Unveiling Shadows: The Intrigue of Grindelwald and the Unsettling Future of the Wizarding World

(This chapter involves some speculations. It is recommended to read it repeatedly.)

Three roommates went to the kitchen to get some late-night snacks, while Jon returned to the dormitory by himself.

Although he was incredibly tired in the morning, now that it was evening, he felt energetic.

He had been chatting with Helga for almost the entire night yesterday, so he decided to temporarily suspend tonight's classes. However, Jon wasn't planning to rest; instead, he intended to organize the results of his conversation with Helga yesterday.

He pulled out two sheets of parchment paper from the desk drawer. Jon picked up a quill and dipped it in ink. He was still not accustomed to using a quill pen, but he believed that with more practice, he would improve.

Jon lightly sketched a few strokes and drew a timeline on the parchment paper.

"Jon, your pie." Scali walked in, holding a pie wrapped in a paper bag. "What are you drawing here?"

"Take a look. Can you understand it?" Jon handed the parchment paper with the timeline to Scali, only to receive a shake of the head in return.

"What is this thing you're drawing?"

Jon looked at Scali's perplexed expression, shook his head without explaining, and said, "It's a secret."

"Well, you always have so many secrets."

Scali put down the pie and parchment paper, patting Jon's shoulder. "Get some rest early. Don't tire yourself out. The first class tomorrow is Professor Snape's Potion class."

"Don't worry, I'll go to sleep early. You should also go back and rest."

After seeing Scali out through the bed curtain, Jon took a bite of the pie and continued drawing the timeline.

The timeline and the fluctuations of magical power, the former was used to sort out various major events that occurred over the past thousand years, while the latter was inferred based on those events.

Jon had studied some Muggle history, and traditionally, when significant events happened in the wizarding world, significant events also occurred in the Muggle world.

The reverse was also generally true. The lowest point of the wizarding world coincided with the decline of European theology, followed by the rise of the scientific era.

"The Industrial Revolution... that should be the nadir of the magical environment. Then, with the development of technology, the low period of the magical environment ends, and the survival ability of the wizarding world begins to recover."

"As for the beginning... it should be the bourgeois revolution that erupted in Europe. The first... should be the Bill of Rights in England in 1689, which restricted royal power and established a constitutional monarchy with the king's power restrained by the parliament. That same year, the wizarding world passed the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy."

"The low period... should have lasted until around 1840. At that time, England had gone through the golden age of the great voyages, reaching its peak strength in the world. Accompanying that was the resurgence of the magical environment, and the wizarding world must have been involved in the benefits gained by England."

"Subsequently, with the recovery of the magical environment, the power of wizards also became stronger, and friction between them increased. Nations also changed their positions. After all, while magic has no borders, wizards have their own countries."

The curve drawn by Jon's pen had become clear. At this moment, the curve maintained a continuous upward trend, albeit weak, and it had improved significantly compared to the nadir.

If we look at it according to the timeline of the original work, Harry Potter himself and his two friends, the future Minister of Magic Hermione Granger and her husband Ron Weasley, along with their classmates from the same year like Neville Longbottom and Draco Malfoy, their future magical abilities would reach the level of "Subpar Dumbledore." The total number would undoubtedly surpass that of the two legendary wizards.

While contemplating, Jon wrote down the name Gellert Grindelwald on the parchment paper.

This legendary dark wizard was expelled by Dismas Trang in 1899 and subsequently traveled to Britain in the summer, where he met the young Dumbledore. The two quickly became good friends but later broke up due to ideological differences. However, it is unquestionable that Grindelwald only loved Dumbledore throughout his life. Dumbledore was the same.

Jon had little experience in friendship and had never experienced a friendship so deep and everlasting, so besides feeling shocked, he didn't have any other emotions.

"If we say that Gellert Grindelwald, hidden behind the scenes, influenced the will of Germany at the time and indirectly triggered two world wars, it's not completely unreasonable."

Jon circled the name and concluded, "He indeed had that power."

He reached a conclusion that ultimately had no use.

Could he submit it to the Prophet, beat Rita Skeeter to publish a book called "The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore"?

Then he would probably be expelled from Hogwarts next.

He wasn't a historian, and there was no need for him to do this historical research. As for why he spent time and effort on this timeline drawing, it was partly to show it to Herla and partly for Jon to verify his own idea, or rather, he wanted to predict whether something might happen next in the wizarding world.

Not to mention anything else, just look at the current situation in Britain and the international environment; they are not as peaceful as described in the original books.

Last year, in 1989, after the forced collapse of the Berlin Wall, a large number of East Germans under Soviet control flooded into West Germany, leading to a substantial increase in the German government's welfare and social security expenditures, which directly caused a surge in the country's fiscal deficit.

Jon didn't have much knowledge about this event before because he collected the major events of the wizarding world before entering school. He only started collecting major events in the Muggle world in the past three days, thanks to the relevant memories in his mind and the fact that Hogwarts offered Muggle Studies, so he could find some related books.

Regarding the collapse of the Berlin Wall, Jon suspected that there were dark wizards behind it, either remnants of Grindelwald's followers or Voldemort's agents with a presence in the British Isles—both possibilities were feasible. Voldemort's influence was indeed not as weak as described in the books.

Regardless, Jon believed that there were dark wizards behind this event, fueling the flames. Since dark wizards were involved, their goal would definitely not be as simple as facilitating the reunification of Germany.

If these dark wizards wanted to provoke trouble, then the British magical community, where Dumbledore resided, would undoubtedly be their primary target—whether these individuals were Grindelwald's subordinates or Voldemort's henchmen, they held deep-rooted hatred towards Dumbledore.

That's why Jon said that this event was of great importance.

Whether this was a sign of Voldemort's resurgence or not, the upcoming situation in the British wizarding world was likely to collapse, just like the British society in the previous life.

At that time, the magical world would probably not be able to maintain even the appearance of peace for long.