Chapter 778: Chapter 778

In the mural, Valen appeared to be several times larger than Ron, startling even Ron himself. Valen excitedly called out and snapped a curved branch from a tree, causing them to fall like lightning bolts. "Oh no, Ron's in trouble. Let's help him quickly," Katie Bell exclaimed, taking out her wand and drawing a circle on the rock wall, enclosing Ron inside.

"Who turned off the lights?" Ron's bewildered voice echoed.

At that moment, Valen sneaked over and kicked the wall like kicking a football. The rock wall flickered, and Ron emerged from it.

Six or seven people surrounded him.

"How do you feel?" Susan Bones asked.

"Um, a bit dizzy," Ron shook his head, "It's like stepping into a comic book world—everything looks like lines in your eyes, but people seem real, though I don't know why Valen became so big..."

The next moment, the wall flickered again, and Valen jumped out triumphantly, only a foot tall.

Hermione had just come out of the 'Future Library' after re-reading "A Guide to Fantastic Beasts," but it felt completely different; the words and pictures in the book turned into coherent scenes. She had just assisted a giant (resembling Hagrid) in catching a group of small goblins, using the knowledge from the book—a handful of dew-drenched fresh leaves. If you could perform an exaggerated dramatic action during the capture, it would be even better: they would immediately come out of the corner and watch your performance. Then you could cage them.

Her next destination was the High-Flying Swing. On the way, she passed by the Rapid-Fire Range and paused for a moment. Justin and Ernie were standing on one side of a long corridor, and from the other side of the nest, Billywig beetles kept pouring out, rushing towards them. They sweated profusely as they shot out red light from their wands, and when the red light hit the Billywig beetles, these agile little creatures turned into soft blobs of rubber on the ground. As time passed, the number of Billywig beetles increased, and they got faster.

She arrived at the location marked 'High-Flying Swing' on the map. There was only a sign nearby, and she paused, tapping the sign with her wand. Then there was a rustling sound from above, and she looked up to see a green vine descending from the sky.

The vine wove itself into the shape of the letter "J," with a seat expanding at the bottom. She tried sitting on it, and the vine lifted her up high, quickly taking in everything on the ground. On a plain, she saw Luna's blurry figure. Luna shook her wrist, and an extremely strange house (Hermione guessed it was a house) rose from the ground, like a huge chimney, with a silver crescent hanging on it.

"Well, I think I have an idea of what a dream architect is now," Hermione muttered softly. She couldn't help but imagine what her ideal house would look like; it couldn't be too serious, but it also couldn't be too bizarre. She tilted her head to examine Luna's work, which seemed to be Luna's home and, from her perspective, oddly resembled an upright boot. She giggled.

After watching for a while, she tapped the vine with her wand, and it continued upward. Hermione remembered the fairy tale of Jack and the Beanstalk from her childhood; there couldn't possibly be giants eating children on the clouds, could there?

She chuckled at her own thought. She passed by clusters of neatly trimmed wave-shaped clouds, which seemed like they were cut out from a mold, and the professor seemed to have not put much effort into them... Hermione couldn't help but think. Finally, the vine stopped moving.

Hermione looked around and found a silver sphere about the size of a crystal ball behind her. Was it—the moon? But it looked too small to notice if you weren't paying attention. She curiously reached out and hugged the crystal ball to her chest, unexpectedly finding a small note attached to the back of it.

"I should be a thousand times bigger, but for now, I'll pretend to be the moon."

Hermione slowly read the contents of the note, looking at the familiar handwriting, she chuckled, tears streaming down her face, "Oh, Professor, I didn't expect—" as she laughed, she noticed there was writing on the other side of the note. She flipped it over and read, 'Moon City Project on Hold.'

The Chamber of Enchantment quickly became popular at Hogwarts.

For some reason, Felix noticed that Granger had been giving him strange looks these past few days, but he was too busy fulfilling his duties as deputy headmaster - learning how to handle the school's daily affairs under Professor McGonagall's guidance, which he detested, suggesting that the duties be handed over to the heads of the male and female student associations, under the guise of "training."

"But you still need to know exactly what tasks you're responsible for," Professor McGonagall snorted.

Meanwhile, Grindelwald's activities had not ceased. The British representative of the International Confederation of Wizards reported that Babajide Akingbade had received a strange couple at his mansion, during which the stringent security measures he had set up completely failed, and over twenty elite Aurors lost half an hour of their memory.

It was easy to guess that Grindelwald was behind it all.

However, strangely, Akingbade was found to have no issues after undergoing various checks. There was no Imperius Curse, no Polyjuice Potion, and his memory remained intact. In fact, all evidence indicated that he had not been harmed. In his own words, Grindelwald had chatted with him as if they were old friends. He even continued to host representatives from New Zealand and Norway after the checks were completed. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on NoveIＦire.net

"Grindelwald definitely did something or said something. His greatest skill lies in the art of persuasion," Ms. Bones affirmed.

She hit the nail on the head.

Three days before the holiday break, Babajide Akingbade issued a solemn statement to all wizards.

"I regret to inform you all that Gellert Grindelwald has returned to public attention. He had been imprisoned in Nurmengard, but now he has escaped and regained his freedom..." This record of his entire speech spread throughout the wizarding world in an instant.

"Given the series of crimes he has committed, I, Babajide Akingbade, the Chairman of the International Confederation of Wizards, should have immediately mobilized forces to arrest him, and indeed I did so. However, he approached me of his own accord, and we had a private conversation - I was not coerced in any way. Yes, throughout the conversation, Mr. Grindelwald appeared charming, and we even discussed a wizarding fable that many of you might have heard of - 'The Wizard and the Cauldron.'... Ahem, what I mean to say is, the wizarding world is currently facing a dire situation, and we cannot afford another wizarding war."

"And unfortunately, wizards tend to have long lives, and he still wields considerable influence. Under such circumstances, if Grindelwald extends an olive branch, what reason do I have, solely based on personal preference, to reject it? I acknowledge that my actions may be controversial, but I must set aside personal emotions, because every decision I make has far-reaching consequences... Negotiating for peace is imperative."

The newspaper specifically noted that at this point, he seemed very hesitant and reluctant, and after a full five minutes, he finally made up his mind.

"Furthermore, the person who defeated Grindelwald last time is no longer with us, the great, wise, and kind Albus Dumbledore - he's dead!"

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