The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

"Give me a few days..." Li Weide said.

He decided to go to Azkaban himself.

First of all, he had never been to this notorious place and really wanted to visit it.

Secondly, if we want to check on the purger, it would be easier to spot the problem if we were there in person.

If you just look at Dumbledore's memories in the Pensieve... even if Dumbledore is very observant, there will always be some tiny errors between memory and reality, and sometimes, these tiny errors are the important clues to reveal the truth.

"Alright." Grindelwald stood up. "While you're preparing, I'll have someone follow up on this lead. We'll discuss the final solution after the investigation concludes..."

"And..." Grindelwald looked at Dumbledore again, "I haven't yet settled the score with you about your deliberate discrediting of the Dark Arts, which has caused most students to become resistant to it!"

"Oh?" Dumbledore crossed his arms. "I was only stating the facts... When did stating the facts become a deliberate smear campaign?"

"I tell you the truth, no matter how you make things difficult for me, my education reform must succeed!" Grindelwald said coldly.

"Then I'll tell you the truth. As long as I'm in Hogwarts, I won't let my students receive dark magic education without any defense... Hogwarts will not become Durmstrang!" Dumbledore's attitude was also very cold.

Seeing the tension between the two rising again, Li Weide waved his hand, "You two, please calm down."

He looked at Grindelwald and said, "Mr. Director, your educational reforms have never focused on the Dark Arts, but on strengthening students' minds and abilities, isn't that right?"

Grindelwald nodded.

"Then... Professor Dumbledore." Levid looked at Dumbledore again, "As long as the students don't easily come into contact with dark magic, and just want them to become stronger quickly, then you have no reason to stop it, right?"

Dumbledore hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

"What do you want to say?" Grindelwald asked with a frown.

Li Weide said: "What I want to say is that your problem is actually very easy to solve. Dark magic is not the only way to make students stronger. Professor Dumbledore, isn't he a great wizard who rarely uses dark magic but is still very powerful? Professor, you just need to teach students other powerful non-dark magic spells, right? Just like Tom..."

Dumbledore's eyes suddenly lit up.

"And you... Mr. Director, as long as students have the strength to be strong without using dark magic and the will to become stronger, the education reform will be considered a success, right? As for whether Professor Dumbledore brings dark magic to the table in school and whether he wants to turn Hogwarts into Durmstrang, you don't actually need to worry too much, right?" Livid asked again.

Grindelwald narrowed his eyes. He did remember Tom...

Although Tom doesn't use dark magic very often now, it doesn't prevent him from being the second most powerful student in Hogwarts in single combat...

In other words... Dumbledore's stuff is really useful?

After hearing what Levid said, the tension between Grindelwald and Dumbledore disappeared instantly.

Grindelwald said, "Well... don't say I didn't give you a chance, Dumbledore... I will conduct detailed assessments of the practical tests and challenges every month. If you are truly incapable... I will doubt your ability to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts."

Dumbledore said coldly, "I will naturally let you know what the true ability of a Ministry of Education worker is... This is something that some incompetent people who are just filling in the gaps cannot achieve..."

Grindelwald narrowed his eyes, snorted coldly, turned around and slammed the door...

Dumbledore looked away. "Wade, how do you feel now? Can you really go to a place like Azkaban?"

"Okay... I will slowly extract these 'residues' in the next few days. In fact, I have already prepared the containers for these things. If it weren't for the need to save Miravia in one go, I would definitely not let any 'residues' remain in my body..." Li Weide said in a deep voice.

Dumbledore exclaimed, "Very good, Wade... There are fewer and fewer wizards like you who can resist the temptation of power!"

"No, Professor, I'm not as noble as you think. I'm also pursuing ultimate power. After all, I'm a Slytherin... However, power like 'Residue' is not the power I seek. Because although this power is strong, it will affect my mind... I will not allow any power that can affect my sanity to exist in me."

……

In the blink of an eye, a week passed.

During this week, Li Weide gradually extracted the "residues" in his body and reabsorbed the purified magic power from the broken jade...

Although the amount of "residue" was much smaller after purification, it was harmless pure magic power, and Li Weide did not feel at a loss.

"Tom, tomorrow is Sunday, what are your plans?"

That day, Li Weide asked in the club activity room.

"No plans, just like before..." Tom shrugged.

"Aren't you going to the Quidditch match?" Henry asked.

"No... not really interested." Tom shook his head.

Li Weide smiled and said, "In that case, are you interested in going somewhere more exciting?"

"Where?" Tom had a bad feeling.

"Tom, are you going to Azkaban?"

Tom jumped up. "I've served the Society! I've shed blood for the Order! You can't send me to Azkaban!"

Chapter 377 Why don’t you do things the way Dumbledore does?

"Look, you're anxious again. I just said I'd take you for a tour, but I didn't say I'd send you inside." Li Weide said calmly.

"I don't believe it! Who would go to visit a place like Azkaban for no reason?" Tom firmly refused to be fooled.

"What about you? Are you going?" Li Weide turned around and asked.

In the dormitory, Henry and Alphard shook their heads.

They had heard about the darkness and horror of Azkaban since they were little, but they had no desire to visit it...

No! It would be best if I never have the chance to go to that kind of place!

"I want to go!" Lucifer enthusiastically raised his hand to sign up under the oil lamp on the table. "I heard that Dementors all taste like ice cream! I want to try it!"

Lucifer stuck out his tongue and licked his lips. Sparks like saliva fell and lit up half of Henry's homework...

"No! My Potions thesis! It took me the whole morning to finish it!" Henry cried out.

"Alright, stop howling! There's no way your paper will pass! I'll compensate you..." Lucifer opened the lid and flew out. He then rolled up his quill, grabbed a piece of parchment, and began writing quickly...

"If you don't want to go, forget it. But I must go. Grindelwald caught someone who attacked the Hogwarts Express, and I want to go and see him..." Levid explained.

Hearing this, Tom hesitated and asked, "Is it really not to send me to Azkaban?"

Li Weide smiled and said, "If you really want to stay there for a while, that's not impossible. After all, you were once called the Little Prince of Azkaban... If you haven't been to Azkaban once, the title would be somewhat unworthy of the title!"

Tom had now come to his senses and realized that Levid had no intention of sending him to Azkaban, so he was not as panicked as before.

"If we're just going for a visit... it's not impossible." Tom flicked his wand, and a wisp of white mist escaped from the tip of his wand. "I can cast the Patronus Charm. As long as my wand isn't confiscated, I'm not afraid of those Dementors at all!"

"Okay... I'll go out and ask other people later if anyone wants to visit Azkaban? This is a rare opportunity..." said Levid.

"Why do you want us to go with you? You certainly don't want us to give you courage, right?" Tom asked doubtfully.

Li Weide smiled and said, "I just wanted to give you a sneak peek at Azkaban... You know, the things we're going to do in the future won't be smooth sailing... You might even end up in Azkaban someday, so it's always good to get familiar with it first."

Alphard shuddered. "I've stumbled across a few Dementors before... That feeling... s ...

"Okay, then I won't force you..." Li Weide said calmly.

This time, Tom hesitated for a moment before expressing his opinion again and agreeing to go...which was completely different from his initial attitude.

He could see that since Alphard and the others had shown their extreme fear of Azkaban, it meant that they would no longer have the chance to become the core of the organization...

Since they would be so afraid of Azkaban that they wouldn't even bother to visit it, they might betray their friends out of fear of Azkaban...

Even if the possibility is only one percent, Li Weide will no longer fully trust them.

However, this actually does not contradict Li Weide's selection method...

Alphard and Henry are members of a pure-blood family after all, and many times they really cannot empathize with some things.

This was enough to make them just ordinary friends of Li Weide in the end...

Even if he really joins the organization in the future, he will not be in a core position.

Tom doesn't want to be unable to become the core of the organization in the future!

According to Li Weide's generosity, if he can become the core of the organization in the future, the benefits he can get will be enormous!

Li Weide took the opportunity to ask for everyone's opinions this time, and was also trying to determine who was the most trustworthy and who would take risks after trusting...

He doesn't want to lose this opportunity!

While Tom was out asking other people, more than ten minutes passed quickly.

Lucifer threw a piece of parchment covered with densely written words to Henry. "Here, this is the paper I give you as compensation."

"Hiss..." Henry took a deep breath after reading the beginning. "Wade, how come even these strange magic props you created can help people do their homework? And... it's in my handwriting! The most important thing is... he writes better than me... faster and better..."

Henry slumped in his chair, feeling a little overwhelmed... A ball of demonic fire, clearly a magical creation, could produce a paper in just over ten minutes that was better than the one he'd spent the entire morning on. He suddenly felt that life was rather meaningless...

"Kid! Who are you calling a weird magic item?!" Lucifer roared. "I have a name! My name is Lucifer! Lucifer Morningstar!"

……

After confirming the number of people visiting Azkaban, Levid handed the application to Grindelwald after lunch.

Grindelwald looked at the long list and his face turned pale.

"You went to Azkaban to check if there was any problem with the Purger! You didn't really want to visit Azkaban! What were you doing?" Grindelwald threw the application form back.

As it turns out, there are quite a few students who are willing to go with Li Weide...

However, apart from Flitwick and a few Hufflepuff and Slytherin students, the rest were just that group of brave and adventurous Gryffindors...

"They're just going to take a look and will be back. They won't interfere with everyone's work," said Li Weide.

"Just take a look and come back? Do you know how many names you've written here?" Grindelwald said unhappily. "Well, I can only let you bring one or two classmates with you. Everyone else, stay in school. When we get back, I'll use Dumbledore's Pensieve to let them see your memories firsthand! And by the way, they'll have seen Azkaban, too."

"Is that so... That's such a pity." Li Weide said depressedly.

"It's already very good of me to let you take two people! If I asked you to take all of them to Azkaban, Dumbledore would definitely not agree. I'm already exhausted from my educational reforms, and I really don't want to continue arguing with him..." Grindelwald rubbed his nose wearily. "Tell me... what's wrong with me reforming education? I just want these inexperienced students to learn more in school, so that when they graduate, they have some self-defense skills, instead of being captured by Muggles and burned on crosses because of their poor magic skills!"

Li Weide suddenly laughed and said, "That's because even though you've embarked on a different path, your way of doing things is still so suspicious... You're still using your old cognition and methods to do things. For example, regarding the current education reform, you still subconsciously think that everyone should learn the Dark Arts. Indeed, the Dark Arts can indeed make students' strength soar in the short term, but you should also know that this is absolutely intolerable to Dumbledore..."

"Then what can I do? No matter what I do, that old fool will just oppose! Oppose!" Grindelwald said dissatisfiedly.

"Mr. Director, have you ever tried... to do things the Dumbledore way? If, from the outset, you had simply emphasized having students learn more powerful spells and practice more practical techniques, everything simply to help them improve their self-defense abilities, rather than mentioning any dark arts... I think, even if Dumbledore still doubted your intentions, he wouldn't have confronted you so fiercely as he did before. Professor Dumbledore is a good professor. He never refuses anything that benefits his students, and he might even lend a helping hand... Speaking of which... have you ever considered that one day Professor Dumbledore might work with you towards a common goal?"

Grindelwald's eyes flickered when he heard this. He had indeed never imagined that such a day would come...

"Okay... I think I understand." Grindelwald sighed for a moment, a flicker of realization crossing his face. "Using his way to achieve my goal... rather than using my way to achieve my goal..."

"That's right... It seems that I don't need to say anything more." Li Weide clapped his hands.

"Great! You can take one more person to Azkaban!" Grindelwald said happily.

……

Leaving Grindelwald's office, Levid couldn't help laughing...

I guess Dumbledore’s expression must have been quite interesting when he saw that Grindelwald was angry in everything he said and did from then on!

And if Grindelwald continued to disguise himself as Dumbledore... after a long time, Dumbledore might really think that he had turned over a new leaf, and might end up working with him again towards the same goal.

At that time, I wonder if Grindelwald will give up this lost and regained relationship and reveal his true face again?

I guess Grindelwald must have been very conflicted and uncomfortable at that time, right?

Of course, if Grindelwald really changed... then things would be even more exciting.

Dumbledore had always worried that he would become Grindelwald after coming into contact with power, and then the wizarding world would have to face two ambitious Grindelwalds!

But he never thought that Grindelwald might become Dumbledore!

If in the future, there are two Dumbledores in the wizarding world...

Li Weide can't wait to see that day come.

It was a pity that the system's merit calculation system had malfunctioned. Otherwise, when that day really came, he would really like to see how many merit points he could gain...

Chapter 378: Is this Grindelwald too upright?

Grindelwald gave Levid three places to visit Azkaban.

In the end, Li Weide decided to take Tom, Anne and Andre, who was about to graduate.

The reason why Li Wei De wanted to take people to visit Azkaban was to let those who had the opportunity to become core members see the price of failure with their own eyes...

Even if we can't bring everyone with us, with the presence of the Pensieve, others can visit their memories later and the effect won't be much different.

In this way, by observing their reactions, we can quickly screen out some of those with weak wills.

It doesn't mean that those who have been screened out are not good people, it's just that they are not suitable now and are not what Li Weide is looking for at this stage...

The beginning of a new life is always difficult. At the beginning of his career, what Li Weide needs is a group of warriors united around him!