Chapter 192: Triangles Are the Strongest Shape [bonus]
Orion's eyebrow lifted. He leaned forward, bracing against the desk's edge, and gestured for him to continue.
Regulus began.
The Abyssal Whispers' magical characteristics and ideology. What he'd discovered. The conclusions he'd drawn. Then Grindelwald's involvement.
The archive had been in Grindelwald's possession for decades. He'd gone inside, without question.
He'd passed it to the Eisenhardt family, to Freya, and had her bring Regulus to Germany.
The appearance of the Abyssal Whispers, the Mental Erosion spell, the trial... all orchestrated.
Then the Slumbering Abyss. The core of unknown origin. How it had surfaced in his consciousness, deconstructed his magic piece by piece, laid out an alternate path.
He described his response but left out the star guided meditation. Mentioned only the growth in mental fortitude, the conviction in his own road.
Based on the available clues, Grindelwald had likely seen something in him. Some future. But that future might not have been the one Grindelwald wanted, which was why he'd intervened at a critical juncture.