Reborn at Hogwarts

Gellert Grindelwald?

Ivan frowned.

This name is not unfamiliar to him.

The original Dark Lord who was active in World War II, the former owner of the Elder Wand, Dumbledore's old lover...

In a duel that shocked the entire wizarding world in 1945, he was defeated by Dumbledore, who was also at his peak, and was then imprisoned in Nurmengard Castle.

Until decades later, in 1998, Voldemort, who was looking for the whereabouts of the Elder Wand, came to Nurmengard. Grindelwald refused to disclose any relevant information, and was eventually killed by Voldemort who became angry.

And the spell previously used to dismantle the disguise of books, "for the greater good," is a famous quote from Grindelwald.

As for the book "Secrets of Sophisticated Dark Arts"...

If Ivan remembers correctly, there is also a copy of this book at Hogwarts, which is kept by Dumbledore in the headmaster's office.

The book was carried by Hermione Granger throughout the Triangle's attempts to find and destroy the Horcruxes.

However, the first edition?

Is there a saying that this kind of black magic book has been published multiple times?

Ivan's fingertips gently stroked the tome of the magic book that had turned brown and black leather. After a short hesitation, he carefully opened the first page.

"Knowledge knows neither good nor evil." - Rowena Ravenclaw.

Unexpectedly, there is no information about the author of the book on the title page, but only this sentence.

Wasn't Rowena Ravenclaw one of the four founders of Hogwarts...how could it be associated with the Dark Arts?

Or is this just a means for the author to attract readers?

Ivan suppressed the doubts in his heart for the time being, and continued to turn the page backwards.

The second page was much normal in comparison, and Ivan saw the enlarged and bold title at a glance:

"Into the Dark Arts, Lesson 1: Curses".

"Before we really start to understand black magic in depth, we must first have a complete concept of black magic.

"Spells called 'black magic' by the world are usually classified as..."

Ivan briefly flipped through the entire book.

The book is arranged according to the degree of danger of black magic, probably because it is the "first edition". The book records many vicious magics that are not mentioned in the original book, and also very carefully mentions all kinds of magic of the subject. Symptoms, some even accompanied by pictures.

After seeing a few miserable and terrifying pictures, Ivan couldn't bear to read any more.

Seeing now, what Ivan can conclude is that this first edition of "Secrets of Advanced Dark Arts" was definitely not published in recent years.

There is even a great possibility that this is just a book printed by the author at his own expense, and it has not been widely disseminated at all.

For some reason, this book fell into the hands of Gellert Grindelwald, opening a door to a new world for him...

Alger said that the Rozier family kept the book at the Vesemir's house. It just so happened that Gellert Grindelwald had a lady named Rozier under his command.

Ivan guessed that after his downfall, perhaps it was his own arrangement, or maybe it was because his loyal confidants wanted to keep the belongings of the original Dark Lord, and the book ended up in Vesemir's house.

Then it was randomly discarded in the basement when I moved...

If the black-robed wizard hadn't mentioned this matter, I'm afraid this book, which can be regarded as Grindelwald's first teacher in black magic, would forever be dusted in the basement of Vesemir's house.

Thinking of this, Ivan couldn't help but secretly lamented the impermanence of fate.

But this book that records black magic... has no chance to shine in his hands!

Now is not the time for the Dark Lord to rule in darkness. The use of black magic is strictly prohibited in modern wizarding society. Even if you are found to be in possession of black magic items, you will be invited by the Aurors to drink tea in the Ministry of Magic.

Even the wealthy Malfoy family had to find a way to dispose of Tom Riddle's Horcrux diary under strict investigation by the Ministry of Magic.

In the foreseeable future, this magic book that once belonged to Grindelwald will not be of any help to Ivan. Instead, he has to carefully hide it, so as not to be mistaken for him after being discovered. Delve into black magic.

No, it's still helpful, at least it can help me understand black magic better, so I can find more ways to deal with it... Ivan sighed and planned to find a place to hide the book in the room later, so as not to be caught by his parents Discover.

Before that, Ivan intends to study whether there are any mechanisms in the book.

After all, this is Grindelwald's enlightenment reading, and there may be some things like his own magic experience.

Excluding black magic, Grindelwald himself is also an outstanding wizard, with extraordinary attainments in various fields.

Just find something, maybe you can benefit from it.

However, after searching carefully for a while, Ivan couldn't help being disappointed.

There were rewards, but they were all about black magic.

In the second half of the book, there are comments left by Grindelwald himself on almost every page, and the content is basically "This magic is too cumbersome, and the actual combat effect is not good" "This magic is disgusting, I tried it today." Come on, that guy looks like a pig that drowned in a cesspit" and so on.

There are also a lot of paper torn from the notebook in the book, which are filled with some of Grindelwald's own improvements and opinions on black magic in densely packed small characters.

besides……

Ivan turned to the last page of the book, a piece of yellowed parchment floated down, and Ivan grabbed it in time.

"What is this? How could it be parchment?"

In the era when Grindelwald was active, parchment paper was basically eliminated by society. Except for those wizards who lived in the deep mountains and forests for a long time, basically no one would choose to use parchment paper to record information.

Ivan blew off the dust on the parchment and looked at it carefully.

This is a letter sent to Grindelwald by someone else.

Most of the content of the letter is congratulating Grindelwald on a certain victory he just won, and by the way, looking forward to the beautiful vision of "wizards rule the world" with disgusting words.

Who the hell wrote this letter?

Ivan quickly skipped most of the unnutritious content and turned his attention to the last paragraph.

"...As for the research on the 'incarnation technique' that you mentioned in your previous letter, I think it will take a while. Although relying on the spell you provided, I have successfully counteracted the effects of magic. side effects, but there are still crucial issues to be solved... I strongly recommend that you use this spell with caution, although it will allow you to establish a huge advantage in advance of each battle, but once the spell is out of control, the consequences Even you cannot be saved... If possible, after your duel with Dumbledore is over, I would like you to come to Salzburg yourself.

Yours faithfully, Paracelsus.

Another: The improved spell has been attached to the reverse side of the parchment. "