Chapter 136 GGAD (Please Vote for Me, Big Big Chapter)

"The future? Last month, you didn't have such a high opinion of her. Could it be that something happened again? I guess, did she secretly sell the Dumbledore family's property? It’s like selling Hogwarts.”

Glancing at Dumbledore who looked serious, Gellert Grindelwald stretched out his hand to cover his knees with the thin blanket on the bed, his tone full of schadenfreude.

"That's not true. Also, Hogwarts has not been sold. It has just been mortgaged and can be redeemed after maturity." Dumbledore's face trembled and he corrected with extra seriousness.

"Okay, whatever you say."

As a student who was expelled from Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Grindelwald had quite a different view from Dumbledore on the so-called magic school.

Therefore, even after hearing about Elena's mortgage of Hogwarts, his reaction was much calmer and indifferent than Dumbledore.

After all, when he was at his peak, even destroying a Muggle city was not a big deal.

Whether it was the Gringotts contract or the currency exchange rate, Grindelwald regarded it as trivial businessman tricks.

In the face of absolutely powerful strength and a vast world, he was just a little cleverness that made people laugh. When he swept the entire magical world, wealth, something so easily available, had nothing to do with the stones on the roadside in Grindelwald's eyes. the difference.

In fact, if it weren't for this sharp-tongued white-haired little bastard who insisted on arguing with him about [the hypothetical deduction of the war between the non-magical world and the magical world], he wouldn't have gone to great lengths to help Dumbledore. Sign some "unbreakable oath".

Over the past month, every time he thought of this little guy's face, Grindelwald felt a tightness in his chest.

In his impression, even the most difficult international magical authorities were not so fussy about some details. In every line of the oath and every paragraph, if they were not careful, there would be a trap waiting for him and Dumbledore.

"Anyway, take her away quickly. You can teach your students by yourself. I have done enough." Grindelwald waved his hand and said firmly.

"Are you sure? This child's talent in magic is no less than her eloquence and intelligence."

Dumbledore smiled slightly, as if he didn't see the expression of resistance on Grindelwald's face, pulled over the old wooden chair in the room and sat down slowly.

"She is only ten years old now, and she will not turn eleven until September 25th this year. However, her current magic power is comparable to that of a fifteen or sixteen year old child, and is even better than ours back then. . And without having any contact with magic, it only took half a day to learn and master a complete light spell by myself - at the textbook level."

As a "friend" who has known each other for most of his life, just like Grindelwald knows Dumbledore, Dumbledore, who is good at grasping people's hearts, knows Grindelwald's likes and interests very well.

Although Grindelwald has always been highly self-centered, he has little interest and patience in those who are lower than himself.

But he is particularly fond of those talented, talented and intelligent people, and is very keen to establish a close connection with them. Elena, who has a strong magical talent, is very attractive to both Dumbledore and Grindelwald. A very rare gem.

"Half a day? I wasn't that stupid back then. When I tried magic for the first time, I mastered two spells in less than half a day." Grindelwald shook his head disapprovingly.

Compared to most young wizards, it was the first time for them to learn magic by themselves. Mastering a spell in just half a day was really good, but it was only good.

"But..." Dumbledore paused, with a hint of disbelief in his eyes, "What if in this half-day, she also taught the other eight first-year students in the same carriage how to cast this spell? "

There's a big difference between learning a spell and teaching someone else a spell.

There are not many outstanding wizards who graduate from Hogwarts every year, but there are very few wizards with the ability to teach. It is difficult for most wizards to systematically and effectively teach what they have learned to others.

This is also the reason that has long restricted the expansion of enrollment in various schools in the wizarding world - the extreme lack of teacher resources.

"Teaching eight classmates at the same time? Did you know how to win over your own little influence when you first entered school? It's a bit interesting."

Grindelwald raised his left eyebrow slightly and nodded thoughtfully. His focus was not quite the same as Dumbledore's. The Lone Ranger may be a role model, but if you want to change the world, it will never be accomplished by more than one person.

"Not only that, she grows up much faster than I imagined, and her ability to incite is much more terrifying than I imagined."

Dumbledore sighed tiredly, subconsciously rubbed his temples, and said in a tired tone.

"On the first day of school, she led all the first-year students to ransack the kitchen of our school. Then the next morning, it directly triggered the biggest student conflict between the two houses since the founding of Hogwarts. From first grade to seventh grade, hundreds of little wizards participated in this gang fight."

Having said this, Dumbledore glanced at Grindelwald, who still seemed to be confused, took out his wand and shook it in the air, "Forget it, you'd better feel it for yourself."

【Prior recollection】

A bit of white light bloomed from the tip of the old man's wand, and then quickly spread into a shadowy curtain of light. Judging from the visual position, it seemed to be a student standing in the Hufflepuff common room.

In the center of the picture is Elena Kaslana, surrounded by the crowd by the fireplace. At this time, she was explaining her theory about the relationship between Hufflepuff and honey badger with reasonable basis.

"I am not asking you to be hostile to students from other houses, nor am I belittling the other three houses. I just hope that everyone can face up to our own dignity and status. Hufflepuff House has never been inferior to others. If someone still holds If there is such a wrong view, then I think some necessary force and resistance should be considered..."

Following the girl's voice, more and more little wizards gathered around, nodding their heads from time to time, thinking seriously about her point of view.

"Doesn't it look familiar?"

Dumbledore glanced at Gellert Grindelwald, who was starting to look serious in front of him, and said softly that he had seen such a similar scene more than once - except that the protagonist was another white-haired man.

So when he saw this scene through Legilimency, Dumbledore's first thought was whether his student had accidentally cast the Imperius Curse by Grindelwald.

"What are you talking about? I..."

As if he saw something disgusting, Grindelwald frowned heavily and subconsciously retorted emotionally.

"Shh, don't rush to a conclusion yet, there will be more later."

Dumbledore leaned forward, gently pressed Grindelwald's shoulder, and motioned him to continue to look back. As he spoke, the old man waved the wand in his hand again.

Soon, the light and shadow in the air changed again, divided into several different perspectives, obviously not just from the same person's memory. However, the scenes in the pictures are all the same. They are all in a noisy and crowded underground tunnel where curses are flying.

Even in the Wizarding War led by Grindelwald, such large-scale curse confrontations were relatively rare.

After Dumbledore's deliberate selection and arrangement, a white-haired dumpling wandering on the edge of the battlefield, appearing in different people's "memories" from time to time, looked particularly conspicuous and eye-catching.

"First-year students, let's drag back the fallen senior over there."

"We need a revival spell here. If one doesn't work, use two."

"You're awake, come on now."

"Did you see that, the Slytherins in that direction are particularly strong, so they fainted and prepared to fire a volley."

"What does it matter if the wand is missing? We will cover you and quickly move over to snatch the wand out of their hands with our fists."

"Put down your wand and stop resisting. No one will be hurt again... Trust me, Hufflepuff always comes with peace and good will."

Snap. Snap.

Along with the sound of wands falling to the ground in the last continuous light and shadow scene, all the memory light curtains turned into a thin mist like bubbles rising into the sky, gradually disappearing and dimming, and the whole room returned to the dark and quiet environment again.

Dumbledore, who once again completely sorted out the beginning and end of the entire incident, looked slightly green. His previous scattered understanding was still quite different from his centralized observation.

The most important thing is that he also saw the prototype of something more terrifying. Dumbledore finally understood why the idea of ​​meeting Grindelwald that had been swirling in his mind was.

"This is the army..."

"No, to be precise...it's the prototype of the wizard army."

Unknowingly, Gellert Grindelwald had completely sat upright, murmuring, and the neat rows of magic beams he had seen before seemed to flash in his somewhat chaotic eyes, and one after another stood up and moved forward. The charging students.

For Grindelwald, who had thought about forming an army of Inferi or an army of wizards more than once, the scene before him was not just a fight between a group of students.

The sense of layering and clear purpose displayed behind it was like a poppy, exuding fatal temptation and beauty, making him unable to help but start thinking about those things in the past.

"Oh my god, Albus you are such a devil, you know what a... baby has come into your school. Oh my god, is she really only ten years old?"

Grindelwald grabbed his sparse hair hard and let out a feeble groan. He couldn't even find an appropriate adjective for the moment.

Whether it was the judgment of the situation, the grasp of the opportunity, or even the analysis and guidance of people's hearts... Grindelwald seemed to be looking in the mirror, clearly seeing his own shadow in the girl's body.

"So, your real purpose is to lock that child here, right?"

After a moment of silence, Grindelwald suddenly raised his head and looked at Dumbledore solemnly.

"I don't believe that you would really trust me to teach such a child. Aren't you afraid that a more powerful dark wizard will appear in the magic world? You know, even a junior like Voldemort can make you miserable. , let alone this child.”

In addition to Azkaban, which is guarded by dementors, if Dumbledore plans to imprison someone, then Nurmengard Castle, which is full of various magical protections, is undoubtedly the most suitable place.

Take this opportunity to exile Elena Kaslana to this castle?

Judging from the oath, her life was indeed not harmed, and she was perfectly protected. The future of the magic world was also freed from a potential threat - the only price was that one's future needed to be sacrificed.

"No, we've discussed this countless times before."

After Dumbledore hesitated for a few seconds, he shook his head firmly and slowly, "In order to achieve the right purpose, we must insist on using the right behavior as a last resort, even if it is not so effective and controllable."

As Dumbledore spoke, he raised his head and looked at Grindelwald in front of him, his eyes becoming more determined.

"At least from now on, regardless of starting point or result, Elena did not make a big mistake. If we really want to imprison and restrict her, then her only mistake is that she should not have such a powerful magical talent. And such dazzling charisma and leadership qualities. But..."

"However, dazzling talents are always the blessing of the times and should not be limited. All those who fear the future will eventually be abandoned by the future, and we should refuse to succumb to all terms that seek to destroy infinite possibilities."

Grindelwald couldn't help grinning, and then continued Dumbledore's words, his eyes gradually becoming brighter.

He felt that he suddenly returned to Godric's Hollow many years ago, the starting point where two wizards with the same ideals and ambitions worked together for a great goal in the future.

As if being infected by Grindelwald's emotions, Dumbledore's tone gradually became more excited. He crossed his fingers on his knees and nodded.

"You are right. Blindly closing and restricting knowledge has no benefit except constantly stimulating rebellious psychology and ignorance and arrogance. There is no clear distinction between black and white in magic itself. It is just a unique It’s just his talent. At least he shouldn’t be like Voldemort, who kills just for the sake of domination.”

"Voldemort? He's just an arrogant fool. He doesn't even understand what he is doing." Grindelwald shook his head in disdain, with a hint of undisguised contempt in his words and demeanor.

There is no doubt that whether it is in terms of magical attainments or the breadth of influence on the entire wizarding world, Voldemort, who only relied on the library's collection of books to explore on his own, is obviously far inferior to Grindelwald who swept the entire wizarding world.

But Voldemort, with his madness and the atmosphere of terror that permeated the entire magical world, made everyone unanimously rank him ahead of Grindelwald, becoming the most dangerous dark wizard in history - after all, this is a man who can't say anything about himself. His subordinates, who even he dared to kill, are terrifying existences that will always haunt him.

Dumbledore shook his head and did not talk more about Voldemort. He still didn't understand some of the weirdness displayed by Voldemort.

The old wizard reached out and took the initiative to hold Grindelwald's hands, looked him in the eyes, and repeated this for the third time today.

"So, I once again implore you to help me teach this child. Whether it is good or bad, we will teach her completely. In this way, at least she can understand what she is doing."

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GGAD = Gellert Grindelwald + Albus Dumbledore

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