Grindelwald's Gift

To the wizards who had come into contact with him, the name Gellert Grindelwald suggested that he was a more dangerous figure than Voldemort.

His danger does not lie in his military force.

His strength lies in his thoughts and eloquence.

His ideas would shake the very foundations of wizarding society— the Protection Law.

His eloquence earned him a large following.

Moody was a wizard who knew Grindelwald very well.

He lived through that era.

"Albus!"

"Be careful, this might be a trap!" Moody couldn't help but step his prosthetic leg toward Dumbledore.

"How dare you presume to judge my master with your filthy heart!" Karkaroff exclaimed, his face turning red with rage.

"Look, because of Grindelwald, he dares to talk to me like that."

"You can't tell from this—" Moody quickly said, but Dumbledore interrupted him before he could finish.

"I have my own plans!" Dumbledore waved his hand.

"My master told me to come directly to Diagon Alley and openly announce that I'm looking for a permanent Invisibility Cloak." Karkaroff glared at Moody, then respectfully addressed Dumbledore, "He said you would come looking for me."

"I only need to say what I just said to you, and you'll understand."

"Oh, right! This is a gift from your master." Karkaroff pulled out a Dragon Hide pouch from his pocket, which shone with rainbow colors in the sunlight. At first glance, it was clear that it was the Dragon Hide of one of the most beautiful fire dragons Opaleye.

He turned the pocket upside down and shook it gently—then there was the sound of something falling to the ground.

It was a pile of corpses, and the two corpses on top could be seen to have been hunchbacked when they were alive.

"The Carroll siblings!" Snape exclaimed.

Not long ago, he had seen the two of them at Voldemort's place.

"William Stan, Jason Winston, Newk Winter," Snape looked closely and saw that below the Carroll siblings were all young, familiar faces.

"Who are they?" Diggle asked cautiously.

"They are all my students—just graduated a few years ago. I recently discovered some new faces among Voldemort's men, and I never expected it to be them—" Snape shook his head.

"The master said that this was all so as not to affect his plans."

"I'm just helping you out of your troubles," Karkaroff quickly said to Dumbledore.

"By the way?" Dumbledore was actually skeptical about this.

He understood that this was all Grindelwald's doing—for his sake.

However, this actually made things worse.

Now, they actually crave Voldemort's resurrection so that they can truly kill Voldemort.

Furthermore, he believed that Grindelwald was too harsh on these children who had just joined the Death Eaters and were only preparing to do evil, but had not yet had the chance to do so.

"The master did all this for you."

"These young people who have joined the Death Eaters are all from privileged backgrounds, oppose your ideas, and hate Muggle and Muggle-born wizard."

"They were also prepared to kill those they considered unworthy of being wizards and filthy Muggle."

"My master said that if you were to handle this, most of these young men wouldn't even have to go to jail, and given their influence, then—" Seeing Dumbledore's expression, Karkaroff quickly explained for his master.

"These words, Grindelwald didn't ask you to say them to me, did he?" Dumbledore sighed listlessly.

"Heh heh, this bastard did a pretty good job. If these little bastards were alive, society would be back to what it was a hundred years from now." Moody smiled slightly, but it looked particularly terrifying against his face.

"Yes, but these are indeed the master's exact words."

"My master even used Legilimency on them to prevent indiscriminate killing. They—in short, none of them are good people." Karkaroff continued to ignore everyone except Dumbledore, replying only to Dumbledore.

"None of them? They are all my students!" Snape said coldly.

"That's because you didn't teach them well, Severus."

"As a professor, and also the head of Slytherin."

"All you know is how to take sides."

"But as for the cultivation of morality in your academy, it can be said that there is none," Karkaroff said matter-of-factly.

"Alright, let's find somewhere else to talk." Dumbledore glanced at 13B Knockturn Alley behind him.

Clearly, no wizard has come near here yet; it's all Borgin and Burkes and his men helping out.

This is not something that Dumbledore couldn't do.

Rather, they came in too much of a hurry.

Moreover, they hadn't anticipated that so many corpses would suddenly appear in their plans.

Even if Voldemort were to actually appear here, and he were here with the intention of "peace," he wouldn't spend too much time here with Dumbledore.

"Your word is final," Karkaroff said, bowing and scraping.

He waved his wand, and the pile of corpses on the ground flew back into the bag.

So Karkaroff followed Dumbledore and his Side-Along Apparition to a manor.

The crackling sound startled the white peacocks on the hedge into flight, and also made a pale-faced man with long, light-gold hair hurry toward the source of the sound.

"Dumbledore!"

"You, is there anything you need from me?" This man was Lucius Malfoy. His eyes quickly swept over Karkaroff, who was clearly out of place among them, but he seemed not to have noticed anything.

"Alright, Lucius."

"I have something to say on behalf of my master— Gellert Grindelwald —and your master—the great Albus Dumbledore." Karkaroff stepped forward.

"Then I need—" Lucius Malfoy hesitated, glancing at Dumbledore.

"Oh, right, you also need to deal with these." Karkaroff said with a wicked grin, dumping the corpses back onto the gravel ground.

Lucius Malfoy's face turned deathly pale—he knew all these people, and was even close to them. After all, the relationships between Pure-blood were closer than others imagined.

At this moment, he couldn't help but wonder if Dumbledore and Grindelwald were working together to make an example of someone.

"Lucius, find us a room. We do have something to say to Karkaroff." Dumbledore sighed again.

Everything that happened today was incredibly exciting for him.

What did Grindelwald mean by that?

Has he found the Resurrection Stone? Does this mean he can see Ariana any second if he wants to?

Furthermore, the plan to lay a long-term trap, appease Voldemort, and then kill him after he obediently resurrected, unexpectedly fell through.

However, one thing is clear: next year's Triwizard Tournament is orchestrated by Gellert.

What is the purpose of this?

"OK."

"You don't need to bother. These corpses will be handled by the House-elf," Lucius Malfoy said, trying to appear calm, before leading the way.