The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

What a vicious child... If that's the case...

Li Weide seemed to remember something. He looked at Tom who was following him obediently, and the corners of his mouth suddenly rose slightly.

"Snapped!"

Tom covered his head and looked at Li Weide in surprise. Anger flashed in his eyes, but he quickly concealed it.

"Mr. Wei... why did you hit me?!"

"Ding! Detected that the host caused insulting damage to the vicious imp, rewarded 10 merit points!"

Very good, I have successfully developed the correct usage of Tom. By the way, I also got the merit points for buying white fresh basil.

Hearing the system prompt, Li Weide withdrew his hand with satisfaction.

"I'm sorry, I just saw a fly on your head..."

"Then...what about the fly?" Tom rubbed his still thick hair, looking confused.

"Run away." Li Weide said lightly.

"?"

Tom couldn't help but widen his eyes. At this moment, even if he was a fool, he understood that Li Weide had hit him on purpose.

"Let's go now. Mrs. Cole is not in the habit of waiting for people to eat."

Tom looked at Li Weide's back, feeling shocked and angry.

'Did he guess what I was going to do? No... that shouldn't be the case! How could he possibly know what I was thinking?'

"Then why did he hit me suddenly? Could it be that... he was testing me?! Testing whether I was really obedient?"

Thinking of this, Tom quickly recalled whether he had any expression on his face that should not have been shown when he was beaten just now.

But Tom didn't look in the mirror just now, so how could he know whether he had controlled his expression at that time?

Tom followed him fearfully.

Now, he was very worried that Li Weide would suddenly turn against him and make him half dead.

Because if it were him, he would definitely do that!

Chapter 5 I don't even have the qualifications to be a threat to you?

"Tom, you're going the wrong way. You should go this way."

Li Weide's words brought Tom back to his senses.

He didn't know when he was standing in front of Tom again.

"Sorry, I...I was just a little distracted..." Tom explained hurriedly.

"Tom, you're trying too hard. If you want to appear submissive, you need to act more naturally..." Li Weide patted Tom's shoulder meaningfully, then turned and left again.

Tom stood there in a daze, and Li Weide's words fell into his ears like a bolt from the blue!

"I was so naive! I took things for granted! My change was so sudden, how could he not guess what I wanted to do?"

"So... he was trying to warn me! He wanted me to stop having any thoughts that I shouldn't have!"

"He knows I could retaliate at any moment, but he remains nonchalant and leaves me alone... Does he think I'm not even worthy of being a threat?"

'Damn it! This arrogant bastard! How dare he? How dare he look down on me like that?!'

Tom's face was pale, his eyes were full of humiliation, and even the veins on his neck were bulging.

In fact, Tom understood Li Weide's thoughts the best, because before he met Li Weide, he thought the same way about other people.

He thought that other people were mediocre fools who could not pose any threat to him who had extraordinary talents, so he was so domineering.

But he didn't expect that the person who was treated as a mortal today would become himself...

He never thought that one day he would become the despised "fool"!

Tom, who was hit hard by the boomerang, finally understood a little bit about the feelings of those who were bullied by him...

"Ding! Detected that the host has caused a huge amount of mental damage to the future Dark Lord. Awarded 50 merit points to the host."

Ah...Tom, I already like you a little.

……

Mrs. Cole was a thin woman with a haggard face.

The shadow of war gradually enveloped the whole of Europe. As people were in panic, there were even fewer kind-hearted people willing to donate money and supplies to the orphanage.

Mrs. Cole didn't even know if the orphanage could survive for a few more months...

In order to manage these dozens of orphans and ensure that they can still have enough food and clothing in today's world, she is exhausted both physically and mentally.

"Eric has been feeling unwell all day. God help him avoid chickenpox again... We've been busy enough. Billy looks much better. Remember to wipe him with iodine tonight..." Mrs. Cole was distributing food while talking to the girl next to her who was wearing tattered clothes and an old apron.

Mrs. Cole soon saw Li Weide and Tom, who had arrived late. "Weide, are you used to living here? Tom, I just hope you don't use your tricks to bully Weide! Otherwise, you have to stay in the little dark room!"

'Who is bullying whom?'

Tom pursed his lips and said nothing, just staring silently at the dinner that had just been handed to him...

A small portion of baked beans, a portion of mashed potatoes, a piece of bread, and a bowl of soup of some unknown kind.

"I'm used to it, Mrs. Cole... In fact, compared to the children who are still wandering around and starving, I'm doing very well! If you hadn't taken me back from the streets... I don't know what I would have done." Li Weide looked at Mrs. Cole with gratitude. "I'm really grateful..."

"You kid...it turns out that I was right to bring you back. You've helped me a lot during this time. Come have dinner. Here, take this..." Mrs. Cole's tired face broke into a smile as she stuffed an egg into Livid's coat pocket...

Next to him, Tom glanced at his bland dinner, then at Li Weide, who had an egg in his pocket and an apple on his plate. He immediately felt the disparity between people...

……

Looking at Li Weide sitting in the corner, peeling eggs slowly, Tom couldn't help but sit opposite him with his plate.

"What help did you give that woman? Why does she look at you differently?"

Li Weide carefully took out the egg yolk and said nonchalantly, "Maybe, as you said, it's just because of my pretty face?"

Tom clenched the spoon in his hand, wanting to be angry but not daring to.

"Haha, just kidding. I'll give you half of the egg." Under Tom's disgusted gaze, Li Weide used his spoon to put half of the egg yolk on Tom's plate.

"I just did some small things within my ability... Of course, these small things just happened to cater to your preferences. In fact, you can do it too. It's just that you have always had a high opinion of yourself and have never been willing to do it."

Tom pushed the half egg yolk aside with disdain. "Hmph, I can't do anything that deliberately pleases others..."

"Oh? Then who was the one who was bowing down to me just now?" Li Weide laughed out loud.

"I..." Tom's pale face flushed a rare red. "That's because you're better than me! I have to..."

"Well... of course, of course, Tom, I didn't say you were wrong. In fact, in order to achieve your goals, it's not a big deal to say a few nice words occasionally and do a few small things for others within your ability."

Li Weide looked at the embarrassed Tom and suddenly laughed again: "Just like I flattered Mrs. Cole in order to get a good single room for my practice and research, and you flattered me in order to get the method to increase your strength from me so that you can take revenge on me..."

Tom felt like his breathing was about to stop. He hated the feeling of being seen through and unable to control himself!

"Ding……"

After a series of system prompts, Li Weide was rewarded with 10 merit points again.

……

"Reparo! (Restore to the original state)"

In his own single room, Li Weide used a special gesture, aimed at the cracked lock on the wooden door, and chanted a spell.

"Tear..."

A slight metal friction sound was heard, and the cracks on the metal door lock gradually disappeared!

Li Weide looked at the door lock that had become intact again with satisfaction.

The Complete Guide to Low-Level Magic Spells is indeed quite detailed. In addition to recording the evolution of each spell from ancient times to the present, it even records the correct hand gestures for each spell when casting without a wand...

That's why Li Weide's repair spell was so successful this time.

It can be said that after obtaining this book, Li Weide's research and practice speed has increased by at least a hundred times.

After spending 5 merit points to buy a bottle of Baixian, Li Weide now has 65 merit points left.

Li Weide was looking forward to what products would be refreshed on the store page after twelve o'clock tonight.

Fortunately, there is a product locking function, otherwise, the balance of 65 points might not be enough.

Chapter 6 The hanging heart finally died

On the first floor, in a dark little room, there was simply a shabby wardrobe and a small iron bed, which looked bare.

In the dark corner in front of the bed, Tom sat on the gray blanket, looking intently at his right hand.

And on his right hand, a small green snake was coiled.

"Hiss..."

Tom kept making snake-like noises from his mouth.

The little snake seemed to understand what he said and nodded humanely.

After a while, the little snake crawled down from Tom's hand, crawled out of the narrow window, and soon disappeared.

"Ved... What is the secret of your strength? I will soon have the answer... If you can do it, I can do it too!"

Tom looked at the direction where the little snake disappeared and silently clenched his fists.

……

"All petrified!"

"Bah!"

A gray mouse fell straight down from the windowsill.

Li Weide picked up a green stick next to him and poked it. It felt like poking a stone.

Li Weide thought for a moment and made another simple gesture with his hand.

"The curse stops immediately!"

"squeak!"

The gray mouse, which had become as hard as stone, came back to life, suddenly jumped up from the ground and ran away like crazy.

However, there were not many furnishings in the room, and the gray mouse had nowhere to hide, so it had to rush towards the half-meter-high windowsill.

"All petrified!"

"squeak!"

"The curse stops immediately!"

"squeak……"

……

After doing this for more than ten times, the gray mouse stopped running away.

He just lay on his back in the corner pretending to be dead.

Li Weide ignored the mouse and continued to flip through the spell book in his hand.

As expected, practicing this kind of offensive spell would be more effective if there was a living target.

However, what puzzled Li Weide was that even if he had great talent, after practicing more than ten times, he could successfully cast a spell that was not easy without a wand?

This learning speed is a bit too fast!

Moreover, when facing Tom's attack that day, Li Weide found that his magic attack fell on him like a breeze...

Not to mention threatening him, it's not even strong enough to be a fan for him...

According to the book, there is only one reason for this situation, and that is that the difference in magic power between the two sides is too great, and it has little to do with whether or not they practice.

Logically speaking, this situation shouldn't happen. Tom is the future Dark Lord and his talent is definitely extremely strong.

At the same age, even if I am more talented than him, I shouldn't be so strong that I can crush him.

Finally, Li Weide found the answer to the question in the part of the spell book that introduced the principles of magic.