When friends with hemorrhoids meet, they should leave some space alone for warmth. So, Rolf followed Dumbledore's suggestion and wandered around Nurmengard.
But to be honest, there is really nothing to visit here. The huge castle is almost completely deserted. When strong winds blow, high-pitched and terrifying screams are emitted from the gaps between the stones, like the laughter of ghosts having a feast.
The young man trudged through the overgrown weeds to another tower, then walked along the dilapidated stairs towards the top of the building.
At the end of the stairs is a wooden door. The wood was almost completely rotten. When Rolph reached out to touch it, the wood immediately broke, and long strips of damp wood peeled off. Half of the door almost hit him.
Luo Fu was speechless. There were really traps everywhere. He walked out quickly and found that the roof of the building was a garden with a fountain in the center, but it was now a stagnant pool, filled with the smell of decay and decay, which was strong and suffocating.
In the center of the fountain, there is a tall elder tree planted, about five meters high, with luxuriant branches and leaves that cover the entire roof of the building.
This elderberry is also the only plant on the entire roof. Luo Fu walked around the tree and was wondering why elder trees were planted here when he was suddenly attracted by something. He walked quickly to the tree and stared up at the trunk.
On the tree trunk, there was clearly a blood-colored human face, but the face was blurred and the appearance could not be clearly seen. There was also a pair of blood-red eyes, as if looking down at Luo Fe coldly.
"This tree comes from Valhalla... to use words you are more familiar with, it comes from Avalon." An old voice sounded.
Luofu suddenly turned around and saw a rickety figure standing at the door, staring at him. Grindelwald did not know when he appeared here. Rolf looked out, but did not see Dumbledore.
"The exchange between hemorrhoid friends is over so soon?" This thought flashed through Luo Fu's mind, and he whispered: "Is it the island with the good luck spring?"
"That's right." Grindelwald walked over slowly. When passing by the fountain, a lonely leaf fell down, swept across his forehead, and fell into the pool.
Grindelwald bent down, picked up the leaf, put it in his mouth, and chewed it gently.
"I once went to that island and brought back a lot of tree species and planted them in Nurmengard, but most of them were dead. Only later did I discover that they need blood to water them before they can take root and sprout in this land."
"Watered with blood?" Luo Fu was slightly stunned, but he didn't expect that the elder tree would still suck blood. He thought for a while and asked curiously: "Is there anything special about this tree?"
"Its leaves have the effect of quickly restoring magic power." Grindelwald said,
"There was a snake tree planted here before, and it had powerful healing power... It's a pity that I accidentally killed it." Rolf suddenly thought of Ilvermorny, which also had a snake tree with the same leaves. Can heal injuries and illnesses.
"Actually, this kind of tree is not very special in Valhalla." Grindelwald slowly walked to the tree. He looked at the human face on the tree with his sunken eyes, and said in a hoarse voice: "The reason why I brought The tree was planted back because all the trees there have a face on their trunks. I really want to know if it will grow the same face if it is planted here." Lan Luofu's eyes were filled with emotion. showing surprise,
"Isn't this what you carved on it?"
"No." Grindelwald shook his head, coughed slightly, and said, "You can put your ear to your face and listen carefully." Rolf hesitated for a moment, then walked to the tree and put his ear close to it. When he opened his face, he suddenly felt a beating: bang-dong, bang-dong, bang-dong.
Like distant muffled thunder, it sounded in the young man's ears, and every beat made a deep vibrato.
Luofu closed his eyes tightly, and he seemed to see a bloody heart beating slowly and lowly.
He frowned and said, "This tree has a heart?"
"No." Grindelwald shook his head. He waved his arm, and a magic spell fell on the tree. A bright red blood flower bloomed where the magic spell hit, and a red line slowly flowed down the tree trunk.
"I once cut down a tree like this. It would leave bright red blood, but after peeling off the bark, it looked exactly like any other ordinary tree. There was no heart inside."
"Where did that beating sound come from?" Luo Fe was a little confused.
"I don't know...including who this face is, I don't know who it is." Grindelwald folded another leaf, put it into his mouth and chewed it. He said in a deep voice: "I once asked about that island. They don’t even know about the wizard.”
"There are still wizards living on that island?" Luofu asked suspiciously. He originally thought that there were only three siren sisters on the island who guarded the treasure.
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"Over the past thousands of years, countless wizards and Muggles have landed on that island. Some wanted to find the fountain of good luck, some wanted immortality, and some accidentally bumped into it while going to sea." Grindelwald looked at it. Looking at Luo Fu, he smiled slightly and said: "If things go on like this, many people will naturally stay there and reproduce their own descendants. In short, Valhalla is a very wonderful world. I suggest you go there." Luo Fu Noncommittal.
Grindelwald didn't care, he just looked into the distance, overlooking the stretching forests and mountains.
"I asked Albus to go to Ecosta Prison to get a skull. Is it at your place?"
"It's in my box and I'll bring it to you later," said Luo Fe.
"Do you know where he comes from?" Grindelwald suddenly asked.
"He said he was the son of Scylla and came from that island." Luof hesitated and whispered: "But I doubt his words."
"Why do you doubt it?" Grindelwald turned to look at the boy.
"I have a friend who is a two-tailed golden mermaid." Luo Fe said,
"She is very beautiful, as are all the mermaids in their tribe. This appearance is inherited from their ancestor Palselope. And Scylla is Palselope's sister, and she is also a beautiful mermaid."
"But her son, judging from his skull, doesn't look like a mermaid, but looks like..." Heng
"A stunted dragon?" Grindelwald laughed.
"That's right." Luofu nodded.
"I didn't expect you to even know these secrets." Grindelwald sighed a little: "Then you should also know that Palserope left the island for the ancient Greek wizard Odysseus and suffered a curse from then on. ?”
"Geyscale," Rolf replied.
"Yes, greyscale... all the female descendants of Palselope will get this disease and eventually die in pain." Grindelwald said calmly: "But the person who really tempted Palselope to leave the island is It is her sister Scylla."
"So, Scylla has also been cursed, and her son will turn into a monster like a dragon." Luof suddenly realized that, just when he was still about to ask, he suddenly saw a figure appearing on the mountains in the distance.
The man was walking down the stone steps quickly. The young man exclaimed and asked in confusion: "Why is Professor Dumbledore gone?"
"Albus has returned to Berlin." Grindelwald looked at the figure and said in a hoarse voice: "He still has to preside over the International Federation of Wizards and cannot stay here for long." Rolf looked confused.
"what about me?"
"Albus asked you to stay in Nurmengard temporarily." Grindelwald looked at the boy and showed an unexpectedly deep smile.
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"He asked me to train you for a few days."
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