A rapid knocking came from outside the Durmstrang Headmaster's Office.
"Come in!" Barty Crouch Jr.'s cold voice rang out.
A Durmstrang professor pushed the door open and came in, his face full of anxiety. "Deputy Headmaster! Another student has had a problem!"
"Another useless piece of trash too stupid to grasp the wonders of magic?" Barty Crouch Jr. raised an eyebrow and asked impatiently, "Specifically? Did he blow his body to pieces like Alexei?"
Voldemort and Herpo entered the Headmaster's Office soundlessly. Behind Voldemort floated a Durmstrang student.
The Durmstrang student's condition was strange. His skin looked as if all the blood had been drained from his body, then ink had been injected to patch him up, leaving him covered in dense, eerie black lines.
The professor noticed this, and his face turned visibly pale.
He tried his best to keep his voice steady and spoke very quickly. "It's Gregory Vladimirovich from fifth year! His soul seems to have... seems to have vanished!"
The moment Voldemort entered the Headmaster's Office, Barty Crouch Jr. had already risen to his feet and instinctively bent his knee to pay his respects.
Only when he saw Voldemort shake his head lightly did he straighten again and question the professor in a dissatisfied tone. "What do you mean?"
"It's like he was kissed by a Dementor..." Although the professor tried hard to stay calm, his body still could not help trembling as he described Gregory Vladimirovich's condition.
"He's lost his emotions, his memories... No! There's nothing left at all! It's like he received the 'Dementor's Kiss'... only an empty shell remains."
"Incompetent scum!" Barty Crouch Jr. gave a sneer, revealing extremely obvious disgust and contempt.
"His talent was too poor, which was why he couldn't set foot on the true 'Path of Magic.' Then he