In an unnamed town in Meyersburg, Germany, far from the city, smoke rising from cooking is slowly wafting from the smoke of cooking..... It is only a small two-story pavilion covering an area of about four or five hundred square meters.

The vines had long been wrapped around the iron gate and door number of the orphanage, but the words 'Osiris' had not been concealed, which showed that although the place was a little dilapidated, the director was a very careful person.

The kind dean, Grandma Juta, was preparing lunch, and a dozen children, ranging in the age of three or four to fourteen or fifteen, were so attracted by the aroma that they gathered around the kitchen door, and only the 'tolls' of a sumptuous meal could make the little bandits give way.

Grandma Yuta, who is now 84 years old, has a favorite pastime of turning on the radio given to her by her deceased husband in the back of the hospital on a sunny afternoon and knitting winter clothes and towels for the children.

The orphanage is financed by a biscuit shop run by Grandma Yuta, who bakes some biscuits every night after settling each child to sleep, and then sends the older children to sell them the next day to make ends meet.

Strange as it may seem, a cookie shop run by a group of children and an elderly man has never been harassed by the hooligans and bullies.

Grandma Yuta untied her apron and hung it on a hook next to the kitchen, and a group of children surrounded her, "Grandma Yuta, Grandma Yuta, what are you going to eat today?" ”

The mouths of these little gluttons were already full of saliva.

"Beef stew with potatoes, tomato soup, and your favorite strawberry cake!" Grandma Juta always had that shallow but happy smile on her face: "Who's going to call Grindelwald for dinner today?" Today is his 11th birthday! ”

When these children were left at the door of the orphanage, they were more or less accompanied by some belongings, or some subsidized expenses for the operation of the orphanage, or a letter, or some clothing...... But Grindelwald is the only one who is placed at the door of the orphanage with a book that records the sentences of the middle two.... and a note with his birthday.

[Signature: Gellert Grindelwald]

A few children, you look at me, I look at you, and after a sparse whispered discussion, a younger boy was pushed out, "Today it's Tom's turn to call Grindelwald for dinner!" The children said in unison, as if it was a terrible thing to go and eat the kid named Grindelwald.

Seven-year-old Tom has brown and messy hair, and the size of a fat man with the snot and tears hanging on his face at this time looks very funny..... I'm afraid of Grindelwald's dark magic ....." It seems that Tom was also quite frightened during his two years at the Olisses Orphanage.

Witchcraft is as frightening as a plague in this remote town where technology has not yet been fully popularized, and there are not a few who are burned on the cross by the angry masses.

Grandma Yuta took off the patched towel that was hanging beside her and wiped Tom's tears as she said, "We didn't mention magic outside, we agreed a long time ago. Grandma Juta put away her kind smile and looked slightly serious.

Only in the matter of 'magic', Grandma Yuta would show such a look.

Tom calmed down after sobbing a few times, "Okay..... Grandma Juta....."

Grindelwald's rooms are different from everyone else, most of the orphanage children have their own rooms in pairs, but Grindelwald lives alone in a cold basement..... From time to time, the screams of small rodent mammals can be heard.

Grindelwald angrily snapped the wand in his hand, which had an almost negative magic transmission ability, "Damn, this is already the seventy-eighth failure. "It's not even as good as not having such a wand.

Grindelwald's dazzling blonde hair had now turned gray from a long period of untidying, and the eye sockets on both sides had become as dark black as pandas..... Grindelwald had been experimenting for a week on the back of a refreshing potion.

"Knock Knock"

Such a knock on the door sounded particularly irritating to Grindelwald at this time.

Grindelwald suppressed his anger and said in the most peaceful voice possible, "Put the food in through the small door, and I'll eat it." As Grindelwald spoke, the things in the room returned to their original place as if they had been ordered to do so.

"Grandma Yuta..... Say.... Said it was your birthday, and I prepared a cake for you....." Tom's trademark sobs came from outside the door, and he still seemed startled by Grindelwald's tone.

Hearing this, the anger on Grindelwald's face gradually subsided, "Are you 11 years old....." walked to the door and opened the door that had been closed for seven days, "Anyway, it seems that you came to call me for dinner for the third time this week, right?" Didn't you say that it was good to take turns? ”

Grindelwald was more than a head taller than Tom, blocking Tom's gaze from looking into the basement.

"They..... They said I was the last to come, and that's the rule....."

Grindelwald frowned slightly, but didn't say anything. Exclusion is quite common in a small group like an orphanage.

Grindelwald raised his hand, and a stream of clear water appeared and enveloped Tom's head, and in less than a second it flew out of the house on its own with snot, tears, and a pile of other filth.

This felt worse for Tom than being forcibly washed by an adult with a towel..... After all, the suffocating feeling of water pouring into the nose is not something that few people can get used to.

Grindelwald then walked to the hall, but Grindelwald walked unexpectedly slowly, as if waiting for Tom to follow.

The hall was as simple as the orphanage, and the main entrance was a long row of wooden dining tables and a few wooden chairs of the same material, and there was nothing else in the room except for the stove in the corner.

Even the remaining tables and chairs in the hall are full of decay that has gone through the ages.....

'Before you go to school at Hogwarts, you have to use magic to fix everything here. ’

It is recorded that every child with wizarding talent will have a magical owl on their 11th birthday to deliver Hogwarts admission to each young wizard.

If the dark magic recorded in the book is true, then it must be true, Grindelwald believed. Relying on his age to cast magic without relying on wands and spells, Grindelwald was confident that he could become a legend like the Dark Lord 'Geliot Grindelwald', which is why he named himself 'Grindelwald'.

"Grindelwald, don't keep everyone waiting." Grandma Juta's heartwarming voice came from the front, forming an invisible force that pushed Grindelwald and Tom forward.

Grindelwald, who has always been cold and focused on magic, can only show a gentle look when facing Grandma Yuta, "Here it is." "But it's still so precious that words are like gold.

A large pot of beef stew with potatoes is placed in the center of the table, a 'delicacy' that the Olisses Orphanage only tastes on days like the holidays.

The children, who were still shouting, fell silent one by one as soon as Grindelwald came to the table, and even the 'older siblings' who were a few years older than Grindelwald looked at Grindelwald with a little awe.

In addition to Grandma Yuta, the mysterious and calm Grindelwald is the most powerful person in this group of children..... Combining these children's yearning for magic and their fear of the Dark Lord, Grindelwald sometimes spoke more weight than Grandma Juta.

At Grandma Yuta's motion, all the children, including Grindelwald, folded their hands, closed their eyes and bowed their heads slightly.

"Thank God for giving us such abundant food.....

Yes, Grandma Jutta is a devout Christian, and Grandma Yuta is convinced that the Lord will bless these poor children, so this pre-meal prayer is an essential activity every day before eating.

"Let's eat it, but leave some room for your little belly, and there will be cakes and cookies later!"

"Long live Grandma Yuta!!" With Grandma Juta's permission, the little ones all frantically stuffed their mouths with meat that they could hardly eat on a daily basis as if they hadn't eaten a few meals.

Even Grindelwald eats a little faster than before, but his movements still reveal a noble elegance, and the nobility in his blood does not allow him to be as vulgar as these Muggles......