dragon and boy

Chapter 27

Wenda Rossier has followed Grindelwald since she was 11 years old, and until now No.15 years, she can be said to be one of the people who know Grindelwald best.From the vicious and vicious boy at the beginning, he transformed into a powerful politician in one night. Wenda has accompanied Grindelwald for so many years, which allowed her to quickly understand the other party's intentions.

For example, at this moment, there was something in Grindelwald's words, combined with what Albus said before, a crazy guess suddenly appeared in her mind, but she dared not confirm it.

This guess was so unbelievable that even Wenda himself didn't dare to think about it.She silently exited Grindelwald's room, and gently closed the door with her own doubts.

The moonlight was dim, pouring on the window sill, Grindelwald stood facing the window, he imagined that Albus was standing in the place separated from him by a wall, the two looked at the same sky, the clouds were so thick that only faint John saw the moon hidden behind the clouds.

For three whole days, Grindelwald didn't go to see Albus again, and the other party seemed to be okay.In the morning, Albus would stroll around the castle, as leisurely as he used to be when he patrolled the school; at noon, he would take the exquisite lunch served by the maid, and sit in the garden of the castle to taste it; in the evening, he would open the The servant brought him the books, and read the words carefully by the light.

It wasn't until the morning of the fourth day when Snape knocked on Albus' door with a tube of dark green potion that this unchanging day was broken.

Albus was wearing a snow-white pajamas, and before opening the door, he put on a dressing gown inlaid with gold on a purple background, and the purple nightcap on his head was still on.He was obviously not awake yet, but the moment he saw Snape, he regained his energy.

"Success?"

"It's just one medicine short." With that said, Snape went straight into Albus's room. He gently placed the medicine bottle on the table, and at the same time drew a small knife from his waist.

Albus asked, "Is it missing dragon's blood?"

"Need a tube." Snape said, grabbing Albus's outstretched palm, and he pressed the blade against the opponent, opening a bloody gash with a light stroke.Blood spilled from Albus' palm in an instant, and flowed down his thenar.

Snape picked up the medicine tube and pointed the mouth of the tube at Albus's blood-dripping hand. The moment the blood dripped into the medicine tube, the dragon's blood was like a dose of restlessness, and the bottle of dark green potion suddenly began to boil stand up.

The potion began to turn cloudy, gradually turning from green to red, and then from red to black, until it returned to its original color again. Snape shook the bottle from side to side and said, "It's done."

"Nice job." Albus patted Snape on the back, "It's a good thing I met you, otherwise Dippet wouldn't be so lucky to rely on those pretending witch doctors."

Snape waited outside while Albus bandaged his hands and changed out of his pajamas.He put on his clothes neatly in front of the mirror, straightened his collar, fastened his saber firmly, and then walked out of the house again.

The two met Theseus who was walking towards him at the corner. Theseus' eyes stayed on Albus for several seconds before he bent down and said, "Please follow me."

I don't know how everyone knew about this, but before Albus and Snape arrived at the Council Hall, the hall was already crowded with the various nobles and royal families of Hogwarts.

The hall was noisy, they were crowded together, and they didn't know what to comment on. Theseus took Albus and Snape into the crowd, waiting for someone to stand up and control the chaos scene.

"What's going on?" Albus asked.

"The matter of His Majesty's poisoning is still out." Theseus explained, "Now that all the royal family knows about it, they are worried and urgently request that someone in the clan be selected to temporarily succeed His Majesty Dippet."

"How did it get out?" Snape demanded. "And why was he poisoned?"

"It's hard to prevent everyone." Theseus said, "It has been found out. There are too many servants in Hogwarts Castle, and the news was leaked unintentionally. As for the cause of the poisoning... there is a field of farmers planted in the north of the castle. Ma Qian Zilin, His Majesty was there the day he was poisoned."

"Eating by mistake?" Albus felt helpless. If he hadn't met Snape, Dippet might have become the most "unjust" king in the history of Hogwarts.

Albus glanced forward and saw Grindelwald standing in the corner in front of the Council Hall. He was leaning against the wall with folded arms, and Wenda was standing beside him. She also threw her hands at Albus. looked away.

People from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons had no right to participate, and Grindelwald and Olim could only listen from the sidelines.A sense of leaderless dragons visibly echoed throughout the council hall, and Albus said, "Maybe they need a leader."

"You?" Snape asked softly.

"It's impossible." Albus replied, "We have to separate this place from the wizarding world. I'm not the headmaster of Hogwarts anymore, and I have no position to stand here at Hogwarts. Just like you said Yes, the people we meet here are not those we know, we have to treat them as strangers, otherwise it will be too easy to be confused."

"What about Grindelwald?" Snape demanded. "Do you need to treat him differently?"

"He may...need a little special care." Ah Bu thought for a while, "He is an exception. To give an inappropriate example, he seems to be a problem boy, or the one with serious problems. .”

Snape also saw Grindelwald not far away, and the expression on the other party's face was calm, which reminded him of the description of Grindelwald he had read in books before.Those authors call Grindelwald a "manipulator of the mind", which is obviously different from the person who can't even say his name who only knows Avada Kedavra.

If Voldemort had been born decades earlier, Snape thought, he would definitely not be Grindelwald's opponent.

The crowd became restless, and they all looked at the golden throne in front of them. It glowed golden in the sun, and many ambitious eyes were cast on it, but none of them dared to step forward to take over the government.

"Quiet--!"

The entire government hall fell silent instantly. The voice of the person who spoke just now was somewhat familiar, with a hint of irresistibility in his awe.Albus looked up following the source of the sound, and a woman in a gorgeous dark red dress pushed aside the crowd and walked forward slowly.

She wore a black bowler hat on her head, her long hair was tied behind her head, and an elegant and luxurious temperament enveloped her whole body.

"Oh, my God." Theseus sighed, "someone has finally stepped forward. She is His Majesty Dippet's niece, Princess Minerva, and she is a very reliable person, more reliable than any of the following. "

"Indeed," Albus replied, "she just looks . . . wonderful."

After finishing speaking, he shrugged his shoulders towards Snape, leaned closer, and jokingly said in the other's ear: "Continuing the topic just now, if you dare to say that she is a cat in front of Princess Minerva Cat, she may guillotine you for your disrespect."

The people below didn't seem to have much objection to Minerva's coming to power. She was indeed taking care of everything in an orderly manner as Theseus said.Judging from what she said, she didn't seem to have any plans to take over the government alone, but just wanted to help with some Hogwarts affairs, which made most of the royal family feel convinced by her orders.

She dismissed all the royal families, leaving only Grindelwald and Olim, and she expressed her most sincere apologies to them on behalf of Hogwarts. This farce.

Minerva looked at Theseus who hadn't left yet, and just about to ask him about his intention to stay, Olim said, "Princess Minerva, I wonder if you have heard of the Half-Blood Prince?"

"I've heard a thing or two about it." Minerva asked. "Is he related to this?"

"It doesn't matter." Olim said, "but he is the only one who can make the antidote."

Thinking that the other party should ask how to find the Half-Blood Prince in the next step, at this moment, Grindelwald suddenly interrupted the topic. While speaking, he drifted his gaze to the place where Albus and Snape were, looking from the shadow of the Council Hall. He walked out slowly: "Albus brought the half-blood prince to Hogwarts Castle four days ago, and the antidote should have been made."

Under Minerva's astonished gaze, Snape took out the potion from his bosom, stepped forward slowly under everyone's gaze, and knelt down on one knee little by little in front of the princess.Holding the potion tube with both hands, he raised his head above his head, lowered his head and lowered his eyes, and said, "This is the antidote. It was just brewed successfully this morning."

"My uncle... His Majesty Dippet can be saved?" Minerva asked, "I went to see him this morning, and he was lying weak on the bed like a cursed dry bone Lifeless. I asked the medicine cats and they said..."

"Your Highness," Snape interrupted, "if you want to trust those witch doctors, you don't have to take this bottle of antidote from me. In their opinion, if the king wakes up after drinking my bottle of potion, Come on, they will say it's a gift from God. It's not that I'm disrespecting God, I'm not convinced by what those witch doctors are doing. God loves the world, but bridges are not mediocre, flashy witch doctors .”

Minerva was a little displeased at first, but she obviously listened to Snape's words.She bent down, stretched out a hand, took the potion in the opponent's hand, lifted the potion, and placed it under the sun. She saw the sediment in the dark green potion spinning in place.

Taking out the lace handkerchief she carried with her, Minerva wiped the glass medicine tube clean with it.Tightening her hand, holding the potion firmly in the palm of her hand, Minerva only hesitated for a second, then suddenly walked towards the gate of the Council Hall, she turned her head and said seriously to the group behind her: "If this A potion is really useful, so we have to take it for Dippet as soon as possible, I think there is no delay."