[HP]Aluet

Austria in January.

I stood before a grim and forbidding tower—it took me three days to get here.I stepped on the creaking stones and wet sand under my feet, and looked up at the dark top of the tower.

Two birds that looked like crows flew over from above, and I felt a little apprehensive.

Nurmengard is really too desolate, like a deserted place, I didn't see any guards, it probably runs on some powerful spells alone.

If I hadn't been an Alouette, I really wouldn't have been able to go up there.

I saw Grindelwald on top of the tower.His pale eyes still shone coldly in the dark.

I shook my wings, turned back into a human form and landed on the ground.I stood in front of him through the iron bars, but he was not too surprised to see me.He sat there looking as if he had lost his ambition.

"There you are, Ashley."

I looked around, and in my eyes, Grindelwald was unfathomably powerful-I don't know if he has the ability to escape from prison, but subconsciously, he shouldn't be willing to be trapped here.Just when I was thinking about this, he said, "Did you see the words?"

I froze for a few seconds before I remembered the inscription I saw at the entrance: For the greater good.

That's probably what he was talking about.

"I didn't expect that one day, I would be trapped in a strange circle." He said.

I looked at him half understanding.

"It's not appropriate for me to come forward now. It's meaningless. They won't understand my intentions until one day they suffer from their own ignorance and conceit." He was full of sorrow.

"So you are... giving up?"

He shook his head: "As long as Heinrich is here, my plan will not be considered a failure."

"Do you still need me to save him?"

"Only you can do it," he said. "Now you're everything, Ashley."

"But, you overestimate me, I'm immature in many ways - if you were to save someone, what would you do?" I asked.

"Our abilities are different. I can take on the appearance of other people, but your ability is soul control."

"I don't have that strong ability, I can't control so many people at once, not to mention they are also wizards..."

"But you can use your ability at least for a short time to make them think you are someone else, right?" he said, "and your shape-shifting ability will be of great use, and it is a benefit for you to stand here now here."

I thought for a while, and finally I could only nod: "Okay. Then if I succeed, I will come and tell you."

"But—" Before I left, I suddenly remembered something, "Because of the secrecy law, I heard that there were a lot of incidents before... This problem can be solved without being so radical, right?"

Hearing this, Grindelwald straightened up solemnly, staring at me with a flash of light in his eyes, looking a little creepy in the darkness.

"You know, behind every earth-shaking reform, there will be many struggles. In order to adjust or change a wrong state of contradiction, we need to explore in different ways. This is a very long process. Everyone yearns for peace, but There will always be times when you need to use force to solve problems—and that doesn’t change because of how advanced the thinking is.”

"Okay." I pursed my lips, "I see."

"You're still torn between my side and Albus's." He sighed.

"Huh?" I didn't realize his address for a moment.I only know that he and Dumbledore are old enemies, but his current tone sounds like he is calling an old friend for many years.

"There is no absolute right or wrong in this world, it's just that there are different pursuits. I said we are the same kind of people, Ashley, but you are a child now, and you are not thorough enough. You need to know What the world admires is by no means blind kindness. Only by acting decisively and using ruthless means can you stand firm. And you, in the future, will not be exactly the same as today."

I took a deep look at him and had to admit that I agreed with every word he said from the bottom of my heart.

Maybe the me in the future will really be different.

I couldn't stay for long. After leaving Nurmengard, I went straight back to my residence, but I couldn't fall asleep lying on the bed for a long time.

I turned over, put on my coat and went out. Without using any spells, I walked slowly on the quiet road and walked to the door of the familiar house.

Since Andric's death, the old house has become even more dilapidated, and the windows have been covered with a layer of dust, so you can't see even a little shadow inside, and can't reflect a little moonlight outside.

I pushed the door and it was locked.

"Alahuo hole is open." I repeated it several times, but it didn't work at all. I almost thought that the six years I stayed at Hogwarts were just a dream.

Obviously, the door was sealed with a spell, not an ordinary lock.It's normal for a wizard to seal the door with a spell to prevent entry, but the person who cast the spell is more powerful than me, so I can't solve it.

I've never seen Andric cast a spell with his wand in front of me, but he's supposed to be a pretty powerful wizard, too, too bad he didn't spend seven years at Hogwarts.Dumbledore told me that he transferred to Paris to study in order not to conflict with his enemies, and because his relatives were in France.

Thinking about it from another angle, if he hadn’t gone to Paris halfway, he wouldn’t have met my mother, and I wouldn’t have existed.

My hand slipped from the door.

Tom Riddle has taken almost all the warmth from my heart, my friends, my relatives--the father I have not yet known.

I've never hated a person so much before, and I couldn't even understand exactly what the word hate meant.

Before trying to save Heinrich, I was more eager to find Riddle's whereabouts.I hadn't figured out what to do when I saw him, but I didn't want to think about anything at the moment.

I think of the two-way mirror.That was the only way I could contact him, but for a moment, an extremely contradictory psychology made me not want to touch it at all, and even felt disgusted.I want to see Riddle, but I don't want to communicate directly with him.

I frowned and leaned against the door, ignoring the dust on it.As if I was drowning, I raised my head and kept my breathing unobstructed.The throbbing feeling in the heart started again.

The next day, I went to the Riddle Mansion with impossible hopes, but no one was there.I literally lost touch with him, I have absolutely no idea where he went.I struggled more than once to get out the double-sided mirror, but eventually resisted the urge to smash it and put it back.

For the next few days, I didn't know what I was doing, wandering aimlessly around the Riddle House, hoping to have the slightest chance of finding him-the result was obvious, and I didn't.

Suddenly one day, when I passed the Riddle House in the evening, I caught a glimpse of a flickering light in the window.My heart skipped a beat and I slowed down, blinking to make sure it wasn't a hallucination.

I ran over in a hurry, and vaguely saw a figure leaving the backyard in the night, I hurried to follow, and I didn't forget to cast a disillusionment spell on myself.

The man ran down the path into the woods, and finally stopped and looked around.I hid behind a tree and held my breath.He murmured words and uttered some spells, and suddenly a green light was released from the tip of the wand. In my shocked eyes, a skull mark appeared in the air, and it took a while to dissipate.

The man put away his wand and was about to leave, when I came back to my senses, I took out my wand and yelled the Imprisonment Curse at him.I put on the hood and showed my figure. Unsuspecting, the man was hit by my spell and couldn't move. He could only watch me walk towards him step by step.

Through the moonlight, I finally saw his face clearly.

"Claire?" I was a little surprised.

Clare just looked at me in horror, his eyes soon turned red, and his whole body trembled.

"What's the matter with you?" I asked. "What were you doing at the Riddle House?"

"I..." He opened his mouth and shook his head, "I..."

I lowered my eyes and found that his hand was still in his pocket, probably taking something away.With his character, he didn't have the guts to steal it, and he had a close relationship with Riddle when he was in school, so Riddle probably asked him to help him get it.But I still don't understand why he panicked like this... Was it really stolen?

"Tom Riddle asked you to fetch something for him?"

"Ah, he—" He waved his hand and made a shush gesture, as if I said something that shouldn't be said, but it's hard to explain, "Yes... yes."

"What was your spell just now?"

"That... that was just to inform him, he knew I had it..." Claire replied hesitantly, it was obvious that he wanted to leave, and he felt like he was about to cry.

"Notify him?" I didn't have time to ignore his panic. "You can reach Riddle, right? I want to see him."

"You can't...you can't summon a demon...you can't summon him when it's not necessary."

"But it's necessary! You tell him that I want to see him—Krell, just treat it as a favor for me." My tone was almost pleading.

He looked at me as if I really had something very important to do, and he couldn't refuse. Finally, he couldn't help but said, "He's not in the UK now..."

"what?"

"He is not in the UK, he went to Albania, and I don't know when he will come back... In short, don't look for him, and don't let me contact him for you, please let me go, please .”

"Albania... what is he going to do in Albania?"

"Please, don't ask, or you can go to him yourself, you can ask him, don't ask me, I'm really anxious..."

"I can't contact him now, how can I ask him?" I interrupted him, wondering, "But he is not in the UK now, and you can't give him the things right away. What are you in a hurry for?"

"Let me go, it's too late..." Claire's voice was full of fear, and the look of despair made me flustered.

"What happened?" Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of a black pattern on the exposed skin of his cuff, "What is that?"

"I don't have time to explain to you...!" He was in a hurry, but he deliberately lowered his voice, "Just pretend you didn't see anything, okay? See, see, because we were classmates before, I beg you, just pretend you don’t know, let me go, if I get caught I will die, no one will let me go, I really can’t live..."

I began to realize that something was wrong, and instead of lifting the spell, I asked: "What did you do? You tell me clearly, and I'll let you go. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone that I've seen you—I'm sorry. Occlumency is fairly proficient."

He really had no choice but to say: "You have to believe me, I didn't do it on purpose... I happened to be seen by that person when I was chanting the spell... I want to clear his memory... But he is also a wizard, it seems Like a student, he kept chasing me and casting spells on me, I couldn't help but yelled "Tongtong petrified", and then he...he fell from the top...just happened to hit..." His tears were about to come out , The body trembled uncontrollably.

"You...killed someone?" I said with difficulty.

"I don't know... I don't know, just pretend you didn't see it, okay? Please... If I'm caught by the Ministry of Magic, they may use Veritaserum. With the character of the Dark Lord, absolutely not would allow that possibility to happen..."

"What are you talking about, Dark Lord?" I was at a loss, but continued, "But if you really...killed someone, the Ministry of Magic will definitely investigate. We met here today, and there will always be Found you and me, and your wand has a record of casting spells..."

"Then what should I do? Help me...I can't go in...I'm really going to die..."

I shook my head, with mixed feelings in my heart, and finally broke the spell for him: "You go, I won't tell you, you can ask for more blessings."

Krell didn't leave right away, I watched him kneeling on the ground in amazement, grabbing the corner of my clothes, his nails turned white from the force.

"What are you doing, Claire?"

"Help me, please... I can't go in, I can't be caught in Azkaban... I'm going to die..."

I felt chills in my heart, and moved a little bit, but I couldn't break away from his hand.

"How else can I help you?" My voice turned cold, "Don't worry, the sentence for manslaughter won't be too severe."

"No, you don't understand, as long as I am arrested, I will definitely not survive the interrogation..."

"Then what do you want? Let me go to prison in Azkaban for you?" I asked him back.

He froze, silent for a long time without speaking.In the end, he let go of the hand that was holding the corner of my clothes, but he remained there for a long time without moving.

"I'm not obliged to help you, Claire. It's the bottom line to promise you not to tell." I wrapped my coat tightly and turned to leave.

"...I'm sorry." A desperate and suppressed voice floated weakly from behind me.I paused, let out a long breath, and didn't plan to care about him anymore.

However, after walking for some distance, an idea suddenly popped up in my mind.I turned around and found that Krell was still standing there in a daze.

I walked back towards him step by step, stopped in front of him, and took a deep breath.

"Give me the wand, and I'll help you."

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The author has something to say:

The following is a popular interpretation of the character's psychology↓

(GG=Grindelwald, AF=Aisley, CL=Krell, TR=Tom)

GG: I let you know how to use your abilities, so I want you to help me save Heinrich, we are the only ones in the world who can save him.

AF: Then why didn't you save them?

GG: I'm not going to the UK. It's hard for me to do anything with my partner there.

AF: ...See if I'm in a good mood.

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CL: Help, I accidentally killed someone, and I was silenced by Lao Fu when I went to jail.

AF: None of my business.

CL: Help, I really didn't mean to!

AF: If I don't tell you, well, you're asking for blessings.

CL: Help, I'm really going to die!

AF: ?this**

(Before I leave, my inner os: Hey, wait a minute, I seem to be able to take this opportunity to sneak into Azkaban, and then Heinrich’s mess will be solved? The crime of underage manslaughter is okay, okay , I can still sell favors, maybe it will be used in the future. Besides, if Krell is dead, where can I find TR, the cub who cheated on my father?)

AF: (brain heats up) Come on, let me help you.

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If you have any questions, please comment with quality. I think my temper is not bad. I read every comment carefully. As long as I speak politely, I am easy to speak.If you have any questions, you can ask, I will definitely answer when I see it (unless spoilers are involved), and I will definitely modify it if there are bugs.As for someone who hastily saw this and said to me, "This woman is the Virgin, why don't you die for others if she likes to take the blame for others?" Hurry up and get out of the upper left corner!sweating soybeans