Epilogue
Malleus looked out the window of his home, Lilia and Sebek standing beside him. Silver has grown old and has long since passed, though, he did settle down and had a family of his own. Malleus kept an eye on Silver’s line. His great-great-great-grandchild has given him a great-great-great-great-granddaughter last spring.
“It’s been a few centuries since Regina came into our world but she has finally left the world for good.” Lilia reported before his expression changed to something more amused, “In time for Yule. Though her castle still floats around the world charmed to stay in perfect condition. I believe it will soon be turned into a historical site.”
The unsaid message that it may also have been charmed like that so that, should Regina and her court return, they will have a place to stay.
“The countries have changed a lot under her reign, even our own, which has gone into almost seclusion for a long time.” Sebek said.
Malleus looked at Sebek, he has grown up a lot after all this time. Then he thought about Regina. She started off looking like a sixteen-year-old but, after centuries, she only looked four years older. Not like Lilia, who was around for a long time, but she was human (all the countries checked), Malleus didn’t know how that worked. He theorized it had something to do with her magic but he wasn’t sure.
“Yes. I doubt the countries can return to what they were before Regina came to power if they even knew how. If they knew how and they tried to reverse the changes, they might get a riot on their hands.” Malleus stated as he thought about things.
Regina was like a tyrant. She did whatever she liked, however she liked, whenever she liked. She would demand policies to be implemented and do it herself if they weren’t done. Then she would punish those who refused to implement them. They weren’t bad policies but she didn’t say no for an answer.
No matter what, it was her way or the highway.
She even forced the world to conform to the Olde Traditions and holidays, whatever that meant. Though, they were mostly enforced by Nathaniel Wilkers and weren’t as strictly followed as her other policies. Like how the Winter Holidays has long since been renamed as the Yule Holidays and how Halloween was changed to Samhain.
The magicless human was assisted back home by Regina herself since no one else was able to help him.
Riddle became a world-renowned lawyer who specialized in communicating with Regina about why people were breaking the laws and his legacy lives on as a worldwide, well-respected law firm.
Leona ended up becoming king as he wanted but only because his brother pissed her off enough that she forcefully ordered him to abdicate for Leona. Cheka was still the Crown Prince and it was Cheka’s line that still sits on the throne.
Azul had created a globally successful cafe chain that’s still popular to this day. As for his side job, Regina made sure he stopped it. She didn’t like that he was taking things from others in exchange for granting their wishes.
Kalim became the head of his family without too many problems. It seemed like the usual assassination plots to get rid of Kalim to put someone else in the seat stopped because no one wanted to be the head of the family since that person would need to interact with Regina from time to time. The only assassination plots were only for business talk. Surprisingly, the times when Kalim was in Regina’s castle were the safest since no one dared try to assassinate people in her castle after someone tried to do it once. Regina raised the Hidden Shadows Assassination Guild to the ground.
Regina didn’t kill anyone without reason, she only did so when there was a unanimous vote by her council or if it involved Assassination Guilds, Trafficking Rings, or things that went against her morals.
Riddle’s mother was one of the first people killed after being caught about to hit Riddle in a fit of rage.
Vil became a historic star after he stared as the Main Character of a book that Regina wrote on a whim in tandem with one of her people, Julius Rookwood. People rushed to turn the story into a movie in an effort to please her. Vil was the best fit since the personality and looks of the Main Character matched Vil perfectly. Outside of people watching it to please Regina, the book and movie themselves were rather brilliant.
Idia… Malleus didn’t know what happened to Idia. All he knew for sure was that STYX had gone under when the court found out that they were the ones that went to attack them, his family curse was removed by Regina, and she got rid of all of the phantoms in Tartarus. Somehow. Malleus doesn’t know the details but he does know that it had involved Tristan Harper and a lot of fire so he didn’t want to hear the details. He also knew that Idia lived a long life and his line still lived on. Lilia said that Idia’s family found a nice girl and used ectogenesis to continue their family. Apparently, Regina scared him so much that he became even more cautious around 3D girls.
Grim, Ace, Deuce, and many of the people who went to Night Raven College near the beginning have left a small mark in history but ultimately faded into obscurity. Only leaving a footnote in Regina’s books.
Regina virtually got rid of all the blot in the world. She did this by adding these Rune things onto large slabs of stone all over the world that would take the ink from your Magic Pen out and onto the slab before transfiguring the ink into rocks that could be collected and put to magical research. Regina didn’t care what anyone did with the rocks as long as she didn’t have to deal with people Overblotting after hearing the stories from her court. Currently, the rocks are being used as some kind of energy source.
Regina came in like a tornado, shook everything up, ruled for years, and then left just as quickly as she appeared.
“It’s ironic, isn’t it?” Malleus asked.
“What is?” Sebek asked.
“Isn’t it ironic that Regina came to us at Night Raven College, where we revere the Greats, and now she is being hailed as another Great? The Great Seven have now become the Great Eight.”
Lilia smiled, “Yes. The Queen of Hearts was known for her strictness and her story about how she ruled over the Rose Maze with an iron fist. The King of Beasts was known for his persistence and his story about how he became the King despite all the odds against him. The Sea Witch was known for her benevolence and how she managed to gain the love of the citizens of the sea by performing miracles despite her past.
“The Sorcerer of the Desert was known for his mindfulness and how he became the sultan. The Beautiful Queen was known for her tenacity and the lengths she would go through to keep her ranking as the most beautiful in the world. The God of the Underworld was known for his diligence and how he worked without complaint in the realm of the dead. Finally, the Witch of Thorns, your grandmother, who was known for her nobility and the stories about how incredible she was.
“Now, the story of Regina Guinevere Weasley has become just as famous. She is known for her protectiveness. The story of how she took over the world because five of her people were taken from her is known throughout the world. Night Raven College has announced that there will be an eighth dorm dedicated to her and that people that have a protective soul would be put in there.”
Malleus nodded. It made sense. She was one of the Greats now, the newest and most recent one.
“I’m sure that Master Malleus can become one of the Greats as well!” Sebek announced with passion.
Malleus shook his head. He didn’t have the talent or the drive for that.
He thought back to the first time he saw her, the time she just appeared in the middle of the Dorm Head meeting. He thought about all those times he met with her, representing his country.
Regina Guinevere Lysandra Weasley was, without a doubt, the strongest and greatest of the Greats. All had feared her power and craved her favor. She always did treat those who she acknowledged with such benevolence that many people were jealous of the treatment.
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I stood in front of my family with a blank stare with a letter in my hands. They took it from me and read over it.
“... Why?” I asked, finally finding my voice.
Ginny couldn’t handle it anymore and started laughing, “I told you! Minister of Magic! Minister of Magic!”
“I don’t want to!” I shouted, “Damnit Nate! This is all your fault, I know it!”
Meekly, Harry raised his hand, “Um… Lys… I….”
“You?” I asked my face contorted to one of betrayal.
Okay, it was very dramatic but damn it, Harry why did you do this to me?!
“Sorry! It’s just-” Harry went on a whole spheal about why he decided that I would be the best for the job.
It all boiled down to the fact that I was young enough not to be trapped by old thinking but I also know the old traditions, I already have a good support base, and because he knew I could do it thanks to my time as the Regina of Slytherin as well as ruling as an actual Queen of a world for years. Damn it, I knew World Domination was a bad idea.
Actually, let me rephrase that. World Domination was a Bad Idea, fuck you, Nate.
The bloody wanker even broadcasted a compilation of his favorite moments of my rule to all of the council! Thank Magic he made all of them do the equivalent of signing a magical NDA or else I’d have his head because he really made me out to be a Mad Dark Witch who took over the world for no reason.
I leaned my head against Percy, who just patted my head. While he did congratulate me on this, he comforted me.
This is why Percy was my favorite.
Everyone else sucks.
“Em… it also helped that you’re a Seer so you can know if something bad would happen and stop it, like you did when you were Queen of Twisted Wonderland and-”
“Harry. Just… Just shut up.” I muttered.
Damn it, I just quit my Queendom and moved back home permanently a month ago, I wanted a longer break!
If my first order while in office was to call my boys in and punch Nate in the face before ordering him and Jay to spar, well, that was no one’s business by my own. The popcorn Dietrich brought for us to eat while we all watched Jay destroy Nate was delicious.
So were the curses the oh-so refined Nate muttered when we patched him up while Jay just stood by, smiling like the absolute angel he was.