dragon and boy

Chapter 24

Albus froze, no one here knew his full name was Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.

There is only one possibility to know the name...

"Merlin's beard." Albus could finally blurt out the words, "This must be a huge joke that Merlin played on us."

Snape was visibly taken aback by the fact, and he hadn't taken his eyes off Albus since the moment he asked.

He met Albus when he was 11 years old. At that time, Albus Dumbledore had already put on his magic robes and had long hair.Professor Dumbledore has white hair all over his head. Unlike the young man in front of Snape, his maroon hair still shines in the sun.

This was the young Dumbledore Snape had never seen.

Fortunately, no snake came out to attack the two along the way, and the silence along the way also gave them a lot of time to think.After leaving this dangerous area, when the two horses stepped onto a flat and wide grassland, Albus untied the water bottle from his waist and threw it towards Snape.

As Snape caught the jug, Albus asked, "How did you recognize me?"

Snape asked, "Aren't you testing me?"

Albus shrugged. "Obviously not."

"Dumbledore, listen carefully." Snape lowered his voice and said seriously, "I don't know where you heard that there are no elves in this world. No one here has heard of this species, Elves don't even exist!"

Albus suddenly reined in the reins.

Fox stopped in his tracks, and even Snape behind him stopped.Albus got off his horse suddenly, and he walked quickly to Snape, just about to say something, hesitated for a while, then turned around immediately.

Snape got off the horse together, he was not used to seeing such a young Albus, while walking forward while holding the horse rope, Snape asked, "How long have you been here?"

"Ten years."

"Who told you that?" Snape asked, "You said that you had been in the Forbidden Forest for ten years, unless someone told you that no matter how smart you are, Dumbledore, it is impossible to learn about the world.”

Albus didn't answer, his mind was a little messed up, and what was in front of him was the fact that he least expected and most hoped to appear.

"The man who told you about elves is like us," Snape asked. "Who the hell is he, Dumbledore?"

The expression on Albus's face didn't seem very good. With a sullen face, he slowly opened his mouth under Snape's gaze: "We must go back immediately."

"Where?"

"Armando Dippet has been poisoned, we have to hurry up." Albus said, "This is what I came to you for, we have to go back to Hogwarts Castle immediately, and then I will tell you Explain everything. Trust me, we're almost there."

When Dumbledore didn't want to say it, he wouldn't say another word. This was the experience Snape had summed up over the years.

Snape thought of the old Dumbledore. When he saw him for the last time, he was standing on the tower. Except for the word "please", Dumbledore didn't say a word.

Did he ask him to kill himself?

Or ask him to protect Harry well?

Snape used the Avada Kedavra very easily, but Harry didn't know if he had protected it well. At least because of his own death, the child lost another protection, so Snape was there day and night. I am praying here, hoping that the Harry Potters of these two worlds will be safe and sound.

On the way back, the two quickened the horse's pace, and when they were close to the castle, Wen Da stopped at the bridge and waited while leading the horse.

She took the rope from Albus, then looked at Snape following behind them and asked, "Half-Blood Prince?"

Wenda's impression of Snape only stayed at the moment when Andrea died. When she saw the dragon rolling painfully on the ground, she deeply realized that it is possible to create such a dragon. How terrifying would it be to be a poison, and poison a dragon to death.

Her fear of Snape took root, that the man they believed in would be the next target of the Half-Blood Prince.

Snape only took a look at Wenda and then glanced away. He didn't know this woman, and he didn't have any impression of her.There are only two types of people who can interest him now, one is related to Lily or Harry, and the other is related to Dumbledore.

Snape had never been close to the royal family of Hogwarts, so when he walked into the castle, he stopped unknowingly. He never thought that this was the Hogwarts he and Lily met for the first time. Cici School of Magic.

He looked into the castle, on the stairs, Lily had once accepted the book he handed out, and her smile was still deeply etched in Snape's mind.

Taking out the white flower that was hidden in his bosom before, Snape held it firmly in his palm.The feeling of revisiting the old place is amazing. Snape remembered many things that he had gradually forgotten in the past, such as the day he put on the Slytherin sorting hat, Albus Dumbledore raised his glass to him He gave a small gesture.

The Hogwarts soldiers took Fawkes and the pony to the stables, and before being led away, Fawkes nudged Albus lightly on his cheek, as if acting coquettishly.

This scene was caught by Wenda's eyes. Although she didn't say anything, her eyes were full of strangeness. This white horse is not that close, at least to everyone around her, including Grindelwald.

"Where's Gellert?" Albus looked at Venda and asked, "How's Dippet?"

"His Majesty Gellert is waiting for you in the hall." Wenda replied, "His Majesty Dippet hasn't improved at all. To be honest, I don't think he can last long."

Wenda obviously regarded Albus as his own, so he said these words. Although Albus did not want Dippet to have an accident, but after thinking about it carefully, he has no position to refute Wenda's words.

After all, his position now is Durmstrang's people, not the headmaster of Hogwarts.Here, countries are both mutually beneficial and antagonistic, and everyone can take their own interests as the starting point.Since he is Grindelwald's admonisher, he must consider the advantages and disadvantages of Dippette's accident for Durmstrang.

Grindelwald and Olim had already prepared a pharmaceutical room for the Half-Blood Prince.The room is equipped with various medicinal materials and utensils, which should have been ordered by them to search around in the past few days.

Snape and Queen Olim followed the attendants into the house to check on Dippet's situation, leaving only Albus and Grindelwald standing at the door without any intention of going in.

Albus took off his coat and handed it back to Grindelwald: "Nothing to ask?"

"No." Grindelwald said, "I wanted Wenda to help you secretly, but obviously she was of no use. She said, you have more methods than them."

"Well," said Albus, "you don't have anything else to say besides this? Things between us, for example."

"My attitude has always been very clear." Grindelwald said again, "Albus, you have been prevaricating me with various reasons."

"Besides this, you have nothing else to confess?"

Grindelwald didn't understand what Albus meant, and there was an atmosphere of stalemate between the two, and Snape suddenly opened the door in front of them.He looked at Albus and Grindelwald, clearly feeling the strange atmosphere surrounding the air.

Snape had never met Gellert Grindelwald, but knew that he and Dumbledore had had a very close relationship.

How close is it?

Maybe something like the friendship between Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, he guessed.

In this world, he met many old friends who were not old friends, and Snape was not surprised by Grindelwald's appearance.

His impression of Grindelwald is only on the back of Dumbledore's Chocolate Frog card, "Defeat the Dark Wizard Grindelwald in 1945". He has never seen this first-generation Dark Lord who almost subverted the entire wizarding world.Because in the year Snape was born, Grindelwald was thrown into Nurmengard by Dumbledore long ago, and he lived there for the rest of his life.

Snape looked at Grindelwald, and had to say that although the other person's temperament was far from Dumbledore's, there was surprisingly no sense of disobedience when they were together. It's no wonder that the two were so compatible back then.

"His name is Severus," Albus introduced.

Grindelwald nodded and then asked, "How long will it take for the antidote to be made?"

"Three days." Snape replied, "I can't guarantee it, maybe four days. And I'm only responsible for making the antidote, as for whether he can restore his original appearance, I can't be sure. There is also the matter of payment, I want six days." Ten gold bars, sixty each for Hogwarts, Durmstrang, and Beauxbatons."

Olim's face suddenly darkened, including Grindelwald, who was a little surprised by Snape's request. 180 gold bars, for those ordinary people, it is a wealth that is impossible to get in a lifetime.

But the two finally agreed, and while Albus took Grindelwald to find a place to have a good talk, Snape pulled him aside.

Grindelwald stopped where he was, and he watched the two of them disappear into this corridor, not knowing exactly what Albus was going to say to him.

Snape took Albus into his pharmacy room, which happened to be the potions office that used to be underground.

After closing the door, Snape leaned against the doorframe, folded his arms, and looked at Albus who sat down on the chair after entering the room.He recalled what Albus had said to him in the first place, and the eerie atmosphere between Dumbledore and Grindelwald outside the house earlier.

Snape connected all kinds of weird situations together, looked at Albus and asked, "Dumbledore, I think we have to start with this. Why is your surname Grindelwald?"