Professor of Pharmacy at Hogwarts

February [-]st, outside London.

Alexis followed his memory and came here, and the sight in front of him made him unbelievable.

He stood at the door and wiped his eyes hard, and then confirmed that he was not dazzled, but that the old man named Claire really made this place like this.

Last time, Alexis walked through the grass that was as tall as a person to get to the door. When he was about to knock on the door, he was almost hit by Claire's spell.

At that time, this place was simply a haunted house in the wilderness, and old man Claire was the lonely ghost wandering the world.

Look in front of you. I don’t know what stimulated Claire. They haven’t seen each other for a few months, and the haunted house in the wilderness has turned into a castle. The grass as tall as a person has long disappeared. Turning here from the main road, there is a The winding blue-gray stone road is lined with neatly trimmed bushes.

Alexis smelled magic in the bushes.

This place has been under a Muggle expulsion spell. Muggles will subconsciously stay away from this place to ensure that this castle is not discovered by Muggles.

Alexis followed the stone road to the end. The rough black iron railing gate was tightly closed. Through the railings, one could see inside. A straight road connected the gate to the castle. On both sides of the road stood strange stone statues.

"Claire?"

Alexis shouted tentatively.

The castle door opened, and a energetic old man limped out.

The old man stood at the door for a while. After seeing Alexis outside the door clearly, a bright smile immediately appeared on his wrinkled face like walnut skin.

"Oh, it's His Highness Alexis."

The old man shouted happily, trotted open the iron gate, stepped back half a step, and stood on the side of the road with his bow.

"Uh-just call me Alexis."

Alexis said with some surprise.

He stared at the old man carefully, and then he vaguely recognized a familiar look from the old man's red face.

"Claire?"

He called again tentatively.

"It's me, Alexis - uh - Your Highness."

Claire was wearing a black robe, as clean as new, with a bright smile on his face again. It seemed that he was extremely happy to be recognized by Alexis.

"You are—"

Alexis pointed to the castle in front of her and looked at Claire suspiciously.

"Since you sent Lord Grindelwald's letter, I privately summoned several other followers of Lord Grindelwald. After learning that you were working at Hogwarts, we discussed and decided to temporarily use this place as a base for your convenience. You can find us whenever you need us.”

Claire introduced Alexis proudly as she led them towards the castle.

"You should have informed us of your actions a month ago."

At the end, Claire complained with a hint of resentment.

Alexis looked at Claire and said nothing.

Unexpectedly, his look made Claire very hurt.

"Although we are old, we are still staunch supporters of Lord Grindelwald."

"No matter how old we are, our abilities have never deteriorated."

Alexis nodded without arguing with Claire.

He came here mainly for a visit. Considering Claire's miserable appearance when they last met, Alexis suspected that if he didn't come, no one would know about Claire's death in the house and the stinky body.

Who would have thought that not only are they living well, but they are even ready to continue to devote themselves to Grindelwald's great cause and continue to shine...

"Since there is nothing else, I'll go first."

Alexis said.

He originally wanted to give the letters written by Grindelwald to several people Claire found, but those letters had been burned in the cemetery.

"You should be careful. We have received news that the wizarding world will not be peaceful recently. I am afraid there is some conspiracy brewing."

Claire followed Alexis and talked nonsense.

"But this might be our chance."

He looked at Alexis expectantly, "I don't know - does Lord Grindelwald have any orders?"

Alexis looked at Claire who was eager to try and had a headache.

What orders could Grindelwald have?

Asking you to buy academic journals for him?

Or is he asking you to help him with his physics research?

The old man is probably sitting by the stove now, drinking hot tea, fascinated by the vast world of physics.

What kind of uprising are the coal miners waging against you?

Seeing that Alexis didn't speak for a long time, Claire's expectant eyes gradually dimmed.

"Has Lord Grindelwald forgotten us?"

He muttered to himself, then shook his head, "No, it won't."

"Lord Grindelwald must have other plans."

Consoling herself like this, Claire regained hope.

"Didn't you say there are others? Why do you only see yourself?"

Alexis asked.

"They went out to contact other people." Claire said excitedly, "I stayed here in case you couldn't find anyone."

"Look—"

Claire spread her hands, looking a little proud.

If he didn't stay, Alexis would be in vain this time, and it might be a long time before he heard anything about Grindelwald again - although he didn't hear much about Grindelwald this time either.

"You said something big was going to happen?"

The two of them had arrived at the door, Alexis stood still and asked with a frown.

Claire looked even more proud when she mentioned this.

"Yes."

He said.

"Since you defeated the guy who dared to pretend to be Lord Grindelwald, we have all been encouraged. When gathering people, we got unexpected news."

Having said this, Claire paused for a moment and lowered her voice mysteriously, "It is said that some Muggles witnessed the mark above the Ministry of Magic that night."

Alexis nodded, thoughtfully.

Claire said this, and Huang Weijun said the same. How come these unrelated people got the news, but he, the person at the center of the whirlpool, didn't hear anything at all?

"Do you know the specific situation?"

Claire shook her head "It's not clear yet."

"But if you need it, we will continue to collect information."

Having said this, Claire's eyes became bright again and he seemed to become excited.

"Don't worry, we are professionals."

"The little guys today are too rough in doing things, which is far different from what we did back then."

"You give us two weeks. After two weeks we promise to get to the bottom of the story."

Alexis nodded.

If these old guys are idle, who knows what trouble they will cause, so why not find something for them to do.

After sending Alexis away, Claire closed the door contentedly, hummed a tune from her hometown with her hands behind her back, and slowly walked back to the castle.

"Old guys, we have work to do again!"

He was talking to himself.

After a while, several owls flew out of the castle, scattered and disappeared into the horizon.