The blue flames parted, revealing everyone within.
The Ministry of Magic Aurors outside immediately surrounded them, their nerves taut.
Just then, Grindelwald suddenly put on a look of grief and outrage, pointed at the Pure-Blood Party members, and cursed loudly, "You... you traitors! You actually betrayed me and sided with this Witch!"
He clutched his chest as though he were so furious he might cough up blood, then swung his wand sharply.
Crack!
With an explosive crack, Grindelwald vanished on the spot through Apparition.
"He's escaped! After him!"
The Ministry personnel panicked and were about to cast tracking spells, but Dumbledore stopped them.
"Don't pursue him." Dumbledore shook his head. "He's exhausted a great deal of his strength, but he isn't seriously injured. If you corner him and he fights back with everything he has, which of you could stop him?"
"But we still have the Witch..."
"Miss Granger is also in no condition to fight again." Dumbledore pointed at Hermione.
The Ministry personnel followed his gaze.
The Witch, who had been brimming with energy and displaying overwhelming power just moments before, froze for two seconds when she noticed people looking at her. Then she suddenly slumped against a broken gravestone, her face pale, looking so weak she might faint at any moment.
Everyone: "..."
Why was there even a delay?
Seeing Hermione like that, no one dared say anything.
Oh, forget it.
After all, having just cast such earth-shattering magic, it was perfectly normal for her to be unable to continue... right?
Besides, Dumbledore had vouched for her.
Surely the three of them hadn't teamed up to fool everyone?
"What's going on with these people?" Theseus pointed at the Pure-Blood Party members who had remained.
Only after calming down did they remember that Grindelwald seemed to have said something