While Maca was exchanging information with Sirius, in the basement of an old wizard's mansion.

“…… Lord Greenwald, research has come a long way, and our original goal is coming to an end! Now that you're out, why don't you lead us to restart the reform as you did back then? ”

In this gloomy basement, a white-haired old wizard in a voluminous wizard's robe with his hair unkemptly tied behind his head was waving his arms and shouting at the wall with a frenzied expression.

And just above the moss-covered brick wall hung a mercury mirror glowing black and purple with some kind of magic spell.

In that mirror, a vague figure seemed to be looking faintly ahead.

"Lord Greenwald! Why don't you speak? The old wizard said madly, "Didn't Your Excellency say it back then?" We will no longer have to huddle under the jurisdiction of others, we will no longer have to live like rats committed to the sewers, we will no longer have to hide our true selves! ”

"But now, why should we stand still? You've come out of Dumbledore's shackles! What else do we have to fear? ”

"Look at that junior in England, some time ago, even he dared to attack Hogwarts where Dumbledore was still there! Dumbledore is gone now! ”

"Lord Greenwald, do we need to continue to cringe? What are we afraid of? Before...... If only before...... Your Excellency, you have nothing to fear when you are arrested by the Magical Congress of the United States! ”

The old wizard's eyes widened, and his mania seemed to overflow from his heart.

Fifty-three years! Greenwald was defeated by Dumbledore, and the whole "reform" was forced to disappear, but his most loyal and talented follower never gave up, and hibernate in the United States for a full fifty-three years!

During these fifty-three years, he carefully prepared everything all the time, even when he was left with the fall of Greenwald, he continued to try.

It was he who started the research project on the Silent with Greenwald, and he continued to do so for the next fifty-three years.

No matter how difficult the research environment was, no matter how difficult it was to raise funds, he never thought of giving up.

However, although his talent in the study of magic surpassed that of many ordinary wizards, he was far from being able to achieve magical geniuses like Greenwald and Dumbledore.

As Maca commented on his research, his research results were rather "boring". But in fact, he himself is not unaware of this.

In the first thirty years or so that he had been hidden in the Muggle world, he had been testing and analyzing the strange energy in the Silent Ones thousands of times and tens of thousands of times.

However, the knowledge he possessed of the theory of magic was not enough for him to understand the nature of that energy from the beginning.

When a researcher doesn't even know what the subject of research is, trying to take the first step will be walking on thin ice, let alone the road ahead.

It is often after a long distance that he realizes that he has actually taken the wrong first step in the process!

However, he is just a "genius of hard work". Extraordinary perseverance made him never give up, take the wrong path, and start all over again.

Because of this, more than 30 years of life were wasted by him on meaningless wandering.

It wasn't until he had failed many times that he suddenly realized that he seemed to be on a path of unnecessary, in-depth inquiry.

And it was that "awakening" that made him change the object of his research.

Yes, he no longer drilled into the horns of the bull to smash that weird energy, but changed the object of study to the carrier of that energy, that is, the silent one itself!

As a magical researcher, he naturally understood that this was undoubtedly a path that betrayed the spirit of magical research; But he also understands that this is definitely a "shortcut" for him!

Even if it wasn't interesting, all he needed, what Greenwald needed, was the results of his research. In this regard, he believes that he is completely innocent.

So, in the last two decades of his hibernation in the United States, he poured his perseverance and determination into the children one after another.

Not to mention the cruel behavior he did to those children as a researcher, in terms of his "love" for those children, he has never been married in his life is no less than any pair of parents.

Even the "love" in his heart is an extremely distorted "love".

In this way, a full fifty-three years have passed, and with the help of a few black magic created by his painstaking efforts, as well as his careful "transformation" of those children, the final fruits are finally about to be harvested!

And just then, it just so happened that Dumbledore died!

Overjoyed, he went to Germany for the first time, and after discovering that there were magic and giant guards set up by Dumbledore, he desperately contacted Voldemort.

After many twists and turns, the great dark wizard he once admired the most, finally stepped out of Newmengard.

But he never expected that the object of his worship seemed to have undergone some inexplicable change during the fifty-three years that he had been imprisoned on the top floor of the Newmengard Tower.

At first, he didn't realize it, because the joy of reunion made him forgetful.

When they first met at the German border, he couldn't help but marvel at the change in Lord Greenwald, because he felt that the Dark Wizard was even more powerful now than he was fifty-three years ago.

But just recently, he finally realized that the will of Lord Greenwald had disappeared!

Without mentioning the previous series of instructions, let's just say that this time- isn't it a young wizard who can train magical creatures? Why did Lord Greenwald make such a concession?

Not only did he order him to abandon four "very obedient children", but even asked him to immediately transfer his stronghold? These are all the hard work he has worked hard to manage alone over the years!

But the other party is Lord Greenwald, even if it has changed a little, but you are still your Excellency.

He is a person who can die for a research project for fifty-three years, and he will not change his mind because of this little thing. Deep down, he still believed that Lord Greenwald would come back!

“…… Lord Greenwald, our army of the Silent is almost finished! We can use this force to soothe all opposing voices! We will realize your great ideal! ”

The old wizard stretched out his arms and spoke in an impassioned old voice, staring intently at the blurred figure in the mirror, his bloodshot eyes utterly depressed madness.

"Lord Greenwald! Lord Gellert Greenwald! He shouted again the greatest name in his mind.

“…… Lennie. ”

In that mirror, for the first time, a voice came out today. Even though the voice sounded a little muddy, and even a little indistinguishable, the old wizard in front of the mirror was still excited.

"You...... Went the wrong way. ”

"Your Excellency?" The gray-haired old wizard Lenny paused, a hint of doubt mixed with the madness on his face.

"No, it's not that you're going the wrong way......" The figure in the mirror shook his head slightly and said softly, "You're doing a great job, very good!" At least, if it were me back then, I would have been happy for your perseverance and results. You have thought deeply about my original ideals, and you have exceeded the expectations I gave you back then......"

But this path is wrong, it is inadequate, it is ...... It's very naïve. Greenwald in the mirror said calmly, "That's right, it's all because of me, the immature me back then, who made you go the wrong way." ”

Greenwald ...... Excellency? Old wizard Lennie's madness was gone, and he just stared at the mirror in front of him in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Lennie, my old friend—"

Greenwald's voice was still a little vague, but his next words were like a blunt knife cut into Old Lennie's heart, tearing his longing for Greenwald into a bruise.

"In the fifty-three years I have been in the Tower of Newmengard, Albus has only visited me once." Greenwald said quietly, "It's the recent, it's the recent...... Do you know what he said to me? ”

"He said that I and his original idea were not wrong, we wizards have always been different from ordinary people. However, I was wrong, and it was ridiculously wrong. ”

"Wizards are alone, and they will eventually go all out on the path of magic, but that doesn't mean we're any higher than Muggles. We have our way to go, and Muggles have their own journey in life. ”

At this point, Greenwald's voice suddenly became a little strange, and a new will seemed to rise in his heart.

"Lennie," he said abruptly, with a hint of serenity in his tone, "I'm sorry for you, but I wasted your life...... Because you ......"

“…… It's just an ordinary wizard everywhere. ”

Before the words fell, with a crisp "click", the magic mercury mirror suddenly cracked a crack, and spread to every corner of the mirror in an instant.

Then, the whole mirror fell off the brick wall with a "bang" and turned into fragments.

In the basement, old Lenny stood in a daze in front of a moss-covered brick wall, his pupils in a trance. After a long time, he slowly closed his eyes, and after a moment of silence, his eyes opened again with an almost pathological madness.