Hogwarts Advanced Guide

Chapter 413 Hera: For the Greater Good!
"Yes, for the greater good, we have been working hard for this all our lives." Fast sighed, and he shook his eyebrows, "But obviously, this is not the past era, and we have failed."

"How?" Hera asked.

"When our generation is all gone, who else will remember this? Except Leni." Fast blinked and smiled dryly, "She is a good child, but it is a pity that she was born in the wrong era."

Hera pursed her lips. He didn't think Leni was so good, but she did help Hera's pockets plump up several times.

"In that era, she would have been Grindelwald's most outstanding subordinate, just like Weta." Fast sighed, and he waved his hand, as if he didn't want to talk too much about Leni. "Changing the subject, tell me, have you got what you want to know?"

"I think I understand it roughly." Hera nodded, "But I have to confirm it myself. You know, it's very important. We can't afford the risk."

"Germany is in chaos. Although the Dark Lord has not yet extended his hand here, the werewolves and vampires in the territory are restless. Their recent movements are terribly loud." Fast took out a pipe from his pocket and put it in his mouth. Hera quickly took out his wand and ignited the tobacco for him.

"Thank you," Fast gasped and took a big breath. He glanced at the wand in Hera's hand and quickly withdrew his eyes. "I'll let Leni take you to Fort Nurmengard. Don't worry. There are almost no one there now. Only our family maintains security, lest people without eyes break in."

"Won't the Ministry of Magic be worried?" Hera asked with a strange expression, as if she didn't understand that the Ministry of Magic let Grindelwald himself stay in Nurmengard Castle.

"Worried?" Fast laughed loudly, but soon he suppressed his smile and sighed heavily. The fire from the fireplace illuminated the furrows on his face, "Grindelwald was imprisoned in Nurmengard voluntarily."

Hera nodded, indicating that he was aware of this. It was not that he had never met Grindelwald. He did make it clear that he did not want to leave Nurmengard.But, who knows if this is some plan of Grindelwald and Dumbledore?

It was for this that Hella had come to Germany.

"You're still too young, you don't understand Muggles." Fast knocked his pipe heavily on the coffee table, "Muggles' wisdom has indeed surpassed our imagination." He sank heavily on the sofa, showing a look of reminiscence, and the pipe ignited a wisp of smoke.

This puzzled Hera, and he changed his position so that he could hear Faster's voice better.

"I still remember that year, when we saw the terrible future for the first time," Fast showed a frightened expression, and his expression became horrified, "You have never experienced it, you don't understand, with the huge mushroom cloud, everything turned into ashes, everything—everything turned into ashes!"

"You mean the nuclear bomb?" Hera racked her brains and could only figure out the name.

"Nuclear bomb? No, no, no!" Fast shook his head vigorously, "That guy is called a hydrogen bomb."

"hydrogen bomb?"

"That's right, nuclear bombs are only used to trigger hydrogen bombs, just like lighting a fireplace with a match. Do you understand?" Fast tried his best to explain the concept of "hydrogen bomb" to Hera, but this was not a good metaphor, and Hera showed a confused expression.

Fast gestured with his hand, "It only takes a moment, and the English islands will become a piece of scorched earth, no grass will grow, no one can hide, even wizards, and there is no time for Apparition, it will destroy everything before you transfer."

"That would be horrific," said Hera thoughtfully, though he still had no concrete vision of a hydrogen bomb—perhaps like a dragon's flame-breathing?Is it nothing more than a bigger flame?
"Very scary," Fast sighed, "Muggles have mastered such terrible weapons before we know it."

"We realized the existence of the Statute of Secrecy wasn't so unreasonable, maybe because of it, we can live in the present day, no one wants to be burned at the stake again - a crazy woman in the middle ages likes to do it, but I bet she would never face a hydrogen bomb."

"So, Grindelwald's followers all gave up?"

"A part of it, there are always people who are still unwilling to give up, and Vita refuses to give up, so she knows that there is no way to survive after death, and she turns into a ghost and wanders around the manor." Fast took a strong puff of his pipe, "I know she won't forgive me, I betrayed him, I betrayed Grindelwald. Before the big battle, I took my sons and daughters back to the manor. Weta did not accept this, but Grindelwald forgave me."

"Grindelwald forgave you?" Hera looked very surprised. He didn't think Grindelwald was a good talker. Just looking at the things he committed back then, he was just a little bit better than Voldemort. He didn't kill as many people as Voldemort, but he brought the whole of Europe into a war, and even stirred up North America across the ocean.

Fast showed a smile in front of him, "It's hard to imagine, isn't it?"

Hera nodded.

"He took it all on himself, he admitted all the crimes, he told the Ministry that everyone was threatened by him to make them do it."

"Did they believe it?"

"Of course not." Fast sighed. As he got older, he became very sentimental and couldn't stop sighing.Maybe it was because he was really sorry.

"But they don't have any evidence, and if they arrest all the saints, there will be few pure-blood wizards in the wizarding world." Fast laughed dryly, and waited for a long time before he said firmly, "He is a great man, no one can deny this."

Hera didn't speak. His understanding of Grindelwald was only limited to the description in "History of Magic". In it, Grindelwald seemed to be a cruel guy who would do anything to achieve his goals. If Dumbledore hadn't stopped him, the whole world would probably be ruled by Grindelwald.He learned more about Grindelwald through Dumbledore.

"Grindelwald is a very pure person. He always looks like the one we just met, with firm beliefs, arrogance and purity." Fast's words are full of admiration, and there is no doubt that there is no one better than Grindelwald in his heart.

"He hopes to create a new order and restore the glory of magic, and you know that." Fast choked and coughed several times, "but we suddenly found that we can no longer defeat Muggles. Once the wizarding world is exposed to Muggles, they will destroy us, and we can't even resist. We must know that not everyone can master Apparation, and they may not be able to go away."

"Then—why not try the Imperius Curse?" Hera asked puzzled, as long as the Muggles could be controlled, what could they do?You must know that Muggles have absolutely nothing to do with the Imperius Curse.

"Of course we tried, kid." Fast laughed. He picked up his coffee cup and took a big sip. "But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. At that time, it entered a war—a global war, and many countries were involved. The Ministry of Magic protected their presidents. We couldn't get close. We couldn't even be sure whether the presidents we controlled would die in a coup d'etat or assassinated in war the next day. The plans couldn't keep up with the changes. We had no chance to keep controlling the Muggle presidents."

"Is the Ministry of Magic on the side of the Muggles?" Hera quickly grasped the point of the question, and he raised his own question.

Fast curled his lips, "They're just on the conservative side. There's nothing wrong with that. We can't afford such a big risk. Once something goes wrong in any link, the wizarding world will be completely exposed to the Muggles. In those war years, Muggles were never stingy with using their weapons."

"It's different now. Muggles don't dare to start a fight. They are used to peace." Hera said, trying to sound out Fast's tone to see if he still had plans to continue his 'career' back then.

"Why not a wizard?" Fast stared at Hera's eyes and spread his hands. "Most wizards can only master the most basic life magic and simple spells after graduation. It only takes one or two years before they will be completely reduced to fools who only know how to wave their wands indiscriminately." Fast said that he was very angry, as if he was very angry with the weakness of modern wizards.

"Then it seems that maintaining the current situation may be the best choice." Hera nodded. Obviously, Fast did not completely give up the idea back then, but he was more aware of the current situation.

Maybe Grindelwald and his followers are really as pure as their slogan is: for the greater good.

"Who says it's not?" Fast said, "But there are always some children who still have childish ideas, hoping to reproduce the glory of magic." Fast is a little disdainful, but also a little helpless, after all, he came here like this when he was young.

"Like Lenny?"

"Her? That's it." Fast sighed, "But she will understand, she is still too young to understand the laws of the world."

"I want to confirm one thing, a very important thing, sir." Hera straightened her neckline, sat upright, and said seriously.

"Oh? Let's talk about it." Fast also sat up a little more straightly, "As long as I know the old man, I will definitely tell you."

"Whether Grindelwald's followers, or Grindelwald, will stand in the Dark Lord's camp." Hera said clearly, "Forgive me for being so direct, I have to confirm this matter."

Fast stared at Hera in a daze for a while, then suddenly burst out laughing.

"Why are you laughing?"

"Son, I told you at the very beginning of the conversation, we are not the same people." Fast stared firmly into Hera's eyes, "We are not some horrible dictator, we are not executioners, and we don't want to rule the magic world. We are just for-"

"Greater interests." Hera Tifast said the following words.

"That's right!" Fast looked very happy, "We just hope that the wizarding world can become better instead of decaying forever." His eyes dimmed a little, "But obviously we failed, we didn't fail because of power."

"You failed to rule the wizarding world, Grindelwald lost to Dumbledore, right?" Hera asked.

Fast nodded, with a bitter face, "Yes, Grindelwald told us a long time ago that he didn't want to fight Dumbledore, he was no match for Dumbledore."

Hera suddenly remembered the text she saw in Rita's book, maybe Grindelwald was not invincible to Dumbledore, he just didn't want to fight Dumbledore.

Please forgive Hera for thinking so much about Dumbledore after his death. Hera can't find the right words to describe it, but it will definitely not be a good word.

"So before that legendary duel, I betrayed him. I took the children back to the manor. Weta refused. She died at the hands of the German Aurors because she tried to attack Dumbledore who was going down the mountain. When Vita saw Dumbledore, she knew the result of the battle." Fast closed his eyes, as if the scene happened right in front of his eyes. It will stop her too."

"I'm sorry for making you think about these things." Hera lowered her head slightly, her voice low.

Fast wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, "It's not your fault, it's not your fault." He widened his eyes vigorously, turned his head aside so that Hera could not see him, and wiped his tears with his cuff.

After a long silence, Hera said, "I think maybe I should leave, I've bothered you for too long."

"Don't worry, I need to make arrangements, stay and have lunch together, and then let Leni take you to Nurmengard." Fast's voice was a little choked, but he still kept Hera enthusiastically, and his dry hand tightly held Hera's forearm.

"I guess I'll go by myself," Hera said.

"Let Leni take you there, they know Leni and will let you in." Fast insisted.

Hera showed a look of embarrassment, but she still bit the bullet and agreed with Faust's appearance, "Okay."

Fast picked up his cane and knocked on the floor vigorously, "Prepare dinner, ask the lady to come downstairs to the kitchen."

"Yes, master." The house elf's voice came from the shadows. This time Hera paid special attention, and was able to barely tell where the elf was hiding on the other side of the fireplace, where they couldn't see it.

"Thank you for everything you have done." Hera bowed her head slightly to express her respect to Fast. Anyway, Fast still told Hera a lot of information.

"For the greater good." Fast said firmly, clenched his right fist and hammered heavily on his left chest.

Hera hesitated for a moment, hesitantly clenched his fists like Fast, and hammered heavily on his chest, "For the greater good."

Fast smiled. He stood up and pulled Hera towards the side of the living room, "Come on, let you taste our family's specialties. There is no more orthodox family in Germany than the Rozier family."

　520 Happy Ducks!
　　Anyway, the author is single, so I won't ask for leave. I hope everyone is happy!
　　
　
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