HP X LOTM : Please Call Me Mr. Error.

"THE HELL DO YOU MEAN MONTH!? I THOUGHT IT WAS A WEEK!!!" Loki shouted Helena's spell from earlier coming to use once again as it suppressed and dampened Loki's voice, preventing it from reaching the entire castle.

Helena *sighed* and spoke softly with a downcast expression.

"I…I feel like it's going to take a month instead. Mum did say she only needed a week, but I doubt it. I know what she's like, cold and calculating and is rarely ever wrong…but I don't see how she'll be able to finish this in a week. Especially since I've seen her looking at all this…it almost feels like she wants to trade places with father."

Loki saw Helena's eyes fill with tears as he clenched his fist to keep himself from getting emotionally involved in the situation since no matter the sob story, this was none of his problem.

"Why do you think it'll take her a month?" Loki asked calmly.

Helena looked at the moon and then back at Loki as she whispered, "I had a dream…it was a dream about my mother being stuck in the same position as my dad. I don't remember much of anything else since it was a dream but I do remember hearing her say she needed a little more time."

Loki frowned.

The dream could either have been a warning from her spirituality.

But it could also have been a simple subconscious expression of her worries.

As if knowing what Loki was stuck on, Helena continued to speak-

"I know it might just seem like something not very important, but the only other time I've dreamed about the situation with my father was when he was trapped in that situation in the first place."

"Ah…" A weird noise leaked from Loki's mouth as he was able to connect two vague dots.

'So that person last year who needed to purify those Chained Pathway Beyonder Characteristics was able to sacrifice them to 'Him'.'

'That was probably what allowed 'Him' to gain enough ground to be able to interfere with 'His' daughter's dreams.'

'But there are a lot more things that can be interpreted from such a dream.'

'The Chained God is against the idea of having his wife trapped in his place.'

'But the reason is unknown. It could simply be because he thinks she would lose, but it could also be because he already has a plan in motion.'

'But if Rowena is still going at it. And doing it without asking Mr. Error's help, it means she's sure of something else. Since she surely knows most of whatever I know by virtue of being the true god of the Hermit Pathway.'

'Apart from that…communicating with Helena in such a way without letting her get corrupted by 'Her' means that the Chained God has some excess energy to spend.'

'Hmm…'

Loki looked Helena straight in the eyes and spoke with a serious expression-

"Give me some time to think about it. I want to think about this with a clear head. It's too much of a difficult choice for me to make immediately."

Helena nodded softly and after wishing Loki a good night, vanished through a wall, leaving Loki behind alone in the Seventh-floor corridor.

With everyone gone, Loki paced around the corridor three times and stepped into the Room of Requirements where the other two Gods were housed.

'How do I help either of them?'

'Godric Gryffindor would most likely require me to use the Gryffindor Sword.'

'What about Helga though?'

'Does her bowl require a food recipe or something?'

Loki frowned, not understanding what he might do with her just yet.

After a few minutes, Loki sat down at the table and sipped on the room's precious herbal milk tea while thinking about what the Hogwarts Honest Mill was about to uncover for the rest of the wizarding world to see.

'If Umbridge is really doing as Helena's found out…that means one of two things…either Fudge and Dumbledore are cooking up something together, or Dumbledore has set up the stage for Fudge to fall…and fall rather terribly.'

'I should send a letter regarding the matter to Walburga.'

Loki quickly penned a letter and then called for Sunny using his special whistle.

"Give this to Walburga. You don't need to wait for a response."

Sunny nodded as he caught the letter and the coin that Loki flicked over to him before stuffing them into his pouch as he stepped back into the spirit world and vanished from sight.

Loki then closed his eyes as he focused on and pondered about Helena's offer.

'The Fool Blasphemy card is pretty important.'

'Not only would it let me use High Sequence Beyonder powers from the Fool sequence if I accommodate it, but would also allow me to raise Beyonders that belong to this pathway.'

'The biggest plus side would be that my divinations are likely to become more empowered if I accommodate the Fool card within me.'

'Not that the Sefirah Castle wouldn't aid my divinations, but that the concealment powers of the Fool pathway would help me to conceal my actions in the real world outside the Sefirah Castle because of strong anti-divination effects.'

'Especially when I don't have a lot of the Grey Fog with me right now since most of it is being used to conceal Tom's body in the Astral World for that strange ritual.'

'And Salazar's gift is pretty useful too.'

'Who should I choose for it though?'

'That's rather difficult.'

'Sirius doesn't have any uses at first glance since he belongs to the White faction and is more situated to do flashy things that can help take away heat from more sensitive matters.'

'But that personality of his is what makes him useful since he can be manipulated as long as he doesn't catch onto the fact that you're using him.'

'Walburga is a lot less flashy, but strengthening her involves improving the power of the Black Family. It would likely create a secondary faction of nobles that might help by taking over a large chunk of wizards from each faction to support Mr. Error.'

'Sunny however is tempting to choose especially since no one really knows about him being a Beyonder.'

'He can be a surprise wild card that can be sprung upon unsuspecting enemies.'

Loki intertwined his fingers and lay his chin on them as he thought further.

'But how will I 'distract' 'Her' in the first place?'

'Do I do something grand in the Abyss?'

'But what could I bait her with if I want to 'distract' 'Her'? I can't simply make 'Her' chase me through it now can I?'

''Cause the second she learns of my position, I doubt I can live longer than a few moments after that when even Laura's husband is partially safe inside the Abyss only because of the Uniqueness of the Arbiter Pathway.'

Loki kept his eyes closed as he steadily thought of various possibilities.

'Could I use the Disk of Wishes in some way?'

'I could…but I can't trust something that has a mind of its own.'

'What if it refused to fulfil my wish at a critical moment?'

'Even if I'm able to make it more cooperative by parasitising it, I doubt I'll be able to trust it unless I can figure out why the Disk of Wishes didn't work for me in the first place to help me time travel.'

'What about some other options?'

'Could I make a device that can grab her attention?'

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