A Certain Magical Hogwarts

Chapter 877 The Weeping Wall

at dusk,

The north wind howls

Snowflakes are falling.

It was so cold it felt like frozen iron; you could stick your tongue out and it would 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 when they stepped on it.

Eight swallowtail dogs 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 Black has the exterior of Karkaroff, but the interior is as dark as a black dot. He seems carefree... but he's actually freezing cold.

He couldn't help but curse Merlin... his father.

Sirius felt he was really bored out of his mind, choosing to seek thrills and experience a Nordic sleigh ride instead of a warm and 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 badges made by Akali's Secret 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 any force.

This damn weather!

Fortunately, the Swallowtail, being a magical animal, 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 hurried 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 well over ten degrees Celsius.

Of course, this is the current situation.

When Kakarov was the principal, in order to save money, he turned off the heating, leaving it on only in the professors' offices.

Yes, 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 Black had a deeper reason for doing this... He was afraid that one day, with Karkaroff's face on his back, 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 another way, it's even more sinister than the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor position at Hogwarts.

The Defense Against the Dark Arts 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 Bulgarian witch who lived in the Middle Ages, founded Durmstrang College.

Later, she died mysteriously while in office.

Harfon Monte, 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 black magic.

During his tenure, he also ushered in the first dark period in Durmstrang's history.

Ironically, Monte, as an advocate for teaching black magic, was ultimately killed by his students using the black magic he taught.

There was also the final Triwizard Tournament in 1792.

The most imposing monster, with a chicken's body and a snake's tail, rampaged through the competition, injuring all three school principals.

You think this is 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's death is one thing, but a principal's death is a whole different story!

Also, why was Grindelwald expelled at the age of sixteen?

Was it really just because his black magic experiments were too dangerous for the students?

Do not!

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 long tradition of killing his master to prove his own path.

Oberyn was right; Grindelwald was indeed far too dangerous.

On the 20th anniversary of the expulsion of the first Dark Lord, this old headmaster was killed by the Wusik Party with a wand blow to the head.

What was the cause of death?

Dismiss Grindelwald, the Dark Lord.

Isn't that awkward?

Therefore, Sirius was terrified.

He gives high-profile interviews every day, calling for William to come to Durmstrang as a professor. Do you think he's joking?

Do not!

That was a subtle hint to William: "Come quickly... or you'll never see Big Black again."

Despite being the principal and seemingly able to do whatever he wanted every day, Sirius Black 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 responsive footlights illuminating each step.

Sirius continued down to the main hall in the underground courtyard, a spacious area that gradually emerged from the shadows.

Outside the hall is a windbreak wall with a huge Durmstrang school emblem 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 a rune.

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 the wall has not yet been cleaned off.

Therefore, this wall is also called the Wailing Wall, or the Wall of Death.

Sirius stood in front of the wall, observed for a while, and then walked towards the principal's office.

I left school today because a house-elf delivered a package to me—from Hogwarts in England.

This was obviously sent by William, because only Akali's Mystery Shop would use house-elves to deliver packages.

And the number of wizards who know about Sirius's mission is only a handful.

Upon entering the principal's office, Sirius immediately opened the package and found a dilapidated 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 pulled out 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 Black and charged straight at him.

Sirius was also trembling, as the fear of his twelve years in prison returned to his mind.

Has the British Ministry of Magic become this strict with its enforcement of the law?!

They've even started a cross-border manhunt!

Snapped!

Sirius felt that happiness had disappeared.

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