Chapter Twenty-Three: The Sins of Grindelwald

"So, what is my current identity?"

On the leather sofa, the corners of Su Qiong's mouth rose slightly.

Every time he comes to a new world, he also has a new identity, big or small, but always intriguing him.

Through the spotless mirror that was wiped on the side of the table, Su Qiong finally saw herself clearly at the moment.

A slightly curly yellow hair, a dress entirely sewn from silk, typical medieval dress, and a pair of leather boots that seem to be made of some kind of leather on his feet, plus although the surroundings are not magnificent, but elegant and exquisite, the four corners of the room stand white marble pillars, the walls around are all carved of white stone bricks, the orchids carved from gold bloom charmingly between the white stones, and the cyan gauze curtains ripple with the wind, with another kind of different feeling.

Famous paintings or elaborate tapestries hang on the walls, 17th and 18th century gilded carved furniture is surrounded, and precious works of art are displayed in the hall, which is like a museum with glittering table clocks and chandeliers.

No doubt.

You don't have to guess that Su Qiong also knows that her identity is definitely a stable aristocratic class.

Compared with the down-and-out fisherman in the Journey to the West chapter to subdue demons, he still prefers his current identity.

The period when Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them took place was not an actor, before World War I, around 1926, there was a gap of more than a hundred years between the world in which he lived.

However, the history of Europe is heavily influenced by the Middle Ages, so even if it is considered modern times, the architecture here is still the "urban" architecture of the Middle Ages.

"Master Amo, there are guests looking for you outside!"

That's when it happened.

Behind Su Qiong, a slightly hoarse and dull voice suddenly sounded.

"Butler Modoran!"

Ye Qiong's voice sounded, turned around slightly, and looked towards the sound source behind her back.

It's an old man, about fifty or sixty years old.

Dressed in a straight black tuxedo, he is quite slim on his still tall body.

The old man is none other than the housekeeper of the family where Ye Qiong's current identity is located.

Mordoran-Gaunt.

He has served the Gaunt family for more than 30 years, growing from a small low-level house slave to a great housekeeper who is above 10,000 people today, and was given the surname Gaunt by the current patriarch of the Gaunt family a year ago.

The Gaunt family.

One of the twenty-eight most famous pure-blood families in the world of Harry Potter.

In the wizarding world, the twenty pure-blood families mainly include Albert, Avery, Black, Bulstrod, Bock, Caro, Brown, Weasley, Crouch, Foley, Flint, Gaunt, Greengrass, Lesterchurch, Longbottom, McMillan, Malfoy, Nott, Ollivander, Parkinson, Prewitt, Selwyn, Shackle, Slughorn, Travers, Alex, Prince, and later the Potter family of Harry Potter, the savior of the wizarding world.

When watching the Harry Potter movie, Ye Qiong mistakenly thought that Harry was a mixed-blood descendant, and it wasn't until later that he learned that Harry Potter was not only a descendant of a pure-blood family, but also a pure-blooded leader.

Jaime and Harry were able to inherit the Cloak of Invisibility, one of the Deathly Hallows, and their ancestors were wizards.

The Malfoys, Slytherins, Blacks, and Weasleys are all pure-blood families mentioned in the book.

The Lestrange family, the Crabbes, the Goyle family, the Nootts, the Parkinsons, and the Greengrasses are basically Death Eaters, plus Draco is mixed with Crabbe, Goyle, Theodore, Pansy, and Daphne.

The Gaunts are descendants of the Slytherins.

Speaking of the Gaunt family, maybe not too many people are familiar with it, but if you talk about a character born in the Gaunt family later, absolutely everyone knows it, and everyone knows it.

Voldemort Tom Marvolo Riddle, the super dark wizard who stirred up the wizarding world in later generations, was born here after twenty-six.

Voldemort's mother, Merope Gaunt, was a witch who, along with her brother Morfin Gaunt and father Marvolo Gaunt, was the last descendant of the Gaunt family and a pure-blood descendant of Salazar Slytherin. The Gaunt family was accustomed to consanguineous marriages, so some of their traits became more pronounced from generation to generation – short-tempered, restless, and violent.

Generations before Mavolo, the Gunt family fortune was squandered.

And Voldemort's father, Tom Riddle Sr., was the squire of Little Hangleton. Merope used an aphrodisiac to make Tom Riddle Sr. fall in love with him. A year after they eloped, Merope stopped using the aphrodisiac on Tom Riddle Sr. because she didn't want to live this false life anymore. Tom Riddle Sr. awoke and abandoned Merope, who was alone in London and had a miserable life. On Chinese New Year's Eve in 1926, Merope gave birth to Voldemort in front of an orphanage, and died after saying that he was called "Tom Riddle" after his father. Tom Riddle grew up in an orphanage.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that little Tom later became a mad "Buddha Demon".

"Mo Duoran, who's looking for me outside?"

Ye Qiong's brows furrowed slightly, as if she was a little puzzled.

In his memory, the Gaunt family had been squandered by now, and the former fox friends were long gone.

No one will pay attention to a family that has gone into decline, and no one will visit a family that has lost its glory.

Even if the family is pureblood.

"Seems to be Percival Graves, Minister of Magic"

The old butler opened his mouth softly, and there seemed to be a little solemnity in his tone.

"Percival Graves, what is he looking for me?"

Hearing this, Ye Qiong's eyes couldn't help but squint slightly.

Others don't know, but he knows very well in his heart who the current minister of the Ministry of Magic really is.

Gellert Grindelwald.

One of the most powerful dark wizards of all time, second only to Tom Marvolo Riddle, who later became Lord Voldemort.

Grindelwald attended Durmstrang College, but was later expelled from the school for conducting too evil experiments with the dark arts. He later became acquainted with Albus Dumbledore, became friends with him, and even lovers, and swore a blood oath.

Grindelwald is a complex character, he is very idealistic and at the same time talented and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. He achieved reforms outside the law and, along with his followers, committed numerous crimes, including several murders. His violent actions spread throughout the United States and Europe, and eventually established his own power base in a fortress called Newmengard in the middle of the continent.

In 1945, Grindelwald was already at the peak of its power. Dumbledore stepped forward to engage in a legendary duel with him, and eventually defeated him. Grindelwald was then imprisoned in a fortress he had built. Decades later, in 1998, Voldemort traveled to Newmengard to find the whereabouts of the Elder Wand. Grindelwald refused to provide him with information and was killed by Voldemort.