The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

"It's true. We were all together at Riddle Manor the night before the holiday ended. Tom can testify to that," Livid continued.

"So where is she now?" Dumbledore asked quickly.

"She's going to visit some old friends, and then slowly consider her future plans." Li Weide shrugged and said, "I thought that since she was visiting old friends, she would definitely come to see you, so I didn't tell you to give you a surprise. But since you noticed it, I had to tell you in advance."

At this time, Dumbledore, filled with joy, had completely ignored his initial question about Levid's whereabouts, and instead began to focus on Nagini's recovery.

So, Levander told Dumbledore everything he could about the treatment process.

When he cured Nagini, Levid knew that sooner or later he would have to explain to Dumbledore and others how he cured Nagini.

Therefore, when he left his senior sister's place, he asked her to prepare a set of excuses for him that would convince Dumbledore and the others and conceal the nightmare magic.

To sum it up, it was to undo the transformation spell on Nagini, then forcefully suppress Nagini in her beastly state, and finally use ancient magic to eliminate the beast soul's consciousness, allowing Nagini's consciousness to take over again...

Although it was a bit vague, Dumbledore did not doubt it.

After all, Nagini was indeed cured, and Dumbledore didn't know the existence of nightmare magic, so in his view, Levitra had nothing to hide.

Moreover, Levitra is the only one who can use ancient magic, and all the rights of interpretation now belong to Levitra alone... This is equivalent to a skill that belongs only to him, and there is no way to prove it even if you want to doubt it.

After asking about some basic situations, Dumbledore asked Levitra to go back and rest. He had originally planned to talk about some training plans tonight, but he didn't say it anymore.

After Levid returned to the dormitory, Dumbledore also hurriedly left Hogwarts through the fireplace.

……

Early the next morning, Li Weide started his normal study life as usual.

However, the professors always felt a little uncomfortable when facing Li Weide.

Because they had all witnessed the strength of this extraordinary young man...

However, just like what Li Weide said in the secret room, being strong only means being good at fighting, and it does not mean that you don’t need to learn other knowledge.

Therefore, the professors' discomfort did not last long, and they soon returned to their normal state.

The Slytherin ghost only immersed himself in studying the snake pupil curse in the first few days, and then he could no longer hold it in, and began to hide in Levid's body, quietly observing what the castle he once fought for would look like a thousand years later.

"The environment is too comfortable, and a lot of the teaching content has been simplified... I can't believe they actually cancelled the weapon use course. No wonder your swordsmanship is so bad... If Godric saw Hogwarts today, I think he would be more excited than me..."

"And the current pure-blood family students... are you sure those troll-like guys are really pure-bloods?"

In Slytherin's Chamber of Secrets, Slytherin's ghost was suspended in the air and talking.

After the basilisk was eliminated, the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets had been sealed by Dumbledore and others.

However, what they actually sealed was only the entrance and exit of the basilisk.

Slytherin's ghost took Levitra directly into the secret room from another entrance, and asked Levitra to set up a laboratory here.

Slytherin had observed the castle enough by now, and he didn't want to follow Levid all day to attend various courses that he thought were childish.

Therefore, he planned to stay in this secret room more often in the future.

"Because with the simplification of spells and the increase in casting speed, auxiliary dueling methods such as close combat have gradually been eliminated. Therefore, courses on the use of weapons are naturally unnecessary." Li Weide explained.

"Simplification of spells? Well, although this increases the casting speed and facilitates learning, it is precisely because of the simplification of spells that today's students are gradually deviating from the essence of magic!" Slytherin sighed.

"Like Tom... He's certainly smart, but when he sees a powerful spell, the first thing he always does is ask what the magic spell is!"

"If it were my students from a thousand years ago...admittedly, their talents weren't as strong as Tom's."

"But when they encounter such situations, their first reaction is always to understand the principle behind the magic. For example, when faced with an explosion spell, they will explore the cause of the flames, the trajectory of the magic power, and whether reversing the trajectory will produce a freezing effect..."

"In this regard, Tom is not even as good as your blood-cursed orc friend."

In fact, Tom's incomparable talent had long made the Slytherins, whose mentality had already changed, gradually ignore the fact that Tom was a half-blood wizard.

Therefore, Slytherin is now paying attention to this talented descendant.

Therefore, he would feel annoyed when he saw some of Tom's poor performances.

This is a feeling of being angry at someone for not fighting back.

"You have a point. Simplified spells are easier to master, and naturally people ignore the reason why the spell works. If they ignore the essence of magic and forget the spells, they will become what everyone calls lousy wizards." Li Weide nodded in agreement.

Even though spells have been simplified and improved a lot nowadays, there are still many more bad wizards in this era than a thousand years ago.

Not only now, there will be more crappy wizards in a few decades.

In the era of the savior Harry Potter, not to mention ordinary wizards, many of the Aurors on duty couldn't even cast the Shield Charm!

"Boy, I have to say, you did very well in this regard... At least you didn't let your talent go to your head." Slytherin looked at the dome of the Chamber of Secrets, a look of reminiscence flashing in his eyes.

Li Weide looked at him and suddenly asked, "People often say that ghosts appear because they still have obsessions. So what is your obsession?"

"I don't even know how I died... How can I know what my obsession is?" Slytherin felt a little annoyed, but then he said, "If I have to say what obsession it is... Maybe it's finding the secret of eternal life? However, now I want to find my bones back more. It's really hard to understand. Even if I am the greatest of the four giants, my bones are just bones. What's the use of them? Can I use them to soak in water and drink?"

"I'll find a way to help you get it back." Li Weide pondered.

"Do you have any ideas?" Slytherin asked. "If you have any ideas, you can tell me and I can study them."

"I'm thinking there must be a connection between the soul and the bones, otherwise you wouldn't have said you could sense your bones underground. And then when we started digging, your bones disappeared. So, you really can't sense anything now?"

Slytherin said angrily: "There is indeed no contact... It's like he disappeared from this world!"

No wonder he felt angry, because this strange feeling of emptiness was as if he had been crushed to ashes... The last trace of him left in this world had now disappeared without a trace.

"Perhaps we can first figure out the principle of the connection between the soul and the bones, and then reversely infer why you lost contact with your bones..." Li Weide proposed the idea.

"Well, I thought so too, so... I need an experimental subject! The experimental subject is not difficult to obtain, all I need is a fresh dead person and the dead person's freshly baked ghost!" Slytherin said the most terrifying words in the gentlest tone.

"I'm afraid this is difficult to do..." Li Weide looked at him quietly.

Slytherin sighed, "Well, well... these days are so boring... even finding a test subject is so difficult."

"You don't have to use fresh bones," Li Weide said. "There are many ghosts in the castle, and we know many of their burial places. As long as you go and consult them, there will be no problem."

Slytherin suddenly hesitated, "There's no rush..."

"Is it really so difficult to talk about turning into a ghost?" Li Weide said helplessly.

"For me... yes!" Slytherin said firmly.

"Alright then... whatever you want." Li Weide shrugged. "However, since you don't want to interact with other ghosts, I don't have any other options. You can't let a human like me ask ghosts such questions. It will make them think I'm mocking them."

"Anyway, you don't have to worry about this. I will give you the data..." Slytherin said vaguely.

Since Slytherin still refused to give in at this point, Levitra had no choice but to stop dwelling on it.

This is the downside to being a face-conscious person. It's really troublesome...

Then, Li Weide took out the core that exploded from the puppet knights during the previous level-up. "Then let's look at other things. For example, how does this core work..."

"You really are... you don't even give me a moment to rest!"

"With all due respect, you've rested long enough."

Chapter 247 Why do we need to do research? This is an arms race in the wizarding world!

In the blink of an eye, the first week after the Christmas holidays has passed.

Since Dumbledore had not sent any message to Levitra this week, the promised special training had not started.

Later, Dumbledore told Levid the reason. It turned out that Grindelwald had made many new demands, forcing Dumbledore to spend time preparing for him... Therefore, Levid's special training had to be postponed.

After hearing this reason, Li Weide remembered what Anne had told him before about Grindelwald's educational reform.

Are you preparing something for testing?

……

On the weekend, Tom came to the Room of Requirement and prepared to call Li Wei to participate in the weekend club activities.

"You go ahead. I won't go today. My research has reached a critical moment..." Li Weide said.

At this time, Li Weide was wearing a pair of alchemical glasses with a built-in magnifying effect, holding a strange metal pen, leaning over the table, concentrating on carving something on a small bead.

"What are you studying?" asked Tom.

"Something that can enhance our strength, Tom." Li Weide said with a sigh of relief, then put down the pen, took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes.

"It seems like ever since I've known you, besides studying, you've been endlessly researching and experimenting... But is that really necessary?" Tom asked doubtfully. "Your magic power is already strong enough, enough to easily master many powerful spells... So, shouldn't you continue to strengthen yourself? Why waste your energy researching something new?"

In Tom's opinion, a lot of ready-made knowledge is enough to spend a lot of energy to master. If he were Li Weide, he would definitely focus on this knowledge instead of wasting time on research.

"Because it will help our cause, Comrade Riddle." Li Weide said seriously.

"Really? But do these things help your strength?" Tom asked.

"For me, it's indeed not that obvious, but... it's different for others." Li Weide said with a smile.

Tom was confused. "Other people? What does it have to do with other people?"

As he spoke, Tom pulled a chair over and sat down. In his opinion, Li Weide's behavior was a complete waste of time and energy, so he had to find out the reason today.

"Tom, do you think I need strong power to make our great revolutionary cause successful?" Li Weide asked.

"Of course! That's why I let you improve your strength and study less about things that are useless in improving your own strength." Tom said with a frown.

"It seems that there is a big difference between our understandings." Li Weide smiled and said, "What you think of as strong strength is that I, as a leader, must have strong strength, but I think this understanding is too one-sided."

Tom continued to listen without saying anything.

Li Weide continued, "I think that strong strength doesn't just refer to me, but also to the collective strength of all those who stand with us!"

"In this great cause of changing the world, even if I am very powerful, I am powerless."

"I'm only one person. When my territory becomes large, there will always be places I can't take care of. What should I do when the situation is critical and I'm unable to take care of everything?"

"So, I need all my comrades to become stronger! Strong enough to be able to handle things on their own even when I'm not around."

"The reason why Grindelwald is still so intimidating, and even the Minister of Magic can't refuse his requests, is that he relies not only on his own strength, but also on the powerful and omnipresent Wizarding Party under his command!"

"Do you think he could have taken over MACUSA by himself if his subordinates were useless and had trouble completing even the most basic tasks?"

"Without any help, did he dare to attend that public trial? Just think about it, what gave him such courage!"

"Of course it's because of the powerful witch party under his command!"

"So, I must ensure that my comrades have a strength that is at least as strong as that of these UMNOs."

"And to achieve all this, apart from relying on their own efforts, the only thing I can provide them with is some external help!"

As Li Weide spoke, he placed the bead in his hand into the head of a wooden knight puppet on the table.

As the beads were placed in, the knight puppet suddenly came to life and patrolled around on the table with a wooden sword.

"That's why I'm researching powerful new combat puppets, powerful new spells, and special potions to heal the wounded..."

"These things don't help me improve my own strength, but they can make our entire team stronger!"

"Tom...don't forget, the spells and spellcasting techniques I taught you, the things that make you stronger, didn't come out of thin air!"

Tom looked at Li Weide in surprise. He already understood what Li Weide meant.

Li Weide is personally training and equipping a team that belongs entirely to him...

And the people in this team also include him!

That's why he could continuously learn many new spells and dueling techniques from Levid...

To be precise, Tom was the earliest member of this team, even though he was forced at the time!

In other words, when Li Weide said that he needed his own strength, it was not just a casual remark.

"So that's how it is... I understand." Tom readily admitted his one-sided view.

Because he is indeed the first beneficiary of the research conducted by Li Weide, in that case, it is better for Li Weide to continue his research. Who would complain about not having enough good things?

"I'm glad you understand. I'm glad you can ask me directly when you don't understand something, Tom. The most important thing between teams is communication." Li Weide said, turning his attention back to the small puppet on the table.

"Are you replicating the combat puppets that appeared in the trial in Slytherin's study that day?" Tom immediately recognized these combat puppets that impressed him so much.

That night, he almost died at the hands of those two puppets!

"Yes... I just restored it successfully." Speaking of this, Li Weide became energetic.

He took out another knight puppet from the drawer and put a new bead into the knight puppet's head.

Under Li Weide's control, the two knight puppets suddenly collided with each other and started fighting.

Tom watched the movements of the two wooden knights in amazement. The speed was so fast that it reminded Tom of the fear of being dominated by the battle puppets that night.

"This... you actually restored it completely!"