Chapter 820 Young Ideals and Reality
"Because the prototype of this plan was originally thought up by us when we were young...many years ago, we were very close friends..." Dumbledore was silent for a long time before speaking slowly, bending There was a hint of regret and nostalgia in his eyes under the moon-shaped glasses, and his thoughts seemed to wander back to that afternoon more than a hundred years ago.
He and Grindelwald were sitting face to face as they were now, discussing the future of the wizarding world together.
At that time, he loved playing chess the most, representing Muggles as villains, and playing games with Grindelwald as wizards.
In countless contests, they have deduced a generally feasible route, and have always believed that there are too many Muggles. If wizards want to go to the stage openly, there is only one way to go.
That is to provoke a war between Muggles, and then use magic as a decisive force to control the weak to defeat the strong, thereby achieving the purpose of massively reducing the Muggle population and dominating the world.
He once naively believed that this was the only way to realize their original vision...
The Muggles and wizards who died because of this were necessary sacrifices, the pain of an era - all for the greater good!
As Dumbledore told the story, Ivan's eyes became more and more weird. He did not expect that the old professor was still an anti-humanist when he was young.
Of course Ivan knew that Dumbledore and Grindelwald had a close relationship, and had even privately discussed some evil plan to rule the Muggles, but the two men played too hard...
It was hard for Ivan to imagine that two teenagers could think so far back then...
"In this way, Grindelwald spent decades perfecting our original plan, and then that night, he sneaked into Hogwarts to reveal the plan and wanted to invite me to join him..." Dumbledore started. said.
"You rejected him, right?" Ivan told the final result, feeling a little emotional at the same time.
Grindelwald and Dumbledore are both powerful wizards who transcend the ordinary world. If the two can really join forces and help each other overtly and covertly, they might be able to realize their various plans.
"No, I'm afraid you overestimated me, Hals. I hesitated that night and didn't give him any clear answer..." Dumbledore shook his head, closed his eyes and said, memories emerging in his mind.
He still remembered that night when Grindelwald suddenly appeared in his lounge and told him very happily that he had found the Deathly Hallows and gathered enough people. Everything was ready and they already had it. He gained the powerful power he had dreamed of back then.
As long as he nods in agreement, the two of them can realize their original vision together.
His feelings at that time were beyond words. Since Ariana's death, he and Grindelwald had lost contact.
The two of them had not seen each other for decades, but the other party still had not forgotten themselves, and had even been moving towards the path they had envisioned, and proposed an extremely complete and practical plan.
The dream that was originally out of reach seemed to be within reach at the time...
As long as they are willing to take a step forward hand in hand!
Therefore, Dumbledore hesitated and was moved, but did not refuse the other party's proposal immediately...
"I think anyone may get carried away when facing the comfort of close friends and the dreams of youth." Ivan said with relief. Emotion is Dumbledore's magic weapon to win, but it is also his fatal knot!
Dumbledore nodded noncommittally, and then continued to talk. He did not express his position that time, but Grindelwald probably took his attitude as rejection, and did not contact him again for a long time.
But that's just as well, because Dumbledore is not sure whether he can resist this temptation again...
The next time we heard about Grindelwald, he had become the Dark Lord who made the entire European wizarding world tremble. He was leading a group of saints and was preparing to provoke a war between wizards and Muggles.
"At first, I had no intention of being hostile to him. We also swore an oath never to confront each other. Although Grindelwald's idea was too radical, at that time I stubbornly believed that this was a way out for the magical world." Deng Bullido added.
"Then why did you change your attention in the end?" Ivan asked puzzledly. Grindelwald played the emotional card and used the boy's wish as his trump card. It can be said that he can attack Dumbledore's weaknesses. If it is He would probably be excited and ready to fight.
But Dumbledore just endured it, and in the end he killed his relatives out of justice, which really made him feel a little hard to understand...
"Because Grindelwald's plan did not go smoothly and encountered far more resistance than we had imagined. Not only did the wizarding world in America and Europe issue arrest warrants for Grindelwald, but even the Federation of Nations issued arrest warrants for Grindelwald. The wizard has also joined in, and he is almost making an enemy of the entire world!" Dumbledore said with a sigh.
Wizards like them are indeed very powerful, and no amount of ordinary Aurors can threaten their lives.
But there is a limit to such power. As long as there are ten wizards like McGonagall, Snape, and Flitwick, it is enough to contain them.
Grindelwald's power was not strong enough to force wizards who did not agree with his ideas to obey his will.
Dumbledore could predict that even with his participation, it would probably be a dead end!
"I expected his failure in advance. The facts are just as I imagined. The situation is gradually getting worse. Facing the encirclement and suppression from all sides, Grindelwald's acting style is becoming more and more crazy, and countless people have died... He became more and more indifferent to life, and even went so crazy that he wanted to destroy Paris..."
Dumbledore's voice was slightly trembling. "At that time, I realized that those wizards and Muggles who died in the dispute were not chess pieces in our hands. I had suffered the loss of a loved one and understood the pain... I could not let him go. Keep spreading this pain and causing more havoc!”
There was a hint of guilt in Dumbledore's eyes, partly because he felt that he needed to bear a certain amount of responsibility for those who died in the chaos.
Another part of the guilt was towards Grindelwald.
Many years ago, when he and Grindelwald were playing chess, they made countless deductions just so that the wizard group represented by the other party could finally defeat the Muggle forces they represented.
But fate is particularly ridiculous. After many years, when they truly grasped the power and faced each other again with similar identities, the situation was reversed - he personally shattered their former ideals...
Because he thinks that is completely unrealistic and will only increase the pain...