"I really want to see that child. Severus’s Occlumency is always formidable, yet there’s a natural Legilimens that can make even him feel afraid?"
"No matter how gifted they are, can they be more talented than me? Hogwarts never lacks students with outstanding talent!"
...
After Snape left.
The former headmasters on the wall of Hogwarts started a lively discussion. The noisy atmosphere did not affect Dumbledore’s thoughts.
He gently raised his hand again, and the book on the table quickly opened.
The same name again.
The same contemplation.
[Aurora Grindelwald]
Upon seeing this name for the first time in the Book of Admission, Dumbledore went to Nimongard to meet an old friend. This surname clearly comes from the first Black Demon King.
Gellert Grindelwald.
The person in the [Book of Admission] is not a direct descendant of Gellert Grindelwald but inexplicably inherited the rare talent related to Gellert Grindelwald.
In fact.
Just a while ago.
The ideology Dumbledore lectured to Snape was somewhat altered and influenced after his visit to Gellert Grindelwald.
"Albus, both your failures and mine stem from wanting to change too many things, too many people, without realizing we are just somewhat powerful wizards."
"Wizards can divert fate, but they shouldn’t attempt to dictate it... Now, I just wish for this child to walk her own path of wizardry with the mindset I’ve come to reflect upon."
This was Gellert Grindelwald’s exact words to Dumbledore.
Even with a hint of pleading.
Making it hard for Dumbledore to refuse.
However.
The hesitation and doubt persist because Dumbledore really can’t judge if there are other motives in Gellert Grindelwald’s words.
Indeed.
Gellert Grindelwald may not deceive him, but he could certainly perform actions to mislead him. Perhaps no one in this world understands the art of using language better than Gellert Grindelwald.
Previously, saying he wasn’t as smart as others imagined wasn’t Dumbledore’s self-deprecation or so-called false modesty. Throughout his life, he has left many regrets for being overly clever.
Precisely because of this.
Dumbledore resonated with Gellert Grindelwald’s two paragraphs.
Also for this reason.
Dumbledore worries about what else Gellert Grindelwald intends to manipulate.
Can’t blame him for being suspicious.
The main point is.
After staying in Nimongard for many years, Gellert Grindelwald’s change is indeed far greater than Dumbledore imagined. Dumbledore remembers Gellert Grindelwald’s biggest change happened that year.
"1979..."
It was one day in this year.
The once disheartened Gellert Grindelwald seemed to regain his former vigor. It was the first time in years that Dumbledore was stunned and rushed to Nimongard to see this old friend.
"Dumbledore, I hope you can join me in witnessing the changes in this world rather than preventing them."
"You can stop me, stop many things, stop that Tom, the jumping jack, but, Albus, you and I cannot stop the rise of legends."
That very year.
As if he regained vitality, even rearranging his dwelling, eating steak, as though he had become twenty or thirty years younger, Gellert Grindelwald wisely... admonished Dumbledore.
And this year.
Is the year when children born in 1979 start schooling.
"The legend you speak of, is it your descendant?" Dumbledore raised his hand gently, caressing the name on the [Book of Admission], murmuring softly to himself.