Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 561 A true wizard only needs a glowing spell and a sword.
After realizing that this was very likely the past of the original timeline, Li Weide's originally relaxed mood suddenly turned heavy.

In other parallel worlds, he wouldn't have much of a psychological burden no matter how he altered history.

But I can't mess around with my own past!

Even a slight alteration to history can lead to earth-shattering changes in future generations!

Seeing that Livde was deep in thought, Ravenclaw assumed he was considering his proposal.

He's considering it; there's a chance!
So, an excited Ravenclaw pressed his advantage, saying, "Why not? I've only spent less than an hour with you, and I've already learned so much from you. That proves you're the teacher I need!"

"Ah this..."

“Teacher, please say yes! You know, the reason I came out on this journey was to find an alchemist to be my teacher. After all, I have almost mastered the alchemy passed down in my family…” Ravenclaw continued.

Li Weide was secretly shocked; no wonder he was a top student among top students...

Anyone who can be called an alchemist possesses a vast amount of knowledge, let alone a family of alchemists!

And the young Ravenclaw actually said that he had almost mastered the family's alchemical knowledge.
Clearly, Ravenclaw was not lying.

Someone as thirsty for knowledge as her would never have ventured out to travel until she had finished reading all the books at home and fully mastered the knowledge...

“I’m just an old wizard passing by, what can I teach you? This is not right, this is not right…” Li Weide wanted to continue struggling.

"I beg you..." Ravenclaw pitifully tugged at Levi's clothes, shaking them gently.

Li Weide's face turned green. This was Ravenclaw, one of the four giants! Why was she so good at acting cute?!
"I don't know much, and it would be bad if I misled some students." Li Weide was almost at his breaking point.

“No way! You look exactly like the teacher I’m looking for! How could you possibly mislead students?” Ravenclaw shook his head repeatedly.

Li Weide was completely numb; how could it not be exactly the same? My current appearance is exactly what you imagined the person you wanted to see to look like...

Li Weide is now suffering in silence, and can only blame himself for not thinking too much when he set up the disguise function.

If it were me, when I wanted to find a teacher and saw someone who looked exactly like the image in my mind, and that person even helped me, I wouldn't be able to resist becoming their apprentice.

“Sigh…you already know so much, what else do you want to learn?” Li Weide was still struggling.

“Learning has no end, teacher. And you just said that if you have enough ability, there will be far fewer things to fear. In my opinion, if I want to have enough ability, I need more knowledge! And that requires your guidance!” Ravenclaw pleaded pitifully with Livid.

"Hmph, even if what you say makes some sense, why should I be your teacher? I'm just an old wizard passing by, free and easy on my own. I don't want to take on a burden." Li Weide turned his face away, puffing on his pipe.

"Don't you want someone to talk to when you travel?" Ravenclaw continued to press.

“Traveling alone is good for my thinking,” Li Weide said calmly.

Don't you want your knowledge to be passed down?

"Do not want to."

"Then...don't you want a good student to take care of you when you get old?"

"No need. People can be wicked... There are always wicked disciples who betray their masters, kill their teachers, and then steal everything from them," Li Weide said decisively.

It wasn't that he was unwilling to accept this disciple, but rather that doing so without fully understanding the situation would be extremely risky.

What if the mysterious teacher among the four giants isn't actually me? What then?
If, during this time, I accidentally teach her knowledge that doesn't belong to this era, the consequences could be enormous!
A thousand years later, Ravenclaw's crown and Livid's relationship are too close. If Ravenclaw's perception is changed rashly, it will have a huge impact on his future!

Therefore, Li Weide would not rashly agree until he was 100% certain that the mysterious teacher was really him.

“I understand! It must be that you haven’t determined my aptitude and character yet, and want to test me again!” Ravenclaw quickly “understood” what Li Wade meant.

"Is that what you think?"

“Of course! I completely understand your concerns, teacher! We've only just met, so you can't just accept someone you've only just met as a student!”

Looking at Ravenclaw's expression, which seemed to indicate that he understood something, Lee felt a wave of exhaustion.

Although it seems there's an 80% chance he's the mysterious teacher of the four giants, he still intends to find another way to confirm it, just to be on the safe side.

"Never mind, I'm leaving." Li Weide tapped his pipe on a stone, then got up and left.

“I will follow you! I will prove that I have the ability and character to become your student!” Ravenclaw also picked up his small suitcase.

"Fine, I'll just follow along..." Li Weide leaned on his large magic wand and walked forward.

Seeing that Riverd didn't refuse, Ravenclaw followed him excitedly.

“Teacher! Teacher…”

"I haven't agreed to take you as a student yet, so could you please stop calling me teacher?"

“Then what should I call you? Or… should I still call you Mr. Riddle?” Ravenclaw looked at Livid with a sly grin.

Upon hearing this, Li Weide was immediately speechless.

"Fine, shout whatever you want."

"Then, teacher, where are we going?" Ravenclaw was overjoyed to hear that Livid no longer objected to him calling him teacher.

“I’ve already said, I’m just an old wizard passing through… I have no destination, I’ll just go wherever I end up.”

"Why? Travelers always have a destination in mind..." Ravenclaw asked curiously.

"Anyway, I have no destination... Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. The world is so big, it's nice to wander around aimlessly," Li Weide replied listlessly. "If you really want to know my destination... then the destination is always the next step, until I can't walk anymore."

"Reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles? Yes! What you know from books is far less than what you encounter on the road! Just like this time, in just one hour, I understood more about life than I did in the more than ten years I spent at home!"

Ravenclaw's eyes lit up again, and he quickly took out a small notebook and wrote the sentence down with a magic quill.

I learned something new again! I knew I could have made the right choice by following the teacher!
"Sigh..." Li Weide sighed, taking heavy steps forward, leaning on his large magic wand.

……

Tom is now quite worried.

First of all, Li Weide hasn't returned for many days.

Secondly... and most importantly, the clone Tom outside encountered Death!
Yes, death really did appear before him!
She simply told the puppet Tom that she was cooperating with Li Weide, and after persuading the puppet Tom with powerful means, she began to talk to Tom about some things.

It was clear that she had noticed something was wrong with Li Weide.

So they wanted to probe something from themselves...

Because all her topics revolved around Li Weide's spatial magic experiments!
Fortunately, Tom's important memories were also stored in the small space, so she didn't get the answer from him.

Thanks to this, the puppet Tom's memories are backed up in the small space in real time.

Therefore, even after Death erased the puppet Tom's memory of meeting him when he left, Tom in the small space could still remember being tested by Death.

Tom is now extremely anxious. Since even Death has become suspicious, can the fake Levi outside really hold on?
"Where on earth did Li Weide go? If he doesn't come back soon, this world might be doomed!"

……

A thousand years ago.

In a simple camp.

"Achoo!" Li Weide sneezed. "Could it be that Tom kid talking about me behind my back again?"

"Teacher, who is Tom?"

By the fire, Ravenclaw was reading a book when he vaguely heard Levi mention Tom or something, and couldn't help but ask.

“Hmm? Oh…you mean Tom…that’s my son,” Levi said with a wicked grin. “His name is Tom Riddle.”

Now I'm Tom's dad!
A godfather is still a father!

It is perfectly reasonable for a son to take his father's surname!
"I'm a genius!" "Oh... I see. So where is your son now?" Ravenclaw asked.

“He’s dead,” Li Weide said with a sigh.

Voldemort has died countless times, so Wade didn't think his claim that Tom Riddle was dead was a lie.

“I’m sorry…” Ravenclaw quickly apologized.

No wonder the teacher has to travel around so much...

The pain of losing a child is incredibly cruel for an elderly person, yet the teacher can only bear it in silence…

How could one bear to be reminded of those memories at home?

"It's alright, it's all in the past." Li Weide sighed again.

Seeing that Rivedt seemed very sad, Ravenclaw didn't dare to ask Tom how he died.

"Don't worry, teacher. As your student, I'll be like family to you from now on!"

Ravenclaw tried his best to comfort the "grieving" old man in front of him.

“I’m sorry, child, I’m not in the mood to teach anyone right now,” Li Weide said, declining the offer.

“No, you’ve taught me so much new knowledge and new lessons these past few days!” Ravenclaw said excitedly.

Although Li Weide said he had no intention of teaching her, the few words he unintentionally revealed these past few days have benefited her greatly!
Even without any intention to teach, it's already so effective. If a teacher were to actually teach her... she can't even imagine how happy she would be!
I'm sticking with this teacher! He didn't kick me out, after all!
Thinking of this, Ravenclaw's heart instantly became excited again.

"Forget it, let's get some rest." Li Weide took out two travel tents and threw them on the ground.

The travel tent began to set up automatically the moment it landed on the ground, much to Ravenclaw's amazement.

The teacher also said that he was not a knowledgeable alchemist.
How could such a travel tent be made without powerful alchemy?

You can't buy such advanced travel tents anywhere else!
Just as Ravenclaw was about to go into the tent to take a look, suddenly, shouts of battle came from afar!
Li Weide looked up into the distance, where a battle seemed to be taking place in the pitch-black night.

However, in this chaotic era, with black wizards and bandits everywhere, it's not surprising at all that this happened.

Not to mention now, they've encountered several groups of bandits during their journey these past few days.

However, Ravenclaw was not lying; she was indeed not weak at all.

Without any scruples, she easily dealt with both Muggle bandits who tried to rob her on the road and dark wizards who were trying to capture her experimental subjects.

This is actually normal. If a child doesn't have the skills, which family would want their teenager to go out and make a living?

Besides, Ravenclaw is a girl.

"Teacher, I'll go take a look."

As the shouts of battle grew closer, Ravenclaw couldn't help but speak.

"Let's go take a look." Li Weide picked up the large, cane-like magic wand next to him and gently tapped it on the ground. A bright white orb appeared on the head of the wand.

Illuminating the path ahead, Livander strode forward, and Ravenclaw drew his slender wand and followed.

From afar, Li Weide could see the light from the scattered torches in the distance.

Since they have torches, they must be a group of Muggles. As for who they're chasing...

"Stab!"

The light of the spell ripped through the night sky, and then one of the torches went out.

Okay, so it's a bunch of Muggles chasing a wizard?

Li Weide's interest was piqued, and he strode over.

From afar, one could hear shouts of battle coming from the other side, along with two panicked voices.

"It's all your fault! Didn't you say your newly developed spell was very effective? You even dragged me here to provoke that bandit camp and test your lousy spell!"

"I...it's not my fault! It's a new type of spell, so it's normal for the spell to be a bit longer!"

"Then you should have said so sooner!"

"I was hoping to say it sooner! Who knew you'd just barge in as soon as you arrived at the camp? I was planning to sneakily release the spell from the shadows!"

"Crack!"

The bowstring twanged, a scream came from afar, and another torch fell to the ground and went out.

"Ha! Your lousy spell isn't even as effective as your crossbow!"

"Shut up, Godric!"

Upon hearing this, Li Weide raised an eyebrow slightly. "Damn, could it be those two?"

As Li Weide was thinking this, he saw two young men rush into the range of his fluorescent spell.

One of the young men was strong and wore leather armor. He held a magic wand in his left hand and an iron sword in his right.

The other was refined and handsome, holding a strangely shaped, snake-like magic wand.

"what?"

The two young men were startled when they suddenly saw Levi and Ravenclaw.

"Run! Run! There are robbers behind us!" the strong young man shouted.

In their eyes, how could these two people, one old and one young, possibly handle the dozens of fierce-looking bandits behind them?
Damn it! I should have just found a small group of bandits to test the spell on. Why did I have to provoke such a large group of bandits?
Now, not only have I gotten myself into big trouble, but I've also dragged others down with me!
"Run away?" Li Weide laughed. "I have a wand, you have a longsword, why run away?"

"you……"

The strong young man was about to say something when he felt his right hand suddenly lighten.

The old man had taken the iron sword from his hand without him even noticing!
"Stab!"

Li Weide tossed the white light from the tip of his wand into the sky.

In an instant, a burst of white light erupted, and the pitch-black night was instantly illuminated as bright as day!

The vicious bandits opposite were stunned by this scene and couldn't help but stop in their tracks.

Li Weide strode over, twirled his iron sword in his left hand, and swiftly slit the throat of the closest bandit...

The bandits suddenly realized what was happening and rushed towards Li Weide!
However, Li Weide gently tapped his wand on the ground with his right hand, and a powerful bolt of lightning shot out from the tip of the wand, instantly turning the people rushing towards him into several piles of charred remains!
"Swish!" Li Weide flipped his longsword, deflecting one bandit's axe with ease, and then slit another bandit's throat with a backhand stroke...

Just a few minutes later, Li Weide stood beside the corpses of dozens of bandits, not even the hem of his clothes was dirty...

Only then did the fluorescent spells that had been cast into the sky gradually dim.

"Hiss..." Ravenclaw and the two young men couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

"Grandpa! You're amazing! A sword in one hand and a magic wand in the other... This is the fighting style I've always dreamed of!" The strong young man ran over, looking at Li Weide with great enthusiasm.

"Hmm...it's alright. Alright, here's your sword back." Li Weide returned the iron sword.

The strong young man respectfully accepted it, only then did he realize that there wasn't a single drop of blood on his not-so-good iron sword!

I get it! When you're attacking someone, you just need to use magic to remove the bloodstains, and then when you attack others, it won't be easy for your sword to jam! No wonder that old man was attacking so smoothly just now!
"Grandpa! May I become your student?"

Li Wade looked at the two young men in front of him who looked remarkably similar to Gryffindor and Slytherin, and helplessly closed his eyes.

Okay... these two are it...

(End of this chapter)