Chapter 149 For the Greater Good
News about Cassandra?
Not only Harry and Vivi, but Dumbledore also wanted to know the news about her.
Nothing else, just curiosity.
"Where is she?" Harry asked eagerly.
Unexpectedly, Gellert was not in a hurry at all, but gave Harry a bewildered smile.
"Potter... your flirtatiousness does not surprise me. Has anyone ever told you to never show concern for another woman in front of a woman?"
He would never miss an opportunity to cause trouble for Harry, especially in front of his sister.
But - if he were in front of Cassandra, Gellert swore that he would definitely use all his life's knowledge to bring Potter and Miss Malfoy together.
"Your good sister taught you this? Sissy?" Harry used a very lethal title.
Hearing Harry's sharp sarcasm, Gellert looked like he was eating a lot.
This word is really too lethal. Generally, the word "sissy" (a derivative of sister) is used to describe a sissy, that is, a effeminate man.
In that era, sissies were generally stereotyped as gay.
But people like Gellert obviously can't stand being called sissy.
"Scarhead! If you want to know the whereabouts of your old friend, just take back what you just said!" Gellert said angrily.
"Okay, Puxi boy." Harry continued to sarcastically cheerfully.
As soon as Gellert opened his mouth, a transparent palm in the air grabbed the Skin of Destiny on the back of his neck.
When he turned his head, he saw his sister sitting quietly and staring at him.
"I saw Miss Malfoy," Gellert said with some frustration: "Just one year later, on Christmas Day, we had Christmas dinner here, and there was another... Tsk, it's Hufflepuff again, A Hufflepuff girl, Al and Vida, seven of us in total.”
Vivi glanced at Harry without trace: "In other words, Cassandra will be back by Christmas next year at the latest?"
"Yes, sister." Gellert smiled softly, "Please believe in my prophecy ability."
"Did you also predict the beating you received today?" Harry suddenly asked.
Gellert glanced at him and said nothing.
"Can you see the exact location of Cassandra?" Weiwei asked again: "For example, where she sleeps?"
"No." Gellert replied truthfully: "Maybe this place is too far away from where she sleeps, so I can't predict it... But don't worry, if I can get close, I can make a prediction."< br>
"I understand." Vivi nodded and said, she looked at Dumbledore again: "So, Professor Dumbledore... I think our agreement can be reached at this point?"
"I have no problem with that," Dumbledore replied.
Just kidding, he certainly had no problem with that.
If he had won the duel just now, he would still be able to say no. Although he would not refuse the senior sister's request to study again, he would definitely not agree to the request to release Gellert.
But there is no way, the situation is stronger than the other person. Although he is slightly better than the senior sister in terms of the level of magic, he is still wearing the nightgown that has been cursed by ancient times.
If I don't agree, I'm afraid the senior sister won't be as easy to talk to as she is now.
Thinking of this, he took out the wand in his arms again.
"This is the Elder Wand, Senior Grindelwald." Dumbledore handed the wand to Vivi. "You must have heard that the Elder Wand is the least emotional, calmest and cruelest wand. It only thinks about things. Ability - Other wands will have a certain degree of loyalty to a person, so even if I am disarmed, but I continue to hold the wand, the wand will still serve me, and they will not give up their master so easily. "
"As Ollivander said, if a wand chooses a person with abilities, they will prefer the owner chosen by the wand... However, the Elder Wand is only loyal to abilities, so it is completely devoid of emotions. Walk with strength.”
Weiwei didn't speak, just looked at Dumbledore, as if she wanted to see through his deeper meaning.
"In 1899, Gellert snatched this wand from Gregorovitch," Dumbledore said softly. "Since then, this wand has been in his possession; but in 1945, I I defeated him in the duel, and the Elder Wand has been mine ever since - until just now."
"You mean, I won the duel, so the ownership of the Elder Wand is mine?"
Weiwei reached out and took the wand, looking at the special wand body made of elder wood, her little finger nail lightly scratching the end of the wand without leaving any trace.
"Fifteen inches, the tail feathers of the Thestral." Weiwei raised her lips disdainfully: "Oh, one of the three holy weapons of death?"
With that, she threw the wand back to Dumbledore.
"I prefer the wand that has always been with me to the wand that only obeys the stronger one," she said.
"Few people can resist this kind of temptation, Senior Grindelwald." Dumbledore's eyes showed a touch of softness: "I need to remind you that this wand has an amplifying effect on the curse."
Vivi smiled and looked at Harry.
"I still prefer the one that has always been with me, Professor. I am a nostalgic person. No matter how dazzling the new wand is, I will never abandon my old friends."
Then she said: "Speaking of which, you should use the disarming spell on me again to regain control of the wand."
With that, she took the wand from Dumbledore's hand.
Dumbledore made no further attempts to persuade him. A disarming spell flashed and the Elder Wand returned to his hand.
"Compared to this wand that has no effect on me, I hope to get your support, Professor Dumbledore." Vivi said with a smile: "After graduation, I want to go to a Muggle university for further study. I hope that the International Federation of Wizards and the Wizengamot Council will not make things difficult for me, an innocent and kind little girl.”
Is this actually a requirement?
Dumbledore had no objection and assured Weiwei: "Don't worry, senior sister."
"Even if the Austrian Ministry of Magic objects, does it matter?" Weiwei asked.
"Of course, Senior Grindelwald." Dumbledore said seriously.
Hearing Dumbledore's assurance, Vivi smiled with satisfaction, and a look of success flashed across her eyes that no one noticed.
This was the hole she dug for Dumbledore, and it was the most important part of her plan to crush the Statute of Wizarding Secrecy underfoot.
Also...
In just a short period of time, Weiwei also carved a simple ancient magic mark into the Elder Wand - just when she scratched the handle of the wand with her fingernails.
As long as the holder attacks her, he will definitely be counterattacked by this spell.
How could Weiwei do business at a loss?
"What a pity." Gellert smacked his lips, "I personally still like this wand very much."
Dumbledore smiled and said to Vivi: "According to legend, a person who possesses three Deathly Hallows at the same time will become the master of Death. It was also because of this legend that Gellert and I became interested in the Deathly Hallows. Obsessed with the device, we did a lot Plan, plan to seize the Deathly Hallows - the three Deathly Hallows are the Elder Wand and the Cloak of Invisibility, but I have never heard of the other thing. And I have only seen the Elder Wand and the Cloak of Invisibility, but I have never heard of the other thing. ”
"Oh, by the way, Harry." Dumbledore looked at Harry: "The invisibility cloak is exactly the one I gave you last Christmas, a relic left by your father."
Harry was stunned for a moment.
He didn't expect that his invisibility cloak would have such great power.
"Having the Deathly Hallows will make you the master of Death?"
Hearing this statement, Weiwei smiled disdainfully.
"Oh my god, are you the ones who believed in this mythical legend when you were still young? You can become the master of Death just by owning three Deathly Hallows? This is too far-fetched."
"I think so too." Dumbledore smiled meaningfully, "As I grow older and more experienced, I also realize how ridiculous we were back then..."
He asked again: "Speaking of which, why didn't I see Ms. Rozier when I came to Nurmengard this time?"
"Rozier was sent to Hogwarts as a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts." Gellert did not intend to hide it, but told the truth, "At the beginning of the year, I saw my sister's return. , so I thought about asking people to go to Hogwarts to inquire about the information - and then I heard that you were recruiting a new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and the famous best-selling author Lockhart was not a good candidate. "
"That Lockhart, after extracting some adventure experiences from others, took these experiences as his own, and even used the forgetting spell on those victims." Gellert said disdainfully: "He became a best-seller A great writer, a great adventurer, with both fame and fortune, but those victims can only spend the rest of their lives in confusion——"
Harry's eyes widened. He really didn't expect that the real Lockhart would have such a story.
In this way, his and Ron's original guesses were not wrong. This Lockhart was indeed not a good person - but "Professor Lockhart" was indeed an excellent and competent professor.
"You should know that the Defense Against the Dark Arts class is cursed, Gellert." Dumbledore shook his head and said: "No one can serve as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts for a full year. This is Tom's answer to The curse of this position.”
"I have to admit that your student does have some abilities." Gellert nodded and said, "But I hope you can let Vida teach for a full year. After all, you can't find someone more qualified than her. Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts ”
"I agree with your point of view, Gellert." Dumbledore smiled. He knew best the level of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professors at Hogwarts over the years.
Then he said to Gellert: "But, I hope she can teach everyone with her original appearance——"
"So, what's the reason? How to make the students accept it?" Gellert frowned, "Everyone knows that Vader is a saint..."
"Respectable lady, she uncovered a serial conspiracy." Weiwei said suddenly: "In order to find evidence, she used Polyjuice Potion to look like Lockhart, just to expose Lockhart's true face——"
After hearing Weiwei's words, everyone expressed their approval.
"This is indeed a good reason, Senior Grindelwald." Dumbledore nodded with a smile, and then said to Gellert: "I think you should tell me where the real Lockhart is now, and we should let him Get the justice you deserve.”
"You haven't told me yet why you let this famous person become the professor of Hogwarts." Gellert asked calmly.
Dumbledore gave him a mysterious smile: "It's just because there is no other choice."
Gellert chuckled. He knew that Dumbledore was not telling the truth. He leaned forward slightly and stared at Dumbledore closely: "According to your usual character, you should be trying to use Lockhart's incident against someone. Give a warning... or train it, right? You always do this, just like you did to Scamander..."
"Maybe." Dumbledore neither admitted nor denied, "It's getting late, I think I should go back to Hogwarts - as for the rest, it has nothing to do with me. I'll be waiting for you at Hogwarts, Gellert."
After that, Dumbledore pinched Fawkes' butt, and the two disappeared into Nurmengard Castle together.
After seeing Dumbledore leave, Harry slowly opened his wallet and let Fiona out.
God, Fox is such a licking bird, we really can't let him get close to Fiona.
"I haven't seen Fiona for a long time, sister." Gellert crossed his legs casually, "Just like I haven't seen you for a long time, you know, I haven't seen you since I was seventeen. I dreamed of you telling me fairy tales to fall asleep.”
Harry could tell that this old boy was just pretending to be pitiful, trying to win Vivi's sympathy.
"Because you stole your sister's vault, Gellert." Harry began to taunt: "After you turn seventeen, what you dream about should be how your sister will deal with you after she returns."
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"Has anyone ever said that you have a really vicious mouth, Potter?" Grindelwald glared at Harry.
Harry chuckled: "But all this has nothing to do with me."
Seeing that Gellert wanted to say something more, Vivi interrupted: "Okay, it's getting late, I think we should take a rest - you should still have a free room in Nurmengard. Right? Let’s get ready. I’ll take you to Mr. Flamel’s place tomorrow.”
"Okay, sister." Gellert said sincerely. He called a few confidants downstairs and asked them to prepare a room for the two of them.
Harry always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
There was so much noise here and Gellert was being beaten all the time. Why didn't his henchman show up?
Only when he called did these confidants appear in this house...
Something is wrong, very wrong.
Harry suppressed his curiosity and walked to the two adjacent guest rooms with Vivi.
"See you tomorrow, Harry."
Vivi looked down at Harry, who was just level with her chest, smiled slightly, leaned down and kissed him gently on the forehead.
Harry, who was suddenly attacked, had a flushed face, and the soft feeling from before was still on his forehead.
"What, what is this?" Harry asked.
"Of course it's a good night kiss." Vivi reached out and rubbed Harry's messy hair, "Okay, we should rest, see you tomorrow."
"Okay, Vivi." Harry responded, "Good night."
A night of silence.
When Harry got up the next morning, he stretched himself.
It was the best night's sleep he'd had in years.
The scenery of Neumengard Castle in the early morning is very beautiful. Because it is located among the mountains, sitting in front of the window, you can have a panoramic view of the mountains in the distance.
It would be nice to have a house like this in the future, he thought.
"What are you looking at?"
A gentle voice sounded from behind him, and immediately, Harry felt himself falling into a soft embrace. It's Weiwei, she's here to absorb Harry's energy again.
"Looking at the scenery," Harry was still not used to this feeling of being held, but he liked it very much. "I was thinking, how nice would it be to have a house like this in the future? When I have nothing to do, I can sit Look at the scenery from the window...is that the Alps over there?”
"Yes, it's the Alps." Vivi said softly, "If you like it, Neumengard Castle is yours."
"Forget it, I'm afraid Gellert will kill me." Harry said with a smile.
Vivi hugged him and sat on the chair: "Don't worry, Gellert won't do it... Besides, he is already so old and has no descendants, so why does he need such a big house? It is better to give it to young people."
Harry always felt that there was something in Vivi's words. It seemed that she was not ordinary worried about the Grindelwald family's extinction.
"Speaking of which, why did you trust Dumbledore so easily?" Harry asked curiously: "You were not like this before -"
"Ah... I have to thank you for this, Harry." Vivi said with a slight smile, "As long as I am with you - when there is physical contact, I seem to be able to see a person's soul. This Maybe it’s the magic stone’s additional effect.”
"Soul?" Harry chewed on this sentence, not knowing what it meant.
"I can see clearly what a person's soul looks like, like you." Vivi lowered her head and said in Harry's ear: "Your soul is transparent and pure, the most delicious soul I have ever seen... I really want to I took a bite.”
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"Huh?" Harry hiccuped.
"Just kidding you, Dumbledore's soul is also pure white - there is only a small stain, which can even be completely ignored." Vivi said softly.
However, she only told Harry half the truth.
You can't say that I got an ancient magic mark on the handle of the Elder Wand, right? Doesn't this make me look too "smart"?
She hummed briskly to the tune of the "Emperor's Quartet" - a ditty from her hometown.
Harry suddenly realized that no wonder Vivi believed Dumbledore's assurance so easily.
Professor Haoying said that a gentleman can bully others. Perhaps Professor Dumbledore can also be described as a gentleman.
"What about Gellert?" he asked, curious as to what color Gellert's soul was.
"He." Weiwei sneered, "Black, colorful black, hopeless."
Harry snorted. He really didn't expect that Gellert would have such a low opinion from his sister.
Of course, Gellert, who was still sleeping in next door, didn't know that the ownership of his castle was given to Scarhead by his sister in an understatement during the morning conversation, and he even got a colorful comment.
Gellert was originally a very self-disciplined person, but since he was imprisoned in Nurmengard Castle, he lost his temper and got into the bad habit of sleeping in.
Generally speaking, he would never get up until the sun was shining at noon.
Vivi had no intention of asking him to get up. She just turned a blind eye to Gellert.
Every time she saw this brother, Weiwei couldn't help but think of the death of the Grindelwald family - and how he stole all the property in his treasury just like Sniff!
Just punish him by going to Newt's place to take care of Niffler - if I remember correctly, Newt is a master of magical animals and has raised many magical animals, so he must be raising Niffler as well.
Let the old Xiu Xiu take care of the little Xiu Xiu, just thinking like this, thinking of Gellert sitting with a Xiu Xiu on his head, two Xiu Xiu in his pocket, and holding a Xiu Xiu in his hand, Weiwei thought I find it very interesting, very interesting.
It wasn't until noon that Gellert yawned and climbed out of bed.
"Good morning, sister." Gellert yawned, with a nightcap of stars and moon on his head.
Weiwei's eyes widened and she realized that this nightcap should be the same style as Dumbledore's.
"And Scar...Potter." Gellert took back the word "Scar" in time.
Gellert had been prepared for a long time. He had arranged for someone to be imprisoned in Nurmengard in his likeness last night.
"By the way, sister." Gellert suddenly remembered the three people in the dungeon: "The three people who escaped, including Wilhelmini, are all in the dungeon. Do you want to go and see them?"
"Wilhelmine?" Weiwei frowned and thought for a long time, "Who is Wilhelmine?"
"He was one of those people who bullied our siblings back then." Gellert said with a shrug.
"Oh, I remembered." Weiwei smiled disdainfully, "She bullies the weak and fears the strong. She always encourages others to bully me from behind, but she never dares to face me alone - even if I was a squib at the beginning. ”
"You let such a person live for more than a hundred years?" Weiwei asked.
"Of course I won't make it easy for her," Gellert showed an evil smile: "Don't worry, sister, I think the three of them are almost resistant to Cruciatus."
Vivi paused.
Then she said helplessly: "It's my fault, Gale, for not making you have enough respect for the Unforgivable Curse, so that you are so indifferent to life now..."
Hearing this, Gellert rolled his eyes.
Disregarding life?
My sister, you accuse me of disregarding life?
But he just thought about it in his heart and didn't dare to say it out loud.
"Then what should we do with the three of them?" Gellert asked.
Weiwei's eyes darkened.
"You can't handle this little thing, what else do I want from your brother?"
Gellert didn't say anything, turned around and gave a few instructions to the people around him, and then left together.
After a while, he came back.
"It's been solved, sister." Gellert said deliberately: "I have killed those three people according to your instructions."
While talking, he didn't forget to look at Harry.
The meaning is very obvious - look, Scarhead, my sister is a murderous woman with blood on her hands - why don't you leave her quickly?
However, what he didn't expect was that Harry nodded approvingly at him.
"At least you are a qualified younger brother when it comes to protecting your sister," Harry said.
Gellert didn't know whether to be happy or sad, but Harry's next words told him that he should be angry.
"But that's all, Nifflert," Harry called out his new nickname for Gellert - just like the one he had given Draco.
The nickname was so lethal that Garrett's hair stood on end.
"Scarhead!" He cursed angrily, reaching out to hit Harry through Vivi.
But no matter what, his sister took a different stance and separated the two of them.
"Okay." Weiwei said, "Stop making trouble, we should go to Lemay's house earlier."
Are you about to meet Scamander? Gellert chuckled. He was really looking forward to what kind of sharp roar the freckled boy would make when he saw him.
"And take that Lockhart with you," Gellert said, reaching out and patting the suitcase at his feet: "I packed him in here and gave him the water of life and death."
Seeing that Gellert was ready, Vivi called Fiona, held Harry's hand with her left hand, pinched Gellert's wrist with her right hand, and disappeared into Nurmengard.
The Flamel family was having lunch, and when there was a knock on the door outside, Newt suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck and turned his head subconsciously.
It didn't matter if he turned around, the first thing he saw was Gellert Grindelwald, who was smiling meaningfully at him.
Newt subconsciously jumped up from his chair, reached out and took out his wand, and without saying a word, cast a spell on Grindelwald.
"Okay, Scamander." Gellert escaped the curse and said to him: "I come to see you this time with love and peace..."
Love and peace?
Harry's expression suddenly turned strange.
Not only Harry, but everyone present looked at Gellert with "Is there nothing wrong with you?"
Theseus' reaction was even more intense. He cast three spells in succession, but Gellert blocked them all.
"Okay, this is Professor Dumbledore's permission." Vivi's voice sounded from behind Gellert: "Come on, everyone sit down - let me tell you what happened."
Seeing that it was Vivi, Theseus and Newt suppressed the urge to cast a few more spells and blow up the hungry Grindelwald.
After all, she is an old senior at Hogwarts, so she should give the other party some face - not to mention, Professor Dumbledore's instructions are included in this.
They all knew that if Gellert left Nurmengard, Professor Dumbledore would know about it immediately and prevent him from leaving.
People gathered around and began to listen to Weiwei's story.
After hearing that Gellert emptied all of Weiwei's treasury and used it to organize the Wu Cui Party, everyone looked suddenly enlightened.
No wonder he was able to build such a large organization in just a few years. It took him a long time because he stole his sister's treasury...
That's more than two million gold galleons...
What they didn't expect was that Gellert actually stole the nightgown that his sister planned to give to Harry and gave it to Dumbledore. Because of this, Dumbledore was hanged during the duel with Vivi. On the ceiling.
What should I say? Is he really worthy of being a scary transfer student at Hogwarts?
However, Weiwei was very modest about this. She said: "Actually, Professor Dumbledore's level of magic is much higher than mine. I just took advantage of ancient magic, and there was a little accident."< br>
It was indeed an accident. After all, no one expected that this hole had been dug a hundred years ago.
"So, what you mean is..." Newt looked at Gellert with difficulty: "Professor Dumbledore allowed Grindelwald to be my teaching assistant to repay your debt?"
"Yes." Weiwei nodded and said: "He owes me so many gold Galleons, of course he should work to repay it."
"But I already have Hagrid as my assistant."
Newt didn't want to accept Gellert, not only because of the feud between the two of them, but also because of their incompatibility.
The incompatibility here means that one is the Harpa Party and the other is the Harvey Party. Such incompatibility.
"You can have more than one teaching assistant, Newt." Tina was watching the excitement and said in a low voice, "I think this is a good opportunity. Think about it, Newt, let him feed and sniff." Sniff..."
Hearing these words, Newt's eyes lit up.
"He can make an unbreakable vow with you." Weiwei added later.
However, what no one expected was that Gellert suddenly came to Pappy's side.
"This Miss Unicorn is Miss Sweeting of Hufflepuff, right?" Garrett showed a kind smile: "I remember that unicorns will only get close to people with pure souls - if I had run for the International If I was the president of the Wizards Association instead of Qilin, I might have won.”
"You are really evil, Grindelwald." Newt said from the side.
"Maybe, people are always brooding about failure." Gellert smiled and said again: "As my sister said, I will work under you to atone for my sins - this is also Principal Dumbledore What about the arrangement... As Dumbledore’s favorite student, shouldn’t you just listen to your professor?”
When he said this, Gellert's facial expression was very rich, and he looked like he was in need of a beating.
Of course, when he came out of Nurmengard, he also returned to his high-spirited appearance in 1926.
There are just a lot of wrinkles on my face.
But...
Gellert looked at Pappy again.
This Miss Pappy... also likes Potter.
Ha, scar-headed Veela, you are such a sinful boy!
But what does this have to do with me?
Garrett felt that working under Scamander was not an unacceptable thing.
Maybe... we can temporarily join forces with Scamander to defeat my sister together?
I’ve already thought of a code name, so let’s call it “For the Greater Good”!
(Ask for monthly ticket)
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(End of chapter)