"Oh, is this true? Dumbledore really said that--to resolve the fragments of Voldemort's soul on you tonight?"

The next morning, when Harry told his companions about what happened last night, Hermione said in surprise. Ron next to him was so shocked that he couldn't speak, staring at Harry's face.

Harry nodded silently, and they walked around the black lake on the soft lawn. The sun was warm outside the castle, and Haigrid could be seen busy in the vegetable garden from afar.

"Then did he say what to do? What preparations do you need?" Ron asked impatiently.

"He only told me to do something brave, and the rest would be told after the dinner tonight was over," Harry said.

"But why?" Ron said in confusion.

"Will it be related to the O.W.Ls exam?" Hermione guessed. "The last exam is over today, so that Principal Dumbledore can be completely free."

Harry couldn't think of a reason to refute or agree. In fact, he had been looking forward to the day, spending the last week of the school year with Ginny in a clear June, the idea that he was so fascinated by the idea.

They walked around the Black Lake, and stopped from time to time to see the giant squids in the lake spewing out water columns, and the sunlight reflected the arched rainbow, and disappeared again in an instant.

Sometimes they would also discuss the methods Dumbledore might use. Ron speculated that Harry would have a thrilling life-and-death duel with Professor Dumbledore and Hepp, but Hermione did not think that the two professors would put Harry in danger, so Ron quickly changed his idea and changed it to Professor Dumbledore and Hepp beat Voldemort half to death first, and then let Harry play.

"Just just have to fist naked. The two of them compete for strength. Voldemort seems to be lacking in training." Hermione said with a straight face.

Harry burst into laughter.

Especially when Ron said stubbornly, he smiled even happier. After that, the three of them went to Haeger to spend an afternoon drinking tea and gave advice to Haeger's canvas pants pattern prepared for Glopp, and were in a very comfortable mood.

It was not until the time was over that Harry, Ron and Hermione returned to the castle.

They were very accurate in time. When they arrived at the hall, many students had already completed the practical exam of magical science. They were chatting in groups of three or three. The people cheered loudly to celebrate the hellish year that finally ended. After waiting for a few more minutes, Ginny appeared at a side door of the auditorium.

During the short period of time when the door was open, Harry clearly heard Professor Macchiban's loud voice announcing the end of the exam.

"I always felt that this last name was at a disadvantage," Ron muttered, "and you won't get any advantage in any alphabetical order."

Ginny rolled her eyes at Ron and embraced Harry's arm intimately. Harry looked elsewhere uncomfortably and saw Colin Clivi leaning against the niche with the Academy Cup hourglass, as if she was interviewed by Marfalda.

At this time, Snape's wide black clothes passed by them with a "swish".

Harry just glanced at him curiously, and was attracted by Ginny's words, "I want to be a bridesmaid!" Harry was in a daze, Snape's shadow was thrown out of the sky by him. He couldn't help but fantasize about Ginny's appearance in his bridesmaid suit. I wonder what the difference is with the bride's outfit?

But in the next few minutes, professors appeared one by one. Even Hermione, who was passionate about wedding dresses with Ginny and Ron, who looked impatient, noticed the abnormality: the professors passing by seemed to be too frequent.

So, when Hagrid's wide figure came in from outside, Harry called him.

"Hagir, why are you here?"

"Have a meeting." Haig said in a muffled voice, with wet soil stuck to the boat-like boots, as if he was busy in the vegetable field after they left. He walked into the auditorium, and several people looked at each other. Ginny volunteered to disappear for a while, and after returning, he said, "Hagi went to the staff lounge. I looked at it and there were many people inside, and it seemed that all the professors were invited."

...

When Felix sat down next to Snape, he swept around and all the professors in the school were present, with two other faces sitting in the corner with expressionless expressionless words.

The room gradually became quiet, and everyone's eyes were on Dumbledore in the main position. Dumbledore looked around with a smile and spoke.

"Please allow me to introduce you to the two witnesses, Vader and Chester, who are representatives of the school board."

The two nodded to show.

The professors present exchanged surprise glances with each other, as if something big was about to happen.

"The next thing I want to say has been approved by all members of the board of directors: I will resign from the position of principal of Hogwarts Magic School." Dumbledore said seriously, and the house was suddenly in an uproar. He continued as if he had not seen it. "At the same time, I am very grateful to the board for approving my recommendation. Minerva McGonagall will take over my position and become the new principal."

Professor McGonagall screamed, "No, Dumbledore--"

Dumbledore stopped her with his eyes.

"Let me finish, Minerva. The new appointment also includes - Felix Happ, who will continue to serve as vice president on the basis of continuing to serve as professor of ancient magic culture."

Dumbledore finished speaking, touching the tips of ten slender fingers, then looked at the others politely, as if waiting for someone to ask questions. The room was quiet for a moment, and everyone was trying to digest this amazing news, and no one was going to break the peace first.

Felix didn't react much to the position that suddenly fell on him. Even without the status of vice principal, he had the ability to promote some reforms in the school. He frowned slightly and stared at Dumbledore, his heart sinking a little.

He had speculations before, but he had been unable to make sure. Especially when he recently learned that Dumbledore used the power of the resurrection stone to summon the souls of his two relatives from the hearts of the living person, he did not think that Dumbledore had the possibility of giving up his life.

If Dumbledore made up his mind to die, what's the point of doing so?

But now Dumbledore made this decision suddenly, it was impossible to enjoy retirement life? He felt a move in his heart and looked at Grindelwald opposite him. Maybe he knew something? At this time, Grindelwald frowned and looked at Dumbledore attentively. Dumbledore's eyes did not deliberately avoid him, but did not pay too much attention.

He felt something was wrong, and the cold feeling penetrated into his internal organs little by little.

"Dumbledore, you should discuss it with me in advance!" At this time, Professor McGonagall said angrily: "I can't accept you doing this. It's ridiculous. I believe other professors are not mentally prepared. Even if you have plans to retire, you should leave a buffer time instead of suddenly asking to scare everyone."

"Minerva, there are two hours left before the dinner starts, and we have enough time to resolve the problem, but my decision will not change."

"Of course there are questions!" Professor McGonagall said fiercely: "Start by when did you have this irresponsible idea? And, what did you do after you leave school? You spent most of your life here."

"This is a grand theme, Minerva, I don't want to go into detail. That's too long-winded. Two hours are not enough. Simply put, I planned a trip." Dumbledore announced happily, even in Felix's opinion, that a little bit of a prank was successful in his tone. "Of course, you can think I've planned for a long time."

“Travel, travel?”

Professor McGonagall seemed to be confused, but Grindelwald raised his head keenly, Travel? Dumbledore mentioned this to him privately. Two days ago, he talked about his graduation trip that had died in the middle of the journey, and his words showed a hint of regret.

He talked about his former plans.

Starting from the UK, passing through France, Greece, Egypt, Brazil... almost covers famous wizard towns and magic attractions around the world. Of course, the most important thing is people. He is very interested in the magic ecology of other countries and will not refuse to stay in some beautiful places for a short time...

A hint of desire aroused in Grindelwald's heart.

In the following time, he was absent-minded and thoughts were flying all over the whole process. After the meeting, all the professors walked out of the staff lounge barely, and the students in the auditorium were already sitting at the dining table. Then the dinner began and the dinner ended, Dumbledore stood up and spoke, and announced the horrifying news.

The students below were stunned. They finally knew why all the professors today seemed to have no appetite - which naturally included Grindelwald, but his ideas were completely different from those of other professors.

When Dumbledore said he wanted to give up his position as principal, he knew that he had endured a year of bankruptcy. The news in Newmont Gaardburg was extremely closed, but this was exactly what he wanted. He took the initiative to cut off contact with the outside world. At the beginning, there were unwilling saints who passed the message through various means, but after finding that there was no response, it gradually disappeared. His world became simple and quiet, and he relied on memories from the past to pass the time all day long.

Many years passed in a flash. One time he accidentally learned the rumors of the old wand from the house elf Bondy, and he couldn't help but let Bondy send a letter because he knew that the old wand had fallen into Dumbledore's hands half a century ago and with his personality, it would never be possible to change hands.

He smelled the scent of conspiracy.

Sure enough, the junior who claimed to be Voldemort began to stir up trouble. Grindelwald watched the battle outside the village of Hogsmeade through the perspective of a house elf, but the questions in his heart were not verified. Dumbledore was old and did not show the power of the old wand at all. However, the old wand was indeed still in his hands.

Afterwards, he and Felix Happ got on the line.

Through constant quarrels and communication, he keenly realized that another magnificent era was coming. The last great era was a century ago, when Muggles were developing faster and faster, not only did they make the knowledgeable people in the wizarding world feel threatened, but even ordinary wizards could find that their scope of activities became narrower and more and more strict regulations on the confidentiality law were becoming more and more stringent.

Dissatisfaction spreads all over the world.

He seized that opportunity and thus made Grindelwald the most dangerous dark wizard ever. Now almost a century has passed, and history has reincarnated again, but this time it was not the wizards who took the initiative to provoke the war, but they had no choice but to retreat. No matter how they avoided it, it seemed that it would be difficult to hide the existence of the magic world.

The Secretariat Law is in danger, and this crisis cannot be solved by putting a black wizard in prison.

Shortly after that, he ‘sees’ some pictures, not one. To be precise, three different scenes: anti-wizard parade; grand fireworks; and – the scene where he summoned the saints himself!

He concealed the last two scenes and took out the most intuitive first as a condition for negotiation. In the end, he succeeded, changed his appearance, hid his identity, and became an ordinary magic teacher.

At first, he had no interest in educating students.

But this idea gradually changed. Sometimes he even thought that it was good to continue such days until the prophecy appeared. He even found an explanation for the other two pictures he saw: the celebration after victory, and the convening of saints to replace the decaying and incompetent International Wizards Federation when the wizarding world was exposed.

It is precisely because of the meaning of these three pictures that he, Dumbledore and Happ's three-dimensional theory. Among the three, each of them occupied an important part:

Dumbledore gained a huge reputation by defeating him and being recognized by Kirin. To this day, this influence is unmatched;

Felix Hepp has a slightly inferior influence, but it depends on who he compares with. In fact, both his personal strength and reputation are far beyond the limitations of the region. In just a few years, he used the promotion of ancient magical texts to develop novel magic items to spread his tentacles throughout the magic world. Even Grindelwald was amazed after studying his resume.

As for Grindelwald himself, as he said, unite all the powers of the wizarding world and ensure that there is no chaos within. If necessary, the saints in his hands will wipe out all threats. This list naturally includes the stubborn Muggle regime. In his opinion, even if the wizards and Muggles eventually come to peace, they must be after the war.

In just a few decades when he was most active, two world wars occurred, and he was too aware of the evil in human nature.

Wizards must show their strength. Optimistically, it is enough to burn one or two countries into ruins. At least the outbreak of a total war is avoided, right? Even if both sides suffer heavy losses, with the wizard's ability to hide, as long as someone organizes it, an ordinary house can hide hundreds of wizards.

Those who died unfortunately just can eliminate the hatred of ordinary Muggles.

When dozens or hundreds of years pass, when the convenience brought by magic is deeply rooted in people's hearts, wizards will become de facto nobles. The war and bloodshed will be forgotten. How many people now remember that a small Bulgaria country also participated in the war?

This is Grindelwald's preview of the future - pessimism, despair, coldness, cruelty. Even if he says this, he will cause a lot of criticism. Therefore, he hides these bloody speeches, but he knows Dumbledore will guess it himself.

This time it wasn't him who insisted on provoking a war.

He even said with pleasure: "More than 200 countries exist in the world, and as long as each makes the right choice, war can naturally be avoided." He likes to see Dumbledore's speechless expression.

They lived too long and witnessed too many ugly things. Only Happ would have unrealistic fantasies and hoped that everything would go smoothly. But that possibility... was too slim.

He and Dumbledore are essentially complete pessimists, and their hearts are already desolate.

...

In the deadly silence, Dumbledore raised his goblet and smiled and greeted everyone:

"If hope is lost, what are we left?"

The auditorium was still silent, as if someone had cast a whisper. Then Dumbledore announced the end of the dinner, but no one moved, everyone stared at him, and some emotional girls started to cry.

Dumbledore was quite moved. He took a light breath and said tremblingly: "Everyone can leave. In addition, the four deans of the college, as well as Professor Heip and Professor Basharat, come with me." After that, he led the crowd and walked towards the door, and the people who were named after him followed one by one.

Dumbledore paused slightly as he looked at the crowd. His eyes met, and Harry understood suddenly.
Chapter completed!