"Grindelwald?"

"Wait. It's a familiar name, I think I've heard it somewhere? ”

Time erases a lot of things, and few of those present have lived through that era of Grindelwald, a name that has been locked in Newmengard for so long that there are only so many people talking about him.

But what he did could never be forgotten, and almost in a short time, the name was associated with the man who had ruled almost the entire wizarding world of Europe, who had destroyed Paris with a single spell, and who had almost overthrown the International Law of Wizarding Secrecy.

Especially the pure-blood wizards standing on the right, they are no strangers to Grindelwald, and even their parents used to be Grindelwald's followers.

Then the exclamations began to stir, and the wizards looked in disbelief at the old man with short white hair and an old and emaciated face on the high platform.

"Is it really Grindelwald?"

"I thought he was already dead. How is this possible? ”

A rather young wizard shouted, "That Grindelwald who was defeated by Minister Dumbledore? I heard that he was an ambitious dark wizard, maybe he was really powerful back then, but even so, a person like you is not qualified to evaluate Professor Tang's prophecy! ”

As soon as these words came out, someone immediately retorted and mocked: "Ignorance, didn't you take a modern history of magic class when you were at Hogwarts?" ”

"Gellert Grindelwald is a prophet! He was one of the greatest prophets of modern times! ”

The young wizard was suddenly a little dumbfounded, he opened his mouth, and said stubbornly, "I haven't heard of him making any prophecies!" ”

"Grindelwald predicted World War II and the invention of nuclear weapons, which is why he advocated for the abolition of the International Wizarding Secrecy Act." An old-looking pure-blood wizard said loudly:

"What the magicians you support are going to do, Grindelwald has tried decades ago, and is even close to success - if you were to say that Grindelwald was a dark wizard, what was a magician?"

"Magicians are different!" Someone on the left immediately retorted: "Grindelwald wants to enslave Muggles, his goal has always been evil, and what the magician wants is a better civilization, how dare you compare a loser like Grindelwald with a magician?" ”

"Moreover, even if he has the ability to prophesy, it cannot prove that Professor Tang's prophecy is wrong, Grindelwald is a criminal, who can believe what he says! He just wants to revive his ambition by slandering Professor Tang! ”

"Stupid!"

"Shut up! Mudbloods! ”

“.”

The hall was filled with chaotic quarrels as if it had exploded, and Grindelwald stood on the high platform, not interrupting silently, but gently drawing his wand in his hand, as if waving a baton, cutting a straight line through the air.

Then, blue flames rose from around him, turning into several massive blue dragons that swirled throughout the hall.

The magical beings created by the Flame Spell exuded a terrifying aura, and all sounds were stopped in an instant.

"Gellert!" Dumbledore's eyes widened, "What are you going to do?" ”

Grindelwald didn't look back, but said, "Albus, words alone can't convince others, you have to know that sometimes power is the root of everything. ”

"Albus, I know how to deal with the current situation better than you do."

His figure was dyed blue by the color of the flames, and his voice echoed through the hall under such a grand spell.

"For a more brilliant civilization."

He whispered, slowly, the magician's slogan.

"What a lofty ideal, you cannot comprehend, and how excited I was when I heard these ideas not long ago."

"All my life, I have been trying to make wizards appear in this world openly, and all my life, I have been trying to find the truth and freedom that belongs to wizards."

"I used to try to achieve all this through violent means, but in this day and age, my ideas are no longer realized, and we have missed the opportunity."

"Those ordinary people, those Muggles, they have their joys and sorrows, they are no different from us except magic, they also desire freedom, and their power has grown-"

"It's no longer a time when wizards can easily enslave them, it's a time when wizards need to find ways to avoid being enslaved by them."

"By invading the Muggles' culture, by showing the presence of wizards step by step, and finally merging the entire wizarding world with the Muggle world to form a new civilization where magic and technology merge - I have to say, it's a brilliant idea."

"The idea of a magician is more suitable for this era and more feasible than me."

Everyone looked puzzled.

They were a little stunned for a while, didn't Grindelwald just stand up against the magician and refute Professor Tang's prophecy? Why is the words at this moment more like a fanatical supporter of magicians?

Only Townsend frowned slightly, but he didn't interrupt the other party.

"As you have heard." Grindelwald continued: "I fully support the Magician's mind and am willing to go out of my way to fight for the future he describes. ”

"But—"

He paused, and turned to look at the magician.

"I don't support magicians, I don't support a careerist with ulterior motives."

"Those prophecies are false."

Grindelwald's voice was raised.

"All the things he said were lies!"

"The magician I've seen is a Dark Lord through and through, he never wanted to achieve that, all he wanted was to rule the wizarding world, and when he did that, he would tear off his mask completely."

"Yes, I saw that."

Grindelwald raised his wand and pointed it at the magician.

"I saw the magician standing on a high platform, and I saw him proclaim in front of the wizards of the whole world, who supported him, that there was no more brilliant civilization at all."

"He deceived everyone, he turned his back on everyone."

There was silence in the hall.

Townsend narrowed his eyes slightly.

Things get interesting, and in fact, this scene is the final centerpiece of his plan.

Grindelwald is worthy of being a true prophet, he did see some pictures of the future, and directly pointed out his plan.

But so what?

Townsend broke the silence with a chuckle that also caught Grindelwald's attention, and he turned his gaze.

"Mr. Grindelwald, would you like to hear what you're saying?"

The Prophet said with a smile.

"You mean that when a magician succeeded in unifying the wizarding world around the world, when wizards all over the world recognized his ideas, he suddenly turned his back on his ideas? Suddenly declare in front of everyone that he doesn't want a more brilliant civilization at all? ”

"Do you mean that the magician managed to do all this, but at the moment of success, he buried it with his own hands, making himself the enemy of all wizards in the world?"

"So why did he do it?"

Townsend scoffed:

"Is it because he wants to match this stupid prophecy you have made today?"

(End of chapter)