Chapter 16: Arthur's Choice

The gloomy hall of the Ministry of Magic was unusually quiet at this time.

appeared silently, so that everyone's eyes focused on this young man.

"Arthur..."

Dumbledore, who was enraged by Arthur's death curse, looked at Arthur hovering in the air with a complicated expression.

When the centenarian meets Arthur on his first day, he only thinks that the child, who can write stories about Harry Potter and Voldemort, has similar "prophecy" abilities.

Now he looked at the silence hovering behind him that exuded an aura of terror all the time.

Dumbledore's heart was mixed at this time.

"Good! Good! Good! I was not mistaken! Haha~"

Grindelwald's cloudy eyes stared at the silence behind Arthur.

He raised his arms and laughed maniacally.

He was not mistaken, Arthur was indeed a silent one.

I can't remember how long it was, but maybe 70 years. Once again, Grindelwald witnessed the great scene of the silent arrival in the wizarding world.

"It's too expensive... Can I get back? I can't afford 100 gold galleons a day..."

Silently surrounded by guards, Arthur landed like a feather on the marble floor.

He used a voice that only he could hear, and made the silence disappear from him.

Great power often comes at a high price.

Withstanding Yaxley's fatal blow has already left him with a huge foreign debt.

If you keep Murmur, Arthur, who thinks he is an ordinary person, can't afford Murphy's daily consumption at all.

Although the power of Silent Ran is strong, it is not the only way to become stronger.

"Headmaster Dumbledore, can I get out of here?"

The simple, wide linen clothes naturally drooped down as they disappeared silently, no longer swinging in the air.

"Arthur Pendragon, silently the most evil of the forces of darkness. I arrest you in the name of the Ministry of Magic! ”

Before Dumbledore could speak, Umbridge, who was helped up by his subordinates, pointed his wand at Arthur and said sharply.

At this time, her face was hideous, and her wrinkles and fat were twisted together, like a toad in a hurry.

"Noise!"

Grindelwald waved his arm in front of everyone, and a terrifying dark spell shot out of his wand, directly knocking down this pesky woman.

"Gellert!"

Dumbledore roared, and a wave of magic erupted from him, causing the wizards around him to retreat.

At this moment, whether it is the identity of Arthur Silent Person, or the Dark Lord Grindelwald, or the strongest Dumbledore today.

It's not something that these wizards can provoke.

This is the biggest crisis the Ministry of Magic has faced since the end of the dark period of Voldemort's reign eleven years ago.

All eyes were fixed on the three, except for Minister Fudge, who gritted his teeth and looked at Umbridge with an embarrassed expression.

"Arthur, I've decided not to kill you. Come with me! ”

Grindelwald stood in front of Arthur, stretched out his right hand, and invited Arthur to leave with him.

At this time, he thought of 70 years ago, and thought of the young man who also had silence.

At that time, he just used youth as a useful tool.

This time, he decided to train Arthur well. He had failed, and should have stayed in Nyumengard until the end of his life.

But Arthur, the child who did not appear in his prophecy, gave him hope.

"Arthur! You can't go with him! ”

Dumbledore shouted solemnly when he heard Grindelwald's demagogic voice.

The eyes wrapped in the traces of time looked at the young man's face in a complex way, trying to read his inner thoughts.

Dumbledore didn't understand why an innocent and kind boy would be a silent one.

Silently, it is not random to appear in this magical world.

Its formation requires a very special environment...

A trauma associated with the use of magic – an inner hatred of one's own magic and a conscious attempt to suppress it.

This is a very complex and painful process.

When a child with magical powers is forced to suppress their magic after being physically or psychologically abused, they can experience extremely painful emotions emotionally.

And this kind of extreme negative emotions is the most primitive condition for the dark parasitic magical power of Silent Ran.

For Arthur, a child with special abilities, Dumbledore had already learned about Arthur's past and character from Father Hughes and many nuns before he met Arthur.

He has always regarded St. Mary's Orphanage, where he was raised, as his home, and tried his best to make money for his family's life.

How could such a child, a child who had never been exposed to the wizarding world, become a silent one?

"Give me back the manuscript first..."

Because Arthur, who was saddled with two huge debts in one day, showed a rare trace of anger on his face.

He raised his hand, and instead of holding it on Grindelwald's right hand, he asked him for the manuscript of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

"Good, good! Here you go! As long as you come with me, you can do whatever you want, the title, the ending, the things that dislike me, I won't let you modify them in the future. ”

Grindelwald laughed wildly and handed the manuscript to Arthur.

As the first Dark Lord in modern times, he despised Arthur's ridiculous money-making ideas from the bottom of his heart.

But in the face of Arthur's persistence, he involuntarily gave birth to a sense of identity.

Although he is in the wrong direction, this tenacious dedication, coupled with his training, will definitely make him a powerful wizard.

The wizarding world will be turned upside down because of him.

"Without you, I won't be able to write a book, and I won't be able to take care of them."

Arthur looked at the torn manuscript in his hand, the anger on his face gradually disappeared, and there was a trace of sadness and distress.

He carefully tucked the manuscript into his arms and walked towards Dumbledore.

"Headmaster Dumbledore, I want to go back, and I don't want to come here again."

Arthur looked at Dumbledore calmly, which made Dumbledore, who had always been worried that Arthur would be bewitched by Grindelwald, his body trembled.

The complicated eyes before disappeared in an instant. The angry look was replaced by a smile full of praise and relief.

"Well, I promise you, no one will let you come here in the future."

In a trance, Dumbledore's heart suddenly gave birth to a thought, everything that happened just now was an illusion.

What is silent, silent, is just a mirror.

The young man in front of him is still the child he knows with pure eyes and a kind heart.

He deserves to take refuge in himself!

"Albus! You can't stop me anymore! Look at these inept pedantic wizards. Only I can protect him! Think of the mistakes we've made, Albus! ”

The moment Arthur walked towards Dumbledore, Grindelwald's smile was gone.

He looked angrily at the wizards around him, his eyes full of contempt.

As Dumbledore's best friend, Grindelwald was well aware of his best friend's character.

He could protect Arthur for a while, but he couldn't protect him for the rest of his life.

These wizards, who are hostile to Arthur, will surely find a way to kill Arthur.

As a Dark Lord, he knows the dark side of the human heart better than anyone else.

While Dumbledore was panicking, Grindelwald's figure turned into a cloud of black gas and rushed towards Arthur at great speed.