"That was the most painful day of my life. After Arianna fell to the ground, the three of us stopped and looked at everything in disbelief." Dumbledore said in a sorrowful tone, "Then, Grindelwald ran away without hesitation. This was expected by everyone except me. He disappeared with his plans to seize power, his plot to abuse Muggle, and his dream to find the Deathly Hallows. I had encouraged and helped him with these dreams. In the end, I stayed to bury my sister and learned to live in guilt and extreme sadness. That was the price of my shame. "
Grindelwald knew about Dumbledore's feelings for Arianna. The reason why he ran away might be because of guilt, or perhaps because he was afraid of being responsible for the murder, but in any case, he left and let things develop in the worst direction.
If he had stayed and not left, then the structure of the magic world would have changed dramatically...
"Earth-shattering changes!" Iven repeated.
Speaking of which, the magic world did need to be reformed, but it should not be driven by an ambitious person like Grindelwald.
It should not be driven by a terrorist like Lord Voldemort. The terrible and backward concept of pure blood glory should have been eliminated long ago.
Dumbledore was originally the most suitable person, but he did not have this intention. He was afraid of power, afraid that he would make mistakes, and he was too old. He had spent too much energy to maintain the peace and stability of the magic world.
After Arianna's death, the two wizards who once fought together for the same goal walked on two completely different paths.
Dumbledore lost his sister and paid a terrible price. He finally understood the meaning of love. At the same time, he also voluntarily gave up the pursuit of power, gave up the idea of reform, and turned to maintain and improve the existing structure.
Grindelwald continued to move forward according to the original concept, bringing terrible disasters and endless pain to the world.
"After that day, many years passed." Dumbledore continued, "I heard some rumors about him. It was said that he had obtained a powerful magic wand. At that time, the position of Minister of the Ministry of Magic was placed in front of me, not just once, but many times. Of course, I refused, because I already knew that power could not be given to me. My behavior when I was young proved that power was my weakness, my temptation. If I was allowed to have power, it would lead to a big mistake. "
"Professor, you are much better than Fudge. If you become the Minister of the Ministry of Magic, you may lead the magic world to complete a complete change." Elwyn paused and added, "Well, in a new way, not war, not like now..."
Elwyn still had the same opinion. There was no doubt that with the rapid development of Muggle, the magic world was indeed in need of a change.
Society was developing, times were progressing, and the magic world would decline day by day if the status quo was maintained. However, the ambitious and personal views of Grindelwald and Lord Voldemort and the idea of waging war to conquer the world were destined to fail. Using gentle means, changing the traditional ideas of wizards from the perspective of thinking, abandoning the backward traditions, and finally achieving integration with the world of Muggle was the right direction.
"Perhaps, but the most suitable people to hold power are those who never seek personal gain, because only then will they not be lost in power." Dumbledore said, "Elwyn, you and Harry are both like this. If possible, I think you will do better."
"I can't!" Elwyn hurriedly shook his head and said, "I am not interested in power. If you ask me, I think Hermione is the most suitable candidate."
She was smart, not greedy for power, would not be lost, and knew what she needed.
Just like the domesticated elves rights protection movement that she led, this was a joke in the eyes of many people, but to liberate the domesticated elves, improve their rights, set up an organization, and put it into action was not something that ordinary people could do.
If Hermione became the Minister of the Ministry of Magic, she would definitely bring new changes to the magic world, good changes.
Elwyn firmly believed in this, and he could also help Hermione.
"Miss Granger is indeed excellent, but if she wants to take the role of leader, she still has a long way to go." Dumbledore said, "But she also meets the point that I said, never seek personal gain, only such people are most suitable to hold power. And people like me, far away from the center of power, staying at Hogwarts is safer, I think I am a good teacher... "
Elwyn did not speak, Dumbledore was indeed the best teacher, the best principal.
But it was undeniable that his desire to hold power was still strong.
Even after such a long time, he still did not change his weakness, he was still a political schemer.
This was the evaluation that Elwyn gave to the principal in his first year, and it was still the same now.
Dumbledore would not allow the existence of people, things, and factors beyond his control, he would try his best to understand everything.
Under his gaze, he might not do anything to harm you, but it was not a good feeling.
And history had proved that for a wizard like Tom Riddle, this kind of attention was actually ineffective, or even counterproductive, there was no way to stop him from falling step by step.
"In short, while I was busy training young wizards, Grindelwald gathered an army." Dumbledore looked at Elwyn, "This goes back to the previous topic, people say that he is afraid of me, but I think I am more afraid of him."
"I am not afraid of his magic, nor am I afraid of his power. I know that we are evenly matched, and maybe I am slightly better. But what I am afraid of is the truth. Elwyn, do you understand, in that terrible battle, I have never known who cast the spell that killed my sister. You might say that I am a coward, but what I am most afraid of is to know that I caused her death, not only because of my arrogance and stupidity, but also because I was the one who gave her the fatal blow. "
"But..." Elwyn said, "it could be Grindelwald, that's why he ran away!"
"No, I think the reason he ran away was because of me, he knew what I was afraid of, he knew me, he did not want me to know the truth, he kept the secret in his heart forever, until the end, he did not say it out." Dumbledore said, wiping his tears with his sleeve, "And I was like a coward, delaying to see him until the end, it would be too shameful if I did not show up. People were dying tragically, he seemed unstoppable, I had to do my best, at that time, only I could stop him... "
Elwyn was silent, he thought a lot, but he never knew that the truth would be like this.
Was Dumbledore's speculation true?
Grindelwald ran away because he was afraid to let him know the truth.
Come to think of it, these two people were really...
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