The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

"Kind sir...did you save Toby's life?"

Toby straightened up with difficulty and looked at his healed injuries in amazement.

When he looked at Li Weide again, his eyes were already full of heat.

"Yes, I found you lying here, covered in wounds. So I gave you some basic treatment." Li Weide took the wand from his mouth and said calmly.

"Thank you, kind sir. But Toby is a shameful elf and not worth the kind sir wasting potions on, because he is free..."

Toby couldn't help sobbing sadly when he said this.

"Although, it's not Toby's fault. Toby's last master died in a duel..."

"Toby has been shamefully freed without knowing what he is doing... Kind sir, could you take Toby in?"

"My name is Wade, Li Weide. If you are willing, I can be your new master." Li Weide answered calmly.

Of course Levid would not refuse Toby's allegiance, he is not Hermione.

Moreover, this cost him 300 merit points and two bottles of potions.

Toby struggled to get up and knelt on one knee in front of Li Weide.

"As you wish, Master Wade, from today on, Toby will be your most loyal servant forever!"

Chapter 24 Eulalie Hicks

Tom covered his nose and looked at the strange creature in front of him that was devouring the food with disgust.

"Where did you find this thing?"

"This isn't some 'thing', it's a house elf. His name is Toby, and he's my most loyal servant."

Li Weide said as he added a chicken drumstick to Toby's plate.

"What is it?" Tom looked at Li Weide in confusion.

Tom, who has just entered the wizarding world, still doesn't know what house-elves are.

Before Li Weide could say anything, Toby jumped up and yelled a little neurotically.

"Ah! Great Master Wade! Kind Master Wade! How could I let you give Toby more food? Toby is damned! Toby must punish himself!"

"Stop, I order you to finish your food."

Just as Toby picked up Tom's new cauldron and was about to smash it on his head, Levid calmly gave the order.

Toby had no choice but to put down the crucible, sit back on the ground and continue eating.

But his eyes, as big as tennis balls, were filled with tears.

"Oh... Master Wade is truly the best and greatest master in the world!"

"So, what's going on? What exactly is a house-elf? Has he always been this neurotic?" Tom asked with a frown.

Just now, Tom, who couldn't sleep, took the things he had packed long ago and prepared to meet up with Wade. When he entered the door, he saw Li Wade ordering Toby to eat.

Tom had never seen a house-elf before, so he had no idea what Levitra had done in the few hours he had been away...

Li Weide patted Tom's shoulder and said seriously, "Don't worry, even though your status has changed from my most loyal servant to my second most loyal servant, I will still treat you as well as before."

Tom's face darkened instantly, and even the veins on his forehead bulged. He asked word by word, "Who do you say is your servant?"

"Tom...you are not as respectful to me as you were before. Now you know why you were demoted from the first servant to the second servant, right?" Li Weide said with regret on his face.

"You fucking..." Tom resisted the urge to attack because he didn't want to be beaten!

"Calm down... You can't beat him yet... Calm down..."

Tom took several deep breaths before he finally calmed down.

"What's wrong? Are you hungry too?" Li Weide looked at the pot in his hand, then looked at Tom, "There are some left here, if you want..."

"No! I'm not hungry at all!" Tom's emotions, which had just calmed down, almost exploded again.

"Okay, forget it." Li Weide put the pot next to Toby and let him continue eating.

"So what are house-elves?" Tom persisted.

"House-elves are the most loyal servants of wizards. They also possess a lot of interesting magic. Although they may not seem as powerful as wizards' magic, they are still very useful in handling some household chores. By the way, I saw these in a book in the bookstore today."

Then, Levid told Tom what he had just done when he was wandering around outside and picked up a house-elf.

Anyway, if there is always a house-elf following me in the future, I will definitely not be able to hide it from others, so I might as well say it directly.

"I don't think this filthy creature can be of any help." Tom looked at Toby with disgust.

"Don't underestimate any creature, Tom, otherwise you will suffer in the future." Li Weide said meaningfully.

By this time, Toby had eaten everything on his plate and in the pot.

"Master Wade, Toby has never eaten so full..." Toby said, and was about to cry again.

"Okay, Toby, find a place to rest first, and remember to clean yourself up. I don't want to see you looking dirty next time." Li Weide gave the order again.

Toby sobbed, bent over and said respectfully, "As you wish, Master Wade."

"Snapped!"

Toby disappeared from the spot, leaving behind only a sound like a whip hitting the ground...

This scene made Tom's eyes widen.

"Look, at least you don't have to help me wash the dishes anymore." Li Weide pointed to the plates and pots on the ground.

It was only then that Tom realized that the plates and pots that had just been placed on the ground had become as clean as new without him noticing.

It must be said that Toby is indeed an experienced house-elf, and his kitchen magic can be said to be perfect.

Suddenly, Tom said with a twinkle in his eyes: "What's the big deal about washing dishes? I can actually help you cook."

"You're planning to poison me, right?" Li Weide remained unmoved.

"Tsk...is it that obvious?"

……

In a blink of an eye, the sky turned a little pale and gradually brightened.

Li Weide sat on the bed, reading "The Count of Monte Cristo" with great interest.

Tom looked out from time to time.

"Could it be that Dumbledore's people forgot to pick us up? It's almost dawn." Tom said anxiously.

Li Weide suddenly closed the book slowly and said, "Isn't this coming?"

"Coming? Where?" Tom had just finished asking when he heard faint horse neighing in the sky.

Tom quickly looked up at the sky.

The neighing of horses was getting closer and closer, and suddenly, a carriage appeared from the gray clouds! However, from what Tom could see, there was no horse in front of the carriage, only a middle-aged man acting as the driver.

Li Weide also looked out the window, but in his sight, in front of the carriage, there were three strange horses that were pitch black, had wings, and were skinny. They were struggling to pull the carriage down towards this side.

Livid recognized them as three thestrals, a magical animal whose appearance could only be seen by those who had truly witnessed death.

Before traveling through time, Li Weide had witnessed death, so he could see these Thestrals.

But now Tom is a rookie and his KD is still 0/0, so he can't see the Thestrals yet.

"bump!"

The carriage landed in front of the orphanage's gate with a loud bang.

But the people in the orphanage and other residents on the street seemed to have heard nothing and remained silent.

At this moment, the door of the carriage was suddenly opened, and a dark-skinned witch with curly hair holding a book in her hand jumped out of the carriage.

She looked at the gate of the orphanage in front of her, then raised her head and looked at the window of Li Weide's room, and her eyes met Li Weide and Tom's.

A smile appeared on the witch's lips, and then she disappeared in the next second.

Tom stared out the window with wide eyes. "Where did she go?"

"Are you looking for me?" Suddenly, a woman's voice came from behind the two of them.

Tom was startled and turned around quickly.

Li Weide turned his head and saw that the witch had come behind them at some point.

Tom looked at her in shock. "Who...who are you? How did you get in?"

He was outside one second, and the next second, he was behind me on the second floor. It was scary just thinking about it.

"Hello, my name is Eulalie Hicks. You can call me Professor Hicks." The witch smiled and extended her hand to Li Weide and Tom.

Tom looked at Hicks warily, not moving.

Li Weide also extended his hand and shook hers. "Professor Hicks, are you the one Professor Dumbledore sent to pick us up?"

Eulalie Hicks, a character in the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, is Professor of Charms at Ilvermorny. She is the original member of Dumbledore's Army.

In addition, I also plan to follow the setting in the movie and let the young Professor McGonagall appear... Although according to the timeline of the original book, Professor McGonagall is only about three or four years old at this point...

Chapter 25 It’s broken! It’s the chosen melon!

"Yes." Professor Hicks said with a smile, "I have already learned about your affairs from Professor Dumbledore. I just want to say that you are the bravest little wizards I have ever met."

"Not every little wizard of this age has the courage to do such a thing. I think you will all be sorted into Gryffindor."

Livid couldn't help but blink. Tom Riddle was sorted into Gryffindor? What kind of dark joke was this?

Even Slytherin’s coffin can’t hold it down!

"What's Gryffindor?" Tom asked stupidly.

Li Weide took a book out of Tom's luggage and threw it into Tom's hands.

"You'll know after you read this book. You haven't read it yet after buying it, have you?"

Tom looked at the title of the book in his hand, "Hogwarts: A History", and couldn't help frowning again.

He really hadn't read this book because his attention was completely drawn to those spell books.

As for this kind of historical book, if he didn't want to know a little about Hogwarts and he didn't have enough money for the time being, he would never buy it.

Professor Hicks smiled and said, "I'd actually be happy to tell you about the history of Hogwarts, but I have some things to do right now. Would you please get in the carriage and wait?"

"Oh..." Li Weide nodded. He had already guessed what Professor Hicks was busy with.

It seems that Dumbledore gave the task of erasing traces of himself and Tom to Professor Hicks.

"Okay, let's go." Professor Hicks said, putting his hands on Li Weide and Tom's shoulders.

The next second, the three of them appeared in front of the orphanage... next to the carriage!

"Ugh!" Tom began to dry heave uncomfortably.

Li Weide's face also looked a little pale.

"It's true that it's a little bit difficult to adapt to Apparating for the first time. Take it easy."

Professor Hicks said this and disappeared again.

When she reappeared, she had already brought out Li Weide and Tom's luggage.

"Frank, can you please take care of them for me?" Professor Hicks said to the coachman.

"Of course, go quickly and come back soon, it's almost dawn."

The coachman named Frank responded as he jumped off the carriage and moved Li Weide and the others' luggage onto the luggage rack at the back of the carriage and tied it up.

"Um... Professor Hicks, can I bring my house-elf with me?" Li Weide suddenly asked.

"You have house-elves?" Hicks looked at Levid in surprise.

"Yeah, I found it in the alley over there a few hours ago." Li Weide said, and called out to the people around: "Toby, are you there?"

"Snapped!"

Toby appeared directly in front of Li Weide.

"Master Wade, Toby is here. What do you want?"