HPMRS CH 170: The events of Past!

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Ryan looked up at the place where the sound came from and was surprised to find that Fernando, the headmaster of Castelobruxo, hurrying over on a broomstick.

Seeing headmaster Fernando who flew into the yard and hurriedly greeted Ryan and immediately walked to the shopkeeper, Ryan asked in surprise: "What is the misunderstanding of the person you just mentioned? He brought me here. I was directly attacked by him, and now you say this is a misunderstanding, what the hell is going on?"

At this time, headmaster Fernando wiped some herbs on the wound and started to treat the shopkeeper's wound with his magic wand. Ryan could feel the strong natural power released. Soon, the wound on the waist of the shopkeeper slowly healed. Headmaster Fernando stood up and was about to answer this question. The shopkeeper next to him stopped him and said: "I will answer this question. My attack was just a test. The wooden thorns are covered with ordinary sleeping potion."

"Test?" Saying this Ryan suddenly understood why the shopkeepers seemed to have given up several opportunities to attack, previously he thought it was because the shopkeeper was old and can not keep his stamina up, now it seemed that he was overreacting, but it's better to be alive by being too cautious than to die in ignorance.

"Yes, it's a test. But I didn't expect that your reaction would be so.... deadly and you have such a dangerous magic weapon in your hand. I have to admit that my experience failed me, I was too careless and conceit."

The shopkeeper said weakly. "But I just want to know one thing, your reaction was completely beyond the normal range. Can you tell me why this is?"

"Well, because I saw the Acolyte's logo in your notebook, I suspected that you were trying to kill me," Ryan replied helplessly.

"Ah, young one why'd you think that acolytes would do such a thing. You're not completely wrong though, when I was younger, I indeed was an acolyte, but you seem to have the wrong understanding of this whole organization, acolytes do not need to hide themselves, at least acolytes in this place don't need to."

"What? The information I checked was that after the failure of Grindelwald, the acolytes disappeared, so I always thought it was because of being pursued and killed, that's why they went incognito." Ryan said in surprise.

At this time, the shopkeeper, the old man, was almost recovered. After being helped by Headmaster Fernando to stand up slowly, he tried to straighten his chest, then lowered his head to look at Ryan and said, "Before answering your question, can you tell me what kind of person do you think Grindelwald is?"

"Grindelwald?" Ryan thought that the answer of the shopkeeper will depend on how he responds to this question, so he went through all the information about Grindelwald from two lifetimes he had in his mind.

And then he said: "I think that the ideology of Grindelwald was correct, as the development speed of the magic world was far behind the development speed of the Muggle world, if the Magic world didn't develop itself it'll sooner or later be overtaken by the Muggle world."

"From a historical perspective, after the outbreak of the first industrial revolution, the world of ordinary people has entered a period of rapid development. This development has achieved innovation and scientific breakthroughs far exceeding the previous dozens of millenias have achieved altogether and that too in a hundred years or so. Gellert Grindelwald was born in that era, and he clearly saw this. In this context, I believe his original intention should not be for personal gain, but for the future of the entire magical world."

"In addition, the overly strict international secrecy law system at that time made many wizards feel strong dissatisfaction. When Grindelwald first announced that he would break the shackles of secrecy laws, it was in support of a the bigger but more poorer group of wizards."

"But I think the solution he chose to solve the problem was wrong from the beginning. He thought that by instigating an all-out war between wizards and Muggles, he could take the lead when the Muggles were not fully developed, and use the war to hinder the development of the Muggle world. In the end, let the wizard come out to rule the Muggle and solve the problem once and for all. To put it bluntly, it is not choosing to follow the development when the opponent is developing rapidly, but to choose to eliminate all development possibilities."

"In his ambitions to achieve this goal, he was successful in fanning the flames of war, he killed the wizards who did not support him, and almost caused a massacre in Paris. This situation naturally triggered resistance from the wizards. When the Muggle World War broke out, the wizarding world was also in its own version of World War."

"Fortunately, Dumbledore finally stopped Grindelwald, maintaining the secrecy of wizards in the Muggle world." since Ryan has read and watched many movies on the said topic, Ryan expressed his views on Grindelwald in front of the acolyte.

But when seeing the shopkeeper's face turning a bit door, Ryan added:

"But I think what Grindelwald did is not useless. After all, it is precisely because of what Grindelwald has done that forced the magic world to amend the secrecy law and cancel those harsh regulations, so today's magic world can absorb new blood and make the magical world more diverse. The world is full of vitality now."

"I'm surprised you know so much about Grindelwald, especially for your age. But there are things you don't know about. Are you willing to listen to an old man's talk now?" After listening to Ryan's summary, the shopkeeper said.

Ryan solemnly nodded, but the excitement in his eyes couldn't be concealed, after all, this opportunity to learn the secrets of the magical world that wasn't women in any cannon is big. The shopkeeper saw the excitement in his eyes, so he cleared his throat and said: "I, Frank Skorzeny, the second generation of the Acolyte, that year my father was the first to follow the wizard Grindelwald, who later became an Acolyte commander of one of several elite action teams. Even when I was born in 1925, Grindelwald presided over my baptism."

"When Grindelwald tried to destroy the city of Paris in 26 years, my father was on the scene. He clearly saw Grindelwald prophesying for them the scene of World War II, because there was a conflict with the Auror afterward so the stage was turned into an open conflict zone."

"But as you just said, Grindelwald's policies aroused fierce resistance. When I joined the Acolytes in 1942 as an adult, we were completely in decline. Tobruk, Volgograd, Kursk, Palermo, Rome, Cherbourg, Paris, Bastogne. I have experienced every major battle of the Acolytes in the later period, but we have fewer and fewer people and more and more opponents. From the initial excitement, the fights transformed into deep exhaustion and helplessness."

"The most important thing is that our leader Grindelwald also discovered the biggest loophole in his plan. Muggles did not stop their development in this all-out war but accelerated their development. And his war in the magical world further weakened the power of the entirety of the magical world. According to my father's memory, Grindelwald was no longer the passionate leader, at age 44, he just did some things routinely."

"He chose to fight Dumbledore in 45 years because he had discovered that his dream would never be realized at that time, so he hoped to stop the wizard from killing themselves through the duel. At the same time, for the remaining loyal Acolytes, he had to find a way out."

"After the duel, Grindelwald chose to close himself in Nurmengard. Most of the Acolytes were pardoned, and many joined the Ministry of Magic in Europe and the United States after the war. The saints who killed too much were sent to exile in China and vowed never to return to their hometown."

Speaking of this, the shopkeeper glanced at Ryan and then said: "Don't look at me with that kind of eyes. I swear that we only killed in battle and never had any record of attacking non-combatants. Otherwise, the Ministry of Magic of various countries after the war would definitely not let us go. But when we test you this time, it indeed had something to do with the Acolytes."