Starting Over at Hogwarts

As the saying goes, live until you are old and learn until you are old.

Grindelwald learned a lot from Wesson.

The most important thing is to use emotions to fetter those who want to take advantage of him, because Grindelwald himself is also one of the people who is fettered by Wesen's emotions.

Although Grindelwald would not admit it to his face.

Now Grindelwald's plan is very simple and pure. Taking advantage of the period of closed school, he will completely gather the students of Durmstrang and become his followers.

In the future, these students will be the younger generation at a time when the situation in the European wizarding world is intensifying. Moreover, all the students are from pure-blood wizarding families. Their parents will slowly become Grinder step by step because of their love for their children. The core team of Wo Future.

the most important is.

Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has a very important position in the European magic world.

Even if the Ministry of Magic in various European countries knew that Grindelwald had become the principal of Durmstrang without authorization, they could not rashly send Aurors to start a war with a magic school, which meant that the initiative was in his hands.

As long as Barty Crouch Sr. becomes a spy in the International Magical Union Conference in the future, Grindelwald can completely use the information gap to defeat the Ministry of Magic of each country one by one, whether through force or negotiation.

certainly.

Now there is only one thing Grindelwald has to do, which is to become the most respected principal in a magic school like his old friend Dumbledore.

"Dumbledore."

When Grindelwald sat in Principal Durmstrang's office, he fiddled with his pocket watch little by little, with a pleasant smile on his lips: "Now, we are once again standing in an era that is about to go berserk..."

even…

Their identities are almost the same.

"Maybe we can discuss it with the little guy."

Grindelwald opened the pocket watch in his hand, looked at the photo, and said to himself: "If our actions are bigger and can make Dumbledore anxious, maybe he will take the initiative to ask me to be quiet. Son, this will save us a lot of trouble..."

Yes.

As long as Dumbledore admits that they are no longer enemies!

As long as Dumbledore recognized him as Headmaster of Durmstrang School.

The entire European Ministry of Magic will not be a problem, because Dumbledore stands behind these Ministry of Magic, and these Ministry of Magic dare to challenge Grindelwald!

"If you don't agree, if I don't want to go back to Nurmengard..."

Grindelwald stared at the photo in his pocket watch, as if asking the young man with a lively smile in the photo: "Albus, will you want to kill me this time? Just like that day..."

Compared to Grindelwald, the self-appointed headmaster of Durmstrang, Dumbledore, the recognized headmaster of Hogwarts, is obviously much busier.

Because Grindelwald himself is a Dark Lord, he really does not need to worry about the threat of the Dark Lord, but Dumbledore needs to worry about the Dark Lord appearing at any time.

To be honest.

It's not like Dumbledore didn't receive good news during this time.

According to Rita Skeeter's Christmas Vacation report, the fratricidal war between the Dark Lords has begun again, with two of Voldemort's Horcruxes destroyed by Peter Pettigrew.

There is no other bad news.

The atmosphere in the various houses of Hogwarts is a bit strange.

Because both the professors and students of Hogwarts are very worried about the danger of the Dark Lord, which makes everyone a little nervous.

Even the Weasley twins, who are cheerful by nature, are a little worried about their families when the Dark Lord is mentioned.

Because their family had been attacked by Grindelwald.

"That's a terrible wizard..."

Charlie Weasley, who had fought against him, looked very serious when he mentioned Grindelwald: "Any magic I want to use on him will be easily beaten back by him..."

"..."

A group of Gryffindor wizards gathered around here and did not dare to say a word.

Even if they are still students, most of them know something about the horrors of the Dark Lord from their family members, not to mention that there is a Dark Lord born in Gryffindor among them.

This made the Gryffindor students very uncomfortable.

In comparison, the students of Hufflepuff House don't care, because their college has never produced a Dark Lord or a Death Eater. Of course, this cannot avoid talking about the Dark Lord...

mainly…

There is so much news about the Dark Lord.

So much so that at the dinner tables of various houses in Hogwarts, students of every grade slowly began to regard the stories of several Dark Lords as after-dinner chats.

Sister Tonks picked up a piece of chicken and bit into her mouth while muttering: "I saw in the Leaky Cauldron Bar that the Daily Prophet said that the second generation Dark Lord Voldemort is still alive. , the third generation Dark Lord Peter is thinking of ways to kill him..."

"How could you call the mysterious man by his first name!"

A Ravenclaw student sitting behind Tonks was absolutely terrified of Tonks!

Because according to the way their family was taught, they can never call that person by his name, and can only use (you know who) You-Know-Who as the code name for Voldemort.

"There's nothing that can't be said."

Weisen forked a piece of fruit nonchalantly and said softly: "So many Dark Lords suddenly appeared during this period. Who knows which one will survive in the end..."

"I feel like it could be the Dark Lord Peter."

Erwin Bones actually began to speculate on this kind of thing. He even started to talk about the analysis of his family elders: "When our family saw the news about the Dark Lord Peter, they were scared. They had never seen such a terrifying person. This person has been hiding for so many years before being exposed!"

Perhaps because calling Peter Pettigrew didn't seem scary enough, many students began to spontaneously call Peter Pettigrew the Dark Lord Peter.

certainly.

This also directly caused Voldemort's deterrence to be greatly reduced.

Since the Dark Lord Peter is so powerful and even killed Voldemort directly, does this Voldemort really have anything to be afraid of? More and more students began to call Voldemort.

"I think it might be Grindelwald."

A Ravenclaw student couldn't help but come over and started to analyze in a decent manner: "Although Grindelwald's news is rarely mentioned in newspapers, according to records, Grindelwald is the only person who has ever had a relationship with Deng Xiaoping. The wizards that Principal Bumbledore has fought against, Principal Dumbledore is the strongest wizard in the world..."

This view cannot be said to be wrong.

Because in terms of record comparison, Voldemort and Dumbledore have never really faced off, and everyone thinks that Voldemort, the student, is definitely not as good as Dumbledore, the teacher.

As for Peter Pettigrew…

After this insidious and cunning Dark Lord was exposed, he only briefly met Dumbledore once, and the rest of the time he was mostly hidden in the darkness.

Only Grindelwald and Dumbledore fought.

"I think it's the Dark Lord Peter."

Another Ravenclaw student knocked his classmate on the head and gave a very Ravenclaw reason: "Extraordinary wisdom is the greatest wealth of mankind."

Yes.

Peter Pettigrew was too smart.

Everyone has to admit this.

This is also the reason why Dumbledore has never dared to act rashly.

Because Peter Pettigrew is always so calculating, every move he makes will bring rewards. In addition, Dumbledore's Christmas plan was directly defeated by Peter Pettigrew...

If Phoenix Fox hadn't kept the Sorting Hat, maybe when the freshmen enter next year, Hogwarts would have to rely on Dumbledore's insight to sort the houses...

In addition to Peter Pettigrew, the Dark Lord hiding behind the scenes, there is also Voldemort who may be resurrected at any time, and Grindelwald who likes to confront him tit for tat.

real.

Dumbledore had never felt so much trouble coming at once.

It has always been difficult to deal with one Dark Lord, but Dumbledore had to deal with three at this time. He had to be wary of Peter Pettigrew's conspiracy, be wary of Grindelwald's tricks, and solve the problem of Voldemort's possible resurrection at any time. .

The old man really felt like he had nothing to do.

However, it was really difficult for Dumbledore to find anyone who could help. Neither the Weasleys nor Sirius Black could be any of the Dark Lord's assistants.

The only result during this period...

It was Peter Pettigrew who destroyed Voldemort's two Horcruxes!

The greatest white wizard of this century, unexpectedly, in the war with the Dark Lord, the only victory he achieved was the work of another Dark Lord!

This crisis is really difficult to solve.

Dumbledore couldn't possibly place all his hopes on the Dark Lords killing each other.

Dumbledore also had to be alert to the most dangerous situation. In case Voldemort returned from the resurrection, the three Dark Lords joined forces to stage a fall of Hogwarts Castle...

perhaps…

One must be resolved in advance.

Hogwarts Headmaster's room.

There were three small plates on Dumbledore's table.

The fork in the old man's hand kept turning back and forth, with deep weariness hidden in his eyes. The fork finally stopped on one of the plates, with Grindelwald's name written on it.

"Is this fate?"

Dumbledore let out a long sigh.

To be honest, Grindelwald is the one Dumbledore is most confident about solving.

Because Dumbledore knew Grindelwald better than anyone.

However…

This is also the most troublesome person.

Because Grindelwald is also the person who knows him best.

Grindelwald, who had failed once before, sat quietly in Nurmengard Castle for more than forty years. No one could figure out what Grindelwald wanted to do...

And Dumbledore didn't know what to do with him at all. The most he could do was imprison him in Nurmengard! If imprisoned in Azkaban, there is a high probability that the Dementors may defect to Grindelwald...

"You have to try it first, right?"

Dumbledore tapped his finger lightly on the small plate. At this moment, his thoughts were surprisingly consistent with Grindelwald: "If Gellert doesn't cause any more trouble, or even agree to some conditions, I will I don’t want to experience that day again…”