Reborn at Hogwarts

"When I was younger, I was a fanatical hunt for the Deathly Hallows.

"The Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, the Invisibility Cloak...whoever possesses them shall become the master of Death.

"Master of Death. What a fascinating title. Isn't it?

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not afraid of death.

"Death itself is not terrible, what is terrible is dying meaninglessly.

"If one day my death can make my dream come true, then I will die without hesitation.

"It seems a bit far-fetched, ha ha.

"Master of the God of Death...I long for the Deathly Hallows, longing to hold more powerful power in my hands. During those days, I traveled all over the UK.

"It was at this time that I made the acquaintance of Paracelsus.

"He told me who the current owner of the Elder Wand was, and I told him my dream.

"After listening to my story, he very eagerly expressed his willingness to do his best to help me.

"When was the idea of ​​searching for the 'Underworld' born?"

Having said this, Grindelwald stopped suddenly.

Hearing this, Ivan looked at him puzzledly, the old man smiled and said apologetically: "I'm sorry I deceived you, the incarnation technique does not have the side effect of accelerating aging, I just don't want you Learn this magic."

This old guy is really lying to me... Ivan gave him the middle finger in his heart, with a smile still on his face.

Because he didn't know what to say, he didn't comment on it at all, but just nodded his head to express his understanding, and then asked: "What is the underworld?"

"In legend, the 'Underworld' is the residence of the god of death. He collects the souls of the dead there and enriches his collection." Grindelwald didn't seem to want to explain any more, but answered Ivan's question logically .

"At that time, I had just broken up with my best...friend, and in retrospect, because of this incident, my emotions during that time were a little abnormal.

"After getting acquainted with Paracelsus, I saw the Philosopher's Stone from him—it is the highest masterpiece of alchemy, it is the crystallization of the wisdom of countless predecessors, and it has the power to make the holder live forever. magic.

"It seems that you should understand what I want to say?

"The Philosopher's Stone, which can resist death and is obviously hated by the God of Death, is, in my opinion, the door to the 'underworld'."

Is it the so-called "reverse positioning"... The Philosopher's Stone, which can resist the concept of "death", has some kind of connection with the underworld and the god of death, which also have the concept of "death". Use these clues to confirm where the underworld is...

Ivan frowned.

This approach doesn't seem to work... It sounds too illusory, can things like "concepts" really be captured by magic? And the god of death and the so-called underworld...

To be honest, after hearing it now, Ivan still prefers that Grindelwald suffered some mental trauma after being separated from Dumbledore, so he came up with this inexplicable idea.

Sure enough, Grindelwald's next tone became much lower, and it sounded with a hint of depression.

"...Thinking about it now, the idea at the time may have been a bit stupid.

"In this world, there may not be any power that is "beyond ordinary people", and death and the underworld may be just a fairy tale used to deceive children.

“But I didn’t realize that at the time.

"During that time, Paracelsus and I conducted a lot of experiments and research. Hehe, to be exact, he was in charge of the experiments. I only have a superficial understanding of alchemy, and I was only responsible for purchasing ritual materials outside. , and waved the wand when magical support was needed. Oh, by the way, that's when I found time to get the Elder Wand, one of the Deathly Hallows.

"It took us several months to finalize an extremely complicated and cumbersome alchemy ceremony, using the Philosopher's Stone as the core to locate the existence of the underworld.

"There is no doubt that the experiment ended in a catastrophic failure, and the resonance of the Philosopher's Stone and the ritual caused a huge explosion, which almost reduced the entire block to rubble.

"Paracelsus, who presided over the ceremony, was the closest to the Philosopher's Stone and was the most severely impacted, and fell into a coma that lasted for a month.

"His body changed horribly during this long period of coma."

Grindelwald paused.

"What change?" Although he was still trying to remember the details of the words, Ivan, who had already listened to it as a story, couldn't help asking.

Grindelwald gave him a deep look.

"Aging," he said in an unintelligible tone, "very rapidly—aging."

"Every day I can see that the wrinkles on his face are increasing, and his body is becoming more haggard and older. It didn't take long for him to change from a middle-aged man who looked energetic to a dying old man."

"I was terrified at the time—I thought this was death's punishment? Because of this, I was in a trance all day long.

"About a month later, Paracelsus awoke. To my surprise, he showed no surprise at his own aging, but told me in a tone that horrified me that he had glimpsed The mysteries and truths of the world.

"Not long after that, he proposed the concept of 'incarnation', and quickly analyzed the existence of 'magic power'. But this is what I didn't know until a long time later, because I was afraid of what happened to him, I left shortly thereafter to spread my message and form an army loyal to me.

"The year before the duel with Dumbledore, he found me again, and I resumed contact with him. It was also during this time that I completed the research on incarnation together with him.

"You know everything after that."

Grindelwald's narration comes to an end.

From Ivan’s point of view, there were obviously many irrational and reckless things in what the young and immature Grindelwald did at the time, perhaps because of this experience that left him with a deep memory , allowing him to grow into a true Dark Lord with both charisma and leadership.

"I haven't figured out the real side effects of incarnation." Grindelwald said, "If you are willing to learn it, I have no problem. There is nothing to do in Nurmengard, and it is nothing to teach a student. .It’s just that Dumbledore personally handed you over to me after all, so before learning, you still need to understand the hidden dangers and problems of incarnation.”

If I can, I don't want to learn this kind of weird magic either... Ivan recalled the scenes he saw in Frodo's memory, and couldn't help showing a wry smile.

Unfortunately, I simply don't have any other options.

Thinking of this, Ivan took a deep breath.

"what should I do?"

Grindelwald looked at the boy with a determined expression, he smiled, raised Ivan's wand, and pointed to the snow-covered mountains.

Unknowingly, the shallow crescent moon hanging high above the sky has disappeared, and the sun jumped out from behind the clouds, adding a layer of bright color to the mountains.

"Let's start with meditation," Grindelwald said.

The plot of learning will be skipped, and the follow-up will be interspersed in the form of memory killing. By the way, let me just say that the main line of this book is not long, but it is not short either. The world view of Rowling's original work must be expanded in this book before it can be written. And when expanding... More or less, some private goods of the author will be included, which is inevitable. I can only promise not to raise the upper limit of the power level too much, and keep the world of Harry Potter as authentic as possible.