Professor of Pharmacy at Hogwarts

The sound of the waves in Nurmengard was still there, and the salty and humid air made the island look like it had just rained.

Bayer easily anchored the boat to the shore, followed Alexis and jumped out of the boat with a pile of books.

In July, the crops grown on the island should have started to ear. At this time in previous years, the sea breeze blows and the wheat waves are low, which looks very pleasant.

But this year is different. Maybe Grindelwald's research has entered a critical stage, or maybe he is just crazy about the science of the Muggle world and forgets to take care of the crops. In short, this year, the sea breeze blows, and the weeds are lying low. Rather than wheat waves.

If he hadn't seen the figure moving under the stone castle from a distance, Alexis would have suspected that something bad had happened to Grindelwald.

"Is this Nurmengard?"

Bayer looked around and admired.

People of Claire or Morsi's generation witnessed the establishment of Nurmengard with their own eyes. When Bayer's generation was born, it had become Grindelwald's exclusive prison. They had only heard of the name but had not seen it. .

Alexis didn't speak. For him who was so restless, he really couldn't see how beautiful this place was.

After leading Bayer to the stone castle, Grindelwald was leaning on a chair and reading a book. He put down the book when he heard footsteps, looked up and saw Alexis, and smiled.

"Little Alexis, why are you back?"

After greeting him, he turned his eyes to Bayer and his smile faded.

"Who is this?"

Grindelwald stood up, ready at any time. Once he heard the answer he didn't want to hear, he immediately rushed upstairs, took out his wand, and hit the Avatar on this lump of muscle.

"Artot von Baeyer"

This is Bayer's name.

"Looks like we have a guest here."

Grindelwald pulled his face and said with a smile.

This terrifying expression made Bayer tremble.

"Claire said that he is the only child of the Bayer family. Old man, it's not good for you to scare people like this."

Alexis couldn't figure out why Grindelwald showed such hostility towards Bair.

"Oh."

Grindelwald's hostility subsided. He looked at Bair up and down, and then looked at Alexis.

"Is this a squib?"

Bayer lowered his head in humiliation.

"How could the Bayer family give birth to a squib?"

Grindelwald looked at the autistic Bayer with curiosity.

Alexis felt her face burning.

It was as if he finally brought his friend home to play, but his parents gathered around him, commented on him curiously, and then asked him why he had so many shortcomings. It made him die of embarrassment.

"I recently read an article about heredity. It was a pea hybridization experiment done by a man named Mendel. It may be related to this."

Grindelwald turned around and picked up the book and rummaged through it, muttering to himself, "Where is it?" "I clearly remember it being here" and "Where did he go?".

"Hey!"

Alexis raised her voice, interrupting Grindelwald's soliloquy.

"what?"

Grindelwald subconsciously raised his head, looked at Alexis with a daze in his eyes, and then laughed.

"Little Alexis!"

He greeted warmly.

"Who is this?"

Then, he looked at Bayer and frowned.

"Bayer, he is Bayer, a descendant of the old Bayer family."

Grindelwald suddenly understood.

"right."

He greeted the two young men into the stone castle, put down the book calmly, clenched his palms into fists, and then slowly released them.

"These are the books you asked for, and I bought some others."

Alexis took the books from Bayer and introduced them one by one. Grindelwald sat across from them, smiling and listening quietly.

He waited until Alexis finished introducing everything before he spoke.

"Put it downstairs first. There is a box there. Put it in the box. I will sort it out myself."

Bayer consciously picked up the book and walked outside.

On the way here, Alexis briefly introduced him to the stone castle in Nurmengard. There was a very rich library in the basement.

"Did something happen?"

Grindelwald asked without Bayer present.

He can receive newspapers here, and he also knows something about the recent hot-button "Firebolt Case" and the "Alexis is a murderer" argument.

"I want to learn how to make people follow me sincerely."

Facing Grindelwald, Alexis had nothing to hide, he said frankly.

This time he came to Nurmengard. In addition to delivering books to Grindelwald, the most important purpose was to study. He thought he would be successful twice in a row, but the result was not satisfactory, which made him very frustrated. .

In Alexis' knowledge, Grindelwald is the most charismatic leader he knows. His followers will never leave him, even if he has failed, even if he shows no sign of coming back. Even after decades, his followers are still waiting for his return.They passed this loyalty to Grindelwald to the next generation, and then passed it on from generation to generation, quietly waiting for Grindelwald's call.

This loyalty made Alexis envious.

Grindelwald narrowed his eyes, put his palms together unconsciously, and thought for a while.

"Little Alexis, you have to know that the hardest thing in the world is to put your thoughts into someone else's brain."

“If you want to succeed, either put your ideas into their brains before they have any other ideas, or destroy their ideas and make them realize that their existing ideas are wrong, and then put your ideas into their minds. Put your thoughts in it.”

Alexis nodded.

He had heard this statement from Grindelwald as early as his childhood.

What he is about to do at Hogwarts is the first, to put his own ideas into the little wizards before they accept the existing outdated ideas in the wizarding world.

"But what should I do?"

"It seems that you are in trouble." Grindelwald smiled. "No, maybe you have tried but failed?"

Alexis nodded and explained his thoughts and solicitation of Lucius and Arthur.

"I thought this was going to be a sure success, but they all showed strong opposition, which frustrated me."

"Next, I originally planned to try Black, Lupine and Christie, but I'm not sure if it will work."

As he talked, Alexis began to unconsciously talk about the recent troubles.

Including Rufus and Umbridge's wedding, Rufus' changes, Wizengamot Councilor, old Morsi's disapproval...

He rarely did this, and this kind of conversation was unique.