The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

"That's good too. At least you can stay at home honestly during the summer vacation and not run around. You can also spend time with your family. Isn't that good?" Li Weide said with a smile.

"Oh...damn it...the levels you designed are so disgusting!" Tom cursed.

"It seems that you are in good spirits. Taking care of yourself should not be a problem. In that case, I'll leave first." Li Weide said, standing up and preparing to leave.

As soon as I turned around, I saw Grindelwald walking towards me.

He was holding a bouquet of flowers and a thick book in his hands.

"You seem to be recovering quite well," Grindelwald said happily.

Tom glanced at Grindelwald and turned away.

If Levid's level was one of the reasons for his injury, then Grindelwald's efforts to push for the so-called practical test was the root cause of his injury.

"I have to say, your performance in this first practical exam is the best..." Grindelwald said with a smile.

However, Tom still didn't look at him.

Levid stood aside and watched Grindelwald's performance with great interest.

It is obvious that Grindelwald intends to win over little brother Tom.

However, is it really appropriate to win someone over in front of me?

"I know your injuries might not heal quickly, so I thought you'd get bored lying in the hospital wing. Therefore..." Grindelwald patted the thick book in his hand. "This is a magic book I wrote down a while ago. Maybe it can help you relieve your boredom."

Hearing this, Tom turned his head involuntarily and looked at the book in Grindelwald's hand in silence.

Seeing this, Grindelwald smiled and stuffed the book in his hand into Tom's arms.

Tom didn't refuse, he immediately put up a pillow and started flipping through the book...

"It's a very nice gift, Mr. Director." Li Weide said with a smile.

Grindelwald's book is much more useful than the nonsense he said before.

I have to say that Grindelwald really grasped Tom's preferences very accurately.

“Those who perform well should always receive some special prizes.” Grindelwald said with a smile.

Levid did not answer, but just looked at Grindelwald and smiled, then turned and walked out of the school hospital.

However, at the door of the school hospital, Grindelwald chased out.

"I plan to hold a practical exam every month starting from next semester." Grindelwald smiled.

"Once a month?" Li Weide raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Of course. Moreover, I will always give some prizes to those who pass the level... Only in this way can they understand the benefits that power brings to them." Grindelwald said confidently.

"It's a good idea, but I can't help you design a level every month," said Li Weide.

"Don't worry, I won't bother you with level design." Grindelwald smiled. "It'll be much simpler if we just replace the enemies with puppets. We won't have to worry about which magical beasts and dark creatures can't coexist together... You're right, Wade. I've always known who my enemies are."

"Oh...Is that so? If you need a new combat puppet, you can come to me. The price is negotiable." Li Weide said with a smile.

"Of course! But I think that thing you showed me earlier... called the Lost Mist, could you please improve it a little bit? I'd pay a lot of money for it. As long as we have the Lost Mist, designing levels will be much easier, right?"

With the Lost Fog, the content of the level can even change according to the ideas of the challenger... A practical assessment starts every day, and there is no need to worry about the content of the level being repeated.

"This is difficult..." Li Weide looked embarrassed.

"It's a really big price, Wade. You know, if I say it's a big price, then I'm sure you won't be treated unfairly."

“But this is really hard…”

"How about you come and propose some terms?"

"Mr. Director, do you take research work too lightly?" Li Weide shook his head.

"But I believe in your ability, Wade." Grindelwald patted Wade's shoulder. "I believe you will not let me down."

Looking at Grindelwald's leaving back, Levid curled his lips. This guy wanted to get something for nothing.

A big price? Then tell me the number!

Moreover, perfecting the Lost Mist is indeed very difficult for Li Weide now.

At present, he can only use the Lost Mist as an offensive prop.

……

Tom stayed in the school hospital for seven days before he was successfully discharged.

Professors Levid and Slughorn worked for hours and developed an antidote...

However, time is limited, and Li Weide and his team can only come up with an antidote to speed up recovery.

So, after being discharged from the hospital, Tom still had to use a cane and one of his arms still had to be in a plaster cast on his chest...

It looks as desolate as it can be.

However, when he walked into the auditorium on crutches to attend the end-of-term banquet, all the students cheered for him.

There were even some senior students that he didn't know who came over and helped him up, and walked him to the Slytherin table...

During this time, Tom, who was surrounded by people, didn't know how many words of praise he heard.

This made Tom a little confused. He tried his best and broke his arms and legs before he barely got through... He really didn't think he was anything special.

Why are these people so excited as if they saw a Quidditch star?

"You're amazing! You even managed to pass the seventh grade level! You know, many seventh grade seniors have failed!" Annie said as she helped Tom sit down.

It was not until this time that Tom began to understand.

Tom himself felt that he had to cheat and get injured in order to pass the level, which was very embarrassing.

But from other people's perspective, it was just a second-grade student who bravely participated in the seventh-grade trial and passed it successfully!

As for getting hurt... well, that's a seventh-grade level! Isn't it normal for a second-grade student to get hurt when trying this?

In short, Tom's demands on himself are so high that no one else can imagine.

Even though others thought he couldn't pass the level, he still required himself to do so without taking any damage.

"It seems you've figured it out." Li Weide handed over a bottle of potion. "This is the second version of the antidote that my teacher and I made... It will help your injuries heal faster."

Tom took the potion silently, but his heart was still immersed in an inexplicable joy.

So I... am already so powerful?

Moreover, this feeling of being sought after... is really good!

Tom held the potion bottle tightly in his hand. The surging feeling in his heart made him gradually excited.

"How is it? Did you experience the wonderful feeling brought by powerful strength?"

Tom turned his head and saw Li Weide looking at his expression with interest.

Tom quickly restrained his expression and put away the potion in his hand.

"It's not that wonderful..." Tom murmured.

"If you pull the corners of your mouth down when you say this, I'll be more likely to believe you."

Tom said with a straight face, "Eat, eat...I'm hungry."

Chapter 299 Merlin's briefs! You are robbing!

King's Cross Station, Platform 9 and 3/4.

Li Weide waved goodbye to his friends. As the students left with their parents, the entire platform gradually became empty.

Finally, even Tom disappeared into the hidden wall on crutches.

Li Weide waited until there was no one around before walking to the corner and Apparating back to the safe house.

Since he was alone and could Apparate home, he didn't want to bother leaving through King's Cross Station.

I haven't been back for almost half a year, and there's not much dust in the safe house.

Because Toby comes back to clean it every once in a while.

In fact, safe houses are less necessary now than they were before.

Grindelwald now has a new development path and will no longer easily attack Levid and Tom.

Therefore, Tom returned to Riddle Manor to recuperate, and Dumbledore did not say anything more.

Even Dumbledore's phoenix, Fawkes, had left the safe house and returned to Dumbledore half a year ago.

However, after Aurelius recovered, Fox returned to him.

When Li Weide got home, Toby and Tom Cat had already returned before him.

He also brought back a lot of things from his laboratory.

However, the little snake monster Snicker was taken away by Tom.

In comparison, Snicker prefers to be with Tom, who has the talent of Parseltongue.

Li Weide packed his luggage and experimental equipment in the evening, but in the end he did not take these things out.

Although the safe house looks safe, Li Weide is not the only one who can enter.

Therefore, Li Weide's real laboratory cannot be placed in this place...

In other words, after being unable to return to the Wizard Tower, Levid now needs a new secret place.

Li Weide was not in a hurry. After resting in the safe house for a night, he got up early the next day.

"Toby, how much money do we have now?" Li Weide asked while eating breakfast.

"In reply to Master Wade, when Toby left Gringotts last time, Master still had 23,530 gold Galleons in Gringotts' vault. As for the silver Sickles and copper Knuts, Toby didn't have time to count them..." Toby said respectfully.

"Well, that's enough." Li Weide nodded.

In addition to the thousands of gold galleons he had previously exchanged for gold, he received a remittance into his treasury every month.

That was the money he earned from selling potions with his teacher, Professor Slughorn. Although he earned a lot, Levid spent even more.

However, as Levitra made more and more potions and gave them to Slughorn to sell, he made more and more money.

After a whole year, Li Weide had saved up some gold galleons...

So, he planned to buy a place where wizards gathered as his own laboratory.

As the saying goes, great men hide in plain sight; only places like this can avoid attracting attention. Then, cast the Fidelius Charm on this laboratory, and it will be very safe.

During this year, Li Weide had already figured out how to use the Fidelius Spell, and his magic power was more than enough to perform it, so there was no problem using it in this new laboratory.

In this day and age, more than 20,000 gold Galleons were enough for him to buy a nice store in Diagon Alley.

Of course, the shops in Diagon Alley are in high demand. Every inch of land in such places is a goose that lays golden eggs. Generally, no one is willing to sell them and they will only accept leasing.

Therefore, Levid's target is not Diagon Alley, but Knockturn Alley located in Diagon Alley!

Knockturn Alley is where dark wizards gather. It is filled with all kinds of goods related to dark magic, and most wizards are reluctant to go in.

Moreover, in that kind of place, there would be many rare things of unknown origin being sold from time to time, which was exactly what Li Weide liked.

After breakfast, Levid took all the gold galleons from Toby, then put on a cloak and stood in front of the fireplace.

"Toby, you and Tom Cat go and do your work first." Li Weide said in a deep voice.

Toby nodded immediately, then pulled Tom Cat up and went upstairs.

After Toby and Tom Cat disappeared, Livid took a deep breath, took out a half-worn second-hand wand and pointed it at his face...

The next second, Li Weide's body made crackling sounds. In a short while, he grew from his original height of 1.6 meters to 1.8 meters. At the same time, his face also changed...

After a while, the boy with obvious oriental features disappeared, and was replaced by a middle-aged man with a European face.

Li Wei De turned over the floor-length mirror next to him and carefully looked at the bearded middle-aged man in the mirror. Finally, he nodded with satisfaction, pulled up his cloak to cover his head, and then used Floo powder to come to the Leaky Cauldron.

Tom, the owner of the Leaky Cauldron, looked at Li Weide curiously. He was a little surprised because he had never seen this middle-aged man before.

He wanted to say a few words, but Li Weide's stern face and unapproachable look made Tom shut up.

Levid swaggered out of the Leaky Cauldron and entered Diagon Alley from the back...

Bar owner Tom looked at his back and couldn't help but curl his lips. "Nothing strange about that... maybe he's just an American tourist..."

Diagon Alley can be said to be the commercial center of the British wizarding world. Early in the morning, there are already many wizards strolling on the street.