The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

Levid Apparated and appeared in a hidden corner of Diagon Alley.

He is not an adult yet, so he has not yet obtained the certificate for Apparition.

Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, you still need to be low-key when using Apparition.

However, as soon as Li Weide stood still, he saw a man standing in front of him...

The man was wearing a smart suit and a nice hat.

He has an Asian face with two long, thin mustaches on his lips.

However, what first caught Li Weide's attention was his pair of eyes that sparkled with brilliance...

Just by looking into his eyes for the first time, Li Weide knew that this man was not someone to be trifled with.

The man was just startled by the sudden appearance of Li Weide.

Now he had come to his senses. He looked at Li Weide curiously, then took off his hat slightly and bowed slightly.

"Good day, young sir. I'm sorry, I'm just taking a break here for a while... I just hope I won't scare you here." The man said with a smile.

Generally speaking, any wizard would be shocked for a long time if they suddenly saw a boy of twelve or thirteen years old appear by apparition.

But the man reacted quickly, and did not mention it at all, but just expressed his apology politely.

"It's okay, sir. This is a common occurrence when Apparating... Excuse me, where are you from?" Li Weide asked curiously.

"Ah, I'm from China, um... I've come a long way... from the Soviet Union to the UK..." The man keenly noticed the change in Li Weide's expression, "You seem to have heard of me before?"

"I'm not sure, but I just came back from the Soviet Union half a month ago. I was in a small town at the time and heard from a few thugs that... they were knocked down by a wizard named Zhang..."

"Oh? That's fate. My last name is indeed Zhang, and I did knock out a few Russians who were trying to rob me..." The wizard named Zhang happily extended his right hand. "Hello, my name is Zhang San... I'm sorry you ran into those guys, but I think with your skills, you probably won't suffer any harm at their hands."

Normally, Zhang San wouldn't talk so much to a stranger, but the boy opposite him also had an Asian face, which made him, a wanderer in a foreign land, feel a sense of familiarity. Moreover, the boy could Apparate at this age, and seemed to be very capable, which was enough to attract Zhang San's attention.

"Zhang San?" Li Weide looked at the man in front of him in shock. The outlaw Zhang San?

"I know my name is indeed a bit ordinary... People always ask me if I have a brother named Li Si. But unfortunately, no," Zhang San said happily.

The name Zhang San is indeed a bit ordinary. In China, calling someone Zhang San or Li Si is like calling someone Tom in the UK...

However, the name the other party tells you may not be their real name.

Li Weide's mind raced for a moment before he extended his hand and shook hands with Zhang San. "Hello, my name is Li Weide. Technically speaking, I'm from China."

Li Weide is indeed from China, but... not the China of this world.

Zhang San sighed upon hearing this, "Restrained Majesty, Corner of Virtue... What a good name. I'm sure the person who gave you this name hoped that you would become a virtuous person."

Zhang San's words are in Chinese.

Li Weide couldn't help but say, "You are really knowledgeable... But you are right, I am indeed a good person."

A person who can quote classics with just his name is certainly a learned person.

However, Li Weide was a little skeptical. Was this really what his father had in mind when he named him? After all, he wasn't a literary scholar...

"Haha, I'm glad you didn't show your shyness." Zhang San said happily, "Um... did you come to Diagon Alley by yourself today? Where are your parents?"

"My parents? I don't know. I grew up in an orphanage."

Li Weide knew that Zhang San was testing his background, but there was no need to hide this part of his background.

Moreover, sometimes, a tragic life experience can bring him unexpected benefits...

"Oh...sorry..." Zhang San quickly apologized.

At the same time, Zhang San had almost completed an outline of Li Weide's basic situation in his mind.

A child stranded in a foreign land, whose parents might be wizards from China, who might have died in an accident, or who might have lost the child in an accident...

Then, there was a strong and gifted child who grew up stubbornly in this foreign country.

"Mr. Zhang, are you coming to the UK for tourism?" Li Weide tested back without showing any weakness.

"No... because of some special reasons... I came here to seek development..." Zhang San seemed a little vague.

Li Weide guessed that this guy might have offended someone in his hometown and ran away from home because he couldn't make it anymore...

Because with his abilities, he should be able to thrive anywhere, so there's really no need for him to leave his hometown...

There is no other possibility that can make Chinese people, who believe in returning to their roots and have deep feelings for their homeland, choose to leave their homeland except offending others.

Moreover, he had not originally intended to come to England, as he had been to the Soviet Union before, which was not on his way.

In other words, he had no goal, he just walked along the way, looking for opportunities, and finally came to the UK.

Considering that the other party is on the run... maybe this guy is really an outlaw in his hometown?

After just a few words of communication, both of them learned a lot about each other.

"I heard that the Ministry of Magic now only needs to pass an assessment to recruit people..." Li Weide suddenly said.

"Ah! I just found out about this! I was just planning to try my luck." Zhang San said happily.

It can be seen that he is really happy this time, because if it is just an assessment, Zhang San is obviously full of confidence in himself.

If he could work in the Ministry of Magic, he would have completely settled down in this foreign country.

"Lao Zhang!" A voice called out from outside the alley.

Li Weide turned his head and saw a beautiful young woman who also had an Asian face.

"Ah, my wife is calling me... It's nice to talk to you, but I have to go now. See you again if we have the chance." Zhang San shook hands with Li Weide again, and then left quickly.

Li Weide silently watched their backs. He had just glanced at the young woman and felt vaguely that she looked familiar...

Well... according to the age calculation, these two could be the future belle of Eagle Academy, Qiu Zhang's grandparents, right?

However, no matter what, this Zhang San is a powerful character, and maybe I will have the opportunity to deal with him in the future.

Thinking of this, Levid didn't think any more about it. He straightened his clothes again, walked out of the alley, and merged into the bustling crowd in Diagon Alley.

Chapter 328 Tom: Earning money? How can the Dark Lord earn money by himself?

Levid came to Diagon Alley today to look for the right materials...

As for encountering the outlaw Zhang San, it was just a small episode.

In order for the moving castle to float, it would need a light yet strong material.

Even though the energy core of the Gublai Fairy Fire is very powerful, using lighter materials and having stronger adaptability to magic will make the entire castle more flexible.

Moreover, to build a castle like Levid's imagination, more than just one kind of material is needed.

He had already thought about it. If there were no ready-made materials in the world, he would have to find a way to synthesize them.

I have to say, this will be a very interesting challenge.

However, there is no need to be too anxious. He wants to form his own organization at least after graduation.

And now, there are still several years before graduation.

Suddenly, Li Weide, who was standing on the street, sighed softly, "...The idea is good, but...it's too expensive! I'm so poor!"

Li Weide was strolling around while thinking about how to make a lot of money.

Asking Professor Slughorn to help me sell potions is too slow to make money!

By the way, I don’t know how the cooperation negotiations between him and the Ethiopian Ministry of Magic are going. If basilisk breeding can be fully rolled out, I guess the money will come faster, but... it’s too late at this stage.

Li Weide walked to the Florin Cold Drink Shop next door, bought two cups of vanilla ice cream, and then sat at a small round table outside the shop.

He placed the palm-sized Alduin on the table, placed one of the cups of ice cream in front of it, and continued his thoughts.

Alduin sniffed the ice cream in front of him, and the cold feeling made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"call!"

A small flame burst from its nose...

The cup of ice cream instantly melted into liquid.

Only then did Alduin stick out his tongue and gently lick the liquefied ice cream.

Li Weide didn't pay much attention to it and continued with his thoughts.

In fact, he has many ways to make money, but not many of them can be quickly converted into cash...

As he was scooping small bites of ice cream and lost in thought.

Suddenly, a rough voice came from the side.

"Vade! Is it really you?"

Li Weide looked up in confusion and saw a big belly...

Li Weide leaned back in his chair and looked up again, only to see a big boy with a simple and honest face.

"Hagrid?"

"Wade, nice to see you again!" Hagrid smiled happily.

"Please sit down." Li Weide pulled over the chair next to him and said.

Hagrid happily pulled up a chair, then sat down with some difficulty...

After all, this chair was a little too small for Hagrid.

"Are you here... to do some shopping today?" Li Weide asked curiously. "Oh... by the way, you should be enrolled this year! Have you received your acceptance letter?"

"Got it!" Hagrid said happily. "Professor Dumbledore sent it to me in advance... My dad is so happy!"

Levid nodded. It seemed that there were some obstacles for Hagrid to enroll in school, otherwise Dumbledore would not have stepped in personally.

The same thing happened when Flitwick started school.

It is true that the admission of students to Hogwarts comes from the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance.

But the school has many directors above the principal...

It was difficult to hide the fact that Hagrid was a half-giant from these people.

Therefore, if a half-giant is to be admitted to school, apart from the factors of discrimination, some school directors will have reasonable concerns about his safety.

"So you are here to purchase school supplies today?" Li Weide asked.

"Yeah!" At this moment, Hagrid's eyes suddenly lit up, because his eyes had fallen on Alduin on the table.

"How about a cup of ice cream? How about vanilla flavor?" asked Li Weide.

"Okay, okay!" Hagrid saw Alduin licking the melted ice cream slowly in front of him. He had already forgotten what he came here for today and just wanted to stay here for a while.

A moment later, Hagrid was scooping at a cup of ice cream while looking at Alduin.

"Wade... this..." Hagrid couldn't help but ask after all.

"It's a little puppet, a little toy, that I made myself," Li Weide explained.

"Wow! Did you make this yourself? You're amazing! It's so realistic... I can even see the sadness in its eyes." Hagrid exclaimed.

Levid and Alduin, who was lying on the table, both looked up at Hagrid.

Who knows, this big guy might become a professor of magical creatures in the future. Just based on his sensitivity to magical creatures, not everyone has it.

"Huh? It's looking at me!" said Hagrid excitedly.

"Well...it's normal. Because you've been staring at it. When making the puppet, I tried my best to imitate the habits of the fire dragon." Li Weide said casually.

"Is that so... then the Hungarian Horntail you're imitating might have something on its mind. If it were a real Hungarian Horntail, staring at it like that would be a provocation... and you'd get attacked," Hagrid whispered.

This was a difficult question to answer, so Li Weide didn't reply and just lowered his head to continue eating ice cream.

Just as Levid was thinking about how to say goodbye to Hagrid, a familiar voice came from the side again.

"Boss, give me a cup of watermelon ice cream!"

"Watermelon flavor? Okay, but I still want to recommend this year's flagship vanilla flavor. Would you like to try it?" the boss said with a smile.

"No! What I hate most is vanilla!" said Tom viciously.

Li Weide looked at the vanilla ice cream in his cup and felt that this guy was picking on him.

"Ahem, Tom?"

Tom shuddered at the familiar voice.