The night Grindelwald ran unsuccessfully for president of the International Confederation of Wizards and was expelled from Bhutan.

Fine snow drifts in the sky of New York, and a white carpet is laid on the ground.

The little bakery at 443 Revington Street in Manhattan is brightly lit and decorated with all sorts of pendants and brand new wallpaper that Jacob's wizarding friends have conjured for him with Transfiguration.

The Great Depression of the thirties had a great impact on the economy of the magnesium country, as did Jacob's Kowalski Quality Bakery Shop, which was not doing very well during this time.

But what saddened Jacob the most was never the business thing, but the departure of his lover, Queenie Goldstein.

Today, Grindelwald left alone, and Queenie returned to Jacob's side from Grindelwald's camp, and there was nothing more happy for Jacob.

Jacob became a hero to wizards during his fight against Grindelwald, and many wizards around the world knew him.

Moreover, Queenie's sister, Porpentina Goldstein, became the head of the Auror office of the Magical Congress of the United States. In such a situation, Rappaport's laws prohibiting wizards and Muggles from communicating could no longer stop Jacob and Queenie from falling in love.

Tonight, the two are going to have a small and exquisite wedding in Jacob's little bakery!

The streets outside are still snowy and rarely passing, so it's quiet.

On the bench opposite the bakery, Dumbledore sat quietly in the snow with the back of his chair.

Dumbledore's shoulders and hat were covered with snowflakes, but he remained motionless, silently watching his clenched right hand. The silence of the surroundings contrasts sharply with the lively atmosphere of the bakery.

"Why don't you go in and join them at their wedding?"

Next to the bench where Dumbledore was, a golden circle of light suddenly appeared, and the voice of the ghost Xiwen came from behind the circle.

"In fact, most of them weren't all that familiar with me, and I would only make them feel inhibited when I went in." Dumbledore chuckled and shook his head, whispering.

"Grindelwald was right, I never dared to face him. Always arranging for others to disrupt his plans, while he is cowering in Hogwarts castles. ”

"Isn't it all because of the Blood Alliance?" Sivan asked curiously, looking at Dumbledore's clenched right hand.

"The Blood Alliance is just an excuse I made for myself." Dumbledore spread his palms and looked at the diamond-shaped locket that had broken in half, as if talking to himself. "Actually, even without the Blood Alliance, I often don't dare to face him, I don't dare to face the past."

"I should have thought that even a powerful contract like the Blood Alliance could not completely imprison two people with different philosophies."

"Forty years ago, Grindelwald and I had a battle that was torn between protecting my family and chasing our ideals, and the Blood Pact didn't punish us."

"Today, it feels like it's back to that summer. I want to protect my nephew Aurelius, and Grindelwald seeks to kill in order to achieve his own ends. Under these conditions, the Blood Pact does not judge that we are fighting against each other, it only knows that our two hearts have completely parted ways. ”

"Eventually, it didn't seem to be able to discern our situation, and it shattered overwhelmed, and finally pulled us into a mental space that wanted us to figure it out on our own." Dumbledore whispered with a sentimental look of remembrance on his face. "Maybe that's fate......"

Siwen listened silently to Dumbledore's rare babbling words, and couldn't help but show a little emotion.

"But why didn't Grindelwald attack the new president, Santos, and instead chose to attack Aurelius?" He asked, puzzled.

"Because Aurelius, as an obscure person who can control himself freely, and also has a phoenix, he can be a great threat to him." Dumbledore glanced at Shevin and said seriously. "If it weren't for the use of the mirror space transformed from you to limit Silent Ran's power, I probably wouldn't have been able to subdue Aurelius so easily."

"So, after the duel with Aurelius, you persuaded him to help us unravel Grindelwald's plot?" Xiwen asked.

"It's not me, it's Aberforth." Dumbledore said. "Aberforth and Aurelius have been in contact with each other for a long time. They used a bloodline connection, and the two of them had been talking for a long time. And I just let Aurelius know about Grindelwald's lies. ”

Xiwen nodded thoughtfully.

Dumbledore then stood up and walked out onto the snow-covered street, leaving a trail of shallow footprints.

"I'm guessing you're here to ask me about the 'plan'?" He suddenly stopped and asked back.

"If you don't mind explaining it." Sivan quietly floated to Dumbledore's side and replied.

"The plan has been perfected, and there's no point in hiding it any longer, isn't it?" Dumbledore said with a smile.

"Youssef Kama comes from an old pure-blood family, and it's often the kind of person who best identifies with Grindelwald's idea of conquering Muggles, so I sent him to go undercover in Newmengard."

"And he did a good job, using Occlumency to hide from Grindelwald's Dementor, and at the same time revealing the plan in his mind to Queenie, a natural Regent."

"Queenie has been with Grindelwald for so long, and she should have understood that he is not living together as an equal between wizards and Muggles, he is just enslaving Muggles as inferior creatures."

"Queenie, who is deeply in love with Mr. Kowalski, will not work for Grindelwald wholeheartedly. So Karma was able to send me the corresponding information in Newmengard with her cooperation, so that I could not be left behind by Grindelwald's prophetic ability. ”

"Theseus was tasked with finding out if the Ministry of Magic had been infiltrated by Grindelwald, but I didn't expect him to be captured in Urkstag prison. Luckily, you worked well with Newt and got him back. ”

With that, Dumbledore glanced at Shewin with interest.

Xiwen also thought of the manticore-tailed beast that was carried by his own nest, and couldn't help but laugh wryly.

Dumbledore didn't pay much attention to the prison issue, and went on to explain, "Professor Hicks and Mr. Kowalski are tasked with stopping Grindelwald's assassination of the other candidates. ”

"But what does it mean to give Jacob a wand?" Xiwen couldn't help but ask.

"Just to confuse Grindelwald." Dumbledore chuckled. "It's an easy way to distract Bundy and hide the most important part. Who could refuse to pay attention to a Muggle who could cast spells? ”

"As you should have guessed about Bunty's task - prepare six identical chests, put five fake ones in the Room of Requirement, and bring the real ones to the site by Bunty."

"I know Grindelwald. He focuses so much on the good that he often ignores the average wizard with average talent. However, I have always believed that everyone has a place for themselves and can play a role that cannot be ignored! ”

"Didn't Bunty do what no one else could do this time?" Dumbledore laughed.

"What an amazing plan!" Xiwen said in admiration. "I was suspicious of you at the beginning, far less trusting than the other members of Dumbledore's Army."

"It's all right, Mr. Strange." Dumbledore smiled and winked at Xiwen. "You know, trust is cultivated slowly!"

"It's different in the future, I'll probably trust you 100%." Xiwen also laughed knowingly and said teasingly. "You know, you're the one chosen by the Kirin!"

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