The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

"You can find him and remove the magic from him, right?" Slytherin asked. "You said it wasn't a curse..."

"Finding him is not a problem, but to remove the spell... I'm only 50% sure." Li Weide replied.

"Fifty percent? Isn't this the magic you used? And based on the conclusion you just made... as long as he sees you in person, he will wake up from that nightmare, right?" Slytherin took the parchment on which Levid analyzed the magic and read it quickly.

"Yes... theoretically, that's true, but it all depends on whether his situation is consistent with the theory I just deduced..." Li Weide said calmly, "But if my deduction is wrong... then the problem might become a little complicated."

Slytherin slowly raised his head, looking at Levitra with a slightly complicated expression. After reading Levitra's speculation on the parchment, he had already vaguely guessed what would happen with the remaining 50% chance...

It has been confirmed that everything around Tom will be changed by the power of nightmare magic.

The only two things he didn't know were the extent of the changes in his nightmare magic and the extent of the magic's radiation range...

The most optimistic scenario is that after Tom sees Levid with his own eyes, he will be able to directly break the control of the nightmare magic, shatter the lie that "Levi's existence" and then wake up completely.

But pessimistic situations also exist!

Since this rampaging nightmare magic power can change everything about Li Wei De into nothingness, it is also possible that it will affect Li Wei De himself if he appears within the range...

If it just made Li Weide temporarily forget who he was, or changed his identity to a new one, just like the changed newspaper, then it wouldn't be a big deal.

But what if the most extreme case occurs?

This curse can erase everything about Levid... so if it encounters Levid himself, is there a chance that Levid himself will disappear?

Of course, it was possible that after Tom left, Li Weide would be able to recover on the spot, but what if he couldn't? After all, Li Weide was a human, not an object, and no one knew what strange changes might happen again...

Theoretically, the strength of the nightmare magic in Tom makes it almost impossible to do this.

But even Dumbledore's cognition and memory were modified unconsciously. Dumbledore did not wake up until Tom left Hogwarts. This is enough to prove that the intensity of the nightmare magic on his body has also undergone strange changes.

Therefore, Li Weide had to take this most absurd possibility into account.

It is not uncommon for wizards to die due to various inexplicable reasons when the magic goes out of control while experimenting with new magic.

In the original history, Luna's mother died in an accident while testing a new spell.

Therefore, for Nightmare Magic, a new magic that has never appeared before, any strange changes are possible.

What's more, it was the first time for Li Weide to "hypnotize" so many people at the same time. There was no guarantee that something might go wrong or that some key factors might be overlooked.

"I will definitely find him back... After all, all this is caused by my negligence." Li Weide said, reaching out to touch Fox's warm feathers.

"Fox, wait here for a while. When I come back, take me to find Tom... I know you can help me find him." Li Weide said.

Levid understood why Dumbledore sent the Phoenix to find him.

In addition to delivering the letter quickly, there is also hope that Levid can use the Phoenix's apparition and search ability to quickly find Tom and bring him back.

"It would be dangerous if you rush over like this..." Slytherin was a little conflicted.

One is his descendant, and the other is his most admired student...

He hoped that Li Weide could rescue his descendants, but he also hoped that Li Weide would not take any risks.

"I can't not go, old man..."

"In fact, if you don't go, Tom won't be in danger immediately..." Slytherin said hesitantly.

After figuring out the situation, he now didn't want Li Weide to rush to find Tom. After all, Tom was just blinded to all his knowledge about Li Weide, and his life was actually safe.

However, Li Weide might be in danger. Even if the chance is small, we should still take a long-term view...

For a qualified Slytherin... a 0.01% chance of death is no different from a 99% chance of death!

"Don't worry that the power of nightmare magic will wipe me out. Nightmare magic is not the power of the world's rules... With my ability, could I really be killed by my own magic? The probability is too small." Levid comforted Slytherin, picked up the parchment filled with magic analysis and put it in his pocket.

"Besides... you don't know Tom... he won't give up until he finds the truth. And if he can't find the truth, he might really go crazy... I don't want to see a crazy Tom..."

Mad Tom has a name, Voldemort... He is not a likable person.

Although Li Weide often teased Tom for being noseless, he didn't want Tom to really become one...

"Where are you going?" asked the Slytherin.

"I'm going to meet someone... In this world, no one knows nightmare magic better than her, and... I have some things I want to ask her in person. Perhaps the answer to my question lies with her..."

Slytherin sighed, "You didn't tell me the truth... If the chance of you being in danger was really small, given your friendship with Tom, you would have set off with Fawkes long ago... But now, you have to go find someone first..."

Li Weide paused for a moment, then said in a relaxed tone: "You're overthinking it. I just wanted to ask someone to make things more stable..."

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Tom admitted that he was a little impulsive, but he had to do it.

He felt that the curse might only exist in Hogwarts, so he decided to leave Hogwarts temporarily and go outside to investigate.

Perhaps if he walks outside the school along the footsteps that Li Weide once walked, he can find the answer.

Tom went home in the morning and left Riddle Manor around noon.

He planned to find a wizarding inn and use the fireplace there to get to a safe house.

Tom wanted to know whether Toby, the house-elf who was loyal to Levid, would also forget Levid's existence.

If Toby also forgets about Levid, then what kind of answer will this strange curse make up and put into Toby's mind?

However, Tom stopped as soon as he entered the hotel.

Because Dumbledore was sitting in the lobby of the wizarding hotel, quietly reading a newspaper...

"Tom, come and talk to me." Dumbledore put the newspaper on the table, his blue eyes fixed on Tom.

Tom walked over helplessly and saw the annoying Ministry of Magic official in the newspaper at a glance... It was the newspaper issued on September 1st.

"Professor...why are you here..." Tom sat opposite Dumbledore. "I just asked my father to ask for leave for me."

"Yes... I did receive your father's letter asking for leave this morning. But it seems... your father is also very confused about this. I can still see his concern for you between the lines of his letter." Dumbledore took out a letter and read it. "Also, you left school quietly in the middle of the night. This is not good..."

"Professor, please don't stop me. I must find out the truth... I have already told you the whole story! I can't stay in Hogwarts as if nothing happened." Tom said excitedly.

He knew very well that if Dumbledore insisted on taking him back, he would have no power to resist.

"No... you misunderstood, Tom. I'm not here to stop you. I'm here for two things." Dumbledore said calmly.

"Those two things?" Tom was surprised.

Dumbledore said, "When a student goes missing at Hogwarts, as Deputy Headmaster, I always have to find the student and ensure their safety. Fortunately, your safety is not a problem, and with your father's letter of request for leave, you have a reasonable excuse for going out... Don't worry, because of your special circumstances, I will tell others that you left school through the normal channels this morning."

"Thank you..." Tom whispered, "Then...what about the second thing?"

Dumbledore opened his mouth to speak, then paused. "What's the second thing?"

"You came here for two things... Confirming my safety is the first, but what about the second?" Tom looked at Dumbledore suspiciously.

"Did I say two things?" Dumbledore asked, his eyes narrowed.

"Yes...I heard it clearly..." Tom said firmly.

The next second, Tom keenly felt that there seemed to be a powerful magical power stirring in Dumbledore...

After a while, the magic gradually subsided. Dumbledore frowned and said, "I remember now, there was indeed a second thing, but... I'm sorry, I forgot what the second thing was..."

Tom looked at Dumbledore, his eyes gleaming strangely. "You just fought that curse, didn't you? If you hadn't, you wouldn't have remembered you'd 'forgotten' something! In other words... you might have discovered the truth long ago, perhaps you were prepared and ready to tell me... but after approaching me, you were still affected! Otherwise, you wouldn't have said they were two different things in the first place, and even brought this newspaper with you... So that's it... I'm the root of all this! Your problems are caused by being close to me!"

Chapter 358 Have you ever thought about your weight in Tom’s heart?

In the bare stone chamber.

There is a crystal clear crystal coffin.

Li Weide was standing next to the crystal coffin, quietly looking at the senior sister who was like a sleeping beauty in the coffin...

"Weid, as a gentleman, it is very impolite to stare at a woman like this."

Li Weide turned around and saw the senior sister's soul passing through the wall of the stone chamber...

"Did you do this?" Li Weide asked straight to the point.

The senior student was not surprised at all that Li Weide would ask such a question.

"You're the second person to ask me that question today."

Li Weide understood that the first person to ask the senior this question must be Dumbledore.

"Then you should already understand this matter..."

"Yes. But I only found out about it today... Don't be surprised. Although my consciousness often wanders around, you only cast a spell on Hogwarts a month ago, so I didn't pay much attention to it... until Dumbledore came to me today."

"What do you think?" Li Weide asked.

The senior student looked at Li Weide with a playful look on her face, "You said I didn't do this, and you just believed it?"

Li Weide nodded, "Yes, I believe it."

"Haha... It's really interesting to see you lying seriously... In fact, you have never trusted anyone, right?" The senior student looked at Li Weide with a smile.

Li Weide said calmly: "You really didn't lie just now."

The senior student said, "Yeah... You don't believe me. You just reasoned through various factors and concluded that I wasn't lying. That's why you said you believed me... I have to say, you're the most confident person I've ever met."

"Why do we have to reveal the truth..." Li Weide sighed.

"The reason why I'm telling you this is because this matter has a lot to do with your characteristic." The senior student said slowly.

Li Weide looked at the senior in surprise, "So, it seems that you already know why the nightmare magic riot occurred?"

"It's almost there..." The senior sister stretched out her fair and slender hand and waved it gently, and the parchment in Li Weide's pocket floated out.

The parchment floated in front of the senior and unfolded automatically...

After briefly browsing Li Weide's analysis, she nodded slowly and said, "Your analysis is very reasonable, so reasonable that there are almost no mistakes or omissions. It's like a battle puppet with a set magical program. It is rigorous, but also a bit rigid..."

"I know my reasoning is incomplete," Li Weide said. "But perhaps you can help me fill in the gaps I missed... and then I can save Tom."

"Well... Dumbledore also asked me today how to rescue Tom. So, I gave him an idea... Use brain occlumency to protect your real memory, and then approach Tom." said the senior student.

"This is indeed a good idea. The characteristics of Occlumency seem to be just right for this curse... and Professor Dumbledore's Occlumency should be pretty good as well... With a little effort, Professor Dumbledore might really be able to save Tom!" Livid's eyes lit up.

The senior student smiled and said, "He couldn't save Tom. When Tom approached him, his Occlumency subconsciously resisted, but his memory and cognition still changed... Strictly speaking, even the reason why he allowed his Occlumency to work was changed."

"So, you have been watching from the side the whole time? That is to say... Professor Dumbledore's approach to Tom as you did was just an experiment arranged by you?" Levid thought thoughtfully.

"How can you know the specific situation without doing the experiment? Facts have proved that this experiment is worthwhile, because it really allows me to see some of the essence of this magical accident." The senior sister's gaze fell on Li Weide again.

Li Weide said: "You look at me like this, does it prove that this is still related to me? I know this is related to me, after all, it was me who cast the nightmare magic..."

The senior student interrupted him, "No... It has nothing to do with who cast the spell. It has to do with something you have been ignoring."

"what?"

"emotion."

"Emotions?" Li Weide looked at the senior student in confusion.

"Emotions can amplify magic... You should be very clear about this." said the senior.

"Of course... the residue in your body, after all, is a substance produced by negative emotions. This substance can amplify magic... and negative emotions are just one of many emotions..." Livid paused, then continued, "You said I ignored emotions. I can't defend myself, but what does this have to do with this magical accident?"

"I just told you that you never trust anyone," said the senior.

Li Weide looked at the senior calmly. He neither opposed nor agreed with this point of view.

The senior student didn't wait for his response, but continued, "It's because you never trust anyone that you can't have any real friends."

"I have friends." Li Weide defended himself.

"No...you didn't. The people who gathered around you...including Tom, are just people who help you, nothing more."

"What you said is too harsh..." Li Weide said helplessly.

"How can a person who never trusts others have real friends? Even if he does, they are just pretend friends." The senior student mercilessly tore off the fig leaf that Li Weide had barely pulled up.

"You're a smart person, and you know the right words to say to the right people. So in the eyes of your companions, you're a good friend. In the eyes of the professor, you're a good student. Even in my eyes... you're a trustworthy kid. And what about you? Do you consider us friends? Or... just tools to help you achieve your goals?"

Li Weide took a deep breath and said, "I find it hard to agree with what you said... Besides, you're going a bit far..."

The senior student smiled and said, "Okay, let's talk about Tom again... Based on the reasons I mentioned above, you may just think that Tom is a tool for you. But what about Tom? Have you ever thought about your own importance in Tom's heart?"

"Indeed... on the surface, you did suppress him in every way, making it impossible for him to resist. It seemed as if he had a grudge against you. But... think about all the things you've done for him."

"...You got him out of the orphanage with its harsh conditions, constantly urged him to improve, resolved the rift between him and his father, and then, in the most critical moment, you swooped down from the sky to save his family. You then helped his family's business, taught him the new spells you invented, and gave him a share of any new equipment..."

"Wade, tell me, if it were you, would you consider such a person your enemy? Moreover, if someone really has a grudge against you, would he wholeheartedly help you with things?"

"Weider...you underestimate your position in Tom's heart!"