Chapter 230 There Are Too Many Dark Demons and Not Enough White Demons!

Snape was worried 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 since Dumbledore is already quite old...

However, Dumbledore was very calm.

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

"I see."

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

Dumbledore didn't really think that his brother would become a dark wizard. He preferred to believe that his brother was just gathering information.

after all…

That's his family.

Dumbledore knew his brother better than anyone.

"Severus...what do you think..."

Dumbledore tapped the fingers of his left hand gently on his right arm 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: "It should be... a person who is low-key and good at hiding... If it weren't for the secret we heard tonight, we might never know it. ...Peter is very cryptic and concerned about his name...should be... also very knowledgeable about Horcruxes..."

"It seems we have to investigate slowly..."

Dumbledore nodded slowly. .

In any case, he already had an object of suspicion in his heart. After all, there were not many wizards who were still alive who had access to Horcrux knowledge...

for example…

Slughorn, the former Potions Professor at Hogwarts.

Yes.

Dumbledore believed that his former colleagues were too suspicious.

Although Slughorn always looks like he is greedy for luxury and afraid of difficulties, he likes those talented students very much, and always likes to win over those little wizards who were very talented when they were young in school...

It turns out.

Slughorn was very good at reading people.

Most of his favored students became well-known wizards with extremely high achievements in some field, which made Slughorn very popular for a time.

Until Slughorn met Voldemort, Voldemort was still a student. At that time, Voldemort was still called Tom Riddle...

Slughorn especially dotes on Tom Riddle. Dumbledore even secretly warned him not to be too kind to that student, but unfortunately Slughorn ignored it...

Later, Tom Riddle became Voldemort, gathered a group of Dark Lords, and started a huge wizarding war. Slughorn was in panic all day long...

Later Voldemort was defeated by the baby Harry Potter...

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

Unfortunately…

Slughorn noticed 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 secrets about making Horcruxes, because Slughorn is extremely knowledgeable and indeed has a lot of knowledge about Horcruxes. learn!

No!

If you think about it a little more...

Maybe Voldemort was Slughorn's guinea pig!

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

Perhaps Slughorn also wanted to bring Voldemort under his command and train Voldemort to become a member of the immortal wizard rulers. Unfortunately, Voldemort learned how to make Horcruxes but established a separate company, which almost exposed Slughorn. Come out, that's why he was so afraid that he resigned...

If you think about it this way...

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

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

perhaps…

I need to find a chance to meet him.

Dumbledore felt a little more relaxed, at least he had found a suspect.

The headmaster's office at Hogwarts.

When Dumbledore returned here, he saw Aberforth smiling and telling stories to their sister Ariana, which made him feel as if he had gone back in time for a moment...

very nice.

Never been better.

This Christmas Eve is very warm.

Although he received bad news today, when he saw this scene, Dumbledore suddenly felt that all the problems in the magical world were no longer troublesome...

certainly.

This good mood soon came to an abrupt end.

December 25, 1991.

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

Perhaps for the Muggles in Europe, this news should be their most wanted Christmas gift, because a behemoth suddenly announced that it had disintegrated and fell to the ground, and the Sword of Damocles hanging above their heads actually dissipated on its own...

However…

For wizards…

The news may not be so good.

With the disintegration of a huge Muggle country, a group of small countries sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain, and the Ministry of Magic began to declare its establishment one after another!

Dumbledore received a letter from the Weasleys in Romania. They had to write a letter to Dumbledore because the situation was so confusing...

Gellert Grindelwald attended the founding ceremonies of many small countries' ministries of magic one after another. He came back to the entire Eastern Europe like a king. The ministries of magic in more than a dozen countries chose to take refuge under his command. Each ministry of magic will Durmstrang is the only magic school that young wizards can choose to attend...

Grindelwald received quite a cult following.

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

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

It happened that Arthur Weasley and his wife took their little daughter Ginny Weasley to stay at the Romanian dragon farm this Christmas to accompany their son Charlie Weasley. This situation made the Weasleys quite uneasy...

What’s deceptive is…

Grindelwald really came to the Romanian dragon farm.

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

[...Dumbledore, if you go and take a look, you will find how much Grindelwald has regained his popularity here. He almost seems to have ruled the world...]

"..."

After reading the contents of the letter, Dumbledore felt that he was powerless and could only hope that Grindelwald would not make the same mistakes as in the past.

after all…

The current Dark Lord is so capable...

Even he couldn't handle it.

Even if he wants to see Grindelwald, he must wait until Voldemort returns from resurrection, and waits until the outcome of the fight between Peter Pettigrew and Voldemort, the Dark Lord, comes out...