"How did it go?"
The moment Sean stepped out of the ring, Hermione came forward to ask.
"Their mouths are tougher than I expected, and something feels strange..." Sean said with a frown.
Today was already the third day after Hogwarts had been attacked. Most of the ruins had been repaired, and all the injured had escaped life-threatening danger.
After getting some information from Pride that day, Grindelwald took the fifteenth-century witch Stephanie had captured and left. He seemed to want to study something through her.
Their goal was now very clear: stop Herpo from obtaining whatever could accelerate his process of Achieving Godhood at all costs.
Hufflepuff's Golden Cup was in Sean's hands, so there was no need to worry about that. Naturally, the key lay with Avalon.
Grindelwald did not know Avalon's exact location either. He gave Stephanie a huge pile of magical books gathered from all over the world, then left to deal with more matters himself.
When the Returners attacked that day, Dumbledore had also appeared among the enemy ranks. However, Grindelwald said that Dumbledore's condition was somewhat strange...
So he needed to study the One-Eyed Witch's exact circumstances and see whether they could come up with some effective countermeasures the next time they encountered Dumbledore.
The task of locating Avalon naturally remained at Hogwarts. Stephanie had spent the past two days buried in the magical books Grindelwald had given her, while Sean returned to his old trade—interrogation.
However, the interrogation was not progressing very well.
Seeing Sean frown, Hermione could not help knitting her own brows. "We expected that they might not tell us anything. Strange? What's strange about it?"
Sean pulled over a stool and sat down, looking slightly hesitant. "The methods I've used have been fairly brutal, but those prisoners, whether Half-Ghosts or