"The future? Last month, you didn't have such a good opinion of her. Could it be that something happened? I suppose she secretly sold the Dumbledore family's property? It's like selling Hogwarts."
He looked at Dumbledore with a serious expression. Gellert Grindelwald reached out and covered the thin blanket over the bedridden knees. His tone was full of boastfulness.
"That's not true. Besides, Hogwarts wasn't sold. It was only mortgaged and redeemed after the deadline was beat." Dumbledore shook his head, correcting him with utmost seriousness.
"Alright, if you say so."
As a expelled student from the Demstrand School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Grindelwald's views on the so-called School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are quite different from Dumbledore's.
Therefore, even upon learning about Elena's mortgage on Hogwarts, his response was much calmer and colder than Dumbledore's. After all, when he was at the height of his power, even if he fired to destroy a Muggle city, it was no big deal.
Whether it's the Gu Ling Pavilion contract or any kind of currency exchange, in Grindelwald's view, they are trivial commercial tricks. Faced with absolute powerful force and the vast world, it's just ingenious nonsense; when he swept the entire wizarding world, wealth, as useful as it is, in Grindelwald's eyes, made no difference from roadside stones.
If it weren't for this damned brat with messy white hair, he wouldn't have to debate him [the hypothetical deduction of the war between the non-magical and magical world], then he wouldn't bother to help Dumbledore sign the "unbreakable oath".
From this month, whenever he thinks of this kid's face, Grindelwald feels a tightness in his chest.
In his impression, not even the toughest international magical authority is so careful about some details, every oath and every paragraph, as long as you're not careful, there must be a trap waiting for him and for Dumbledore.
"In short, take her. You can teach your own students; I've done enough." Grindelwald waved his hand and said firmly.
"Are you sure? This girl's magical talent is not inferior to her eloquence and wit."
Dumbledore smiled slightly, as if not seeing the resistance in Grindelwald's face, and slowly took the old wooden chair in the room to sit down. "She's only ten years old now, and has to wait until this year's September. She'll only be eleven after the 25th, but her magical power is comparable to that of a 15 or 16-year-old, even better than ours. And it only took her half a day without any exposure to magic to teach herself to master a complete light spell, to the level of textbooks!"
As a "friend" who has known most of his life, just like Grindelwald's understanding of Dumbledore, Dumbledore, who was good at understanding people's hearts, could not understand Grindelwald's preferences and interests.
Although Grindelwald has always been very self-centered, he has little interest and patience for those beneath him.
But he greatly appreciates those who are talented, full of talent and wisdom, and is very interested in establishing a close relationship with them. Elena, who has powerful magical talent, is a very rare gem to both Dumbledore and Grindelwald.
"Half a day? I wasn't that foolish. When I first tried magic, I mastered two spells in less than half a day." Grindelwald shook his head in disapproval.
Compared to most young wizards, it is indeed impressive to master a spell in just half a day for the first time, but it's just impressive.
"But..." Dumbledore paused for a moment, a look of disbelief appearing in his eyes, "If in this half day, she also taught eight other first-year students in the same carriage how to cast this spell?"
There is quite a difference between learning spells and teaching others to learn spells.
Every year, not many outstanding wizards graduate from Hogwarts. However, there are very few wizards with a talent for teaching. Most wizards struggle to systematically and effectively impart what they have learned to others.
This is also the reason that has long constrained the expansion of school enrollments in the magical world: extremely scarce teacher resources.
"Teach eight classmates at the same time? Do you know how to start drawing your own little forces just after entering school? It's quite interesting."
Grindelwald slightly raised his left eyebrow, nodded thoughtfully, his focus not entirely the same as Dumbledore's. The Lone can be a role model, but if you want to change the world pattern, it can never be accomplished by more than one person.
"Moreover, she's growing much faster than I imagined, and her instigation ability is much more terrifying than I thought."
Dumbledore sighed quite wearily, and instinctively rubbed his temples, speaking with a tired tone.
"On the first day of classes, she charmed all the first-year students to raid our school's kitchen. Then, the next morning, she directly triggered the biggest student conflict since the founding of Hogwarts between the two houses. From first grade to seventh grade, hundreds of young wizards participated in this group fight."
Speaking of this, Dumbledore looked at Grindelwald, who seemed to understand something, and he pulled out his wand and waved it in the air. "Forget about it, feel better yourself."
[Resurfacing Memories ()]
A small white light sprouted from the tip of the old man's wand, then quickly expanded into a dim curtain of light. From the visual position, it appeared to be a student standing in the Hufflepuff common room.
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