Chapter 505 Death

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Nurmengard was more deserted than usual. A small number of outstanding students followed the principal and Mr. Grindelwald to Hogwarts to participate in this year's Goblet of Fire. Some of the professors were also taken away, and the remaining students guarded Strict school rules continue to teach magic in the castle - the students who are more courageous and less worried about being severely punished basically go to Hogwarts, so even if the principal is not in Nurmengard, the remaining students dare not go Places that are forbidden to go to, such as the basement level, the principal's floor, etc.

Of course, they would not have thought that there was a Hogwarts student secretly thinking in the room that Nurmengard students were prohibited from entering.

Sean sat on the velvet armchair next to the fireplace, which was where he and Grindelwald sat when they first met. Of course, the owners of the two velvet armchairs here had not been back for a long time.

Sitting in a familiar position, Sean covered his chin and frowned tightly.

The date when Grindelwald officially started his time travel was actually the same date as the final match day of the Four-Wizard Tournament?

Of course there are all kinds of coincidences in the world. If a series of circumstances didn't happen, then Sean might have had an idea - this was just a coincidence.

However, given the current situation, Sean would never believe that the similarity of the two dates was just a coincidence.

Since Grindelwald's long-distance time travel happened, Sean has been very sensitive to all kinds of special time.

Logically speaking, he is the only one who knows about Grindelwald's time travel. No, Dumbledore, who has seen Grindelwald's future memories, should also know, and Sean should be the third person to know. In addition, according to Sean's understanding of Grindelwald, the old man will not reveal this critical time to anyone else, including his most trusted subordinate, Vita Rozier.

Moreover, the secret of Grindelwald's time travel should not be known to the returnees. After the big event that the world's will watched, the real Grindelwald hid on the island in the middle of the lake wearing an invisibility cloak, while Sean transformed into His appearance was used to deal with the returnee who came to test him, that is, the legendary invincible Andros.

Judging from his own performance and the other party's reaction, the returnee was not aware of this important secret of Grindelwald.

Sean once asked Grindelwald that the Returners are obviously connected to various ancient Greek wizard families. Those ancient Greek prophets may also reappear in this world as Returners, such as the two well-known Kalkas and Prossos. ancient Greek prophets - so was it possible that the prophets could have predicted everything about Grindelwald?

Grindelwald gave a negative answer. The half-human, half-ghost magical form of the Returned may be able to retain a lot of magical strength during his lifetime, and even possess some abilities that normal wizards cannot possess. However, the talent of the prophet is The greatest gift the world gives to wizards, when your soul leaves the body, the gift will disappear.

In addition, even if the returnees have a living prophet, the effect is very limited. Grindelwald himself is an extremely powerful prophet. It is difficult to predict each other between prophets, especially if one is stronger than the other. time - if the returnees find a very talented divination master, they may be able to see some news about Grindelwald, but the details of Grindelwald's time travel cannot be pieced together with a few threads. .

After Grindelwald explained, Sean was relieved at that time. As long as Grindelwald's body was not discovered hiding on the island in the middle of the lake, then this time travel accident could be successfully solved after the time arrives - if If the two Grindelwalds can really merge into one smoothly.

However, Sean, who had just learned about this date, was immediately entangled. He didn't think it was just a coincidence in time. Don't forget, during the last school year, the rebellious Lockhart cooperated with Max Dawson. , obtained part of the unknown prophecy from Professor Trelawney.

Although Trelawney is usually a trickster, when her prophetic talent is truly awakened, she possesses very powerful prophetic abilities.

Although the Returners' plan to obtain prophecies from Trelawney was discovered and stopped by Sean, part of the prophecies were still sent to the Returners.

Now, the timing coincidence of these two events makes Sean have to suspect that the returnees have interpreted certain information from Trelawney's incomplete prophecy, such as something big will happen on June 24th, For example, this matter is related to Grindelwald, or it may be interpreted in other ways.

The date of the Four Wizard Tournament has been decided by the organizers long ago. The decision-makers should include the principals of the four schools and the relevant persons in charge of the Ministry of Magic and the International Federation of Wizards - this is what Sean is confused about.

Professor Dumbledore, who had read Grindelwald's memories, should have known about this time point, but he still agreed to the competition day for the last event.

Originally, the competition time of the last event was not that important. Judging from the situation of Durmstrang and the Ministry of Magic being corrupted by the returnees, if one of the parties proposed a similar time, it would generally not be hindered.

Wait... Sean frowned.

He forgot that Dumbledore and the Returners are still cooperating, and Dumbledore's hidden thoughts have not yet been discovered by the Returners. In other words, Dumbledore cannot openly object to the date proposed by the Returners. …

As the president of the International Federation of Wizards, Grindelwald certainly had the right to know the arrangement of the competition date, but he did not use his authority to make changes...

The two people acquiesced in this overlapping time point...

Sean lifted his chin, a little confused.

Could it be that both Dumbledore and Grindelwald felt that this overlapping time point would not affect the important process of Grindelwald becoming one?

At present, it can only be due to this reason...

However, Sean is always a little worried. After all, he still can't see the face of the real big man behind the Returner. This overlapping time always makes him a little uneasy.

However, just the coincidence of time points, what is enough for the other party to do?

Sean thought about it.

From the most obvious point of view, the Four-wizard tournament delayed most people's time. Dumbledore, Sean and others had to be present. The current Grindelwald was caused by a saint who drank polyjuice potion. The main body is controlled by a modified version of the Imperius Curse from a distance. In other words, no one will affect Grindelwald's actions to solve the time travel accident. Of course, no one can support him in time - if something happens Unexpected words.

But there are other possibilities, but there are too many speculations, and Sean cannot come to a more likely conclusion. He is a little annoyed to find that he knows that the returnees have a conspiracy, Grindelwald and Dumbledore He knew it too, but he couldn't do anything.

Can we just wait for the passage of time and then wait until the day to see how everything develops?

This is not the way Sean likes to deal with various things. He prefers to make all the preparations he can in advance to minimize various risks.

Of course, there may be a one in 10,000 possibility that this is really just a coincidence, and Sean is overthinking it.

"No, I have to confirm..." Sean mumbled.

He quickly returned to Hogwarts through the Vanishing Cabinet and turned to the Headmaster's office.

The gargoyle who saw Sean coming over spoke first before he could speak: "Are you here again? But I must remind you that Mr. Principal is not in the office, and he didn't leave any instructions for me. ——If you have any news that you want me to convey to him, you can tell me first, but I have to explain that Mr. Principal has not been back for a long time."

The gargoyle's call made Sean choke for a moment, and then he replied with some annoyance: "Is this what Professor Dumbledore asked you to say?"

The gargoyle moved its base in surprise, and some dust fell off: "You are so smart."

"...I'd rather be stupid." Sean said unhappily.

Dumbledore knew that he would come to him after learning about this matter, so he arranged an answer template with the gargoyle in advance, and the old man started to be the Riddler again.

Sean then thought: "Then can I enter the principal's office?"

The gargoyle stone beast nodded: "Okay, password?"

"memory."

After Sean gave the password, the gargoyle readily gave up the passage, allowing Sean to follow the spiral staircase to the office.

Entering the principal's office, Sean looked around. The layout here was basically the same as when he first came in. The strange-shaped silverware was slowly puffing out steam, and the empty wooden shelves had already accumulated a lot of water. Thin layer of dust.

"Didn't this old man leave me any hints..." Sean rummaged around in the principal's office, whether it was the principal's desk or those ancient display shelves.

The gentlemen and ladies in the frame of past principals watched his actions, and Phineas Black shouted somewhat bitterly after Sean unceremoniously opened a drawer.

“Today’s students really don’t know any manners!”

Sean ignored him and rummaged through the next drawer - but Professor Dumbledore had so many candies hidden in the drawer, but when he opened the drawer, he saw a pile of crawling cockroaches, which was really shocking. Won't it be disgusting?

Seeing that Sean ignored him, Phineas Black was very unhappy and shouted even harder: "That boy, the boy named Wallop, the past principals of Hogwarts are talking to you. Woolen cloth!"

Sean rummaged through the drawers, but still didn't find any key hints. He turned back to look at Phineas Black, and said impatiently: "Mr. Black, I'm doing business. Next. Come on, can I quarrel with you next time?"

Phineas in the frame was so angry that he blew his beard: "You mean, I just came to trouble you?!"

"Uh, what else?" Sean touched his head, and then rummaged for another wooden shelf.

"I swear, if I am still alive, I will smash the picture frame on your head!" Phineas was furious.

However, the other principals ignored this guy and even whispered to each other while Sean was rummaging around.

"I haven't seen such a bold student for a long time, right?"

"It's understandable. This kid is a student of Grindelwald, and Albus likes him so much. And, frankly speaking, Albus's way of speaking would make me a little annoyed."

"But Albus..."

"Shh, don't let him hear you."

The communication in the frame seemed to be carried out in some strange way. Sean did not hear the principals' conversation, but just persevered in looking through each cabinet.

But he also knew that the chance of Dumbledore leaving him a hint was very small. On the one hand, the unbreakable oath, on the other hand, the gaze of the world's will, both of which prevent Dumbledore from giving specific hints.

While Sean was rummaging through a medal display case engraved with the honors of past principals, Dumbledore's predecessor, Armando Dippet, spoke.

"My child, my child, stop looking for it. If Albus has left you some hints, they won't be hidden in those nooks and crannies."

Sean didn't even raise his head and just replied calmly: "There was a very important reminder that he left before. It took me a lot of effort to understand it, and - he wouldn't put those Can I tell you something important?"

"Listen! Listen! Is this what a student should say?!" Phineas was about to explode.

The other principals also discussed loudly, saying that it was very impolite for Sean to speak like this.

However, Sean seemed to have forgotten what demeanor was. He continued: "After all, you are just portraits - please don't get me wrong, I respect you very much. After all, you have made great contributions to Hogwarts, but after all, They are all gone, and I cannot count on you for the safety of Hogwarts now..."

As soon as these words came out, the principals of the past generations exploded into a ball. They all wanted to jump up and give Sean a cane. This was really rude.

Phineas was even more furious. He screamed: "You are just a child! You don't understand what adults are thinking!"

Sean replied calmly: "Children do not mean that they have no right to know, especially since I am a key figure in the prophecy. Although it is not good to say this behind my back, I feel that Professor Dumbledore's thoughts and your thoughts should be Make more progress.”

Armando Dippet looked very unhappy. As Dumbledore's former principal, he had always admired Dumbledore very much. He shook his beard angrily: "That's for your own good! And Albus did it After making such a big sacrifice, he is almost ready to die!"

Sean looked up.

The other principals paused, then ran into Armando Dippet's frame and blocked his mouth.

"Why did you let it slip?"

"Damn it! Albus told us!"

Sean narrowed his eyes. As he expected, the principals in the frame only had partial memories and consciousness from the past. To put it mildly, they didn't have high IQs.

As expected, he was deceived by himself.

But the fake news...

Sean asked in a deep voice: "Why do you say Professor Dumbledore is seeking death?!"