HP: Embrace the Darkness

"Yeah, just trust."

Dumbledore nodded bitterly.

Little known, what the greatest white wizard of the century wanted all along was simple.

It was just a family, with father, mother, younger brothers and sisters, and... a lover. Unfortunately, Grindelwald could not give him that, and even forcibly destroyed everything for him.

Now that he is over a hundred years old, he wants something simpler.

He wanted the magical world to remain stable.

He wanted to spend the rest of his time in peace.

He wanted to go back to live in Godric's Hollow and be with Ariana, alone or with someone else.

The first wish has almost come true.

There is a new generation in the wizarding world called Arthas, so there is no need for him to worry. As long as Snape is around and the Cavendish and Muller families are around, Arthas will not be stupid enough to let Voldemort destroy the wizarding world. .

Grindelwald will be restrained by him and will no longer interfere in the magic world, leaving only Voldemort in the magic world for Asseth.

Maybe not much of an obstacle.

Dumbledore recalled the duel between Artes and the unknown man in black robes, and did not think that Grindelwald or Voldemort could compete with Artes.

That's fine, Asses understands love and is willing to love, and nothing will happen to the magical world in Cavendish's hands.

He had been tired all his life and it was time for him to take a rest.

Grindelwald didn't care about the life and death of the wizarding world, he just felt unwilling to make Dumbledore happy.

"Al, apart from trust, you can continue to ask. There are many things we can talk about, or I also have something I want to tell you."

His left eye said anticipation, and his right eye said reserve, waiting for Dumbledore to continue asking.

Sure enough, Dumbledore became interested.

"Oh? Do you have something to tell me? Then tell me carefully, what do you want to tell me?"

"Ask first."

Grindelwald waited almost obsessively for Dumbledore to ask other questions. He still remembered Anna saying that any problem must be solved.

Whatever it is, it must be asked.

If it doesn't work once, just do it twice or three times. Only when the problem is asked and solved can it be safe.

The fourth point of Anna’s class: communication.

Dumbledore thought for a while, and finally dug out a sentence said by Artes from the huge library of questions.

"Why do you stay in Nurmengard...prison? You obviously can't be trapped there."

Sure enough, I asked!

He knew that Al had many questions in his mind, but he just didn't know how to ask them.

Grindelwald secretly applauded himself for continuing to ask, then cleared his throat and began to answer Dumbledore's question.

"You wanted me to stay in Nurmengard, so I stayed in Nurmengard. This is one reason, and there is another reason that is not convenient to say at the moment."

Grindelwald didn't want to say the rest, but since he wanted to be honest, let's say it together.

Not convenient to say?

Combined with what Asseth said, Dumbledore easily guessed the reason for Grindelwald's concealment.

"Are you referring to the prophecy about my death?" He said calmly, as if he was not the person who died in the prophecy.

Grindelwald's expressions ranged from disbelief to doubt to anger.

"How could he tell you!"

Dumbledore seemed to be able to see through people's hearts and stared at Grindelwald quietly, not wanting to look away.

"Why can't you tell? Tell me about it, Gail, it might be fun."

interesting! ?

Grindelwald was furious and about to face his own death, but Dumbledore actually found it funny!

"This is not funny, Al." Grindelwald told Dumbledore seriously in a low voice.

Dumbledore sighed, "Gale, not everyone can know how they will die while they are alive, unless... isn't this interesting? Tell me, is this another reason?"

His eyes were as calm as ever.

Seeing Dumbledore's calm eyes, Grindelwald's arrogance suddenly dropped by half.

"Yes, this is another reason. As for why? Haha——"

He laughed to himself.

"Prophecies cannot be violated. I knew this when I tried countless times to change the prophecy that you were on the opposite side of me, but failed repeatedly. So I stayed in Nurmengard, unwilling to face it."

"One day a few years ago, Asseth appeared. His appearance directly changed the prophecy that has never changed. In the prophecy, you survived."

Dumbledore's eyes flickered slightly, and the grass touched his palm. He touched his right arm and patted it twice.

Maybe, he knew something.

"No, you don't know?"

After catching a glimpse of Dumbledore's thinking expression, Grindelwald finally realized that he had been tricked.

"Al? He didn't tell you this?"

Dumbledore nodded calmly, without any shame in deceiving Grindelwald.

"I never said he said that."

The alarm bell in Grindelwald's heart instantly sounded. With his IQ, how could he not notice that Dumbledore was lying.

Is he stupid?

"I've finished asking the question, what are you going to tell me?" Dumbledore asked unexpectedly.

"I……"

Grindelwald swallowed a few times and clenched the grass on the ground with his palms. When he grasped the fresh grass, it was all over his hands, making them sticky.

He had no time to pay attention to the grass that was crushed by him. He looked at Dumbledore's face and continued tentatively.

"Do you still remember? I asked you a question before... when I was 45 years old. I asked you, who will still love you."

"I remember, I still remember what I replied: You are alone."

Dumbledore's thoughts followed Grindelwald's words back to 1945.

Under everyone's gaze.

The blood alliance is shattered and they turn against each other.

When Grindelwald, who was much younger than he is now, faced complete failure, his first reaction was to stab his enemy and lover with words.

"Who could ever love you, Dumbledore?"

Compared with Grindelwald, the young Dumbledore did not give in. He faced everyone and turned his back to his former lover to say the most decisive farewell.

"You're alone."

This sentence is a prophecy.

The two spent almost the rest of their lives alone.

"Now I can tell you the answer."

In reality, Grindelwald's unhurried voice gradually shattered the scenes of the past, just like a gardener carefully pruning away dead and rotten leaves.

"I will love you. You will not be alone, and I will not be alone. We don't live long. I want to accompany you through the last journey of life until death."

Grindelwald, who had been arrogant all his life, looked at Dumbledore seriously fifty years later and personally broke what he said fifty years ago.

Dead trees eventually sprout new shoots.