"Your concerns are perfectly reasonable, but have you forgotten that I already know everything you can think of?"
Dudley calmly reminded Grindelwald, conjuring himself a chair and sitting down as he spoke.
Grindelwald froze for a moment, then understood and calmed down.
With his future alongside Dumbledore at stake, he had grown a little impatient.
Judging by how Dudley had gathered black wizards from across the world, and by their conversation just now, his ability to see into people's hearts was plain to see.
That ability was far more frightening than Queenie's innate Legilimency.
A terrifying range of perception, and a terrifying capacity to process information.
How could someone like that fail to know what worried him?
Since Dudley knew and still did not oppose him being with Dumbledore, he must have a solution.
"It seems you've figured it out."
Dudley looked at the now-calm Grindelwald and continued, this time with a touch of resentment in his voice. "Oh, the great Dark Lord Grindelwald, whose fearsome reputation reaches far and wide!
"You should understand that I went with the flow, secretly guiding and influencing events so that you and Ekris would gather black wizards from around the world to attack the British Wizarding World and Hogwarts.
"The main purpose was to temper the White Wizard faction and diminish the black wizards of this era as much as possible, not to play matchmaker for you and Dumbledore!
"You and Dumbledore getting back together was merely a side benefit of this grand plan.
"All you have to think about is being with Dumbledore. Dumbledore and I have far more to consider!
"Now that Hogwarts' Founders' Blessing has spread throughout the supernatural world, the White Wizard faction is heading toward unprecedented prosperity. Against that backdrop, there is no way we can let the