The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 197 Harvest
Bubbles are many small bubbles gathered together, which reflect beautiful colors under the sunlight.Even though it is beautiful, it is fragile and illusory. Even if there is no interference from external forces, it will quickly shatter, leaving nothing behind.

These fantasies are like the foam in the water, the shadow in the mirror, the dew in the morning.If you indulge in this, indulging in falsehood, you will eventually kill your fighting spirit, soften your beliefs, and stop you from moving forward.

The sweetness of the hot cocoa has been diluted by the addition of water, but the relationship between Ada and Grindelwald has been deepened in these small talk.This is the charm of Grindelwald, he can always make others willing to listen to him, and let others take their thoughts as a standard.

This is what Ada does not have, and it is also one of the reasons why she has no appeal in school. It is precisely because of the lack of this charm that Ada cannot become a real leader.

Ada needs to have this charm and cultivate this kind of leadership. Only in this way can she truly surpass Dumbledore and Grindelwald, otherwise she can only be a general who charges into battle, or a lone ranger.

In Nurmengard, Ada didn't learn any decent magic, nor did she get private lessons from the original Dark Lord, but she learned something more important.

Getting along with Grindelwald these days, Ada knows from him that talent is not the only one, and matching determination and confidence are equally important; Many lessons of failure have been summed up in him. Compared with real people, the power of written words is after all inferior.

No magic can match the precepts and deeds of the first generation of the Dark Lord, and this is Ada's greatest achievement.

If Voldemort had studied Grindelwald well, perhaps Voldemort's impact would have been greater, and he might not have been so extreme before he achieved his goal.

As for inheriting the mantle of Grindelwald, raising the banner of "for the greater good", in order to be able to "breathe in the sun", and waving the flag for "relative fairness", Ida will not do it, go all over again Grindelwald's old ways make no sense.

It was unsuccessful in [-], and it is even more difficult now.And because of her background, even if Ada really copied Grindelwald's approach, it would only be more difficult.

Two generations of Dark Lords tried to change the world for their own different ideals.They achieved their goals through violence and war, and what they got back was the same violence and war. Without exception, they all failed.

Even on a road paved with the bones of our predecessors, there is still little hope of success on this road.At least there is no good way for Ada now. Compared with how to think about dragon slaying, strengthening her own strength is what she should do most. Otherwise, no matter how good the dragon slaying plan is, it will be useless.

A leader who can be easily defeated is meaningless and will not gain the approval of others.

Perhaps this is the reason why Dumbledore brought Ada to Nurmengard, making Grindelwald a beacon in her life, guiding Ada on the foggy ocean.

In addition to these, the benevolent Grindelwald also answered a question that has troubled her for a long time for Ida, that is, will every dark wizard fall?Pulled into the quagmire by black magic, becoming violent, extreme, and looking like a psychopath.

After asking this topic, Ada regretted it, because she saw Grindelwald looking at herself like a fool.

Maybe it was because the sunshine was very good that day, or maybe it was because the sausage had a taste of home. Grindelwald just asked indifferently: "Do you think I look mentally abnormal?"

Indeed, Grindelwald does not fit the description of the dark wizard in the book.He was one of the two most proficient in black magic in the world, but black magic didn't bring him much harm, at least in Ada's opinion.

In Grindelwald's explanation, Ada learned that: It turns out that the influence of black magic on users is divided into active and passive.

When casting black magic, in addition to needing magic power as support, you also need to mobilize extreme negative emotions, so that black magic will take effect.Continuously affected by such negative emotions, the user will be eroded by the evil power of black magic itself over time, which is the passive influence of black magic.

For example, Death Eaters and most of the dark wizards enjoy the pleasure of killing or torturing others. If they are not strong enough, they are naturally unable to resist the influence of black magic and become extreme and crazy.

The other is to actively seek, black magic users actively accept the influence of black magic on themselves, and obtain more powerful power through dangerous black magic deformation. This irreversible deformation method will make people more and more dangerous .

Moreover, dark wizards who can actively seek influence are often very powerful.Voldemort, for example, gained more power this way and lost a lot at the same time.And because of his strong personal strength, he didn't die in the dangerous transformation.

A counterexample is Ada’s former Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Glover Cecil, whose strength is not enough to support him to complete the transformation. If Dumbledore hadn’t saved him, he would have died in the summer of 1990. There was no chance to meet Ada either.

As long as they don't seek active transformation like Voldemort, the only thing left for the dark magic user to resist is passive influence.Resistance to this method requires not only your own strength as the foundation, but also a strong inner support, or finding other "external forces" to help you resist this influence, such as love, such as the person you love.

The world of magic is so idealistic. In this world, "love" is the most powerful emotion. It can form an ancient magic to resist the killing curse, and it can also be used as inner strength to resist the invasion of thoughts by black magic.

Grindelwald did not comment on Voldemort, who took the initiative to seek transformation, but judging from his daily performance, Grindelwald has some disdain for his colleague.Grindelwald recognized Voldemort's personal strength, but criticized his way of doing things.

It's no wonder that Grindelwald's followers killed someone and would prepare a good coffin for the other party. Naturally, some of them looked down on the British counterparts who murdered and set fire and then put a big flower.

Grindelwald is very rude to those wizards who cannot resist the passive influence of black magic. He calls such people "stupids".Ada, who was afraid of black magic before, was naturally included in this category.

Nurmengard was surrounded by a strong learning atmosphere, and so was Hogwarts, because the exam was getting closer and closer to them.In addition to the oppressive feeling brought about by the final exam, Gryffindor was also affected by other things.

The infighting incident was caused by Harry and the others losing 150 points, which disqualified Gryffindor from continuing to compete for the Academy Cup, so he was no longer regarded as a hero by other Gryffindors, but "that person".

One of the parties involved in the internal strife was suffering from a month-long confinement; the other hadn't shown up at school since that day. Even though there was no announcement, the whole school took it for granted that Ada has been fired.

This made Fred and George, who were worried about Ida, very anxious.

These days, in addition to pestering Professor McGonagall, Fred and George sent a lot of letters to the Burrow, but the Weasleys told the two brothers to be calm and not to worry.

But Ada, who was in Nurmengard, couldn't get in touch with the twins, and the twins couldn't ask anything from Professor McGonagall, so how can we not be in a hurry?
Harry Potter's punishment was also fixed. Not only did he have to deduct points, he also had to go to the Forbidden Forest with Hagrid to investigate clues at night, because someone killed the holy unicorn in the Forbidden Forest.

I don't know if Harry is lucky or he is unlucky. When he was investigating in the Forbidden Forest, he happened to meet Quirrell who sucked the blood of a unicorn.So Harry did not hesitate to put the blame on Snape, and regarded the evil figure in the Forbidden Forest as the potions professor.

Ada, who is far away in Austria, still doesn't know what happened at Hogwarts, she is counting the days of her coming here with her fingers.Although getting along with Grindelwald was very pleasant, she became more and more homesick. She missed everything in Hogwarts, especially her friends.

(End of this chapter)