Chapter 195: Arrive in Durmstrang

As he walked forward, Jon thought about the huge sperm whale that ate him not long ago; if he remembers correctly, a few Durmstrang students mentioned its name just now—
Leviathan, the underwater giant recorded in the Bible and entrenched in the North Sea, symbolizes "jealousy" among the seven deadly sins... Although the legends of Muggles may not be accurate, most of them have a certain realistic basis.
So what does that whale have to do with Durmstrang?
But as a school close to a thousand years of history, especially a school known for its mystery like Durmstrang... they must have a lot of secrets.
Jon asked nothing, and followed the Durmstrang students through the gate.
After not taking a few steps, he saw a ship stranded in the square on one side.
It looks weird, like a skeleton, as if it were the remains of a sunken ship that had just been salvaged. The porthole shone with dim, misty light, and it looked like ghost eyes.
There is no doubt that this is the ship that Karkaroff took Demstrang's students to Hogwarts last year.
On the ghost ship, an old man with white hair was wiping the deck... it looked like he was a caretaker.
After a few steps forward, Jon saw the wall in Grindelwald's memory.
On the wall, where the Deathly Hallows logo should have been, it was covered with a huge stone slab, covering the original pattern on the wall, and Durmstrang’s school emblem was also engraved on the stone slab.
When several Durmstrang students passed by this wall, they all deliberately avoided a long way; Jon also followed them interestingly and did not approach the wall.
After a few minutes, they stopped, because there was Durmstrang's castle in front of them.
As Victor Krum mentioned to Hermione at the Christmas dinner...This castle has only four floors, which is much smaller than the Hogwarts castle.
At the same time it was very crowded. Jon saw many students wearing blood red robes and fur capes walking on the stairs... They almost crowded the stairs.
This is not in line with what Krum mentioned, that Durmstrang is more spacious than Hogwarts... Maybe he is in front of the girl he admires, bragging.
There is no doubt that although it has reached the end of June, the Durmstrang students have not ushered in their summer vacation.
After all, for Northern European colleges and universities, their summer vacation time will be very short; conversely, the Christmas holiday and New Year's Day holiday will be very long.
...
Just stepping into the castle, two statues appeared in front of you.
The statue on the left is a young-looking witch wearing a pointed wizard hat; she knelt on one knee, looking up at the sky.
Under the statue was written a line of small words: Nelida Vocanova (1013-1047), the first principal of Durmstrang School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and one of the greatest witches in Balkan history. Born in Varna, Bulgaria in 1013 AD, Demstrang was founded in 1042.
The witch died in her thirties...This is quite rare in the wizarding world. Generally speaking, witches and wizards with powerful magical powers can easily get rid of the threat of disease, and most of them can die.
Jon thought to himself, while turning his gaze to another statue... This statue is an old wizard who raised his wand and faced forward with a weird smile on his mouth.
There is also a small line written under the statue: Harfon-Mont (1010-1139), the second principal of Durmstrang School of Magic, a famous duelist and master of war magic in European history, a monarch born in Byzantium in 1010 AD Tantinburg, participated in the creation of Durmstrang in 1042, and took over as the principal of Durmstrang in 1047.
Looking away from the two statues, Jon slandered at the same time... Two wizards from the Balkans came to Scandinavia to build a magic school in Northern Europe. What kind of international spirit is this? .
However, why does the name Harfon-Monte seem familiar... Jon searched through the memory carefully, only to remember that this name appeared in the twenty-sixth chapter of "Cutting-edge Black Magic":
"The earliest known fire spell was discovered in the 11th century by a wizard Harfon-Mont and another witch from Northern Europe..."
It seems that this principal was once a big hand in black magic before his death?
Jon took another look at the statue of the headmaster, who was a little grim, before he walked into the castle.
With some effort, he squeezed into the crowd on the stairs, and then pretended to stop a student as if nothing had happened.
"Hello." He asked, "Do you know where the office of Professor Winston Vance, the teacher of the Dark Arts Studies course, is?"
"Professor Vance!" With a disgusting expression on the face of the girl who looked one or two years younger than Jon, she replied, "The cabin on the far right of the second floor!"
"Okay thank you!"
...
By the side of the cabin on the far right side of the second floor, the door was only hidden, and Jon opened it carefully.
At the same time he yelled softly: "Professor Vance..."
No response was received.
The whole office is a bit dark, and the windows around it are closed and look a little gloomy.
On the ground on the right hand side of the door, there is a huge skull...Looking at the size and structure, it is likely to come from a Swedish short-nosed dragon.
And on the wall on the left hand side, there is a silver robe hanging... it looks like a cloak.
Different from the outside, the house is much more spacious, and there are a lot of weird toys everywhere.
For example, a weird thing looks a bit like a golden TV antenna, but it makes a buzzing sound; on the opposite wall, there is a copper-framed mirror, and you can see many dark figures; There is a huge black box~EbookFREE.me~ Something seems to be shaking constantly...
"Professor Vance?" Jon shouted again.
Still no response.
Jon walked a few steps into the office again, and on the inner wall, he suddenly saw a yellow mark...a triangle, a circle, and a vertical line all together...looks dead The sacred mark is still very popular in Durmstrang.
Jon thought wildly, suddenly...
"good afternoon!"
A slightly gloomy voice sounded from behind him.
Jon looked back and saw a dry, goatee old man walking in from the door.
"Is there anything I can help, dear?" A treacherous smile appeared on his face and a mouthful of yellow teeth appeared.
Then he waved his hand, and the office door was slammed and shut.