Grindelwald's Spell Demonstration

"Wallerup —Sir, when you're brewing a Potent Poison Potion, what's the first thing you do after removing the Cauldron from the Li Huo? Stir it clockwise or counterclockwise? How many times? What's the purpose?"

In the Potions Classroom, Snape, standing at the podium, suddenly asked Sean a question.

Sean, whose eyelids were drooping, was immediately startled awake by the old bat's chilling voice. He hurriedly stood up and quickly replied.

"Um, Professor, it needs to be stirred counterclockwise, at least twenty-five times. The exact number depends on the age of the main ingredient used when brewing the Potent Poison Potion, but it cannot exceed thirty-five times, otherwise the potion's potency will be greatly reduced. Um, the purpose of stirring is to make the Potent Poison Potion more mellow, otherwise it will turn into a sticky, jelly-like Potions in one batch."

Fortunately, he reviewed his notes every day. Although his Potions- making skills were no longer up to par with Daisy, who was a year younger than him, and were nowhere near those of Hermione and Harry, who were in the same grade.

But he still remembered the theoretical knowledge very well...

Um?

Sean glanced at Hermione beside him; the girl was pointing at her wand without making a sound.

Oh no...

Sure enough, Snape's mocking voice rang out. "Then congratulations, Mr. Wallop, a Troll Potent Poison Potion can kill a troll will only take you twenty seconds to kill you—tell me, did you even bother to preview what you're going to learn in this lesson?"

"Uh, um, I'm sorry, Professor..." Sean lowered his head in frustration.

Snape's radar-like, chilling gaze swept over everyone. "The brewing time for Potent Poison Potion is a full hour and a half, and when brewing such Potions, the wizard must cast a Bubble-Head Charm on himself from the very beginning. To ensure no mistakes are made, the Bubble-Head Charm must be refreshed every ten minutes—and when the Cauldron Li Huo, the Bubble-Head Charm must be refreshed immediately. In the beautiful but dangerous art of Potions, Mr. Wallop's act of stirring immediately after removing the Li Huo is generally called—suicide."

Every student fell silent, and then, without Snape giving any instructions, the voices recorded on the parchment rang out in unison.

"Wallerup, your 'death' has cost Ravenclaw five points. Sit down." Snape tapped Sean with his wand.

Sean sat down with a sense of helplessness and rubbed his face vigorously.

Hermione, who was standing nearby, waited until Snape turned his gaze to Harry before leaning closer and whispering, "Sean! I haven't seen you around lately, my goodness, haven't you been sleeping well for days?"

Sean chuckled awkwardly, "Actually, it's not so bad. I only slept for two hours yesterday..."

"But you only slept for an hour the day before yesterday!" Hermione's eyes widened.

"Special times, special times..."

Sean was helpless; he had just been dealing with far too many troubles lately.

He consulted various materials, interrogated the group of Death Eaters he had captured, and racked his brains to combine the existing information to deduce and judge—oh right, he would also sneak out of school every day to see Young Grindelwald, even though the other seemed to not want to see him for the time being.

But the other party didn't refuse what Capen sent.

This is why he even dozed off Potions, which he always took most seriously. In fact, he was almost daydreaming during Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration.

Fortunately, Professor McGonagall knew some of the details and didn't deduct points from his score or anything. Instead, she sternly advised him after class, "Mr. Wallop, many times, a healthy body and a clear mind are essential for achieving twice the results with half the effort."

Sean certainly understood that Professor McGonagall was doing it for his own good... and even Snape was.

In the past, Snape would not only have deducted points from him, but also made him stand for the entire class period as punishment.

But things are really complicated...

Sean sighed silently.

Last night, he spent a great deal of effort finally managing to extract some memories from those Death Eaters hadn't been petrified.

The first thing that's been confirmed is that Voldemort has really returned.

This insane lunatic, who could never truly die, returned to his servants in a weak yet powerful manner.

Weak yet powerful—it sounds contradictory, but based on what Sean saw in Fenrir's memories, it's quite accurate.

Voldemort seemed to have completely lost his body. He was being held in the arms of a wizard whose features were obscured, with only an extremely ugly, baby-like head visible.

Just like Sean once saw in a movie.

However, unlike Voldemort, he still seemed to possess considerable power, and he didn't even need to use his wand when punishing a servant.

However, it was within Sean's expectations that Voldemort was not completely dead. What puzzled him was how the other party knew that he had gone to the Baron Skinner's Manor that night.

Voldemort and the Returners are likely in cahoots, but that night he was playing the role of Grindelwald. Even if the Returners thought Grindelwald would go to check the situation, would they dare to ambush Grindelwald?

Sean believed they wouldn't dare. Clearly, neither the Returners nor Voldemort could guarantee they could defeat Grindelwald. In such a scenario, the roles of prey and hunter would quickly be reversed.

Moreover, Grindelwald might even charge at them in a fit of rage.

How did Voldemort know it was him who went there...?

Sean thought for a long time before he realized something: the identity of the Returners.

Andros the Invincible was a famous wizard in Ancient Greek, along with other families such as Mopsus and Calchas.

Ancient Greece was known for producing many prophets.

Sean wasn't sure if the Returners, in their Half-Ghost state, could still use their Seer abilities, but in families that hadn't lost their lineage, there was a high probability that some wizards could inherit their ancestors' Seer bloodline.

However, this Seer ability shouldn't be too strong, otherwise many of Sean's actions would have been predicted in advance.

Moreover, Sean believes this may be one of the reasons why the Returners have always wanted to deal with Grindelwald — Grindelwald's Seer abilities are likely more powerful than those of the Returners.

This overwhelming power of a special talent is Returners certainly don't want to see, especially since the owner of this talent is already so powerful.

Sean had a vague suspicion that the Seer was being interfered with by the Seer, and that he had always been under Grindelwald's watchful eye, which was why the Returners couldn't see the vague future.

However, Grindelwald is currently in a predicament, so he needs to be more careful in the future.

Of course, he also had another option: to maintain a good relationship with Young Grindelwald.

Speaking of Young Grindelwald., Sean wanted to sigh. He had been thinking about how to help the boy resolve his inner conflict.

Because Sean was certain of one thing: to eliminate the threat of the awakening of the World Will, Young Grindelwald.'s cooperation was essential.

Although their memories differ, they are always the same person, and this is an unchangeable fact. When the points in time that were out of sync overlap, as long as the World Will does not awaken, then for the rest of the time, there will only be Grindelwald.

There is no such thing as schizophrenia caused by memory distortion; time and Grindelwald will understand everything on their own.

Both the Young Grindelwald and Old Grindelwald understood this deeply.

The problem is that Young Grindelwald doesn't seem very cooperative—the old man is just too stubborn.

Moreover, Sean was always puzzled as to Dumbledore told him to do it on his own.

He could understand that Dumbledore would face many limitations if he were to do this, but what he didn't understand was that Dumbledore had said that doing this would have some controllable impact on the world at present.

We haven't seen it yet.

Furthermore, Sean has been uneasy ever since he learned the truth about the Blood Pact.

Will Dumbledore wait until the existence of Grindelwald's two Timeline merges before...?

Or perhaps, Grindelwald has become his true self, and he is about to take action against Dumbledore...

Sean couldn't help but sigh, wishing he had the ability to Seer...

Unfortunately, Professor Trelawney's Divination couldn't teach what I wanted to learn, and it wasn't something I could learn just by wanting to.

By the way, Hermione had a fight with the charlatan Professor Trelawney in the last Divination and has stopped attending classes now.

All I can say is that history will probably always develop in the direction it's meant to develop.

If only I could see Grindelwald's fragmented memories from the past ninety-seven years...

But Dumbledore would certainly not allow it; if he saw that memory, the awakening of the World Will would be inevitable.

Memories, oh memories...

Sean paused, his quill pen poised on his chin, realizing he seemed to have forgotten something.

Grindelwald seemed to have anticipated what would happen next... So, that...

After the day's lessons, Sean returned to the Room of Requirement. This time, he didn't even bring Daisy and Hermione with him, because he was worried that the more people there were, the more trouble they might cause.

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that one's guess is accurate.

He took out something—a transparent glass bottle with something floating gently inside. The substance looked like a combination of gas and liquid, and had a mesmerizing silvery-white color.

Grindelwald's Spell Demonstration... that's the name the system gave it.

This spell demonstration is clearly a memory of Grindelwald's, from when Sean first entered Hogwarts and accidentally entered the Vanishing Cabinet, where he first encountered Grindelwald.

"Consider it a gift for this wonderful journey," Grindelwald said at the time.

Dumbledore then told Sean that the demonstration of the spell was too advanced for Sean at that time, and he could learn very little from it.

After Dumbledore made Sean stronger, he went to him and helped him process this memory.

This delay lasted for more than two years.

This is why Sean realized something was wrong.

For more than two years, Sean had kept this memory safe and sound, but he never showed any curiosity or tried to use it himself during that time.

This is quite incredible for someone who likes to organize things at fixed times and maintains a strong sense of curiosity.

Moreover, Sean didn't think about it carefully at the time, but now that he's pondered it, he's noticed the strangeness.

Why would Grindelwald leave behind such a demonstration of spells when he had nothing better to do? He doesn't seem like the type to deliberately demonstrate spells, and if you're going to teach a student, face-to-face instruction is obviously more efficient; teaching by memory seems somewhat redundant.

It just so happens that he casually carried it with him when we first met?

Now that Sean and Grindelwald are more familiar with each other, he thinks this is very unreasonable.

Sean picked up the Memory Bottle and examined it carefully.

It looks no different from an ordinary Memory Bottle, except that the silvery memories inside rotate more slowly.

In addition, something odd is that even when he has it in his hand, Sean always loses his attention from it.

"Hmm, what is this?" Sean raised his wand and lightly touched the body of the Memory Bottle.

That familiar magical fluctuation...

Sean's pupils contracted slightly; an extremely powerful Confundus Charm was attached to the bottle!

No, it's still a modified Confundus Charm!

It will not cause any harm to the holder, but it will make the holder subconsciously ignore the Memory Bottle itself.

No wonder, no wonder I hadn't thought of this thing before...

So it seems there is indeed a problem!

You should know that Grindelwald is a master at manipulating memories.

Could this be the memory switch that Grindelwald planted in himself after erasing all his memories, a switch that will be triggered when he first meets Sean, with the purpose of giving this Memory Bottle to Sean...?

Now, although the Confundus Charm is powerful, its magic has dissipated considerably over time, and Sean himself is becoming stronger at a rapid pace, making him increasingly sensitive to magic.

In addition, Sean's thoughts had been entirely focused on this lately, which is why he remembered the existence of this Memory Bottle...

Could this be a hint that Grindelwald left for himself?

Sean took a deep breath, took out the Pensieve, and then gently pulled off the stopper of the Memory Bottle.

Sure enough, this memory seemed to have been sedimented, it was thicker and more... weathered.

For some reason, this adjective popped into Sean's mind.

He tilted the bottle, and the pale silver memories slowly, slowly slid out.

The memory fell into the Pensieve, like a boulder thrown into a lake, causing a huge splash, which seemed to indicate its weight.

"Hoo—" Sean took a deep breath and buried his head in it.

After a fall, Sean landed back on the ground.

"Where is this..." Sean's pupils suddenly contracted, "Hogwarts?"

What he saw was indeed Hogwarts, but it wasn't the castle he remembered.

He stood in the center of what should have been a magnificent Great Hall, with a large hole torn in the magical ceiling above him, and the candles that should have been floating huddled together in a corner.

The long tables of the Four Houses were overturned on the ground, and flames were burning in the spot where Sean liked to sit.

In the center of the mess, which could even be called ruins, was the place where the principal should have been.

A weary figure sat on half a stone pillar.

That was Grindelwald, Grindelwald playing with the Elder Wand.