From Azkaban To Hogwarts

"Wizard over there, stop, right, it's you, seems your name is William?"

When William and the others were about to leave the Pig's Head Bar and return to school, the tall and thin old man stopped them. He had a lot of long gray hair and a beard, and looked somewhat similar to Dumbledore.

"It's me, I'm William."

William was stunned for a moment, and then stood in front of Lupine - he was a little confused, why did this person come out?

"Can we talk alone?"

He said something like a discussion, but his tone did not allow for rejection at all.

If it were any other wizard, William would have pulled out his wand at this moment, but for this one, he decided to sell some face.

"Okay, Professor Lupin, please go to the bar and have a drink to kill some time."

As he spoke to Lu Ping, he quickly wrote a sentence in the air using the cover of his body, "Be careful, this person is not easy to deal with."

Lupine nodded calmly, and William carefully followed Aberforth to a relatively remote corner.

Aberforth was the first to stop. William took stock of the surrounding environment, and after confirming the hidden corner where he could take action, he pulled out his wand to clean up the surrounding environment before the other party spoke, to prevent any important information from being accidentally leaked.

Seeing him checking over there, Aberforth was stunned for a moment, and then shook his head, "I have some idea why he chose you."

"who?"

"Who else could it be, my brother, Albus."

? ? ?

William's eyes widened - shouldn't this be kept secret? Are you going to fight two kings in Landlord?

But when the king bombed, he could only cry out that he was sorry, but he still had to be shocked as if he had just heard the news, "Albus? You mean the principal? Your brother?"

"Of course, my brother, Albus."

Aberforth didn't seem to want to get entangled with William on this topic at all, "Are you a professor of self-defense, the person in charge of defense in the castle?"

First of all, I am a professor, and my main task is to teach students. Although I am responsible for protecting the safety of the castle, it is not that much. Secondly, the more professional one is Professor Moody - but William just thought about it and had no intention of talking to Abu. Forth explained.

Anyway, it seemed that the other party was relying on him, and he had made up his mind that, let alone the principal's brother, even if the principal suddenly showed up with an illegitimate child, he had to make Hogsmeade completely safe during the weekend. .

"Yes, I take some responsibility."

"very good."

Aberforth nodded, and just when William thought he was going to find an excuse to break the weekend ban, this man who seemed to have a bad temper suddenly said something that scared William.

"So," Aberforth looked at William with a look in his eyes that was quite like Dumbledore's, "what I want to tell you now is that my brother, Albus, is crazy."

? ? ?

William's eyes widened - he had thought about the situation of rolling around, he had also thought about the situation of bullying others, he even made plans to take action in case of this, but he just never thought about hearing such a sentence!

Because he was so surprised, William didn't even know how to respond to Aberforth's statement.

If someone else had said this, William would have tried to talk a few words to see if the person drank the wrong potion or was deliberately provoking before taking action, but what this person said now was worthy of William's patience.

"I don't quite understand..."

William responded tentatively, looking into the eyes that looked exactly like Dumbledore, "Can you repeat it again?"

"I said, my brother, Albus, he's gone crazy."

"Sir, this kind of joke is not easy to make," William shook his head decisively. When he blew himself up and scolded Dumbledore, "Your whole family is a big fool and you can stifle the principal to death, so such words are not too offensive," What you say must be supported by evidence."

"Of course there is. You are the self-defense professor at Hogwarts. You should know better than me how much Albus has neglected his job during this period..."

“…”

For the first time, William knew that he was so lacking in language - Mr. Aberforth, do you have any wrong understanding of Dumbledore's main business?

Dumbledore has not appeared in the school much since William came to school. Professor McGonagall is responsible for all funding approvals and course arrangements...

But how can he explain this? I told the principal's brother, "Oh, don't worry. Our principal has been fishing since the first day I came to work?"

Seeing that William was not nervous, Aberforth became angry directly - he was not very satisfied with Dumbledore, and even the professors at Hogwarts naturally didn't have a good impression on him. It was enough for him to say so calmly. Extraordinary performance.

"He started tinkering with those messy things again! And he was talking about it!"

…

When is it not, and Dumbledore has been busy with Horcrux-related issues recently.

William became less and less nervous - if this was Aberforth's reason, then this matter could only be treated as a joke that could not be told.

"He's studying that! And he's trying to use the power of the Philosopher's Stone!"

Seeing the obvious disbelief on William's face, Aberforth directly threw the real king bomb.

"Magic stone?"

He looked at Aberforth in surprise - he knew about the Philosopher's Stone. Hagrid had mentioned it when he first entered school. It was only later that he realized that the magical stone had been destroyed.

"Yes, the Philosopher's Stone."

Seeing that his words finally attracted William's attention, Aberforth finally had a smile on his face.

‘How could it be the Philosopher’s Stone? That thing was destroyed, didn't Aberforth know? Or…'

Several speculations appeared in William's mind - he could not reveal the information about the destruction of the Philosopher's Stone yet, because although the person in front of him was the principal's brother, he probably did not know the relevant information.

"I guess you must be thinking that the Magic Stone has been destroyed, and this crazy guy probably doesn't know this information yet..."

Aberforth looked at William, his eyes looking more and more like Dumbledore's.

"That's it..."

William nodded. He was not going to reveal more, just to see how much this person was going to say.

"It was really destroyed, it's just that Albus planned to make a new piece of it."

? ? ?

William's eyes widened. Make a new one? So why destroy the original and why create a new one?

"I know what you are thinking. I can tell you that the professor named William... In fact, the magic stone stayed in my hand for a long time. It was not until it became useless to me that it was Locked in Gringotts' vault."

"You are very smart, but have you ever thought about why Nick Flamel is obviously a Frenchman and lives in France, but the Philosopher's Stone he created is kept in the UK? It was even sent to Hogwarts for preservation?"

…

William's eyes widened - yes, he had never considered this problem!

Ever since he knew that the Philosopher's Stone had been destroyed, he had not pursued the matter much, but now Aberforth told him about it...

"You mean, the Philosopher's Stone was used by you before?"

"It's not..." Aberforth was silent for a moment, "It's my son, Aurelius Dumbledore... I went to Albus to plead for mercy. He is a friend of Nicoléme and borrowed it for me. He obtained the Philosopher's Stone and created enough elixir to sustain his life..."

…

So, this is why the Philosopher's Stone is kept in Gringotts? Because Dumbledore asked his friends for help, the Philosopher's Stone was sustaining the lives of multiple people at the same time?

William did not ask. He did not want to know whether a sufficient amount of elixir had been prepared in advance to save Aurelius's life, or whether the medicine made by the magic stone was useless.

"But, it has changed now." Aberforth raised his head from his memories and looked at William. "Albus, who originally destroyed the Philosopher's Stone, has disappeared. Now he has begun to study the elixir of life. He has begun to chase the Philosopher's Stone. He has lost his strength, and he has gone crazy."

…

To be fair, Dumbledore suddenly became afraid of death and began to think of ways to escape death. This made William feel that his character was broken, but he was not too surprised - so what if he really created the elixir?

There are many ways to maintain youth in black magic, but the Philosopher's Stone is the most upright and upright existence. Even if it were publicly announced in the magic world, this is an amazing achievement, and no one would say anything.

Nico Flamel fell in love with the Chocolate Frog because of the Philosopher's Stone. This is nothing serious.

Seeing William's expression change from nervous to so relaxed, Aberforth almost pointed at William's nose and shouted, "You don't understand, you don't understand Albus at all!"

"My brother wanted a lot of things, but every one of you thought he was radiating light from every pore since he was born! We grew up together and I knew him better than anyone else! He was at my mother's knees The head learned to keep secrets. Secrets and lies, that's how we were raised, and Albus...he was born that way."

Aberforth shouted hysterically, which made William look a little surprised - he had heard of Aberforth, a big shot in the smuggling world, and was always known for his good memory. He didn't expect it at all. He would lose his temper like this.

Especially it makes no sense - according to him, Dumbledore borrowed the Philosopher's Stone for him to extend his son's life, but in the end he hated Dumbledore?

Perhaps because he felt that what he revealed was not harsh enough, Aberforth gritted his teeth and directly threw the real King Bomb.

"You may think that he is studying the Philosopher's Stone. It's a bit surprising that Dumbledore wants to live forever, but it seems nothing more than that. But what if I tell you that he picked up those things from Grindelwald? "

"Grindelwald?"

The name gave William a bit of a toothache—not a good thing to do.

He teaches self-defense, so he naturally knows the importance of this person who can leave his name in the entire history of the development of black magic.

Before the rise of Voldemort in Britain, Grindelwald's name was truly associated with the Dark Lord - even Dumbledore himself was known as the first white wizard only after defeating Grindelwald.

"Yes, Grindelwald's dangerous things - he is looking for that. I know, he thinks he is doing it very covertly, but I can't say that I know everything about the gray transactions in the entire UK, but I can keep an eye on more than 60% of them. It’s not a big problem.”

He pulled out his wand and drew a green symbol, "Did you see it? The symbol of the saint - my brother, Albus, is studying this now. He is even studying some things left by Grindelwald. .”

"this…"

William didn't know how to explain it for a while - but his more guess was that Dumbledore should be looking for Grindelwald's research on Horcruxes. The other party was at least the former Dark Lord, so he might be interested in the soul. Does the device have any special cognition?

"It seems like you still don't quite believe he's crazy..."

Aberforth laughed angrily - he thought this keen self-defense professor could be different from others, but unfortunately, he was also deceived by Albus.

"Then," Aberforth looked at William, preparing to drop the most important bomb on top of all the information, "if I tell you, he and Grindelwald were best friends before, even the concept of saints They all created it together, what do you think is the reason for this?"

"You are joking…"

William shook his head repeatedly - he didn't believe this information at all.

Dumbledore and Grindelwald were friends? Why didn't you say that Dumbledore was the number one Death Eater, higher than Umbridge?

Who doesn't know that it was Dumbledore who shattered Grindelwald's dream? Who doesn't know that Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald head-on?

But with a smile on his face, William couldn't stop laughing, and Aberforth looked serious - if he wasn't joking, it would be really great fun.

The pursuit of immortality is nothing, and it makes sense to study Grindelwald's information, but when the two are combined, it is not an ordinary problem.

"This is no ordinary joke, Mr. Aberforth. If you don't have evidence, don't say this to anyone casually. Even I will get angry if you hear it."

"This is a list of items Albus has recently purchased. Some of them were purchased anonymously. He tried to hide the past, but I know..."

Aberforth handed over a piece of paper, and the detailed information on it shocked William.

If that's true - then Dumbledore was...

"Sorry, it's a serious matter and I need to investigate..."

He became serious and took the paper from Aberforth's hand. After checking that there were no curses or positioning spells on it, he carefully stuffed it into his pocket.

"I will give you an answer in two days at most, Mr. Aberforth."

William nodded, with a serious look on his face, "This is a very serious issue, please be sure to protect yourself..."

William felt strange as soon as he said this - Dumbledore couldn't silence his brother, could he?

However, Aberforth's face actually showed some relief, "I will."

William nodded, a smile appeared on his face, and he ate two pieces of chocolate to make his smile normal. Then he went to the bar and called Lupine, "Let's go, Professor Lupin, I finally convinced him!"