Chapter 23: For the Greater Good (4)
"That's what you call help?"
Dumbledore said coldly.
For some reason, Dumbledore suddenly remembered what happened when he was young, and in a trance, the faces of Yang Yun and Grindelwald, who had very different styles, actually overlapped strangely in an instant.
And Dumbledore finally understood why he had chosen to trust this group of wizards from the sea so easily. The same genius, the same vitality, the same desire to change the world...... It's like a midnight dream, a young but nostalgic time a hundred years ago.
"The one who knows you best is either your friend or your enemy. It just so happened that Mr. Grindelwald had both. β
Yang Yun, who didn't know Dumbledore's inner thoughts, but would only smile if he knew, continued: "Actually, I didn't do anything, just did a little bit of workβfor example, I told Mr. Grindelwald about the prophecy, and explained to him that under the constraints of the British Ministry of Magic, you may have a slight tendency to self-destruct. β
Yang Yun didn't lie, with Zhan Lan's mental power scan and Yang Yun's broomstick, it didn't take too long to find Newmengard Prison in Austria, and the prison where Grindelwald was held was now in a state of almost abandonment.
The outside of the prison was largely unguarded, except for the former Dark Lord who stood alone in the tower, looking out the window at the Alps day after day.
No one can lock up Grindelwald, just like Dumbledore, the Dark Lord is the one who is locked up for himself, and he is willing to be locked up here to atone for his love Dumbledore.
As Dumbledore believed, love was the greatest magic, as it defeated the Dark Lord of the previous generation.
And in the past fifty years, Grindelwald's thinking has also undergone a great change, he will no longer think about ruling Muggles, ruling the world, people can't overcome loneliness, loneliness makes the original Dark Lord in Newmengard day and night, uncontrollably nostalgic for the burning years he and Dumbledore had experienced, recalling the best time spent together.
So, after giving a rough account of the Harry Potter story through Yang Yun's letters, and pointing out Dumbledore's complacency and exhaustion in dealing with the mess left by Voldemort, Grindelwald was furious.
"Does he really think he's the so-called savior?"
After retrieving his wand and verifying the truth of the letter through his prophetic powers, Grindelwald immediately wrote a letter to Dumbledore.
And Dumbledore opened the letter now, and the more he read it, the more mixed feelings he felt in his heart. Grindelwald first recalled the eventful years of the two of them, and then ruthlessly scolded the British Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore.
Grindelwald actually has a kind of old enemy, or domineering president demeanor, his letter is full of "I am the only one who can fall in love with Dumbledore and kill him, Voldemort is something", and finally even threatened Dumbledore that if he could not unite the forces of the wizarding world to defeat Voldemort, then he would step out of Newmengard again and gather the saints, first go to the British Ministry of Magic to bloodbath, and then go to fight Voldemort and the Death Eaters to the death.
- How to say it, it's obviously a threat, but it has a taste of tsundere.
Dumbledore was not a man of power, and he didn't care what the world thought of him, and in the original worldline, he would at most laugh and say "it doesn't matter if you don't remove me from the chocolate frog card" in response to the Ministry's actions to strip him of his honor.
For a long time, Dumbledore had been bound by the red line he had drawn for himself, and sometimes it took a small excuse and opportunity to cross it...... And Grindelwald's letter undoubtedly gave Dumbledore the best excuse.
Dumbledore seems to be very fond of Grindelwald's strange feelings, and it is really difficult for ordinary people to understand the complex relationship between the two of them, who are also friends and enemies. After Dumbledore read the letter, the old man wiped his eyes, then looked up and asked Yang Yundao, "Anticipate this in advance and write to Grindelwald to inform you, is this also in your plan, or prophecy?" β
Yang Yun shrugged his shoulders: "Not everything can be solved with prophecy, just like Headmaster Dumbledore's past with Grindelwald, in addition to prophecy, you can also learn about your past by investigating it." After all, human beings are social animals, and when they live in this world, they will leave their own traces, and many things are not a secret as long as they are investigated. β
"As for Voldemort's attack on Azkaban, I didn't predict it, but I just think that if anyone in this world can really kill Headmaster Dumbledore, it's only Voldemort...... Since you don't want to get involved in politics and force yourself to fight a war when you are at a disadvantage, then I can only do things that you are not very happy to do. β
"But these things are not for researchers." Dumbledore said, "You first said that you came from the Wandering Sea to study thought magic, and now you took the initiative to contact Grindelwald ......"
"No one says that seekers who study magic are a bunch of nerds, that humans are social animals, and that the relationship between humans is like the gravitational pull of the planets, and no matter how much you deny it, this mutual power exists objectively and realistically."
"Wonderful parables." Dumbledore was thoughtful.
"This is the words of the head of the family of Animsfia, the monarch of the Wandering Sea Astronomical Sect, although most people don't like his style very much, but they have to admit that his theory has its own truth." Yang Yun spread his hands: "Sometimes, it's not a bad thing to be flexible in the moral bottom line, after all, it's also for the greater good." β
"If Grindelwald hears that his slogan is being used in such a place, then he won't be happy." Dumbledore shook his head.
"No, he'll be happy." "It's a win-win-win situation, Grindelwald gets solace in the heart, Headmaster Dumbledore gives you an excuse to convince yourself, and we get the assurance of strengthening our forces against Voldemort to accomplish our current goal...... This is for the greater good of our three parties. β
"Perhaps, but I know Grindelwald, and he won't be taken advantage of so easily." Dumbledore stood up, "I'm going to see him, or he won't be able to sit still." β
"Then we'll have to wait until the matter of Azkaban comes later, and I wish you all the best in this conversation, Headmaster."
Yang Yun drank all the tea in the cup: "You must know that thoughts do not bleed, do not feel pain, and do not die...... Thoughts cannot be killed. β
"This is the magic of thoughts, the magic of thoughts wandering in the sea, the magic of our thoughts......"
ββ¦β¦ And I think Mr. Grindelwald would be happy to adopt these words as his new slogan. β
(End of chapter)