Durmstrang

"Why isn't there any introduction?" Lisa Turpin wondered.

She was curious about the tall witch.

She is Olympe Maxime.

Descendants of the Founders Beauxbatons.

"It's been a whole summer vacation, how come you don't know anything, Lisa?" Padma looked at Lisa suspiciously.

"Of course I know, the point is there was no introduction." Lisa rolled her eyes.

"I know!" It was Dean again.

He turned back to Hogwarts, saying, "Professors from the other two schools have visited Hogwarts this summer."

Only in Beauxbatons did the headmistress, Madam Maxime, arrive.

And there are two other schools that haven't arrived yet.

"Look—" The crowd around looked at the scene in mid-air again.

The scene has now shifted to Black Lake.

That calm, dark surface of water—but suddenly it was no longer calm.

A commotion arose underwater in the middle of the lake, huge splashes of water rose to the surface, and waves crashed against the damp shore—then, right in the center of the lake, a large whirlpool appeared, as if a giant plug had suddenly been pulled from the bottom...a long, dark, rod-like object slowly rose from the whirlpool...and then came the sails and rigging...

"This must be Durmstrang!" Ron sneered, pulled out his wand, and began to slowly wipe it with the corner of his robe.

"How did you know?" Seamus asked, somewhat curious.

"Needless to say? Castelobruxo is in the rainforest, how could they possibly sail a boat!"

"Krum! Krum!" Ron acted almost manic, licking his lips from time to time.

The people around him felt uncomfortable.

They could only look up at the sky again.

At this moment, the Ghost Ship, shimmering with a dim, misty light, emerged completely with a splashing sound.

Sailing towards the lake shore amidst cold rain and undulating waves.

Then, with another splash, an anchor was thrown into the shallow water, and then with another snap, a plank was laid on the lake shore.

Finally, the scene suddenly focused on a man who was the first to walk onto the deck.

This was the second man Harry thought looked exactly like a wizard.

He had flowing blond hair, and his luxurious black leather coat was adorned with many ornaments made of unknown metals.

His slender fingertips rested on a dark, deep-set cane.

Face the approaching cold rain with equanimity.

Without a doubt, this is Gellert Grindelwald.

Harry instinctively looked at Dumbledore.

He noticed that the professors around him were all looking at Dumbledore with mischievous eyes.

Dumbledore seemed to notice the gazes around him.

The screen suddenly went black in mid-air, and when it reappeared, the view focused on the area behind the old man.

The people behind him were all wearing thick black fur cloaks.

This made them appear very large, about the same size as Crabbe and Goyle.

However, the fur of the wizard leading the group was the same color (silver-white) and texture as his hair.

It was as if his hair was so long that it covered his body.

Moreover, the fur was of very good quality, and even in the cold rain, it didn't clump together like the students behind it.

Instead, it is both soft and smooth.

However, his expression did not reflect the flamboyance of his attire.

On the contrary, he was very humble.

They walked towards the castle, almost bending over.

Just as Harry was focused on the screen, a sudden burst of heat came from his ear.

"It's Ginny. This must be Karkaroff."

My dad and the others told us to be careful of former Death Eaters.

He's the principal, after all. But I feel like he's more of a servant.

Ginny was puzzled by this.

She and Harry were shown Karkaroff's picture by a worried Mrs. Weasley.

That photo was taken a few years ago when he was the Principal of Durmstrang and went on a business trip to the Italy Ministry of Magic.

Karkaroff in the photo appears very slick and arrogant, giving off an air of pampered luxury.

It looks completely different from what it is now.

"You forgot?"

"With Grindelwald here, his new master, how could Karkaroff dare to put on airs?" Harry whispered in Ginny's ear.

However, this led Ron to believe that they were being intimate.

He hissed in dissatisfaction, "I'm still in a bad mood!"

"Can you wait until I've finished teaching Krum lesson before you do this?!"

After he finished speaking, he turned to look at the entrance of the Great Hall.

At this moment, Grindelwald and Karkaroff had reached the center of the Great Hall.

The students were just stepping through the gate.

One of them is Krum.

However, Krum was not as difficult to distinguish from a crowd as the France witch.

He walked at the very back of the crowd.

Despite being an international football star, he seemed to be quite unpopular at school.

His classmates all regarded him as a plague and kept their distance from him.

This caused some Hogwarts students who wanted to shout his name to instinctively shut their mouths.

But he seems to have gotten used to it long ago.

As soon as he entered the Great Hall, he looked at Ravenclaw's table and waved warmly to Ron and the others.

Harry and Neville wanted to respond, but after glancing at Ron, they simply smiled slightly.

Krum then looked at the Gryffindor table and blew a kiss to Lavender.

Then he hurriedly walked to the table next to Slytherin and sat down.

Ron's expression darkened further.

After Krum sat down, he felt both shy and somewhat relieved.

Ron, who seemed to have a crush on him, greeted them this time, and surprisingly, Ron didn't cause any trouble that would embarrass him.

As for Grindelwald and Karkaroff...

At Grindelwald's signal, Karkaroff did not go to the faculty desk.

Instead, he slunk away to Durmstrang's table.

Grindelwald then sat down directly next to Dumbledore.

Leaning against the table as if no one else was around, he stared intently at Dumbledore's unconsciously stiff face.

"Ron, could it be a misunderstanding?"

Even if Krum is a beast, he wouldn't greet us first and then blow a kiss to his girlfriend.

You should know that 'we' includes you.

"Could it be that Krum doesn't know about your relationship with Lavender?" Harry said to Ron after a moment's thought.

"Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Although I've never told him who my girlfriend is!

But he and Lavender were pen pals for so long.

He even mentioned knowing us.

"How could the letter not mention anything about my relationship with Lavender?" Ron replied angrily.

Padma, standing to the side, looked a little embarrassed. "But my sister told me..."

She introduced Krum and Lavender.

She said Lavender was single.

"Lavender said this."

Parvati told her.

But she still called Krum an idiot. Ron waved his hand, indicating he didn't want to hear it.

There's only one possibility: Krum pursued Lavender knowing he was Lavender boyfriend!

Harry and Neville exchanged a glance, both thinking at the same time that they needed to talk to Lavender about this.