After walking out of the Potions classroom, Norlin had been wondering if there was any grudge between him and Snape.

Isn't it just a few more basilisk scales...... I didn't see you take less at that time!

Norlin thought indignantly, and then remembered that Professor Brown patted him on the shoulder and smiled meaninglessly when he had just left, and his heart felt aggrieved.

Norlin shook his head, not thinking about it. Snape's words, just go back and find a way to trick him.

After Potions class, the afternoon was free, and Norlin took the opportunity to visit Durmstran's castle.

The buildings in the castle are low-key and classical, and each sculpture exudes a sense of the vicissitudes of time, but it also seems a little dark and indifferent.

Norlin walked down the hallway, encountering a number of ghosts along the way. They frolicked through Nolin's body, as if they were used to it, and a female ghost winked at Nolin as she left.

Norin shuddered, the ghost looked young and beautiful, but the devil knows how many years it had been around......

Durmstrang's stairs come in two forms, in addition to the stairs that walk normally, there is also a staircase that spirals up and down and goes back and forth, which is simply a boon for some students with leg problems.

At this moment, Norlin stood in the middle of the spiraling staircase, looking curiously. There are some runes carved next to the staircase, presumably for the operation of the Werther staircase.

I went up the stairs to the third floor. This is the main concentration of classrooms, and there are quite a few classes going on at this time.

Norlin didn't bother them, and when he didn't hear anything at the door, he continued on his way.

At the end of the corridor is a half-open exhibition room, and Norlin walks in to see that there are many medals, trophies, and all kinds of strange items.

In addition to the various series of broomsticks, there are many dark magic items stacked on the walls, tables, and corners, some of which Norlin has seen in the dark magic item shop in Borgin-Burke.

There was an eerie atmosphere in the room, caused by these dark magic objects.

It seems that Durmstrang's research on the dark arts is completely unobtrusive. Norlin thought to himself as he looked at the contents of the room, picking up a book and flipping through it.

At last night's opening banquet, Norlin found out that Durmstrang had very few students, and there were only a dozen or twenty freshmen. Such a small number of people is not only due to the traditional pure-blood enrollment model of this school, but also from the main reason for the black magic education that has not been afraid of public opinion since its establishment.

Not all wizards are afraid of the dark arts, even though this number is a drop in the ocean in the wizarding world. The flogging policies of the nations, the cold eyes of the wizarding world, the disapproving gaze, and the unsuspecting parents are all important factors in the scarcity of students.

Still, Durmstrang took on its "unpraiseworthy" teaching purpose without hesitation, and moved forward one step at a time.

Durmstrang's mission has never changed, not in its heyday, not in its lows, despite its notoriety and notoriety. To the delight of the school's staff, their Kent was rewarded, the students were willing to come here, and the famous families sent their children and grandchildren to the school, who undoubtedly came for the sign of "Dark Arts Education".

Unfortunately, the number of students who have been increasing year by year has not been able to slow down the war. The fall of Poland in 1939 led to a great war involving almost all of humanity, and the wizarding world was not immune to it.

Durmstrang became the target of public criticism overnight, and reports about Durmstrang made headlines in the wizarding world. The frequency of publication is almost the same as the number of appearances of Mussolini, Hitler and other leaders in the Muggle world.

It was the heaviest blow Durmstrang had ever suffered — it nearly collapsed.

There is no doubt that schools are closed. No student can withstand such tremendous pressure to continue to hold on, and even if they do, parents are not. The children were picked up one by one, and at first the parents made some excuses, asking for a leave of absence or something, and finally lost patience and took the children out of the school directly, and ran away from this "black magic factory" that everyone hated as if fleeing.

The whole Durmstrang seemed to be in ruins, everyone blamed it, all the fingers pointed at it, and everyone was devastated by the war and went crazy. Unable to defeat Grindelwald and contain his strength, the people turned to attack the temple of knowledge to vent their anger, as if by doing so, they would hurt the Dark Lord himself.

Or perhaps it was the fact that the flames of war never reached the Dark Lord's alma mater that made people feel hateful and suspicious.

It was a dark time with no end in sight, and there were a lot of changes in the school. Some professors resigned because they couldn't bear the pressure, and some professors simply turned a deaf ear to what was going on outside the window and simply hid from the window. Some professors even suggested that they should change the school curriculum and compromise with public opinion, and they were all kicked out of the school one by one.

As the scale of the war grew, there was no longer room for dirty water and clinging to Durmstrang's reputation. Grindelwald's power expanded very rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, it swept all the major countries in Europe.

While the nations were scrambling to defend themselves, another voice appeared: if Grindelwald's strength lies in the Dark Arts, then why can't the Dark Arts be defeated by the Dark Arts?

This idea subverts the traditional wisdom of the wizarding world and challenges the moral boundaries of orthodox wizards. Although this unconventional perception did not resonate with the wizarding world, it at least served to throw stones to ask for directions and ring the bell.

Durmstrang is back up and running, and years of waiting have not been in vain. The moment when the first child knocked on the door of the school in the face of the fierce situation and the possibility of being pressured by public opinion, all the teachers and staff cried with joy.

Along with the arrival of the student at the school, there was also a large sum of money from his family. Not only that, but the family also used their prestige in the wizarding world to build propaganda for Durmstrand, and they used their strengths and weaknesses to incite many magical families of their status.

Years later, when Dumbledore, the greatest wizard of our time, defeated Grindelwald, Durmstrang was finally freed from the pressure of public opinion and got back on track.

And the student who knocked on the name of the school, which had been dormant for many years, won the respect of the entire Durmstrang staff.

His name is Snow Meredith.

Norlin put down a book in his room called "The Clouds of the Past: A History of the School" and thought for a moment.