[HP] Aunt of the Savior

This unexpected answer made Dumbledore suddenly look up at Grindelwald.

But Grindelwald's tone was very calm, and he even hooked the corner of his mouth slightly.He had long imagined Dumbledore's reaction when he heard his decision - calm, silent, with a little scrutiny and inquiry in his eyes.The moment when his imagination became reality made him very happy.The gap of time made it difficult for him to guess Albus's emotions and sorrows as easily as in the past. This kind of rarity made this little thing precious.

The answer was decided before he left Nurmengard.Although he chose to escape from prison in order to help Dumbledore, he never thought of taking this opportunity to leave that cage forever.Moreover, in order to prevent Nonario from doing anything unnecessary to dissuade him, he also planned to return to Germany this time without disturbing any of his past subordinates.

"You don't believe me?" Grindel raised an eyebrow at Dumbledore.

"No." Dumbledore shook his head. "I don't think you would tell such a lie."

Grindelwald smiled: "Just a little surprised?"

"Indeed." Dumbledore admitted this frankly.

"This has been discussed with Jody a long time ago. She is not willing to be a spy in front of a Dark Lord for more than ten years and then bear the fault of releasing another Dark Lord. It has been found that the Potters have not been able to help the Potters regain their magic power. I knew there was no need for me to stay any longer." This was of course an excuse, Jody and Snape were indeed worried about whether Grindelwald would do other things after leaving prison, but in the end Jody Not even an Unbreakable Vow, though she agonized over it for a long time afterwards.

Dumbledore looked at the wand in his hand: "She seems to be very thoughtful."

"Yes, so I decided to leave-but Aberforth will be very happy." Grindelwald said, "Actually, I always thought he would let me temporarily live in his shop and let me leave safely. It's just a miracle."

As he spoke, he looked at Albus's broken nose.

"Aberforth, despite being rude, is a really good guy. He always knew what was more important. Like him willing to help me and join the Order of the Phoenix even though he's been mad at me all these years." Dumbledore said very objectively.In fact, he also understood that Grindelwald's second statement was also an excuse.

Aberforth was more tolerant than what they said, at least when they apparated at the door of the Pig's Head Bar late at night, he didn't use any spells to attack directly, but only after they went in. Grindelwald hit him with his fist.

And during the days when they hid in the Pig's Head Bar in order to deceive Voldemort, Grindelwald would provoke Aberforth almost whenever he had time, until Aberforth himself said "this matter" under his provocation and inducement. Don't blame me and Albus, blame you", so far.

After that, Aberforth seemed to be convinced by his words.He stayed alone in the room for a long time, and Dumbledore knew why - in his room, there was a portrait of Ariana.It was a spell cast by Dumbledore himself. Behind the portrait is a secret passage that leads directly to the Room of Requirement at Hogwarts.

In fact, Albus always felt that Aberforth might just be induced by accident, but after hearing this sentence 100 years after the tragedy, he would rather believe that it was Aberforth who deliberately took this opportunity to say so of.At least after that, the two brothers could sit calmly in front of Ariana's portrait and chat about what kind of dessert they should have after the meal, which was a scene that almost never happened after that incident.

"By the way, have you read today's Daily Prophet?" Grindelwald unconsciously touched the glass jar under his robe.If Dumbledore knew that the jar contained not a beetle but an illegal Animagus, he would probably have to let the stupid bug out

"The one with the blond boy?" Dumbledore said with a hint of a smile in his voice.Reading Rita Skeeter's article is probably more fun than the average joke for someone who has lived to be over a hundred years old. "Miss Skeeter always notices something very special—but you probably don't like her articles?"

In any case, it is very interesting for an old man who is over a hundred years old to be described as a teenager.

"I can't believe that after she slandered you and Harry Potter like that, there are still people willing to read the report she wrote." Contrary to Dumbledore's mood, Grindelwald was obviously aggrieved by this.

"Actually, if you hadn't disguised yourself as a student to sneak into Hogwarts and showed strength that a student would never have, I think your presence would not have attracted so much attention."

"I just didn't want anyone to find out that Grindelwald would appear in England. I thought it was unlikely that he would be recognized when he was young..." Grindelwald suddenly frowned a little annoyed, and he took a deep breath , suddenly changed the words: "No, in fact, I just want to fight side by side with you in my youthful appearance, especially in Hogwarts."

Grindelwald spoke slowly and carefully, looking intently into Dumbledore's blue eyes. "Sometimes I've been thinking about such a thing, if I went to Hogwarts, if we were classmates, if I..." He paused, said with difficulty but not shyly: "If I could Realized early on that I love you much more than I thought, if only I'd known what really mattered in this world."

After the reunion, Grindelwald found that for the first time he saw a trace of weakness in Dumbledore's wrinkles.He vaguely remembered that the last time he saw Dumbledore like this was when he cast the Cruciatus Curse on Aberforth.At that time, Albus begged Grindelwald loudly, telling him not to hurt his siblings...

But this weakness seemed to be only for a short moment. When Dumbledore spoke again, he seemed to become the great wizard who could be relied on by anyone at any time. "I like your assumption, but that person probably won't be Gellert Grindelwald."

The room fell silent for a moment, falling into a strange silence, until Grindelwald spoke again to break the silence.Since seeing Dumbledore again, he couldn't accept that stiff atmosphere.He knew that this topic should stop here, or that many topics about the past should stop here.

"I will resign for Professor Victor." Grindelwald thought of Snape's jealousy for the real Victor, and smiled deliberately but naturally, "Anyway, I think the new headmaster of Hogwarts must be very hopeful. Recruit a new Professor of Arithmetic and Divination, as long as it's not the original Victor. By the way, what are your plans after you leave Hogwarts?"

When asked this, Grindelwald deliberately controlled his emotions.He himself didn't know that there was an indescribable expectation on his face.

"Me? I'm going to find someone to play a game of ten-pin bowls first." Dumbledore seemed to have adjusted from the emotion just now, and replied in a very calm and calm manner. "I haven't had a chance to play a game for a long time."

Grindelwald suddenly thought of the creek in Godric's Hollow.On that golden and brown summer afternoon, he accidentally dropped the ball into the stream while playing ten pin bowls for the first time.

It was at the end of the school year that Dumbledore announced to everyone that he was leaving Hogwarts.

"It's the end of another year. Before the dinner starts, I want to take everyone's time." Dumbledore smiled and stood in his usual position, fingers crossed, looking at the students on the four long tables.Since the lower grade students left school early this year, the long table seemed much quieter than usual.But looking at Dumbledore standing there, many people even had the illusion that the big battle that happened this year was completely a dream. “This year, for all of us, is a special year—growth and learning no longer stay in the classroom, you have the opportunity to broaden your horizons to make new friends, and you are forced to stand up to face evil. Although I won't be surprised by the final victory, I will say that I am very happy and I am very proud of you guys in the face of darkness."

There was a rare seriousness around the Slytherin table.Many students at this long table knew that if they hadn't seen Dumbledore appearing at that time, perhaps they would have chosen Voldemort without hesitation and dragged themselves into a hell beyond redemption.For the first time, they were willing to give the crazy-looking old wizard the respect he deserved.

"Before the end of this school year, we have finally successfully renovated all of Hogwarts. In the new year, Hogwarts will be like the past, with many hidden secrets waiting for each of you to discover. I I believe that Hogwarts can teach each of us a lot of things, and those are not just what the professor explained in class, what was mentioned in the book, or what appeared in the test paper." Dumbledore did not Concerned about the atmosphere at the Slytherin table, he continued, and finally reached the most important sentence of what he was going to say tonight.

"After tonight, I will be leaving Hogwarts. I regret not being able to see you all here at the beginning of the new school year."

Now it's not just the Slytherins, the atmosphere in the entire auditorium suddenly becomes dignified.After Dumbledore returned here healthy and led everyone to victory, and then led everyone to rebuild Hogwarts together, many people indeed thought that it was impossible to hand over the headmaster's position to Snape , now that everything is back on track, Dumbledore will of course continue to be the headmaster. It seems that no one can imagine that Dumbledore will really leave Hogwarts one day.

"Professor Dumbledore, are you really leaving?!" Fred shouted.

George immediately said: "I think everyone would like to see you often, maybe you can stay in Hogwarts..."

The proposal of the Weasley twins was immediately endorsed by many students.

"Of course, even if I leave Hogwarts, if you want to see me, you can still see me anytime..." But Dumbledore winked mischievously at the Weasley twins. "My suggestion is - you can disassemble a few chocolate frogs, or look at the chocolate frog cards you have collected in the past, and you will find..."

Following the pause of just a few seconds, everyone noticed that the original joking atmosphere was gone, and Dumbledore's tone was kind and serious, with a strange, reassuring and uplifting power. "I never left Hogwarts, and I never left each of you."

The day after term ended, the front page of the Daily Prophet was written by other reporters, "One of the greatest wizards of our time - Albus Dumbledore's curtain call, Chocolate Frog temporarily out of stock".It's been a week since Rita Skeeter's new book dropped out to all readers, and no one particularly misses her.

"You said, will Albus and Gellert be together now?" After James and Lily were resurrected, Jody's personality was much more cheerful than before. This question made Snape almost doubt that Jody was caught by Lily's imagination The power is contagious - after listening to Lily's imagination of him and Jody these years, Snape felt that it was the right decision in his life that he fell in love with Jody in the first place.

Snape, who was about to spend the best summer vacation, was waving his wand to pack his luggage, and casually said without interest, "... who knows..."

"Yeah, who knows..." Jody's uninterested reaction to her lover had been expected, and in fact she didn't really care about it. What she really wanted to say was: "But Geller Te is gone, next year you will probably be recruiting a new professor of arithmetic and divination, do you have someone in mind, maybe we should let Wei... Oh! Severus! I'm joking, just kidding..."

For a man who is jealous, there are some jokes that cannot be played casually.Snape said silently with action.