A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 752 The Collapse of Grigorovich

Although it was already daytime, the Austrian Ministry of Magic, which had been busy all night, showed no signs of resting and was still working overtime.

Many Aurors dragged their exhausted bodies, their eyes bloodshot.

Austria has a small land area, few wizards, and a low crime rate.

I'm used to being lazy, taking care of myself while also working as an Auror. Now, suddenly I'm being forced to do a full-night search – who can handle that?

My body can't take it!

As for slacking off... he dared not do so. Minister Soros came several times in one night and caught quite a few lazy wizards.

It felt like chatting in a game group at work, only to be spotted by your boss who was also lurking in the group... It was terrifying.

Of course, the scariest thing is that this kind of unrestrained overtime work could continue for who knows how long.

They are even less aware that this seemingly ineffective search is actually useful.

In any case, the enemy was nowhere to be found.

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 geezer

Young couple.

Secretary Soros gave orders to immediately notify the ministry once Grindelwald was found.

Stark and Granger were not criminals.

If you see them, be careful to "invite" them back to the Ministry of Magic.

It seems that 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 you look down on?

We are Tangtang's Aurors!

Starks and Granger are different; many Aurors went to England 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 Veela, of course, but rather the huge, shaped Lake Selma Monster, like a tank.

In addition, there was Venice, which was destroyed last year; the Albanian forests, which were ravaged by fire; 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 vigilant, okay?

What if they destroy Vienna too?

Minister Soros, however, was not worried about William and Hermione at all; instead, 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 unbelievable that he would leave Nurmengard.

Decades ago, during a prison break, Vida Rozier 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, I've found something!"

"What discovery?" Soros asked, perking up.

"A wizard just reported a case, and Grindelwald found him and asked him for the location of Gregorovich."

"Grigorovich?" Minister Soros was taken aback.

"Is the wizard alright?"

"No, Grindelwald didn't kill him. After getting his location, he left."

Soros was taken aback; this really didn't seem like Grindelwald's style.

If it were the old him, he would have at least used a forgetting spell, if not murder, to hide his tracks.

Can decades of prison life really change a person?

Soros pondered for a moment and said, "I remember that after Grigorovich retired, he went into seclusion in Salzburg..."

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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 of 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, including "The Sound of Music."

The movie takes place right here in Salzburg.

It was almost noon 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 glaring, so William and Hermione could 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 elderberries.

"We're here!" Hermione said excitedly.

According to Missandei's description, there was a dense elderberry grove in the place where Grigovich lived in seclusion.

However, there are no houses on the island, and it is surrounded by dense trees.

—A tall and straight cypress tree, 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 got off the carriage, walked to the gap, and peered into the shaded passage.

She quickly turned to face William and smiled, "The carriage can't pass; we'll have to walk."

William nodded, got off the carriage, and put Graling 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, forming a square formation that sandwiches 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 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 exactly the same.

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 beard, and apologized:

"I thought it was Jim's grandson and granddaughter from next door; they always come over and cause trouble."

Seeing William staring intently at the wand in his hand, Gregorovich frowned and asked warily, "Is there something you two need?"

William suddenly spoke up: "Is that the Elder Wand?"

Grigorovich's pupils contracted sharply, and he immediately shook his head, saying:

"I've never heard of the Old Man's Wand. I'm just a retired old man who makes a living by collecting garbage."

"But the shape of your wand..."

"Alright, don't bother me while I'm taking out the trash." Grigovich raised his wand, and bits of debris flew into the trash can.

“I heard from Mr. Ollivander that…” William added.

Grigorovich 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 for The Daily Prophet.

The title is: Shocking! Grigorovich talks about Ollivander, and can't stop talking about garbage.

Or: Men are speechless and women are in tears. When Grigorovich talked about his opinion on the Elder Wand, he immediately called it rubbish.

Just as William was about to ask Grindelwald some questions, Grigorovich suddenly threw down 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.

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