Felix knew about Grindelwald when he was in school, and the introduction on the chocolate frog card reads.

"Defeat the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945."

But at that time, Grindelwald was only one of Dumbledore's well-known contributions, and was a footnote to his legendary experience. Anyone who has seen that chocolate frog cartoon would only respect Dumbledore without giving a little attention to the loser of the 'dark wizard Grindelwald'. Of course, his terrible reputation might be passed down from word to mouth among children, and he would use his rich imagination when discussing issues like "how bad is this person?"

Felix had every reason to doubt: as many young wizards grew up, some were forced to play the role of "Dark Wizard Grindelwald" in duel games and eventually fell at the feet of the Justice side.

The time when Felix was really curious about Grindelwald himself was after listening to Newt's words:

"I can't reveal more - it involves Principal Dumbledore... Grindelwald is arrogant, or confident... and also has appeal, although I don't like this very much, and it caused a lot of trouble at that time..."

Obviously, the short line of descriptions on the chocolate frog cartoon are actually wonderful and even thrilling in reality.

Newt's silence also proves this.

Later, Voldemort secretly arrested a group of wand craftsmen and magic history experts, including Grigovic and Florin Fosk, the owner of the Diagon Alley Ice Cream Shop. Under the information provided by these people, Voldemort made up the rhetoric of ten powerful wands. The legend of "old wand" spread and was called the invincible wand that will never lose. The current holder was detained on Felix's head...

Later, all signs showed that Voldemort may have given up pursuing the old wand since then and instead investigated the whereabouts of the snake wooden wand inherited by his ancestor Salazar Slytherin. The ten powerful wands were just means used by Voldemort to restrain Felix. While finding something for him, he also confirmed the authenticity of the "old wand" in Felix's hand. Moreover, in Voldemort's plan, the bloody inheritance rules of the old wand would more or less affect the tacit understanding between Felix and Dumbledore.

But coincidentally, the real master of the old wand is Dumbledore, and the abacus of the discord is in vain.

Felix also guessed from this that before Dumbledore, the holder of the old wand was Grindelwald.

After that, Voldemort fell cleanly and was stunned by the speed of his speed, and he didn't react at all. Felix also joined Grindelwald. To be precise, Grindelwald took the initiative to find Felix. The two became pen pals.

Felix smacked his lips, which was also a novel experience for him. He hadn't tried writing letters to people in prison. Considering that Grindelwald once wrote letters one by one with a dim little oil lamp, and even didn't even have a decent table, he missed that time more and more.

Unfortunately, not long after, Felix learned from Dumbledore that Grindelwald was suspected of breaking out of prison. Dumbledore confessed his close friend relationship with Grindelwald for the first time and expressed his fear of the other person's thoughts.

But in the blink of an eye, Dumbledore changed his attitude and left Grindelwald, who appeared actively at Hogwarts, as a new professor of the Dark Magic Defense Arts class.

There are multiple reasons.

Some reasons were Dumbledore who took the initiative to tell Felix, such as Grindelwald's poor physical condition, whose strength had almost permanent decline; Felix partially understood and accepted this statement. In his opinion, Voldemort's fall had a significant impact on Dumbledore.

Felix roughly simplifies psychological changes to:

After solving a long-term heart disease, Dumbledore must have been filled with emotion and evoked long-lasting memories. At this time, his former close friends and enemies met after half a century, and he was inevitably soft-hearted.

Although this softheartedness is limited, Dumbledore promised that Grindelwald would only teach in school for one year before he would return to Newmont Gaardburg to continue serving his sentence.

That Dumbledore's purpose...

Felix thought for a moment, and had a vague idea. He decided to go and chat with Mrs. Pomfrey in a while.

"...I didn't realize that the old man's health was getting better and better, and even the quarrels seemed full of energy..."

He suspected Dumbledore was secretly opening a small meal.

In addition to Dumbledore's voluntary reason, he also heard half of the words from the portrait in the principal's office, which also involved a prophecy...

Felix here wants to thank Phineas Black.

As for the content of the prophecy - in the past six months, Felix gradually found a trace of the rules. He was indeed not clear about the specific content of the prophecy, but Dumbledore knew that from Dumbledore's tolerance for Grindelwald's teaching content, he could roughly outline the shape of the prophecy.

It should be related to the Confidentiality Law.

Felix frowned slightly and recalled, what does this mean? Exposure to the wizarding world is inevitable? But he and Dumbledore have a similar consensus unless Grindelwald can produce more direct evidence, such as the specific time of the incident.

Felix was slightly stunned, as if he had met. He had made a guess before, believing that prophecy might be something to be interpreted, such as tea leaves, crystal balls, astrology, or a certain clip of the future. His thoughts kept rolling... He thought of the New Year parade that Grindelwald showed to students in his first class at school.

procession.

So there will be a massive anti-wizard parade in the future?

Felix wrote down this. He was not very anxious. Dumbledore's sense of responsibility was much stronger than him. When the time was right, the content of the prophecy would automatically appear in front of him and he could not hide it even if he wanted to.

Felix felt that Dumbledore was able to do such a thing, and the principal was very good at keeping secrets.

As for Grindelwald, the professors generally have a good impression of him, outstanding ability, knowledgeable, and polite to others. Even Professor McGonagall, who has complained about some of his dangerous remarks, gradually accepted this somewhat alternative colleague. The professor of spell class even referred him as his confidant, "Professor Basharat's subtle processing of spells is amazing." The short Frieve said more than once.

Well, one person exception, thought Felix. The Professor Slughorn was as sharp as ever and rarely dealt with Grindelwald alone.

Felix was very curious whether he had seen something.

But this possibility is actually very low.

Because Grindelwald was detained for half a century, his appearance had changed long ago. Even McGonagh, Flewy and other old teachers were not recognized, and not to mention that Grindelwald's departure from Newmont Gaardburg was not made public, so even though Severus had some doubts about his identity, he did not think about this at all.

In the eyes of those who know his true identity (Dumbledore and Felix), all Grindelwald's actions did not touch the bottom line. If he contacted or responded to the Saints, I believe Dumbledore would return Grindelwald without hesitation.

Recalling Dumbledore's defensive attitude from the beginning, to now acquiescing Harry and Grindelwald's contact alone, and even learning magic, this undoubtedly represents an increase in trust.

Felix's side is also at ease.

No matter what Grindelwald wants to do, whether to inherit his own magic (he is happy to see this) or his own thoughts, he has only one year to pass on. If he really intends to deceive Harry, he will definitely find that Harry is more stubborn than he imagined.

Dumbledore did nothing, and it was no secret that once a weekly course. Harry's thoughts were almost fixed in the past few years of hardship. What Grindelwald had to do was reverse it, while Dumbledore guided him to think independently. The difficulty of the two things was completely incomparable.

Just like the Blood Alliance mentioned by Harry today, Felix was both surprised by the problem itself and was surprised by Dumbledore's courage to reveal this past. When Harry faced the choice, Grindelwald, who had hidden his identity, could not gain the upper hand at all.

Maybe this was also expected by Dumbledore, and he hoped to complete another part of Harry's character. But Felix was still not sure what it was.

...

Later that day, Felix came out of the school hospital and got the information he wanted.

His guess is correct.

Grindelwald was almost completely imprisoned in his magic power, no different from a squib. Over the past few decades, his health was extremely bad, and Mrs. Pomfrey had been providing him with gentle nourishing potions.

Suddenly, a thought popped up in Felix's mind: the blood alliance between Dumbledore and Grindelwald might have been destroyed - otherwise they would not be able to fight - but there might be another unknown magic contract between them.

And the evidence is, on the day he learned that Grindelwald disappeared in Newmont Gaardburg, what Dumbledore said:

"... He has a ban on powerful talismans. I can make sure that these restrictions still exist. It is difficult for him to use profound magic... No matter what he wants to do, these conditions objectively set a threshold for him."

Why is Dumbledore so sure that the spell was not cracked? Felix could think of only one answer, and Dumbledore participated (even led by himself) after that duel) the International Wizards Federation's plan to detain Grindelwald.

As the sky gradually darkened, Felix walked down the spiral stairs and walked all the way through the foyer.

To his slightly surprised, there was already a person in the open space at the entrance of the castle. Two familiar silhouettes bathed in the golden sunlight. Felix narrowed his eyes, and the edges of their bodies seemed to reflect colorful glows.

Dumbledore's elder tolerant voice, the sound of understanding merged with the scene in front of him.

"...It's still a long time, Miss Granger, you have time to see the way ahead. I think the process of mastering magic and realizing oneself is similar, that is, follow your own heart, where the treasure is, where the heart is... Don't forget, we are Gryffindor."

Hermione lowered her head and didn't say anything for a moment.

"President Dumbledore? Granger?" Felix said.

Hermione raised her head and glanced at him quickly, screamed, and jumped back a few steps.

"Yes, I'm sorry, I have something to do, I'll leave first." She ran away without looking back.

Felix seemed very shocked.

"What's wrong with 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 say something to me."

"Oh," Felix looked back at the quiet foyer and said in surprise: "I thought she had set a goal early. Amelia had high expectations for her and showed her a lot of confidential information."

Dumbledore blinked and said nothing. His blue eyes reflected the last ray of rays of light in the sky, and his long silver beard seemed to glow. When the golden edge of the forbidden forest disappeared, the night was covered like a thick curtain, and the earth became dim, but soon, some starry lights appeared.

"Albus," Felix said carefully, "I heard a word from Harry today, Blood Alliance..."

"Ah, I thought about it, he could indeed ask you for help." Dumbledore said calmly: "When I decided to say it, I no longer felt confidential, and I agreed to let Harry draw wisdom from others. For example, Miss Granger just asked me for advice."

"That's the Blood Alliance." Felix whispered.

The meaning is completely different. This at least shows that at some stage in Dumbledore and Grindelwald's life, they are willing to give a part of their destiny to the other party.

"Yes, two smart and arrogant teenagers made a reckless vow when they were closest to each other." Dumbledore said, with a slight relief in his tone. "We are smarter and much smarter than ordinary people, so we should be more arrogant, and firmly believe in the ability to accomplish careers that our predecessors cannot accomplish... But I want to say that intelligence does not mean wisdom, nor does it mean it can replace experience. We are equally ignorant in some areas."

He looked into the distance, and at this time the twilight replaced the rays of light, and stars appeared on the thin sky.

"I have said that Gellert's thoughts attracted me and inspired me. He expressed what I had been buried deep in my heart but never dared to reveal, and his dissatisfaction with the current situation at that time. I was very good, but forced to stay in a village where no one cares. I was gifted but could not provide shelter for my loved ones... Felix, my father's experience still affected me. For a while, when it was late at night, I would always ask myself in my heart: What would I do if I saw Ariana being bullied?"

"Sometimes I hate my maturity. I keep telling myself that Muggles are good and bad, just like wizards, it is stupid and despicable to deny a huge group at will, but when my mother unfortunately dies and Ariana's condition worsens, I am full of resentment and blame others..."

Dumbledore closed his eyes. After a while, he opened his eyes again and said calmly and almost coldly, as if he was telling the story of another person:

"In my most painful time, Gellert appeared. We hit it off at first sight. He told me that the same encounter not only happened to me, but also to many fellow wizards. We have the power but we have to encounter misfortune. How ridiculous it is! He proposed a solution that is the best of both worlds - at least that was what I thought at the time - to join forces to establish a new order. From then on, wizards don't have to hide, Arianna doesn't have to hide, and the tragedy that happens to our family will no longer happen."

"We claim to be extraordinary wisdom and strength, so we make even greater mistakes."

"I was fascinated and completely immersed in it. Think about it, it can not only solve the troubles of our family, but also liberate thousands of wizards. This plan is so in line with my appetite. I constantly improve the plan day and night, and eventually deviate from my original intention. In the family and incredible glory that I should have valued, and the career that only exists in my fantasy... You should have guessed the final outcome, my sister, Ariana... After my mother's careful care and care... became the first victim."

It was completely dark and Dumbledore was completely integrated into the darkness.

"Albus——"

"Don't comfort me, Felix, I've got what I want." Dumbledore turned around and walked slowly towards the castle, while whispering: "Maybe we were born with our mission, and my mission is to correct the mistakes we made. Felix, you have your mission, too."

Felix stared at Dumbledore's back and heard a different smell.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes wide, his hedge-like gray eyes shone in the darkness, Dumbledore's steps paused slightly, and then continued to leave. Felix couldn't help but inhale gently.

He had observed Voldemort with these eyes. Voldemort's soul was broken and his body was filled with an unknown black aura. He had also seen Dumbledore, whose soul light emitted a glimmer of fluorescence like white jade.

But now, everything is different.

The bright soft light radiated from Dumbledore's body, illuminating the earth like a moonlight. In a vague way, Felix seemed to see Dumbledore holding a little girl, but they disappeared into the hall in a blink of an eye.

Felix stayed quietly in place, looking up at the sky, the stars shining in his gray pupils.
Chapter completed!