Newmontard Castle.

After decades of late imprisonment, the city has lost its luxury and splendour.

The floor of the hall was covered with a thick layer of dust, and the original pattern of floor tiles underneath could no longer be seen, the corners were covered with cobwebs and moss, and the floor-to-ceiling windows that were once stained glass had become gray and leaky wreckage with a large hole.

The bronze chandelier that hung in the room had been lit for a long time, and Elena could only barely imagine the incredible momentum of Grindelwald that swept the wizarding world through the huge dirty dining table in the middle of the hall and the solid wood high-backed chairs that had been stripped of their ornaments.

"Let's go, don't be in a daze. ”

Dumbledore looked complicated and circled around him, and patted Elena on the shoulder, motioning for her to follow.

The duo are located on the left side of the Castle Hall, leading up the stone steps of the iconic outer tower of Newmondgaardye. Eventually, they came to a dilapidated wooden door with locks and any magical protection that could be opened with a single push - the cell that the most powerful dark wizard ever created for himself.

Sensing any magic movement, the hidden wooden door opened silently, and an old voice came from behind it.

"Albus, you're getting slower and slower. Even if you are a phoenix, you have wasted too much time on the road. ”

The room wasn't very spacious, and the only source of light came from the skylight above, from which a mixture of light spilled and fine dust flew in a narrow pillar of light.

Hidden behind the pillar of light, Gellert Grindelwald, the master of the castle, leaned against the cold wall, his eyes fixed on the doorway, but at the skylight high up, making it impossible to see the look in his eyes.

"After all, after all these years, we are all old. You know, I'm 110 years old this year. ”

Dumbledore shrugged his shoulders and acknowledged generously, glancing deeply at Grindelwald sitting in the corner in rags.

After years of self-imprisonment at Newmontard Castle, Gellert Grindelwald was already very weak.

The old wizard's thin, shriveled body was like a skeleton, his face was beginning to look like a skeleton, his eyes were sunken in his sockets, and his teeth were almost gone.

The scrawny old wizard in front of almost everyone would be Gellert Grindelwald, the leader who had been almost fascinated by half of the European wizarding world, both men and women.

"Aging isn't scary, it's scary that the things I predicted back then are gradually coming true. You should have noticed that the Ministry of Magic has become more and more cowardly and incompetent, and in our time, farce and compromise like this would not have existed. ”

Grindelwald shook his head and let out a sneer, his gaze moving from the skylight high above to Dumbledore's.

Standing behind Dumbledore, Elena keenly noticed several newspapers and magazines spread out next to Grindelwald's bed. If she was mistaken, the top one seemed to be the latest version of "Singing Against the Tune" that she had just watched this morning.

"But there are a lot of things that are different from what you think, and there is still plenty of time left for us. Fifty years on, the balance between the non-magical and magical worlds has been disrupted, which shows that the wizards' response is still effective. ”

Dumbledore smiled gently, stepped forward and picked up the "Singing and Singing" that was spread out in his hand, looked carefully at the ugly comics on the cover with great interest, raised his eyebrows and smiled.

"As for this...? Perhaps I should have sent Mr. Lovegood a copy of my chocolate frogs, and to be honest I almost found out it was me. I've read the content of the article, and I've leaked it, but I just happened to guess it somewhere. ”

"Oh, I hope it is, it's none of my business anymore. ”

Grindelwald glanced at Dumbledore noncommittally and took the initiative to end the topic.

The first Demon King looked beyond Dumbledore and landed on the silver-haired little witch standing by the door, a look of undisguised impatience and disgust on her face.

"Why did this nasty little girl come to my castle, I think I have made it very clear in Hui, I refuse. ”

Grindelwald obviously had a good impression of Elena, who was already the second European face, he had never seen such a sharp-tongued and heart-wrenching little wizard, and the fierce negotiation conversation of a month ago was still stuck in his heart like a fish bone that could not be spit out.

"Listen, Albus, I'll say it again. ”

Grindelwald took a deep breath, turned his head to look at Dumbledore, and said seriously, "The most hated thing in this world is children, the second thing I hate is teaching those mediocre people, and the third thing I hate is repeating and rejecting a thing. Unfortunately, all of the above is accounted for by your previous request. ”

"Huh! Have you refused?!Professor Dumbledore, you big liar, you obviously don't want to ......" Hearing Grindelwald's answer, Elena's eyes instantly widened, and she looked at Lord Yi in front of her in disbelief wearing the Star Wizard robe, and her tone was extremely angry.

She had never imagined that the dignified Hogwarts Lord, an old man who was a full hundred years older than her, would do such a disrespectful behavior and deceive an ignorant little girl.

"Ahem......"

A look of embarrassment appeared on Dumbledore's face, and he turned around and touched Elena's head, and said in a voice like a child's coaxing, "Well, Elena, you wait at the door first." Let me talk to Gellert about it alone. If it doesn't work, we'll go back. ”

"Really?" Elena glanced at the white-bearded grandfather in front of her with suspicion, according to her experience, most of the white-bearded grandfathers seemed to be so reliable.

"It's true. Don't go far, though, as Sumire may have some remaining magical protection. Dumbledore nodded, giving him an extra admonition.

"Got it, just stay where you are. ”

Smack.

Dumbledore watched the girl's figure disappear behind the wooden door, and with a light tap of his wand, a magical glow flashed through the dark tear room, and an invisible soundproof barrier bound the sound in the room.

"You think you value this kid very much? It's not at all like the Albus Dumbledore I knew. Is it any wonder that you would come to the city of Newmengard in person after refusal, if not because...? I even have some doubts about whether that girl is your illegitimate daughter or granddaughter. ”

Gellert Grindelwald frowned with a complicated expression at the sight of Dumbledore's very different demeanor, and he could clearly tell that the extra patience and concern that Dumbledore had just shown was as if he had faced his sister Ariana - a bit like the look between relatives.

"Gellert, I'm ......" Dumbledore turned around the cramped, dimly lit room where only the two of them remained, and Grindelwald, his lips trembling slightly.

"Enough. Whatever you want to say, it's not this!"

As if knowing what Dumbledore was about to say, Grindelwald waved his hand a little roughly, adjusting his sitting posture, "What is it worth your apologies, apologies, I've heard enough over the years." It's my own choice, and you should know best. Now, let's talk about the kid. ”

The 1945 duel, which was said to be the greatest wizard duel of all time, was just a chance. Long before the duel took place, his views had already begun to change a little because of what he had seen and heard.

Dumbledore knew in his heart that there was only one spell that would defeat Grindelwald and imprison him in the tower of Newmengard, and that it would be engraved at the entrance to the castle - for the greater good.

"Elena, sell Lanna, that kid...? I saw in her your shadow, and of course mine, and something different from us. ”

Dumbledore, thinking back to the scene he had seen with the Regent Mind before, looked at Grindelwald with a solemn face, and his tone was extraordinarily determined, "If I was only a little skeptical before, I am at least ninety percent sure now." As long as this child doesn't die halfway, then she's the future of the wizarding world—for better or for worse. ”

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