"Who are you?"
In the dim room, the candlelight flickered. The thousand-year-old rubbish piled high were like wooden gears, slowly rotating.
Hoffa sat at one end of the long table, his body tensed as he looked at his teacher.
"Just call me professor, Hoffa. You are my first student. "
Jacob? He slowly stood up from the chair, his body once again straightening. His entire person changed into a handsome and refined middle-aged man. He wore a purplish grey robe with a black scarf tied around his neck. His hair was combed meticulously.
"People like us, even if we spend our entire lives, we still have to pass down our ideals. For you to be able to learn my magic, it means that you already have the ability to change the world. I will not watch this school destroy you. "
Huo Fa looked at him and didn't know what to say. Grindelwald, Gelert Grindelwald, the first generation demon king, was actually his own transformation class teacher.
There were rumors that he was the mastermind behind the Armenian genocide. There were also rumors that he was the mastermind behind the 1926 terrorist attack in New York. There were rumors that he was the true culprit behind the Jewish Magus Massacre. There were also rumors that he was the one who planned the bombing of London this summer.
After living in this world for three years, Hoffa was naturally influenced by this man's fearsomeness.
However, when he came face to face with this man, no matter how Hoffa looked at him, he did not feel that he was a demon king.
He did not have the tyrannical aura of Silby. His mental force field was calm, precise, and clear. He was like a shrewd businessman, or even a scholar who had been cultivating in a temple for many years.
"Where is Jacob Bohan?" Hoffa asked with a hoarse voice.
"Jacob Bohan?"
The white-haired Gelert faintly said, "He was killed by me. In fact, colluding with Gringotts to smuggle medicine was Jacob Bohan's masterpiece. In the one year that I replaced him, I have to say that England's medical field has obtained a fairer and more equal opportunity to develop."
"This is your plan?"
"What plan do I have? Tell me."
"You want to destroy the Hogwarts and take control of the British wizarding world."
"I destroyed the Hogwarts and took control of England?" Grindelwald smiled. "What happened after that? Go back and brag with those racist German lunatics? "
He shook his head. "No, that's not it. Every corner of the world is Earth. What good would it do me to destroy this place? "
"Then why did you turn the students into animals?"
"Did I turn the students into animals?"
Grindelwald spread out his hands. "I already explained in the first class that I'm good at Magic Transfiguration, using magic to attract the environment and automatically change it. I'm not good at human transformation at all. "
"Who else could it be?"
"Ah, let's not talk about this for now."
Grindelwald leaned back comfortably in his chair and put his feet on the table. "Actually, my purpose for coming to Hogwarts is very simple. First, I want to meet my former teacher. Second, I want to save my student who is in deep trouble."
"I'm not in prison." Hoffa immediately denied.
"Is that so? Then why do you have endless nightmares? Why do you see things that others can't see again and again?"
Grindelwald asked softly. "Why do you feel lonely in the crowd? Why do you always think differently from others?"
"I …"
Hoffa did not speak, but the fear and strangeness disappeared little by little. This gentle and elegant man seemed to be just as he appeared to be, just chatting with him.
Pausing for a moment, he lowered his head and stared at Huo Fa without blinking under the dim yellow light. "Obtaining brand new experiences, expanding the boundaries of your knowledge, pursuing spiritual freedom. These are what you want, aren't they?"
Hoffa exhaled. Although he did not want to admit it, at this moment, a huge identity almost swallowed him up. He almost wanted to stand up and hug the other person. This was a feeling that Dumbledore had never given him. Dumbledore had never asked him what he really wanted.
At this time, the black and white cat Miranda had turned into crawled to Hoffa's side and tried to touch his hand with its claws, but he avoided its touch as if he had been electrocuted.
He saw the cat's maroon eyes and thought of the first-year Miranda. His stomach felt as if a bucket of ice had slipped into it. For a moment, regret, guilt, and self-blame all rushed to his brain. Why did he have to identify with this person …
He looked up with a pale face. "So, those students … are all under your control this year?"
"Why do you always push the blame to me?"
Grindelwald sighed. "Is it because you can remove yourself completely by doing this and leave yourself a mask of justice and kindness? Please, are you not tired of wearing this mask?"
"Then why did they …?"
"Who turned the Hogwarts students into what they are now? Don't you know in your heart? Who took away their pressure? Who took away their reality? Who gave them a false sense of security? Who gave them a false sense of hope?
Who fulfilled their stupid wishes? Who made them too lazy to face the real problem? Who showed an omnipotent look? Who showed a righteous and strong appearance? Who made others habitually rely on you? Was it me? "
Hoffa felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He leaned heavily on the chair.
After a while, he muttered, "Was it … me?"
Grindelwald: "It wasn't you either. Right now, you are just an idol created by Dumbledore and the Hogwarts. A false halo. The real you has long been lost in this halo."
"The real me … the real me …" An ominous feeling suddenly appeared in his heart. His breathing began to quicken. The large beads of sweat on his forehead and his tightly clenched fists exposed the fluctuations in his heart.
Grindelwald: "Tell me, Hoffa. What is the real you like?"
Hoffa's teeth began to chatter. He tried to push the chair away and stand up, but he couldn't.
Grindelwald: "You know better than me, Hoffa Bach. Ravenclaw, the smartest academy, and also the most self-centered academy. Although you hide it well, there is no doubt that the real you is tired of all this. "
"I don't know what you are talking about." Hoffa's tone began to panic. Some of the most hidden thoughts in his heart were dug out by the man in front of him.
Grindelwald looked at Hoffa with a smile.
"Dumbledore gave you hope. He made you brave and kind. But in my opinion, you are not a kind person. Kindness is just a means for you to pursue the heights of life.
You are a Ravenclaw. An extreme, arrogant, and narcissistic Ravenclaw. A Ravenclaw that pursues spiritual freedom and extreme self-centeredness. You have never realized your darkness. That bigotry, arrogance, violence, and ferocity. But that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
You are afraid to become like your classmates because they represent the ordinary in your heart, the mediocrity in your heart. And you want to be outstanding, to be great. You don't hate them. You hate your ordinary self, your mediocre self. "
Grindelwald's words were like sharp knives, completely tearing apart all of Hoffa's facades. The real him was exposed to the cold air, leaving him with nowhere to hide.
Grindelwald stood up, took out the Elder's Wand, and waved it heavily. The garbage around him quickly reassembled. Crystal clear glass appeared on the garbage building. Countless images flashed through the glass.
During the summer vacation, he beat up his superior in the hospital. He had a big fight in the underground base, Aglaia. He brutally smashed the heads of two prisoners against the wall in Azkaban.
In those images, Hoffa saw his own shadow hovering on the ground like an evil Dragon.
He saw his shadow following Sherlock in the Forbidden Forest on Christmas night and turning the entire Dragon Taming Team into animals.
He saw his shadow following William to the Prefect's bathroom on Christmas night and turning him into an animal.
He saw his own shadow turn into a terrifying shadow that shrouded the entire castle and ran amok in all directions on the night he was in pain and frustration.
After seeing these images, the table in front of Hoffa turned into fine powder under the intense mental undulation.
He sat back on the chair and looked at his hands. He lost his voice. Beneath his feet, the colorful hovering shadow turned into a Dragon and looked at him without blinking. The gaze pierced through dreams and reality, reality and illusion, like a monster in the dark sea.
Grindelwald said coldly, "You can't save the school.
"You can't save this school. You can't even save anyone. Everything you've done will only push this school towards destruction. The weak will hide behind you, and because of your protection, they will become weaker and weaker. They feel that you're speaking up for them and protecting their rights so that they can stay in the common lounge comfortably and become lambs waiting to be slaughtered. "
Grindelwald took out a Dragon egg from his chest and placed it on the ground. He walked slowly to Hoffa's side and bent down.
"I'm not interested in killing people. It's too boring. I'm passionate about letting people discover their true selves. I feel that this truth is the most precious thing in the world. "
Following his words, Huo Fa's black shadow turned colorful in the blink of an eye. It stretched, lengthened, and gradually covered the dragon egg.
The colorful Dragon egg cracked open a crack, then two cracks. A creature crawled out from the eggshell. It was beautiful, but at the same time, it was distorted.
The moment the Dragon egg shattered. Huo Fa felt as if he was being torn apart and completely torn apart. The nightmare that had been plaguing him was being pulled away.
Grindelwald said, "Face your true self."
After saying this, he patted Huo Fa's shoulder and brushed past him, leaving without looking back.
Hoffa didn't have the time to care about Grindelwald anymore. He sat on the chair and watched the shadow drag on the ground. The end of the shadow was bound to the distorted creature in the Dragon egg. A man and a dragon shared the same shadow.
The strange and indescribable creature stumbled to its feet. It was like a toddler learning how to walk.
Then, it grew at an astonishing speed. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a newborn baby. The baby crawled on the ground in pain. Its body was covered in mucus, as though it was extremely afraid of the new world it had come into contact with.
But soon, countless colorful faces flowed through its shadow like duckweed.
The baby's emotions quickly stabilized. Then, it stood up bit by bit. Its bones crackled as it grew taller and stronger. Finally, it turned into a gray-haired, golden-eyed youth. It looked exactly the same as Hoffa in appearance. Even the earrings on its ears were copied.
It looked at Hoffa and stumbled towards him like a reptile. As it crawled, clothes appeared on its body. It straightened up and began to walk upright.
Finally, the identical youth stood in front of Hoffa and tilted his head slightly. "Hi, trash. How are you?"
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