A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 887 All Men Must Die

Sitting by the lake,

Grindelwald stared at the title page of the fairy tale collection, his feelings a complex mix.

He never imagined that he would see it again a century later;

He never imagined he would see it in his lifetime.

Two unexpected things perfectly encapsulate the complexity of his feelings.

It's important to know that this was the last gift he gave to Dumbledore as a close friend.

After that summer, they broke off all ties.

Of course, the gift that Dumbledore gave him was "taken back" much earlier.

Through that wretched sniffer.

You come up to me personally and say frankly: Gellert, give me back my blood oath...

So what?

Would I refuse to give it to you?

Why would Pascalmand need to bring a Niffler to steal things?!

Grindelwald hates the Niffler the most!

William, who was sitting to one side and teasing the little demon of the North Sea, slightly raised his eyes and glanced at the old man.

Grindelwald's face was extremely ugly, showing just how angry this washed-up Dark Lord was.

How can reading a fairy tale book cause you to lose control of your emotions and get this angry?

Merlin, really the Dark Lord... or is he just a lovable little prince with a temper?

William put away his fishing rod and tactically interrupted, "You said last year you were going to find Death, so you've found the way?"

Grindelwald snapped out of his daze, suppressed his anger, and said slowly, "Found it. I'm waiting for one last opportunity."

"Could it be that she's waiting for me?" William looked at him warily.

He had no desire to go to meet his death with Grindelwald.

William is still young, hasn't married Hermione yet, has a lovely younger sister, a fat cat... and hasn't seen much of the world.

"I'm not waiting for you," the old man said with a smile. "I'm waiting for the day when the polar night and polar day alternate."

William calculated the time: "Then there aren't many days left."

"Yes, so you've come at just the right time. A few days later..." Grindelwald smiled and said, "I would have left. Even if you had found this place, I wouldn't have been able to help you trick Voldemort."

William secretly breathed a sigh of relief, pondered for a moment, and then asked doubtfully:

"But I heard Professor Dumbledore say that to see Death, the three of us must go together."

These three people are either related by blood or as close as brothers.

They must undergo a series of trials before they can face death.

William had assumed that Grindelwald's plan was to find these two people.

But according to Grigorovich's account of his experiences over the past year, the Dark Lord seemed to have done nothing but lure the Kraken here.

Then it went into someone's stomach and started to rummage.

"Kid, you're still too green," Grindelwald said sneer.

"Dumbledore was a natural-born liar. He always liked to leave part of what he said unsaid and then take the other part to the grave."

Why would he tell you everything?

Even if you have a very good relationship with him!

William rolled his eyes... Such a strong smell of jealousy! Is he really the king of jealousy in Europe?

Grindelwald didn't keep them in suspense, speaking in a casual tone:

"The story of the three brothers is indeed one way."

But Death has done so much, from sending the Deathly Hallows to leaving behind legends... he clearly wants the wizard to come to him.

Therefore, what remains is more than just one method.

William pricked up his ears; Grindelwald's little lesson had begun, and he started taking notes.

But Grindelwald did not answer directly. Instead, he held up the book of fairy tales in his hand and turned to the story of the Snow Queen.

He said expressionlessly:

"In the story, the boy found the girl and rescued her, getting her out of the palace."

It seems to be a happy ending.

But stories and reality are different... and reality doesn't end there.

"So, this story really did happen?" William asked.

"Of course," Grindelwald said with a slightly cold smile.

"After leaving the Ice Queen's palace, the boy and girl got married, and several years later, they had a daughter."

But that child was bitten by a vampire when he was very young.

William squinted, as if he had thought of something.

Grindelwald paused for a moment and then said:

"From that moment on, the child rejected magic, suppressed himself, and became a... Silent One."

The old man's voice trembled slightly when he mentioned the word.

He said, somewhat unhappy:

"The Silent Ones have no special methods and generally do not live past the age of ten."

But the man loved his child so much that he tried every possible way to save his daughter.

However, all his attempts failed, and in despair, he had no choice but to seek help from Death.

After all, Death had told him how to save his wife back then.

William thought for a moment, then continued:

"But this time when he arrived at the Ice Queen's palace, Death did not appear again?"

"That's right, he didn't have two brothers either, so he had to find other ways," Grindelwald sighed.

"At that time, the octopus had been released by Death to kill the owner of the Deathly Hallows."

He found the chosen wizard and brought him to the Ice Queen's palace.

The octopus was also lured in, but upon touching the lake water, it was trapped there forever, like the Snow Queen.

William couldn't help but admire the wizard's wisdom.

The Kraken is a full 100 meters long and has incredible destructive power.

Even the most powerful wizard cannot restrict its freedom.

Aside from Merlin's Stonehenge, perhaps only the Snow Queen's palace could contain such a being.

Grindelwald said softly:

"The siren was trapped for a whole year before she chose to surrender."

The two parties signed a magical contract: the man would release the siren, but the siren would take him upstream to meet Death.

After the siren agreed, the man hid inside her belly to seek out Death.

William silently digested Grindelwald's secrets.

Grindelwald clearly used the same method, using Grigorovich as bait, to trap the Kraken here once again.

As for why the Kraken never learns its lesson and falls for it again... all we can say is:

It was enslaved by Death to kill the owner of the sacred artifact, and even knowing there was a trap ahead, it dared not disobey the order.

This is a passive, instinctive "instinct".

After a long pause, William suddenly asked:

"Are the boy and girl in the story named Kovinus Gaunt and Baburin?"

Is their daughter Bathilda Baburin?

Grindelwald stared at William and said calmly, "You guessed it?"

"Yes," William sighed, "plenty of evidence points to that."

Next to the story of "The Snow Queen," Professor Dumbledore left the comment "Parsleyan."

This indicates that the boy in the story speaks with a parsnip-like accent.

As descendants of Slytherin, the Gaunt family possesses Parsleyan as their unique talent.

When William first met Professor Babling, he noticed that she wore a conspicuous lapis lazuli amulet around her neck.

The design on the top features a snake coiled around the scepter. A magnificent, serpentine "S" shines on the back.

Professor Barbling is a descendant of Slytherin.

The book "The Glory of History - (The Pure-Blood Family)" contains a record of Kovinus Gaunt.

He married a Veela named Barbling, and they had a daughter who died young.

All signs indicate that Professor Barblin, this mixed-race Veela and vampire, is the daughter of Kvinus Gaunt.

For some reason, Babling took her mother's surname instead of Gaunt's, and there are other stories behind that.

"The fact that Barbling is still alive, even more than two hundred years old, means that Gaunt has successfully met Death," Grindelwald laughed.

"The method that Gunter found is definitely feasible."

"What about Kovinus Gaunt?" William squinted.

Grindelwald paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Nobody knows where he went. Nobody knows if he's even alive."

William frowned slightly.

Is this why Professor Barbling is so interested in that Slytherin wand?

"And you, why did you go to see Death?"

William didn't believe that Grindelwald had suddenly had a whim to kill God.

Grindelwald remained silent, recalling the despairing future he had envisioned that evening in Nurmengard.

It was this "prophecy" that led him to break his promise to Dumbledore:

Step out of Nurmengard and pick up your wand.

After a long silence, the old man said:

"William, I can't tell you too much detail, but I've seen 14000605 futures."

Either way, the outcome is hopeless.

"What is the upcoming Second Wizarding War? What is Voldemort?"

Grindelwald stood up, looked around, and his expression was cold:

"Before that being, all is vanity."

I must traverse the world, search for death, and wage a war with an unknown future.

Just to win that one.

William looked at the old man he had only known for a year and had only met a few times, and suddenly felt a pang of sadness.

"You may die."

Grindelwald narrowed his already long and narrow eyes, looked at the young man, and laughed loudly:

All men must die.

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