The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

Tom squatted on the ground, frowning, and used his old wand to push aside several dirty second-hand textbooks, then began to search carefully.

Li Weide walked around the pile of books and planned to start flipping through them from the other side.

Just as Li Weide walked around and was about to see if there were any unique old books, he suddenly felt as if his eyes were dazzled by something.

Li Weide turned his head and looked at the shelf next to him in confusion.

There were many strange alchemical tools piled up randomly on this shelf, but there was no doubt that most of them were damaged.

Li Weide walked to the shelf. At this time, he had already seen the faint blue light flashing on the shelf.

Like Tom, he pulled out an old wand and tried to push the clutter off the shelf as far as possible.

It is better to be cautious with these alchemical tools of unknown origin and use, even if they are incomplete.

At this time, the source of the faint blue light was finally exposed to Li Weide.

It was a golden strip as thick as two fingers, engraved with strange patterns that Li Weide could not understand. It looked like an exquisitely carved lighter.

And those faint blue lights were flickering on those strange patterns.

Li Weide gently poked the "lighter" with his wand.

The "lighter" did not respond at all, and the blue light continued to flash.

Li Weide shook his wand lightly, and a small gecko on the wall flew over and landed on the "lighter"!

After a long while, Li Weide released the gecko only after he found that there was nothing abnormal with the little gecko.

The little gecko fled from there in panic, and nothing unusual happened throughout the process.

It was not until this time that Li Weide reached out his hand with confidence and picked up the "lighter".

In fact, although this store collects and sells second-hand items, it is also a legal store and will never purchase black magic items.

Most people wouldn't bring dark magic items here to sell; they'd usually go to Knockturn Alley to sell them.

What Li Weide just did was actually just a precaution.

Li Weide carefully looked at the lighter in his hand, then carefully pressed his finger on the blue light.

"Crack!"

A thin crack appeared on the upper end of the lighter.

Li Weide gently pried it open with his thumb, and a lid opened along the crack, and a small blue flame appeared at the top...

Li Weide didn't expect that this thing was actually just an ordinary lighter?

That's not right... How could an ordinary lighter emit light for no reason?

"Crack!"

Li Weide closed the lid of the lighter and extinguished the small flame at the top.

"Tom, come and look at this."

"What's wrong?" Tom walked over and looked at the lighter that Li Weide handed over. "Isn't this just an ordinary lighter?"

"Ordinary? Don't you notice that it is glowing?" Li Weide asked in confusion.

"Light? Where's the light?" Tom took the lighter, looked at it, and said with disgust, "It doesn't even turn on."

"Can't you see the light on it? And you can't turn it on?" Li Weide touched his chin and looked at the lighter that Tom was holding in his hand, but still emitting a faint blue light.

"Well, it looks to me like a gold-plated lighter, and..." Tom fiddled with the lighter again. "It really doesn't open."

Li Weide took the lighter and flicked it lightly with his thumb.

"Crack!"

The lighter was turned on.

Tom's eyes widened, "This... I'll try again!"

However, no matter how hard Tom tried, he couldn't open the lighter like Li Weide.

"In other words, this blue light is indeed only visible to me..."

Li Weide looked thoughtfully at the lighter in his hand that was emitting a faint blue light.

Chapter 44 Just try it!

Li Weide bought the lighter for ten copper nuggets.

The fact that the deal was sold at such a low price also indirectly proved that Tom wasn't the only one who couldn't see the blue light above...

If everyone could see this kind of light, the price would definitely not be so cheap.

After Tom found a few magic manuscripts in the second-hand bookstore, the two returned to the agreed meeting place.

Toby was already waiting there with a lot of bags.

Then, just like before, Toby took them all back to the Hog's Head Inn.

After entering the room, Levid asked Aberforth about the lighter at the bar.

However, Aberforth also couldn't see the blue light from the lighter.

After listening to Levander's description, he suggested that Levander wait until Dumbledore comes next time and then take it out for him to see.

Levid also thought it made sense. Dumbledore was very knowledgeable in alchemy and must know something.

So he put the matter of the lighter aside for the time being.

Anyway, Dumbledore will be back soon, so Levid is not in a hurry.

……

After returning to the room, Tom immediately picked up the book he had put down and continued reading.

Tom's current pursuit is to become stronger all the time...

Li Weide went out with the five old wands he had just bought.

After seeing a lot of black magic in the wizard tower last night, Li Weide wanted to pick out some interesting ones to try his hand at.

If you want to get involved in the underworld, you always need some trump cards to protect yourself.

To practice black magic, you need to find a secret place...

Li Weide already knew where this secret place was. It was on the first floor of the wizard tower.

The first floor of the Wizard Tower was originally used as a laboratory, but now all the experimental equipment has been sold by the previous owner, and it looks empty.

This is just the right time for Li Weide to practice black magic freely.

Aberforth saw Levid just come back and take Toby away, and didn't say much.

Dumbledore had told him before that as long as Levid didn't do anything out of line, there was no need to interfere.

This shows that Dumbledore trusts Levitra very much.

This was due to the good impression Levitra had left on Dumbledore.

Of course, this was also the reason why Levid had been trying his best to show off his acting skills in front of Dumbledore.

He didn't want to be like Tom in the original book, who was always closely watched by Dumbledore and could never be trusted no matter how well he performed in school.

That's because he didn't leave a good impression of being trustworthy on Dumbledore at the beginning!

……

Toby took Li Weide directly to the first floor of the wizard tower.

This place is completely different from what Li Weide saw before.

The floor and surrounding shelves were swept spotlessly clean, and the mess had been completely cleared away.

It can be seen that Toby put a lot of effort into cleaning.

"Master Wade, if you need anything else, you can just tell Toby."

Toby was also very happy to return to the wizard tower again. For him, it was really like going home.

"Well, I may need some targets to practice black magic, preferably sturdy ones." Li Weide said.

"Of course, these things are ready-made." Toby said, snapping his fingers.

Then five or six black human-shaped targets appeared in front of them.

Li Weide slapped the dark-colored human-shaped target in front of him hard and felt that it was very thick.

Considering that the Somnolen family's collection of books is all about black magic...

It's completely understandable that the targets for practicing magic here are sturdier.

If it were not strong, it would not be able to withstand the bombardment of black magic from generations of family members.

But now, these things are all cheap to Li Weide.

Li Weide said with satisfaction: "Very good, put these targets over there."

Toby snapped his fingers immediately after hearing this, and then all the heavy human-shaped targets floated up and landed accurately in the designated places.

I have to say that having a house-elf to help did make Levid's life a lot easier.

Li Weide thought about this and suddenly had an idea, "Toby, if I want to learn Apparition, can you help me?"

Toby nodded. "Of course, but... Master Wade, if you want to learn Apparition, it's best to wait until you're older. You're still young now, and if you force yourself to learn, the chances of splitting up will greatly increase..."

Li Weide immediately heard the key point and asked happily, "In other words, if my body is separated, can you help me reconnect it?"

"Yes." Toby nodded. "When Master Sophic first started practicing Apparition, it was Toby who assisted him..."

"Very good! Then my safety is in your hands, Toby!" Li Weide patted Toby's shoulder happily.

House elves will never lie to their masters, so since Toby said he could help him practice Apparition, he definitely could.

As long as he can master the art of teleportation, he will have another trump card. If he really encounters a situation that he cannot handle in the future, he will have a way out.

Moreover, if he could really master the Disapparition skillfully, then this magic would provide him with great help in battle!

Hearing that his master trusted him so much, a flash of ecstasy flashed across Toby's face, but was immediately covered by worry.

"Master Wade, I'm deeply moved by your trust in me! But...but you're still young. It would be very dangerous to practice Apparition at this age..."

Toby continued to persuade Li Wei De. Although Li Wei De's life would not be in danger with him around, why take the risk now since the fear of separation could be avoided?

Li Weide smiled and said, "With you here, I'm not worried at all."

"Oh... my master! Toby will do his best to help the master learn to Apparate!"

Toby screamed excitedly, and even changed the address from Master Wade to Master.

This shows how excited Toby, the house elf, was at Levid's casual words of trust...

Li Weide has always felt that if he wants others to help him wholeheartedly, he must first give them adequate rewards.

If you want a horse to run fast, you have to let it eat enough grass.

For strange creatures like house-elves, a word of trust from their master is their best food!

"Master, do you want to practice Apparition now? Toby will get ready right away!" Toby was shaking with excitement.

Li Weide originally wanted to learn it next time. After all, he had not planned to learn Apparition right away, so he was really not prepared at all.

But now... the atmosphere has been set, so why not... give it a try?

Just give it a try!

Apparition is much safer than the dark magic he wants to practice!

Moreover, after learning the Apparition, he would no longer need Toby's help when traveling to and from the Wizard Tower.

"Then come on!"

Chapter 45 Nightmare Magic

Apparition actually includes three parts: "Displacement", "Apparition" and "Follower Apparition".

However, people are accustomed to referring to these three parts collectively as Apparition.

Among them, "Shift" and "Appear" are used together.