Starting Over at Hogwarts

Many people believe that Grindelwald should not even be here.

Of all the people present at the meeting, only Dumbledore knew that it was not surprising that this person appeared here, because this person's courage... has always been so great.

When Grindelwald was wanted by the Ministry of Magic all over the world, he once sneaked into a joint meeting held by the Ministry of Magic of various countries and listened to the ministers of magic discussing the means of arresting him.

Sometimes he even puts forward his own suggestions.

The world is always so magical.

After many years, Grindelwald did such a bold thing again.

Even in this meeting that Dumbledore attended, Grindelwald actually dared to appear at the meeting, and even took the initiative to stand up and reveal his identity.

This is undoubtedly a provocation!

Dumbledore stared at Grindelwald closely, slowly tightened his wand, and said in a dull voice: "Gellert, when I came here, you should have known how dangerous this place is..."

"Dumbledore!"

Grindelwald smiled, opened his arms, and chuckled: "If you weren't here, maybe I wouldn't be here... Just smile, I thought you would be happy to be greeted by me."

"kill him!"

A minister of magic suddenly shouted.

With the appearance of this voice, the entire venue suddenly became noisy, and everyone present subconsciously began to urge Dumbledore to hurry up and take the opportunity to kill Grindelwald!

"Dumbledore, kill him!"

"Kill him here!"

"..."

"Take this opportunity to kill him! Dumbledore!"

"Shh!"

Grindelwald raised his finger to his lips, and his eyes scanned everyone present bit by bit, watching everyone quickly fall silent under his gaze.

Everyone who had been stared at by the Dark Lord immediately lost all their courage in shouting for Dumbledore to kill Grindelwald. This is a lingering nightmare for the entire Europe!

Grindelwald silenced everyone present. His eyes rested on Dumbledore again, and he smiled and asked, "Dumbledore, will you comply with their wishes?"

"..."

Dumbledore fell silent.

After a long time, the old man slowly shook his head. He looked at his old friend and said softly: "You should know that it is impossible for me to accidentally injure everyone present because of you..."

"I thought you didn't want to kill me..."

Grindelwald couldn't help but chuckled, helplessly helped his forehead and said: "Okay, since you don't want to take action, let's talk about your conditions... If I'm here, no one will Are you opposed to the negotiation between us?"

"..."

The entire venue was silent.

No one dared to say anything against Grindelwald in front of him.

The Dark Lord's glance made everyone's newly mustered courage disappear without a trace. Everyone was afraid of being targeted by the Dark Lord. No one except Dumbledore would consider themselves his opponent...

have to say.

Grindelwald's presence isn't all bad.

At least Dumbledore can be allowed to act according to his own wishes. Sometimes a Dark Lord is really needed to show how important a powerful white wizard is to them...

"Let's talk!"

Grindelwald walked towards the silent Dumbledore and invited him warmly: "Anyway, I heard everything just now. Dumbledore, tell me how you want to talk. I don't want to fight with you anymore..."

"Let everyone get out of here first."

Dumbledore slowly shook his head and rejected his proposal, and continued in a deep voice: "Let them leave here safely. This is the condition for us to sit down and negotiate..."

"I trust you."

Grindelwald nodded, turned around with a smile and looked at everyone present: "Do you want to leave here, or do you want to sit down and listen, I will respect your opinions..."

"..."

Everyone present looked at each other.

Just as they were hesitating, Grindelwald suddenly snapped his fingers, and the entire hall instantly ignited with flames, and dark blue fire circled around the hall!

"..."

Everyone present immediately rushed to the exit!

Grindelwald, this lunatic, actually took action immediately upon disagreement!

They didn't want to risk their lives. Grindelwald almost burned down Paris with fire. This was no joke!

Everyone present quickly left here. Whether it was the Minister of Magic or the director of the Magic Cooperation Department, everyone did not want to be killed by a madman for no reason!

For a Dark Lord, clearing the place is that simple.

Only Dumbledore was not afraid of the dark blue fire at all. His eyes still looked a little dark when he looked at Grindelwald, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Grindelwald fiddled with his fingers and put away his anger, sat down on a table, and said slowly: "What? Aren't you grateful to me? At least this way no one will be shackling you."

"..."

Dumbledore avoided the topic, slowly walked in another direction, sat on a chair by the table, and got straight to the point: "Tell me, what do you want?"

"everything."

Grindelwald chuckled.

This smile made Grindelwald's middle-aged image, which he had always used the Transfiguration Technique, look particularly arrogant. Even Dumbledore felt as if he was in another world.

certainly.

This condition is certainly impossible.

Grindelwald looked at the displeased Dumbledore. He slowly sat upright and his expression gradually became serious: "Let me stand in the sun and do whatever I want."

"This is impossible."

Dumbledore shook his head quickly and flatly rejected this proposal, which had exactly the same meaning as Grindelwald's joking words just now.

"Then there's nothing to talk about."

Grindelwald began to play with the watch chain hanging on his body indifferently. His fingers were wrapped around the watch chain and he continued slowly: "It seems that we still can't compromise..."

"This is different."

Dumbledore's voice was still old. He shook his head calmly and put forward his own opinion: "Let's be practical. You can be the principal of Durmstrang, but you must fulfill the responsibilities of a principal. You can no longer Spreading dangerous ideas..."

"What's dangerous?"

Grindelwald was still playing with the watch chain between his fingers. The watch chain and the pocket watch jingled. He continued softly: "Only time can define our right and wrong... Dumbledore, no one can be sure that he is correct."

"..."

Dumbledore fell silent. After all, he slowly shook his head and said, "You must agree to this, otherwise what is the difference between this and back then?"

"different."

Grindelwald held down his watch chain, suddenly raised his head and chuckled: "The magic world is more dangerous now than it was then, otherwise you wouldn't be here."

Yes.

Because the crisis in the wizarding world was far greater than it was back then, Dumbledore had to come to negotiate with him, and Grindelwald knew this very well.

However, after Grindelwald finished speaking, he looked at Dumbledore who was silent again, and he suddenly lowered his head and said: "I can't promise you this, because everyone has the right to choose their destiny. At least you need to know that I and I Things were different in the past.”

"...Okay, I'll watch you."

Dumbledore nodded dullly, and continued to talk about the second condition: "No more wanton behavior, harming the lives of any innocent people..."

"..."

Grindelwald raised his eyebrows and continued: "If I really take action, it must be for a last resort reason. I will never kill my compatriots for no reason..."

"It's impossible for me to put other people's lives on indulging you."

Dumbledore was particularly determined about this matter and insisted on asking Grindelwald to agree, because this was the bottom line in Dumbledore's heart.

"Okay, I agree."

Grindelwald nodded indifferently.

This matter does not matter to him, because Grindelwald does not like killing very much, and now he prefers another method.

Dumbledore looked at Grindelwald's expression, nodded slowly and continued to propose the third condition: "Cut off the alliance with Peter Pettigrew, and give me the Horcruxes of Peter and Tom in your hands."

"The first point can be done."

Grindelwald frowned, slowly shook his head, and tried to say: "I can't hand over their Horcruxes to you, and I hope you can hand over their Horcruxes to me... You should know , I’m better at solving these things than you are.”

"..."

Dumbledore was silent again.

Because Grindelwald is right about this.

However, these Horcruxes were not safe enough in Grindelwald's hands.

After Dumbledore thought for a while, he made a proposal: "I can agree, but you must destroy them in front of me."

"Then let's start over!"

Grindelwald immediately nodded and explained seriously: "All the Horcruxes I got have been destroyed, including Ravenclaw's crown and a ring from the Gaunt family..."

He wasn't lying about this.

Because he and Wesson obtained these two Horcruxes of Voldemort.

As for Peter Pettigrew's Horcrux...

Peter Pettigrew didn't have any Horcrux at all, it was him who was captured.

"All right."

Dumbledore could only nod and choose to believe for the time being. He would slowly investigate this matter in the future, and since Grindelwald and other Dark Lords were hostile, there was no need to deceive him on this matter.

Speaking of which...

It doesn't seem like negotiating with Grindelwald is such a bad thing.

At least now Dumbledore felt as though he had gained an ally who could take on the Dark Lord and even mend their broken relationship.

Dumbledore raised his head and looked at Grindelwald, and said calmly: "One last thing, tell me, where is Peter Pettigrew?"

"..."

This time it was Grindelwald's turn to be silent. He shook his head slowly and firmly and said, "I'm sorry. This is something I can never say. Now it's too late even if you go back to London..."

After finishing speaking, Grindelwald opened the pocket watch in his hand and continued calmly: "After ten o'clock, Peter Pettigrew will attack the British Ministry of Magic. This is the last thing I can tell you. The purpose is to create panic and make you Back to London…”

"Is this a conspiracy?"

Dumbledore stood up suddenly and stared at Grindelwald.

"No, this is a conspiracy."

Grindelwald was unmoved at all. He slowly raised his head and looked at Dumbledore and said: "However, when I agree to your conditions, the alliance between me and that guy named Peter will end. From now on , I will not interfere in your affairs..."

When he said this, Grindelwald suddenly chuckled and said: "I promised you a lot of conditions today. Anyway, it's too late to go back at this time. Why don't we sit down and have a good talk about what conditions you should agree to me?" Bar?"

"..."

Dumbledore couldn't help but feel anxious.

Just as he stepped forward to take the pocket watch from Grindelwald's hand, wanting to see the current time, he saw a photo of two young men inside the buckle of the pocket watch.

"..."

Dumbledore's body froze in place.

next moment.

The old man looked at the photo above and had countless thoughts.

This photo was taken when the two of them were in their best years, which happened to be the time when their relationship was closest.

Unfortunately.

Time cannot stand still.

They can't go back to the past.

Dumbledore finally slowly closed his pocket watch, threw it to Grindelwald, then turned around and left as if fleeing, leaving hastily his last words.

"If you have any other conditions, you can write to me..."