After the start of the term at Hogwarts, the Little wizards discovered that quite a few strange things were happening at school.
For instance, on the very first day of school, Hufflepuff had ten points inexplicably deducted.
For instance, Professor Gott Green went from being the defense against the dark arts professor to the school's vegetable patch manager.
For instance, Professor Snape of the Potion Class became even colder and meaner, especially towards the famous Harry Potter; he mocked him and deducted points during the very first class.
Actually, there were many more strange things that the Little wizards didn't know about.
Hagrid was very confused about who had been cutting down so many trees in the Forbidden Forest, and they were all young saplings that hadn't grown up yet.
Grindelwald was also puzzled as to why the maces he had crafted were disappearing one after another.
He suspected that Little Bastard Karl had stolen them, but he couldn't find any evidence.
Even after using Revelio, he found no traces of any human or magical creature activity.
Moreover, under Grindelwald's sensing, there was no possibility of the spells being erased.
To prevent Karl from using Accio to summon the maces away, he even cast protective spells on them, but it was to no avail; they still vanished.
How strange!
However, even without the maces, Karl wouldn't go and annoy the old man because he had no time.
Due to Dumbledore's tattling, he was often taken to Professor McGonagall's office to study Transfiguration.
When he finally got some free time, he had to reply to letters from Charlie and Tonks, and was being urged by Judy to write stories.
Fortunately, the harvest was plentiful; he learned a lot of information about raising Dragon and Auror training, and received a large pile of Galleon.
And when he was with Nina, he couldn't go see Grindelwald even more.
After all, Nina's elders had had some run-ins with Grindelwald, and if the two of them found out each other's identities,
I'm afraid they wouldn't get along very well.
At that point, should Karl help Nina? Or should he help Nina? This was truly a difficult question to choose!
Consequently, Grindelwald completely became a lonely old man, often sitting by the Black Lake, staring blankly at the Giant Squid in the water.
He even started to miss that Little Bastard.
"Ah..."
Karl collapsed onto the lawn, letting out a pained groan, looking like he had lost the will to live.
"What's wrong with you?"
Nina sat gracefully to one side, poking Karl's cheek with her finger.
"Just finished Defense Against the Dark Arts Class."
"Hmm—well, I understand now. Please accept my sympathy."
After Karl stated the reason, Nina's expression became somewhat complicated.
After all, the garlic smell on Professor Quirrell was simply too lethal; there wasn't a single spot in the entire classroom that you couldn't smell it.
For all the Little wizards, this definitely counted as a form of torture.
Even those who liked eating garlic found it hard to accept this olfactory attack.
"Clearly, the previous Professor Gott Green had a very high level of teaching; why did the school have to change people? This current Professor Quirrell is obviously—worse."
Hearing Nina's euphemistic statement, Karl rolled his eyes directly.
"More than just a little; the gap between them is several hundred Elvis Heller-s."
He felt that after a few more Defense Against the Dark Arts Class sessions, he would even start missing Grindelwald.
Just as Karl was pondering when to go annoy—go visit the old man, Nina grabbed his arm with both hands, trying to make him sit up.
"Hmm? What is it?"
"Karl, there is one thing that is very strange. I don't know if it's my illusion."
Nina's tone was somewhat hesitant, with doubt in her eyes.
"What is it? Tell me about it."
"There might be a Parseltongue at school because my wand gave me a warning, but—unlike the clear warnings in the records, it seems like the wand can't be certain either. This has happened several times."
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