Facing Elena's blue eyes, the two old men paused for a few seconds in an extremely abrupt manner.
The two exchanged glances quickly, and Grindelwald coughed lightly and spoke unhurriedly.
"About this, it's naturally because of the special characteristics of the principal and the castle administrator... hmm?!"
"The house elves found it while cleaning."
Dumbledore replied softly without changing his expression, while taking back his left foot that accidentally stepped on Grindelwald's boot, he smiled gently, with just the right amount of concern and sternness on his face.
"Long-term plans outside of school are important, but I don't want Elena to neglect the friends around you and the happiness you should enjoy at this age. Go open the gifts and have fun with your classmates.
."
"That's right, you should take a break too. You can't be alone all the time..."
Grindelwald nodded and winked meaningfully at Elena.
Then, the two greatest wizards in the current magical world half-coaxed Elena out of the library like two ordinary old people, watching the girl's figure disappear at the end of the stairs following the guiding elf, and then
After waiting for about half a minute, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, with a wry smile on their faces.
"This girl really doesn't look like an ordinary child."
Grindelwald turned around and carefully put away the manuscript papers and envelopes that Elena had placed on the table. "Seeing her appearance, I suddenly felt a little ashamed and scared... none of us were like this back then - well, what should I do?
How to describe it——"
"Urgent! An unprecedented sense of urgency."
Dumbledore frowned and said worriedly, "There has always been an inexplicable sense of crisis lingering around her, as if there was an invisible person behind her waving a whip to drive her away. Thinking about it carefully, from the beginning to today,
She rarely has a free day... Sometimes, I always worry that she will suddenly collapse from exhaustion."
"Well, you are right, I do feel this way."
Grindelwald nodded in agreement, his eyes fell on the signatures of the familiar letters in his hand, and he let out a sigh of relief, "Perhaps this is the price of foreseeing part of the future? We will never know that child
What kind of future she has experienced and witnessed - but what I am more surprised about is her growth rate."
As Grindelwald spoke, he turned his head and waved the stack of thick envelopes in Dumbledore's hand.
"Albus, can you believe it? In less than half a month, she has almost completely taken over the Saint contact points we arranged in various countries of the former Soviet Union. According to my original idea, this progress should be at least in
Three months, or even six months from now, not now."
"We are raising an incredible little monster with our own hands."
The first-generation Dark Lord slid his fingers over the traces of Elena's reply on the envelope. A touch of softness and relief appeared on his wrinkled face, but his eyes fell on Dumbledore beside him, and he asked softly meaningfully.
"So... Albus, have you thought about what to do next?"
"When this incident is almost over, I plan to force her to take a break - at least until the third grade, she will not be allowed to participate in too many things outside of school. It is better to make trouble in school than to stir up trouble in the outside world.
Be good."
"I think so too. Today's situation is too delicate, and I'm a little worried..."
Grindelwald nodded noncommittally, his voice gradually getting smaller and smaller, and he subconsciously clenched the envelopes in his hands.
Although there were no signs, and the International Magic Association did not record large-scale entry and exit of wizards, during these days when Grindelwald was in the former Soviet Union, he vaguely felt that the originally sparse traces of magic were gradually increasing.
This is not the time when he took the world by storm. Less than 10% of the saints have gathered around him again. Some of the manpower needs to be allocated to the Lovegood family, St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries, and the Destiny Station in the former Soviet Union.
stand.
More importantly, the Nikolayev Shipyard will still need a lot of manpower in the future. Once a conflict among wizards breaks out...
"What's wrong, Gail. What are you worried about?"
Dumbledore subconsciously raised his head and looked at Gellert Grindelwald not far away.
Because Grindelwald stepped forward first to collect the manuscript papers left by Elena, Dumbledore could not see his face for a while, but could only faintly hear the last few words of the old devil.
"It's nothing, I'm just worried that the child's childhood will be too boring."
Grindelwald turned around, took the pile of parchment full of writing into his arms, and replied with a sigh.
"I don't want the little guy in the future to look back on his school career and spend most of his time conveying instructions or doing various calculations and games... I have rested long enough, and it's time to get out and do more activities.
."
Unknowingly, Elena was involved in too many interested parties and was too complicated.
Perhaps for Dumbledore, who has been teaching at Hogwarts for many years, these are just a certain amount of wealth, materials, and land, but Grindelwald knows very well that this is already a cornerstone that can shake the world.
Already.
The old devil's eyes sparkled, and a very hidden dangerous aura quickly passed through him.
Hopefully, there won't be any blind guy who violates the rules of the game, otherwise...
…
On the other side, Elena, who had left the library, stood in the corridor for a while and was stunned.
Unexpectedly, she was liberated from the busy work of "reviewing memorials" by Lao Tudou and Lao Carrot. She was in a daze for a while and didn't know what to do. Her classmates hadn't returned to school yet, and the professors in various subjects were also enjoying their holidays.
As a successor of communism in her previous life, she was naturally a staunch atheist.
Although she grew up in Father Benitez's orphanage in this life, every Christmas, the orphanage only prayed briefly, and then she had to start thinking of ways to get some meat from around.
Feed those children.
Orphans are not qualified to celebrate the festival. People must first find a way to survive before they have time to think about what God likes.
Not to mention, Benitez, who relied on the support of the fraternity to successfully change jobs, and who was kicked out of the church when he was in despair, is not a very devout believer himself - for men, the priest is more of a job.
, rather than a belief.
Therefore, in Elena's impression, Christmas has never had much sense of ritual and expectation.
"Opening gifts, and not being alone all the time...?"
Elena muttered to herself, her eyes flickered, and she stretched hard.
She naturally knew the deeper meaning of Gellert Grindelwald's words. In addition to accepting the life-saving veterans left behind by the first Dark Lord, as well as a group of girlfriends such as Hermione, Hannah, and Luna, she also needed to form a group of friends.
own little group.
After all, the older generation of wizards will one day bow out from the stage of this world, and at that time, it will be these young wizards who study with her in the castle who will truly support the world and determine the future direction.
.
And more importantly, if one day she really comes across as the opposite of Dumbledore and Grindelwald...