Harry returns from Hogwarts Legacy

Chapter 147 Duel, but Vivi vs Dumbledore
After hearing his sister's angry threat, Gellert felt both sad and happy.

Sadly, Al probably can't escape the fate of being punished by his sister.

What made him happy was that there was someone to be punished with him - and it was Al. Was there anything happier than this?
"Dumbledore is abominable, but you..."

Vivi snorted coldly, picked up her wand, and the two sofas beside her turned into armored knights, holding Gellert in the air on the left and right.

"Forget it, Vivi." Harry reached out and tugged at Vivi's arm. "Aoi... Gellert is already so old, he can't withstand your magic..."

"Scarhead!" Gellert suddenly shouted.

"I suggest you use flames to roast the soles of his feet," Harry suggested. "That way, he'll feel the pain, but he won't be beaten to death by you."

"That's a good idea." Vivi looked at Harry approvingly, and a cluster of flames slowly flew to Gellert's feet.

"What are you doing?" Gellert shouted in horror: "Let me go! Let me go!"

……

Dumbledore, who had hurried over from Hogwarts, was already standing at the gate of Nurmengard Castle.

Since Professor McGonagall told him about the name on the admission book, he did not sleep well that night. In his dreams, he kept thinking of the two words -

So he got up from bed early in the night, without even having time to change his clothes. He just put on a robe and came to Nurmengard.

He was just standing at the door when he suddenly realized something was wrong.

On both sides of the door, there were several Austrian Aurors lying on the ground. Some of them didn't even take out their wands, and they were frozen in place, unable to move.

What... happened here?
Several possibilities flashed through his mind quickly.

One, Grindelwald finally couldn't bear the loneliness and wanted to come out again; two, maybe someone broke into Nurmengard just to see Grindelwald.

As for who this person is...

Could it be Tom?
But...if it were Tom, these Aurors would not be simply petrified.

Dumbledore took out the Elder Wand from his arms. No matter which possibility it was, he would not take it lightly.

After entering the castle gate, Dumbledore used detection magic several times and finally confirmed that there was no ambush here.

He climbed the stairs with the Phoenix Fox.

He went all the way to the third floor, when he suddenly heard a sound that sounded like crying and laughing coming from inside.

It was Gellert's voice, and it sounded like he was begging for mercy, but it also sounded like he wasn't.

Dumbledore knew his old friend's character very well, and it was extremely difficult to make him surrender and beg for mercy - Gellert Grindelwald was a proud and arrogant man, and he looked down on others. Even after losing a duel to him for four or five years, he never uttered a soft word.

Yes, if he had said something softer, how could the two of them have ended up like this?
Dumbledore adjusted his half-moon glasses with a hand and flicked his wand to open the door.

However, the scene in front of him stunned him.

Gellert Grindelwald was hung high on the ceiling, with two clusters of violet flames roasting the soles of his feet.

His legs kept pulling back due to the burning sensation, but it seemed that he had been hanging for too long and was already exhausted.

There were two people sitting on the sofa not far away.

One of them was someone he could never have imagined.

"Harry?" Dumbledore frowned and asked, "Why are you here?"

"Hello, Professor Dumbledore." Harry nodded politely. "You are talking about me. I am just watching the fun here."

"Shut up! You scarred man!" Gellert yelled.

However, the flame seemed to grow stronger because of his words, burning even more vigorously than before.

"what on earth is it?"

Dumbledore did not relax because of Harry's presence, but became more alert.

"If I were you, I would save myself first." Gellert, who was hanging from the ceiling, said in a mean way: "Dumbledore, you can't beat her alone..."

At the same time, Vivi also stood up from her seat.

She walked briskly and gracefully and came in front of Dumbledore.

After seeing the nightgown decorated with stars and moons under Dumbledore's robe, she paused for a moment, but still looked at Professor Dumbledore as if nothing had happened.

Dumbledore stepped back slightly, but Fawkes let out a clear cry, flapped his wings, and landed on Vivi's shoulder, looking like he was licking a bird.

"Hello, Professor Dumbledore." Vivi performed an impeccable ladylike manner, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Veratria Elizabeth Emily Grindelwald."

"Hello." Dumbledore nodded hesitantly. "I know your name. Your name appears in the Book of Admission."

However, Vivi's next words made Dumbledore's pupils suddenly dilate.

"At the same time, I am also the sister of this Gellert Grindelwald... I heard that you are my brother's boyfriend?"

Ah this...

Dumbledore never expected that Grindelwald in front of him would actually...

No, he remembered that he had heard about this senior's achievements when he entered the school.

She wiped out the Fire Ash Snake Gang, suppressed the goblin rebellion, and made poachers in the British Isles disappear because of her... There are even rumors that the extinction of mud monsters in England is also closely related to this senior.

However, she is actually a very low-key person, and what people remember more is her companion who was at the forefront - Harry Potter.

Thinking of this, he turned his gaze to Harry.

The doubts that had always been there had a definite answer at this moment.

This Harry is the same Harry from a hundred years ago!
In fact, he had thought about this matter before - but because Harry was only eleven years old, he forced himself to suppress this doubt.

He had never heard of magic that could rejuvenate a person, and if there was, Voldemort would not split his soul in pursuit of immortality.

But this is not what he needs to consider most right now. The most pressing issue facing him is how to face the anger of his boyfriend's sister.

Brackets, front.

Gellert, who was hanging on the ceiling, showed a strange smile, which was 70% gloating and 30% just watching the fun.

"Hello, Senior Grindelwald." Dumbledore said calmly, "But that happened many years ago. We were young and ignorant at that time."

"So you played with his feelings?" Vivi asked with a smile.

"Would you like to sit down and listen to an old man - perhaps your gray-haired descendant - tell you about what happened back then?" Dumbledore did not rush to refute, but spoke softly.

Weiwei sat down gracefully on the chair, folding her hands on her legs. "Perhaps I should listen to the other party's words instead of my cunning brother's one-sided words. Come on, tell me, what makes Gellert Grindelwald like you so much?"

"Sister! I'm not cunning!" Gellert's mentality was obviously a little younger after his sister's return. "I just..."

Vivi raised her head and looked at Gellert gently.

Feeling his sister's gaze, Gellert shut his mouth obediently.

"Oh, and your phoenix." Weiwei said to Fox the licking bird, "Mr. Phoenix, Fiona is at Harry's place. If you want to see her, maybe you can go ask him?"

Fox chirped twice, and his meaning was very clear - you are Fiona's biological mother.

Vivi's eyes became dangerous.

Your master has harmed my brother, and now you, a bad bird, are targeting my daughter?

"Fawkes?" Dumbledore knew this was not a good idea, so he quickly called the Phoenix's name.

Fawkes then reluctantly flapped his wings and returned to Dumbledore's side.

"I think we should use a Pensieve, which will be more intuitive." Harry suddenly said, "I think Gellert's Nurmengard Castle should have something like this, right?"

Gellert said nothing, but nodded toward the next room.

Harry stood up and walked to the next room, where he saw the Pensieve.

He brought out the Pensieve and placed it next to Professor Dumbledore.

"Thank you, Harry." Dumbledore winked at Harry, "Or perhaps I should say, Senior Potter."

"You're welcome, Professor." Harry smiled politely and sat next to Vivi.

Dumbledore's eyebrows twitched slightly. He felt that the relationship between the boy and girl in front of him seemed not so simple...

He picked up the wand and touched his temple. A silver thread of memory was pulled out and fell into the meditation basin.

"This is what I remember, Miss Grindelwald," Dumbledore said softly.

Vivi nodded slightly and walked to the front of the Pensieve, intending to take a good look at Dumbledore's memory.

However, she did not lean forward, but looked at Dumbledore.

"I don't trust you, Dumbledore... Professor." Weiwei finally chose a title that she could accept. "I think if you are sincere enough, you should put down your wand for the time being."

"You should know, Sister Grindelwald, that a qualified wizard never gives up his wand." Dumbledore said with a smile.

Vivi raised her wand.

"Accio!"

Harry only felt a suction force, and when he came to his senses, he was already in Vivi's arms.

"Gellert." Vivi didn't turn around. "You will be the referee."

Gellert, who was hanging from the ceiling, had a very interested light in his eyes. He said quickly, "Okay, now - both parties please bow."

"I don't think Harry should be dragged into this. He is innocent, Sister Grindelwald." Dumbledore looked at Harry in Vivi's arms.

Vivi did not listen to Dumbledore's words, but hugged him even tighter.

"My situation is a little special, I hope the headmaster can understand." After saying this, Vivi bowed gracefully to Dumbledore, and then said: "Get ready, professor - let me see whether the headmaster of a hundred years is competent!"

Even though the girl in front of him was only sixteen years old, Dumbledore still did not look down on her. He had heard of the title of the terrifying transfer student since he was a child.

No matter from which perspective, the other party has the capital to duel with me.

Thinking this, he returned the gift to Vivi.

After seeing Dumbledore bow, Gellert excitedly shouted, "Three!"

"two!"

"one!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Weiwei raised her hand and cast a spell.

Dumbledore waved his wand and without even moving, he easily neutralized the attack using a Transfiguration spell.

Vivi's first spell was just a test. Following closely were two projectiles that turned into explosive barrels and were thrown onto the two giant hands created by Dumbledore.

"Bang!" "Bang!"

The giant stone hand shattered and Dumbledore disappeared like the wind. The next second he appeared behind Vivi. Two giant stone guards also appeared beside him, one on the left and one on the right, rushing towards Vivi together.

Without any movement from Vivi, the stone guard on the left collapsed; Vivi waved her wand like a musician conducting an orchestra, and a violet flame suddenly ignited, like a flaming whip, and waved towards Dumbledore.

Dumbledore disappeared again, and Vivi took the opportunity to smash another stone guard. Dumbledore appeared on the side of her blind spot and cast a red spell at her.

"Expelliarmus!"

The two spells intersected in the air, and the tips of the wands emitted crackling sparks, and the two spells crackled like linked lightning.

The surroundings suddenly seemed to have changed, as if it was an ancient magic secret chamber. It was all around in silent black, and the walls seemed to be constantly flowing with black liquid.

A clear spring suddenly gushed out from somewhere, and within a few seconds, the spring water turned into a raging wave with a tremendous force, rushing towards Weiwei.

Vivi was not panicked. She pointed her wand forward, and like Moses parting the sea, the waves were split in the middle.

Then, a circle of violet flames ignited around her body. Soon, part of the flames turned into phoenixes, flying towards Dumbledore.

Dumbledore swung his wand, knocked a phoenix flying towards him, and then disappeared on the spot.

When he reappeared, he was already behind Vivi. "Stupefy!"

A spell hit Vivi right in the middle of where she was.

However, there was no reaction. Dumbledore realized something was wrong in an instant. Without thinking, he returned a disarming spell from behind.

"I should say that you are indeed the best wizard I have ever seen. No wonder Gale likes you so much."

Vivi held Harry tightly with one arm, as if she was afraid that he would escape her control.

Harry was also worried that if he left Vivi's arms, her magic power would be overdrawn, so he hugged her slender waist tightly.

"I admit, Senior Grindelwald, if you were not carrying this burden, I would probably not be your opponent." Dumbledore shook his head.

"Harry is not a burden to me, Professor Dumbledore." Vivi said softly: "Besides, the current evenly matched situation does not mean that you have won -"

As soon as he finished speaking, the space that seemed like an ancient magic barrier collapsed, and the three of them returned to Gellert's room.

"Hasn't anyone taught you not to wear other people's clothes casually?" Vivi smiled gently.

After saying this, Gellert immediately understood what his sister meant.

Dumbledore and Harry didn't understand what Vivi was saying.

Before he could think any more, the wand in Dumbledore's hand suddenly slipped out of his hand and flew into Vivi's hands.

Then, he felt a restraining force coming from his nightgown, and at the same time, he suddenly found that he seemed to have lost his perception of magic.

Gellert saw a flash before his eyes, and then Dumbledore was hanging next to him.

"Hey, Al." Gellert whistled. "It seems like we haven't been this close in a while."

"It seems so." Dumbledore sighed leisurely.

"Gail, you actually gave your sister's things to others casually?" Weiwei's angry voice came from below: "Didn't anyone tell you not to touch other people's things?"

"I know now, sister," Gellert said in a long voice.

"What is going on?" Dumbledore asked. "It seems that my nightgown has become the culprit that binds me?"

"You see, both of you have burdens." Gellert said in a light tone: "My sister's burden is magic, and your burden is the nightgown I gave you. I really didn't expect that you would still wear it after so many years. Have you never forgotten our friendship, or did you wear this nightgown just to see me? Are you trying to play some emotional card?"

"You're wrong, Gellert." Harry raised his head and said, his head still resting on Vivi's chest: "Professor Dumbledore often wore this dress when he was in school. If you don't believe it, you can ask other students."

"Oh~" Gellert gave a meaningful smile, looking a little mean.

This was the first time he didn't find Scarhead annoying.

"Go and have a look," Harry said to Vivi, "I personally still believe in Professor Dumbledore."

Having said this, he waved his hand.

Weiwei obediently leaned her head over, and Harry whispered in her ear: "Although he can be crazy sometimes."

"Yeah." Vivi nodded. She let go of Harry, handed him the Elder Wand, walked to the side of the Pensieve, bent down and put her head in.

Half an hour later, she raised her head with a complicated expression.

How should I put it? The course of events was not exactly the same as what she had imagined, but at least it was very different.

I originally thought that the one who was deceived in this relationship was my younger brother, but I never expected that it was Dumbledore.

The Dumbledore in this memory... should be the Dumbledore of that year, with a soft personality and looking very gentle.

If the genders were reversed, she would be that gentle older sister. No wonder Gale would... um, ahem.

How did that sentence come about? A father in prison, a mother who died young, a sick sister, and a broken man.

In this relationship, it should be said that Gail was the active party, and there was even some element of exploitation involved.

They are all young wizards with outstanding talents, and they all have ideals and ambitions.

For Albus, who felt trapped in a boring village with family duties, Grindelwald's ideas attracted and inspired him; for the self-centered Grindelwald, he gained a powerful ally with whom he could have motivating conversations without his own sense of control being threatened.

Albus had fallen in love with his handsome and intelligent friend, a romantic feeling that was unrequited, but they were obviously very close and their feelings were platonic.

They shape each other's thoughts, rights, and, thereafter, their destinies.

Dumbledore is also a pitiful man. He witnessed but was unable to stop a group of Muggle boys from torturing his sister Ariana, causing the innocent girl to become mentally ill and the repressed magic in her body to become dangerous and unstable.

This resulted in Dumbledore's father being sent to Azkaban for revenge against the Muggle boys, and his mother being killed by Ariana in an accident.

He hopes to use his power to protect his loved ones and further protect the world from the cruelty and xenophobia shown by Muggles.

Dumbledore desired the Resurrection Stone because he felt it could bring back his deceased parents and other lost relatives, while Grindelwald wanted it as a tool to create an army of Inferi.

The two planned to leave Godric's Hollow to seize power and begin their "revolution" in earnest.

When Dumbledore's brother Aberforth Dumbledore noticed this, he was disgusted by Albus's ambition - and Albus's departure meant that Ariana would not be taken care of, because her Obscurus state was very unstable, and without adequate care and attention, it would lead to the deterioration of her condition and even death.

As a result, Gellert's fight with Aberforth escalated into a confrontation, and in anger he used the Cruciatus Curse on Aberforth.

Albus stepped up to defend his brother, which led to a three-way duel.

However, in this duel, Ariana was accidentally killed - no one knew who cast the curse that killed Ariana.

Perhaps out of remorse or guilt, Gellert fled Godric's Hollow afterwards.

The scene stopped abruptly at this moment.

Vivi couldn't accept it - he thought it was the yellow-haired man who tricked his brother away, but Dumbledore's memory told him... your brother is the yellow-haired man.

It would be fine if he was just a yellow-haired guy, but he also killed someone else's sister and ran away. No matter how you look at it, he seems to be a bad guy with no sense of responsibility.

To be honest, Vivi is not an unreasonable person and she will not ignore her brother's mistakes.

No matter how you look at this matter, Gellert is not right.

Seeing Vivi's expression, Harry also came over curiously and buried his head in the meditation basin.

Vivi sat there, seemingly thinking about something, or waiting for Harry to leave the Pensieve.

"He is indeed not a good guy." The first thing Harry said was to glare at Gellert fiercely.

However, Gellert, the old pervert, just smiled at Harry evilly, as if to say "what can you do to me".

"Senior Grindelwald," Dumbledore said softly, "Can you put me down? You know, a hundred-year-old man can't stand this kind of torture."

"Although your breakup with Gale has nothing to do with you, there is one more thing." Weiwei's eyes were dangerous, "Besides this nightgown, what else did Gellert give you?"

"Oh." Professor Dumbledore sighed and recalled: "There are a lot of things, such as a few silver gadgets that like to buzz, a pair of two-sided mirrors, some magical materials and alchemical materials..."

Vivi's gaze towards Gellert became dangerous.

Wow, you good fellow, you are using your sister's property to pick up girls... and guys?

"I know, you were planning to give that nightgown to Scarhead Veela, right?"

Gellert's leisurely voice came. He didn't sound panicked. Obviously, he found another way to resolve the crisis.

Of course, his way of defusing the crisis is to divert it.

"Then I want to ask you on behalf of Scarhead, why did you solidify this ancient spell of binding on the nightgown you gave him?"

Weiwei's expression suddenly darkened.

What else could it be because of?
She knows best why.

But this is...not so easy to say, right?

Instead, Harry suddenly said, "The most important issue now is not this, Gellert - the most important thing is how you should compensate your sister for her loss!"

Harry made it very clear that there is no rush to resolve anything between Vivi and I - the first thing that needs to be resolved is you, the suncrested cockatoo!
"Hey! Scarhead! You really don't know what's good for you!" Gellert cursed angrily, "I think my sister has put a bridle on you and put a saddle on you - you have been domesticated thoroughly!"

But what greeted Gellert was a red curse.

Gellert groaned.

Vivi waved her wand and put Dumbledore down.

After beating him thirteen times, she felt that she had gotten some relief, so it was okay to put Dumbledore down first.

But Gail… just hang on to it.

Dumbledore pulled out a sugar jar from somewhere, and this time it was filled not with a pile of cockroaches, but orange candies - they seemed to have fillings, so they must be orange-flavored candies.

While eating candy, he leisurely waved at Gellert who was hanging on the ceiling, which made the other party look at him with gritted teeth in anger.

"Would you like a piece of candy?" Dumbledore asked with a smile. "This is Honeydukes' latest Orange C candy. By the way, Gale, how did you know that I am now a major shareholder of Honeydukes?"

"Who asked you?" Gellert said weakly.

Dumbledore smiled, picked up another piece of candy and asked, "So, Senior Grindelwald, may I ask you why I didn't find the spell hidden on the robe? Oh, please forgive my curiosity."

He didn't say "an old man" this time, because it was obviously not a wise move to take advantage of one's seniority in front of a senior student.

“Because people who don’t have the talent for ancient magic will never be able to detect any traces of ancient magic throughout their entire lives.” Vivi said softly.

"I still have a few questions," Dumbledore looked at Harry, "Is this Harry in front of me the Harry from a hundred years ago, or the son of Lily and James?"

"He is the Harry from a hundred years ago, and he is also the son of Lily and James." Vivi sighed softly, "Because Lily sacrificed herself and planted a love spell on Harry, he traveled to Hogwarts a hundred years ago - if I remember correctly, he should have started in the first grade."

"Is there such a thing?" Dumbledore asked in surprise.

"Yes, speaking of Harry's mother... Lily Evans, right?" Vivi stretched out her hand to ruffle Harry's messy hair and said distressedly, "She accidentally entered the Chamber of Secrets on the Map when she was fifteen years old... At that time, I was still the portrait in the Chamber of Secrets on the Map."

"Aren't there three professors in the Chamber of Secrets?" Dumbledore frowned. "They are Headmaster Fitzgerald, Professor Rackham, and Professor Rookwood. This is what Lily told me."

"Because my last name is Grindelwald, Professor Dumbledore." Vivi snorted unnoticeably when she said this: "In Lily's opinion, you defeated my brother, which inevitably led to some prejudice against me, Gellert Grindelwald's sister, so she concealed this information."

"So that's how it is." Dumbledore nodded slightly.

"Lily is a talented witch, but she..." Vivi said this with a little disappointment, "She is also a little pedantic."

"Why do you say that?" Dumbledore asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No matter how we persuaded her, she refused to learn any dark magic. You know, it was the era when Voldemort was rampant. Moreover, the descendants of ancient magic would not be affected in any way." Weiwei said softly, "But I still have to affirm her noble character."

"So, Lily also learned spells from you?" Dumbledore asked.

"Yes, at that time... we had no other options, and it was too late to learn any spells at the last minute." Weiwei said with some regret: "If she could shoulder her responsibilities and realize that she was... forget it, it's all over."

She stopped herself from saying bad things about her future mother-in-law behind her back.

"What about Harry?" Dumbledore looked at Harry. "Oh... maybe I should call you senior. No wonder Phineas is always so mysterious. It turns out that you were his student back then..."

"Yes, Harry once used Polyjuice Potion to transform into Phineas and announced in the hall that all decorations would be permanently replaced with Gryffindor decorations."

When Vivi said this, she seemed to recall the happy times in the past and couldn't help but smile.

"That really pissed off Phineas, Vivi." Harry also laughed. "My God, he was so pissed that he even deducted 100 points from Gryffindor."

Dumbledore tried to imagine the scene at that time and couldn't help laughing.

"Oh my god, I can't imagine how furious Phineas will be." He winked at the seniors and smiled, "But I really don't think Phineas is a qualified principal. In fact, I hated him when I was a student."

Vivi and Harry looked at each other and both agreed with Dumbledore.

"Then we are friends," they both said together.

As long as you hate Phineas Black, you are our friend!

The candy in Dumbledore's hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

However, without giving him a chance to think, Weiwei suddenly said, "Well, we should discuss the compensation issue next, Mr. Principal."

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