The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

But now... he was actually forced by a junior to sign a bunch of unequal treaties!

Facing the furious Slytherin, Levid smiled and said, "I will help you do what I promised you. And what I ask you to do will not do you any harm, and some things will even be beneficial. So, why are you angry?"

"Bastard! Hateful! How could Hogwarts accept a little devil like you..." Slytherin continued to curse.

But Levid was still smiling, indifferent to Slytherin's scolding.

Finally, Slytherin grew tired of cursing and his voice gradually faded away.

Li Weide said slowly, "Are you done cursing? If you're done, sign here."

As Li Weide spoke, he used white mist to condense a somewhat illusory parchment, which was densely covered with words.

Seeing this, Slytherin jumped up again, cursing...

Li Weide put the paper aside and continued to listen patiently.

After a long while, Slytherin stopped cursing.

Li Weide sighed and said, "Ghosts don't need to breathe, so they take a long time to curse... But, I've noticed that you Slytherins all have one thing in common. That's that you're not very good at cursing. You don't have any original ideas at all... Do you want me to teach you?"

Slytherin didn't curse this time. He just grabbed the imaginary parchment with a gloomy face, then took out an imaginary wool pen from his pocket and signed his name on it in a flamboyant manner.

Because now he understands that the most infuriating thing is not the ugly insults, but people like Li Weide who remain indifferent.

It felt like punching cotton, very painful.

The most important thing is, this guy waits for you to finish scolding him and then casually responds with something that can make you mad. It's like there's a needle hidden in the cotton!

So Slytherin gave up on being angry with him and signed the document happily.

The moment he signed, Slytherin suddenly felt something in his body being pulled by the parchment in his hand!

This so-called contract actually came into effect!

"What kind of magic is this? Not only can you create illusions within my illusions, but you can even create a contract that ghosts can sign! I have never heard of this kind of magic!" Although Slytherin was angry, he had to admit that Levid's method was clever.

"Everything in the world is constantly improving, including magic. So, in fact, the knowledge you are proud of may not be as useful as you think in this era." Li Weide put away the ghost contract.

Levitra knew very well that Slytherin had no other choice now, and although his conditions took advantage of him, he was not doing nothing to help him. Therefore, Slytherin was not completely opposed to this so-called unequal treaty.

Therefore, Slytherin is angry now only because he feels that his dignity has been violated. Therefore, Levid chose to let him curse freely, otherwise, how could he save face?

Sure enough, after cursing for dozens of minutes, Slytherin signed the contract happily.

"Okay, now it's time to take me to your grave, right?" Li Weide said with interest.

Slytherin was a wealthy man. Just the locket that was passed down from him was an extremely precious treasure. How many precious things would be in the place where he was buried?

Of course, if Slytherin's ghost hadn't appeared, Levander wouldn't have disrespected the Big Four by digging up their graves. But now that Slytherin's ghost had appeared... Levander thought, since you've reappeared and can even curse at me, it's like you've been resurrected. Since you're not dead, I really don't feel any guilt digging up your grave! Besides, it would be a shame to leave all those treasures buried in the dirt!

"Do you want to go out and take a look, and then confirm the location?" Li Weide asked.

Slytherin said nothing, just looked at him quietly.

"What's wrong?" Li Weide asked.

"When did you do anything to me?" Slytherin asked in a deep voice.

"Huh?" Li Weide blinked, "No..."

"Heh... Never mind. It doesn't matter if you don't admit it. Since you did something to me, I feel more at ease," Slytherin said indifferently.

He floated into the air, felt it carefully, then floated back down and tapped the floor with his cane. "It's right here."

"Right here? You mean your grave is right here?"

"I don't know if the tomb is there. After all, I died suddenly... But I can sense my remains. They're down there."

"Hiss... Then I kind of understand why you suddenly appeared here." Li Weide said suddenly.

But Li Weide suddenly asked, "But... since your tomb hasn't been discovered, and someone later built a house on it... doesn't that mean your tomb doesn't even have a tombstone? And it's been submerged until now, without anyone knowing? Could it be that your direct descendants haven't even done something as simple as sending you a bouquet of flowers every year on your death anniversary?"

Slytherin was speechless upon hearing this. He vaguely remembered that, obsessed with his research, he wasn't very close to his children...

"Okay, I won't say any more." Livid picked up his wand and used Transfiguration to split the ground apart...

After digging more than ten meters down, Li Weide finally found a half-collapsed tomb chamber and a sarcophagus half buried in the soil.

"You actually have a burial chamber. I thought you just buried the coffin and left it at that."

"I'm a Slytherin after all, so it's no wonder that my tomb is bigger." Slytherin said coldly.

Li Weide ignored him and started to clean up the surrounding soil, and then search for possible treasures and ancient books that might have been left.

Slytherin looked at his coffin with a complicated look.

The pursuit of immortality is also one of his research goals, but... this research was started too late after all.

Slytherin would never have thought that he would collapse just as his research was beginning...

Suddenly, Slytherin began to float towards his coffin, and one hand passed through the coffin and reached into the sarcophagus.

"What are you going to do?" Li Weide asked.

"I want to take another look at my own skeleton." Slytherin said in a complicated tone, and then his upper body went straight through the sarcophagus and reached in.

Li Weide didn't think there was anything wrong with Slytherin's behavior.

Becoming a ghost and witnessing my own grave with my own eyes... No matter how I think about it, this feeling is weird...

But just as Levid was thinking this, Slytherin suddenly roared! Then he rushed out of the sarcophagus, "Help me pry open this sarcophagus!"

Li Weide was stunned for a moment, "This... is not good, after all, this is your coffin..."

Although Levid wanted to take away the treasure left by Slytherin, he had no intention of opening the coffin.

And now, the ghost of Slytherin himself was letting himself pry open his coffin?

"Pry it open quickly! I...my bones seem to be...gone!" Slytherin's face was full of anger.

Li Weide had no choice but to wave his wand and open the sarcophagus directly.

After waiting for the dust to settle, Li Weide looked into the sarcophagus.

The sarcophagus was empty. Not even a single stone, let alone a skeleton...

"Uh... could it be that thousands of years have passed and your bones have turned to dust?" Li Weide asked.

"Do you think I can't tell the difference between ashes and dust?" Slytherin said coldly.

"That... isn't right! Since your skeleton is not here, how could you sense the location of your own tomb just now? And... if your skeleton was no longer here, how could your ghost appear here again?" Li Weide asked in confusion.

Slytherin was silent for a long time before he slowly said, "My awakening as a ghost... maybe it's not that simple... No! Maybe my sudden death isn't as simple as you thought!"

"How complicated is it?"

"Half a minute ago, I could clearly feel that my bones were still there!" Slytherin said sinisterly.

"Hiss... the way you said it makes even me feel a little scared."

"A wizard of my level couldn't possibly be unaware of death even when it's near! At that time, there was absolutely nothing wrong with my body, which is why I started my research on immortality so late! This death... was too sudden!"

"Do you suspect that you were murdered?" Li Weide pondered.

"Can we add one more clause to the deal?" Slytherin suddenly asked.

"What would you like to add?"

"Help me retrieve my bones and find out the truth! As long as you agree, I will agree to any request you make!"

"It's not that I don't want to help you. But such a weird thing... obviously, there is a huge trouble here!" Li Weide shook his head.

"You think you haven't gotten yourself into this trouble yet?"

"What do you mean?"

"Why did I wake up at this moment? Why, as a ghost, could I briefly possess the magical power to attack you? Why did my skeleton disappear right before my eyes? Boy, although my situation is troublesome, yours is no less!" Slytherin said coldly, "It's obvious that something wants to use me to kill you!"

"Do you have some conspiracy theories?" Li Weide hesitated.

"I know you think I'm trying to scare you, to blackmail you into helping me. But compared to your conditions, I promise to agree to any request you make in the future. Isn't this more beneficial to you? We don't have a deep hatred. After signing the contract and ensuring my own safety, would I have to pay such a high price to deceive you?"

Li Weide frowned again, because he suddenly remembered the name of his senior sister who also possessed ancient magic talent and had mysteriously disappeared...

He couldn't help but let out a long sigh, "I just want to become stronger quietly, why is it so difficult?"

"How can anyone grow stronger quietly? As long as you have extraordinary abilities, trouble will always find you! Accept the hardships, boy!"

Chapter 239: Imperfect solutions are also good as long as they are appropriate!

In the wizard tower.

Nagini was looking around curiously.

This was her first time in the wizard tower.

However, what made her even more curious was the strange ghost beside Li Weide.

Nagini had seen almost all the ghosts of Hogwarts, but she had never seen this one.

"Old man, what do you think about the blood-cursed orcs?" Levid turned to look at Slytherin.

A big part of the reason he was looking for books in the study left by Slytherin was to find a way to cure Nagini.

And now, with a "living" Slytherin standing right next to him, how could he not ask?

Slytherin narrowed his eyes and looked at Nagini in front of him, a hint of surprise flashing across his face.

"Her condition is strange... Her body and soul are drastically weakened, yet she still retains her human spirit! Could this be your doing?"

"Yes, my power is a little special, you know." Li Weide nodded.

"Well, that's not surprising. The power of the ancient sages is always so magical..." Slytherin looked at Nagini, his eyes full of joy.

However, Nagini found his gaze very creepy.

"This is my friend... Don't look at her like a test subject!" Li Weide said dissatisfiedly.

"Uh... I'm used to it." Slytherin reluctantly turned his eyes away from Nagini.

Slytherin really loved research, so when faced with people or things that could become excellent experimental subjects, he had no resistance.

"Blood-cursed orcs... This is indeed very troublesome. I once briefly studied this curse." Slytherin said, "This curse was created by the famous ancient Greek dark wizard Hercules. His goal may be to punish a woman who betrayed him... This curse is closely linked to blood, like a maggot on the tarsal bone... Honestly, if you really get cursed like this, the best thing to do is not to have offspring..."

"From what you said, I mean... there's no hope?" Li Weide frowned.

"At the moment, there is no way to save him." Slytherin said seriously.

"Currently?" Li Weide noticed the key words.

"Just give me some time. There is no curse that I can't overcome." Slytherin was as confident as ever.

When it comes to the study of magic, especially the dark arts, Slytherin does have something to be proud of.

"So what are your research directions?" Li Weide asked.

"Perhaps we can start directly with the soul. As long as we kill the beast's soul, she will naturally be able to turn back into a human." Slytherin pondered.

"It won't work. I've tried it before... but the blood curse is embedded in the bloodline. As long as the blood curse remains, even if the beast's soul is completely eliminated, a second beast soul will soon emerge." Livid frowned. "So, I'm thinking about giving her a new body. While cultivating a new body is not difficult, transplanting Nagini's soul into it is not easy. I haven't overcome this difficulty yet."

Slytherin laughed, then looked at Levid with a sarcastic look on his face.

"why are you laughing?"

"I'm laughing at you being stupid, boy!"

"I'm stupid?" Li Weide was unconvinced.

Slytherin smiled and said, "You're now thinking about how to completely cure her, but... roast lamb chops have to be eaten bite by bite. Can't you just take the first step first? For example, don't worry about whether the beast soul will regenerate. Kill it first, and then let her temporarily have the ability to recover her human form! As for the regeneration of the beast soul... think about it, how long does it take for a blood-cursed orc to be born and completely degenerate into a beast? With so much time, can't you figure out a solution? Even if you can't figure it out in the end, you can always cut off the new beast soul when the time comes... Are you just going to sit there and wait, letting your friend be a snake forever? Isn't it better to let her be a good person and wait for the results of your research?"

"Hiss..." Levid glared at Slytherin, and for the first time, he felt that his laughter wasn't so harsh. "Yeah! Why didn't I think of that!"

"Hehe... Capable people all have this bad habit of wanting to solve everything perfectly. But sometimes imperfect solutions are actually quite good." Slytherin sneered.

"Did someone say this to you before? And now you bring it up and say it to me?" Li Weide asked suspiciously.

"Nonsense!" Slytherin retorted immediately.

"Tsk tsk, it seems that you really listened to what that person said." Li Weide sighed.

"I told you, you're talking nonsense!" Slytherin denied.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Do you have a way to completely split her soul?" Li Weide asked.

"I don't." Slytherin shook his head and stared at Levid. "But you do! Since you can hurt and imprison ghosts, and even make them sign contracts, then splitting a soul wouldn't be a simple matter? However, I don't understand your kind of magic, so you have to figure it out on your own."