Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 465 Voldemort's Mind Control! Grindelwald begins to waver!

Voldemort's quick-thinking words were very effective for Grindelwald.

"You're talking nonsense! He couldn't possibly have a new love interest!"

Upon hearing this, Grindelwald roared in anger and embarrassment.

The green light of the Killing Curse on the tip of his wand dissipated, instantly replaced by the red light of the Crucifixion Curse, which struck Voldemort, who had lost her wand.

Voldemort's shrill screams rang out again.

After venting his emotions, Grindelwald calmed down a bit.

His expression remained extremely grim, but instead of continuing to torture Voldemort, he used a binding spell to conjure a long magical rope that bound Voldemort into a human cocoon.

Then he roared at Voldemort, "Tell me! Tell me everything! Tell me the whole truth! If you tell even a single lie, I'll kill you!"

Upon hearing news of Dumbledore and his lover, Grindelwald's emotions became uncontrollably turbulent.

He imprisoned himself in Nurmengard, and apart from sending letters to Dumbledore and receiving replies from him, as well as the randomly generated precognitive images, he had no other way to obtain information about the outside world.

More than half a year ago, after he broke up with Dumbledore again in a letter, he never received a reply from Dumbledore again.

He has not yet received any new information related to Dumbledore.

Therefore, he knew nothing about the widely circulated news of the Hogwarts founder's blessing; the news of Dumbledore becoming younger and his deceased relatives being resurrected; or the news about Dudley.

At this point, Voldemort said that Dumbledore had a 'new love'. He couldn't believe it at first, but since Dumbledore hadn't replied to him for so long, he couldn't help but become suspicious.

So he decided to spare Voldemort's life and hear what she had to say.

He knew that doing so might be conforming to fragments of images he had foreseen.

But since that future segment is already determined, no matter what happens, Voldemort will live until that segment occurs and act out that segment.

He only needs to act according to his own will; there's no need to go against his will and kill Voldemort prematurely in order to prevent that future event from happening.

Grindelwald could guarantee that if he did that, something unexpected would happen, allowing Voldemort to survive.

At this moment, Voldemort, who had been bound into a cocoon, gradually recovered from the excruciating pain.

Under the shadow of death, she ceased her madness and her intelligence was brought to its fullest potential.

She pondered for a moment, then said to Grindelwald, "Sir, you don't know, do you? Dumbledore took in a new favorite student last year named Dudley Dursley, whom he dotes on and spoils!"

Dumbledore did whatever Dudley Dursley said. On the first day of school, he appointed Dudley Dursley as a teaching assistant at Hogwarts and awarded him the Order of Merlin, First Class.

Dumbledore could do something so outrageous: an eleven-year-old child as a teaching assistant.

And then there's something even more outrageous: even on such a momentous matter as reforming the Hogwarts education system, Dumbledore listened to Dudley Dursley…

"Is that all?" Grindelwald interrupted Voldemort impatiently, trying to salvage the situation for Dumbledore. "He's just a child. Albus always treats his students well. It's nothing."

Moreover, outstanding individuals deserve suitable positions.

"Oh dear, sir! You mustn't be fooled by Dudley Dursley's age!"

That little brat was burly and strong, standing at 1.7 meters tall. His speech and mannerisms were completely unlike those of a child; he was a grown-up, and an exceptionally outstanding one at that!

For Dudley Dursley, Dumbledore was capable of easily using his power and force to kill Death Eaters, replace the Minister of Magic, and instigate infighting among pure-blood families in England... He was capable of anything!

In just over a year, the entire British magical world has undergone a dramatic transformation!

Moreover, that Dursley brat is stronger than me, maybe even stronger than you. He's also a master craftsman of magical items; the magical amulets he makes can grant wizards the combat power of legendary wizards..."

Voldemort went on and on about Dudley's extraordinary abilities and Dumbledore's strong support for him.

Among them were many things she made up or fabricated, but which, by sheer coincidence, turned out to be true.

This finally ignited Grindelwald's jealousy and anger.

But these things were too outrageous for Grindelwald to imagine, so he stared at Voldemort with a suspicious look and asked, "Are you sure?"

"Are you serious? How could there be a legendary wizard of eleven or twelve years old in this world? And skilled in crafting magical items..."

"You can no longer view the world through the lens of the past!"

Seeing that Grindelwald was skeptical, Voldemort quickly began to present the facts, "You probably don't know that the blessing magic left by the founder of Hogwarts took effect a few months ago. That blessing magic can make white wizards younger and can also resurrect the dead."

Now, Dumbledore is no longer a white-haired old man, but a young man in his thirties, and his family members have all been resurrected.

Compared to all this, the emergence of a legendary twelve-year-old wizard is hardly a big deal.

"What did you say?! Albus has become younger? His family has been resurrected? And Ariana has been resurrected too?"

Grindelwald didn't know why he believed such an absurd thing, but since it concerned Dumbledore and his biggest unresolved issue with Dumbledore—Ariana—he couldn't remain calm.

"Yes! It's already spread throughout the British wizarding world that Dumbledore's sister, parents, nephew, and niece-in-law have all been resurrected, including Ariana, whom you mentioned."

Voldemort quickly replied.

Fearing that Grindelwald wouldn't believe her, she even used dark magic from the soul side to send a telepathic message to Amycus, who was hiding outside the cell to avoid trouble.

Soon, Amicus approached, trembling, and entered the somewhat dilapidated cell.

"Sir, sir, please don't kill me! Vesos Caro is my ancestor, I am a descendant of a shamanic saint!"

After Amycus was put in prison, he started loudly trying to curry favor with Grindelwald, as if he was afraid that Grindelwald would send him to see his great-uncle.

"Stop talking nonsense and get the newspaper for the gentleman!"

Voldemort shouted at Amicus in a hurry.

Amycus then seemed to snap out of his daze, and pulled a thick stack of the Daily Prophet from a pocket inside his wizard's robe, which was enchanted with a Seamless Stretch Charm, and handed it to Grindelwald with trembling hands.

Voldemort had her Death Eaters collect these things long ago.

It was so that it could be used to persuade Grindelwald.

Now, it has indeed come in handy.

Grindelwald snatched the stack of The Daily Prophet from Amycus's hand and quickly flipped through it.

These newspapers were carefully selected, and all of them contained major events related to Dumbledore and Hogwarts.

The timeframe covers the past year or so.

The more Grindelwald looked, the more complicated his expression became, and the more mixed his feelings became.

At the same time, he was becoming more and more convinced of what Voldemort had just said.