Gregorovitch's Breakdown
Although it was already daytime, the Austrian Ministry of Magic, which had been busy all night, showed no signs of rest and was still working overtime.
Many Auror dragged their exhausted bodies, their eyes bloodshot.
Austria has a small land area, few wizards, and a low crime rate.
Accustomed to a leisurely lifestyle, working part-time as Auror while enjoying retirement. Now, suddenly subjected to an all-night search—who can handle that?
My body can't take it!
As for slacking off... well, you wouldn't dare! Minister Soros came several times in one night and caught quite a few lazy wizards.
It felt like being in a gaming group at work, only to be spotted by your boss who was also lurking in the group... It was terrifying.
Of course, the most frightening thing is that this kind of unrestrained overtime work is going to continue indefinitely.
They were even more unaware that this seemingly ineffective search might not actually be useful.
In any case, the enemy has vanished without a trace.
As for the wizards they were searching for, there were two groups in total:
Grindelwald's escape from prison; the missing Will and Hercules duo.
Old man,
Young couple.
Minister Soros gave orders to immediately notify the ministry if Grindelwald was found.
Stark and Granger were not criminals.
If you do see them, be careful to "invite" them back to the Ministry of Magic.
It seems the former is much more dangerous than the latter.
But these young people in their twenties don't think that way at all, okay?
Grindelwald?
Who is that? He's an old geezer who's been locked up for half a century. Where would he get the fighting power?
Whom do they look down on?
We're Sugar's Auror!
Stark and Granger are different; many Auror went to the United Kingdom last year to watch the Quidditch World Cup.
They all remembered that thrilling final, especially the midnight battle between Stark and the mascots of various countries.
It wasn't a hand-to-hand combat with the Veela, of course, but rather the enormous, tank-like Selma Lake Monster.
In addition, there was Venice, which was destroyed last year; the Albanian Forest, which suffered fires; and Greater Paris, which was devastated the year before...
It's no exaggeration to say that wherever the two went, nothing grew.
This kind of wizard is the real problem; we need to be extremely wary of them, okay?
What if they destroy Vienna too?
Minister Soros, however, was not worried about William and Hermione at all; all his attention was focused on Grindelwald.
Standing in the Minister's Office, he paced back and forth, trying to clear his mind.
It's truly unbelievable that that person would leave Nurmengard.
Decades ago, during a prison break, Vinda Rosier brought so many wizards to rescue him, but he refused to leave and instead imprisoned himself for decades.
Why did you choose to leave this time?
Soros was somewhat anxious.
He took out a bottle of malt whiskey, but instead of pouring himself a glass, he gripped the bottle as if he were about to crush it with his bare hands.
Just then, an Auror knocked on the door and walked in.
He exclaimed with delight, "Minister, we've found something!"
"What discovery?" Soros asked, perking up.
"A wizard just reported a case, Grindelwald found him and asked him for the location of Gregorovitch."
"Gregorovitch?" Minister Soros was taken aback.
"I hope the wizard is alright?"
"No, Grindelwald didn't kill him. He left after getting his location."
"I remember that after Gregorovitch retired, he went into seclusion in Salzburg..."
Salzburg is the capital of the State of Salzburg and the fourth largest city in Austria after Vienna, Graz, and Linz.
Salzburg may not be very famous, but it is the birthplace of Mozart.
He spent more than half of his short life, which lasted less than 36 years, here.
However, William was unaware of this.
His only impression of Salzburg came entirely from excerpts from his textbooks in his previous life.
The movie takes place right here in Salzburg.
It was almost morning when William and Hermione arrived at their destination.
We agreed to get up early and leave last night, but due to some unforeseen circumstances, we ended up getting up very late.
Fortunately, Missandei provided her Granian, allowing William and Hermione to catch up on sleep in the carriage.
Following the address given by Missandei, William drove the carriage along a winding path and entered a wide-open square.
To their left, they could see a shallow, oval-shaped lake in the distance, with a small island in the middle, dotted with Elder Wood.
"We're here!" Hermione said excitedly.
According to Missandei's description, there was a dense Elder Wood in the place where Gregorovitch lived in seclusion.
However, there are no houses on the island; it is surrounded by dense trees.
Tall and straight cypress trees, some hundreds of years old.
"There's a gap there!" William said after searching for a while.
He gestured to Hermione, pointing towards the cypress grove, where there was a small arched opening in the impenetrable wall of trees.
Hermione quickly alighted from the carriage, walked to the gap, and peered into the shaded passage.
She quickly turned to William, smiling, "The carriage can't pass; we'll have to walk."
William nodded, got off the carriage, and put Granian into the Safety Watch.
After he finished tidying up, he followed Hermione into the entrance and disappeared into the bushes.
On both sides are pruned oak trees, arranged like a square formation, sandwiching the secret passage in the middle.
The trees were also carefully pruned by their owner to bend inwards, with branches and leaves intertwining to form a dense canopy above the road.
This is a very nice vacation environment.
The two quickly emerged from the end of the secret passage, where a beautiful little house came into view.
The walls were covered with ivy.
The door was open, and William and Hermione walked into the room.
Calling it a room is an understatement; it's more like a wand workshop, filled with sawdust and precious magical materials.
A short, stout old man with snow-white hair and a bushy the Beard.
He was wearing black work clothes and was busy working on a creaking wooden chair.
In just one minute, a wand appeared in his hand, but he seemed unsatisfied and quickly threw it into the fire.
William was stunned; the shape of that wand was extremely familiar to him.
Because he had seen it countless times.
Dumbledore's wand!
Almost identical.
Hearing footsteps, the old man stood up agitatedly and shouted, "Stop playing around... you bunch of brats! I'm just a retired old man!"
But seeing William and Hermione, he felt a little awkward, scratched his the Beard, and apologized:
"I thought it was Jim's grandson and granddaughter from next door; they're always coming over to cause trouble."
Seeing William staring intently at the wand in his hand, Gregorovitch frowned and asked warily, "Is there something you two need?"
William suddenly spoke up, "Is that the Elder Wand?"
Gregorovitch's pupils contracted sharply, and he immediately shook his head, saying:
"I've never heard of any Elder Wand. I'm just a retired old man who collects trash."
"But the shape of your wand..."
"Alright, don't bother me while I'm taking out the trash." Gregorovitch raised his wand, and bits of debris flew into the trash can.
"I heard from Mr. Ollivander that..." William added.
Gregorovitch suddenly burst out:
"I've never seen him before, that's fine! I don't know Ollivander either. I'm going to take out the trash, so stop bothering me!"
William sighed.
He felt he could write a report about it.
The title is: Shocking! Gregorovitch talks about Ollivander, and can't stop talking about garbage.
Or: Men are speechless, women are in tears. When Gregorovitch talked about his opinion on the Elder Wand, he immediately called it rubbish.
Just as William was about to ask Grindelwald some questions, Gregorovitch suddenly dropped the trash and cried out:
"I know, you were sent by Death! The eldest of the Three Brothers is dead! Death wants my soul!"
I can feel death approaching!
William and Hermione exchanged a surprised glance.