Snape was worried that Dumbledore would not be able to withstand the blow.

As the most famous white wizard in the magic world, his younger brother Abuforth joined the camp of a dark wizard, especially Dumbledore is no longer young...

However, Dumbledore was very calm.

After hearing the news, the old man's eyes simply shrank slightly, and he looked at Snape calmly and nodded slowly.

"I see."

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

Dumbledore didn't think his younger brother would become a dark wizard, he would rather believe that his younger brother was just to inquire about information.

after all…

That's his family.

Dumbledore knew his younger brother more than anyone else.

"Severus...you think..."

Dumbledore's left finger tapped his right arm gently, 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 messages he had heard and continued: "It should be... a person who acts low-key and is good at hiding... If it weren't for the secret I heard tonight, we might never know... Peter is very obscure and caring about his name... He should... He also knows the Horcrux very well..."

"It seems we're going to check it slowly..."

Dumbledore nodded slowly...

No matter what, he had already had a doubt in his heart. After all, there were not many wizards who were still alive after being exposed to Horcrux knowledge...

for example…

Slughorn, former Hogwarts professor of Potions.

Yes.

Dumbledore thinks his ex-co-worker is too suspicious.

Although Slughorn always looks greedy for luxury and enjoyment and fear difficulties, he likes those talented students very much, and always likes to win over and be kind to those little wizards who were very talented when they were young...

As it turns out.

Slughorn is very accurate in looking at people.

Most of the students he loved became famous wizards and had extremely high achievements in a certain field, which made Slughorn very popular for a time.

Until Slughorn met Voldemort, he was still a student at Voldemort, and at that time Voldemort was still named Tom Riddle...

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

Later, Tom Riddle became Voldemort, gathered a group of dark kings, and set off a huge war of wizards. Slughorn was in panic all day long...

Later Voldemort lost to the hands of the baby Harry Potter...

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

Unfortunately...

Slughorn noticed his attitude and soon chose to resign and live in seclusion.

Dumbledore now has a vague guess. He believes that Slughorn should have provided Voldemort with the secrets about making Horcruxes, because Slughorn has a very rich knowledge and does have a considerable understanding of Horcruxes!

No!

If you think about it a little more...

Perhaps Voldemort is Slughorn's test piece!

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

Perhaps Slughorn also wanted to bring Voldemort into his own command and train Voldemort to become a member of the ruler of the immortal wizard. Unfortunately, Voldemort learned to make Horcrux but set up a new branch, which almost exposed Slughorn, so he was afraid of resigning...

If you think so...

Slughorn is indeed quite like the mastermind behind the scenes. After all, the suspicion of that former colleague is too high, which is very consistent with Dumbledore's expectations...

Especially, such an excellent potion master as Slughorn, he 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's mood relaxed a little, at least he found a person of suspicion.

Hogwarts's principal's office.

When Dumbledore returned here, he saw Abufort telling a story to their sister Ariana with a smile, making him feel as if he had returned to the past in an instant...

very nice.

A good thing never happened.

Christmas Eve this day was very warm.

Although I got bad news today, when I saw this scene, Dumbledore suddenly felt that all the problems in the magic world were not troubles...

certainly.

This kind of good mood soon came to an abrupt end.

December 25, 1991.

The whole of Europe was in a Christmas carnival, and even the wizards in the magic world were celebrating the festival happily, a news exploded on the heads of many people like thunder.

Perhaps for the European Muggles, this news should be the Christmas gift they want most, because a behemoth suddenly announced his disintegration and fell to the ground, and the sword of Damocles hanging above their heads actually dissipated...

However…

For the wizards...

This news may not be so good.

With the disintegration of a huge Muggle country, a group of small countries stood up like mushrooms after a rain, and the Ministry of Magic began to announce its establishment!

Dumbledore received a letter from the Weasleys who were far away in Romania, and they had to write a letter to Dumbledore because the situation was so chaotic...

Gellert Grindelwald attended the establishment ceremony of many small countries' Ministry of Magic, and came back to Eastern Europe like a king. The Ministry of Magic in more than a dozen countries chose to surrender to his command. Each Ministry of Magic will regard Demstrong as the only magic school that the little wizards can choose to go to school...

Grindelwald was quite enthusiastic.

Wizards throughout Eastern Europe were discussing Grindelwald, and there was even an argument that Grindelwald had ruled Europe...

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

It just so happened that the Arthur Weasleys took their young daughter Ginny Weasley to stay at the Romanian dragon farm this Christmas with their son Charlie Weasley, which made the Weasleys quite uneasy...

What cheats people is...

Grindelwald really came to the Romanian dragon farm.

The Dark King actually remembers the Weasleys and even once again had a cordial conversation with Ginny Weasley for a while, hoping that the little girl could go to Demstrong to school, which made the Weasleys even more worried...

【…Dumbledore, if you go and take a look, you will find how much sought after Grindelwald has been re-enough here, and he seems to have dominated the world…】

“…”

After reading the content of the letter, Dumbledore felt that he was helpless and could only hope that Grindelwald would not make the past mistakes again.

after all…

The Dark Kings are so capable now...

Even he couldn't handle it.
Chapter completed!