The Periodic Table of Words at Hogwarts

"Tsk, more than 40 years have passed, but it's still the same here."

On the streets of Berlin, Germany, a very handsome old man wearing a long black trench coat walked elegantly on the streets.

Although his white hair looks messy, it has a wild and unyielding look.

"Ah, I haven't been here for a long time."

Grindelwald stopped in front of a small restaurant and looked at the small glass window with some emotion.

Behind the glass window, a slightly stout, chubby and very kind old man was carrying plates and serving food around the restaurant.

"Welcome, what would you like to order?"

Grindelwald walked into the restaurant and found a seat to sit down. The kind old man quickly walked over.

"One portion of roasted pork knuckle, one portion of sausage. The roasted pork knuckle should be crispy but not burnt."

Grindelwald raised his face and smiled at the old man.

"You! This is impossible"!

The kind old man's expression changed instantly, and then he began to carefully look at Grindelwald in front of him.

"That's right Simon, the person sitting in front of you is the living Grindelwald. Now please bring up my food first. I haven't eaten for a day since I escaped from prison."

Grindelwald smiled and knocked on the table. Simon turned around and ran to the kitchen as if he was awake.

After a while, a very good-looking roast pork knuckle was served.

"I was really starving. I even stole some things from Muggles' houses to feed myself during the escape. It seems that it is really not good to build the castle far away from Muggles. I almost starved to death on the way." !

Grindelwald complained while continuing:

"Is there any more wine? It's too cold. I want to drink some to warm up."

"Of course, my lord".

Simon immediately went to the counter to get a bottle of whiskey and poured a glass for Grindelwald.

"Sir, please wait a moment, I will close the store right now."

Simon stood up and began to apologize to the remaining customers in the store.

Under the understanding eyes of everyone, there were only two people left in the shop soon.

"how is it going"?

Grindelwald devoured the sausages on the plate, looking like he hadn't had enough for a long time.

"Very plain, my lord, I have lived here for 30 years."

Simon lowered his head, not daring to continue speaking.

"I thought you would lead my remaining forces to continue fighting with Dumbledore, but I didn't expect that you would leave them and come here to open a small restaurant, and it is a restaurant that serves Muggles."

Grindelwald put down his knife and fork and stared into Simon's eyes.

"grown ups"!

Simon immediately knelt down in fear, crawling on the ground without even daring to raise his head.

"Humph".

Grindelwald snorted coldly, and then continued:

"Stand up. Protecting yourself is the right thing to do. I don't blame you."

"Yes, sir"!

Simon immediately stood up in fear.

“Who is Simon from Knockturn Alley”?

Grindelwald ate the last piece of sausage and wiped his mouth.

"It's my son, sir. He prefers to have contact with wizards, so I asked him to disguise himself as me and stay in the shop in Knockturn Alley."

Simon immediately replied respectfully.

"My grandson is really stupid. He didn't realize that his Grandpa Simon had changed a long time ago. Hum, he is indeed younger and less vigilant."

Grindelwald snorted and stood up.

"Prepare a room for me. I will stay here for a while."

"Yes, my lord, but may I ask you"...

Simon was hesitant and didn't dare to speak.

"My previous ideals were wrong. These Muggles have already broken the balance. Wizards cannot win."

Grindelwald shook his head regretfully, and then continued:

"But for the continuation of the sacred blood, I made a difficult decision."

"Perhaps it's time to completely expose the mysterious wizarding world to these stupid Muggles. Our mystery will awe them and make it more difficult for them to discover our strength."

"Only in this way can we gain more living space for wizards"...

Grindelwald sighed regretfully.

"Two years ago, I was still confident, and I still believed that those Muggles were stupid, and I could still make them surrender with just a little trick, but only after reading some books did I truly understand the nature of this world."

"The more scarce it is, the more it is cherished. The concept of survival will push people to keep moving forward. Compared to wizards, scarier resources and a more troublesome life are the driving force for their development."

"Compared to the Muggles who struggled in the Middle Ages, wizards have never lacked resources. However, we use these resources for pleasure and theoretical research, and never think about truly changing the world."

When he said this, Grindelwald glanced at Simon's surprised face, took a sip of beer and continued:

"The Muggle population continues to multiply and resources become scarce. They have to develop technology crazily to produce or plunder more resources from other Muggle populations to prevent themselves from collapsing. The development of technology under the choice of life and death It will become faster and faster."

"At the same time, because plunder will inevitably encounter resistance, the development of military technology will be far higher than ordinary technology. Therefore, the moment the Muggles carried out the industrial revolution, we had already lost, and lost completely."

"Forget it, it's useless to talk more. I'm going to rest first. These things are very busy and I need more time to think and execute."

Grindelwald drank the last drop of beer in his glass and stood up.

"Clean up a room for me."

"Yes! My lord!"

Simon resigned respectfully, and Grindelwald opened the window on the second floor, leaned against the window, and stared thoughtfully at the crowd below.

This is one of the most prosperous commercial streets in Berlin. The streets are busy with people and traffic, making it very lively and prosperous.

"Diagon Alley is not even a tenth of what it is here."

Grindelwald snorted coldly, and then planned to go back to the room to rest.

"what"!

But suddenly, a scream came from the street below!

"Um"?

Grindelwald turned around in confusion, and with a burst of panicked shouts, the street suddenly became chaotic.

A middle-aged man who was staggering on the street pounced on the passerby without warning and bit his throat with his teeth.

With the blood splattering, the crowd on the street suddenly fell into chaos.

However, the culprit who caused all this was desperately biting the passers-by who had already made no sound. Blood was splattered everywhere, even flowing on the middle-aged man's eyeballs that had turned white.

"Infernal Corpse"!

Grindelwald's expression changed, then he opened the window and jumped from the second floor.

"Fire is burning"!

The blue flame instantly turned the disgusting undead soul and the unlucky guy bitten into ashes. The surrounding crowd looked at all this in disbelief and screamed in fear.

"boom"!

Following a loud noise, a violent explosion occurred in a restaurant far away on the street. Flames covered half of the street. People fled in panic, and crowds and stampedes occurred from time to time in the crowd.

"Damn it, have the people in the German Ministry of Magic degenerated to this extent?"

Grindelwald cursed, and then slowly pulled out the wand from his arms.