As letters arrived one after another via Owl Post, events beyond the school gradually unfolded before Anton.
News of Voldemort's return and his efforts to build influence in Azkaban was no longer the most sensational story. Grindelwald breaking free from Dumbledore's restraint and returning in full force—that was the truly explosive news.
Naturally, no newspapers or magazines openly discussed it.
But restless hearts could no longer conceal themselves.
Rumors ran rampant. Countless tangled factions stirred into action, and all sorts of bizarre incidents began fermenting. Their purposes were unclear, and people could not even tell whether the reports were real. Or rather, even if they were true, no one could discern what they were meant to accomplish.
One moment, there were claims that a plump Muggle had appeared in the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic, suggesting that the old forces of the Order of Merlin intended to get involved as well.
The next, there were reports that the Floo Network fireplaces of some country showed extensive signs of Muggle activity.
Some newspapers even gathered all kinds of chaotic information and claimed that Muggles were assembling regular armies to transform them into Sub-Wizards.
And so on, and so forth...
The entire Wizarding World seemed to be stirring.
Clamoring...
Such unrest among the people had also spread to the magical schools.
Professor McGonagall, Hogwarts' Deputy Headmistress, contacted other magical schools in hopes of discussing a second European Magical Schools Quidditch Tournament, but it ultimately fell through.
Beauxbatons Academy of Magic was said to have descended into utter chaos. Due to its complicated composition of members, this magical school located at the center of Europe had erupted into countless internal disputes. (In educational circles, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was not the center of Europe, but the center of