A Magical Journey Starting at Hogwarts

Chapter 530 Dumbledore, who will not live long, has buried the secrets for decades

Dumbledore also became interested and sat down curiously.

A glimmer of light flashed in Klea's green pupils, and then her brows frowned slightly unconsciously, "Professor, I, I may have seen it wrong."

"Perhaps you read it right!

Just tell me, I've been prepared for it. "

Tepler nodded to Klea, and then she hesitated and said: "I haven't seen the details, but your future is shrouded in death, which means..."

"I won't live much longer, will I?"

"Yes, it can be as long as three years or as short as one year."

"It's a little longer than I thought." Dumbledore was not surprised at all. Instead, he smiled with relief: "But death is another kind of adventure."

"Most people will never have such an optimistic attitude after knowing their own death date." Teppler said appreciatively, "It's admirable."

"Actually, I'm not that optimistic." Dumbledore shrugged and slowly raised his right hand. His hand was as lifeless as coke. "It took me some time to accept the reality."

Teppler looked at Dumbledore's withered and blackened right hand thoughtfully, "Some kind of terrible curse. It seems that you really don't have a long time to live, but logically a great magician like you wouldn't commit such a curse." It’s just a low-level mistake.”

"Human! There are always one or two regrets that I want to make up for." Dumbledore said meaningfully, "I don't have much time. There are many things waiting for me to deal with, but I can arrange Miss Clea before I die. Enrollment is no problem.”

Tepler pondered for a while, "Vico, can he?"

"Although I don't like him very much, he barely has the qualifications." Vico said unhappily.

"That's good." Teppler said meaningfully, "Albus Dumbledore, the Gaius family may be able to save your life, or even help you go one step further."

Dumbledore's eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a turmoil in his heart.

"What's the price? There's no such thing as a free lunch."

"Withdraw from the disputes in the magical world. Even if Voldemort wins, you can't take action." Tepler said lightly, "Of course, this is only the most basic condition."

"What about being more specific?"

Tepler spread his hands on the table, and he transformed a piece of densely written parchment, "The rest is the core secret of the Gaius family. You have to sign the contract before I can tell you."

Hearing this, Dumbledore fell silent.

He picked up the contract and looked at it carefully. There was nothing in it that asked him to be loyal to the Gaius family. On the contrary, he enjoyed full personal freedom, but he had to keep what he saw and heard strictly confidential and could not disclose it to the Gaius family in any way. No life revealed.

"Is this just a confidentiality agreement?" Dumbledore asked doubtfully.

"It can be understood that way, but this agreement is very binding." A wise light flashed in Tepler's eyes, "Whether you are active, passive or accidental, you cannot reveal the secrets of the Gaius family.

After signing this contract, you will know more.

If you don't want to join the Gaius family's plan in the future, we won't force you, but the secrets you know will be taken to your grave and no one will know them forever. "

"It makes sense." Dumbledore said, but he did not sign immediately. Instead, he asked doubtfully: "I think many people have signed similar contracts!"

"Yes." Vico nodded, "You have two familiar friends, Nico Flamel and Newt Scamander."

"One is an alchemist and the other is a magizoologist." Dumbledore murmured thoughtfully, "They are both top talents. What do the Gaius family want to do?"

"Sign the agreement, and you will know." Old God Vico said carefully, "I approached Scamander after he retired, and he signed a confidentiality agreement. He was excited after learning the deep secrets of the Gaius family. He accepted our terms and asked only to bring his wife with him.

As for Flamel... I'm ashamed to say that the Gaius family has looked for him many times, but he has always been busy.

It was not until a few years ago that he changed his mind. After signing the confidentiality agreement, I took him to experience the scenery above alchemy. At that time, he regretted it and regretted signing it hundreds of years late.

His request was strikingly similar to Scamander's, to take his wife with him. "

"Sounds like you're going to enjoy yourself."

"That's pretty much it if you think so." Vico sighed and shook his head, "My wife and I have been running around looking for qualified people to sign the agreement over the years.

After learning the secrets of the Gaius family, the only one among them joined without hesitation. Those with families would not join until they had taken care of their funeral arrangements, while others would not join until their life span was exhausted and they had finished enjoying life.

If nothing else, Albus, you will be the third type. "

Dumbledore pursed his lips and used his wand to write his name on the contract: Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore

"You're going to see a whole new world," Teppler said. "It's best to be mentally prepared."

"Uh..." Dumbledore raised his intact left hand like a student, "I have two questions before we start. I hope you can give me an answer."

"Excuse me," Tepler said.

"The first one is how do you plan to protect my life?" Dumbledore asked curiously.

He could clearly feel the passage of life now. The Gaius family would not give him a bottle of resurrection potion after his death. That would be too extravagant.

"At the moment of your death, your soul will be taken away by the contract, and your body will be reshaped to be exactly the same as before your death, but the curse on your hands will be removed."

"It's unbelievable." Dumbledore waited for a while before reluctantly accepting, "The second question is why did you choose me? I shouldn't be considered a top talent, right?

Unless you say you are an educator, then I can barely qualify. "

"Don't get me wrong, we really don't lack talents in teaching and educating people." Vico said dismissively, "In addition to special talents, there is another criterion, and that is strength.

Only Holy Magisters and above are qualified to know our secrets, but Holy Magisters are generally quite proud, and their probability of agreeing is no more than 50%, just like the four founders of Hogwarts, none of them agreed. I just want to warn future generations to give the Gaius family full respect.

Professor Dumbledore, your strength is not that good. After all, the peak-level Grand Magister is not a Holy Magister. "

"I can break through that bottleneck at any time if I want." Dumbledore said weakly.

"But Voldemort will not give you this opportunity, and your old enemy Grindelwald will not give you this opportunity." Vico said meaningfully, "The involvement between you and the two Dark Lords is too deep, as long as you If there is any movement, they will notice it immediately.

In addition, once you become a Holy Magister, you must abide by certain rules. After all, the world we live in is too small and cannot withstand the torment of a Holy Magister. "

"What if Voldemort..."

"The same goes for him." Vico said, "In short, holy war between holy magisters is absolutely not allowed."

"The reason why I give you a chance is...your hands." Teppler said, "There are standards for selecting people based on their strength. A lunatic like Voldemort is not qualified no matter how strong he is, but someone like you is willing to Those who have made great sacrifices for the peace of the magic world can make exceptions even if their strength is inferior.

I don't know much about you, but being able to face death calmly means that your situation is much bigger than Voldemort's, and he will definitely not be able to defeat you. "

Hearing this, Dumbledore smiled mockingly, "It seems good people are rewarded."

"Grindelwald doesn't have such thoughts as you." Vico said with a half-smile.

"What? Are you looking for him too?"

The smile on Dumbledore's face instantly solidified, and his mentality was no longer as calm as before.

Although his current enemy is Voldemort, even he sincerely believes that Voldemort and Grindelwald are not comparable at all.

The former is just a madman with powerful power. Voldemort's power is basically supported by him alone, and his fear of him far outweighs his loyalty.

Once Voldemort dies, all the forces united under him will fall apart in an instant, and the trees will fall and the hozens will scatter.

But the latter is different. Grindelwald not only has great strength, but also has IQ, EQ and vision far beyond ordinary people.

Once he walks out of Nurmengard Prison, as long as he raises his arms, his former supporters will return to his service without hesitation.

After half a century of development, those people have become prominent figures in all walks of life. Once they unite, Grindelwald's power will be stronger than it was a few decades ago, and they will start a war that will sweep the entire magical world. impossible.

"Of course." Vico said matter-of-factly, "When I approached Gellert Grindelwald, he was surprised, but he didn't refuse."

"Why? He is not a good person. He has killed as many as eight hundred innocent lives in his hands."

"His ideas at the time were not wrong." Vico said calmly, "You and he are both working for the future of wizards. The difference is that you chose peaceful means, but he chose to use force to achieve his goals."

"He's wrong." Dumbledore said excitedly.

"But in our opinion, it has nothing to do with right or wrong, and there were quite a few wizards who supported him at the time." Tepler recalled, "My father's evaluation of him was extreme idealism, genius-level intelligence, and ruthless. Personality, but able to restrain himself very well and stay rational at all times.

Moreover, he has realized his mistake after being defeated by you, and has regretted and reflected on it for half a century. "

Hearing this, Dumbledore felt mixed emotions and slumped down on his chair listlessly.

"Wait, how did you determine this?"

"Vico had a fight with him." Lisanna said with a strange expression, "It's a tie!"

Gulu!

Dumbledore swallowed, a few drops of cold sweat appeared on his forehead, "That means..."

"His strength has not deteriorated because of decades of imprisonment." Vico said for Dumbledore, "He can leave that prison anytime he wants."

Dumbledore felt a little depressed. He came here tonight to discuss with the Gaius family about dealing with Voldemort, but this thing happened to him inexplicably.

He had been mentally and physically exhausted because of Voldemort in recent years, but he never expected that a thunderbolt would be buried by him for decades without being discovered.

If he is killed by Voldemort, will Grindelwald escape from prison again, and who can stop him then?

Dumbledore, who originally didn't care about death, suddenly became a little scared at this time. He couldn't die yet, at least not until the hidden danger of Grindelwald was resolved.

But it is not a problem for great magicians like them to live for hundreds of years. If Grindelwald insists on hiding, there is really nothing he can do.

"Don't worry!" Tepus seemed to see Dumbledore's worry, "Grindelwald will not appear in the wizarding world again."

"I don't dare to bet." Dumbledore said bluntly, "He is hundreds of times more dangerous than Voldemort."

"He signed a contract with Gaius," Vico said.

"If you're talking about this confidentiality agreement, forget it." Dumbledore said with a forced smile, and he swore he had never smiled so hypocritically in his life.

"It's a formal contract. He can't kill anyone in the magic world, and he can't leave Nurmengard as long as he lives."

"really?"

Dumbledore drank a mouthful of old blood like a man on the verge of death, and his face turned red instantly.

"I don't need to lie to you." Vico said calmly.

"That's true!" Dumbledore breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "Then I have signed the confidentiality agreement. Should Mr. Tepler tell me the specific price of saving my life?"

"This is natural." Tepler said with a slight smile, then rolled up his sleeves to reveal the family mark on his arm.

The World Tree pattern slowly swayed its branches and leaves as if it were alive, and a layer of ripples appeared in the air, forming a transparent portal.

"Klea, do you want to also..."

"It goes without saying, Grandpa." Klea said easily, "Let him take me in after I marry him."

"Okay!" Tepler nodded, and then led Dumbledore into the portal.

Meanwhile, the living room.

Voldemort stared at the gray-white barrier impatiently, his face as dark as the bottom of a pot.

His negotiation with Vico was very simple. The other party refused simply, and he did not dare to say anything more.

But Dumbledore's conversation with him seemed a little too long. No matter how much he believed that the Gaius family would not violate their ancestral precepts, it was hard not to think too much about it now.

"Don't worry." Aaron stroked the dragon in his arms, "Dumbledore was probably trying every means to convince my dad, but the result was the same."

"Maybe it can happen!" Harry said expectantly.

"Harry Potter, do you believe that I will kill you right now?" Voldemort gritted his teeth.

"It's better not to take action on Gaius's territory." Genes warned, "Otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences."

"Everyone still thinks peace is the most important thing, and peace is the most important thing." Aaron smoothed things over, and then gave Harry a wink, "Please stop talking now. I have something to talk to the Dark Lord."