"I guess now I just have to find people to teach me world-ruling magic." Which actually isn't all that farfetched, but he'd never actually ask Harlan to teach him any of that enchantment stuff.

He doesn't count on being able to take anything with him, either. Apparently, people have come and gone without ever being the wiser. Which means they probably lose everything, and not just the memories of it. Besides, if magic doesn't exist in his world, then it just doesn't. The spells he learned wouldn't do anything if there was no force to power them.

"Sorry, I don't think thorn bushes would really help the conquest."