"Wake up, Grindelwald, it's time for cake." Yvette's voice pierced the layers of fog and woke Grindelwald from his sleep.

Grindelwald lifted his head from the table and looked suspiciously at the people surrounding him, and at the huge fruitcake in front of him.

'I seem.... It's already been a birthday? ’

Yvette pinched the cheeks on both sides of Grindelwald, and said with a little grievance, "Grindelwald, you are such a big lazy worm, you have slept for so long at once." ”

And because his cheeks were pinched, Grindelwald's consciousness finally cleared up a little.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sleepy, I still feel like my brain is foggy." Grindelwald patted his head, trying to concentrate his consciousness a little more by doing so.

"It's okay, just wake up." Yvette smiled softly at Grindelwald, saying that she had forgiven him.

Grandma Juta, who was carrying a plate of steaming chocolate chip cookies, came out of the kitchen, "It's so lively, it's Grindelwald waking up, come, try the cookies that grandma just made!" ”

At this time, everyone would have swarmed around Grandma Yuta, but at this time, everyone would have just quietly watched Grandma Yuta bring the plate to Grindelwald.

"Grandma Yuta's cookies are the best!"

Grindelwald didn't stop after tasting the first biscuit, but stuffed it into his mouth more and more quickly, as if he was afraid that he would never eat it again, and tears could not stop sliding from the corners of his eyes.

'How do you feel like you can't control yourself today?' Doubts flashed through Grindelwald's heart.

Grandma Jutta took out a handkerchief to wipe away Grindelwald's tears, and said softly, "Eat more if it's delicious, it's all yours." ”

Yvette blushed slightly, fiddling with the corners of her skirt with her fingers, and then, as if she had made a great determination, took out a gift box from behind her.

Although it is a gift box made from a gift box containing cookies, judging by the cute bow ribbon and graffiti, it is a winner after weeding out countless failures.

"That..... Happy birthday Grindelwald! ”

"Thanks, is it a new notebook?" Grindelwald said that he was about to untie the ribbon of the gift, but found that no matter how hard he tried, the knot of the ribbon would not open.

Yvette squeezed Grindelwald's hand and stuck out her tongue, "Stupid, the gift can't be opened until you wake up." ”

'Wake up? ’

As if sensing something to come, Grindelwald's body suddenly moved to its own and walked to the front of the cake.

"Let's divide the cake!" With that, Grindelwald cut off a large piece of the cake and wanted to hand it to Yvette beside him.

But when Grindelwald looked up, he found that everyone who was more than ten meters away from the door had gathered at the door at this time, looking like they were ready to go out.

"Everyone....", as if realizing something, Grindelwald felt a sharp pain in his chest.

At the same time, the sound of a car horn was heard outside, which seemed to be an old-fashioned jeep.... Grindelwald felt so for no reason.

"It's almost time, it's time to go." An uncle's voice came from outside the door.

"Let's stop eating the cake and leave!"

Grindelwald chased forward with the piece of cake in his hand, but found that no matter how much he chased forward, he couldn't close the distance of even a millimeter to everyone.

Grindelwald felt the soles of his feet slip and fall forward, and the cake was glued to his face.

'No taste? Grindelwald licked the cream from his mouth, but found that there was no taste at all, and he didn't even feel the characteristic smoothness of the cream.

Oh, yes.... At that time, I didn't need to eat cake at all....

Grindelwald's hands clenched, nails digging into the flesh.

"Shapeshift!"

Finally, this time Grindelwald is less than a meter away from everyone....

Grindelwald hurriedly grabbed Roy, who was closest to him, before being pulled away again, "What the hell are you going to..."

was knocked to the ground by Roy's left hook.

"This punch, you and we are both clear."

Just as Grindelwald was about to get up and continue to ask, he was knocked back to the ground by Roy's right hook

"This punch is for Tom's guy."

Hit by these two strong punches, Grindelwald's vague consciousness finally reunited, and the things around him began to shatter and disappear like foam.

Only then did Grindelwald realize that there was no Tom in the crowd.

"Goodbye."

Everyone waved lightly at Grindelwald, and it burst like foam.

Grindelwald, who had been lying in bed for more than half a month, finally opened his eyes.

"Goodbye...."

Grindelwald muttered softly, tears sliding down, only this time, no one wiped him anymore.

Tom, huddled in the corner, turned around, blood from the corners of his mouth, and even a maggot that had just swallowed into his mouth without chewing tried to crawl out of his mouth.

"Hee-hee-hee, hee-hee, Grindelwald, are you awake? Would you like to have breakfast? Tom's face was full of crazy smiles, and there was an eerie rat-like laugh in his throat.

Tom, the guy who had been ostracized since he entered the orphanage, was once again excluded from everyone.

Tom handed Grindelwald a rat carcass that was crawling with maggots and smelled of decay.

Grindelwald kicked Tom away in disgust and looked around to see the floor full of licked cans and snack bags.... The problem of water is still drinkable tap water, but food can only be found in the town.....

"This is our last food, Grindelwald, when will you be able to fix your problem of wasting food." With that, Tom lay on the ground and stuck out his tongue to lick the maggots wriggling on the floor.

Grindelwald grabbed Tom by the collar and punched him in the face.

"Why don't you protect everyone!?" Grindelwald's upper and lower jaws clenched, and the clatter of teeth grinding was constantly heard.

Grindelwald hated, hated himself, and hated Tom's cowardice.

Tom tilted his head to the side and said in a low voice, "Hehe, me? I'm just an ordinary child, how can I fight with dozens of adults? Tom kept his head down, his messy hair covering his eyes.

"You're a wizard! Muggles are to you...."

"I'm not a wizard! It's because you're a wizard that the town we live in now will become hell, and the rest of the orphanage will die because of you! ”

"If I don't...," Grindelwald stopped in the middle of his sentence, letting go of his grip on Tom's collar.

The memory of the conversation between 'himself' and that being still existed in his mind, and Grindelwald knew exactly what would be even more terrifying if that ritual was successful.

"Hahaha, do you know what happened in the past half a month!? Do you know what it's like to be hungry when you have nothing to eat, and even the bugs think it's delicious? You know looking at the people around you, one, one, one! What does it feel like to go out to find something to eat and never come back!? ”

Grindelwald's legs went limp, and he sat down on the edge of the bed, "I don't have a better choice.... I thought you'd protect everyone...," muttered

“....”

Silence, deathly silence.

"I'll clean up the mess outside, you can stay here for now." Grindelwald stood up and walked out of the basement trembling.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to use his magic to conjure a loaf of bread, and at this time he conjured up too much food, and Grindelwald was afraid that Tom would kill him alive.