The notice that appeared in the common rooms quickly had a noticeable impact on the students throughout the castle.

During the subsequent breakfast, Dumbledore and the heads of houses were absent from the tables. Only a few professors were present to maintain order, much to the disappointment of the students who arrived in the Great Hall full of bewilderment.

While professors occasionally missed breakfast – for instance, the Astronomy and History of Magic professors were almost never seen at breakfast – such a widespread absence was quite rare, especially after the breakfast reforms.

To be more precise, aside from Madam Hooch of Flying class and Professor Trelawney of Divination – professors whose courses were relatively less demanding – only the two "prefects" of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry remained: Argus Filch, and Professor Apocalyps (played by Grindelwald), who also served as the Hogwarts castle caretaker.

Compared to the professors who knew next to nothing, the "prefects" responsible for informing the prefects were clearly more knowledgeable.

Of course, most students only dared to subtly probe Professor Apocalyps. As for Argus Filch, the grumpy midnight assassin, almost no one dared to provoke him. Judging by appearances alone, no one would have guessed that the kind, approachable old wizard, who resembled Professor Dumbledore in temperament, was actually the retired old dark lord who had once slaughtered countless people.

"I'm sorry, children, I don't know too many details either..."

After breakfast, Gellert Grindelwald looked around at the young faces surrounding him and said with a gentle smile.

"Besides notifying the prefects to go to the Headmaster's office at three o'clock this afternoon, the matter of the new curriculum standards mainly depends on the discussion results of Professor Dumbledore and the four heads of houses – oh, and of course, the Board of Governors and the Ministry of Magic."

"As for the consistent view of the Board of Governors and the wizarding world, it is naturally to create a happy and elite educational atmosphere for everyone as much as possible."

Grindelwald grinned, his smile becoming more and more amiable, as he looked at the prefects around him who seemed to understand.

"In short, only Professor Dumbledore probably knows what the result will be. After all, it's something that requires a group of the most top-notch and outstanding wizards to discuss together, and I can't speculate too much..."

Since learning about some of the educational situation in the non-magical world from Eileen, and then verifying it slightly through various channels, Grindelwald was almost the most enthusiastic wizard for educational reform, aside from Dumbledore. As a supporter of the theory of magical supremacy, he found it difficult to accept the current situation where the most prestigious institution in the wizarding world was actually inferior to Muggle universities.

However, there was one thing he didn't lie about: Grindelwald really didn't know the current situation.

There were many problems in Hogwarts, from the macro-level framework of teaching content to the micro-level selection of teaching materials...

However, after discussions between Gellert Grindelwald and a group of o5 council members, the final conclusion was that the root of the problem was the professors hired by Dumbledore. It wasn't because these wizards and witches weren't good enough. On the contrary, it was precisely because they were generally quite dedicated and responsible that they caused a waste of resources.

For example, Severus Snape, he was originally the most talented Potions Master among the young wizards of today.

However, due to his role as a Potions professor at Hogwarts, Snape's schedule was fully packed from morning to night five days a week. Even on the occasional weekend, he had to first deal with the trivial matters in the academy and the course content for the next week before he had some sporadic free time to recharge and study those cutting-edge areas of potions that he truly liked and were valuable for the future.

And like him, there were other talented people such as Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout, who were unable to make further progress in the magical field due to their busy courses, the true "stars of today" in the wizarding world of this era.

Overloaded work arrangements and insufficient manpower undoubtedly seriously overdrawn and wasted their talents.

From another perspective, it also affected the subsequent development of the wizarding world, as well as the students' specialization and in-depth study of course content. Even if the legendary wizard Merlin were resurrected, he would not be able to teach thousands of students at the same time.

Undoubtedly, if they wanted to change the current situation of Hogwarts, and even the education of the wizarding world, they had to first expand the faculty team.

After obtaining Dumbledore's tacit consent, Grindelwald, under Dumbledore's name, issued a series of invitations to the outside world according to the list of outstanding wizards provided by the saints, and almost gathered all the wizards who were still alive in one breath.

Gringotts, the Ministry of Magic, the Philosopher's Stone, Hogwarts...

Apart from love, almost everything that humans expect in society can now be provided by Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The only question is, which people are worthy of them paying these rewards.

Calculating the time, those world-renowned wizards should be arriving one after another at this time.

"Albus, I didn't lie. If I said the most outstanding young people, then definitely not a single one will be missing..."

Grindelwald raised the corners of his mouth and muttered to himself with a dark smile.

Not surprisingly, the Headmaster's office was definitely like the most bustling job fair right now.

Otherwise, according to Grindelwald's understanding of Albus Dumbledore, as long as the situation was still somewhat relaxed, the headmaster, who would occasionally eat a few weeks of old-age meals for some reason, would rarely miss the precious Hogwarts breakfast time.

Gellert Grindelwald could even imagine the look of joy that Dumbledore would have when he saw the vast number of outstanding wizards emerging from the fireplace – after all, just like that invisible ship that was still floating outside Hogwarts Castle, in the old man's outdated concept, there was still a lack of imagination regarding the comparative level of scale.

The future aside, but if it came to the breadth of social circles and the understanding of all aspects of the wizarding world, from all walks of life, Grindelwald, as the first generation Dark Lord, was clearly the most powerful one, whether now or in the past.

You should know that perhaps in Dumbledore's view, this expansion proposal was only finalized a few weeks ago.

Even some course professors were only hastily confirmed last night, but one thing that Dumbledore may never know is that as early as the first night of the summer vacation, the entire *The Quibbler* editorial department began to selectively screen and investigate those invitation targets, point-to-point, according to the reader information previously shared by the *Daily Prophet*.

Anyway, the preliminary work had already been done, and the rest was Dumbledore's business.

Grindelwald waved his hand, signaling the surrounding prefects to lead the students back to their respective common rooms, to enjoy this extremely rare holiday, or rather, the last period of happy education before entering elite education.

When the students in the Great Hall were almost gone, the old man slowly strolled to the side of the Great Hall.

In the staff lounge, four little witches had changed into light casual clothes and were discussing something in a low voice, some excitedly and some confused. Hearing the sound of the door opening not far away, they subconsciously looked up.

"Sorry, did you wait a little long? We should set off, little girls. There are quite a few itineraries today..."

Gellert Grindelwald was like an ordinary old man, the wrinkles on his face blooming with a smile.

"According to the previous agreement, I will first take you to play in the castle in Austria, eat some local snacks, visit 'my' personal secret alchemy workshop, and then secretly come back before school dinner."

As the only team to perfectly pass the final exam for Defense Against the Dark Arts last year, this was the reward they deserved.

It was definitely not because he was afraid of trouble, so he took the opportunity to sneak out to play...

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*Gū yā~* Big, big chapter, right?