Chapter 436 Gray, the mastermind behind this?

"Because of Dumbledore's obstruction." Delain paused, and then said: "Also because many stupid people cannot understand your great strategy and vision."

"Dumbledore?"

Grindelwald said slowly: "When Dumbledore avoided meeting me, my career had actually shown signs of failure."

"The whole world thinks that my power is unstoppable, only I know that everything has deviated from our... my original ideal..."

He closed his eyes, as if he was back in that narrow and cold prison, chewing on his own failures over and over again, regretting -

If he had not been too superstitious about the power of the Elder Wand in the duel... and neglected to hone his skills... perhaps he would not have lost to Dumbledore.

If he had been a little more tolerant of the Muggles' actions, perhaps his subordinates would not have quietly chosen to betray.

If he had killed all the Kirins, and not handed the election to creatures that he could not control at all...

If he could completely win over Credence and let that simple-minded boy willingly fight for him...

If he had not let his guard down because Scamander looked silly, but killed that guy early...

Even at the beginning...If he had been more patient with Aberforth and Ariana, and realized how important those two little burdens were to Dumbledore...

Maybe everything would be different.

But after counting, Grindelwald found that there were too many nodes of his fate that he needed to change.

The collapse of the empire did not come suddenly, and countless mistakes led to his ultimate failure. Looking back on the past, it seems that every time he stood at a fork in the road, he chose the wrong direction.

In the long memory, Grindelwald finally realized that it was not Dumbledore who made him fail, but himself.

He made the wrong decision from the beginning, and made himself the enemy of the whole world with his brutal and extreme rule, so that no matter how prosperous the situation was, it was like a fire cooking oil, burning fiercely, and only after it was extinguished did he find that there was no firewood underneath.

Because he was not challenging the Muggles, nor the cowardly avoidance thinking formed by wizards for hundreds of years, but the inherent order of the world, and the basic interests and morality of all people.

"I didn't lose to Dumbledore, I lost to myself... I lost to the arrogance and ignorance of my youth."

Grindelwald emphasized it again, looking at his loyal subordinates, showing a peaceful smile, and saying the fact that he was finally willing to admit after a long period of thinking.

"Brutal rule cannot last long, Günter. No matter how beautiful the future is, it cannot withstand the pain that is at hand."

"Fifty years ago, we made enemies everywhere, isolated and helpless. We seemed strong, but even internally we were full of contradictions, and countless people were questioning and resisting."

"In order to eliminate the voices of opposition, we eradicated all those who raised objections - even those who were once our partners and our relatives... even if they were actually right..."

"This is not right."

Grindelwald sighed for a long time and said, "Contradictions and problems always exist. Covering others' mouths and not allowing them to speak is the most dangerous."

"Those who share the same ideals as us are companions, and those who have different ideas from us are definitely enemies?"

"Look, I used to kill many people but never got the understanding, but now I have easily gotten it by killing only a few."

He stretched out his finger and pointed at the newspaper on the table. There was a thick stack of newspapers with different words written on them, and they also exuded the smell of ink.

That was the news of the magic world collected by his subordinates from various countries.

Before these newspapers were sent to Grindelwald, Delain quickly reviewed them himself to make sure that there were no insulting remarks in the newspapers.

At the same time, he unexpectedly found that many articles praised the recent actions of the Witch Party and reiterated the threat of Muggles to wizards. In the past, apart from the Witch Party, not many people said so.

Of course, there were also some people who analyzed Grindelwald's conspiracy at length, intending to awaken the wizards' memories of the bloody history of the Witch Party.

But wizards who have experienced those dark ages are now a minority group, and most people are optimistic and supportive of this. Many people even think that Grindelwald has been punished enough in prison, and has repented and corrected his thoughts.

"A person who has made mistakes is more suitable to be a ruler than a person who has always been right, because he knows what choice is wrong." - This is a popular saying recently.

The Witch Party did not show mercy when killing people, but its reputation unexpectedly improved.

"Think about the people around you, Günter. Do they feel pain or glory because of the killing? After the action is over, do they feel empty and confused because they vented their dissatisfaction with life, or do they strengthen their identity and pride?"

"Looking similar behavior, because of that little difference, the result will produce such a huge difference, this is the key to determine victory or defeat."

Grindelwald's words were a bit messy, and Delain felt that he seemed to understand, but was a little confused.

"Sir, I don't understand."

He half-knelt down, looked up and said: "Should we be like Dumbledore... to protect Muggles? Protect those who persecute us? Do we want to be the Ministry of Magic in the dark? Like the so-called messenger of justice?"

Deleon looked at his monarch like a lost lamb and whispered, "Then... establishing a global order led by wizards... the ideas of the wizard party... for the greater good... do we have to give up all of this?"

"Give up? No... we just have to find a new path that is tortuous but will definitely reach the goal."

Grindelwald touched Deleon's head and said:

"Don't learn from me and blindly use extreme violence; don't learn from Dumbledore, who is afraid of sacrifice and imprisoned by so-called morality and law."

"Then... what should we do?" Deleon asked, "What should I do?"

Grindelwald said: "Be someone who brings light to darkness and hope to despair. Learn to give to the great Some people bring benefits, not death. Learn to solve problems, not create them. "

"You can't put down your wand, but you must always stand on the side of reason and right. "

"Gundt, go and take a look at the recent videos in the stream mirror... How to edit and display the videos is all Wade's opinion, right? Although he is young, he has long understood these principles. "

"That child understands both wizards and Muggles. The most important thing is that he has a clear mind and is good at learning from the past. He is not bound by simple white magic and black magic. Communicate with him more and listen to his opinions, you will learn a lot. "

"Dumbledore really taught him well..."

Grindelwald said sadly, with deep fatigue on his face.

Seeing this, although Delain's thoughts were still in a mess, he still made arrangements so that Grindelwald could have a good rest.

Leaving Grindelwald's bedroom, Delain walked in the empty corridor and suddenly realized that although Grindelwald said so much, he never mentioned the real purpose of bringing Wade.

But no matter how you look at it, it is definitely not to force the young wizard onto the ship of the Witch Party, nor to threaten him not to do anything with the bells.

And to communicate with the child... what to communicate? Alchemy? Or video editing technology?

Delain was upset and couldn't calm down to think.

Grindelwald's self-narration almost denied his own life, and also denied Delain's pursuit and ideals for decades, making him not know where to go for a while.

Unconsciously, Delain walked to the hall and saw that there were still a dozen people here - some were drunk and didn't go back to the bedroom, and some were still gathered in front of the fireplace and chatting quietly.

Delain leaned against the curtains, staring at those people, and suddenly realized something.

Compared with the beginning of the gathering of the Witch Party, more people took off their hoods on their own initiative, and more people smiled on their faces.

There were also a few witches who helped everyone prepare clothes. Delain remembered that they always looked tense and taciturn before.

The look of fear was as if there were man-eating monsters around them.

But now, they gathered around the two wizards who participated in the action, busy with needlework while listening to them talk about how they broke through the blockade of Muggle soldiers and rescued several Muggle children who were almost drained of blood. They exclaimed from time to time, and naturally showed sympathy, indignation, admiration and other expressions.

The injuries of the two wizards should have healed long ago, but they were still wrapped in bandages, and proudly showed off how they taught those Muggle rich businessmen and nobles a lesson, and received cheers from their companions.

Of course, there were also boos from wizards at other tables, but they pretended not to hear them, and even became more proud.

This relaxed and natural atmosphere was completely different from the seriousness, striving and excitement that Delain had originally expected.

It was like when Mr. Grindelwald held a banquet, he did not have the hall arranged into several long tables, and everyone sat down according to their status and raised their glasses together to emphasize the goals and slogans of the Witch Party, but it became a street tavern.

Suddenly, Delain seemed to understand what Grindelwald said.

Cruel rule will cause all his companions to fall apart; but with justice, salvation, honor and mission, even if you don't repeatedly strengthen your thoughts, you can gather more people's hearts.

No mistakes, one post, one content, one 6, one 9, one book, one bar!

Wade Grey... That kid is so young, why does Mr. Grindelwald think he can understand these?

...

Wade didn't know that Grindelwald had promoted himself to his trusted subordinates, but he found that Delain began to appear around him frequently, and always looked at him with a scrutinizing and observing look.

No malice, but it makes people feel uneasy.

Two days passed quickly. After the last batch of Shivangis bells were completed, Wade stretched his body. Seeing that it was still early, he decided to go back to his room to read for a while.

Yesterday, Wade found a magic notebook from the bookshelf, which recorded several advanced spells, including the powerful magic of [Fire Shield].

He still remembered the spectacular scene of the blue gas stove burning Paris in the movie. In the last event, Wade also saw how Grindelwald led the immature new generation of witches and suppressed the firepower of Muggles with this spell.

Wade did not delve into why this book appeared on his bookshelf. He just memorized every line of the words and pondered them over and over again in his heart.

If he could "find" books of this quality from the bookshelf every day, Wade felt that he really didn't want to go back to school for the time being.

But as soon as he went out, he met Delain again.

"Is it done?" the serious wizard looked at him and asked.

"Yes." Wade said.

"Walk together?" Delain nodded his head.

Wade hesitated for a moment and accepted the invitation.

"We broke into another private villa of a Muggle celebrity today."

After walking a distance, Delain said: "That guy didn't participate in those abominable experiments, but imprisoned more than a dozen young girls and forced them to sell their bodies."

Wade didn't ask about the fate of the Muggle, but asked: "What about those girls?"

"The memory was washed away with the forgetfulness spell and sent to a nearby Muggle hospital." Delain said: "Take out a small part of the money in the celebrity's safe, which is enough to pay for all their medical expenses."

Wade was actually a little moved when he heard this.

At the beginning, the witch party always abandoned all the victims, making them part of the Ministry of Magic's troubles.

And the Ministry of Magic's way of dealing with it is to send patients injured by magic for treatment, and ordinary injured patients are all thrown to the local Muggle government.

As for what will happen to those patients later, the Ministry of Magic, which claims to protect Muggles, actually doesn't care.

But now, these witches finally understand that for Muggles, treatment is a long and painful process. The high medical expenses can overwhelm many ordinary families, but it is just a matter of convenience for the witches to solve this problem.

They even learned a new use of the forget spell - not only to hide the magic world, but also to make the victims forget the painful memories and regain hope in life.

The latter one was not proposed by Wade, but some soft-hearted wizards found that the victims chose to commit suicide just after being rescued, so they did so.

Wade said with emotion: "You have changed the fate of many people - although they will not remember, but this honor will not fade."

"Glory..."

Delein pondered this word and suddenly asked: "Is this what you want to see, Wade Grey?"

"...What?" Wade's heart jumped and he looked up and asked in confusion.

"Recently I was thinking, are you forced to cooperate with us, or are you using us to achieve your own goals?"

Deleon said calmly: "You want those guys to die too?"

"The dirty and ugly human nature is fully displayed in those Muggles, but under the protection of power and money, the Muggle law cannot punish them."

"In order to protect the wizarding world, neither the Ministry of Magic nor Dumbledore will let them receive the punishment they deserve - only we, only we are not afraid of killing."

Deleon looked into Wade's eyes and asked bluntly: "So it's not us who chose you, but you chose the Witch Party, is that right?"

Wade took a deep breath and said helplessly and innocently: "Did I force you to kidnap me?"

"I just think those guys are really anti-human and immoral, so I am more dedicated when completing the task."

"Or do you think I should be passive and lazy at ordinary times, do bad things to you secretly, and cooperate after being hit by a few heart-piercing shots, so that it will appear more just?"

Deleon looked away with an expression of "whatever you say", handed over a piece of parchment.

Ved: "...Friends' Book?"

"The latest model, which can store information for a long time and will not disappear until you finish reading it."

Delaine said: "Take it... Even if you return to Hogwarts in the future and encounter the same thing, you can still find me."

"Why?" Ved couldn't help asking.

It's okay that Wowelet and Moreau are willing to help, but Draine doesn't communicate with him much at ordinary times, and seems to think that he is the mastermind behind the scenes. Even though there is no smile on his face at this moment, he suddenly behaves so generously.

"Mr. Grindelwald asked me to communicate with you more." Draine said frankly: "I don't mind being used, but I want to know... Why can a child like you be valued by that gentleman?"