The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

Only after Li Weide took over the old house, Toby, with a new owner, had the right to return to the old house under a legitimate name.

However, this is a good thing for Li Weide who has broken free from the constraints of his guardian.

He had originally planned to find a secret base where he could conduct the small experiments he had planned.

Now this old house can only be said to have come at the right time.

"Can you take me to see it now?" Li Weide was already impatient to go and have a look.

"Of course! Of course you can! However, there are some protective spells set up outside the old house, Master Wade must be careful..."

Toby extended his hand only after telling Li Weide how to enter the old house.

"Please hold Toby's hand. Toby will take Master Wade to the old house now!"

……

Looking at the familiar castle in the distance, Li Weide felt a little emotional.

This old house is actually in the Scottish Highlands.

You can even see Hogwarts from a distance...

Judging from the distance and direction, this old house seems to be built on a high ground deep in the forbidden forest.

However, this high ground is covered with various protective magics, so that it is impossible to detect from outside that there is a high ground here, and there is an old house on the high ground.

Li Weide turned around and looked at the building covered with green vines in front of him...

In fact, the old house in front of him that Toby mentioned should be called a tower.

This is a tower that appears to have five floors.

"Ccrunch! Crunch!"

At this time, Toby had already opened the door of the tower with excitement on his face.

"Master Wade, please come in!"

Most of the tower's protective magic is on the outside.

In the tower, there is no protective magic.

As soon as Li Weide walked into the door, he found that the space inside the tower was much larger than it looked from the outside. He thought that it must have been cast with a magic spell that could expand the space, such as the Traceless Extension Spell.

However, although the first floor is large enough, it is empty.

There was only a dirty long table in the middle, which was littered with empty bottles.

The surrounding shelves, which were supposed to store various experimental materials, were empty except for dust.

Li Weide could tell from the traces on the ground around him that there must have been a lot of instruments of unknown purpose placed here.

But now they are all gone.

……

"The first floor is a laboratory, the second floor is the bedroom and dining room, the third and fourth floors are for book storage, and the fifth floor is used for stargazing... Because the family fell into poverty, Master Sophic sold everything he could after inheriting the old house, leaving behind nothing of value... And Toby was so heartbroken at the time that he didn't have the mood to clean up the house, so it looks so messy..."

As soon as Toby entered the door, he began to chatter about the old house he was talking about.

But Li Weide immediately heard the key point in this sentence.

"Wait, you just said that the third and fourth floors are where books are stored? Were those books... also sold?"

Chapter 41: Shocking! Not even one of these books can pass the review?

"Master Sophic did intend to sell those books, but he died before he could do so." Toby shook his head.

"Master Sophic has never liked reading since he was a child. In his eyes, books are the least valuable things. In fact, since Master Sophic inherited the tower, he has rarely been to the third and fourth floors..."

“So, when money was tight, the first thing he sold was the stuff in his lab.”

Li Weide was shocked. In the magical world, there are people who think that magic books are the least valuable things?

Toby had been with his previous master for quite some time, so he also thought that books were waste paper.

That's why he told Li Weide at the beginning that there was nothing left in the old house.

He didn't even mention those books!

In this light, it is completely understandable why Master Sophik cannot defeat others.

In fact, he couldn't even be called a Dark wizard...

How could a dark wizard's laboratory be empty? !

However, it was fortunate that when this prodigal son sold off his property, he started by selling the equipment on the first floor, thus saving the books on the third and fourth floors!

"Take me to the third and fourth floors!" Li Weide said excitedly.

In his opinion, these books are the most precious things in the entire old house!

……

While Toby was happily cleaning the wizard tower.

Li Weide was looking through the Somnolen family's collection of books on the third floor.

It was not until he saw a manuscript titled "The Origin of the Somnoren Family" that he finally understood some information about this family.

Although the Somnolen family is not as old as other pure-blood families, it has also been passed down for hundreds of years.

What surprised Li Weide was that according to the records in the manuscript, the ancestor of the Somnolen family was actually a female demon!

As far as Levid knew, female demons should be considered a kind of magical creature. Later, the Ministry of Magic classified them as humans, just like centaurs and mermaids.

In fact, although the female demon looks very ugly, she is very similar to humans.

The image is like an ugly old witch.

In Muggle fairy tales, the image of those ugly and old witches comes from the Hag.

The ancestor of the Somnolen family was named Leticia Somnolen.

She once gave a princess an overdose of the Living Hell Potion because she was jealous of her beauty...the same potion that Levid gave Tom tonight.

The princess took an overdose of the Living Hell Decoction and fell into a coma.

Until a wizard appeared.

The wizard was very scheming. He applied a stimulating potion on his lips and then kissed the princess, who was thus awakened.

Then, the king, who didn't know the wizard's identity, married the princess to the young wizard...

When Li Weide saw this, he couldn't help but scratch his head, because this incident seemed extremely similar to the Muggle fairy tale Sleeping Beauty.

This is most likely the prototype story of this fairy tale...

Li Weide continued reading.

Leticia was extremely annoyed by the fact that the princess was rescued.

But she was no match for the young wizard, so she had to keep it to herself.

It wasn't until the princess and the young wizard gave birth to their first child that Leticia stole the child away.

And this child is the true ancestor of the current Somnolen family...

Leticia told this to the child on her deathbed, many years after she had stolen him.

When the child learned the truth and went back to look for his biological parents, he discovered that they had already died and he could never return to his roots.

In the end, the child chose to return to the tower, and the Somnolen family was born...

After reading the history of the origin of this family, even Li Weide couldn't help but marvel at it.

After putting down the manuscript, Li Weide began to browse other books in the collection.

It has to be said that the Somnolen family is indeed an old family that has been passed down for hundreds of years.

Although it is not as old as those pure-blood families, its foundation is not weak at all.

Judging from these manuscripts and books, this family has produced many talented people.

It's a pity that he was defeated by Sophik in the end...

The more Li Weide flipped through the pages, the more excited he became.

His original intention was just to find one or two manuscripts or magic books that Dumbledore had forbidden him to read.

But now it seems that tonight's gains far exceeded his expectations!

After quickly browsing the books on the third floor, Li Weide went directly to the fourth floor.

The number of books on the fourth floor is no less than that on the third floor.

It should be said that most of the items on the third floor are experimental manuscripts and magic experiences left by successive members of the Somleno family... or simply books written by them themselves.

The fourth floor is filled with magic books and rare books collected from outside.

The most important thing is that Li Weide discovered that the books collected on these two floors have one thing in common.

That is, there is not even a single magic book that can "pass the review"!

I can only say that they are indeed a family of dark wizards. Ordinary magic books without a hint of darkness are not worthy of entering their library...

Li Weide even found a book called "Secrets of Cutting-Edge Black Magic" on a bookshelf!

In other words, Li Weide can read and study all the books here.

However, when you really want to use the knowledge inside, it's best to first check if there's anyone around...

Otherwise, he would definitely be imprisoned in Azkaban!

Li Weide reads books very quickly and has a strong interest in them.

After browsing several books in succession, I reluctantly put them down.

He looked at the time and found that it was already five o'clock in the morning. It was time to go back. He would have to explore other parts of the tower next time.

For safety reasons, he did not plan to take any of the books here. Anyway, he had a good memory, so he could just keep them in his mind.

"Toby, we should go back."

By this time, Toby had already cleaned the entire tower.

It was only because Li Weide was reading that I didn't disturb him.

"Okay, Master Wade!" Toby said happily.

He was so happy that Li Weide was willing to inherit this "old house".

"Toby, remember, you can't tell anyone else about everything that happened tonight and everything about this old house! Remember, you can't mention it to anyone!" Li Weide said seriously.

The books here must not be seen by Dumbledore...

Tom is even worse!

If he had really read these books, Voldemort would have been born ten years earlier!

"Yes!" Toby responded seriously.

……

The Hog's Head Pub.

Tom rubbed his head vigorously.

For some reason, he always felt that his head was particularly heavy this morning.

It's like I haven't slept enough.

"Are you okay?" Li Weide asked.

"No...nothing..." Tom said, shaking his head again.

"Drink this." Li Weide threw a bottle of stimulant over.

Tom's symptoms must be because Toby gave him too much medicine last night.

It's said to be one drop...

But for Toby, just how much a drop is may be debatable.

After Tom drank the stimulating potion, he immediately felt much better.