Chapter 968 Grindelwald: Such ugly gloves

After a long confrontation, Kyle and Grindelwald walked into the principal's office together.

Although Grindelwald was very unhappy and felt that this was a suspicion and insult to his character, Kyle was very determined and he could only let him follow.

There was no other way. Hogwarts was the place that Dumbledore cherished the most. If they fought here, the relationship they had just barely repaired would definitely break again.

This was unacceptable to Grindelwald.

"You are more annoying than that Scamander..." He couldn't help but say.

"Thank you for the compliment." Kyle, who was walking in front, said casually without turning his head: "Many people have said so, but more people think I am a good wizard who abides by the law and has excellent character and academic performance."

"Perhaps, I should ask you how to use the Confusion Charm better."

"Even Professor Dumbledore said so."

"That's not surprising. Albus has always had a bad eye. He once said that Scamander was his favorite student."

"In the Hogwarts Award Showroom, I have the most awards for special contributions to the school."

"I also won the Best Gold Medal of Durmstrang, and nine of them."

"You know where you got those honors." Kyle said with a straight face.

Those gold medals were all given to Grindelwald unilaterally by Durmstrang to gild himself when Grindelwald was at his most powerful, and he also had the honorary alumnus status.

And it has been issued for nine consecutive years----it's really shameless, no wonder Karkaroff can also become the principal.——It can only be said that it is a continuation of the same lineage.

"Don't worry about it, I have it anyway, and it must be more than you." Grindelwald said nonchalantly.

He used to think that Durmstrang was a bit shameless, but he didn't expect that thing to be really useful.

The two of them talked back and forth, and soon they came to the top of the spiral staircase.

Kyle was the first to push open the oak door and walk in.

"Wait a moment, I'll go turn all the portraits over first--"

Before he finished speaking, Grindelwald stepped in.

"Hey, who are you talking to."

"Too much, actually want to turn us all over---·

The headmasters on the wall opened their eyes one after another, and Phineas even leaned over and tried to look outside the oak door.

"Let me see, are you bringing a wanted criminal to Hogwarts? "

Kyle stopped where he was, looking at Grindelwald who was wandering around the principal's office in confusion.

From what the principals said just now, they didn't seem to see Grindelwald---

But how could it be possible? He could see it, and he saw it very clearly.

"Why, do you want to learn?" Grindelwald turned his head and raised his mouth slightly.

"As long as you can come up with something that satisfies me, I can teach you."

"Who is talking!" In an instant, almost all the principals looked over.

Although they couldn't see the person, they could hear the voice.

Someone was obviously talking just now, and it was in the principal's office.

"Is it Harry Potter? I remember he has an invisible cloak."

"No, it should be an old wizard from the sound."

"Who is here!"

The principals were talking noisily, but Grindelwald didn't care at all, and still patiently waited for Kyle's answer.

"I don't want to, I don't want to learn." Kyle refused directly: "I am fair and square, why should I learn a spell that can avoid portraits.

"What a pity." Grindelwald sighed, and a look of disappointment flashed across his face.

"If it's other spells, I can consider it." Kyle continued: "I still have some in stock here."

"I disagree." Grindelwald said, and then turned his head.

He didn't need to guess what Kyle wanted to learn, but unfortunately, he had promised Dumbledore not to teach Kyle those powerful black magic.

"Hey, who are you talking to!" Phineas's face was almost stuck to the picture frame.

"Bringing people into the headmaster's office of Hogwarts without permission, kid, believe it or not, I will tell Minerva-"

"So noisy." Grindelwald frowned, "This noisy guy is also the headmaster?"

"What did you say?" Phineas was stunned for a moment, and screamed: "You, you thief, dare to say this about the great Headmaster Black..."

"Shut up!" Grindelwald waved his hand, and Phineas' voice stopped abruptly.

Even he himself did not move, including the other headmasters and the decorations in their portraits, all of which were frozen there, directly turning into an ordinary painting.

There was only one portrait that was an exception, that was the portrait of Dumbledore behind the table.

He looked at the empty space in front of Kyle with a complicated expression.

At the same time, Grindelwald was also looking at him, unconsciously reaching out his hand, and then-

A figure flashed by, just blocking him and the portrait.

"Get out of the way, you annoying thing!" Grindelwald's face sank.

"Impossible." Kyle leaned against the portrait and stared at Grindelwald.

"I've said before, you can watch, but don't do anything---and what you did to the Hogwarts headmasters, if Professor Dumbledore was here, he would definitely kick you out."

"Just let them be quiet for a while." Grindelwald said disdainfully.

"Get out of the way!"

"That won't work!"

Neither of them gave way, and in the end Dumbledore couldn't stand it anymore, so he decisively left the portrait and went somewhere else.

Without Dumbledore's portrait, Grindelwald naturally lost interest and took the initiative to go elsewhere.

However, Kyle did not relax his vigilance and kept staring at him.

Neither Professor McGonagall, who has been the principal twice, nor Snape, who was promoted, changed the furnishings here too much.

So the current principal's office is not much different from when Dumbledore was there.

The only difference is probably that Fox's perch is missing.

Grindelwald first walked to the shelf, carefully looked at the silverware neatly arranged on it, and said:

"Albus's work - he was obsessed with alchemy for a long time."

Then he looked at some of the things behind the shelf. They were all scattered small items, because Professor McGonagall didn't know much about alchemy and would no longer work without care and maintenance.

But Professor McGonagall didn't take them away and kept them here as decorations.

In addition, there are some miscellaneous items, such as a half-knitted wool scarf and a few pairs of asymmetrical wool gloves.

Grindelwald didn't even look at these things. He pushed them aside and picked up an object that looked like a teapot.

"How about giving this to me, just as a souvenir."

"Of course not-"

"Send it to him."

Before Kyle could refuse, he heard Dumbledore's voice coming from behind him, and he didn't know when he returned to the portrait.

"Then let him leave here quickly." Dumbledore in the portrait said with a straight face, "He is not welcome in Hogwarts, it is best to let him leave quickly."

"You promised me to come, Albus." Grindelwald said, with a hint of pride in his voice.

"It must be out of necessity." Dumbledore said firmly.

"Do we have to be like this? We have to be tit-for-tat every time we meet." Grindelwald said after a moment of silence.

"That's what happened before. I tore the sheets into shreds and wrote you countless letters, but never got a reply.

"Don't tell me you didn't get those letters...

"Yes, I didn't receive it." Dumbledore's tone remained unchanged, "But you don't have to care about my attitude. After all, I am dead."

"Sure enough, you haven't changed at all. Even what you said is exactly the same." Grindelwald suddenly laughed and put the small silver teapot into his pocket.

Because Dumbledore, the owner of the teapot, had already agreed, Kyle couldn't say anything.

Then Grindelwald walked to the corner again and stopped in front of a huge velvet curtain.

Kyle had no time to stop him.

With a casual move, he lifted the velvet curtain, revealing a huge mirror covered underneath.

Grindelwald stood in front of the Mirror of Erised, reaching out and touching the complex runes and symbols on both sides of the frame.

"No matter what you saw, it's all fake." Kyle said nervously: "And you can't take this away."

"Why?" Grindelwald still looked at the mirror without looking back.

"This is school property."

"This is mine."

"What?"

"I gave this to Dumbledore, a long time ago." Grindelwald turned his head and looked at Kyle again with that half-smiling expression.

"What, you're surprised?'

Kyle nodded subconsciously.

He always thought that this mirror was made by Dumbledore himself using alchemy, or it was a magical object passed down from the era of the Big Four.

Unexpectedly, "Although this mirror has been modified many times by Albus, the prototype of the mirror was indeed given by me."

Grindelwald turned his head again, seemingly lost in some kind of memory.

After a long time, he said softly: "At that time, I always wanted to repair the relationship between us, so I desperately searched for the Resurrection Stone.

"Although I never found it, I accidentally discovered this magical mirror in the process."

"I was so happy to see that we were reconciled, just like we were in Godric's Hollow, that I couldn't wait to give it to Albus."

"I gave him many things, but they were all rejected, except this one - he accepted it.'

"Although his attitude towards me has not changed, I am still very happy." Grindelwald stretched out his hand.

Want to touch something in the mirror.

He ran his fingers around the mirror.

A blue flame burned quickly.

It wasn't Li Fire, because Kyle didn't feel the unique violence of Li Fire, and the Mirror of Erised didn't melt or get damaged in this blue flame.

It's just that the frames on both sides have undergone some changes. Some places have melted and turned into another appearance.

Or rather, the original appearance?

Kyle couldn't tell.

In short, when the blue flame is extinguished, the Mirror of Erised remains unchanged, except that the frames on both sides become narrower.

Moreover, there is an additional letter above the two claw-like supports.

The left is "G" and the right is "A".

And Kyle can be sure that these two letters are not the magic words and symbols themselves, but are deliberately engraved on them.

Even Kyle could guess who carved it.

The abbreviation of Gellert Grindelwald Albus Dumbledore is too obvious.

Dumbledore must have guessed it at the beginning, but he was reluctant to return the mirror where Ariana could be seen, so he simply covered it up.

This can also be seen from Dumbledore's expression in the portrait. He looks quite embarrassed, and even his eyes are a little wandering.

"So, do you want to take it away?" Kyle asked proactively.

"You want to stop me?" Grindelwald turned his head and looked at Kyle with interest.

"I did before, but not now." Kyle shook his head.

"If you really gave this mirror to Professor Dumbledore, it would be reasonable for you to want to take it back now."

"Forget it, I don't need it anymore."

To Kyle's expectation, Grindelwald refused. He raised his fingers and slowly covered the mirror with the velvet curtain again.

"Let's get down to business." He turned around and quickly came to Kyle.

"I actually came to see you this time. I just stopped by to see where Albus works."

"Looking for me?" Kyle pointed to himself, "You must be kidding me. Is there anything I have that is worth your while traveling all the way from Nurmengard to Hogwarts?"

"Albus said you wanted to ask me for help in getting rid of those Horcruxes." Grindelwald looked at Kyle up and down, "Why, isn't there such a thing?"

"Horcrux——·Is he really looking for you?"

Kyle subconsciously looked at Dumbledore in the portrait behind him.

"It's not me." The other party shook his head, "It should be me outside the portrait. I just told him your plan."

"I see."

While Kyle was talking to the portrait, Grindelwald, who was idle and bored, picked up a wool glove next to him, but he only looked at it twice and threw it back in disgust.

"Minerva McGonagall. Damn, your current principal really has a wide range of hobbies.

"It's just that my vision is as bad as ever - even if I were still in Nurmengard, I wouldn't want such an ugly pair of gloves."

Dumbledore in the portrait suddenly closed his mouth, with a strange expression.

Kyle couldn't tell whether it was embarrassment or anger, maybe both.

After all, if someone said that Dumbledore was weak, he would probably laugh it off and not care at all, but if someone said that the wool socks he knitted were ugly, he would be angry all day long.

Although gloves are not socks, they are almost the same.

But so did Grindelwald... He deserved it. He didn't even receive a reply. "What's wrong? Is this really happening?" Grindelwald, who was confused, asked again.

"Ah, yes, I do have this idea." Kyle nodded quickly, "Do you agree to help me?"

"I'm not helping you, I'm helping Albus." Grindelwald said, while looking at the portrait of Dumbledore behind him,

It seems that he wants to get a compliment or a look that is not so strange.

Then he saw Dumbledore's cold face,

For a moment, Grindelwald thought he was back in time when he broke with Dumbledore for the first time.

In fact, that's how he looked, as if he was looking at a stranger.

Um?

Grindelwald blinked, a little confused.

The portrait of Dumbledore just now didn't look like this either. What's going on?

Then he suddenly looked at Kyle and asked sternly: "What did you do!"