Chapter 32: Chapter 27: Ultimate Persuasion, Going All Out Face-to-Face!
Ian’s last trick was revealed.
He used the most sinister tactic against children.
"!!!!!"
Aurora’s expression suddenly beca very animated. She gasped and looked at Ian with an indescribable disbelief.
"You actually want to bribe ?"
Aurora’s voice carried a hint of incredulity, and perhaps a little excitent?
"This isn’t bribery, Miss Grindelwald. It’s a transaction between you and ." Ian corrected earnestly and continued in a lowered voice.
"I’ll secretly return the book. By then, it would be a win-win where nothing actually happened. I gain the knowledge I want, and you get the Golden Galleons to buy plenty of chocolate frogs."
"Or perhaps you prefer lemon sherbet or Bibiduo flavor beans?" Ian figured that kids likely couldn’t resist the temptation of snacks.
As it turned out.
Aurora’s expression clearly wavered. The aloof air that her appearance gave her seed to dissipate quite a bit.
"I don’t know if it’s right or wrong to do this, but it feels like a rebellious act I’ve never done before. Maybe this is exactly what my grandfather said I need to learn at Hogwarts?"
Aurora seed to be talking to herself.
"Learn what?"
Ian asked curiously.
The extraordinarily beautiful young girl looked up at Ian.
She uttered two words.
"Slyness."
She made a conclusive judgnt.
"..."
Ian sowhat regretted his prying question.
However, things were fortunately progressing as he hoped.
"I can agree to this transaction with you."
Ultimately, Aurora was persuaded by Ian. It might not be the Golden Galleons that persuaded her; maybe she just thought that behaving this way would allow her to gain sothing she wanted.
Hmm.
It’s hard to imagine soone wanting to beco cunning.
"A wise choice!"
Ian was a bit excited.
"Here you go."
Aurora took out a piece of paper.
On it, she noted the nas of each book.
Then.
She took a Golden Galleon from the counter and handed it to Ian — this was the money from returning three books, minus the rental fee, with one left over.
"Thank you! This is really helpful!"
Ian sincerely thanked her. If his wallet wasn’t so constrained, he wouldn’t have tricked the little girl; alas, even a hero can be defeated by a lack of funds.
He hadn’t expected there to be so many textbooks over seven years, and given Teacher Mara’s situation, it was certain he’d need countless more books in the future.
"You’re welco."
Aurora replied with a crisp voice.
Suddenly.
She asked unexpectedly.
"Does that make us accomplices?"
For so reason.
The voice of this little foreign girl sounded a bit excited.
"Friends."
Ian responded with a smile.
"Friends?"
Aurora’s gaze turned a bit dazed again.
Yet.
Soon she refocused on those books.
"To be honest, I don’t suggest pouring too much into studying magic potions, as they won’t grant you much powerful strength." Aurora seriously advised.
"I’m just interested, that’s all."
Ian started stacking the books one by one, making it easier to carry them back. anwhile, Aurora went to a corner and pulled out a book from a white backpack.
"My grandfather told , when you make like-minded friends, you need to win their hearts. I think this will suit you." Aurora approached Ian with a very expensive-looking book.
"What is this?"
By now, Ian had picked up a stack of books, and saw Aurora placing her book on top of the pile of magic potion books that had already towered over his head.
"I have a gift. I can sense it will suit you very well... better than lying around with ." Aurora’s odd-colored eyes focused on Ian’s face.
"Thanks."
No matter what it was.
It was after all a gift.
Ian felt the unique pressure from her odd-colored eyes.
"I’m heading back; see you in a couple of days."
Ian prepared to skidaddle.
"You’re the most persuasive peer I’ve ever seen. You shouldn’t live here; you’re destined to end up in Azkaban. Sooner or later, you’ll end up there for fraud."
Aurora also waved goodbye, though she sincerely expressed her feelings. Her remarks, as always, were open and frank, speaking her mind.
"I’ll take that as a complint. Azkaban isn’t all that bad, but if I had to choose, Azkaban would be a crash course; Nimongard is the real graduation."
Ian joked.
He struggled a bit, carrying the stack of books to the door. If it weren’t for the physical skills from [Free Fighting], his small fra might not have managed such a huge pile of books.
"You know about Nimongard?"
Sitting back at the far end of the counter, Aurora looked up in surprise.
"That’s the place where the first generation Black Demon King is imprisoned. I know it. Yes, my textbook likely has a record of it. I’ll look up the na tonight."
Ian knew this information from the textbook in the "Magic History" class.
But he had been busy studying Rune Language and hadn’t read any first-year textbooks other than "Standard Spell: Beginner".
The things he ntioned were mories from before his crossing over, from several films and Hermione fanfictions he read. These haven’t faded yet despite the passing of ti. Occasionally, in so chats of the current Chapter of a Hermione fanfiction, mysterious people would ntion Nimongard.
Like the Sorting Hat.
Or the main character committing murder.
Mysterious people would shout to send the main character to Nimongard.
"Gellert."
Aurora spoke in a low voice.
"Uh, is it this?"
Ian continued walking.
"I think there shouldn’t be any mistake in this matter. His na is Gellert... Grindelwald." Aurora’s voice slowly dropped.
Ian stopped in his tracks.
Due to the mory haze from drifting for so long post-crossing, it suddenly cleared up.
Damn!
No wonder!
No wonder the na Grindelwald sounded familiar!
Before crossing over, wasn’t there a derivative film about this na in the works? Oops! Did he stupidly call soone else’s family mber a Black Demon King right in front of them!
"Miss Grindelwald..."
Ian reluctantly turned his head to look behind.
He saw the German girl looking at him with a deep gaze.
"If I said Black Demon King was a positive term, would you believe ?"
Ian forced a very awkward smile.
"You should be grateful Craft isn’t here."
Aurora suddenly chuckled.
She raised her hand in a goodbye gesture to Ian.
"But he will be back soon."
This seed like a reminder.
Ian quickly grasped his books and bolted – he ran back to the small house Snape arranged for him, panting hard. After a short rest, he dumped the dozens of books onto the table.
"Rustle~"
A large pile of books spread across the table.
Among them.
The most striking book, gifted by Aurora, was uniquely shaped, with a black cover streaked with purple streaks, looking and feeling completely different from the old textbooks.
"Advanced Dark Arts Unveiled"
The na of the book might carry a special magic.
It seed to squirm and twist.
〔ps: Note, there wasn’t any sneaky business. This book was outlined only after the first five Chapters were released on day one, hence the first five Chapters were slightly edited following readers’ suggestions.
Grindelwald only appeared in the film "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
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