Chapter 768: Gellert Grindelwald (Edited)

Grindelwald was stunned for a moment by Fish's words, then he laughed and shook his head.

"If Albus wanted to take me in, he would have mentioned it the last time he came to see me, and since he hasn't said anything yet, it means he hasn't made up his mind either."

"Well... I don't understand, nya..."

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Fish scratched his head, confused. "Aren't you good friends, nya? Albus even said you used to be his boyfriend... It's weird, both of you are men, nya."

"Did he tell you that?" Grindelwald raised an eyebrow, surprised, and chuckled. "Our love is more of a spiritual bond, it has little to do with gender."

He briefly explained, and seeing that Fish still looked confused, he said, "Anyway, it's not that important, you don't have to worry too much about it."

"Oh..."

Fish nodded, not attaching much importance to the matter, and said, "Then you can come to Fish's house to play. Originally, Fish was planning to fight you this time! Fish even has wands ready!"

(ΦωΦ)

Fish took out several wands from his pockets, which he had thought he would need to use the Apparition Charm, so he had borrowed them from his neighbors in Hogsmeade before coming here.

"Originally?" Grindelwald caught the subtext of Fish's words. "Are you worried that I'll escape and continue causing trouble even after having a wand?"

"Yes, that's right, nya!"

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Fish purred and shook his head. "Fish knows why you're locked up, and Fish is the one worried that you'll go out and cause trouble. It doesn't matter to Fish if it's beating up one Dark Lord or two."

He said, raising his fist and waving it in front of Grindelwald's face.

"Oh? And what made you give up on that idea?"

Grindelwald laughed, not taking Fish's threat seriously. Although Albus had told him before that Fish was weak, that he could learn any spell in an instant, and that he didn't have good skills... And that he was still a genius?

So, even though his strength and health were declining due to his years of self-imposed captivity, Grindelwald still believed he would be able to confront a wizard who was still coming of age and graduating, even if he was a strange genius according to Albus.

"Because now you seem so strong." Fish knew what Grindelwald was thinking at this moment and said sincerely, "Yes, but even your teeth have fallen out, and your life force is so weak that it seems Fish would kill you if he tried."

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At the same time, Fish wondered if he should heal the other man and fight him again.

Grindelwald, on the other hand, just laughed when he heard Fish's reasoning and didn't say anything about being seen as weak. It's not like he was annoyed with Fish now, not even when he was in the prime of his life. He wouldn't have cared about the provocation from a child.

He had no intention of "fighting" Fish, but certainly, if it was a form of mentorship, Grindelwald would have gladly done it.

Fish decided to wait for Albus to arrive, so he put away the wands and asked curiously, "By the way, why did Albus lock you up?"

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Fish twitched his ears and said seriously, "Albus is very good at rewarding people, not to mention you're so close to him."

"Hehehe..." Speaking of the past, Grindelwald couldn't help but let out a self-deprecating laugh. "Actually, what I was going to do back then was similar to what Voldemort did, which was to make wizards leaders and have them rule over Muggles. The only difference between us is that I didn't intend to kill Muggles... although I did kill a lot of people in the process, but that was just the means I used to achieve my goal."

"How strange, why do all of you target Muggles?" Fish still understood Grindelwald and Voldemort, as well as the pure-bloods from Slytherin. "Muggle food is delicious, and their television, which is usually filled with cartoons, is not boring!"

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"Television? Are you referring to those strange boxes Muggles have?" Grindelwald asked suspiciously. "Isn't there anything boring about that thing?"

He hadn't known much about Muggle things back then, and he had the impression that this so-called television was a very fancy machine for storing blurry and colorless images, more like a meditation bowl for wizards than anything else.

But then Fish enthusiastically told Grindelwald about television and how he had been exposed to all sorts of uninteresting things from the Muggle world during his summer holidays at Hermione's house.

Grindelwald was also interested in what was happening in the current Muggle world, so he patiently listened to Fish's account, occasionally asking a question or two.

So when the tired Albus appeared at the cell door, he saw Fish and Grindelwald engaged in conversation.

"Oh, there you are, nya!"

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Fish, with keen hearing, was the first to notice Dumbledore's arrival. "Fish just asked Grindelwald a question, he said it's because you didn't welcome him outside, that's why he didn't want to come out, nya."

Fish approached Dumbledore and said, "Are you a good friend of Gellert's, nya? And Gellert already knows he's wrong, so why let him out, nya?"

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Dumbledore: "..."

Fish was only walking a bit faster than him. How did Fish end up on Grindelwald's side already? And... Gellert? Fish had been calling himself the old bad guy for years!

Although the reason Dumbledore brought Fish here was because he noticed his lack of will to live before their next encounter, so he asked Fish to try to make it more positive...

But what the hell is going on that he has come to know Fish better than himself in such a short time?

Dumbledore's humor was very straightforward...

So Dumbledore endured and said, "Weren't you going to fight Gellert? Why haven't you done it yet?"

Of course Dumbledore knew that it was highly unlikely for them to fight, hence why he was climbing the stairs at a leisurely pace. It's just that now... he would prefer to see the two of them fight!

Grindelwald gave Dumbledore a surprised look, taken aback by his reaction, while Fish honestly said, "Gellert's body is too weak, and his life force is very feeble. Fish is afraid of killing him with a single blow, then Albus will be sad, nya."

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Upon Fish's words, Dumbledore, who was originally feeling down, suddenly smiled.

"Actually, one of the reasons I brought you here is that Gellert's body has become very weak due to his long captivity, and your spell called [Flower of Life] should improve it."

"Oh yes, Fish was so focused on talking to Gellert that he forgot, nya!"

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Fish realized that he had thought of giving some treatment to Gellert.

So Fish reached out his hands to Gellert while looking at him with curiosity.