Chapter 530

The disappearance of Leon Schneider still caused quite a stir at Hogwarts, after all, he was one of the Champion of this year's Triwizard Cup.

However, even with the best efforts of Hogwarts and the British Ministry of Magic, they still couldn't find any trace of Leon Schneider and had to put the matter aside for the time being.

After a final discussion, the school leaders decided that Durmstrang would nominate another student to participate in the Four-School Tournament. Although Karkaroff was very dissatisfied, he had no choice but to accept this condition.

Now, Durmstrang's students were even more hesitant to disembark, even though all the evidence indicated that Leon Schneider's disappearance did not occur inside Hogwarts Castle; he vanished into thin air on the ship.

However, most of Durmstrang's students still believe that Leon Schneider offended someone and was quietly "taken care of".

The Hogwarts students have always believed that the Durmstrang love experimenting with Dark Arts, and that the unfortunate Leon Schneider must have died from some kind of Dark Arts experiment— Karkaroff, in order to cover this up, could only claim that he went missing, hoping that Hogwarts would take the blame.

The Four-School Tournament have completely fallen apart; the wizards from the various schools are wary of each other and dislike one another.

The atmosphere wasn't particularly tense, even less so than at the start of the competition, but everyone felt that some kind of conspiracy was brewing. Some parents even wrote to the school, hoping that the competition would be canceled.

Despite this atmosphere, Sean continued to live his life as usual, and the Triwizard Cup was no longer just a simple competition.

Clearly, the Returners and Durmstrang have a plan they want to carry out. While they are doing their best to defend themselves, they are also preparing for something else—after the game, they will form a team to secretly infiltrate Durmstrang to save the poor children.

For Sean, there are more things to worry about. The day Grindelwald merges into one coincides with the last day of the game, and he was also planning to take Felix Felicis before the game to enter Lottery Draw, but now the side effects of Felix Felicis are making him hesitate.

Furthermore, Sean became increasingly wary of the Sin —after that incident, Sean entered the Soul World several times, but Pride never appeared, and their brief cooperative relationship quickly broke down.

Considering all the circumstances, Sean also intentionally or unintentionally tested Harry and Neville, both of whom were on the list and were the hosts of Sin that Dumbledore had already acknowledged—fortunately, the Sin within these two showed no signs of awakening, Sean did not notice anything unusual.

Another thing that troubled Sean was Theodore Nott, who realized something after Sean intercepted the other's owl.

He never contacted Reinhardt Nott again and became much more cautious in his actions.

This made it difficult for Sean, who was preparing to use Legilimency pry open the other party's head, to make a move. After all, all the conspiracies and plans were still hidden in the shadows, and he couldn't just openly expose them.

But plans aside, he continued to attend classes and study as usual. The current situation was like a balloon that had been inflated to its limit—those who were unaware of the truth were vaguely sensing something amiss, while those who had inflated the balloon were quietly waiting for the final moment.

A storm is brewing; everything was perfectly calm before.

There was also a small incident during this time: Mr. Lestrange's youngest son, the director of the counterfeit Defensive Spell and protective equipment investigation and seizure office, wrote a letter home in tears after encountering a series of troubles.

The next day, Mr. Lestrange arrived at Hogwarts Castle in a menacing manner, demanding an explanation for his son's actions.

Since entering the school, Young Lestrange has been clinging to a rather powerful figure— Draco Malfoy, the president of the Society of Pureblood Glory.

Although he was taught a lesson by Sean's students on the train, the kid was clearly not giving up. After the official start of the semester, he continued to target Sean's apprentice Capen in various ways.

Capen was bullied for almost months, and even Sean couldn't stand it anymore.

However, Capen. did not show any displeasure. He simply told Sean calmly that he could handle it himself.

Seeing this, Sean let it go. Since Capen had a way, there was no need for him to ruin such a small test.

Capen did an even better job than Sean had imagined.

While he was completing all his first-year academic tasks brilliantly, he also got to know many older students, including second and third-year students whom Sean had taught, as well as those he himself judged to be worth befriending.

Capen even recruited many first-year students—he didn't pay much price, but instead used his own impoverished students to first unite those impoverished students who received funding from the Wallop Charitable Association, and then let them develop on their own.

Finally, almost all the first-year students knew that a boy in the same grade Capen Roman was talented, loyal, and enthusiastic, and a friend worth getting to know better.

Capen brilliantly absorbed Sean's teachings. The once taciturn and introverted boy worked hard to talk to everyone and put all the "See Through Hearts" skills he had learned into practice.

When had first-graders ever seen anything like this? The naive children had already accepted Capen Roman's existence before the first grade was even over, and some even called him Young Mr. Wallop.

This even included a large portion of the Slytherin students—a classmate who, completely disregarding the prejudices between houses, could remember everyone's name on his second day of school and then greet everyone with a smile.

Even if they haven't exchanged more than a few words, the other person will remember their birthday. Although there won't be any expensive gifts, the handmade gifts are always very thoughtful. And he doesn't mind lending you his homework to "learn from" at all.

Capen thus won the hearts of almost all the first-grade students.

Then, Capen, who had been bullied by Young Lestrange for several months, "inadvertently" revealed the wound on his forehead, and "inadvertently" let several students see him being cornered in the washroom by Young Lestrange and his gang after class.

The news that Capen was being bullied by Young Lestrange spread quickly throughout the first grade, and the first-year students went to their acquaintances, their older brothers and sisters in the upper grades.

It's like a large rock being thrown into a calm lake.

Many people have noticed that this usually lovable little boy has been bullied by students in the same grade.

Capen's childhood friend, Milani, "just in time" appeared. She tearfully told a few girls she knew that Capen had always felt inferior because of his background, so he was working hard to study and trying to get along with everyone.

Even when he was bullied, he didn't dare tell anyone because he was worried it would affect the relationships between his classmates, so he silently endured it all.

Then, the students immediately erupted in uproar.

The students who had been taught by Sean didn't like Young Lestrange to begin with, but after spending several months together, they increasingly felt that Capen was a really great guy.

Friends always think of each other. In fact, Capen didn't say a word or consult with anyone—everyone else quietly took action to take care of this sensitive and insecure young man.

Young Lestrange's group was quickly isolated among the first-graders, and he was surprised to find that his peers, who used to fawn over him because of his father's status, no longer spoke to him.

If it were just a few people, he could use his power to intimidate them, but every first-year student looked at him coldly, including the Slytherin students!

Then, his usual attempts to bully Capen also came to an end.

The older students were eyeing him in groups.

Today, second-grade students pulled him aside for a chat in the washroom; tomorrow, third-grade students will keep asking him to run errands. The day after tomorrow, and the day after that...

Every day, people from different colleges and of different ages come to target him.

If he dared to resist, he would immediately receive a beating—these people, I don't know who they learned it from, always seem to have mastered some strange evil curses.

These curses wouldn't cause him much physical harm, but he would experience diarrhea, stinging pains without redness or swelling, and continuous S.P.E.W....

After being targeted like this for a month, Young Lestrange broke down and went to Chairman Draco Malfoy, wanting him to stand up for him.

However, his beloved Master Malfoy merely gave him a cold look, said "You are a disgrace to Pureblood Wizard," and left, even expelling him from the Society of Pureblood Glory.

Young Lestrange was completely dumbfounded. He didn't know what he had done, and in just a few days, he seemed to have been excluded from the entire Hogwarts.

After being bullied for another week, Young Lestrange couldn't take it anymore. He went to the professors to complain, but received a warning from them. "Mr. Lestrange, if you continue to bully students in the same grade, I will definitely expel you."

The professors had spoken to Capen before, but they didn't react because he "didn't want to affect his relationships with his classmates."

One is a top student with excellent grades and good relationships with everyone. The other is also Sean's teacher and student. He is kind and shy, but loyal and enthusiastic, and always considers others.

One is a second-generation official who is extremely arrogant in school because of his father's power, and he bullies others in secret.

It's obvious to the professors who they should believe.

Unable to bear the torment any longer, Young Lestrange finally wrote a letter to his father.

When Mr. Lestrange arrived at Hogwarts Castle in a rage, intending to confront him, he bumped into Capen Roman, who had just come out of the library.

Mr. Lestrange remembered the kid next to Wallerup, but although he was angry, he did nothing to Capen. After all, he hadn't forgotten that Capen was Wallerup's man.

The fear of Sean hadn't dissipated. Although this was a school and the other party wouldn't dare to do anything, it was uncertain what would happen if he left any leverage over her.

However, to Mr. Lestrange's surprise, this first-year student actually dared to attack him!

The opponent didn't use a wand; instead, he kicked his knee hard.

Caught off guard, he was kicked to his knees by this premeditated kick.

He looked up Wrath and saw the young wizard who had just entered the first year of school looking at him calmly.

"How dare you come to Hogwarts, Mr. Lestrange?" he heard the other person say.

Mr. Lestrange was immediately enraged. Ignoring the pain in his knee, he stood up abruptly and grabbed the other man by the collar.

Sean Wallerup isn't with you. This is Hogwarts Castle. How dare you be so disrespectful to an official of the Ministry of Magic, and even attack me?!

Mr. Lestrange was no longer going to consider Sean, and besides, his pride as a high-ranking official wouldn't allow him to remain inactive after being done such a thing by such a lowly commoner.

"I think I have to teach you a lesson on behalf of your parents—" Mr. Lestrange said fiercely, grabbing the other man. "As an official of the Ministry of Magic, I have the right to recommend that Hogwarts expel a student who has no manners whatsoever and who has assaulted an official!"

"Mr. Lestrange, I suggest you don't do this. You'd better calm down."

Although Capen, who was being carried by Lestrange, couldn't put his legs on the ground, he calmly stretched his neck.

"Oh? What do you want?" Mr. Lestrange laughed angrily.

Capen's eyes were not at all like those of a child, innocent and naive; he was extremely calm.

"As a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Magic, you are usually almost harsh on the merchants under your jurisdiction, while condoning your own child's violent acts—I imagine you spent a lot of money to buy this position, right? To make that money seem more valuable, you naturally have to fully utilize the value of your power, after all, for someone like you—"

"Shut up!" Mr. Lestrange roared viciously.

He never expected that such a small child would say something so similar to his own thoughts.

Whether it was his pride, his self-esteem, or his arrogance as an adult, he wouldn't allow this impolite little guy to continue.

"Sir, I suggest you put me down." Capen said calmly, but his face was full of provocation and mockery.

This made Mr. Lestrange even angrier, and he even wanted to throw the other man to the ground.

However, he still maintained some composure. After angrily releasing the other person, he said, "Kid, you can forget about staying at Hogwarts any longer. You like studying, don't you? I'll let you..."

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Capen, who had been calm, suddenly let out a scream and fall to the ground, his face full of resentment and anger.

"What are you doing?!" A woman's angry roar rang out from not far away.