p class="MsoNormal"strongspan lang="EN"Chapter 118: The Broken World Line Paradox/span/strong/p
p class="MsoNormal"Mordred, Jeanne Alter and Ellen stepped forward like the three furies, ready to protect Ron, Hermione and Ritsuka from the enraged homunculi. Like a flash of lightning, Mordred's sword burst from its sheath, the blade thirsting for blood. Jeanne Alter clutched her flag, calling on divine power to help her, ready to bring her down on her enemies. Ellen, with her eyes burning with a furious fire, began to make threatening passes with her hands, as if wanting to turn the homunculi into dust with an unknown spell./p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"At that moment, the air around them trembled, as if from a thunderclap, and a blinding flash of light appeared in front of the homunculi. When the glow faded, everyone saw Harry standing in the same place where he had disappeared moments ago./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"- Harry! - Hermione exclaimed, rushing towards him, but Ron held her hand./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Wait, Hermione," he said, his voice sounding confused. "What are you talking about? Who is Harry?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Hermione looked at Ron in surprise, as if she couldn't believe her ears./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Are you joking?" she asked, her voice trembling. "Harry... it's Harry! Our friend!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Ron shook his head, his face pale./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I... I don't know any Harry," he muttered, stepping back. "Who... who are you?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The homunculi, led by Sigur, looked at Harry with surprise and relief, but then their faces contorted in horror when he disappeared again, as if vanishing into thin air./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""He... he disappeared again!" one of the homunculi shouted, pointing to the empty space where Harry had just stood./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""What's happening?" Sigur asked, her voice shaking with fear./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Time warp," Ellen repeated, her gaze fixed on the place where Harry had disappeared. "Someone is playing with reality."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"At that moment Harry reappeared. This time an owl flew to him, which had just been sitting on a nearby tree. She threw the letter into his hands, as if she was expecting its addressee. It was as if he had ceased to exist for her too, and had returned again./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""What is this?" Mordred asked, approaching Harry./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Harry tried to answer, but at that moment he disappeared again, and the letter fell from his hands, slowly falling to the ground. Jeanne Alter caught the letter before it touched the ground and unfolded it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""This is from Snape," she said, running her eyes over the lines./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""What is he writing?" Ellen asked, coming closer./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""He writes that Voldemort found a time machine," Jeanne Alter answered, her voice sounding tense. "And he's going to go back in time to kill Harry as a baby. Okabe!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""What?!" Ron exclaimed, his face paling even more. "But... but this is madness!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Voldemort is obsessed with this idea," Mordred said, clenching her fists. "He will stop at nothing."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We have to stop him," Hermione said, her voice firm despite her fear./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But how?" Ritsuka asked, looking around./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Okabe Rintaro!" Jeanne answered. "We urgently need to contact him!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Understood" Ritsuka answered, and stretching forward his right hand with the symbols of Command Spells inscribed on it, he spoke. "I command you with a Command Spell, Jeanne d'Arc Alter! Go and find Okabe Rintaro, wherever he is, and bring him to me safe and sound as soon as possible!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""It will be done, Master!" Jeanne winked at him, and immediately disappeared along with one of the three symbols on the back of his hand./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"At that moment Harry reappeared, but this time he looked weak and exhausted./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Harry!" Hermione exclaimed, rushing to him and hugging him. "Are you all right?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I… I don't know," Harry replied, his voice barely audible. "I... I feel bad."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We have to help him," Fiore said, approaching Harry. "He disappears from reality."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But what can we do?" Caules asked, his voice full of despair./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I'll call for help," said Sigur. "The heads of the families of the Yggdmillennia clan will be able to help."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I'll go get them," said one of the homunculi and, turning around, ran towards the castle./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Fiore and Caules grabbed Harry by the arms and led him towards the fortress./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Hang in there, Harry," Fiore said, her voice full of sympathy. - We will help you./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Harry tried to smile, but he didn't have the strength. He felt his body weakening and his consciousness becoming cloudy./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I... I don't want to die," he whispered, and his voice was like the rustling of leaves in the wind./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""You won't die," Ellen said firmly, walking next to him. "We won't let you die."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"And in her voice, usually cold and distant, there was a note of hope. Hope, which, like a small flame, glimmered in the hearts of everyone who was close to Harry at that moment. Hope that gave them the strength to fight for his life, for his future, for the future of the whole world./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Harry was placed in a spacious room in the Millennium Castle, the walls of which were decorated with tapestries depicting scenes from ancient legends and myths. Tall windows let in streams of sunlight, painting the room in warm golden tones. In the center of the room, on a massive four-poster bed, lay Harry, his face pale and his breathing ragged./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The heads of the families of the Yggdmillennia clan scurried around him, their faces were concentrated, and their hands moved with incredible speed, weaving complex magical patterns. Homunculi, like silent guards, stood at the walls, their eyes carefully watching every movement of the magicians. Ron, Hermione, Ritsuka and Mash stood at the head of the bed, their faces full of worry and concern./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Harry appeared and disappeared like a ghost. His body became transparent, like fog, and then regained its density, but each time he looked weaker and more exhausted. The magicians of the Yggdmillennia clan spared no effort in trying to keep him in reality, but their magic seemed powerless against the unknown force that was trying to tear Harry out of this world./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"There was a tense silence in the room, broken only by the quiet whisper of spells and Harry's heavy breathing. Time dragged on endlessly, and with every minute the hope of salvation melted away, like snow under the rays of the spring sun./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Suddenly the massive oak doors of the room swung open, and Jeanne Alter appeared on the threshold. Her face was serious and there was a determined fire in her eyes. Standing next to her were Okabe Rintaro, Kurisu Makise and Suzuha Amane, their faces full of worry and hope./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We came to help," said Jeanne Alter, her voice sounding firm and confident./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"And at that moment, everyone present felt that hope was not lost./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Okabe Rintaro, Kurisu Makise and Suzuha Amane approached the bed where Harry lay, their faces focused and serious. Okabe, with his tousled hair and wild eyes, nervously fiddled with his lab coat, and Kurisu, with her sharp mind and piercing eyes, carefully studied Harry, as if trying to solve the mystery of his disappearances. Suzuha, dressed in her futuristic costume, silently watched what was happening, her gaze wary and attentive./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""So here he is, the legendary Harry Potter," Okabe muttered, looking at Harry with curiosity. "Looks... normal."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Okabe, now is not the time for your stupid jokes," Kurisu snapped, not taking her eyes off Harry. "We have to find out what's happening to him."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""What do you think I'm doing, assistant?" - Okabe was indignant, taking the pose of a great scientist. "I, the mad scientist Hooin Kyouma, have already solved many mysteries, and this one will not be an exception!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Sigur, who had been watching Okabe with suspicion, grinned and walked towards him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Mad scientist, you say?" she asked, her voice filled with sarcasm./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""That's right, woman!" Okabe declared proudly, puffing out his chest "I am the one who stands at the pinnacle of scientific progress! I am the one who..."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Sigur didn't let him finish. She reached out and lightly flicked his forehead. Okabe shuddered and recoiled as if from an electric shock./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""What... what was that?" he asked, rubbing the bruised area./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Lice check," Sigur replied, her lips curling into a grin. "Looks like you're not as crazy as you want to seem."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Okabe blushed with embarrassment, but immediately pulled himself together./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Well... maybe I exaggerated a little," he muttered, looking away./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Kurisu and Suzuha chuckled quietly at his awkwardness./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Okay, stop talking," Kurisu said, turning to Okabe. "Let's see what we can do for Harry."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Okabe nodded and pulled out a laptop computer and several devices from his bag that looked like a mixture of medieval torture instruments and futuristic gadgets. Kurisu and Suzuha joined him, and soon the room was filled with the quiet hum of instruments and the flickering of screens./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The magicians of the Yggdmillennia clan watched the work of the scientists with curiosity and respect. They understood that magic was powerless in the face of this problem, and only science, with its logic and rationality, could save Harry./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Silence reigned in the room again, broken only by the quiet clicking of keys and the rustling of papers. The scientists worked quickly and harmoniously, like a single organism. And everyone present hoped that they would make it in time./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Remember the letter from Snape?" Jeanne Alter asked, addressing the crowd. "He wrote that Voldemort had found a time machine."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But that's impossible," Kurisu objected, frowning. "Our time machine is completely safe. Nobody could find her."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Or maybe he found another?" said Ron, his voice sounding uncertain./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Hardly," Kurisu replied. "Creating a time machine is an incredibly complex process. Even Voldemort couldn't…" She stopped short, as if remembering something. "Okabe," she said, turning to him. "I knew that when you sent him from the future to our time, the time machine remained!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But I haven't done it yet!" Okabe was indignant. "And if he did, he would take care of self-destruction. And anyway... how do I know how this magic of theirs works? They put things back together from fragments!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Let's go." Kurisu reacted with a dissatisfied look. "You said that the time machine can create time paradoxes, right?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Yes," Okabe nodded, his gaze focused. "If someone changes the past, it can lead to unpredictable consequences in the present."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""What if..." Kurisu began, her voice trembling. "What if Voldemort already used the time machine? What if he... killed Harry in the past?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"There was silence in the room, as if everyone present was holding their breath./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""The paradox of a murdered grandfather," Okabe muttered, his eyes widening in horror. "If Harry was killed in the past, then he should not exist in the present. His existence... is erased from reality. But why isn't a new world branch being formed?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Tesla said that our Universe is collapsing." Hermione dropped her head into her hands. "That's why you are here among us."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""That's why he's disappearing," Kurisu said, her voice barely audible. "His body... his mind... they cannot exist in this altered time."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But... but what should we do?" Hermione asked, her eyes filled with tears./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We must go back in time," Okabe said, his voice sounding firm and decisive. "We must stop Voldemort, or his envoy, from killing Harry."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But how?" Ron asked, looking around. "We don't have a time machine."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We have," Okabe replied, pointing at Suzuha. "And we have someone who can manage it."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Suzuha nodded, her face serious./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I'm ready," she said./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But it's dangerous," Kurisu objected. "We don't know what awaits us in the past."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We have to take a chance," Harry said, his voice weak but firm. "I... I don't want to die."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""You won't die," Ellen repeated, squeezing his hand. "We will save you."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But there's little time," Okabe said, looking at his instruments. "If we don't go back in time and correct the situation within the next 24 hours, then Harry will disappear forever. And with him..."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"He stopped short, unable to finish./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""And the whole world will begin to collapse along with him," Kurisu finished for him. "All those who were supposed to die at the hands of Voldemort will begin to disappear. And others even..."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""They won't be born," Ron whispered, his face as white as a sheet./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Voldemort can send a Servant into the past," Ritsuka said, his gaze fixed on Jeanne Alter. "We need someone who can stop him."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I'm ready," said Jeanne Alter, her eyes burning with a thirst for battle. "I will complete my mission."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I'll go too," said Harry, getting out of bed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But you're too weak," Hermione objected, trying to hold him back./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I have to do this," Harry said, his voice firm. "I can't just sit idly by while my life, and the lives of other people, hang in the balance."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""No! Stop!" Selenike shouted at him. "Don't you dare do this! You won't take a step without us!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I can do it there." Harry answered with confidence. "As long as I live in the past, the real me will also remain."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""There is some truth in these words." Okabe agreed. "But if the past you dies, then the real you will disappear. There will be no turning back."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Sirius would say that if my father were in my place, he would definitely take a risk." Harry smiled weakly./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Nobody could dissuade him. There was silence in the room where they had just been, full of anxiety and hope./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But Harry is too weak!" - Selenike exclaimed in despair, her voice, usually calm and authoritative, trembling with anxiety. "He won't survive time travel!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I have to do this," Harry answered firmly, his voice weak, but his eyes burning with an unquenchable fire of determination. "I can't stand by when so many lives are at stake."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Darnik, the head of the Yggdmillennia clan, looked closely at Harry, his gaze, penetrating and appraising, as if scanning the young man from the inside. In this look one could read doubt, respect, and, finally, acceptance./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""He has a strong spirit," he finally said, and his voice, deep and powerful, sounded like a sentence. "And this is the main point."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"He turned to Selenike, and his gaze became hard as steel./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Escort him," he ordered. "And keep him safe. At the cost of your life."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Selenike nodded, her face, usually soft and feminine, taking on a determined expression worthy of a warrior./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I will do my duty," she answered, and there was not a shadow of doubt in her voice./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Darnik turned to Okabe and Kuris, his gaze softening but still shrewd./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We will provide you with everything you need," he said. "Transport, security, everything you need to achieve your goal."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Thank you," Okabe replied, bowing his head in gratitude. There was a spark of hope in his eyes - hope that they could save Harry and prevent disaster./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"And so began the journey through time./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Harry, Jeanne Alter, Selenike and her homunculus guards walked out of the Millennium Castle and headed towards the luxurious black limousine that was waiting for them at the entrance. The sun, as if saying goodbye, showered them with warm rays, playing on the polished surface of the car and the sparkling armor of the homunculi. Harry, leaning on Selenike's hand, moved with difficulty, his body was weakened, but his spirit remained adamant. Jeanne Alter, dressed in her combat uniform, walked alongside, her gaze fixed forward, as if she could already see the upcoming battle. Selenice, with a face full of determination, followed them, and her guards, like silent shadows, surrounded them on all sides./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"They got into the limousine, and it immediately took off like a black panther rushing towards its prey. The noise of the engine broke the silence, and the wheels, kicking up clouds of dust, left behind the majestic Castle of the Millennium, like a symbol of a bygone era./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The limousine raced along winding mountain roads, and picturesque landscapes flashed past the windows - green meadows dotted with bright flowers, dense forests stretching beyond the horizon, and sparkling rivers like silver ribbons winding between the hills. There was silence inside the car, broken only by the quiet rustle of tires on the asphalt. Harry, closing his eyes, tried to gather his strength, Jeanne Alter, immersed in her thoughts, was preparing for the upcoming battle, and Selenike was anxiously watching Harry, ready to come to his aid at any moment./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Soon the limousine stopped at the foot of the mountain, where a helicopter was waiting for them. The helicopter's rotors were already spinning, creating a powerful stream of air that ruffled hair and clothes. Harry, leaning on Selenike's hand, barely got out of the limousine and headed towards the helicopter, his steps were uncertain, but he stubbornly walked forward, not wanting to show his weakness. Jeanne Alter, with the ease of an athlete, jumped into the helicopter, and Selenike and her guards followed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The helicopter took off into the sky, and the ground quickly sank down, revealing the vast expanses of Britain before them. Cities and villages, fields and forests, rivers and lakes floated beneath them, like a colorful carpet woven by nature itself. Harry, looking out the window, felt his heart clench with pain and fear. He understood that not only his life, but also the lives of many other people depended on the outcome of their mission. Jeanne Alter, sitting opposite him, clutched the handle of her flag, her gaze directed into the distance, as if she was seeing through time and space./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Soon the helicopter began to descend, and a small clearing in a dense forest appeared below them. The helicopter landed and Harry, Jeanne Alter, Selenike and her guards walked out. The air was fresh and cool, filled with the aromas of pine and earth. The sun's rays made their way through the dense crowns of trees, creating bizarre patterns on the ground./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"They followed a narrow path leading deep into the forest, and soon came out into a small clearing, in the center of which stood a strange structure that looked like a mixture of a spaceship and a telephone booth. It was a time machine created by Okabe Rintaro and Kurisu Makise./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The time machine looked just as Harry remembered it. Its body was made of gray metal and had the shape of a cylinder mounted on four supports. On the top of the cylinder there was a large antenna, similar to a satellite dish, and at the bottom there was a door leading inside. On one side of the time machine was a control panel consisting of many buttons, levers and indicators. Multi-colored lights burned on the control panel, and numbers and graphs flashed on the screens./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Here she is," Suzuha said, approaching the time machine. "Ready?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Harry and Jeanne Alter looked at each other, their gazes full of determination./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Ready," they answered in one voice./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"And, taking a deep breath, they stepped into the time machine, ready to go back in time and restore the correct course of history./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"Mordred, Jeanne Alter and Ellen stepped forward like the three furies, ready to protect Ron, Hermione and Ritsuka from the enraged homunculi. Like a flash of lightning, Mordred's sword burst from its sheath, the blade thirsting for blood. Jeanne Alter clutched her flag, calling on divine power to help her, ready to bring her down on her enemies. Ellen, with her eyes burning with a furious fire, began to make threatening passes with her hands, as if wanting to turn the homunculi into dust with an unknown spell./p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"At that moment, the air around them trembled, as if from a thunderclap, and a blinding flash of light appeared in front of the homunculi. When the glow faded, everyone saw Harry standing in the same place where he had disappeared moments ago./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"- Harry! - Hermione exclaimed, rushing towards him, but Ron held her hand./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Wait, Hermione," he said, his voice sounding confused. "What are you talking about? Who is Harry?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Hermione looked at Ron in surprise, as if she couldn't believe her ears./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Are you joking?" she asked, her voice trembling. "Harry... it's Harry! Our friend!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Ron shook his head, his face pale./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I... I don't know any Harry," he muttered, stepping back. "Who... who are you?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The homunculi, led by Sigur, looked at Harry with surprise and relief, but then their faces contorted in horror when he disappeared again, as if vanishing into thin air./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""He... he disappeared again!" one of the homunculi shouted, pointing to the empty space where Harry had just stood./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""What's happening?" Sigur asked, her voice shaking with fear./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Time warp," Ellen repeated, her gaze fixed on the place where Harry had disappeared. "Someone is playing with reality."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"At that moment Harry reappeared. This time an owl flew to him, which had just been sitting on a nearby tree. She threw the letter into his hands, as if she was expecting its addressee. It was as if he had ceased to exist for her too, and had returned again./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""What is this?" Mordred asked, approaching Harry./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Harry tried to answer, but at that moment he disappeared again, and the letter fell from his hands, slowly falling to the ground. Jeanne Alter caught the letter before it touched the ground and unfolded it./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""This is from Snape," she said, running her eyes over the lines./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""What is he writing?" Ellen asked, coming closer./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""He writes that Voldemort found a time machine," Jeanne Alter answered, her voice sounding tense. "And he's going to go back in time to kill Harry as a baby. Okabe!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""What?!" Ron exclaimed, his face paling even more. "But... but this is madness!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Voldemort is obsessed with this idea," Mordred said, clenching her fists. "He will stop at nothing."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We have to stop him," Hermione said, her voice firm despite her fear./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But how?" Ritsuka asked, looking around./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Okabe Rintaro!" Jeanne answered. "We urgently need to contact him!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Understood" Ritsuka answered, and stretching forward his right hand with the symbols of Command Spells inscribed on it, he spoke. "I command you with a Command Spell, Jeanne d'Arc Alter! Go and find Okabe Rintaro, wherever he is, and bring him to me safe and sound as soon as possible!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""It will be done, Master!" Jeanne winked at him, and immediately disappeared along with one of the three symbols on the back of his hand./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"At that moment Harry reappeared, but this time he looked weak and exhausted./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Harry!" Hermione exclaimed, rushing to him and hugging him. "Are you all right?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I… I don't know," Harry replied, his voice barely audible. "I... I feel bad."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We have to help him," Fiore said, approaching Harry. "He disappears from reality."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But what can we do?" Caules asked, his voice full of despair./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I'll call for help," said Sigur. "The heads of the families of the Yggdmillennia clan will be able to help."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I'll go get them," said one of the homunculi and, turning around, ran towards the castle./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Fiore and Caules grabbed Harry by the arms and led him towards the fortress./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Hang in there, Harry," Fiore said, her voice full of sympathy. - We will help you./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Harry tried to smile, but he didn't have the strength. He felt his body weakening and his consciousness becoming cloudy./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I... I don't want to die," he whispered, and his voice was like the rustling of leaves in the wind./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""You won't die," Ellen said firmly, walking next to him. "We won't let you die."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"And in her voice, usually cold and distant, there was a note of hope. Hope, which, like a small flame, glimmered in the hearts of everyone who was close to Harry at that moment. Hope that gave them the strength to fight for his life, for his future, for the future of the whole world./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Harry was placed in a spacious room in the Millennium Castle, the walls of which were decorated with tapestries depicting scenes from ancient legends and myths. Tall windows let in streams of sunlight, painting the room in warm golden tones. In the center of the room, on a massive four-poster bed, lay Harry, his face pale and his breathing ragged./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The heads of the families of the Yggdmillennia clan scurried around him, their faces were concentrated, and their hands moved with incredible speed, weaving complex magical patterns. Homunculi, like silent guards, stood at the walls, their eyes carefully watching every movement of the magicians. Ron, Hermione, Ritsuka and Mash stood at the head of the bed, their faces full of worry and concern./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Harry appeared and disappeared like a ghost. His body became transparent, like fog, and then regained its density, but each time he looked weaker and more exhausted. The magicians of the Yggdmillennia clan spared no effort in trying to keep him in reality, but their magic seemed powerless against the unknown force that was trying to tear Harry out of this world./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"There was a tense silence in the room, broken only by the quiet whisper of spells and Harry's heavy breathing. Time dragged on endlessly, and with every minute the hope of salvation melted away, like snow under the rays of the spring sun./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Suddenly the massive oak doors of the room swung open, and Jeanne Alter appeared on the threshold. Her face was serious and there was a determined fire in her eyes. Standing next to her were Okabe Rintaro, Kurisu Makise and Suzuha Amane, their faces full of worry and hope./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We came to help," said Jeanne Alter, her voice sounding firm and confident./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"And at that moment, everyone present felt that hope was not lost./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Okabe Rintaro, Kurisu Makise and Suzuha Amane approached the bed where Harry lay, their faces focused and serious. Okabe, with his tousled hair and wild eyes, nervously fiddled with his lab coat, and Kurisu, with her sharp mind and piercing eyes, carefully studied Harry, as if trying to solve the mystery of his disappearances. Suzuha, dressed in her futuristic costume, silently watched what was happening, her gaze wary and attentive./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""So here he is, the legendary Harry Potter," Okabe muttered, looking at Harry with curiosity. "Looks... normal."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Okabe, now is not the time for your stupid jokes," Kurisu snapped, not taking her eyes off Harry. "We have to find out what's happening to him."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""What do you think I'm doing, assistant?" - Okabe was indignant, taking the pose of a great scientist. "I, the mad scientist Hooin Kyouma, have already solved many mysteries, and this one will not be an exception!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Sigur, who had been watching Okabe with suspicion, grinned and walked towards him./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Mad scientist, you say?" she asked, her voice filled with sarcasm./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""That's right, woman!" Okabe declared proudly, puffing out his chest "I am the one who stands at the pinnacle of scientific progress! I am the one who..."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Sigur didn't let him finish. She reached out and lightly flicked his forehead. Okabe shuddered and recoiled as if from an electric shock./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""What... what was that?" he asked, rubbing the bruised area./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Lice check," Sigur replied, her lips curling into a grin. "Looks like you're not as crazy as you want to seem."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Okabe blushed with embarrassment, but immediately pulled himself together./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Well... maybe I exaggerated a little," he muttered, looking away./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Kurisu and Suzuha chuckled quietly at his awkwardness./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Okay, stop talking," Kurisu said, turning to Okabe. "Let's see what we can do for Harry."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Okabe nodded and pulled out a laptop computer and several devices from his bag that looked like a mixture of medieval torture instruments and futuristic gadgets. Kurisu and Suzuha joined him, and soon the room was filled with the quiet hum of instruments and the flickering of screens./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The magicians of the Yggdmillennia clan watched the work of the scientists with curiosity and respect. They understood that magic was powerless in the face of this problem, and only science, with its logic and rationality, could save Harry./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Silence reigned in the room again, broken only by the quiet clicking of keys and the rustling of papers. The scientists worked quickly and harmoniously, like a single organism. And everyone present hoped that they would make it in time./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Remember the letter from Snape?" Jeanne Alter asked, addressing the crowd. "He wrote that Voldemort had found a time machine."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But that's impossible," Kurisu objected, frowning. "Our time machine is completely safe. Nobody could find her."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Or maybe he found another?" said Ron, his voice sounding uncertain./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Hardly," Kurisu replied. "Creating a time machine is an incredibly complex process. Even Voldemort couldn't…" She stopped short, as if remembering something. "Okabe," she said, turning to him. "I knew that when you sent him from the future to our time, the time machine remained!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But I haven't done it yet!" Okabe was indignant. "And if he did, he would take care of self-destruction. And anyway... how do I know how this magic of theirs works? They put things back together from fragments!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Let's go." Kurisu reacted with a dissatisfied look. "You said that the time machine can create time paradoxes, right?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Yes," Okabe nodded, his gaze focused. "If someone changes the past, it can lead to unpredictable consequences in the present."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""What if..." Kurisu began, her voice trembling. "What if Voldemort already used the time machine? What if he... killed Harry in the past?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"There was silence in the room, as if everyone present was holding their breath./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""The paradox of a murdered grandfather," Okabe muttered, his eyes widening in horror. "If Harry was killed in the past, then he should not exist in the present. His existence... is erased from reality. But why isn't a new world branch being formed?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Tesla said that our Universe is collapsing." Hermione dropped her head into her hands. "That's why you are here among us."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""That's why he's disappearing," Kurisu said, her voice barely audible. "His body... his mind... they cannot exist in this altered time."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But... but what should we do?" Hermione asked, her eyes filled with tears./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We must go back in time," Okabe said, his voice sounding firm and decisive. "We must stop Voldemort, or his envoy, from killing Harry."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But how?" Ron asked, looking around. "We don't have a time machine."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We have," Okabe replied, pointing at Suzuha. "And we have someone who can manage it."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Suzuha nodded, her face serious./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I'm ready," she said./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But it's dangerous," Kurisu objected. "We don't know what awaits us in the past."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We have to take a chance," Harry said, his voice weak but firm. "I... I don't want to die."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""You won't die," Ellen repeated, squeezing his hand. "We will save you."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But there's little time," Okabe said, looking at his instruments. "If we don't go back in time and correct the situation within the next 24 hours, then Harry will disappear forever. And with him..."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"He stopped short, unable to finish./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""And the whole world will begin to collapse along with him," Kurisu finished for him. "All those who were supposed to die at the hands of Voldemort will begin to disappear. And others even..."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""They won't be born," Ron whispered, his face as white as a sheet./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Voldemort can send a Servant into the past," Ritsuka said, his gaze fixed on Jeanne Alter. "We need someone who can stop him."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I'm ready," said Jeanne Alter, her eyes burning with a thirst for battle. "I will complete my mission."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I'll go too," said Harry, getting out of bed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But you're too weak," Hermione objected, trying to hold him back./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I have to do this," Harry said, his voice firm. "I can't just sit idly by while my life, and the lives of other people, hang in the balance."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""No! Stop!" Selenike shouted at him. "Don't you dare do this! You won't take a step without us!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I can do it there." Harry answered with confidence. "As long as I live in the past, the real me will also remain."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""There is some truth in these words." Okabe agreed. "But if the past you dies, then the real you will disappear. There will be no turning back."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Sirius would say that if my father were in my place, he would definitely take a risk." Harry smiled weakly./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Nobody could dissuade him. There was silence in the room where they had just been, full of anxiety and hope./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""But Harry is too weak!" - Selenike exclaimed in despair, her voice, usually calm and authoritative, trembling with anxiety. "He won't survive time travel!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I have to do this," Harry answered firmly, his voice weak, but his eyes burning with an unquenchable fire of determination. "I can't stand by when so many lives are at stake."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Darnik, the head of the Yggdmillennia clan, looked closely at Harry, his gaze, penetrating and appraising, as if scanning the young man from the inside. In this look one could read doubt, respect, and, finally, acceptance./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""He has a strong spirit," he finally said, and his voice, deep and powerful, sounded like a sentence. "And this is the main point."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"He turned to Selenike, and his gaze became hard as steel./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Escort him," he ordered. "And keep him safe. At the cost of your life."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Selenike nodded, her face, usually soft and feminine, taking on a determined expression worthy of a warrior./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""I will do my duty," she answered, and there was not a shadow of doubt in her voice./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Darnik turned to Okabe and Kuris, his gaze softening but still shrewd./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""We will provide you with everything you need," he said. "Transport, security, everything you need to achieve your goal."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Thank you," Okabe replied, bowing his head in gratitude. There was a spark of hope in his eyes - hope that they could save Harry and prevent disaster./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"And so began the journey through time./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Harry, Jeanne Alter, Selenike and her homunculus guards walked out of the Millennium Castle and headed towards the luxurious black limousine that was waiting for them at the entrance. The sun, as if saying goodbye, showered them with warm rays, playing on the polished surface of the car and the sparkling armor of the homunculi. Harry, leaning on Selenike's hand, moved with difficulty, his body was weakened, but his spirit remained adamant. Jeanne Alter, dressed in her combat uniform, walked alongside, her gaze fixed forward, as if she could already see the upcoming battle. Selenice, with a face full of determination, followed them, and her guards, like silent shadows, surrounded them on all sides./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"They got into the limousine, and it immediately took off like a black panther rushing towards its prey. The noise of the engine broke the silence, and the wheels, kicking up clouds of dust, left behind the majestic Castle of the Millennium, like a symbol of a bygone era./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The limousine raced along winding mountain roads, and picturesque landscapes flashed past the windows - green meadows dotted with bright flowers, dense forests stretching beyond the horizon, and sparkling rivers like silver ribbons winding between the hills. There was silence inside the car, broken only by the quiet rustle of tires on the asphalt. Harry, closing his eyes, tried to gather his strength, Jeanne Alter, immersed in her thoughts, was preparing for the upcoming battle, and Selenike was anxiously watching Harry, ready to come to his aid at any moment./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Soon the limousine stopped at the foot of the mountain, where a helicopter was waiting for them. The helicopter's rotors were already spinning, creating a powerful stream of air that ruffled hair and clothes. Harry, leaning on Selenike's hand, barely got out of the limousine and headed towards the helicopter, his steps were uncertain, but he stubbornly walked forward, not wanting to show his weakness. Jeanne Alter, with the ease of an athlete, jumped into the helicopter, and Selenike and her guards followed./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The helicopter took off into the sky, and the ground quickly sank down, revealing the vast expanses of Britain before them. Cities and villages, fields and forests, rivers and lakes floated beneath them, like a colorful carpet woven by nature itself. Harry, looking out the window, felt his heart clench with pain and fear. He understood that not only his life, but also the lives of many other people depended on the outcome of their mission. Jeanne Alter, sitting opposite him, clutched the handle of her flag, her gaze directed into the distance, as if she was seeing through time and space./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Soon the helicopter began to descend, and a small clearing in a dense forest appeared below them. The helicopter landed and Harry, Jeanne Alter, Selenike and her guards walked out. The air was fresh and cool, filled with the aromas of pine and earth. The sun's rays made their way through the dense crowns of trees, creating bizarre patterns on the ground./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"They followed a narrow path leading deep into the forest, and soon came out into a small clearing, in the center of which stood a strange structure that looked like a mixture of a spaceship and a telephone booth. It was a time machine created by Okabe Rintaro and Kurisu Makise./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"The time machine looked just as Harry remembered it. Its body was made of gray metal and had the shape of a cylinder mounted on four supports. On the top of the cylinder there was a large antenna, similar to a satellite dish, and at the bottom there was a door leading inside. On one side of the time machine was a control panel consisting of many buttons, levers and indicators. Multi-colored lights burned on the control panel, and numbers and graphs flashed on the screens./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Here she is," Suzuha said, approaching the time machine. "Ready?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"Harry and Jeanne Alter looked at each other, their gazes full of determination./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN""Ready," they answered in one voice./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span lang="EN"And, taking a deep breath, they stepped into the time machine, ready to go back in time and restore the correct course of history./span/p