"I'm sorry, Aurelius." Dumbledore looked at the frail Credence, or Aurelius, and whispered. "I didn't know you had been suffering like this all the time."

Aurelius stared blankly at the sky and was silent.

"Want to hear the story of our Dumbledore family?" Dumbledore didn't care about the wetness and mud of the snow, and sat down directly next to Aurelius, and said gently.

Aurelius' eyes regained some focus, and he looked at Dumbledore.

"I'll tell you beforehand that our story can be called a tragedy." Dumbledore let out a long sigh and looked at Aurelius. "If you want to hear it, I can start at the beginning."

"My father, Percival Dumbledore, and my mother, Kendra Dumbledore, have three children: me, my brother Aberforth, and my youngest sister, Ariana. There used to be an easy and happy life for us, but unfortunately, Ariana was seen by a few Muggle boys working magic......"

The Muggle boys chose to ostracize and persecute Ariana. This encounter made Ariana resist the use of magic, and the suppression of magic power made her gradually unable to control the magic of her riot, and eventually became a silent person. Just like you. ”

Dumbledore looked at Aurelius with a reflection of Ariana in his eyes.

"And then?" Aurelius finally spoke, asking hoarsely.

"Later, our father cursed the boys with magic to get revenge on them, and he was arrested by the Aurors for it. But he did not reveal to the Ministry of Magic the reason for his attack on Muggles. Because once the Ministry of Magic learns that Ariana has become a silent person, she will be taken away from her family by the Ministry of Magic because she cannot control her magic and threatens the law of secrecy. He will probably be permanently placed in St. Mungo's Hospital for the Injured and Injured of Magic. ”

"Our father was imprisoned in Azkaban, while my mother moved with our family to Godric's Valley. Later, Aberforth and I went to Hogwarts, and we thought we would be able to live in peace, but we were wrong. ”

"One day Aberforth and I were attending Hogwarts, and Ariana was completely out of control at home, and she accidentally killed our mother. So later, my two brothers took on the task of taking care of Ariana. ”

"But you haven't told me where I came from." Aurelius said with some urgency.

"Don't worry, it's almost there." Dumbledore smiled at Aurelius and continued.

"In the summer of 1899, in Godric's Hollow, Grindelwald and I met. Speaking of which, it was really crazy two months, and Grindelwald's mind intoxicated me. We dream of overthrowing the International Wizarding Secrecy Act and establishing a new order in which powerful wizards will be the benevolent overlords of the entire world! ”

Hearing this, Aurelius's expression became extremely shocked, and he asked in disbelief, "So you and Grindelwald used to be friends?" ”

"We're not just friends." Dumbledore smiled, a hint of nostalgia in his eyes.

"Yes, Grindelwald told me that you abandoned me and abandoned him, so we are on the same side." Aurelius muttered.

"Hear me tell the story first." Dumbledore shook his head noncommittally, and continued. "In fact, I had some scruples about his philosophy. But I was overwhelmed by the ideals shared by the two of us, and I appeased my conscience with empty words—all for the greater good, and any harm caused would be rewarded a hundredfold. ”

"But I was different from Grindelwald after all, and I wanted to establish a new order because I wanted to protect my loved ones from the cruelty and xenophobia that Muggles showed. Unlike him, he just thinks that wizards are superior and should not live incognito in the shadows of the world. ”

"Then we wanted to leave Godric's Valley and start our revolution. When Aberforth realized this, he was both worried and disgusted with my ambition, believing that I had neglected my duty to Ariana. ”

"I always thought that he wanted me to stay and take care of Ariana because I couldn't let go of my family affection, but I didn't know there was another reason for this until I saw you." With that, Dumbledore glanced at Aurelius.

Aurelius also seemed to realize that he was about to reveal his origins, and his expression became uneasy and extremely nervous.

"The Exotic Reclamation of Vegetable Skeletons"

"It turns out that those two months were not only two crazy months for me and Grindelwald, Aberforth also had his own story - he fell in love with a witch in Godric's Hollow!"

Aurelius' eyes widened, and he asked eagerly, "So I'm ......"

"That's right, you're Aberforth's child." Dumbledore whispered. "Unfortunately, because of my strained relationship with Aberforth, he didn't want to talk to me about anything. If I could do a better job of being a brother, maybe your tragedy wouldn't have happened. ”

"Later, some time after Aberforth fell in love with your mother, your mother left Godric's Valley for unknown reasons. It had been rumored that she had given birth to a child, and Aberforth had been searching for it. Until one day, he heard that you had been wrecked on a ship bound for the United States and sunk in the Atlantic......"

"You know the rest of the story, on the ship, Rita Lystrange was irritated by her brother's noise, and secretly replaced the quiet you with Corvus Lystrange V. Later you survived and were adopted by Mary Byerburne with the name Credence. ”

Aurelius looked at Dumbledore in a daze, and asked tremblingly, "So, you didn't want to abandon me, did you?" ”

"Never!" Dumbledore looked deeply at Aurelius and said gently.

Dumbledore then pressed the lights out and silently withdrew to the mirror space.

The two returned to the snowy streets of Berlin again.

Dumbledore stood up, bent down to lift Aurelius up from the snow, and lovingly patted the snowflakes on his clothes.

"So what happened to your sister, Ariana?" Aurelius asked suddenly.

Dumbledore was silent for a moment, then gently patted Aurelius on the shoulder.

"You'll find out someday." Dumbledore smiled reluctantly and said to Aurelius. "There's more important things you need to do now, and I can't stay long."

Then, Dumbledore took a few steps back, took one last deep look at Aurelius, and turned away from the snowy street.

"Wait, when will I be able to see Aberforth?" Before Dumbledore's figure vanished, Aurelius shouted.

"We will definitely meet again soon!"

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