That’s right, it’s strength.

In this respect, he is actually the same as Voldemort. Whether it is Rosier, Barty Crouch Jr., or Bellatrix, they have all been called geniuses and are the best among wizards of the same age.

But the difference is that in addition to strength, Voldemort focuses more on loyalty and pure blood, while Grindelwald focuses on brains.

He never lacks loyalty, so he prefers those smart and intelligent wizards.

What Oren did to Snape just happened to be in line with his assessment criteria.

"You want to see him, but he may not want to see you." Kyle muttered softly.

"What did you say?" Grindelwald looked over.

"Nothing, you heard it wrong." Kyle said casually, recalling what Snape had just said.

Maurice Oren.

The last time he saw this former professor was in the vault of Gringotts. He wanted to control the goblins to enter the vault of the Lestrange family, but was stopped by Kyle who was traveling with him.

Although he would not be able to find what Voldemort wanted even if he did go in, Kyle was happy to do anything to cause trouble for the Death Eaters.

What's more, he extorted tens of thousands of Galleons from Gringotts because of this incident, so it was not a loss no matter how you looked at it.

Of course, this is only from his perspective.

If it were a fairy, we would have to add the cost of repairing the vault and the track, as well as the adult fire dragon that was let loose, whether intentionally or accidentally.

This number needs to be added up.

Bill heard some goblin rumors from his goblin friends that the British goblins once wanted to change the sign at the door of Gringotts.

Those are the long warning lines that everyone who enters Gringotts can see.

They wanted to change the third sentence "All you can do is take, nothing you can do" to "Kyle and Death Eaters are not allowed to enter."

Kyle even got to be in the front.

Of course, this was just a rumor spread by a few drunk goblins. Gringotts officials firmly denied the authenticity of the news and stated that the warning sign on the gate of Gringotts had existed for nearly a thousand years and could not be changed in any way.

After the news of Voldemort's defeat at Hogwarts spread, they published three statements in the newspapers, assuring Kyle that these were all rumors and that Gringotts would definitely treat all wizards equally.

As for the truthfulness of this statement... in Kyle's opinion, it was as ridiculous as "Gringotts has existed for nearly a thousand years."

Kyle vaguely remembered that Gringotts had existed for even less time than Nico was old. In the entire British wizarding world, Hogwarts was the only building that had remained unchanged for a thousand years.

But these are not important, they can only be regarded as minor episodes at most.

Kyle shook his head and turned his attention back to Snape, and couldn't help asking, "Well... do you know where Oren went?"

"I don't know." Snape shook his head, "But he should have gone to Hogwarts with the other Death Eaters.

"The Dark Lord did not hold back or hide anything in this war. He directly summoned all the Death Eaters to join the battle."

"No, I don't think I saw him during the Battle of Hogwarts." Kyle searched his memory carefully.

It was not difficult to see from the previous few contacts that Oren was already a Death Eater of very high status, almost as high as Barty Crouch Jr., and his strength was also stronger than that of an ordinary professor.

It was impossible for him to be completely unaware of the news that a Death Eater like this had joined the battlefield.

And now think about it, during the period after the battle, people always talked about those Death Eaters with names and surnames. Some said that they escaped from Rodolphus's hands, and some said that they cast a Stunning Curse on Barty Crouch Jr. from behind.

The only person who was not mentioned once was Morris Oren, the former professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

"Did you see him go into Hogwarts?"

"...It seems not." Snape also realized something was wrong, "I can only say that he must be on the way to Hogwarts.

"As one of Voldemort's most trusted Death Eaters, if Maurice Oren were missing it would certainly be noticed.

"But the Dark Lord said nothing, so he must have been among the main force at the time."

"And then disappeared during the attack on Hogwarts." Kyle suddenly laughed.

"Rodolphus was turned into stone and shattered by Mr. Weasley, Barty Crouch Jr. was left forever on the grounds by the Black Lake, Goyle was hung from the ceiling after being defeated by Mr. Weasley, and the Malfoys fled...

"Even Voldemort is dead. Only Oren is fine. Maybe even his clothes are clean."

"This..." Kyle raised an eyebrow at Snape, "We are all undercover, and his result is much better than yours."

"Oren, is he an undercover agent?" Snape looked at Dumbledore with an unhappy expression, "Such a big thing, why have you never told me?"

"Would you believe me if I said I didn't know either?" Dumbledore sighed.

"What do you think..." Snape said indifferently.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with what Kyle said, or that was what he thought.

They tried their best to instigate the war before it started, but simply disappeared during the war. This alone is enough to explain the problem.

And before the battle began, no Death Eater thought they would lose, including Snape.

Because in their view, Dumbledore is dead and Voldemort is invincible. They don't even need to defeat their opponents. As long as they can delay them, Voldemort can kill those tough enemies one by one.

They will win this war sooner or later, it's just a matter of time.

As one of Voldemort's most radical Death Eaters, there was no reason for Oren not to participate in this war where he could gain credit for nothing.

Unless he got some news in advance...for example, Dumbledore was not dead or something like that.

Thinking of this, Snape's face suddenly frowned.

It would have been fine if Kyle knew that Dumbledore was not dead. Oren, who joined in halfway, knew it, but he was the only one who was kept in the dark.

Is Dumbledore that distrustful?

If that's the case, then why let him risk his life and return to Voldemort... Oren did just as well, even better than him.

Faced with Snape's ever-changing eyes and the various dirty words revealed in his eyes, Dumbledore became even more helpless.

"I swear in the name of the headmaster of Hogwarts that Oren was not arranged by me."

"But you are no longer the principal." Kyle reminded quietly.

"Then in the name of the school director..."

"As we all know, the words of the Hogwarts governor are Mikel's Potions homework."

"What's the meaning……"

"It's all rubbish," Snape blurted out.

"That's it," Kyle shrugged.

Those directors have made a lot of bad decisions, such as firing Dumbledore and exploiting the ghost professor without paying him. But when Umbridge and the Ministry of Magic were bullying Hogwarts, they acted like grandsons and didn't say a word.

It's absolutely correct to say that they are garbage.

But Kyle didn't expect Snape to be so cooperative.

Dumbledore's face froze. "Then in the name of Ariana...Is that okay now?"

"No problem, it's trustworthy." Kyle nodded without hesitation.

After being interrupted twice by Kyle, Dumbledore adjusted his mentality after a while and continued, "In short, what Oren did was not arranged by me, and I have never had any communication with him in any aspect. The only thing I know is that he once wanted to kill all werewolves."

"Because I have never smelled the scent of wolfsbane on him, and I have seen him several times during the full moon."

"My father once saved him from a werewolf." Kyle suddenly said, "I remember you said that."

"Yes." Dumbledore nodded, "The werewolf wanted to play a trick on Oren, making him run away in fear until dawn.

“Then the werewolf wanted to bite the moon before it disappeared, but he happened to run into Chris who was tracking down the werewolf and the giant.

"Chris saved him, but he was the only one saved."

Snape's eyes flickered.

Oren's experience sounds very similar to Remus Lupin's, both were revenged by werewolves.

It's just that Remus Lupin became a werewolf, and nothing else changed, while Oren was the exact opposite.

"No wonder he wants to kill werewolves."

"Yes, perhaps Oren joined the Death Eaters for this purpose." Dumbledore said, "Because he must have guessed that the werewolf leader Fenrir Greyback would definitely join the Death Eaters.

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"But he didn't expect that Greyback was killed." Dumbledore glanced at Kyle. When the Death Eaters attacked Hogwarts for the first time, Fenrir Greyback was among them, but he was later killed by Kyle in the corridor of the castle.

"What he didn't expect was that the remaining werewolves also quit the Death Eaters shortly afterwards and disappeared. His plan could not be implemented."

Kyle thought about it and felt that this matter seemed to be related to him.

After killing the werewolf leader, he and Newt went to the Black Forest and found the remaining werewolves.

After Kyle's calm persuasion and treating them to a barbecue meal, the werewolves realized their mistakes and said they would never help Voldemort again.

The whole thing is over.

Since then, the number of werewolves among the Death Eaters has dropped sharply, leaving only two or three who were lured from Knockturn Alley.

During the Battle of Hogwarts, there were more than a dozen Dementors that had been cleansed out several times, but there seemed to be only one werewolf... It was chased by Lupin and later dealt with by him.

Moreover, the werewolf gave him a very weak feeling. Without the blessing of the full moon, he might not even be able to defeat Oliver Wood.

Kyle didn't seem to have seen a werewolf again after that... Lupin didn't count.

"But if it is really as you said," Snape suddenly said, "after discovering that there were no werewolves among the Death Eaters, why didn't he leave, but chose to continue to be loyal to the Dark Lord?"

"I don't know about that. Like I said just now, I don't know Oren either."

Dumbledore shook his head. "Maybe he wanted to take revenge on Tom who ordered the werewolves behind the scenes. It is also possible that he really wanted to start a war.

“No one can guess what poem a bard will sing next, just as no one knows where the wind will blow in the next second.”

"To be praised so highly by you..." Grindelwald narrowed his eyes, "I am more interested in Oren."

"It's not really a comment, I just happened to think of this sentence."

Dumbledore explained: "I saw it in a book and thought it was very appropriate to use here. What do you think? After all, Morris Oren is really a bard."

"It's a rote imitation," Grindelwald said bluntly.

Dumbledore looked a little disappointed; he quite liked the book.

Grindelwald snorted coldly, "Now that you have asked all the questions you wanted to ask, can we continue the topic we didn't finish before?"

"Wait, wait a minute..." He looked at Snape. "The good news is that Tom will not be resurrected this time."

"What did you say..." Snape's expression changed instantly, "But you clearly told me before that only if Harry voluntarily dies can we completely kill the Dark Lord."

"Severus, I must apologize to you on this point," said Dumbledore, looking slightly embarrassed.

"I did think that only Tom's own Killing Curse could kill the part of his soul that he accidentally left in Harry's body."

"What do you mean before..." Snape frowned.

"It means... we found a better way." Dumbledore turned and looked at Kyle. "After you took Tom away from Hogwarts, Kyle had already solved the problem of Harry's Horcruxes. The whole process took less than five minutes."

"How is that possible?" Snape didn't believe it. "I've checked countless books, and Horcruxes are not that easy to solve."

"Are there any references to Dementors in that book?"

"No, I was reading books about Horcruxes, not dark creatures."

"That's the Horcrux I'm talking about," Dumbledore said softly. "Kyle used the Dementor's Kiss to suck out the fragments of Voldemort's soul."

Sucked out...

Huh? Snape blinked, seemingly still not fully reacting, and instinctively looked at Kyle beside him.

The same goes for Grindelwald.

However, unlike Snape, he didn't know much about Dementors. For some reasons, he had rarely come to Britain before, and there were no such creatures as Dementors in other countries.

But he had heard of this special creature that could suck happiness and souls, and tried to catch a few and send them to Nurmengard to raise, but was delayed by something.

When he remembered it again, Nurmengard had become his exclusive territory.

Perhaps he should be thankful that he was delayed by other things and did not bring the Dementors here.

But being able to utilize the characteristics of magical creatures so skillfully, making them perform effects that even Dumbledore was dumbfounded... To be honest, this is exactly in line with Grindelwald's standards for followers.

But now he disliked Kyle even more.

Perhaps it was because seventy years ago, someone had used the properties of magical animals to steal his most precious things.

And more importantly, both Kyle and that person have gained Dumbledore's trust and favor.

Two stinky magical creatures, there's nothing special about them anyway.

Grindelwald stared at Kyle... Perhaps he could change direction and take a more comprehensive look from the inside out.

Kyle had been looking at Dumbledore and didn't notice Grindelwald's eyes. He just felt as if a cold wind was blowing from behind and he subconsciously shrank his neck.

It was strange, why was there wind in his box? Could it be blowing down from the snowy mountain behind? It was possible.

Fortunately, this feeling soon disappeared.

The main reason was that Grindelwald remembered that Kyle was holding a photo that he cared about very much. Before he got the photo, he was always extra tolerant towards Kyle.

As for what will happen after you get it, we’ll talk about it later.

"Have you said enough? I'm getting a little impatient." Grindelwald turned his eyes away from Kyle and urged again.

"Right away, I have something else to say," said Dumbledore, he glanced at Kyle, then turned to Snape again without saying anything.

"What do you want to say?" Snape said, "I have already said everything I know."

"Not those things, Severus, but something else," said Dumbledore. "You should remember that there is a memory storage area next to the Pensieve in the Headmaster's office on the eighth floor.

“Of course, it doesn’t matter if you don’t remember. When you go there, you will find that it is a box with three layers. The top and bottom layers are filled with memories, but there is only a bottle at the top.

"That was seventeen years ago when you decided to help us fight Tom's memory. Give it to Minerva. It will prove your innocence."

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(End of this chapter)