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Messy.

After watching the farce in which those two Hogwarts brats had suddenly intervened, Grindelwald's first impression was that it was messy. Were these the students at Hogwarts now? Was this the Hogwarts you loved, Al?

Hogwarts... what a place to stir up complicated feelings.

It reminded him of the one called Scamander. Grindelwald leaned against the wall, closed his eyes, and recalled the past. How could Nurmengard's tower have held him? The only one keeping him locked up was himself.

But Grindelwald noticed something. Why did Dumbledore always have trouble with people whose names ended in "t"? First Newt, and now Potter? Who was this one?

He seemed to have a vague impression.

Gellert frowned as he scrolled through the messages. He left the voice chat and turned to another group chat.

[Group owner] Holy Crap: Those really were the twins... they can actually do magic!

GGAD's Kid: Mamma mia, those were the real twins. Th-then doesn't that mean all the people who've appeared in the background are real wizards too?

I Am Grindelwald's Most Loyal Follower: Oh my god... but why do they have phones?

The Third Dark Lord: I don't get it... if the twins are real, didn't a whole bunch of people join the group around the same time they did that day??

[Admin] Oh My Mother: I think I saw Hermione, Harry, and Ron holding... phones too.

GGAD Fan for Life: Wait, then Dumbledore???

Holding the GGAD Banner High: ??? Sherbet Lemon!!

Gellert and Albus's Marriage Certificate: Good grief, I was wondering why he was so much like Dumbledore. It was actually him???

Has the "Statute of Secrecy" Been Broken Yet?: No, and look at the ages on their profiles! They match the ages they're supposed to be in Harry Potter's second year exactly!!!

GGAD's Marriage Certificate: ? So being over a hundred wasn't a lie?! (shocked.jpg)

[Admin] Oh My Mother: /thinking

[Admin] Oh My Mother: So there's still a chance my ship won't have a bad ending!!!! Where are you, Emperor Ge!! (shouting)

GGAD Forever Gods: @Sherbet Lemon, Headmaster, can you and Emperor Ge make up! (sobbing.jpg)

[Group owner] Holy Crap: All I want in this life is to see GGAD make up!

[Group owner] Holy Crap: (shedding humble tears.jpg)

Dumbledore had just finished reading the messages in the main group. Those two children from the Weasley family had been exposed? That was a bit of a shame, because he quite liked being called Grandpa by these fans.

Once their identities were exposed, everyone's other aliases were quickly uncovered too.

Ah, for now, that was limited to the people who had received phones in their first year.

Now a whole crowd in Professor Snape's fan group were trembling with fear.

After the group members discovered Dumbledore's identity, they also began addressing him the way people usually did: Headmaster Dumbledore, Professor Dumbledore, Headmaster.

Sherbet Lemon: Ah, what a pity. I rather liked being called Grandpa. It sounds very affectionate, don't you think?

Dumbledore even went out of his way to find and send a sad reaction image. As expected of our old bee professor.

[Group owner] Holy Crap: Aaaaah! Hello, Grandpa Dumbledore!! I'll call you whatever you like!

[Group owner] Holy Crap: I can even call you Honey Candy! (? what the fuck)

GGAD's Kid: !! Boo-hoo, Grandpa!

[Admin] Oh My Mother: Hello, Grandpa Dumbledore! (raises hand.jpg)

Marriage Certificate-Stealing Niffler: Boo-hoo, Grandpa! I've brought the marriage certificate back! (?

Dumbledore's Very Very Very Very Favorite Student: Waaah! It's the real Grandpa Dumbledore!

Bug Ming: If Grandpa Dumbledore is here, can our Emperor Ge be far behind? QAQ

The Negative of GGAD's Marriage Certificate: Exactly! If Emperor Ge is here too, my dream might actually come true qwq!

Sherbet Lemon: Emperor... Ge? You mean Grindelwald, don't you?

Dumbledore could actually tell that the love he and Gellert had once shared, which had gone misunderstood, was constantly on these children's lips. If only these children had appeared back then...

In front of his screen, Grindelwald couldn't help curling his somewhat chapped lips. Whether that love was real or not, what did it matter?

Just as these ordinary people said, Grindelwald was the first Dark Lord... if he hadn't loved him, why would he have spared Britain back then? If he hadn't loved him, why would he have been unable to strike in 1945?

It seemed his identity hadn't been discovered yet, though it might happen soon, since Albus had already been exposed.

[Ding, you have received a friend request from summer.]

Christmas passed.

The group members had gotten a truly earth-shattering piece of gossip over Christmas. Fortunately, they were all decent people. After a reminder from Question Mark, not one of them spread the incredible news that was enough to shock the scientific community.

Of course, even if they had spread it, probably no one would have believed them.

After recovering from their shock, the group members were very proud. Look! Of all those fan groups, only ours has the actual people in it! A fan group in the truest sense!

But Fred was still very frustrated, because the reaction he'd gotten was completely different from what he'd imagined.

Grindelwald's identity still hadn't been guessed by the group members. They thought the first Dark Lord wouldn't receive something like a phone, but what they hadn't expected was that the two people they'd always dreamed of seeing make up had finally fucking sent a friend request on Christmas night.

It had taken an unwitting assist from the group members.

When Dumbledore received the request in his inbox, he was stunned for a moment.

Just as Grindelwald had recognized Sherbet Lemon as Dumbledore, Dumbledore also had a vague feeling that the person who had sent the friend request was him.

But should he accept it?

Perhaps Dumbledore should think about it for a while.

But he clicked to accept the request without thinking.

Dumbledore froze for a moment. On the other side, Grindelwald, who had never expected Dumbledore to accept his request so quickly, froze too.

But neither of them knew what to say to break the awkward silence.

The group was going wild.

[Group owner] Holy Crap: Daily question: when will Emperor Ge get a phone? Is the owl late? That's so inefficient. Switch to our Headwind Express!

Bug Ming: Damn it, aaaaah! Without an owl, how can I get the gifts I want to send to Hogwarts?!

[Admin] Oh My Mother: (clutches chest.jpg)

[Admin] Oh My Mother: I want to mail them the art collection I drew. What do I do? The courier doesn't have that address at all, so they can't deliver it, damn it!

GGAD's Kid: So how did they get the phones in the first place?

Holding the GGAD Banner High: If they can receive phones from our time, then they can definitely receive other things!

Soft Words and Old Dreams: We just haven't found a way yet...

Acolyte Keqinxi: Damn it, what way is there?

[Group owner] Holy Crap: Speaking of which...

You're the One Who Made Dumbledore Mourn?: What is it?

Bug Ming: ?

Kerun: ?

Kerun: Cho's fan group next door is pestering Cho to study with her friends. I was so shocked I came to check on GGAD. What's going on?

[Group owner] Holy Crap: If Harry and the others received their phones last year, how much of the plot have we changed by now?

[Group owner] Holy Crap: (tiny eyes full of big questions.jpg)

Acolyte Keqinxi: ... (deep in thought.jpg)

[Admin] Oh My Mother: Probably quite a lot... I guess... if they've been reading our messages since last year.

[Group owner] Holy Crap: Moving to the main group to interrogate the Ced fans.

Bug Ming: Good point. Ced livestreamed and they didn't tell us?! (rolls up sleeves)

Niffler Who Stole the Marriage Certificate: Who are they treating like outsiders?! (rolls up sleeves / follows formation)

[A series of sleeve-rolling messages omitted here]

Summer: ...

Sherbet Lemon: What a lovely group of children.

Sherbet Lemon: (chibi Dumbledore smiling.jpg)

Emperor Ge sent his first ellipsis since receiving his phone.

Headmaster Dumbledore really liked the reaction images they'd drawn of him too. Whenever the child called Oh My Mother posted new artwork, Dumbledore would always take a moment to admire it before saving it.

Sometimes, when he saw one he liked, he'd even use it as his wallpaper.

Dumbledore occasionally also looked into how to use magic to print the pictures, though he seemed to have heard that there were machines like that in the Muggle world?

Grindelwald and Dumbledore's private chat was still completely blank. The two hadn't said a single word to each other in private, yet it was as if they'd already communicated in the group.

Perhaps once they could take the initiative to talk someday-or perhaps without even waiting for that day-they could make up?

In the main group:

Cedric's Underpants: Hahahahaha, didn't expect that, did you! Our Ced was the first to have his identity exposed!

Mrs. Diggory: Hahahahahaha, the first Quidditch Match livestream was from us Ced fans too!

I'm the Twins' Dog: Aaaaah, I'm going to kick you all out! Why didn't you invite everyone to watch something that good, damn it?!

A Golden Snitch: The Golden Snitch wants to fulfill the dream of watching itself too!

I Cook Hot Pot in a Cauldron: Damn it, I really want to watch Quidditch live!

[Admin] Holy Crap: Damn it! We're interrogating you! (draws knife) The knife's already at your throats! Speak! How much of the plot has changed so far?!

Oh My Mother: Talk! (fierce.jpg)

Magpie: Damn it, last Halloween it really was the twins livestreaming Quirrell releasing the Troll for us. I thought it was a skit...

Cangjia: So that Troll really was a Troll. I always thought it was a special effect.

Oh My Mother: No wonder I always thought the backgrounds in their photos looked familiar. They really were... but they're in a completely different dimension from me, boo... sad.

Proprietress Number Two: But no matter what, I'm still so excited! That's Fred, aaaaaah!!! The actual twins, aaaaaaaaaah!! (screaming)

Stepmother Literature: ? Teacher Number Two, tone it down. They're in the group.

Bug Ming: ... Honestly, this is already toned down.

Cold Candy: ... Getting muted a hundred or eighty times a day-I really don't want to remember it.

[Admin] Fujiya Nougat: Honestly, I'm genuinely afraid they'll leave the group themselves one day.

[Admin] Yan: You might not believe it, but our Ron group is teaching Ron...

[Admin] Yan: (holding back laughter.jpg)

What's Wrong with Eating More?: ... So why do you know how to solve Potions problems!?

[Admin] !: Hahahahahahaha

Ronnie's Big Chicken Drumstick: I've honestly imagined this scene countless times...

Ron's Underpants: Voice chatting with Ron and even teaching him how to do his homework, holy shit, my life's been turned upside down.

Professor Snape's Underpants: ... Hahahaha, a bitter voice from Professor Snape's fan group.

Severus and Lily: Professor Snape made sarcastic remarks at us using those reaction images, hahahahaha (humble.jpg)

Magpie: This feels so dreamlike... so unreal, everyone...

My Younger Brother Isn't as Handsome as Me: Hey, mates, you've already accepted that we exist.

My Older Brother Is Farting: And yet you still didn't believe us.

Bug Ming: ... You two actually snuck into the admin ranks (looks at sky.jpg)

[Admin] Fujiya Nougat: Hahahahahaha

Professor Snape Is Mine: I have to jump in here. After Professor Snape was exposed, he became an admin, and then he kicked the twins straight out of the group, hahahahahahaha!

always: I'm laughing so fucking loudly.

Professor Snape, I Like You: And he's never accepting their requests to rejoin, either... (holding back laughter.jpg)

[Admin] Holy Crap: Thanks for the reminder. I'm going to make Grandpa Dumbledore an admin right now.

[Admin] Holy Crap: So where are we in the plot now?

[Admin] !: @Knowledge Is Power, Hermione, Hermione! Do you still have the Basilisk there now? (a knife itching to move.)

In front of her screen, Hermione was on her way to the library when her phone suddenly vibrated. She took it out of her pocket and saw that someone was asking her about the Basilisk?

After thinking for a moment, Hermione quickly typed a reply.

Knowledge Is Power: None of us have been petrified.

Ron, in the common room, could never have imagined that one day his own fan group would be urging him to study.

Harry was listening to everyone's Potions knowledge along with Ron... Harry didn't understand. Wasn't this a wizarding subject? Why did they know it too? Why did they even know things wizards hadn't studied?

Draco's Underpants: Mamma mia, the young master scolded me and I'm so happy!

Mrs. Malfoy Number Two: My life is complete... I've met a living Draco...

Stepmother Literature: That's wonderful, he's still in his second year, boo-hoo-hoo...

Damn Muggle: ...

Malfoy was genuinely somewhat speechless in front of his screen. What were those Weasley twins doing?! Why had they all been exposed overnight?

Oh, no, there was still Longbottom and those other two who had started school this year.

Malfoy's phone hadn't been quiet since he was exposed. Friend requests came in as if there were an earthquake.

He took a look, and sure enough, they were all uniformly named Mrs. Malfoy.

It was only then that Malfoy realized the Malfoy in Mrs. Malfoy was him.

Draco: ...

Far away in Nurmengard, Grindelwald also saw how harmonious things were in the main group.

Dumbledore received two messages.

Summer: These are your students?

Summer: In my view, they're less sensible than those fans.

Dumbledore suddenly felt somewhat relieved, and a smile unconsciously touched his lips.

Sherbet Lemon: Then I ought to be ashamed.

Sherbet Lemon: (Dumbledore smiling.jpg)