A Professor of Magic at Hogwarts Chapter 661: Moonlight
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Felix knew Grindelwald when he was in school, the introduction on the chocolate frog card said.
"Defeat the Dark Wizard Grindelwald in 1945."
But at that time Grindelwald was only one of Dumbledore's well-known contributions, a footnote to his legendary experience. Anyone who has seen the chocolate frog picture will only be in awe of Dumbledore, and will not pay any attention to the loser 'Dark Wizard Grindelwald'. Of course, his terrible reputation may be passed on from word to mouth among young children, who let their fertile imaginations run wild in discussions about how bad this guy really is.
Felix has every reason to doubt: During the growth of many young wizards, some were forced to play the role of "Dark Wizard Grindelwald" in dueling games, and eventually fell at the feet of the righteous side.
The time when Felix was really curious about Grindelwald was after listening to Newt's words:
"I can't reveal more - involving Headmaster Dumbledore... Grindelwald is very proud, or confident... and very charismatic, although I don't like it very much, it caused a lot of trouble at the time ..."
Obviously, the short line description on the chocolate frog card is actually wonderful and even thrilling in reality.
And Newt's silence also proved this point.
Later, Voldemort secretly arrested a group of wand craftsmen and experts in the history of magic, including Gregorovitch and Florin Fusk, the owner of the ice cream shop in Diagon Alley. Forcibly fabricated the ten powerful wands, the legend of the "Old Wand" spread, and was dubbed the title of the invincible wand that would never lose, and the current holder was pinned on Felix's head.
Later, there were various indications that perhaps Voldemort had given up the pursuit of the Elder Wand since then, and instead investigated the whereabouts of the snakewood wand inherited from his ancestor Salazar Slytherin. The ten powerful wands were just a means for Voldemort to contain Felix, to find something for him and at the same time confirm the authenticity of the 'Old Wand' in Felix's hand. Moreover, perhaps in Voldemort's plan, the **** inheritance rules of the Elder Wand will more or less affect the tacit understanding between Felix and Dumbledore.
But coincidentally, the real owner of the Elder Wand is Dumbledore, so the estrangement is in vain. .
From this, Felix also guessed that before Dumbledore, the holder of the Elder Wand was Grindelwald.
Afterwards, Voldemort fell cleanly and quickly, and the speed made many people dumbfounded and completely unresponsive. Felix also hooked up with Grindelwald. To be precise, Grindelwald took the initiative to find Felix. The two became pen pals.
Felix smacked his lips. This was also a novel experience for him. He hadn't tried writing to anyone in prison. Considering that Grindelwald once wrote letters letter by letter with a small dim oil lamp, and didn't even have a decent table, he missed that time even more.
Unfortunately, not long after, Felix learned from Dumbledore that Grindelwald was suspected of escaping from prison. fear.
But in the blink of an eye, Dumbledore changed his attitude and left Grindelwald, who took the initiative, to stay at Hogwarts as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
There are several reasons.
There are some reasons that Dumbledore took the initiative to tell Felix, such as Grindelwald's poor physical condition, and his strength has almost permanently declined; Felix partially understood and accepted this statement. Dumbledore had no small influence.
Felix roughly simplifies psychological changes to:
After solving a long-term heart disease, Dumbledore must have been filled with emotions and brought back long-term memories. At this time, the former best friend and enemy met after half a century, and it was inevitable that he felt soft-hearted for a while.
Although there is a limit to this soft heart, Dumbledore promised that Grindelwald would only teach at the school for one year, after which he would return to Nurmengard Castle to continue serving his sentence.
Then Dumbledore's purpose...
After thinking for a moment, Felix came up with a vague idea. He decided to talk to Severus and Madam Pomfrey soon.
"...I didn't realize that the old man's health is getting better and better, and even the sound of quarreling seems full of energy..."
He suspected that Dumbledore was secretly starting something.
In addition to Dumbledore's initiative to tell Felix the reason, he himself heard half of the words from the portrait in the principal's office, which also involved a prophecy...
Here Felix would like to thank Phineas Black.
As for the content of the prophecy - after more than half a year, Felix has gradually grasped a pattern. He really didn't know the specific content of the prophecy, but Dumbledore knew it, and judging from Dumbledore's tolerance for Grindelwald's teaching content, he could roughly outline the shape of the prophecy.
Should have something to do with secrecy laws.
Felix frowned slightly recalling, what does this mean? Is the exposure of the wizarding world inevitable? But he and Dumbledore have a similar consensus, unless Grindelwald can produce more direct evidence, such as the specific time of the event.
Felix was slightly taken aback, and seemed to be right. He had guessed before that the prophecy might be something that needs to be interpreted, such as tea, a crystal ball, astrology, or a fragment of the future. His thoughts kept rolling... He thought of the New Year's parade that Grindelwald showed to the students in the first class of the school.
Parade.
So there will be a massive anti-wizard march in the future?
Felix made a note of the incident. He was not very urgent, Dumbledore's sense of responsibility was much stronger than his, and when the time was right, the content of the prophecy would automatically appear in front of his eyes, and he couldn't hide it even if he wanted to.
Felix felt that Dumbledore was perfectly capable of doing this kind of thing, and the headmaster was very good at keeping secrets.
As for Grindelwald, the professors generally have a good impression of him, with outstanding abilities, profound knowledge, and polite manners in dealing with others. Even Professor McGonagall, who is quite critical of some of his dangerous remarks, has gradually accepted this. A somewhat different colleague. The Charms professor even introduced him as a confidant, "Professor Bagshot is amazing in the subtle handling of spells." The short Flitwick said more than once.
Well, one exception, Felix thought. That Professor Slughorn was as sharp as ever, rarely dealing with Grindelwald alone.
Felix was very curious if he saw something.
But the probability of this is actually very low.
Because Grindelwald has been imprisoned for half a century, his appearance has changed a long time ago. Even McGonagall, Flitwick, and other old teachers didn't recognize him, not to mention that Grindelwald's departure from Nurmengard Castle was not made public, so even if Severus had some doubts about his identity, But I didn't think about it at all.
In the eyes of those who knew his true identity, none of Grindelwald's actions touched the bottom line. If he contacted or responded to the Saints, I believe Dumbledore would send Grindelwald back without hesitation.
Reminiscent of Dumbledore's defensive attitude from the beginning, to now acquiescing to Harry and Grindelwald's contact alone, and even learning magic, this undoubtedly represents an increase in trust.
Felix is also at ease here.
No matter what Grindelwald wants to do, whether it is to pass on his own magic or pass on his own ideas, he only has one year. If he really intends to confuse Harry, he will definitely find that Harry is more stubborn than he imagined.
Dumbledore didn't do nothing, and weekly lessons were no secret. Harry's thinking has been almost finalized in the past few years. What Grindelwald has to do is to reverse it, while Dumbledore guides him to think independently. The difficulty of the two things is completely different.
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Just like the blood alliance mentioned by Harry today, Felix was surprised by the question itself and that Dumbledore had the courage to reveal this past. When Harry faced the choice, Grindel, who had hidden his identity, Waugh had absolutely no way of gaining the upper hand.
Perhaps this was also expected by Dumbledore, who hoped to complement another part of Harry's personality. But exactly what it was, Felix wasn't sure.
……
Later that day, Felix emerged from the campus hospital with the information he wanted.
His guess was right.
Grindelwald's magical power was almost completely imprisoned, no different from a squib. Over the past few decades, his health has been extremely bad, and Madam Pomfrey has been supplying him with mild nourishing potions.
Suddenly, an idea came to Felix's mind: the blood alliance between Dumbledore and Grindelwald may have been destroyed—otherwise they would not be able to duel—but there may be another unreasonable relationship between them. Known magical contract.
And the evidence is what Dumbledore said on the day he learned that Grindelwald disappeared in Nurmengard Castle:
"...he is restricted by powerful spells. I can ensure that these restrictions still exist. It is difficult for him to use advanced magic... No matter what he wants to do, these conditions objectively set the threshold for him."
Why is Dumbledore so sure that the spell has not been broken? There is only one answer that Felix can think of. After the duel, Dumbledore participated in the International Wizarding Confederation's plan to imprison Grindelwald.
As it was getting dark, Felix walked down the spiral staircase and across the hall.
To his slight surprise, there were already people in the open space at the gate of the castle. Two familiar silhouettes were bathed in the golden evening sun. Felix narrowed his eyes, and the edges of their bodies seemed to reflect colorful Xiaguang.
Dumbledore's elder-like tolerant and understanding voice blended with the scene in front of him.
"... It's still a long time, Miss Granger, you have plenty of time to see the road ahead. I think the process of controlling magic power and recognizing yourself has the same effect, that is to follow your heart, the treasure is Wherever the heart is...don't forget, we are Gryffindor."
Hermione lowered her head and said nothing for a while.
"Principal Dumbledore? Granger?" Felix said.
Hermione jerked her head up, gave him a quick glance, screamed, and jumped back a few steps.
"Yes, I'm sorry, I still have something to do, I'm leaving first." She ran away without looking back.
Felix looked stunned.
"What happened to her?"
"Miss Granger is a little confused about her future path. This is the privilege of young people." Dumbledore said with a smile: "She trusts me very much and is willing to tell me something in her heart."
"Oh," Felix looked back at the silent hallway, and said in amazement, "I thought she had set her goal early, Amelia had high expectations for her, and she gave a lot of confidential information to She read it."
Dumbledore blinked, but said nothing. His blue eyes reflected the last rays of light from the horizon, and his long silver beard seemed to glow. When the golden border on the edge of the Forbidden Forest disappeared, the night was covered like a thick curtain, and the earth became dark, but soon, some dots of lights appeared.
"Albus," Felix broke the silence, and said carefully, "I heard a word from Harry today, blood alliance..."
"Ah, I've thought about it. It is indeed possible for him to ask you for help." Dumbledore said calmly: "When I decided to speak out, I no longer felt that I could keep it secret. I also agreed to let Harry learn from other people. Learn wisdom from me. For example, just now Miss Granger asked me for advice."
"That's a blood alliance." Felix said softly.
has a completely different meaning. This at least shows that at a certain stage in Dumbledore and Grindelwald's life, they are willing to give part of their destiny to each other's control.
"Yes, two smart and arrogant teenagers made a reckless oath when they were closest to each other." Dumbledore said, with a touch of relief in his tone, "We are smarter than ordinary people, smarter Much more, so I have to be more arrogant, and I firmly believe that I can accomplish things that my predecessors could not accomplish...But I want to say that being smart does not mean wisdom, and it does not mean that it can replace experience, and we are equally ignorant in some fields."
He looked into the distance, at this time the twilight replaced the sunlight, and stars appeared in the thin sky.
"I once said that Gellert's thoughts attracted me and inspired me. He expressed what I have always buried in my heart but never dared to reveal. I am dissatisfied with the status quo at that time. I am excellent, But I was forced to stay in a village where no one cares about me. I am very talented, but I can't provide shelter for my relatives... Felix, my father's experience still affects me. For a while, in the dead of night, I always ask myself in my heart: What would I do if I saw Ariana being bullied with my own eyes?"
"Sometimes I hate my maturity. I keep telling myself that Muggles, like wizards, are both good and bad. It is stupid and despicable to deny a huge group at will, but when the mother died unfortunately, Ariana When the disease got worse, I was full of resentment and blamed everyone..."
Dumbledore closed his eyes. After a while, he opened his eyes again, and said calmly and almost indifferently, as if he was telling another person's experience:
"During my most painful time, Gellert appeared, and we hit it off immediately. He told me that the same experience happened not only to me, but also to many fellow wizards. We have power, but we will suffer misfortune. , What absurd thing! He proposed a way to get the best of both worlds—at least I thought so at the time—to join hands and establish a new order. From now on, wizards don’t have to hide, Ariana doesn’t have to hide, The tragedy that happened to our family will never happen again."
"We pride ourselves on our wisdom and strength, so we make even greater mistakes."
"I am fascinated and completely immersed in it. Think about it, it can not only solve our family's troubles, but also liberate thousands of wizards. He perfected the plan incessantly, and finally deviated from the original intention, and completely fell aside in the family that should be valued and the brilliant career that only existed in fantasy... You should have guessed the final ending~IndoMTL.com~My sister, Ali Anna...became the first victim after being so lovingly cared for and cared for by my mother."
It was completely dark, and Dumbledore was completely immersed in the darkness.
"Albus --"
"Don't comfort me, Felix, I've got what I want." Dumbledore turned around, walked slowly towards the castle, and said softly at the same time: "Maybe we were born with our own mission , and my mission is to correct the mistakes I have made. Felix, you also have your own mission."
Felix stared at Dumbledore's back, and he heard something different.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes wide, thestral-like gray eyes shining in the dark night, Dumbledore paused slightly, and then continued to leave. Felix couldn't help but inhale lightly.
He used these eyes to observe Voldemort. Voldemort's soul was broken, and his body exuded an ominous black air. He has also seen Dumbledore, and Dumbledore's soul shimmers like white jade emitting a faint fluorescence.
But now, everything is different.
Bright soft light radiated from Dumbledore's body, covering the earth like moonlight. Felix seemed to see Dumbledore holding a little girl in his hand, but they disappeared in the hall in a blink of an eye. inside.
Felix stayed where he was, looking up at the sky, the stars reflected in his gray pupils.
He waited quietly, a ray of moonlight flashed through the windows of the corridor on the eighth floor of the castle, and finally stopped at the tower of the headmaster's office. There was no moon tonight, but the moonlight shone all over Hogwarts Castle.