harry potter book of crimes

"... In recent years, Karkaroff seems to have finally stopped focusing on dealing with the local Ministry of Magic, and has really focused on education. Durmstrang is in good shape now... at least as far as I know

, many parents feel that their children do learn a lot in school."

On the lakeside pier behind the castle, Maca was standing side by side with Professor McGonagall. Since this place is located under the cliff, there are many vines blocking the sun at the boat entrance, making it a bit dark all year round.

At the edge of the dock next to the two of them, a magic lamp was hung on a metal pole inserted diagonally into the ground, emitting a light that was not too bright.

At the moment, Professor McGonagall is talking to Maka about Durmstrang's current situation.

"Although I don't know why Karkaroff suddenly changed his temper, but as long as he can continue like this, I believe that Durmstrang will sooner or later become the magic school that was popular with children in the past."

Obviously, for McGonagall, she is more concerned about the future of her students - whether they are students at Hogwarts or Durmstrang.

"Well, I hope so!" Maka shrugged, "After all, children are the future!"

In fact, he knew where Karkaroff's changes came from.

I remember that when he went to Durmstrang, he gave him some small suggestions. The reason why Karkaroff began to pay attention to the development of education was probably because of what he said at that time.

Of course, it is impossible to turn that sneaky old guy into a caring principal. That guy would do this just to cultivate his own reputation and power.

The two of them were talking casually when they suddenly saw a piece of water not far away that was surging like boiling water.

"Oh, here it comes!"

Before Maka could finish his words, suddenly, a large black shadow suddenly rose from under the water. It was a huge sea ship, and the noise of the waves instantly occupied his field of vision.

"boom!"

When the ship rushed out of the water, its bow was tilted upward. When the hull was pulled back by gravity, it naturally slapped heavily on the water, and the water curtain that was stirred up almost covered the face.

Pressing towards Maka and Mag.

When Maka saw it, she immediately raised her hand to block it, causing the huge wave to turn into a water column and pull it back into the water.

"This at least reminds us that when we use it to move during the study tour...even if it is not a Muggle port, we must remember not to teleport too close to the dock! Otherwise, it will be easy to go to those who welcome us.

People are splashed with water..."

After a large amount of lake water fell back, Maka chuckled and complained.

"Crack-"

As the gangplank on the ship automatically flipped up and was set up at the front of the pier, the hatch on the ship also opened in response, and several Durmstrang seniors in charge of driving the ship walked out behind Karkaroff.

But what makes Macca slightly regretful is that Krum has already graduated from Durmstrang and went to be the star seeker of the Bulgarian team.

"Oh, Mr. Karkaroff! It's been such a long time!"

Maka greeted him immediately, and with a smile on his face, he shook hands with everyone, including several accompanying students, in a friendly manner.

If you have to dig deeper, he is actually still a professor at Durmstrang - although he seems to have never taught even half a class there from beginning to end.

"Um...heh, yes, long time no see..."

To be honest, even though Karkaroff was still smiling, it looked a little unnatural. He had never forgotten the hard-core "" that Maka gave him back then.

Expelliarmus".

Okay! Actually, Maka still remembers it very clearly.

"Mr. Karkaroff, thank you very much for lending us the Change this time! I have to say that in today's magical world, such a large magical ship is of extraordinary value!"

"No, you're welcome!" Karkaroff nodded towards Maka, and then said to Professor McGonagall, "Our two schools have had a practice of helping each other since the Middle Ages, just borrowing ships, and

It’s not a big deal!”

"We at Hogwarts will definitely remember your school's generosity," McGonagall immediately nodded and said, "Please - it's lunch time soon. If you don't mind, please taste our school's delicacies again!"

When Helga Hufflepuff was still there, the food at Hogwarts was famous all over the world. Although many recipes and cooking spells have not been handed down now, the craftsmanship of house elves has.

The imagination of Hufflepuff still remains.

So at least for a school like Durmstrang, which never pays attention to appetite, Hogwarts' banquets still have considerable appeal.

As soon as they heard that there was delicious food to be enjoyed, the Durmstrang students wearing fur cloaks immediately turned their heads to look at Karkaroff's profile with bright eyes.

"Oh! Of course - those children have always been obsessed with your school's delicious food since the Tri-Wizard Tournament! Look at them, if I dare to refuse, they will fight me tooth and nail!"

It can be seen that Karkaroff's attitude towards students has indeed changed a lot. If it were in the past, he would probably just be indifferent from beginning to end.

But in fact, he had planned to stay for a meal today - not to enjoy the delicious food, but to talk to Maka about something.

When Maka saw him looking towards her again, she raised her hand and said in invitation:

"Then please! I went to the kitchen to give instructions before coming here, and everything in the Great Hall must be ready by now - house elves are always very nimble with their hands and feet."

After saying this, he turned around and walked towards the door at the back of the pier. As he walked, he said loudly:

"Stop hiding in there and sneaking around! Do you want to see if you can't come out? No one is stopping you... Now give way, don't all gather in the corridor and block the way of the guests!"

It was the short break before lunch. Someone probably noticed the movement while passing by, and it spread like wildfire one after another.

Since Professor McGonagall has not yet informed the students that the Travel Society will travel by boat, the little wizards are quite curious at this moment, thinking that Maka has come up with some interesting and good idea.

After Maca temporarily drove away these doubtful and surprised students, Durmstrang and his group followed him and Professor McGonagall, walking along the corridor towards the main castle's auditorium.

…

"There are many gatherings of dark wizards in Norway and Sweden?"

At the dinner table, in addition to normal meals, there is naturally indispensable chatting. Depending on the person who opens the topic, the content of the chat is often divided into relaxed and serious.

Just like today, the topic brought by Karkaroff seems to be a bit heavy.

"Yes," he nodded, obviously troubled by this matter, "Although the dark wizards who participated in the gathering hardly disturbed the nearby residents, I think that is always a question that needs to be investigated.

question."

In fact, most wizards know something about the situation in the Nordic magic world. There, everyone knows about the existence of dark wizards, and it is not a secret.

And because the dark wizards there had formed a fairly stable organization many years ago, they interfered with each other with the local Ministry of Magic, and they also had very strict internal rules as constraints.

To put it bluntly, the Nordic magic world is a place where black magic is prevalent. Even magic schools like Durmstrang have some teaching of ordinary black magic.

But even so, dark wizards are still a type of people who are harmful to maintaining social stability. Now that dark wizards gather frequently, it is no wonder that Karkaroff and the local Ministry of Magic are worried.

"What kind of gathering is it? Has the Ministry of Magic found out?"

Of course Maka knew what Karkaroff was worried about - it was simply the fear that those gatherings were related to Halpo, and might even be hosted by Halpo himself.

"Well, not to mention the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic, I also hired people to investigate secretly." Karkaroff leaned towards Maka again, leaned closer and said, "I believe you also know,

Our dark wizards have a very large organization, with many more people than the Ministry of Magic..."

"But this time, because of the birth of Haierbo, there seemed to be obvious differences in the management within the organization - some of the dark wizards wanted to join Haierbo, while others did not agree, thinking that following Haierbo would only lead to being betrayed by the other party.

Serve as a victim.”

After hearing this, Maka nodded slightly and said:

"It seems that there are still smart people among them... So what happened to the meeting? The two groups of people are planning to separate and do their own thing?"

"No, on the contrary!" Karkaroff frowned and said, "Both parties obviously know the importance of collective strength. Regardless of whether they want to follow Haierbo or not, they do not want to split. So..."

After a short pause, he couldn't help but sigh and said:

"There may be a fierce fight within their organization, and once it happens, the scale will definitely not be too small! By then, except for Iceland, which is located overseas, the magic world in the Nordic countries will probably be in chaos for a while... I'm worried, then

Haierbo may secretly take the opportunity to intervene."

"Well," Maka nodded, "if Haierbo gathers the group of dark wizards, this will indeed become a big problem——"

After finishing his words, Maka stuffed a piece of tender and juicy beef into his mouth and began to think about it. Finally, he added:

"No matter what, it is definitely right to inform Mr. Ajinbad first, and this matter should be dealt with by the International Federation of Wizards, right?" (To be continued)