Parents of Hogwarts

Karan stuck his head into the pensieve. He fell into the cold and dark material, as if he was sucked into a black vortex——

Suddenly, when he opened his eyes again, Karan found that he was standing in a dark space, unable to see anything clearly, but he could only see Dumbledore standing next to him.

"Perhaps it was arranged this way intentionally..."

Karan said thoughtfully: "Perhaps the original owner of the memory doesn't want us to be discovered, such as the taboos. They can penetrate the memory and see us in reality."

Dumbledore nodded, and he looked solemnly at the darkness in the distance. It was more like a curtain. According to Karan, it blocked everything around him, preventing them from seeing or being discovered.

They waited patiently for a while, and then a voice sounded, either from a distance or directly above their heads.

Karan's expression changed, and he immediately recognized the voice of the God of Death.

"Andros."

He heard the God of Death say: "You can't stop me. The Dark Age will eventually come, and the whole world will fall into eternal darkness. This is a carnival that belongs to the forbidden ones. They will all come back as winners."

At this time, another voice retorted calmly: "Is that so, Death? I already know all your methods, what if you do it again? Will you still win?"

"What are you going to do-"

Before Death could finish his words, a bright light suddenly broke through the entire night - it was a patron saint the size of a giant.

Callan and Dumbledore watched helplessly as the Patronus appeared outside an arch, the arch of the Death Hall in the Department of Mysteries, and the Patronus stepped in.

A calm voice sounded again: "My patron saint will always guard the world of the dead and keep it undisturbed."

"I will abandon my body and exist only as a soul, existing in a confused illusion, existing in the real world, and falling into eternal sleep. Until a real warrior is willing to accept me and wake me up from my sleep. And I will give Warrior power.”

"From now on, I will completely give up hope of living. You will never be able to successfully destroy the entire world, Death."

"It could never be done."

They didn't know if the God of Death was still here, but the other party didn't say a word or refute a word.

But another figure suddenly appeared in front of them. His whole body was shrouded in a faint light. His appearance was unclear, and it seemed that he had no specific face at all, but was constantly changing.

"Andros the Invincible?"

Karan asked in a low voice: "That giant-sized patron saint, are you the invincible Andros?"

The figure seemed to be nodding or shaking its head.

"Whether it's Andros, Beedle, or Merlin, that was part of my past identity. They were both my friends and myself. It's hard to tell them apart."

Callan didn't understand, but Dumbledore seemed to understand: "The power of emotion... you are not a specific identity, but become a magical force, like love."

"Be brave, you are brave and courageous."

Dumbledore said firmly.

"Yes,"

The figure turned to look at Dumbledore and said: "You are right, child, this is the most powerful power of wizards, which is the power of emotion."

Karan used a lot of effort not to laugh out loud, and he felt like his stomach was hurting to death.

Would someone actually call Dumbledore a child?

"Cough cough!"

Karan couldn't bear it any longer, so he simply coughed twice and secretly caught a glimpse of Dumbledore's twitching corners of his mouth.

Even the headmaster of Hogwarts has a hard time accepting being called a child.

Even when facing Nick Flamel, a [-]-year-old man, they were just friends.

"I don't have much time."

The figure didn't think there was anything wrong with this at all, and he continued: "The remaining power is not complete enough, so you will meet another yourself and another Dumbledore on the way across the world."

This time Karan understood clearly. The figure was referring to another version of himself he met in Godric's Hollow on the way back from the Seven Hundred Horcruxes. It was also the version of himself that inexplicably prevented Ariana from growing older.

It turns out that all this happened because time went back once.

The figure just said this.

"As you can see, this is a world that has been overthrown and started over once. In the last world, the God of Death won the final victory. Although I made everything happen again, correspondingly, the God of Death also had his own The way to deal with it is that it itself is non-existence, and there is no need to give up the body, so the wizard can borrow its power."

"Unlike me, the power of the God of Death is not bravery, but the fear of death. The more fearful a person is, the more likely he is to be picked by the God of Death - Voldemort, Herbo, and Antioch, they are all selected by the God of Death. The chosen wizard.”

"That doesn't mean that they are possessed by the God of Death, nor does it mean that they have become the God of Death. They are just affected by the God of Death, and are extremely horribly affected. They still maintain themselves, and their methods are different."

"Children, you must defeat them. Maybe I will help you at the last moment."

"Remember, don't be bewitched by death, and don't forget about bravery and love..."

The figure said the last words specifically to Karan.

Then before they could react, the two of them forcibly escaped from their memories and returned to the principal's office.

The pensieve on the desk was empty, and the memory had disappeared.

The two people faced each other in silence for a long time, and the principals in the portraits secretly opened their eyes to look at them.

Dumbledore slowly sat down on the chair, and Callan also slowly sat down opposite him.

"I need to think for a while," Dumbledore said with his eyes closed.

"Of course, Principal." Karan also closed his eyes.

So they were silent for a long time, so long that the principals in the portraits no longer pretended to be asleep. They gathered together and openly discussed what had just happened.

Amidst the non-stop discussion, Dumbledore was the first to say: "There is nothing wrong with the memory you got."

Karan then replied: "It's just because this is a new world that it looks different."

"Grindelwald was not mentioned."

"We have to find a way to find that figure."

"Death has become our enemy."

"So does the person it chooses."

“The figure can see us in memory and communicate with us.”

"He probably also met with the founders and used that to choose the location for Hogwarts."

The two of them summed up the memory scene they just saw, one by one. The principals in the portraits couldn't understand what they were saying at all.

Finally, Karan suddenly mentioned: "There is one thing I want to tell you. It is about Nagini. She gave the Hufflepuff golden cup to Saoirse Greengrass. Saoirse has always wanted to find her. , seeking a solution to the blood curse."

Dumbledore thought carefully for a moment, then he looked at Callan without saying a word.

Callan fully understood why Dumbledore viewed him in such a way. At the end of the memory, the figure specifically advised him not to believe in Death. This showed that he was still an unstable factor and that there was still a vital element in Death's plan. important role.

In this way, Dumbledore would have more reasons to hide it from him.

But at this moment, Dumbledore made a move that Callan didn't expect at all.

He took out a small, beautifully shaped bottle from his pajamas pocket and shook it gently with his fingers.

Callan recognized the bottle at a glance. It was the blood pact that Dumbledore and Grindelwald had formed when they were young.

"At least at this point,"

Dumbledore said gently: "We have not lost all opportunities."

Karan was stunned for a few seconds, then nodded vigorously.

"Of course, Principal."

He stared closely at the blood alliance and said: "With just this kind of thing, we can do too many things in advance."

Karan left the principal's office contentedly, feeling much calmer inside.

In the Seven Hundred Horcrux World, Dumbledore, who was occupied by Antioch, hid the Blood Pact, which became the key to his escape from Nurmengard.

Now, the Blood Pact is back in Dumbledore's hands, but this time there is no risk of him being controlled by Antioch.

He was also the Headmaster of Hogwarts and knew exactly what could be done through the Blood Pact...

Even find Grindelwald in advance!

Just after Callan left the principal's office, Dumbledore hid the blood pact again. He walked to the cabinet behind him and moved the mechanism so that it looked like a door.

The door was gently pushed open, revealing the principal's secret room inside.

In the secret room, there are two completely different cabinets.

One is the Vanishing Cabinet in the Room of Requirement. Since Abraxas left Hogwarts through it, this Vanishing Cabinet has become unusable. Perhaps the person opposite completely destroyed the matching Vanishing Cabinet.

As for the other cabinet, Karan had also seen it with his own eyes.

Also in the Room of Requirement, before Karan prepared to make the magic coins, he opened a cabinet and placed the bones of the five-legged monster inside.

This cabinet seemed to have been splashed with sulfuric acid. Karan had also suspected that this was also a disappearing cabinet, but he didn't know where it led.

Now, Dumbledore walked up to the two cabinets, waved his wand, and dismantled the intact Vanishing Cabinet, and then dismantled the other broken cabinet.

Karan's guess at the beginning was correct, it was indeed a vanishing cabinet, a broken disappearing cabinet.

Now, Dumbledore is thinking of ways to use the intact disappearing cabinet to repair the broken one.

Time passed little by little, and the whole repair process lasted a long time.

When the sun slowly rose, the secret room was filled with unusable parts, and the two cabinets turned into another complete cabinet.

The broken disappearing cabinet was finally repaired.

Dumbledore changed into more formal wizard robes.

"Maybe I should bring a breakfast," he murmured.

Dumbledore actually did this.

He asked the house elf to prepare breakfast for several people and put it in a warm food box.

After the sun slowly emerged from the horizon, Dumbledore carried the food box and walked into the repaired disappearing cabinet.

In the blink of an eye, he emerged from another cabinet.

But the outside was not the principal's secret room, but a lonely island, deserted, with vines growing wantonly everywhere. Even the disappearing cabinet he walked out of was covered with leaves and grass clippings, looking like it hadn't been cleaned for a long time.

Dumbledore was walking on the grass of the island. The five-legged monsters swarming around him were unable to stop his steps and were easily repelled by the spell.

Those five-legged monsters are all alive and have not been made into specimens.

Dumbledore seemed to be looking for something. He walked quickly through the grass.

“Delia Island is still the same.”

He sighed in a low voice and used the Elder Wand to knock down a charging footless monster so that it could never get up again.

Delia Island is an unplottable island. It is the only place where five-legged monsters live. It is for this reason that this island is deliberately set to be unplottable.

But there are always wizards who will try their best to find such a place.

For example, Dumbledore.

There are also some special people who even want to live on such a deserted island.

Dumbledore found the man near a cliff.

Under the cliff is the churning sea, with huge waves and countless splashes.

But not a drop of water could get close to that person, let alone the python hanging half of its body on him.

All the water droplets were blocked by the faint black mist.

"Credence."

Dumbledore greeted from a distance: "You seem to be in good condition. You succeeded and Obscurus no longer affects you."

"Thank you for your help."

Credence turned around and said: "Thank you for using Fawkes to help me, Albus, otherwise I would have died long ago and would not be able to spend the last time with Nagini."

"Speaking of which, you helped us find this island. I like it very much. It can calm me down. Nagini also likes it very much."

Credence passed his palm across the cold scales of the python, relieving the restlessness and uneasiness in its heart.

"It seems she doesn't remember me anymore." Dumbledore said regretfully.

Credence shook his head: "Yes, I occasionally talk to her in Parseltongue. After the blood curse broke out completely, she didn't remember anything. But it's nothing, just think of it as us getting acquainted again. .”

Dumbledore found a higher rock, put the food box on it and opened it. Credence came over and the two of them chatted about their lives while eating, all of which were trivial things.

Dumbledore would talk about the Christmas gifts he received, but Credence's topic was always about Nagini. Nothing seemed more important to him.

After eating and drinking, Credence looked at the sun rising in the distance.

He murmured and asked, "Is there any hope for Nagini's cure?"

Dumbledore put away the food box and said with a gentle smile: "Of course. If the whole world can be pushed back again, then the blood curse will mean nothing."

"We're alive, Credence, we're alive."

"Don't underestimate love. Now, you need to add extra courage."