dragon and boy

The medicine entered the throat, the medicine bottle was empty, and there was a faint fragrance of herbs in the room. Five people gathered around the bed to observe Dippette's reaction.

Fortunately, the tube worked, and Dippet woke up two hours later, but his mind was not clear.

Minerva went to Grindelwald on purpose. She wanted to thank her, but after knocking on the door several times, she found no answer.

"Is no one in there?" Minerva asked.

The passing attendant replied: "His Majesty the King of Durmstrang seems to have gone out with his admonishers, having seen them in the back garden earlier."

The Hogwarts castle is huge, and the road leading to the back garden needs to turn several turns. When Minerva came here for the first time, if she hadn't been accompanied by someone, she would have almost lost her way here.

It took her a month to get acquainted with the castle, but she didn't expect that Durmstrang's people found the back garden so familiarly?

The weather in October had turned cold, and Minerva asked someone to get a coat for herself to put on. When she came to the back garden of the castle, she found that the ground had been covered with golden fallen leaves at some point.

The dead leaves made a crisp sound under Minerva's trampling, and accompanied by the unique fragrance of autumn, she saw three people talking not far away.

She didn't expect that the Half-Blood Prince was also in the line of their conversation. Looking from a distance, Grindelwald and Albus were expressionless, but Snape's face was terribly dark.

"Don't get excited yet," said Albus, "I think the three of us need to have a good talk."

"No need to talk." Grindelwald said directly, "Minerva is here."

"Okay." Albus shrugged. "We've got time."

Just after she finished speaking, Minerva had already walked within three meters, she narrowed her eyes, trying to make herself smile naturally.When she stopped in front of Grindelwald, Minerva smiled and nodded. She wrapped her coat tightly and said, "It's a bit cold here, isn't it?"

"A little bit," Albus replied, "but one's mind is clearer when the wind is blowing, isn't it?"

"That's right."

As she spoke, Minerva turned her head and summoned two attendants, said a few words softly, and after a short while, they brought four cups of warm tea.

She was sweet, and Albus had to admit that Minerva's breath was very comforting.He felt the temperature from the teacup in his hand, and for a moment he felt as if he was in the office. At some point, Mag came in with a cup of coffee and a stack of students' homework. She would use the most gentle and understanding tone And the method, please help to approve the pile of homework together.

"On behalf of Hogwarts, I thank you." Minerva said suddenly, "You did a great favor. The witch doctors came here in the morning, and they said God bless you, and they are willing to give His Majesty a second life. They also beat around the bush I said, it's all their fault."

"Perhaps you can choose to believe in some scientific means." Albus shifted his eyes to Snape, "That is to say... don't be too idealistic, do you have such a saying here?"

Minerva shook her head.

Albus was thankful that he had done some research on Muggle philosophy before, and he explained: "In layman's terms... don't let your consciousness dominate everything. For example, a tube of medicine can solve things, Don't let God give you an execution order."

"You don't believe in God?"

"Believe, but I believe in myself more."

Minerva was a little surprised by these words. These were words she had never heard since she was a child, and they completely subverted her entire worldview.She didn't feel that the other party was disrespectful to God, but she was simply impressed by his idea of ​​transcending the world.

She put the water glass on the tray in the hands of the attendant behind her, turned to look at Grindelwald and sighed: "Do you think so too? Durmstrang's philosophy is very different from ours."

"It varies from person to person." Grindelwald replied, and then asked, "How is Dippet? His birthday has passed, and I regret not being able to attend his banquet."

Before Minerva could answer, Snape spoke first: "The medicine can only remove the toxicity in his body, and he won't recover so quickly."

"That's right." Minerva stopped and said, "I will temporarily represent him in Hogwarts' affairs, and that's why I came to you. Let's get to the point, I know Durmstrang and Hogwarts Gewarts is here to sign the alliance agreement, but in view of what happened, there is no reason for Hogwarts to be in a high position to coerce you into an alliance with us."

Minerva had clearly inquired about what had happened before, she purposely lowered her posture to make herself look harmless, and she looked at Grindelwald and Albus with real feelings in her eyes.

Minerva continued: "If Durmstrang is willing to continue to sign an alliance agreement with Hogwarts, Hogwarts will definitely reciprocate accordingly."

Grindelwald gave a meaningful "oh", and then he asked, "I want to know what you mean in return?"

"Hogwarts has three other princesses besides me. I think you can choose any one of them to bring back to Durmstrang." Minerva added after finishing speaking, "This is what Her Majesty Dippert meant."

"Political marriage?"

As soon as Grindelwald asked, Albus's face darkened instantly. He felt that he had become a little self-willed after he came to this world, and these emotions that could be easily concealed in the past are now revealed on his face. It is very obvious.

Snape took in the change of expression on his face, although he didn't quite understand, but he didn't ask much, he watched Grindelwald lost in thought, the other party didn't seem to notice the displeasure on Albus's face, and spoke slowly Said: "Thanks, I think I will seriously consider Hogwarts' suggestion."

Minerva asked back, "Three days?"

Grindelwald retorted: "Two days is enough."

A soldier came running from a distance, and he bent down next to Minerva's ear and whispered something. Not long after, Minerva smiled and left the venue to the three of them again. She seemed to be in a hurry when she left. With a gust of wind, it also brought the fallen leaves on the ground.

It must have been a personal matter, Albus guessed, for he had seen the smile on Minerva's face as she left, the expression he'd seen Meg once when she had her husband's arm on her.

"Okay." Snape looked at the back of Minerva leaving, he stood in front of Albus and Grindelwald, and asked, "We can continue the topic just now, have you considered Pass......"

"Snape." Albus suddenly stepped forward and said, "I suddenly remembered that I have something to do, and I will come to you later."

What can he do?

Snape turned to look at Grindelwald, seeing that the other party was out of the situation just like him.But Grindelwald obviously understood the reason for Albus's departure. He frowned, bit his lip lightly, and the unfathomable look in his eyes seemed to be flowing.

"Severus Snape." After Albus left, Grindelwald suddenly spoke. This was the first formal meeting between the two of them alone. He stretched out his hand, as if in front of him Standing like an old friend I haven't seen for many years.

Snape froze on the spot, not knowing what to say for a while, he didn't reach out his hand, and didn't make any movement, until Grindelwald put his hand down, he came back to his senses.

"Is it a surprise?" Grindelwald asked, "I heard about you, Voldemort said you killed Dumbledore."

Snape fell silent, he didn't think about explaining anything, after all what Grindelwald said was true.

"But you can't kill him, and no one can kill him, including Voldemort and me, none of us are his opponents." Grindelwald said, "Most of his deaths are calculated by himself, he always Wanting to take the initiative and control everything, I know that."

"You know him well?" Snape demanded.

"Nobody knows him better than I do."

"I heard you were once like brothers."

Grindelwald retorted: "No, we're closer than brothers."

Snape's eyes became complicated, and the two people's reactions when they were mentioned to each other were so similar that Snape even suspected that they were colluding to play tricks on him.

He recalled Albus's expression when he talked about Grindelwald, which was exactly the same as Grindelwald in front of him.Not very happy, but with a trace of nostalgia, he seemed to be still smiling when he frowned, and looked at the other person as if he had traveled through a thousand years.

Grindelwald just looked at the direction Albus left without moving, even when the cold wind blew past, he didn't feel cold.

"Why did you break up with Dumbledore in the first place?" Not only Snape, the answer to this question may not be known in their world, "Since you are closer than brothers, why didn't his brother Aberforth When you are mentioned, you always have a look of gnashing your teeth? Since you and Dumbledore value each other so much, why do your ideas run counter to each other?"

"You shouldn't ask me this question." Grindelwald said, "When you were young, you also admired black magic. I think you can probably understand how I felt at that time. But the problem is that you were successfully pulled back by him , but I didn't, I went further and further on this road, and I couldn't stop, because I didn't have the courage to turn back, I could only firmly believe that I could succeed. For the Dumbledore's affairs, every party involved cannot escape, including me."

Suddenly, Grindelwald turned around, and he put his palm on Snape's shoulder. It was obviously a face as young as his, but Snape felt extremely sacred.

This is probably the strength of Grindelwald, he thought to himself, only to hear the other party say quietly: "Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore has a special meaning to me. In the past, Even more so now, I just hope you understand this and don't get in the way."

"What kind of special?" Snape demanded. "He used the word 'special' on you too."

Grindelwald replied: "Special enough that he will be jealous because of the political marriage just mentioned."