Chapter 539 Anton's Small Classroom for the Principal's Professors
It is one thing to understand some truths, but it is another thing to explain them to others so that others can understand them.
As the road he had traveled became more and more profound, and he could no longer see anyone on the road in a certain narrow field, Anton began to spread his knowledge interestingly.
This is a process. It is human nature to treasure oneself, and it is also human nature to resist loneliness. When Anton intends to integrate into the world of wizards, from the time traveler Anton to the wizard Anton, everything happened so naturally.
Obviously, Dumbledore has a broader mind. With Anton's consent, he called other professors over to have a tea party.
Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, Professor Flitwick, Professor Lupine, Professor Fiennes...
"The long river of time is constructed by the memories of intelligent creatures." Anton's eyes were full of brilliant stars, and he walked around the empty space of the office with a glass plate of ice cream in one hand and a small silver spoon in the other.
"It's not a definition, it's an observed phenomenon."
"Attention, it is the memory of intelligent creatures. There are two stone monsters at the door of my hut. I believe many professors have seen them. They are not intelligent creatures. This is an interesting observation."
"So, what is the difference between intelligent creatures, us humans, magical animals, and stones?"
"Because our memory will be accompanied by emotions, accompanied by will."
"At least in my observation, it is the memories with emotions and wills, such individuals, which together build the long river of time."
"At the same time, the long river of time is also protecting these memories."
Anton took a mouthful of ice cream and put it in his mouth, squinting his eyes. The ice cream made by these house elves for Lao Deng is delicious!
"But our soul is not only memory, emotion and will, there is another element, that is thinking!"
"Thinking is the most special part of the soul, because it cannot exist alone." Anton pulled out his wand, gently pressed it against his temple, and slowly drew out a long milky white thread, "Look, this is memory, but It doesn't have the minds of our wizards themselves."
He stuffed his memory back again.
"Thinking is an activity that needs the support of the body to have thinking."
"And this body doesn't have to be a physical body. It can be a magical item, such as a diary. It can be a specially refined item, such as the puppet body of Professor Fiennes."
As Anton talked, there was no one else in his eyes. He seemed to see countless galaxies, which were so mysterious.
"It could also be a picture frame."
The principals on the wall exclaimed, and the professors stared at them in surprise.
"That is to say, with the picture frame, the mind can exist and the soul becomes complete."
"Ghosts are a special kind of existence. They are projections of memories with emotions and wills in the human world. Because they don't have a body, their thinking will be inactive, and they can't make any thoughts. Everything seems to be stagnant before death. .”
"The black magic of the Horcrux is also a special kind of existence. It creates a backup of memory and a body for this backup, so the thinking becomes active, but because this soul container is generally unable to think, for example, you can see Hufflepuff's cup, Ravenclaw's diadem."
"Then, like a ghost, projected into the real world in a certain way, this special 'ghost' becomes a complete soul, and it can think!"
"The mysterious man's wandering soul is in this state. In essence, he is a thinking ghost, and there is no way to eliminate it. After all, it is just a projection of the memory in the long river of time in the real world."
"These are the four elements that make up the soul, memory, emotion, will, and thinking." Anton took another bite of ice cream and shrugged. "As for whether there are other elements, I don't know."
"I have been to the world of the dead."
"I found an interesting thing. When everyone forgets the existence of a person, and when all traces of him disappear in the real world, then he has no place in the long river of time."
"That is to say, his memory with emotion and will will be removed. Well, he is no longer needed and protected by the long river of time."
"After that, he is completely dead."
"So the world of the dead is an interesting place to keep a disembodied mind alive."
"To sum up, I think the death of human beings is not real death. We can go to the world of the dead, we can return to the real world, those who are prepared can become wandering spirits, those with portraits can live in portraits, and some can still live in In some oil lamps, wait."
"Where does the real death go, I don't know, but I have seen the disappearance of a certain soul in the soul world, and his face seems to be full of happiness."
Anton spread his hands, "This theory is not necessarily correct, but I found that it can explain many things we have seen, such as a haunted mountain witch's cottage, these legendary mysterious things are actually related to the principal There is no essential difference between portraits."
There was one thing Anton didn't say.
If he reasoned according to this theory, he would find that the goblin Pedro was doing an extremely vicious thing.
He is vicious to himself, and he is also vicious to the goblins.
He turned himself into a monument that smeared the memory of the entire goblin family, and completely became the anchor of the goblin family in the long river of time.
At the same time, those dead souls of the goblin clan will also be completely stranded in the world of dead souls.
Then, as long as there is a wise man who is proficient in the "life domain" in the offspring of the goblins, there is a way to bring the whole goblin family back from the world of dead souls to the real world.
Resurrection, there are countless such things in the history of magic.
'Time and Memory Collector and Traveler', such a title is not just a simple title in the elves.
After Anton finished eating the ice cream in the glass basin and licked the plate, he put down the plate with some unsatisfied intentions, "I'm done talking."
The entire principal's office was silent, the professors did not speak, and the principals did not speak either.
Everyone fell into long thinking.
The truth is this, Anton explained everything so clearly without reservation, everyone was deeply shocked.
A magical door to the world seemed to open just like that.
"Oh~"
"Lovely Anthony Weasley~"
The Sorting Hat on the shelf opens its mouth and shakes the tip to speak. "And me, what am I?"
"There is a specialization in art." Anton spread his hands innocently, "I just studied the souls of intelligent creatures. I don't even know if you are a magic item, an alchemy item, or some kind of living thing. You You should ask Dumbledore."
The Sorting Hat looked at Dumbledore quickly.
Dumbledore just ate the ice cream in small bites, winking innocently and playfully at it.
"Oh~" The Sorting Hat sighed, and closed its mouth and eyes.
"Anton's spirit of exploring magic is worth learning, and I think I will give you an answer." Dumbledore stood up and said to the sorting hat.
The Sorting Hat laughed happily.
"Oh ho ho, really, you know, every intelligent creature will think about what it is and the meaning of existence."
"Yes."
Dumbledore smiled and applauded, "Let us pay high tribute to the wizard Anthony Weasley who is leading the way of the soul. He is a wizard worthy of respect!"
bang bang~
Everyone applauded. The phoenix phoenix was awakened by the loud noise, and raised its head from its wings in shock, looking at the earnest-looking wizards.
Anton just smiled shyly, feeling a little shy inexplicably.