Starting Over at Hogwarts

Snape feared that Dumbledore would not be able to withstand the blow.

As the most famous white wizard in the wizarding world, his younger brother Aberforth has joined a camp of dark wizards, especially Dumbledore is not too young...

However, Dumbledore was very calm.

After the old man heard the news, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Snape calmly and nodded slowly.

"I know."

Dumbledore pressed his arm and explained softly to his brother: "I believe that Aberforth will not make a wrong decision. I will find time to have a good chat with him..."

Dumbledore didn't quite think his brother would become a dark wizard, he was more willing to believe that his brother was just looking for information.

after all…

That's his family.

Dumbledore knew his brother better than anyone. .

"Severus...you think..."

Dumbledore tapped lightly on his right arm with the fingers of his left hand, and continued to ask, "Severus, who do you think will be the master standing behind Peter?"

"Not Grindelwald...not the Dark Lord..."

Snape frowned and thought for a while, he recalled the message he overheard, and continued: "Should... be a low-key person who is good at hiding... If it weren't for the secret we heard tonight, we might never know. ...Peter is very obscure and caring about his name...should...know a lot about Horcruxes..."

"Looks like we're going to investigate slowly..."

Dumbledore nodded slowly.

In any case, he already had an object of suspicion in his heart. After all, there are not many wizards who have been exposed to Horcrux knowledge and are still alive...

for example…

Slughorn, former potions professor at Hogwarts.

Yes.

Dumbledore thought his former colleague was too suspicious.

Although Slughorn is always looking for luxury and fear of difficulties, he likes those talented students very much, and always likes to win over the little wizards who are very talented when they are young...

It turns out.

Slughorn was very accurate.

Most of the students he favored became famous wizards, with extremely high achievements in a certain field, which also made Slughorn very popular for a time.

Until Slughorn met Voldemort, the Voldemort in his student days, when Voldemort was still called Tom Riddle...

Slughorn was especially fond of Tom Riddle, and Dumbledore even secretly warned him not to be too kind to the student, but it was a pity that Slughorn ignored it...

Later, Tom Riddle became Voldemort, gathered a group of Dark Lords, set off a huge wizarding war, and Slughorn was in a state of panic...

Then Voldemort fell at the hands of Harry Potter's baby...

It was at that time that Dumbledore discovered that something was wrong with Slughorn, and he suspected that there might be some secret between Slughorn and Voldemort, because Voldemort and Slughorn had a very close relationship.

Unfortunately…

Slughorn sensed his attitude and soon chose to resign and live in seclusion.

Now Dumbledore has a vague guess, he thinks that Slughorn should have provided Voldemort with the secret of making Horcruxes, because Slughorn is very knowledgeable, and he does have a lot of knowledge about Horcruxes. To understanding!

Do not!

If you think about it a little more...

Maybe Voldemort is Slughorn's experiment!

If Slughorn is supposed to be the man behind Peter Pettigrew, then Slughorn has been secretly recruiting talented students as his subordinates...

Perhaps Slughorn also wanted to bring Voldemort under his command and train Voldemort to become a member of the eternal wizard ruler, but it was a pity that Voldemort learned to make Horcruxes but set up another door, almost exposing Slughorn Come out, so he was afraid to resign...

If you think so...

Slughorn does seem to be the mastermind behind the scenes. After all, the suspicion of the former colleague is too high, which is very much in line with Dumbledore's expectations...

Especially for such an excellent potion master as Slughorn, who has been in seclusion for so many years, and has never revealed any special news...

perhaps…

I need to find a chance to meet him.

Dumbledore's mood relaxed a little, at least he found a suspect.

The Headmaster's Office at Hogwarts.

When Dumbledore returned here, he saw Aberforth smiling and telling stories to their sister Ariana, making him feel as if he had traveled back in time...

very nice.

It's never been better.

Christmas Eve this day was warm.

Although I got a bad news today, when Dumbledore saw this scene, Dumbledore suddenly felt that all the problems in the magic world were not a problem...

Of course.

This good mood soon came to an abrupt end.

December 25, 1991.

When the whole of Europe was in the midst of a Christmas carnival, and even the wizards in the magical world were happily celebrating the holiday, a news exploded on the heads of many people like thunder.

Perhaps for European Muggles, this news should be their most desired Christmas present, because a behemoth suddenly announced its disintegration and fell to the ground, and the sword of Damocles hanging over their heads actually dissipated itself...

However…

For wizards...

The news may not be so good.

With the disintegration of a huge Muggle nation, a group of small nations has sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain, and the Ministry of Magic has begun to compete to announce its establishment!

Dumbledore received a letter from the Weasleys in Romania, and they had to write a letter to Dumbledore because the situation was so chaotic...

Gellert Grindelwald attended the inauguration ceremonies of the Ministry of Magic of many small countries one after another. Like a king, he came back to the whole of Eastern Europe. The Ministry of Magic of more than a dozen countries chose to rely on him~www.NovelMTL.com~ Every Ministry of Magic will have Durmstrang as the only school of magic for young wizards to go to...

Grindelwald has been quite enthusiastic.

Wizards throughout Eastern Europe are discussing Grindelwald, and there is even a theory that Grindelwald has ruled Europe...

Even the wizards working in the Romanian dragon farm are eagerly discussing Grindelwald, and even invited Grindelwald to visit the dragon farm...

It just so happened that the Arthur Weasleys and their youngest daughter, Ginny Weasley, were staying with their son Charlie Weasley at the Romanian Dragon Farm this Christmas, which made the Weasleys quite uneasy...

The trick is...

Grindelwald really came to the Romanian dragon farm.

The Dark Lord actually remembered the Weasleys, and even communicated cordially with Ginny Weasley for a while, hoping that the little girl would go to Durmstrang to go to school, which made the Weasleys even more worried. …

[…Dumbledore, if you go and see, you will see how much Grindelwald has regained popularity here, he almost seems to have ruled the world…]

"..."

Dumbledore read the contents of the letter, but felt that there was nothing he could do about it, and he could only hope that Grindelwald would not make the mistakes of the past again.

after all…

The Dark Lord is so capable now...

Even he can't handle it.

Even if he wanted to see Grindelwald, he had to wait until Voldemort returned, and until the end of the Dark Lord's fight between Peter Pettigrew and Voldemort came out...