Two hours later, we moved our eyes to Austria –

......

It's an eerie, intimidating tower.

From a distance, it looks like an incomparably strong fortress, and it looks like a large can completely wrapped in iron sheets.

The fort was on a small cliff, but within a few miles of the cliff was a complete desert, with no life in sight except for the occasional ruin.

The only way to the tower was a very rugged mountain road.

This cold, dark, and uninhabited tower has a well-known name in the wizarding world:

"Newmengard!"

Newmongaard is a prison, a prison dedicated to dark wizards.

He was first used as a prison in about 1939.

Until 1945, Albus Dumbledore, the most terrible dark wizard of the 20th century, was imprisoned in this prison.

Since then, the number of inmates in the prison has become less and less...... Some are dead, while others have been transferred to other wizarding prisons across Europe.

It's just that the most notorious dark wizard is still locked up here, on the top floor of the tower.

Some say it was abandoned many years ago.

However, those in the know know very well that this prison can operate automatically without human guards.

As long as its creator, Gellert Grindelwald, the greatest wizard of the 20th century, is alive!

That's enough.

Even though it was late at night, the line engraved above the entrance to Newmontard still shone faintly:

"For the greater good!"

......

But at the top of the tower, it's a very different story.

Two gray-haired old men, facing each other, sat in front of a fire.

One was ragged, the other was well-dressed.

One is old, skinny, and at the same time looks frail, and the other is a crane-haired child, heroic, and still has an extraordinary temperament!

One is the most notorious dark wizard of the 20th century, and the other is the most widely acclaimed great wizard of the 20th century.

Albus Dumbledore, with Gellert Grindelwald.

Under normal circumstances, it's hard to associate these two wizards together, they belong to different worlds entirely.

But now, they're talking.

Like many, many old friends, it's casual, it's normal, it's uninhibited......

Moreover, it was Grindelwald who was speaking impassionedly, and Dumbledore was quietly listening.

In front of them were two shot glasses, a bottle of mead, and a basket of sweets of all kinds.

......

“...... It's as simple as that, the Black Witch, who claims to be the most powerful in the history of British magic, was so easily defeated by me!" Grindelwald said loudly as he fiddled with a silver lights-out device in his hand.

Any wizard who knew about Grindelwald was here would be shocked at this moment.

Because they will see that the president of the International Federation of Wizards, the chief of the Wizengamot, the greatest wizard of our time, is telling his recent experience in a ostentatious tone.

"That's it?"

Albus Dumbledore, however, bowed his head, his expression seemed to be a little disdainful.

"That's right!" Grindelwald snorted, "Could it be that my plan is not perfect enough?

"It's just to be able to deceive an old witch who has been imprisoned by Merlin for thousands of years!" Dumbledore still didn't look up: "I'm among them, at least six or seven loopholes!"

"It was precisely because she had been imprisoned by Merlin for thousands of years, and had long since lost her dignity as a true wizard, that I had the confidence to deal with her in this way!" Grindelwald did not feel offended, but calmly explained.

"So, Gellert, you don't have Hogwarts in mind at all!" Dumbledore suddenly raised his head and said coldly:

"You don't care if the Hogwarts students live or die, you put them in extreme danger for so long, they look to you as nothing more than a tool to achieve your goals...... Their life and death can be exchanged for benefits for you......"

Grindelwald was silent for a moment.

Then, he stood up and raised his head haughtily: "Albus, wouldn't you choose that?"

"Of course I won't!" Dumbledore said categorically.

Grindelwald retorted unceremoniously: "If you were in my position, you think you wouldn't be able to put students in extreme danger? You think you wouldn't let students be used as tools to achieve your goals? You think you wouldn't trade students' lives and deaths for greater gains?"

This time it was Dumbledore's turn to be silent.

"At least I won't care if the Hogwarts students live or die!" Dumbledore retorted after a moment of silence.

"I didn't care about their lives or deaths!" Grindelwald snorted coldly: "If that old witch really wants to kill those two first-grade children, I will also do it in advance!"

Dumbledore lowered his head again.

Because he knows that what Grindelwald said is true!

"We're one kind of people, Albus. Grindelwald continued: "We were one type of person all along......

"We've never been one of the same kind!" Dumbledore said categorically without hesitation.

"Why do you keep denying such facts!" Grindelwald suddenly deflated, and he sat down on the ground:

"Forty-seven years, Albus...... I've been holding you here for forty-seven years...... Isn't forty-seven years enough time for you to figure it out?"

"I think it through...... All the while!" Dumbledore said again.

"Looks like you're still not willing to give up......" Grindelwald sighed.

He picked up the mead on the ground and poured a glass for Dumbledore and himself.

Dumbledore, on the other hand, drank it all unceremoniously.

......

"Let's switch to something lighter!"

Grindelwald drank his cup of mead.

"Light topic?" Dumbledore didn't seem to be in high spirits.

"yes......" Grindelwald nodded, "Interesting...... This time I went back to Hogwarts, and I met a very interesting little guy......"

As he poured the wine, Gellert Grindelwald said relaxedly.

It can be seen that he is indeed unsuspecting.

He was opposite Albus Dumbledore, but differently.

The corners of his wrinkled eyes suddenly flashed with a glimmer of light.