The Balance's Weight

"But he must have thought he could solve this problem…" Ivan muttered to himself, which was the only explanation for Grindelwald's decision to escape rather than wait to die in Newmengardry.

A dying man would not be able to keep up with the British and European newspapers all day long…

As Ivan relived his encounter with Grindelwald, many doubts returned to him, the most concerning of which was the so-called agreement. What had Dumbledore agreed to with him?

Ivan would never have believed it was as easy as Grindelwald claimed!

A slightly more comfortable environment would not be worth everything to Grindelwald in place of Dumbledore's suffering from the Dark Arts.

Such a deal was clearly unbalanced, but what about placing a counterweight called freedom on the other end of the scale?

Ivan does not forget that Grindelwald was barely restrained in the Tower during our last meeting…

Now that he thought about it, it was possible that Dumbledore had freed him from his chains in order to use him against Voldemort.

Grindelwald did not leave immediately because he knew that Voldemort would bring the Deathly Hallows to him sooner or later!

With that in mind, Yvonne turned to Harry and Snape, trying to get some information out of them, but Madam Pomfrey was already standing around him, her eyes like knives.

"Hales, I must remind you that you have been talking for ten minutes. I think Potter and Severus need a good rest!" Madam Pomfrey said sternly.

"Very well, madame. I will leave you now!" Ivan shrugged his shoulders and did not argue with Madame Pomfrey.

Snape and Harry had been through two battles in a row, and their minds had reached their limits. It was indeed time to get some sleep.

… .

A few days passed in the blink of an eye, but the trauma of Grindelwald's attack still hung over Hogwarts. The young wizards discussed the attack in class, and even went to the bathroom in groups in the middle of the night, afraid that someone would pop out of the shadows.

More than that, nearly a quarter of all parents applied for or took time off from school, as they were all suspicious of Hogwarts' security. According to the children's reports, there were five professors and a dozen Aurors present, but they were unable to stop the intruders.

Pierce had to send people to write back letters to try to get the students to stay.

However, Pierce was also puzzled. There had been many similar incidents at Hogwarts in recent years, and he had not seen such strong opinions from the parents.

However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not understand why so many young witches and wizards wrote to their parents every day just to get away from their final exams…

The talk of Grindelwald was soon replaced by another bombshell, the Daily Prophet, which published the good news of Lord Voldemort's defeat three days after the attack.

Any wizard who heard this news would be filled with a sense of relief and wonder, as the news came so suddenly and Voldemort died so quietly that not even his corpse was left behind.

The front page only said that the Ministry's elite Aurors had found Voldemort's hiding place and were planning an ambush to capture the Dark Lord in secret. Voldemort refused to surrender, and after injuring a dozen Aurors, he was killed by the combined forces of the Ministry of Magic and his body was blown to smithereens…

"The Ministry of Magic should have made up a better story…" Ivan dropped the Seer on the table and shook his head, speechless.

Was this the story the Aurors had been racking their brains for three days?

It was ridiculous!

"And they didn't even mention Harry!" Ron said indignantly.

"No! They mentioned it!" Hermione turned the Daily Prophet around and pointed to a particular page. "It says here that Professor Snape was an undercover spy sent to You-Know-Who by the Ministry of Magic, and that he was responsible for luring You-Know-Who out of hiding by passing information to the Aurors…"

"But they didn't say Harry killed the mystery man, did they?" Ron persisted.

"Come on, Ron, I didn't know what was going on the other day," Harry said soothingly, not caring that the Ministry was stealing the credit, since Grindelwald was the one who really deserved the credit for killing Voldemort.

Yvonne nodded in agreement. "It's too complicated, and the Ministry was right to cover up part of it! All the British wizards need is confidence, and they won't want to know that the Dark Lord killed the Dark Lord!"

In addition, information about Horcruxes had to be concealed, as killing a person could split one's soul and grant immortality, which was too tempting for Dark Wizards.

The method of creating a Horcrux is little known, but it is recorded in some ancient family books.

"But now you can call him Lord Voldemort!" Ivan said with a sudden laugh.

Hermione and Ron were both stunned for a moment before they realised what was happening. You-Know-Who was dead, so why should they be afraid of him?

"Yes, You-Know-Who… well, no, Voldemort is nothing special!" Ron said after a moment's hesitation.

Harry and the others also burst out laughing…

This laughter dispelled the gloom that had settled over the group, but their good mood did not last long, as Hermione soon brought out a pile of books to remind them that it was time to revise!

Harry and Ron's faces fell. They both looked as if they had been through this yesterday.

"How many of the standard transfiguration spells have you memorized? How many of them have you figured out? Who put down the goblin rebellion…" Hermione went on and on.

Harry and Ron were left speechless, as they were unable to answer any of Hermione's questions, although they were both likely to be used as test points, and were forced to pick up their books in distress.

Ivan's lips curled into a small smile. He would have enjoyed this noisy, leisurely lifestyle if he didn't have to deal with Grindelwald's troubles.

However, Grindelwald was more cautious than he had expected, and did not stir up any trouble for a week, nor did the Confederation have any good news.

To avoid the same mistake, Ivan did not dare to simply leave Hogwarts to search for him, and Grindelwald, who possessed the Cloak of Invisibility, was not easy to find.

It was only then that Ivan had a small sense of what Dumbledore must have been going through…