Chapter 31: Rove the Tree Stealer

If there is anyone Rove is most afraid of, in addition to the Slytherin who killed Ravenclaw, it is probably the Corvinus Gaunt who has had several faces.

Gaunt, who was born in the eighteenth century, has lived for nearly three hundred years, and Dumbledore, who is his age, is just a junior in front of him!

A descendant of Slytherin, Corvinus Gaunt was one of the first wizards to come into contact with the basilisk, and he has been the head of the Department of Mysteries for a hundred years, studying the relics left by ancient wizards.

According to Grindelwald, he also traveled to that island and had a son with the eldest of the three siren sisters......

The more he knew, the more Rove felt that Corvinus Gaunt was mysterious, shrouded in an incomprehensible fog.

Of course, this is not something that Rove has to think about now, he is just an ordinary little wizard, and he is not capable of managing so many things.

He was now more concerned about the rampant evil spirits of Nyumengard.

For the next few days, Rove was squatting around the castle, waiting for the rabbits to arrive.

As for why not go to the back mountain as Grindelwald said, looking for traces of the evil spirits, the reason is simple:

There is a lot of magic and traps in the vicinity of NΓΌmongaard, which is very dangerous.

Rove also remembered Dumbledore's instructions and resolutely did not leave the castle and run around.

The boy waits for the rabbit, and it is also completely effective against the evil spirit.

As an extremely dangerous magical creature, the Evil Elf is not interested in adult wizards, but is unusually interested in children.

They will use their demagogic cries to lure children out and eat them.

Rove is fourteen years old, and although he is not a child, he also has a sense of youth, and compared to Grindelwald, he must have a strong allure for those evil spirits.

But after waiting for four days, Rove didn't see a single evil elf, and Grindelwald's daily recipe was stable with this magical creature.

This made Rove suspect that Grindelwald was deliberately using his love for magical creatures to lure him out of the castle.

This bad old man is very bad!

Rove thinks he is aware of Grindelwald's "sinister intentions" and decides to do the opposite, giving up the evil spirit and starting the elderberry.

The elderberry from Avalon, its leaves, has the effect of quickly restoring magic.

Although Rove has the magic of replenishing demons, to be honest, he has never tried to replenish demons by exchanging liquids with others.

There is and is no such magic...... It's better to eat the leaves than to eat them.

So, on the night of the sixth day, Rove took advantage of the darkness of the night and crept to the top of the tower, ready to steal the elderberry.

Rove didn't think about transplanting the whole tree, he just planned to break off a branch and cut it in his box.

Just as the boy had chosen a thick branch and was about to make a move, an old voice suddenly sounded in the night.

"What are you doing here?"

Rove turned his head and was surprised to see that Grindelwald was standing in the corner staring at him, he wasn't here just now, and he was coming so quickly.

"You haven't slept so late?" Rove didn't feel embarrassed at all to be caught, just showed a warm smile and said, "It's not good for old people to stay up late." ”

"The older you get, the less sleep you need." Grindelwald walked up to the boy, and he said calmly:

"And I'm very old, I don't sleep much every day, and I wander around in the middle of the night when I'm idle, but you're ...... What are you doing here? ”

"I'll help you water this tree." Rove snorted and said, "Then you can continue to walk here, and I'll go back to sleep first." ”

Rove hurried forward, and as the two passed by, Grindelwald suddenly spoke:

"You can't grow a tree without a tree."

Rove stopped abruptly, turned his head to look at Grindelwald, and the old man continued:

"I've tried cuttings before, but they've all failed, otherwise I wouldn't have the same tree now...... You need to be a tree species, not just branches. ”

"Is that so?" Rove said with some regret: "Then there is no way." ”

"Who said it couldn't be helped?" Grindelwald's wrinkled face smiled lightly and said:

"I happen to have the last seed left here."

The old man took out a seed from his pocket, shook it lightly in front of the young man's eyes, and said:

"For you."

Rove didn't inoculate, just raised his eyebrows and asked, "You won't give it to me for free, will you?" ”

"Free is the most expensive, I'll give it to you for free, you don't dare to ask for it." Grindelwald's blue eyes, shining in the dark.

"I need you to make one for me...... Bagatelle. ”

Rove stared at Grindelwald with wariness in his eyes and said:

"You don't want me to kill Corvinus Gaunt for you, do you? This will allow you to complete the deal with Iago. ”

"I want to, but with your strength, can you kill Corvinus Gaunt?" Grindelwald laughed, "Besides, even if I were willing to let you go, Albus wouldn't agree." ”

Rove breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then what do you want me to do?" ”

"I want you to help me save Igo's head and bring him back to Valhalla." Grindelwald spoke.

Rove frowned and shook his head: "I'm afraid I can't do this, I won't go to that island." ”

"Why?"

"I met a captain named Carlos last year who warned me not to look for the fountain of good luck." Rove explains:

"He said there was a curse there, it was dangerous, and the wizards he went there were dead."

"That's just his personal speculation, more out of fear of the unknown." Grindelwald smiled, "I've been there too, don't you live well?" ”

Rove didn't speak, anyway, with or without a curse, he wasn't going to venture into such an unknown place.

Grindelwald no longer comforted, just said: "Don't worry, I won't force you to ......"

"But one day, you'll go by yourself, and when the time comes, just bring it to me, and until then, Igo's head will be with you."

Rove frowned, Grindelwald was so sure that he hesitated a little, he thought about it for a long time, and felt that there was no harm to himself, so he nodded and agreed:

"It's a deal."

Rov took the tree seed and said strangely, "Why don't you go by yourself?" ”

"I'm a prisoner of Albus."

Grindelwald looked up at the sky, from which the stars seemed brighter, as if they were close at hand, and he said in a calm and sad tone:

"I promised him that without his permission, I would stay here for the rest of my life and not take half a step in Newmengard."

Rove hesitated, lowered his voice, and said:

"And what did you go to that island for?"

Grindelwald didn't speak, and Rove looked at him calmly and didn't say anything, just waited quietly.

The old man paused for a long time, and he let out a long sigh of weariness, and said with a hint of loneliness:

"Albus should have told you, that wrong summer?"

Rove nodded.

"I wanted to help Albus resurrect Ariana, and I thought that after I resurrected his sister, we would be reconciled...... So I went to the island. ”

Rove didn't ask about the result, because it was obvious that it had failed.

He sighed softly, some mistakes can be corrected, but some mistakes cannot be made up and repaid in a lifetime.

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