Wall of Weeping
In the evening,
The north wind howls
Snowflakes are falling.
It was so cold, like frozen iron, that your tongue could immediately stick to it.
The ground was covered with a thick layer of ice... Flies could do the splits when they flew on it, and mosquitoes could slip and slide when they stepped on it.
Eight Crup transformed into sled dogs, steadily pulling a large sled as they raced across the snow.
On the sled stood a dashing old man:
He was tall and thin, with short white hair and a goatee with small curls at the ends on his thin chin.
Sirius has the exterior of Karkaroff, but the interior is Dahei; he seems carefree... but is actually freezing cold.
He couldn't help but curse Merlin... his father.
Sirius felt he was incredibly bored, choosing to seek thrills and experience a Northern Europe sleigh ride instead of the warm, comfortable carriage!
Now look what's happened! The biting cold wind is being haphazardly stuffed into my mouth!
He wrapped himself tightly in thick animal hides and even stuck the Warming Badge made by Akali's Mystery Shop inside his underwear.
But at tens of degrees below zero, nothing worked... My limbs were frozen stiff, and I felt like they would break if I exerted even the slightest force.
This damn weather!
Fortunately, the Crup, being Fantastic Beasts, is much faster than the three sled dogs.
They raced down the ridge and soon reached the castle, stopping safely five meters from the steps.
Sirius jumped off the sled and ran hurriedly towards the castle.
Compared to the luxurious castle of Hogwarts, Durmstrang's castle pales in comparison and appears rather shabby.
It has only four floors and is shrouded in ice and snow all year round, like a miniature iceberg.
But this castle has one advantage: it has a complex network of pipes inside that constantly emit heat.
Despite the sub-zero temperatures outside, the room was comfortably warm, around 10 degrees Celsius.
Of course, this is the current situation.
When Karkaroff was the principal, in order to save money, he turned off the heating except for the professors' offices.
That's right, Karkaroff is just that tasteless... He put all the money he saved into his own pocket.
After Sirius arrived, he immediately changed this behavior and provided unlimited heating.
This move also improved the students' perception of him.
Sirius had a deeper reason for doing this... He was afraid that one day, wearing Karkaroff's face, he would be assassinated by his students.
This is not impossible.
After arriving at Durmstrang, Sirius discovered that the school's headmaster... had a rather high mortality rate.
How high is it?
To put it simply, it's even more sinister than the Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor position at Hogwarts.
The Defence Against Dark Magic position has only recently encountered problems, but what about Durmstrang?
That has been going on for hundreds of years!
For example, the first principal, Nerida Vokanova, a great Bulgaria witch who lived in the Middle Ages, founded Durmstrang Institute.
Later, she died mysteriously while in office.
Harfon Munter, who succeeded the principal, immediately implemented educational reforms upon taking office, establishing a teaching tradition that emphasized dueling and war magic.
In other words, he was the first to advocate teaching students Dark Magic.
During his tenure, he also ushered in the first dark period in Durmstrang's history.
Ironically, Munter, as an advocate for teaching Dark Magic, was ultimately killed by his students using the Dark Magic he taught...
There was also the final Triwizard Tournament in 1792.
The most imposing Cockatrice, rampaged through the competition, injuring all three school principals.
You thought that was the end of the story?
No, the story doesn't end here...
The principal of Durmstrang returned to the school, ate a bowl of beef noodles, and died on the third day due to the severity of his injuries.
Otherwise, how could the Triwizard Tournament have been cancelled?!
A student dying is one thing, but the death of the principal is a whole different story!
Also, why was Grindelwald expelled at the age of sixteen?
Was it really just because his Dark Magic experiments were too dangerous for the students?
No!
It was too dangerous for the then-principal, Oberon.
They were afraid, afraid of being killed by their own students.
After all, Durmstrang has a tradition of killing his master to prove his own path.
Oberon was right; Grindelwald was indeed far too dangerous.
On the twentieth anniversary of the expulsion of the first Dark Lord, this old headmaster was killed by the Grindelwald's Acolytes with a single blow to the head with a wand.
What was the cause of death?
Expel the Dark Lord Grindelwald.
Isn't that awkward?
Therefore, Sirius was terrified.
He gives high-profile interviews every day, calling for William to become a professor at Durmstrang. Do you think he's joking?
No!
That was a subtle hint to William: "Come quickly... or you'll never see Dahei again."
Despite being the principal and seemingly able to do whatever he wanted every day, Sirius was only outwardly happy; deep down, he was suffering.
Walking down the stairs, you soon enter the main hall, which is hidden deep underground.
At this moment, the castle itself seems to have the atmosphere of a tomb.
The staircase is like a dark movie theater corridor, with each step illuminated by a responsive foot lamp.
Sirius continued down to the main hall in the basement, a spacious area that gradually emerged from the shadows.
Outside the hall was a windbreak wall with a huge Durmstrang badge on it.
A double-headed eagle and a deer's head, with Cyrillic script.
Next to the school badge is the mark left by Grindelwald before he was expelled and left the school:
A triangular, one-eyed shape resembling Runes.
No one recognized the symbol, but Durmstrang's students all called it Grindelwald's Mark.
Back then, Principal Oberon was shot in the head right in front of this wall, and the blood splattered on it has not been cleaned off yet.
Therefore, this wall is also called the Weeping Wall, or the Wall of Death.
Sirius stood in front of the wall, observed for a while, and then walked towards the Headmaster's Office.
He left school today because a House-elf delivered a package to him from Hogwarts in the United Kingdom.
This was clearly sent by William, because only Akali's Mystery Shop would use House-elf to deliver packages.
And the number of wizards who know about Sirius's mission is only a handful.
Upon entering the Headmaster's Office, Sirius immediately opened the package and found a worn-out metal cabinet inside.
He didn't recognize what the cabinet was, but it looked like a safe.
Did William send him a life-saving device?
Or perhaps William was inside, deliberately giving him a surprise?
Sirius was about to open it when he heard a series of knocking sounds coming from inside the cabinet.
He cautiously drew his wand, his eyes cold and his movements nimble as he carefully opened the cabinet door.
he...
They stood frozen in place.
A creature wearing a cloak floated out; its entire body looked as if it had been soaked in water and was rotting, with scabbed hands and a decaying body.
The Dementor saw Sirius and charged straight at him.
Sirius was also trembling, as the fear of his twelve years in prison returned to his mind.
Has the United Kingdom Ministry of Magic's enforcement become this strict by now?!
They've even started a cross-border manhunt!
Snap!
Sirius felt his happiness had vanished.
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