Chapter 318 The Sorrow of Little People

After leaving the principal's office, Ian walked alone in the castle. Compared to the bustle of Hogwarts, Durmstrang seemed to pay more attention to rules and etiquette. Although there were many students passing by, he seemed unusually quiet.

While walking, he reviewed the conversation in his mind. Although it was just a superficial conversation, it also gave him a sense of urgency, which was probably the calm before the storm.

As for the future layout and planning, Ian very wisely did not mention that Grindelwald was not a fool, and those who followed him were not blind pedantics either.

"Sometimes, reality is far more absurd than fiction. After all, the fiction in fiction is probably based on a certain logic, but reality... often has no logic at all!"

Ian sighed softly. After seeing Grindelwald's arrangement of turning his hands into clouds and turning his hands into rain, he didn't know whether to feel lucky or sad for the Muggles at the bottom.

The sorrow of the bottom, the helplessness of the little people in the prosperous age.

Anyway, with mixed feelings, Ian knocked on Hermione's room.

The door is opened.

Hermione looked at the person close by and asked softly: "What happened? I feel like you are not in a good mood."

After being together for a long time, she easily noticed that Ian seemed to be not very interested.

"I'm fine." Ian didn't want to infect Hermione with his depressed mood.

However, he ignored his girlfriend's character. Hermione was obviously not someone who was easily fooled.

As expected, Hermione pursed her lips when she heard this, and said angrily: "If you are still trying to lie to me, you will almost have your bad mood written on your face."

"Is it so obvious?" Ian couldn't help but touch his nose and smiled bitterly: "I just don't want to infect you with a bad mood."

Hermione obviously didn't accept this, and glared at Ian angrily, and said helplessly: "So you are just going to be alone? Or do you mean that I will never grow up in your eyes?"

"Forget it, let's not talk about it for now." Ian shook his head, tried to change the subject, and suggested: "Should we stay in a hotel or a B&B tonight? Or use the transformation technique to camp outdoors?"

"Camping in the wild in the middle of winter? What do you think?" Hermione was attracted by the newly raised topic. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Let's go to a B&B. Hotels are too formulaic."

…

Durmstrang is located on an island and is basically inaccessible.

So when it came to accommodation, Ian chose neighboring Sweden.

Wandering on the streets of Stockholm, the capital, the first thing he felt was relief. Unlike the impetuous London, in Sweden he could clearly feel the slow pace of life in Northern Europe.

The starry sky in the evening was bright and beautiful. Holding Hermione's hand, they walked through the streets and alleys. At this moment, the two of them seemed to be far away from the busyness and hustle and bustle...

According to the map, Ian found a very classic small red house. The price information was marked on the sign at the door. It was obvious that this was a B&B in operation.

Not only that, Hermione was also satisfied with the surrounding pastoral scenery. There was a long path in front of the door and endless fields on both sides.

Although it is winter, when the wind blows, the withered grass in the fields sway with the wind, and the clouds in the distance are low. Under the starlight, it looks like a small house in a fairy tale.

"Ian, this is the one, I like it here."

Faced with the choice of his girlfriend, Ian also nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let me get ready."

He took out a blank parchment from his backpack and, under the influence of the confusion spell, turned it into the two's legal passports.

…

After successfully completing the check-in procedure, Ian looked at the key in his hand while sighing at the leisurely and open-minded attitude of the Nordic people.

Because the B&B owner and his family all chose to go on vacation, they only temporarily borrowed a 'clerk' from their neighbor, a middle-aged woman over fifty years old, and the other party only came to see her and charge a fee.

Facing this ignorant clerk, Ian chuckled and said, "It seems we have encountered a self-service B&B."

"To be honest, I sincerely recommend that you stay in a hotel." The middle-aged woman said seriously.

Even though the passport information stated that the two were adults, she still did not think that the other party could take care of herself.

"Thank you very much, but we don't intend to change our mind." Ian politely rejected the other party's kindness.

"Well, if anything happens, come to me across the way." After saying this, the middle-aged woman turned and left.

…

A night of silence.

Early the next morning, after Ian walked out of the room, he saw Hermione, who was already fully dressed and sitting in the living room.

Although it doesn't look very big from the outside, it is an entire B&B after all, and of course it doesn't have just one room, so they slept separately last night.

"You actually woke up earlier than me. I originally planned to make breakfast before waking you up." Ian said with a yawn.

"I only sleep in occasionally when I'm at home." Hermione curled her lips in dissatisfaction. She was not the kind of lazy person.

"Okay, okay! You don't like to sleep in." Ian didn't intend to dwell too much on this topic.

"By the way, I'm going to Durmstrang today. What about you? Are you going with me, or are you going to wander around Sweden by yourself?"

In fact, he had considered Hermione's feelings last night. It was not a good choice to leave Hermione alone in Durmstrang due to the language barrier.

Sure enough, Hermione hesitated when she heard about going to Durmstrang.

After much hesitation, he refused: "I'd better go shopping in Sweden. If anything happens, we can always use the double-sided mirror to contact him."

As she spoke, Hermione patted her small satchel. After being expanded by the extension spell, the bag that was less than half a foot contained at least hundreds of cubic meters of space.

"Okay, let's have dinner together when I come back in the evening." Ian calmly put the magic mark on Hermione.

Although you can communicate at any time with a double-sided mirror, if you encounter some emergencies, it will be too late to take out the double-sided mirror.

With the magic mark, he can apparate to Hermione at any time. This is innate magic. Just like Grindelwald's skillful gas stove, ordinary people really can't master it.

…

Principal Durmstrang's office.

At this moment, sitting in front of Grindelwald was a sturdy old man with long silver-grey fluffy hair and deeply sunken eyes, which seemed to tell of his Germanic origin.

"It seems that I came a little early." Gregovich said softly.

In addition to the three major wand-makers in Europe, he also has a little-known identity as the former holder of the Elder Wand.

You know, there is only one way to become the master of the Elder Wand, and that is to defeat the previous master.

Although Gregorovitch lost to Grindelwald and the Elder Wand changed hands, this does not mean that Gregorovitch is weak. It can only be said that his opponent is stronger.