Kaisen bypassed Grindelwald and walked directly towards the Headmaster's office. He then saw a series of entries in the corridor.
Human, magic
Human, magic
Human, magic
Human, magic
A deserted corridor, four pairs of entries—Kaisen knew exactly who they belonged to without even thinking.
He reached out and grabbed the Invisibility Cloak, looking at the four Gryffindor students, who were bewildered and embarrassed.
"Go to my office. When I return, I will supervise you as you run two laps around my office."
The four Little Wizards looked at each other, and finally Hermione said the words she absolutely shouldn't have.
"How about we just get points deducted, Professor?"
Kaisen looked at her with some confusion, but Hermione quickly provided the answer.
"It's a very simple math problem, isn't it? Running around your office would take us until tomorrow morning. Whereas, with point deductions, we'd only need a few classes to..."
Kaisen listened to Hermione's well-reasoned and convincing argument and couldn't help but applaud.
"Very good, very well said. And you all are very good too. The Basilisk was just eliminated, and then you immediately come out for a night stroll. Honestly, Hogwarts is much, much, much more dangerous now than when the Basilisk was here..."
"Gryffindor, forty points deducted. Now go to my office. When I get back, I'm going to supervise you running four laps!"
Harry, Neville, and Ron stared dumbfounded at Hermione, the woman who, with just two sentences, not only got them points deducted but also made them run two extra laps.
"Wow..." A voice appeared behind Kaisen. The next moment, he quickly recognized whose voice it was and, like a hen catching chicks, frantically hid the four Little Wizards behind him...
Unfortunately, he wasn't wide enough; no matter how he tried, he couldn't hide them completely.
"You can rest assured, this is Dumbledore's territory. I'm not that insane, and Little Wizards are the future of the magic world. I have infinite tolerance for them."
Grindelwald explained.
"Oh, right, right, right..." Kaisen said, wishing he could just Ender Teleportation to call Snape over to cast four Silencing Charms on the four Little Wizardss behind him...
Or if a hen passed by in the corridor, he could just pluck a handful of feathers and stuff them into their ears.
"Perhaps you can hand them over to me. I know where your office is. Little Wizardss of this age are the most mischievous. It'll prevent them from running away."
Grindelwald, of course, didn't truly want to take a few Little Wizardss back to Kaisen's office, though he still had to act the part.
However, his real intention was to see what was so special about Harry Potter, the student Dumbledore constantly mentioned and clearly favored.
What secrets were hidden behind the so-called Savior...
"So... I refuse. I can take them back myself. As for you... Sir, hurry up and find somewhere to sleep... Of course, you can't sleep in my office. I only have one bed and Bruce's dog bed. Of course, if you want to sleep with Bruce..."
Crack!
Kaisen, yielding to his better judgment, rolled his eyes. He quickly grabbed Harry and Neville with his left hand, and Hermione and Ron with his right, tucking them under his arms, and hurried towards his office.
"Albus likes this type? So-called love? Heh heh..." Grindelwald watched Kaisen's hasty retreat and helplessly curled his lips.
"Professor Kaisen, who was that person?"
Back in the alchemy office, Kaisen casually picked up a glass of water and drank it, while Hermione asked with some confusion.
"Gellert Grindelwald, the first Dark Lord. Otherwise, why would I say the Castle is more dangerous with him here than when the Basilisk was around?"
Kaisen explained.
"He's also a Dark Lord? He seems much more normal than Lord Voldemort," Harry muttered softly.
"Mm-hmm, if he knew you were comparing him to Lord Voldemort, he might get angry," Kaisen said.
"Oh... Then Professor, why is he here?" Hermione finally asked something practical.
"That's why I'm going to confront Dumbledore, and why I ran into you... Ah, I originally intended to find Professor Trelawney."
"Then Professor, you should go find Professor Dumbledore and Professor Trelawney. We can go back by ourselves, and we promise to stay far away from Mr. Grindelwald," Ron said with a grin.
"Mm-hmm!"
The other three Little Wizards nodded in agreement.
"Hmm... No, I'll stay here and watch you run four laps. Anyway, it's this late already. Dumbledore and Trelawney are probably asleep. You run, I'll watch."
Kaisen said, waving his hand. The Sky-based Dragon-Slaying Cannon and redstone lamps on the office ceiling instantly lit up, illuminating the entire office brightly.
A large square made of redstone lamps appeared on the outer floor of the office.
"Run outside this square. Don't run inside, or something very terrifying will happen."
Neville swallowed.
"What is it, Professor?"
"The chandelier on my office ceiling is actually a giant cannon that fires based on kinetic energy. If you slack off while running, I'll load you into the muzzle and launch you into the Black Lake," Kaisen said.
"Ah?" x 4
"Ah what 'ah'? Go go go! Run now!" Kaisen waved his hand. The four Little Wizards exchanged glances and began running around the outer ring, looking utterly resigned.
Soon, Sirius, who was comfortably sleeping on a wool mat upstairs, raised his dog's head in confusion. He wondered why there was so much clanging and banging downstairs.
Could someone be stealing something?
Sirius then remembered he was a dog now, unlike during the day when he thought he was a damn human and actually snatched a bacon sandwich from Kaisen's grasp...
And terrifyingly, he actually succeeded.
But that wasn't the point. The point was that at this moment, he decided to act like a dog for a bit and do some dog's duties, such as guarding the house.
He waddled on his four dog legs to the office. It was brightly lit now. Kaisen sat in a chair, reading a novel.
In the distance were four figures running.
Sirius looked at this scene and immediately lost interest, turning to go back upstairs to sleep.
Then he heard Kaisen's voice.
"Neville! Run faster! Harry! Ron! Help Neville along!"
"Harry?" Sirius quickly caught the keyword. The next moment, he dashed towards Harry like a mad dog.
Kaisen didn't pay much attention, thinking, 'Dogs, they're full of energy, nothing wrong with that.'
Then, after he lowered his eyes to take a sip of coffee and then opened them again...
"Harry! Get off Bruce! Don't you know riding a dog makes your pants tear!"
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