Hogwarts: What Bad Intentions Could a Little Hufflepuff Have? Chapter 14

"Ding! Congratulations, Host, on obtaining one Supreme Treasure Chest!"

This Child Looks So Much Like Gellert... But Why Does He Also Look So Much Like Me?!

"Holy crap! It directly gave me a top-tier Treasure Chest?!"

Black was over the moon inside!

Yet his face still wore an innocent, harmless expression.

As though he had no idea.

How powerful his surname.

Would sound in Dumbledore's ears.

Black had deliberately revealed his surname.

He had given it some thought.

Hogwarts had a Book of Admission.

Every young wizard who had undergone a magical outburst.

And awakened sufficient magic.

Would have their name recorded by the Quill of Acceptance.

In the Book of Admission!

In other words.

Black's name had long since been recorded in the Book of Admission.

So.

When Professor McGonagall sent him a letter on his birthday.

She would inevitably see his famous surname.

And she would certainly tell Dumbledore about it.

So...

Dumbledore would learn sooner or later that his surname was Grindelwald.

Since that was the case.

Why not say it now?

And earn himself a Treasure Chest first?

Clearly.

Black had made the right decision.

At that moment, the Supreme Treasure Chest radiating dazzling light.

Was lying quietly in his System Space!

Although Black desperately wanted to open it right away.

But...

Now was not the time.

Dumbledore took several deep breaths.

Before finally managing to calm down.

"You just said that you're an orphan, correct?" Dumbledore asked.

"Yes." Black nodded.

"Then... how do you know your surname? Did... someone tell you something?"

A sharp glint flashed through Dumbledore's eyes.

"No... in fact, before today..."

"I thought my name was Black Grin..."

As he spoke, Black took out his Nameplate again.

This time, he directly removed the Nameplate from around his neck.

And handed it to Dumbledore.

In truth, he was also very curious about what exactly was going on with this Nameplate!

"This Nameplate has always been on me."

"Mrs. Marian named me based on it."

"But the letters on this Nameplate were damaged before."

"It only showed the letters 'Black Grin.'"

"But for some reason, this Nameplate suddenly repaired itself today."

"And became 'Black Grindelwald.'"

"So... perhaps my name should be Black Grindelwald."

As Black explained.

Hermione beside him nodded along.

Because Black had told her all this before.

Black was not at all afraid that Dumbledore would disbelieve him.

Because Mrs. Marian had seen his Nameplate.

It really had been damaged before.

As long as Dumbledore asked Mrs. Marian.

He would know Black was not lying.

Dumbledore silently picked up the Nameplate.

And brought it close to inspect carefully.

His crooked nose nearly pressed against the Nameplate.

After a long while.

Dumbledore finally shifted his gaze away from it.

And handed the Nameplate back to Black.

"Someone scratched off the letters at the end and set up a small mechanism."

"Only when your... magic reached a certain level."

"Would this mechanism activate, triggering the Repair Spell inside."

When Black heard that.

He suddenly understood.

No wonder he had been unable to repair it with the Repair Spell before.

Someone had tampered with it.

Making it immune to his Repair Spell!

Black thought about it.

The person who set the mechanism had probably intended for him to wait until adulthood...

Under normal circumstances.

He really would only have had enough magic to trigger the mechanism.

Once he became an adult.

In other words.

Someone had wanted him to learn his true surname.

Only after he came of age.

But.

Because of the Novice Gift Pack.

His magic had surged dramatically.

Directly triggering the magical mechanism on the Nameplate ahead of time.

And repairing the Nameplate early.

His true surname.

Had therefore been exposed ahead of time!

Dumbledore had also thought of this.

So he asked again.

"Did you just have another magical outburst?"

"Oh... perhaps you don't understand what a magical outburst is."

"Let me put it another way..."

"When you were fighting the Concealment Monster."

"Did you feel as though your abilities suddenly became stronger than before?"

A young wizard's magical outbursts did not happen only once.

For example, when Harry Potter was being chased and beaten by his cousin Dudley.

He mysteriously appeared on the school rooftop.

That was one kind of magical outburst.

They often occurred when young wizards encountered danger.

After hearing Dumbledore's question.

Black immediately nodded.

Of course, he could not say it was because of his Novice Gift Pack.

Dumbledore had conveniently come up with a reasonable explanation.

So naturally, Black went along with it.

Dumbledore nodded.

That made sense.

Under the Concealment Monster's attack.

The danger had been extreme.

So Black had experienced a brief magical outburst.

As a result, his Transfiguration had improved.

And the mechanism on the Nameplate had been triggered by his suddenly surging magic.

After thinking that through.

Dumbledore looked at Black again.

A magical outburst had brought his magic up to an adult wizard's standard.