Peaceful Austria

Grindelwald continued, "After all, with Fawkes' help, Al can go wherever he wants, and so far, the Phoenix and the Goblin's Apparition haven't been able to defend against them."

Will nodded—that was indeed the case; it seemed that now, he would have to rely entirely on himself.

Will originally wanted to optimize the Infinite Cage to trap Voldemort, but now it seems he has to continue optimizing Infinite Cage to the point where it can trap the Phoenix.

Thinking about it this way, these last few months have really been incredibly busy...

The optimization of the Infinite Cage, the in-depth research into Soul Studies, the progress of the Magical University, the joint research project with Professor Flitwick...

Will did the math in his head and immediately decided to put everything else aside to focus on optimizing the Infinite Cage and studying Soul Studies.

Soul Studies is key to ensuring Harry's survival in killing Voldemort, while optimizing the Infinite Cage... is something that must be done.

If we don't keep Dumbledore occupied, his plans might be Dumbledore.

Although it's not the best thing to do, it's for the For the Greater Good.

"I'll try my best to find a way, Professor." Will's expression was serious—if necessary, he could only use the Hour-Reversal Charm.

I really don't want it to come to that... Will's eyes gazed out the window. In the gray sky, Will seemed to sense the "time" watching him.

I can only hope everything goes according to plan; if something goes wrong, I'll have to take the risk...

"I hope you can solve everything with that terrifying talent again, Will." Grindelwald smiled and took a sip of Coffee —he was also curious to know exactly where Will's limits lay.

After all, having known Will for so long, he was still often amazed by Will's talent.

"I can only do my best, Professor..." Will said with a wry smile, "I don't have any talent, I just spent more time on it."

Grindelwald rolled his eyes at him. "If everything could be accomplished by spending more time, then the most powerful and learned people in the world would be the elderly."

However, this is clearly not the case.

Will chuckled but didn't refute him further.

Will left Nurmengard after having lunch in the afternoon; he didn't have much time left...

Salzkammergut and Cedric were not used to Austria for a while after arriving.

First of all, he didn't speak German, and German is the official language of Austria, so Cedric basically had to learn German while working in the early stages.

Fortunately, both the Wizard from the Magical Congress of the United States of America and the staff sent by the Austrian Ministry of Magic spoke English, so there shouldn't be any problems.

Then he soon discovered something—the "accountants" of the Magical Congress of the United States of America were very poor at calculations, and he had a premonition that most of the work would fall on his shoulders.

Because the construction of the Magical University was in its early stages, Cedric wasn't too busy. He was usually given several days' worth of bills on the same day, and then he'd be busy all day, spending most of his time exercising and studying.

Every morning, he would go for a run by Lake Hallstatt. It was a beautiful place, and he'd heard it was some kind of cultural heritage or cultural landscape for Muggle.

After finishing his workout and having breakfast, he would also go to the construction site to take a look.

The school was not located by the lake, but on a high ground north of the lake.

From a distance, it didn't look like a school at all; the Wizard looked more like they were plowing the hilltop flat.

The 5,000 acres of land were divided into dozens of blocks by boundary lines, each with a flag hanging above it indicating the purpose of the area in both English and German.

Below the flag were rows of temporary tents, material storage areas, and a foundation that was slowly rising.

When Cedric first came, he stood there and looked around for a long time.

He simply couldn't believe that a group of Wizard could make "building a house" look so... unlike building a house.

There were no cranes. No trucks. No scaffolding.

The Wizard were very efficient.

For example, if a place needs to be dug, a dozen or so Wizard can quickly solve the problem by casting Collapse together.

Meanwhile, in the construction area, Wizard used Levitation Charm to make large, heavy stones light and airborne, manipulating them to form a line in mid-air for transport.

The moment the stones were moved to the ground, another group of Wizard immediately took over.

Wizard with masterful control over Charms can work the stone instantly. With a few Charms, the hard stone is molded into shape like clay under the tip of their staffs—arches, column bases, window frames, steps—all in no time.

Cedric would marvel at the sight each time he saw it, then return to his Office was in a large tent some distance to the east of the construction site.

The tent's interior was equipped with Undetectable Extension Charm, making the space enormous. Four long tables were pushed together, piled high with ledgers, invoices, contract copies, and material lists.

Of course, what gave him the biggest headache was the currency conversion table, which covered Galleon, Sickle, Knut, in a base-17 system with a base-29 system.

There are also decimal US dollars, decimal Austria, Gringotts exchange rates...

In addition, different countries have completely different definitions of "one unit of stone" - the England calculate it in tons, the America in cubic yards, and the Austria in "carts". The so-called "cart" can range from half a ton to two tons depending on the supplier.

All of this combined, Cedric felt like his mind was racing.

This is fucking too complicated!

Who isn't confused?

Every time, Cedric wanted to ask who created this number system, and... why not standardize it, using the economic system and measurement system of a particular country.

As night fell, Cedric, rubbing his dazed head after a long day, left the Office, greeting the patrolling Wizard along the way.

Looking at the somewhat lazy Patrol, Cedric felt something was amiss, but then he thought about it again...

Austria doesn't have Voldemort; it's a peaceful region...