The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

"Tell me, are there any good people around him? A bunch of thugs gathered together... People naturally think they are terrorists. His so-called ideology is just a target erected for his own benefit. Only a fool would believe it!"

Li Weide's words were normal at first, but at the end...

Annie was almost moved to tears by his sarcasm.

She wanted to say that she was willing to follow Grindelwald because she truly believed in his ideals. She was not a fool! She was not one of those villains who joined because of their own desires!

However, after thinking carefully about Li Weide's words, Anne's belief was greatly shaken...

Because of her aunt... Vita Rosier, she joined the Wiccan Party, not for the so-called ideas proposed by Grindelwald now.

It was to become Grindelwald's most trusted assistant. When Grindelwald reached the pinnacle of the world, the Rosier family would also share in the glory.

She had actually been aware of some of these things before, but she would quickly ignore them intentionally or unintentionally...

However, now, Li Weide tore off the last layer of fig leaf and directly revealed the true situation in front of her!

The so-called ideas are nothing more than some high-sounding excuses used to save face.

Those witches gathered under Grindelwald for their own desires, and their own interests were not consistent.

The voices within are actually not consistent...how can we expect other people's voices to be consistent with theirs?

It is not so much that they gathered around Grindelwald because they believed in this idea.

It would be better to say that they just believe in Grindelwald!

Anne fell silent.

Her faith was shattered in an instant, and it took her a long time to recover.

Tom was watching Anne's expression change quietly from the side.

Seeing her go from being unconvinced, to being thoughtful, to being shocked, and finally to being dumbfounded...

In fact, he also felt that what Li Weide said made some sense.

Since Grindelwald started the rebellion, there has indeed been more destruction than construction.

People only fear them, not trust them. So, what's the point of what they say?

At this moment, Tom suddenly remembered what Li Weide said a long time ago, "Don't underestimate the power of the people." Combined with what he just said... he couldn't help but think about it.

If Grindelwald hadn't used those horrific methods in the beginning, but had directly proposed some policies to the International Confederation of Wizards that would benefit lower-class wizards, so that all wizards would understand that he could bring them benefits...

Then slowly build up your prestige among wizards, and when you have more supporters, start talking about the wizards' excellence. Will you get more supporters?

Because according to previous experience, everything he proposed was beneficial! People naturally trusted his words! And then... Tom was a little afraid to think about it.

Tom took another look at Li Weide, who was looking at the Marauder's Map calmly, and was shocked.

If the one who was causing this trouble was not Grindelwald, but Levid, he might have almost succeeded...

Li Weide is obviously about the same age as me...where did he learn these things?

Could it be his family?

After a long while, Anne said in a voice as small as a mosquito: "Hearing what you said, Grindelwald really can't succeed."

"That's not the case." Li Weide said casually while looking at the map, "If he can cleanse himself and squeeze out the poisonous blood, it's not impossible for him to come back to life."

Annie looked at Li Weide in surprise. "What do you mean? Didn't you just say..."

"If I were him, I would never resort to force if I wanted to accomplish anything. But since the mistake has already been made, I'll just have to find a few scapegoats. Once I've cleared myself, I'll go into politics. After gaining legitimate power, I can naturally improve public support by proposing policies that benefit the people. Then, it will be much easier to propose reforms. After all, as long as the benefits are plentiful, people will automatically forget... Why bother rebelling?"

When Li Weide said this, his eyes did not leave the map in front of him, as if he was just saying it casually.

But Tom couldn't help but look at Li Weide, his eyes narrowed slightly.

After Anne left with a worried look on her face, Tom asked, "I don't believe you. Don't you see she's trying to trick you?"

Li Weide looked at Tom with a smile, "I don't believe it either. Can't you see that I deliberately let her trick me?"

"What on earth do you want to do?" Tom frowned. "Do you really want Grindelwald to make a comeback?"

"If he can always do things that benefit the people and win their hearts, as I said, then what does it matter whether he is a bad person or not? I just want world peace and people's happiness. Tom... have you forgotten? I am a good person!"

"If I believe even one punctuation mark in your words, I will still take your last name, Li!"

Chapter 149 Grindelwald: The people will remember them

"Let's not talk about anything else. I don't think the old man will listen to what you said." Tom sneered and said, "Even if what you said makes a little sense, why should he listen to you?"

Li Weide smiled and said, "If I'm not mistaken, he's already broken down. Otherwise, it's impossible for him to remain silent for so long. So, if he wants to break the deadlock, he'll probably listen to me."

Tom said, "If he's quiet, he must be recuperating, right? After all, his own forces have suffered such a huge blow. If it were me, I would also hide."

Li Weide smiled and said, "Even if he wants to recuperate, he has to show up, otherwise, people's hearts will be scattered. Now, those peripheral witches who are not direct descendants... these people were originally the ones Grindelwald focused on developing, and they are the future of his own power. But now, even these people are starting to panic, and he hasn't shown up. If there is nothing wrong with him mentally, I will wash my hair upside down!"

"That's not 100%..." Tom was still a little unconvinced.

"Tom, don't worry about it. Even if he doesn't listen to me, what does it matter? Even if I guessed wrong, what does it matter? I haven't lost anything anyway." Li Weide waved his hand and said, "Besides, my chess pieces have been deployed. I'll just have to wait and see how they work."

In fact, it was Levid who told Grindelwald those words through Anne's mouth.

As for whether he listened or not, or whether Annie simply did not pass on the message, it would not have any impact on Li Weide!

Of course, if he listened to the advice and did something good... then Li Weide would make money.

How many merit points does it take to make a world-famous dark wizard start doing good things!

Thinking of the merit points, Li Weide's originally happy mood immediately became depressed again.

We had arrested so many members of the Wu Cui Party before, and we thought we would make a lot of money and then upgrade the system directly.

But now... it's been so long since it was all over! Why hasn't this "money" been allocated yet?

Li Weide has begun to suspect whether this broken system is broken or simply deducted money!

Looking at the more than 18,000 merit points displayed by the system, Li Weide felt so angry that his teeth were itching.

Tom was about to say something, but when he suddenly saw Li Weide's face change, he knew that this guy must be angry about something again.

I quickly shut my mouth, fearing that I would become his punching bag again!

……

That evening, at the end-of-term dinner, neither Li Wei De nor Tom saw Anne.

It was not until very late that I saw her back returning to the dormitory in the common room.

"Did she tell the old fellow what you said, do you think?" asked Tom.

"I don't know, but, as I said, the chess pieces have been placed. We just need to press the button for the next round and wait and see what happens. Why think so much?" Li Weide said nonchalantly.

Tom didn't understand what Li Weide said about the button for the next round, but after watching the situation develop, he was able to understand it.

However, although Li Weide didn't care, Tom was very curious about what would happen next.

He really wanted to know whether Li Weide would guess wrong this time!

Early the next morning, the students' suitcases appeared at their beds.

The house-elves had cleared out the cupboards for them.

After breakfast, everyone pushed their suitcases and boarded the Hogwarts Express, starting their journey home.

Li Weide and several core members of the mutual aid society occupied a large carriage.

"After signing that document, we can't use magic during the holidays?" Charlie said indignantly. "I really don't understand! What if my magic gets rusty?"

"That document is just to protect against Muggle-born students, Charlie..." Levid laughed.

"Why do you say that?" Charlie asked in surprise.

"If you choose to practice magic in a wizarding community, the Ministry of Magic won't be able to tell," Levid explained.

"Is that so?" Charlie turned to ask Henry and Alphard.

Alphard said helplessly, "Yes... Anyway, my sister never beat me during the holidays at home, she always used magic... Oh, I really don't want to go home, that place is too depressing..."

"You have to learn to resist, Alphard." Henry said, "If you don't want to stay at home, you can come to my house. Anyway, my parents don't object to me making friends with pure-blood wizards."

"That's right... If I go to your house, my parents will definitely not object. After all, I think I heard my parents say before that they want to marry my sister to you."

"What...what?! Who? Walburga? No! I won't marry that shrew! She's a lunatic! Alphard, you can't repay kindness with evil!" Henry was almost scared.

The Avery family is pure-blood, and the Black family is also pure-blood!

In order to maintain the so-called purity of blood, intermarriage is extremely common.

The more Henry thought about it, the more horrified he became, because this could really come true...

Alphard could only shrug and look at Henry helplessly.

In fact, Alphard couldn't even control his own future marriage, so how could he influence his sister's marriage?

Henry closed his eyes and felt that his future was bleak.

"Alphard, you have to help me. This will benefit you too! You came to my house because you didn't want to stay at home... What if your sister gets married? Then, what's the difference between you coming to my house and staying at your own home?"

Alphard shuddered upon hearing this. "You're right, Henry! We must learn to resist!"

Henry asked with a delighted look on his face: "Then do you have any good ideas?"

Alphard thought for a moment and said, "How about you kill yourself? I'll go back and tell my parents that you can't do it, and then..."

"You... why don't you snap it off yourself! Come on! Let's snap each other! Then we'll stop being brothers and become sisters!"

The two of them started fighting.

Grace McLaggen sat down a little further away with a look of disgust on her face.

She looked at Li Weide and Tom and asked curiously, "Where do you live? Maybe we can make an appointment during the holidays to practice magic together!"

Li Weide and Tom both shook their heads.

Their address cannot be disclosed casually.

Tom said, "We are not going to practice magic this holiday. We are going to strictly abide by the Ministry of Magic regulations."

Li Weide almost laughed out loud when he heard this.

Although he knew that Tom said this to reject Grace's invitation.

But when I heard the future Voldemort say that he had to abide by the regulations of the Ministry of Magic, I still felt inexplicably funny.

"I don't believe it!" Grace curled her lips and said, "You three can break hundreds of school rules, and you can still abide by the Ministry of Magic's regulations at home?"

Grace said this, glancing at Anne next to her and realizing she looked quite downhearted. "Huh? Why haven't you said anything?"

"Nothing, just a little tired." Annie forced a smile.

"Well...it looks like this summer vacation is going to be boring!" Grace said helplessly.

She had thought she could have some fun with these classmates during the holidays, but it turned out that everyone seemed to have their own things to do...

Especially that dead Tom! Just refuse if you want to, and don’t even think of making up a better reason!

……

Nurmengard.

Grindelwald looked at the notebook in front of him and didn't speak for a long time.

He didn't even seem to notice when the wax from the candle next to him dripped onto his hands.

"Sir?" Vita looked at Grindelwald worriedly.

"What's wrong? Vita?" Grindelwald raised his head and looked at Vita with bloodshot eyes.

"Oliver and the others...will be tried tonight..." Vita said hesitantly.

"Oh..." Grindelwald said without any reaction, and continued to look down at the notebook.

Seeing Grindelwald like this, Vita knew that he might not realize the importance of the problem.

"The Ministries of Magic of many countries have sent representatives to serve as jurors... Many of these people have suffered at our hands before! So... they might... might not end up well tonight."

"Really?" Grindelwald responded indifferently.

Vita sighed and decided to ask directly, "They might die, so should we take action? Rescue them or something..."

Grindelwald finally raised his head again, but Vita was surprised to find that although Grindelwald was now listless and his eyes were bloodshot, he seemed very excited.

"Dumbledore will definitely be there, we can't save anyone! Vita!"