Karkaroff rarely appeared at Hogwarts Castle, so hardly anyone realized, at least for a while, that Durmstrang's headmaster had already fled.
Recently, newspapers had been flooded with negative reports about Karkaroff, as though journalists no longer knew how to write reports without him.
Naturally, Rita Skeeter would not miss this opportunity. Waving her quill and stirring up trouble, she successfully drew countless eyes.
At some point, discussions in the castle about Death Eaters and their master, "The Dark Lord," suddenly became much more frequent.
Most students regarded The Dark Lord with awe, but discussing such things in private gave them an inexplicable thrill, and many enjoyed that feeling. A large number of photographs from Harry Potter's Boggart incident two years ago had even sold for high prices on the black market, while Voldemort's ugly appearance became a popular topic of conversation.
The matter of Voldemort sneaking into Hogwarts years ago to steal the Philosopher's Stone had also somehow been dug up.
And so, The Boy Who Lived, Harry Potter, became famous.
This directly resulted in him receiving even more invitations to the ball lately.
It was amid this atmosphere that the fourth Wizard Cards semifinals quietly began.
"Is the Wizard Cards Club activity room you mentioned last time ready?"
On Saturday morning, while Albert was having breakfast, he was surrounded by a group of girls asking him about it.
Of course, they were not really concerned about the Wizard Cards Club activity room. They merely wanted an excuse to speak with Albert.
Albert discreetly gave Fred a look. The latter shrugged, indicating that he could not help, while George immediately understood and nudged Lee Jordan with his elbow, signaling that it was his turn.
"Ahem, the Wizard Cards Club activity room is ready. It's this." Lee Jordan cleared his throat