Everyday Players at Hogwarts..

Chapter 384 Determination

It was a pitch-black sea, with thick leaden clouds firmly blocking the white moonlight. Only the occasional flash of lightning brought a little light among the surging waves.

Along with this fleeting brilliance came a deafening roar, and the howling sea breeze swept the waves as if it was the end of the world.

In such weather, even the most skilled sailors, driving the most sturdy ships, would not dare to enter this darkness.

However, invisible to the naked eye, there is a piece of pure land in the surging waves. There, the sea surface is like a mirror, and only the waves that rise from time to time make people realize that this is not a static picture.

On the sea, a large ship gleamed in the moonlight.

It looked eerily skeleton-like, as if it were the wreck of a recently salvaged ship, and the portholes flickered with dim, foggy lights that looked like ghostly eyes.

There was also a tall and thin figure standing on this ghost ship.

This is an old man who looks weathered by the weather. Time and suffering have not taken away his youthful grace at all. The gold mixed in his white hair reveals his true hair color when he was young. His thin cheeks are pale, giving people a mysterious and strange charm.

However, nothing about him was as eye-catching as his heterochromatic pupils. Combined with his slim wizard robe that resembled a black windbreaker and his ghost ship-like hull, anyone who saw him would subconsciously hold their breath.

However, this guy who looked unapproachable at first glance had a smile on his face, as if he was recalling some good memories. His eyes were dull, and his hands were clasped behind his back, as if he was waiting for someone.

In short, this doesn't look like a living person, but more like a wax figure.

Fortunately, the flaming flower that appeared behind him and the pleasant sound of a phoenix allowed him to turn his body, proving that he was still alive.

"Long time no see." A tall and thin old man dressed in a very fancy wizard robe embroidered with stars and moons appeared behind him.

At the same time, a bird that was fiery red like a maple leaf but full of summer vitality flew to the tall mast.

"Albus, long time no see." The black-robed wizard Grindelwald extended his right hand towards the fancy old man.

"What do you mean?" Dumbledore's voice trembled slightly, and a hopeful light flashed in his eyes.

"As you understand."

"I see hope, hope of saving everything." Grindelwald withdrew his right hand and replied in the same slightly trembling voice.

"Prove it to me." Out of Grindelwald's sight, Dumbledore clenched his left hand into a fist.

Grindelwald pulled out a skull from his pocket, which should only be big enough to hold a thin piece of paper.

The skull was originally where the spine was, and it was connected to a flexible tube that seemed to be made of bone but could be bent.

He carefully placed the skull on the wooden table beside him and waved his wand. The eye sockets of the skull lit up with a soft light like a lit candle.

"Look." Grindelwald put the hose in his mouth and took a deep breath.

White smoke came out of his mouth and gathered in the air, slowly revealing a figure, followed by the environment around that figure.
"This is Hogwarts. The Resurrection Stone. He resurrected a woman? And that's the ship on the Black Lake?" Dumbledore couldn't help but take a few steps back, but his eyes were always fixed on the picture made up of smoke and clouds.

"Yes, Albus can you identify who that boy is?"

"Although his face is blurry, he is a student of Hogwarts. You think we can go to the place where the Resurrection Stone is hidden in advance, Ariana," Grindelwald said as he walked towards Dumbledore.

"Don't call her name!"

"I mean." Dumbledore showed such a weak expression for the first time.

This expression was like a sword, piercing deeply into Grindelwald's heart.

Grindelwald paused, wanting to say something.

"I don't know who that boy is," Dumbledore said, racking his brains to recall. It was as if it wasn't him who told Harry to accept the death of someone close to him last Christmas.

"Resurrection. Woman?" Dumbledore suddenly thought of Harry, who had also mentioned resurrection. It was also Christmas at that time.

His deceased relative Lily was also a woman.

But the next second, he shook his head again.

It couldn't be him, because Harry was nowhere near that tall and strong.

That scene happened next year. It was impossible for Harry to change that much in just one year.

"What about that woman, the resurrected woman, in your prophecy, did you see it clearly?" Dumbledore held Grindelwald's hand.

"I foresee that what I saw in my dream will be the same as this picture."

"The appearance, body shape, and hair color of the boy and the resurrected woman were inexplicably distorted."

"Perhaps the Resurrection Stone is interfering with my third eye." Grindelwald conjured up a chair and sat down next to Dumbledore.

But Dumbledore didn't care and even held Grindelwald's hand.

Dumbledore was pointing his wand at the picture in the air. Under his control, the pictures in the smoke were replayed and paused over and over again.

"The boy seems to be talking in one direction. Wait, this ring?" Dumbledore suddenly paused the picture in mid-air.

"Do you recognize this ring?" Grindelwald shook Dumbledore's body excitedly.

"Maybe. But I need to confirm. I have to convince someone." Dumbledore narrowed his eyes.

"Who?" Grindelwald let go of Dumbledore.

"Bob Ogden. He worked for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement."

"He carried out a mission at the request of the Ministry of Magic. If he is willing to give me his memories, I will know the location of the Gaunt family's old house and whether the ring with the Resurrection Stone belongs to the Gaunt family." Dumbledore frowned.

The Gaunt family residence was undoubtedly covered by Voldemort's magic, and the Ministry of Magic did not keep the record of Ogden's execution properly.

That means if he wants to know the address of Gaunt's house.

One would have to ask Riddle, or Ogden himself.

However, he did not want Riddle to know about the Resurrection Stone.

It's not that he doesn't believe Riddle, but this stone is very important. It is the hope for Ariana to return to the world, for him and his brother, and even for him and Gettler to start over.

As for Ogden, Dumbledore wasn't sure if he was willing to cooperate.

However, he had made up his mind to use Legilimency and even the Imperius Curse.

"Do you need my help?" Grindelwald saw that Dumbledore was about to leave.

"No need." Dumbledore looked towards the mast.

As if with telepathy, Fox flew down from the mast in a circle.

With a flash of spark, Dumbledore disappeared.

(End of this chapter)