HP's Foreign Land

Chapter 24 The Tangled "Black Magic Factory"

Freshmen are always laughing and joking, and freshmen are always full of curiosity.

Besides, what hope can you have for a bunch of chattering, looking around 11-year-old male grasshoppers?

Different from Heimdall's freshness of "seeing mountains as mountains and seeing water as water", these new students seem to have soared to a higher level of "seeing mountains as water and seeing water as mountains".Heimdall, who was mixed in the crowd, fully experienced the magical moment when various speeches echoed each other and languages ​​of various countries intersected.Often an ordinary pillar has to be repeatedly baptized and commented on in various languages. It is estimated that this "tasting conference" will open as scheduled every year, but it is pity for these Corinthian stone pillars who stick to their posts regardless of the weather.

Sitting in the first grade seat and looking up, there is a row of well-dressed adults sitting behind the central podium, both men and women.There is no doubt that they must be the faculty and staff of this school.Heimdall had followed the three seniors and listened to the classes of several professors, so he knew some of them. (The acquaintance here refers to familiar faces)

Sweeping his eyes from left to right, he found strangely that Principal Karkaroff was not among them.Is there anything more worthy of his attention than welcoming freshmen?

This principal is really not good.Heimdall pouted quietly.

"Why isn't the principal here?"

It seems that he is not the only one who has this doubt. The words came from the left. Heimdall looked sideways, but what caught his eyes was an expressionless and indifferent face.The man sitting on the left has mixed brown and black hair and slightly dark skin. Although his unsmiling facial features are not as deep and restrained as those of Western Europeans, they have a unique charm.Perhaps aware of Heimdall's scrutiny, those cold dark brown eyes suddenly glanced over, and for some reason, a sense of horror rose from the bottom of his heart.

Heimdall immediately looked back.Apparently this brother is not someone who chats and loves to make friends. It seems that grasshoppers are not the only ones in the grasshopper pile.

Although I didn't see the owner of the problem, fortunately the conversation continued——

"Mr. Principal is currently in Italy. I heard that the Ministry of Magic in Italy, Serbia, Romania and other countries intends to invite Durmstrang's Quidditch school team to a friendly tour. If the schedule is arranged, it is estimated that the entire semester will Mr. Principal is going to take the school team to run around."

These remarks naturally won the attention of many parties, and the grasshoppers were in an uproar.For a while, the entire first-year seat entered a new round of twitter...

Heimdall found that although the ears are noisy, the expansion of "sonic pollution" is extremely limited.

The reason is that there are few people.

In 1991, Durmstrang College failed to have more than 35 new students in its current class (34).This figure is a shame in other schools, such as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Witchcraft, but in Durmstrang it is far above the passing mark.

Someone once conducted a survey on how many so-called pure-blood newborns are born in the wizarding world every year, and the results are shocking.The deteriorating situation can no longer be tolerated and generalized, that is too mild, and the degree of decline in the number can be described as "the liver and gallbladder are broken".

This status quo has been written into the most important memorandum to be resolved by the magic circles of various countries.Although it has received the attention of the whole society, the situation has not improved.Muggles infiltrate into the magical world every year, which is hard to guard against. In addition to the mudblood, an "alien species" that makes the wizarding world dumbfounded, pure-bloods have completely lost their original advantages. People no longer only pay attention to pure-bloods. And pure blood itself is one of the main factors that disappointed the public.

Maybe it’s like what a certain black magical animal said: [They only think about how to use their status to eat, drink, have fun, and accumulate wealth, so they become numb in thinking and stiff in limbs, unable to devote themselves to the innovation of magic, and even a decent iron armor I can't even recite the mantra clearly.Useless trash! 】

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Durmstrang College recruits an uneven number of new students every academic year. Sometimes it is overcrowded, and sometimes it does not even meet the passing mark.This huge gap is not only due to the pure-blood admission model that this school adheres to, but more is due to the main reason of the black magic education that has been upheld since the establishment of the school, regardless of the strong public opinion.

Not all wizards fear the Dark Arts as fiercely as tigers, though that number is a drop in the ocean.Politicians from all over the world who are "clean and honest" from time to time spurred and condemned with "double care", the magical world watched coldly, disapproved and disgusted, and the parents who were convinced by groundless rumors all caused the number of new students to fluctuate main factor of volts.

Even so, Durmstrang still shouldered its "not worthy of praise" school mission without hesitation, and moved forward step by step. The dismal data of zero new students in the four years from 1940 to 1943 failed to shake it by half a point.

Durmstrang's mission has never changed, not in its heyday, still less in its downturn, despite its notoriety and disrepute.The faculty and staff of the school feel gratified that their persistence is rewarded. There are still students who are willing to come here to study, or there are famous families who send their descendants here. From the signboard of "Dark Arts Education".

It is a pity that the increasing number of new students every year failed to hold back the approaching war. The fall of Poland in the Muggle world in 1939 led to a great war that almost caused the entire human race to fall into it, and the wizarding world could not be avoided either.Gillette Grindelwald, the former Durmstrang genius shocked the entire wizarding world.All the media and public opinion once again concentrated their firepower to bombard and criticize, and all the righteous people once again stood up to strongly appeal and tell the story...

Durmstrang became a target overnight.

"A school of wizards has cultivated such a crazy and vicious devil. I believe everyone has witnessed it with their own eyes. This is the consequence of black magic and the terrifying power that destroys everything. This should be strongly stopped. , should be discarded, should be completely shut out. We should no longer turn a blind eye and let our future generations come into contact with this dangerous product.

We couldn't produce another, or even more Gillette Grindelwald! ! !Say no to black magic! ! !Say no to Durmstrang! ! !Let the black magic factory stop production completely! ! !Get out of our sight! ! ! "

This is the headline that the major media rushed to publish.It's on every page, every cover.The frequency of publication is almost as much as that of Mussolini, Hitler and other fascist leaders appearing in Muggle newspapers.

It was the hardest blow Durmstrang had ever received—almost knocking it down.

Schools are closed, there's no question about that.No student can withstand such a huge pressure and persevere. Even if the student is willing, the parents are not happy.The children were picked up one by one. At the beginning, the parents used some high-sounding words to ask for a leave of absence for an extension or something. In the end, the parents became impatient and took the children out of the school without saying hello and running away like fleeing. The "black magic factory" that everyone hates.

The entire Durmstrang College was emptied out like this. Everyone was blaming it, and all the fingers were pointing at it. Everyone was devastated by the war and went out of control.People couldn't deal with Grindelwald, couldn't contain his strength, so they turned to attack the temple of imparting knowledge to vent their anger, as if doing so would hurt the devil himself. (Perhaps the fact that the flames of war have never reached the alma mater of the devil is the biggest reason that makes people feel hateful and suspicious.)

It was a dark time that seemed endless.There have also been great changes in the school because of this: some professors resigned because they couldn't bear the pressure and found another place; , As a result, these teachers who submitted the letter were invited out of the school one by one.

The "Black Magic Factory" did not collapse as expected, although it was already hovering on the edge of a cliff.

As the war gradually expanded, people were no longer able to pour dirty water on a school's reputation.Grindelwald's power spread very quickly, overwhelming all major European countries in an instant.

At the same time that the countries were struggling to gather their troops to resist, another voice appeared.

The grim war situation revealed a message to people, a brand-new cognition: If Grindelwald's strength lies in black magic, why can't we use black magic to deal with black magic?

This idea subverts people's long-standing traditional concepts and challenges the moral code of righteous people.Although this unconventional cognition failed to resonate with the whole society, it still played the role of throwing stones to explore the way and ringing the bell.

There is nothing wrong with black magic itself, it is always the person who uses it that goes wrong.

When people didn't notice, the "Black Magic Factory" resumed operation quietly.At the moment when the first child withstood the dangerous situation of flames of war and risked being pressured by public opinion and knocked on the school gate, all the teaching staff wept with joy.

It was already the middle of 1944, three years after the last student was picked up.

Years of waiting were not in vain.Along with the admission of this student, there was also a large amount of student grants provided by the family when he arrived in Durmstrang, so the "Black Magic Factory", which had been out of production for many years, had a third opportunity for renovation and expansion.Not only that, the family also used its prestige and status in the magic world to promote Durmstrang. They made use of their strengths to avoid weaknesses, and lured them with affection to benefit them, inciting many wizard families with comparable status.

Since then, the increase in the number of students has given the school great courage and confidence. Durmstrang Junior College, which was unsealed, seems to be flying straight into the sky. The teachers are pleasantly surprised to find that this school has never been as good as it is now. So broad and dazzling, thriving.

However, the savior-like first freshman who knocked on the door of the school that had been silent for many years received the utmost courtesy and respect from all the faculty and staff, whether it was him, his family members, or even future generations, Dems Trump has been persistent for decades: treat him like a guest.

The kid is Lombardy Lacarlini, 47 years later, and the current Italian Minister of Magic.