Grindelwald stood by Erwin's side, looking down at Diagon Alley below.
"Your Excellency, did you know?" Erwin said. "When I first entered the magical world, I was actually terrified. I didn't know whether I could gain a foothold here! Because we were Muggles—Muggles looked down upon by every wizard, including my own family. But as the time I spent in the wizarding world grew longer, I discovered an astonishing fact: my parents didn't die in an ordinary car accident at all!
"Inexplicably, I was dragged into the struggles of the Eight Great Families. Inexplicably, I became a piece in a grand game of chess. I wasn't even of age, yet every day I had to worry whether I would wake up one morning to find myself discarded as a useless pawn!"
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