certificates.

"What about you?"

This information was not actually that important. The real issue to solve was the Hogwarts freshman roster. No matter how detailed the information in ordinary society was, it would not affect Hogwarts' admissions.

"I originally thought it would be very troublesome, but I found that modifying this thing is completely without difficulty for me now."

This so-called freshman roster was essentially a detection spell, a means for the British Ministry of Magic to monitor wizards within its territory. Anyone within this range who possessed magic power would be detected.

Perhaps adult wizards had ways to hide their magic power fluctuations, but newborns could not do this. At the same time, when a baby was born, their magic power would exhibit relatively special fluctuations, like a special energy reaction. The Hogwarts freshman roster was designed to search and record new students based on this special energy fluctuation.

Therefore, to get one's name on this list, one only needed to control their magic power to produce the correct fluctuations, which was not difficult for Ethan. However, for him, there was an even simpler way.

Perhaps because no one had ever done it before, this roster had no defensive measures. Ethan could easily modify the list.

Since the matter was so simple, there was no need to passively get on the list. Ethan directly filled in the names of the several children and matched them with the various information documents created by Selene, then repeatedly checked to ensure there were no problems.

He also specifically checked to confirm that he and the others were in the same year as Harry Potter, the protagonist of this world.

"Alright, now let's go back."

"That's it? We just came here for a while. I did not even see you go out."

Rin did not know what had happened. Only Scáthach knew that Ethan had used his power to do many things.

"There is still a lot to do next. We need to create some basic resumes. These things will be left to Selene and me."

"How will you do it?"

"Control the landing time point, and then create various activity records, such as living in a certain country at such and such an age, then returning to the UK after so many years, and how the several families met."

"I understand."

Having records of international moves could prevent suspicion from arising due to no one knowing them. Although Hogwarts was a school and Ethan and the others were just there to learn magic, as they learned more and grew older, they might become important figures in the magical world, so some people would definitely investigate their backgrounds.

The more real these things were made, the more peaceful their lives in the academy would be.

This time, Ethan did not plan to cause any trouble. He just wanted to quietly spend a few years living the academy life and learning new and interesting things, although everyone, including Selene, expressed serious doubts about Ethan's words.

Illya even looked at Ethan with a "I'd be crazy to believe you" expression for an entire day, but he still firmly stated, "Absolutely no trouble this time."

As long as Voldemort did not come looking for trouble, he would be a quiet bystander, witnessing how the savior of the magical world, the legendary hero Harry Potter, grew up.

Just as Ethan and Selene were busy creating various activity records, Ethan suddenly received a message.

"Logan?"

Looking at the signal sent by Logan, he wanted to come back?

The time flow of Artemis and the DC Universe were not synchronized. Because of Diana, Ethan had even deliberately created a difference in time flow. The time in the DC Universe was faster than that of Artemis.

So after Ethan and Selene had been busy for a while, some time should have passed in the DC Universe. Could it be that Logan felt bored and wanted to come back?

He casually cast a counter-summoning spell to bring Logan back. The current Ethan did not need to specifically go there to bring people back.

"Laura and Sherry are staying there?"

"They're having a lot of fun. They'll probably stay a bit longer." Logan's expression was a little strange, as if he was a bit embarrassed.

Then he made a request that surprised Ethan.

"Do you have any potions I can use? I thought about it and it's better for me to go with you."

(To be continued.)

Chapter 620: Logan’s Girlfriend

Of course, there is no one-size-fits-all potion. Ethan could only adjust it temporarily based on the user's condition.

For someone like Logan, the biggest problem was his heavy adamantium skeleton. However, since the adamantium in his body had undergone a special mutation, perhaps it would not be a problem.

Even so, Ethan still spent extra time specifically making the potion. It was not that the potion was difficult to make, but rather that he wanted to ask...

"What exactly happened?"

Logan rubbed his nose, instinctively reached for a cigar, then stopped with an awkward look and finally gave Ethan a wry smile.

Seeing these actions, especially the gesture of wanting to grab a cigar but not doing so, made Ethan understand something.

"A woman?"

"Yeah."

"Someone who could make you like this... surely not a woman from Paradise Island?"

Logan already had a good partner on Paradise Island. They would satisfy their needs and then part ways without lingering feelings. He had originally thought Logan was going to find that friend this time.

Looking at him like this, it seemed something had happened.

"Let's not talk about this. Is the potion ready?"

"It's been ready for a while."

Ethan ignored the various materials and tools that looked like he had messed them up, and casually took a bottle of potion from a nearby drawer.

"So we have enough time to talk about your problem... what kind of woman could make our famous Wolverine so miserable?"

Logan rolled his eyes speechlessly. After taking the potion, he drank it down without hesitation.

"How long will it take..."

He originally wanted to ask how long it would take to take effect, but just as he said half the sentence, he saw the things in front of him growing at an astonishing speed... or rather, his own body was shrinking at a rapid pace.

By the time he came back to his senses, he felt that everything around him had become much larger. Logan, who was tall and strong, suddenly transformed back into a child of about ten, without those bulging muscles. His vest could cover his knees like a robe, and his pants fell directly to the ground.

"Okay, let me go back and change my clothes..."

Seeing Ethan point to his side with his finger, Logan walked over, pulled open the drawer, and found a whole set of clothes inside. It seemed Ethan had prepared in advance.

After changing out of the ill-fitting clothes, Logan looked at the pair of slippers.

"Why slippers?"

"Who knows what size shoes you'll wear after turning ten? Slippers don't matter, you can wear them if they are not too different."

"I see, very clever."

Watching Ethan slowly descend from mid-air to the ground, since because of his height Ethan could only fly when operating the lab equipment, he then took a box and handed it to Logan.

"Oh? You actually have good stuff stored here?"

When Logan saw a wooden box, his first reaction was that Ethan had a box of cigars. Although Ethan was not a heavy smoker like him, he did not mind having one occasionally.

However, when he took it and opened it, he found that it was not what he thought at all, but a pile of candy.

"You're a ten-year-old child now. What would you look like smoking a cigar?"

"But I'm not a ten-year-old child."

"You'll be living like this for a few years, so you'd better get used to being a child quickly."

The two of them left the lab and headed directly toward the cabin on Summer Island.

During this time, they met Hill and Nebula, who were both somewhat curious about Logan, who had turned into a cute little boy. Luckily, these two did not have their maternal instincts overflowing and rush over to torment him, otherwise Logan would definitely regret his choice.

In fact, when Ethan reminded him of something, he already regretted it.

"Although I don't know the situation, if you want to hide in another world for a few years, did you forget about the time difference?"

Most of the time, when going to other worlds, only a moment passed here.

"Dammit!"

He really forgot about this. In that case, what was the point of becoming a child? What was even more awkward was that he could not back out now. Was he going to stay on Artemis in the form of a child for several years? After thinking about it, he grit his teeth and decided to stay in another world for a few years, at least until he grew up first.

"Can you make a potion to restore me to my original state?"

"Yes. But I don't want to." Ethan smiled and said, "First, tell me what kind of woman you met that would make you want to hide?"

Is she very ugly? That should not be the reason. Logan does not care about his girlfriend's appearance. As long as he truly falls in love, appearance will not be a problem.

Are their lives in that aspect not harmonious? That was possible, but in that case, it should not be Logan who ran away.

Thinking of this, he suddenly realized that the other party might not be an ordinary person, otherwise Logan would not need to run to another world. If he just hid on Paradise Island, ordinary people would not be able to find him.

"The other party's identity isn't ordinary, right?"

"Uh... it's really not very ordinary."

Logan thought for a moment and briefly introduced the situation. When Ethan heard that the woman who made Logan run away was actually the Queen of Atlantis, he felt a bit strange.

"You mean... you hooked up with the Queen of Atlantis, Atlanna?"

"Yes."

Logan nodded. Since the matter had already been said, he did not try to hide it. After all, Ethan was not an outsider.

He did not know that Ethan was thinking about another problem at the moment.

If Logan and Atlanna got together, would Aquaman still appear? If he did, would he be the child of Logan and Atlanna?

He involuntarily pictured the tall and powerful Wolverine standing in front of the equally tall and powerful Aquaman, and then saying that classic line to him: "I am your father!"

"Huh? It seems quite interesting."

Logan, next to him, saw Ethan's expression and knew he must have thought of something bad again. He was used to this, but the thought that what this guy was thinking about was probably related to him still made him feel inexplicably uncomfortable.

"Cough cough."

Using a cough to pull Ethan back to reality, Logan continued to talk about his situation.

For Wolverine, falling in love with a woman was not strange.

The mighty and handsome Wolverine, full of masculinity, finding a girlfriend was normal.

It was just that this woman's identity was special, being the queen of the legendary kingdom of Atlantis.

That was not a big deal either. How high could her status be? Logan was not some country bumpkin who had not seen the world.

It was just that this queen was a bit strong and wanted Logan to stay in Atlantis forever, which was not what he was willing to do. Logan's personality was somewhat similar to Ethan's. They were both the type who were receptive to gentleness but not to force. Atlanna clearly used the wrong approach.

Considering that they had a pleasant time together before, Logan did not want to fall out with her, so he asked Ethan to recall him to Artemis, which was a way to get rid of Atlanna, and he planned to hide in another world for a few years. Perhaps this queen would forget about him, and he could also forget about her, putting an end to this brief relationship.

Ethan was not really concerned about how Logan met Atlanna and got together with her, but since it was such an interesting matter, it would be a shame not to gossip about it, so he asked a lot of questions.

After Logan arrived on Paradise Island, he happened to catch the outbreak of conflict between Paradise Island and Atlantis. The relationship between the two forces had never been good, and small wars often broke out.

The return of Diana and Logan quickly quelled this dispute. Logan then went with Diana to negotiate with Atlantis and happened to stumble upon a conspiracy within Atlantis targeting Queen Atlanna.

"Hero saving the beauty!"

No wonder. This kind of thing easily creates good feelings, and what is more, Logan has an outstanding appearance, so it was not strange that Atlanna would be attracted to him.

As for Logan being attracted to Atlanna, that was not strange either. Ethan recalled Logan's girlfriends with clear relationships in multiple worlds, including Jean Grey. They were all the type who appeared weak on the outside but were tough and strong on the inside. Atlanna should also be of this type. After all, she is the queen of a country. How could she rule without being tough and strong?

"Does Atlanna want you to be her husband?"

"How would I know?"

As the Queen of Atlantis, it was not surprising for her to have a few men. Ethan was only curious how much Atlanna liked Logan. Would she make him her husband?

Logan did not pay attention to those things at all. When Atlanna became increasingly forceful and started to disregard his feelings, he decided to leave.

No matter what, no one could make him do something he did not want to do.

"Actually, I want to tell you, if you really like her, you might as well continue to be together. As for doing things you do not want to do, as long as you do not want to, no one can force you."

Logan knew this was Ethan showing his support for him.

"Thank you."

"We're so familiar, no need to be so polite."

Logan nodded and then heavily patted Ethan on the shoulder with his hand again.

"Why didn't you say these words before I drank the potion?"

Although he looked like a child, Ethan's current body was a true divine body, a powerful body that could barely fight Diana repeatedly. How could he care about this bit of strength?

"First, you refused to tell me what happened before, so I didn't understand the situation at all. Second, don't you think this is very interesting?"

Logan withdrew his hand speechlessly. He did not think it was interesting at all, but since he was already on the pirate ship, he seemed to have no way to get off.

"Forget it, it's only a few years. It's not that long for me."

"That's right, just a few years... by the way, is Atlanna pregnant?"

"..."

(To be continued.)

Chapter 621: Admission Notice

Ethan was a bit disappointed that Atlanna was not pregnant, or at least Logan had not seen any signs of pregnancy in her.

Of course, it was possible that Atlanna herself did not know when Logan left, or knew but had not had time to tell him. However, without concrete news, they could only assume it did not exist for now.

"What a shame..."

Ethan had been looking forward to Atlanna and Logan having a new Aquaman. Considering Logan's current abilities combined with Atlantean royal blood, how powerful would the resulting Aquaman be?

Looking at Logan's current situation, was there not still a chance in the future?

"Let's not talk about that for now. By the way, did I miss your preparation work earlier?"

Taking advantage of the free time, Ethan explained the preparation work he had been doing recently and why he was doing it.

Hearing that getting into Hogwarts was so troublesome, Logan thought he might have missed something.

"Whatever, I'll just hang around for a few years."

He did not really want to go to any school to learn magic. Although he was actually a decent druid, and his own magic power was not weak, he definitely qualified for Hogwarts.

"This problem is easy to solve. We can just say we recently moved to the UK..."

It would be best to set birth records and such in North America, preferably in a remote Canadian mountain valley. That way, it would be difficult to investigate Logan's information.

"Is it that simple?"

"It was not difficult to begin with, just a bit troublesome."

Having done this kind of preliminary information groundwork several times, they were already very familiar with it. Logan's information was all set up within three days, during which they even made a trip to North America to leave corresponding identity records locally.

By this point, all preliminary preparations could be considered complete. Afterward, Ethan gathered the people who were ready to enter the Harry Potter world and led everyone to travel together.

The time was set half a year before Harry Potter received his acceptance letter, giving everyone some time to adapt to life there.

Although it was modern Britain, it was Britain in the late 20th century, not the early 21st century that everyone was more familiar with.

Here, many living habits were different from later times. For those like Evelyn who were purely there for fun, it did not matter, but Ethan and the others needed to start adapting to this era now.

At the same time, they also had to adapt to their identities in this world. For example, Rin was a child left behind by a couple from Asia whose parents had an accident and was subsequently adopted by Selene.

"Why am I the one who got adopted?"

"Because there is no one here who can pretend to be your parents."

Ethan spread his hands. There was nothing else they could do. With Rin's purely Asian appearance, she could not even pretend to be mixed-race.

Ada, the only one who could pretend to be her relative, was having a great time in the Starship Troopers world and was not willing to come over at all.

"Hmm..."

Rin looked around and saw that everyone was Western. llya was actually mixed-race too, but her appearance was more like her mother's.

Others like Leah, Logan, and Scáthach did not require much effort either. In the end, O'Connell, Evelyn, and Selene respectively acted as guardians for the children, and then, as neighbors, Selene was entrusted with the care of this large group of kids.

This was how they reasonably came together.

"Also, to make your adoption logical, we are distantly related."

"Why make it so complicated?"

"To prevent being bothered by some people."

The people at the Ministry of Magic were not good at doing proper work, but they were experts at being annoying. Ethan did not want to cause any trouble this time, nor did he want to argue with the world or the air in between.

At the same time, he did not think he was good-tempered enough to tolerate idiots bothering him, so the best way was to avoid these things happening.

Of course, if those fools were blind enough to pick a fight, Ethan would not tolerate being wronged. Voldemort, whom they greatly feared, was just a little brother in Ethan's eyes. If he really got angry, making the entire wizarding world disappear was not impossible.

Rin thought about how Ethan had previously twisted the rules of an entire world, and the magecraft world that originally existed in their world had suffered a severe blow.

Even though this distortion was not permanent, Rin was not an outsider like Shirou who had no contact with the magecraft world. She still had her own channels, including the procurement of various magical materials and news about the magecraft world.

She knew how much impact Ethan's rule distortion had on the entire magecraft world. Several small magecraft families had their inheritances completely destroyed and were cut off from the magecraft world entirely.

Medium-sized families were also severely affected. Although large families were not fundamentally harmed, it did not mean they suffered no losses.

It could be said that the entire magecraft world was wailing in despair. What was worse was that they had no idea what was happening and thought the twilight of magecraft had arrived.

If Ethan got angry and did it again here...

Time slowly passed again, and everyone gradually began to adapt to life in this world. Except for Logan, who could not smoke and had to constantly carry a pile of snacks to eat non-stop, everyone else was doing fine.

Amidst this calm waiting, owls from Hogwarts finally appeared outside the doors of the several households and left the Hogwarts acceptance letters.

Ethan picked one up, feeling very curious about one thing.

If a wizarding family received such an acceptance letter, there was naturally nothing to say. They would just take their child to Diagon Alley to buy the necessary things.

But what about Muggle families? They would just treat it as a prank, right?

Even if owls kept delivering letters afterward, these Muggles would realize something was unusual, but they would not know how to solve the problem. Parents who were completely clueless would not be able to find the place to buy the necessary items for their children even if they wanted to.

The children gathered together, looking at the letters in their hands. The contents were almost identical, with only the names at the beginning corresponding to their names in this world.

Rin used her real name. Since she was adopted, keeping her original surname was normal.

Ethan and Selene used the surname Arendelle, which he had used in Starship Troopers. Neither of them had a surname, and they needed to have a relative relationship, so they both used this one.

Logan used his surname Howlett, and his guardian was O'Connell. Nominally, Logan was the child of O'Connell's sister. After his sister and brother-in-law died in an accident, he adopted his nephew.

Because of this, Logan was often teased by O'Connell, making him so angry that he wanted to claw him several times.

Scáthach and Leah were the children of Evelyn's siblings, using the siblings' surname Carnahan.

Illya had her own surname. Her identity was that of a child from Selene's distant relatives, temporarily staying with her. The letter also used the surname Einzbern.

"This acceptance letter is very detailed about what needs to be prepared, but where are we supposed to get these things?"

Everyone turned their gaze to Ethan. At this moment, he was also repeatedly examining the letter, confirming that it was just an ordinary letter with no special magic hidden on it to show them how to get to Diagon Alley.

"What are you looking at me for?" He lowered his head and noticed everyone staring at him. "I know where to buy them, but I don't know the way."

The children stared at each other for a while, wondering if this so-called magic school trip was going to be stillborn just like this.

Fortunately, the people at Hogwarts would not do something so unreliable. Just then, Ethan sensed the appearance of energy fluctuations outside and immediately winked at everyone, gesturing for them not to speak carelessly.

A knock on the door soon came. Selene, the only one remaining here as a guardian, went to open it.

Compared to her usual bright and captivating appearance, Selene deliberately dressed ordinarily and looked a bit older this time. Coupled with an authentic British accent, she looked like an ordinary middle-aged woman who was once very beautiful but whose dazzling radiance had been worn away by time and life.

Opening the door, Selene saw a very old woman. After glancing at Selene, the woman immediately introduced herself.

"Hello, I am Minerva McGonagall, the Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts. I have come to explain some things to the children who have received acceptance letters from our school and their parents."

"Ah, hello."

Selene acted like an ordinary person, showing doubt and some wariness, and scrutinized Professor McGonagall in front of her with a judging gaze.

This was not special treatment for Professor McGonagall. Over the years, when introducing Hogwarts and magic to some Muggle families, she always encountered such reactions, and some extreme people would even choose to call the police directly.

"May I see the children?"

"Before that, I have some things I would like to ask you."

"No problem, I will explain everything clearly."

Next was Selene's performance time. Honestly, her acting was not very good. Ethan, who watched the entire conversation between Selene and Professor McGonagall with magic, complained inwardly about Selene's acting skills while also observing Professor McGonagall's magical level.

He was a bit surprised that Hogwarts would send the dignified Deputy Headmistress and Head of Gryffindor, Professor McGonagall, in person. Had his explosive talent already attracted Dumbledore's attention?

Listening further, he realized that McGonagall had come in person because several new students from Muggle families were gathered together. This situation had never been encountered before, so she made a special trip to see if there was some kind of plot.

(To be continued.)