Rebirth: I am the strongest second generation of Harry Potter

"You're later than I thought, Albus."

A well-dressed, gray-haired old man stood at the top of the stairs with a smile on his face. The old man continued,

"But it's nice to meet you, and this one, I think I should call you Hector, right?"

The old man looked at Hector standing behind Dumbledore with a wand in his hand, and stretched out his rough and solid big hand in a friendly manner.

"Nice to meet you, my name is Gellert Grindelwald.

Grindelwald introduced himself in a rhythmic tone. When he saw Hector, his eyes lit up. Hector was not stage-frightened. He shook Grindelwald's hand naturally.

"Nice to meet you, my name is Hector Dumbledore.

Grindelwald politely shook his hand up and down a few times, then pulled his hand back and put it back into his coat pocket. He turned his head and looked at Dumbledore who had stood behind Hector at some point.

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I guess I don't need to introduce myself, right?���Grindelwald looked at him, Dumbledore joked. He was in a good mood and his smile was brighter than usual. At this time, Grindelwald extended his hand to Dumbledore. Hector could see that Dumbledore was obviously stunned for a moment, and the smile faded from his face. Dumbledore first looked at Hector, then looked at Grindelwald who looked serious. After a long time, Dumbledore extended his hand to Grindelwald.

"Nice to meet you"

"Me too."

The deep blue eyes like the sea collided with the magical pupils of different shades like the sun and the moon. The two seemed to be closely connected by some magic. Neither Dumbledore nor Grindelwald could look away. The two held hands tighter and tighter, just like the gaze between the two, unable to let go.

Of course, at this time, our troublemaker Hector would stand up to destroy the warm scene of the old friends meeting each other. Seeing that the distance between the two was getting closer and closer, in order to avoid the book being banned for eighteen years, Hector coughed inappropriately.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald came back to their senses at the same time. Dumbledore was the first to let go of Grindelwald's hand, while Grindelwald pretended nothing had happened and put his hand back into his pocket unnaturally.

The scene was very awkward for a while, for all three of them. The air was unusually quiet, and no one knew how to speak to break the deadlock.

The two parties are still sorting out their feelings.

Dumbledore is a little flustered.

This is certainly not the first time he has come to this place in so many years, but Dumbledore has been here for so many years.

Dumbledore had been avoiding any communication with those eyes.

Dumbledore thought that after so many years, the long time might have completely washed away his feelings for the man in front of him.

Obviously, Albus Dumbledore, who was as good as a god, was wrong.

Grindelwald, the other party, behaved completely differently.

He put his hands in his pockets.

Dumbledore and his behavior seemed to be within his expectations.

Hector even saw a smug look on the old man's wrinkled face.

Hector, on the other hand, had an unnatural look on his face and some complaints about Grandpa Albus.

Grindelwald's looming pride deepened Hector's resentment towards Dumbledore.

Looking at him, and then looking at his own grandfather, the"offensive and defensive debate" was concluded. In such a situation, Hector could only cover his eyes, which were only twelve years old.

Fortunately, the two old men were very restrained and did not make the situation worse, otherwise Hector would really doubt whether Dumbledore was meeting Grindelwald for the first time like him.

(Hector really couldn't accept it, although he still boldly imagined the scenes of each meeting between Dumbledore and Grindelwald before.)

In the end, the awkward scene was broken by Grindelwald - the way he broke the deadlock was to reintroduce himself, but this time his tone was not as cadenced as before. Hector felt that his tone was a bit gnashing, but when he looked up, he still met Grindelwald's sincere smile.

"I'm glad you brought him here, Albus."

Grindelwald nodded to Dumbledore, who quickly recovered from his previous embarrassment and nodded as well, in response to Grindelwald.

"Don't stand at the stairs, come up."

Grindelwald stepped aside, pointed to the stairs leading to the top of the tower and said to Hector and Dumbledore. Dumbledore nodded, and he actually took the lead and walked in front of Hector, leaving Hector in the middle. Then Grindelwald, as the host, naturally followed at the end of the team.

Grindelwald lived at the top of the tower.

It was a fairly spacious room.

Perhaps it was because there was no other furniture in the room except for a hard bed and a new sofa that looked surprisingly similar to the decoration style of Dumbledore's office.

The top of the tower was not short of windows.

Unlike other windows in the entire Nurmengard Tower, the windows of Grindelwald's room were wiped very brightly, as if they had been recently wiped.

The bright sunshine cast into the room through the window, making the air in the room fresh.

"I'm sorry I have nothing to offer you, not even hot tea."

Grindelwald straightened his wrinkled clothes, glanced at the empty seat next to Dumbledore, and walked towards the bed. Before he reached the hard bed, Hector did not hesitate at all and sat down on the hard bed that hurt his butt. Grindelwald was obviously stunned for a moment. He smiled and looked at Hector, then turned around and looked at Dumbledore.

The sofa that was still empty before suddenly became full.

"Oh, and speaking of hospitality——"

Hector spoke.

He first looked around and found that there was nothing he could use.

He could only pull out a fork from the bag he was carrying.

Hector tried the changes in Transfiguration after his magic power was enhanced.

He lightly tapped his wand.

In just a moment, the fork that had been in the bag for who knows how long and the oil stains on it turned into hard oil residues was transformed into a clean and spacious table.

As for food, this was the easiest to solve.

Hector's bag contained Aberforth's chocolate frog, Hermione's French chocolate, a large bag of fudge sent by Ron, and Hector also saved a lot of the weird-flavored beans that Harry gave him from the comfort items he received.

Hector also took a large pot of pumpkin juice and White Rabbit from Nicolas Flamel.

As for the canary biscuits sent to him by the Weasley brothers, Hector also took out some for the two big guys sitting side by side to taste.

Grindelwald was surprised to see Hector pulling out all kinds of food and even steaming drinks like a magic trick. He was even more surprised than seeing the skilled Transfiguration.

"Are all of you Dumbledore like this?"

After discovering that most of the food on the table was dessert, Grindelwald silently asked this question. He glanced at Hector, then at Dumbledore.

"Didn't you tell me that he was from Gryffindor? Why do I feel like he's a Hufflepuff who likes to carry some surprising stuff with him?"

Dumbledore was choosing happily.

His hobby for candies had reached an obsession, and most of the candies in front of him were just the types he liked.

Dumbledore quickly reached into the bag of White Rabbit candies and grabbed a handful.

He held the candies in his palms as if they were treasures and enjoyed them happily while leaning back on the sofa.

Grindelwald showed a completely different behavior.

He seemed particularly picky and threw the French chocolate to the other side of the table.

Soon, Grindelwald found his favorite - canary biscuits.

"I hate Paris."

This is how Grindelwald explained his initial behavior, frowning as he used the golden cup that Hector had taken from Nicolas Flamel's house.

"A delight potion, a small amount of stimulant, and even a high-quality Buffy wake-up agent - such a luxurious combination, it is indeed Nicolas Flamel - I have never tasted such cookies, and they taste great! There is also a little bit of interesting transformation magic, a very good combination, it must be the creation of a little guy who loves mischief."

Grindelwald described it with great excitement, and Hector answered,

"They are two, sir, two pranksters. They are very good friends to you, my little fellow, and to me."

"Please convey my respects to these two people."

After tasting all the canary cookies on the table, Grindelwald was still unsatisfied. He asked,

"Anything else? Or something else."

Hector nodded.

The Weasley brothers mailed him a whole package.

Some of the semi-finished products needed Hector's advice, and some were finished products that had been successfully tested so that Hector could help promote them in the Hog's Head Bar.

Yes, under Hector's persistence and the solemn promise of the Weasley brothers, Aberforth reluctantly added a candy and snack counter in his mature bar.

However, the sales were outstanding, and Aberforth gradually agreed to this matter.

The Weasley twins' Joke Shop (pre-heating version) made a grand appearance in advance.

Grindelwald gladly took over the duties of a product tester. He gave a very high evaluation of the experimental version of the Fat Tongue Toffee, believing that it must be a very outstanding product in the future market. The magic popping candy promoted by Hector made Grindelwald look embarrassed. It can be seen that his praise for this product was very reluctant, but Grindelwald liked the Pop Popcorn, a magic snack made by Hector, very much. , his praise was sincere enough for Hector to see.

The atmosphere in the tower had never been so harmonious, everyone was just chatting aimlessly and tasting all kinds of food. Grindelwald was different from Nicolas Flamel, he seemed to simply want to see Hector, without any intention, the young Dumbledore evoked his infinite memories of the past years, whether those memories were good or bitter, Grindelwald couldn't tell, but he enjoyed this warm and beautiful scene.

It must be said that the current Grindelwald was nothing like the high-spirited leader who had the ambition to overthrow the Statute of Secrecy. Similar to what Dumbledore described, Grindelwald accepted the fact that he was a loser in the struggle, and now he was keen on childish things like pranks. Before leaving, Grindelwald slipped a note to Hector, which he quietly put in his palm when shaking hands with Hector and handed it to him.

"When you need it, just say my name to this note and someone will come to help you."

Grindelwald leaned close to Hector's ear. This was his way of thanking Hector for leaving everything in the package except the chocolate frog and Hermione's chocolate.

"Gellert Grindelwald, that's my name."

On the way out of Nurmengard, Hector couldn't help but speak up, reminding Dumbledore of the problem he had discovered at the beginning, even though Hector had a good impression of the first Dark Lord of the wizarding world.

"Grandpa Albus, the defenses of Nurmengard Castle"

Hector was still thinking about how to use the right words, but Dumbledore spoke first.

"Defensive measures are ineffective? I know, Hector."

"So why don't you take countermeasures?"

"I'll tell you the truth, kid."

Dumbledore paused for a moment, and after thinking it over, he finally said it.

"Nurmengard has no protection"

"You are not afraid？"

"I'm never afraid, Hector."

Dumbledore's tone was particularly gentle.

"Why?"

"He promised, Hector. '

Dumbledore replied���He raised his head and looked at the cold, dark tower behind him, and then said,

"And, I believe it."

In Nurmengard, Grindelwald looked out of the window of the spire. Two figures, one big and one small, stood on the opposite hilltop. Two red birds, one big and one small, landed on their shoulders. Then, the two people, one big and one small, and the two birds disappeared. The surroundings were still the quiet forest.

Grindelwald had a smile on his face, and the last piece of canary biscuit crumbs remained on his fingertips.

My beloved, because of you, I am willing to imprison myself in that cold tower; my beloved, because of me, you are forced to swallow that shameful honor.

You are the rare rationality in my madness, and I am the only madness in your rationality.

Do you hate me? I don't know, but I know that

I love you.