The Emerald at Hogwarts

Chapter 629 Nurmengard Without Summer

Do you know who RAB is?
Facing Harry's inquiry, Ada had no choice but to shake her head. She was not an encyclopedia of the wizarding world.

After thinking hard and racking her brains, Ada still couldn't figure out who this RAB was.There are too many mysteries lingering on RAB, who is he?Dead or alive?Has the soul shard in the locket been destroyed?
All these questions can only be answered after finding the person who took the locket.

Fortunately, fortunately, there is still a short name to find.If this person does good deeds without leaving a name, even "RAB", Slytherin's locket will really disappear.

Confused about RAB, Ada left Hogwarts.

Before attending Dumbledore's funeral, there was one more place she had to go to, and that was Nurmengard.

In order to rush to Nurmengard as soon as possible, Ada used various means of transportation, such as apparition, door keys, etc. When she arrived in the mountainous area away from human habitation, it was the time of the day when the temperature was the highest.

Nurmengard was a castle, and it was also a prison for wizards. Naturally, there was magic to prevent apparition. Ada could only walk up the mountain road, or use flying.

As Ada walked, she was organizing words in her mind, she didn't know how to say this sad news.

As the grim castle got closer, Ada also covered her robe more tightly.The mountains surrounding Nurmengard are covered with snow, even in the scorching summer, they will not feel hot. Nurmengard has no summer.

The old and dilapidated castle had been repaired the last time it came, and it looked a bit like it used to, but it couldn't return to its former power.

Vader sat at the long table and waited for Ida, except for her, almost no one would touch the magic at the castle gate.The house elf, Agnes, had already prepared tea.

"What's the matter, you look out of mind?" After a simple hug, Vader asked softly.During the time she stayed in Nurmengard, Vader cut off contact with the outside world. Without all those disturbances, it made her much younger.

"How is he doing now?" Ada asked. She planned to inform Grindelwald of the news of Dumbledore's death, but after she walked into Nurmengard, she hesitated.

Sometimes, just being alive for one person is enough to save another.

Just like Dumbledore to Grindelwald, Grindelwald lost everything except the unforgettable old time.

Vader sighed, and said: "It's not very good, I can't say when... the life of these years is a cruel torture for anyone, and his body has long since collapsed."

More than fifty years of prison life and half a century of lonely life, this is the torture of fate to Grindelwald, and it is the result of his own choice.The blood blisters on the feet came out by themselves.

"What's the matter?" Vader asked, she could hear the hesitation in Ada's tone, and she could also think that it must have something to do with Grindelwald.

Ada took out the Elder Wand, and she said, "Albus Dumbledore died, just last night. He... was killed."

Vader fell into a long silence due to astonishment, and it was hard for anyone to hear the news without being surprised.

Dumbledore's powerful wizarding world is well known to everyone, even children of a few years have heard his name, he is the greatest wizard of our time.

The darkness shrouded England again, and Voldemort rose again. The first person people thought of was Dumbledore, and they pinned their hopes on this old man who was over a hundred years old.

Who would have thought that he would leave this world, or in such an unacceptable way?
"Isn't this a shitty plan?" Vader lost his usual grace.

This news was so shocking that Vader even wondered if this was a fake death plan created by Dumbledore, waiting for the opportunity to trick Voldemort.Taking suspended animation as a measure, both the wizarding world and the Muggle world have it.

Vader and Ada had performed together before, and carefully prepared the coffin, and finally put Alan Rozier and others into the case, so there is no more worries.

"I hope so too, but it's a pity..." Ada said softly.

Through analysis, Ada had already guessed that Dumbledore's life was not long, and also guessed that Dumbledore might let Snape kill him.He did use his own death to make Voldemort trust Snape even more.

That's why Ada shot at Snape, she had to make a show.

After a long silence, Vader led Ada upstairs without saying a word, towards the highest room in the castle.There is Grindelwald's bedroom and the cell of the original Dark Lord.

Ada had been to this room before, and it was in a mess at that time, books and rags were everywhere, only a small wooden box remained intact.Now the place is neatly arranged, the books are back on the bookshelves, the worn clothes are gone, only the hard bed is still there.

Climbing up another narrow staircase, Vader and Ada came to the cramped small attic.

The black stones that built the castle were exposed, and the sunlight shone in through the extremely narrow gaps, which was the only light in the prison.

Grindelwald, who was leaning on the chair, turned his head slowly, and the robe was worn on him like a skeleton.

Despite Vader's meticulous care, Grindelwald was emaciated, his face became skeletal, and his eyes were sunken in their sockets.He also lost almost all his teeth.

I can't recognize it, Ada can't recognize the old man in the dimly lit attic, is this the Gellert Grindelwald I know?
"It's you, why are you here again, is there something you don't understand?" Grindelwald said, his voice was very soft, and he spoke very slowly.

Then he turned back and looked out through the narrow window again.Grindelwald continued: "Still, you are here to tell me some bad news."

The words suddenly got stuck in his throat and it was difficult to speak them out.

Ada believes that as long as she tells the reason for this, Grindelwald will immediately lose the will to live and accelerate towards death.

Vader turned his head, and the crystal tears disappeared in a flash.Although she brought Ada up, and she decided to let Ada inform Grindelwald of the news, Vader still couldn't bear it after all.

"Dumbledore...Albus Dumbledore has left, just last night." Ada mustered up her strength and said the words that made her a little suffocated, saying that she had visited Nurmengard again s reason.

When the voice fell to the ground, Grindelwald didn't respond, and seemed to accept the cruel fact of Dumbledore's death.Perhaps Grindelwald had a premonition long ago. He was the wizard who accurately predicted the Muggle World War II.

After a while, Grindelwald said slowly: "I see. In fact, you don't have to worry about it. Death is nothing to be afraid of. It's just another great adventure."

Ada took out the Elder Wand from her robes, which once belonged to Dumbledore and also once belonged to Grindelwald.

The trembling hands stopped trembling after receiving the Elder Wand.Grindelwald stroked the Elder Wand tenderly with dry fingers, as if stroking the face of a lover.

He continued, "Thank you for the news, Ada. We were as close as brothers, and more than brothers, and now we're both old, that mean bastard . . . "

"And you, Vader. Don't be sad, don't be sad, you should know that my life was ruined a long time ago. Now I'm just a shell bound by chains, growing moldy and rotting... "

Grindelwald spoke flatly, as if he was comforting, but also as if he was making a final farewell.

Suddenly, he seemed to see that summer in Godric's Hollow in Nurmengard.

(End of this chapter)