Chapter 193 Prisoner Life in Nurmengard

In the past few decades, this castle has only been inhabited by Grindelwald alone, but today it welcomes another person. The arrival of this person may add a little life to the castle.

After Grindelwald taught Ada how to enter and exit the castle, he turned and went upstairs. The first-generation Dark Lord had nothing to say to Ada. Taking Ada in and allowing Ada to live here was all for Dumbledore's sake. This was Nurmengard, not a psychological institution. Grindelwald had no intention of enlightening a troubled girl.

After the owner of the castle left, Ada took a tour around the first floor. Except for the extremely spacious hall, the rest of the entire first floor were only functional rooms such as reception rooms, and there were no rooms suitable for living.

Climbing up the stairs, Ada finally found a bedroom that satisfied her. It is said to be a bedroom, but Ada thinks it would be more appropriate to describe it as a loft. Opening the door first reveals a small living room, and then up a flight of stairs leads to the bedroom. What makes Ada most satisfied is the large floor-to-ceiling window in the suite. Holding on to the railing and looking at the snow-capped mountains through the floor-to-ceiling window, a kind of pride will surge in your chest.

Now that I have decided to choose this loft, the first thing to do is to clean it up. There is dust and floating dust all over the floor. This place does not look like it can be lived in. The hard bed with missing mattress, the bookshelf that was once full of books but now empty, the original color of the carpet cannot be seen, and only the framed portraits are left. These all need to be sorted out by Ada bit by bit.

Fortunately, Ada once tidied up the Shrieking Shack with the house elf Winnie, so she was quite comfortable tidying up this loft. During the process of tidying up, Ada felt that this room seemed to have been lived in by a woman, or was decorated by a woman herself. There was no pink atmosphere, but the decoration was particularly warm.

It took Ada a full afternoon to tidy up the room, and she also had time to see what Professor McGonagall had prepared for her. Ada rummaged around in her handbag, which had been cast with the Seamless Stretching Charm. She took out three sets of clothes, a set of pajamas, two pairs of shoes, a few books she had been reading recently, and some food that could be used to satisfy her hunger. Snacks, tea bags, cocoa powder, cream, etc.

The handbag was not emptied until a set of bedding was finally brought out. Ada said that she was exiled, but the things that Professor McGonagall prepared were more like for Ada to use on vacation. No wonder she went there so much. It took me a long time to return to the principal's office.

If this was not the deep mountains of Austria, but a tropical island, and Ada took out a bikini, it would be more like a vacation.

The sky was getting dark, and Ada, who was hungry, appeared in the storeroom on the first floor of the castle with squinting eyes. There was only bread and some vegetables for making soup. Seeing that there was not even a piece of steak here, Ada, as a carnivore, was very dissatisfied. She took back the statement that Grindelwald was an exiled monarch. Whose exiled monarch drinks vegetable soup every day? Even rabbits can't bear to eat like this!

Ada first filled her stomach, and then sent a simple dinner to the top of the castle. After knocking on the door and putting down the dinner plate, Ada left. Whether Grindelwald would eat or not was his business, and he and Ada Nothing to do.

Back in her room, Ada used a fire spell to raise a flame in the fireplace, and the warm magical flame dispelled the chill in the room. Ada found another large copper kettle, boiled a large pot of water, and brewed herself a cup of hot cocoa. Ada sat in front of the railing and quietly flipped through the "Medieval Witchcraft Guide" in her hand.

But Ada was not interested in the text in front of her. She was thinking about another book now, a book she had seen at the Burrow, called "The Magic of Baking Bread". A book becomes less useful when it is used. If Ada could read this book when she was at the Burrow, her life in Nurmengard would probably be easier.

Putting away the "Guide to Medieval Witchcraft" and holding the hot cocoa in her hand, Ada leaned against the railing and admired the bright moonlight. Her exile in Nurmengard began on this silver night, but she didn't know when it would end.

Ada could actually choose to escape from Nurmengard and leave. She knew how to enter and exit the castle, and Grindelwald would not stop her from leaving. But after she escaped from the castle privately, she was afraid she would never return to Hogwarts.

In this way, Ada settled in Nurmengard. She and Grindelwald did not disturb each other and lived their own lives. Except for going downstairs when eating, Grindelwald spends the rest of his time on the top floor of the castle, never going anywhere.

Compared to the otaku Grindelwald, Ada lived a more comfortable life. During the day, she would read and rest in the castle, or wander outside the castle. She also found a small village with simple folk customs. At night, Ada will stay in the castle and clean the castle properly. It's not that Ada is hardworking, but it's just that it's really dirty here.

Such a peaceful day lasted until the fifth day before it was broken. It was not Ada who broke the previous agreement, but Grindelwald who took the initiative to break it.

This morning, Grindelwald went downstairs to have breakfast as usual. Since Ada arrived, Grindelwald no longer has to prepare breakfast and dinner by himself, because Ada, who needs more energy, gets hungry faster than he does.

Ada tore into the bread and said hello without raising her head: "Good morning."

"Good morning." This was the first time in several days that Grindelwald responded to Ada's greetings. After sitting down, Grindelwald suddenly discovered that in addition to bread and vegetable soup, there was an extra piece of bacon on the plate.

"Where did this bacon come from?" Grindelwald asked. The person responsible for delivering food hadn't delivered meat for many years, and Grindelwald didn't care.

"Of course they were exchanged with the villagers down the mountain." Ada explained. "There are some old handicrafts in the castle, which are very popular with the villagers."

After choking on bread for several days, Ada couldn't bear it anymore, so Ada, who wanted to eat meat, found the simple villagers at the foot of the mountain. Although Ada did not have Muggle currency, there were some beautifully crafted old handicrafts in the castle, so Ada used the most primitive barter method to exchange for some meat products from the villagers.

The simple and kind-hearted villagers did not regard Ada as a child living in the busy city with "nugget gold" in her arms, and she did not need to pretend to be a magic stick to deceive these villagers, although she initially wanted to get away with nothing.

At first Grindelwald thought that Ada would not be able to bear the boring life in Nurmengard and would cry and want to go back to Hogwarts in a few days. But Ada persisted here for five days without complaining, and also used her own methods to improve the food in the castle (although Grindelwald paid for it).

The castle gradually became clean and tidy. Although Ada only lived quietly here, she really brought the vitality of young people to Nurmengard.

"Why do you think you came here?" Grindelwald asked.

After swallowing the last bite of bread, Ada said: "I don't feel that I have done anything wrong. I will give back to others how they treat me. If you insist that I am wrong, maybe it is because I should not have such a talent? Or? Is it because I am not satisfied with my status?"

"Magic will only flourish in a few souls. This is never a mistake, but your birthright." Grindelwald said, "You are wrong because you are still weak, and you are wrong because you do not have an unwavering will." Thought."

"To this day, do you still think you were right?"

"I admit my failure, and I also admit that I have caused pain to many people, but I never think that my ideals are wrong. What is wrong is just the way I implement my ideals." Grindelwald said, "I It was once predicted that Muggles would have more power than wizards, and this prediction has already become a reality. You come from the world of Muggles, so you should see it more clearly."

Planes, cannons, missiles, and nuclear bombs are no longer at the mercy of wizards. Muggle society is changing with each passing day, but wizards are stuck in their ways, and have even regressed. Once the magic world is exposed and wizards and Muggles choose to go to war, Ada is not optimistic about the decadent magic world.

The Grindelwald in front of him once almost destroyed the entire Paris with a magic spell, but how many of the few wizards could do this? Unless wizards use the Imperius Curse to control the entire upper echelons of Muggle society, and at the same time hide it from other classes, sooner or later the balance of victory will tip to the Muggles.

But these are all empty talk. If you want to start a war with the Muggle world, you first need to unite the combat power of the entire magical world. This is almost impossible to do. If you don’t believe me, ask Grindelwald, do you think he has done it?

"Because your mind is not firm, you hesitate when doing things. If I were you, I would unify those ignorant students. If they are still so hopeless, I would give them an unforgettable experience. ." Grindelwald continued, "Instead of starting like you and ending at the end."