Nagini is not very healthy.

She's very old.

The old house-elf's caution when taking care of her was not out of fear, but because he was worried about whether it would hurt her.

But that didn't affect her soul.

Half a month later.

Hogwarts was empty, so silent that it even seemed a little deserted.

Filch and his Lady Loris have the most peaceful, but also the loneliest, lives.

In the principal's office.

Dumbledore was a little unsure of his judgment and called another person to check.

Grindelwald couldn't contain the trembling of his hands and put Nagini down: "It looks healthy, there are some wounds in the soul, but they are all very old, long traces. ”

"It's her." Dumbledore corrected.

"That little girl next to Credence?" There was some nostalgia in Grindelwald's eyes.

"It's Aurelius." Dumbledore continued to correct.

He paused, his tone complicated: "We owe them a lot. ”

"Bloodcursed orcs." Grindelwald shook his head in confusion.

It's an ancient curse, as old as wolfism.

"If Aurelius and her can have a child, we may be able to slowly figure out a solution to the Blood Curse Orcs." Grindelwald whispered, "But Nagini is not as fit as Mr. Lupin, and her body and willpower probably don't support us in doing so." ”

Dumbledore didn't speak, but his expression was even more guilty.

He had a chance.

"What are you going to do in the future?" Harry digressed from the subject, "Does Dead Face stay at Hogwarts?" ”

Grindelwald laughed to himself: "Newmondard is ruined." ”

"Azkaban isn't for me, a dark wizard with a Patronus Charm."

"No Ministry of Magic would dare to take me into custody, only Hogwarts, home to two of the greatest wizards alive, could hold me."

"Besides, my hours of Soul Drilling Spell can't be in vain."

He held up his hands, still shaking.

Barely able to cast spells.

But to this extent, to Grindelwald, it is almost no different from a waste.

But he accepted it.

"Defence Against the Dark Arts professor?" Harry spoke, eager to try.

Grindelwald heard the emotion, narrowed his eyes, and looked at him suspiciously: "Defence Against the Dark Arts professor? ”

"You're embarrassed now, but the level is there." Harry nodded, "When it comes to understanding the dark arts, I'm afraid no one can compare to you." ”

"Of course, of course." Grindelwald responded, his mood unchanged even when he heard Harry brag, "But I always felt like you were trying to beat me up." ”

Harry looked serious: "Mr. Grindelwald, how can you think that. ”

"I've heard this rumor too." Grindelwald retorted, "Every year the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor has been beaten by you. ”

"Not this year." Harry was right.

Grindelwald scoffed: "But he is still lying in St. Mungo, I'm afraid he will have to be absent for another month after school starts." ”

"At least you can substitute teach for a month." Harry continued.

Grindelwald shook his head: "No." ”

"Albus and I agreed a long time ago that I would stay at Hogwarts, but not as a member of staff."

He paused.

Looking up at the map hanging in the headmaster's office, he stared at the name on it: "Filch is seventy-five years old, which is not too old for a wizard, but he is just a squib. ”

"Eight floors, plus a basement, and two towers."

"It's not a small burden on a seventy-five-year-old squib."

"He needs a smart, great man to help share the labor."

Harry was surprised: "You're going to be a castle keeper?" ”

"Five Galleons a week." Grindelwald nodded, "It's only twenty Galleons a month, oh my God, if it weren't for my own experience, I wouldn't believe that Hogwarts, the second only wizarding school in Europe after Durmstrang, would offer such a low salary." ”

Dumbledore explained, "Voldemort has done too much damage to Hogwarts. ”

"We have to compensate the merfolk, as well as the repair of the castle."

"And Neville's accident at school, we also have to compensate."

"If it weren't for Harry's face, and your identity, the school board wouldn't even be able to agree, and at this time, hiring another inconsequential position for Hogwarts would have been a shame for five Gallons."

McGonagall made a repaired watch, which would have cost at least two thousand Galleons.

Combined with the compensation, this amount went to four thousand.

"Two years of Triwizard Tournament, but Hogwarts won the Triwizard Cup." Harry cared more about the other part of Grindelwald's words, and retorted, "Obviously, Hogwarts is the best school in all of Europe. ”

"Every Friday Galleon, it's a little too much for you."

"You can't afford to spend it."

Grindelwald shook his head: "No, every year on Valentine's Day, Christmas, and birthdays, I need to prepare gifts, more than two hundred Galleons a year, divided into three parts, which can't buy anything good." ”

"Triwizard Tournament is because of you, and obviously Hogwarts can't have one for every year."

Harry smiled coldly: "Yes, Albus, all you need is a can of cockroaches, a bottle of three silver sico." ”

"Two years ago, even without me, Cedric would have been enough to clean up Durmstrang."

"A man who doesn't understand romance." Grindelwald shook his head and sighed, "Candy may be a good gift for children, but for adults, it's far from it." ”

"Who is Cedric?"

Dumbledore saw the needle: "A good Hufflepuff, just like Scamander. ”

Grindelwald suffers a critical hit.

Hufflepuff, a name that evokes memories for him.

It was a few decades ago that a wizard from this academy caused him a lot of trouble.

The three of them were noisy, and Fox occasionally mixed in.

It's just that the end result is still a failure for Grindelwald.

He couldn't beat Dumbledore or Harry.

And in the headmaster's office, there are not only the two mouths of Harry and Dumbledore, but also the portraits of Godric and the successive headmasters of Hogwarts.

Until the end, Grindelwald scolded them for being shameless.

Dozens of generations of Hogwarts, from old to young, have bullied themselves as the only seed of Durmstrang.

Of course, he wasn't really angry, but rather had a sense of enjoying it.

Observations of Nagini continue.

A month later, her soul was still stable, which allowed them to determine the exact time of the "operation".

It was July 31, Harry's birthday.

Still in charge of Dumbledore.

The location is still in the Gryffindor Lounge.

(End of chapter)