Grindelwald might truly not have deceived Dumbledore, but he had definitely deceived a Young Wizard whose face was full of shock, looking at him as though he were something filthy.
What a Grindelwald!
What secret method of contacting Dumbledore, what having just notified Dumbledore—this was Dumbledore's school, after all. It was all a damn lie meant to keep the Young Wizard steady!
There was even less truth in this first generation's mouth than in Tom's!
"No wonder you came to ambush me in the girls' bathroom in the middle of the night! You wanted to capture me and claim credit from Dumbledore!" Ian realized he had been set up by the current Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor.
He could not understand it.
How could someone be so sinister and deceitful?
"No, this was merely to give our headmaster a chance at redemption." Grindelwald refuted Ian's accusation, though his wording could not conceal the fact that he was indeed claiming credit.
How was that not claiming credit?
Ian bet that if Grindelwald suddenly grew a tail right now, it would be wagging furiously. Even those little traitors leading the invaders around did not have such an eager-to-please air!
As someone who knew their past and had seen that memory, Ian could roughly guess the reason. After all, their falling-out had begun with Ariana's Death.
Perhaps this was not only Dumbledore's knot of guilt, but also a setback Grindelwald could not let go of.
"What Gellert said... was true?" Upon hearing Ian and Grindelwald's conversation, Albus Dumbledore's somewhat swollen eyes immediately became filled with uncertainty and shock.
"It's the Patronus Charm, Professor. I found a special way to cast it." Ian pulled out his wand as he spoke. He had truly never seen the headmaster's eye light tremble so violently.
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