The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

Li Weide and Tom found a table by the window.

The quill in Tom's hand slid quickly across the parchment, making a rustling sound.

For him, the Transfiguration essay was quite simple.

Of course, it would be nice if there wasn't someone frantically flipping through books next to me, making a lot of noise to disturb me...

"I say, can you be a little quieter? You're flipping through the book so fast. What else can you see besides affecting my writing?" Tom said dissatisfiedly.

Upon hearing this, Li Weide not only did not stop turning the pages of the book, but instead turned them even faster.

"What do you know? This is called quantum reading!"

"what?"

"Quantum... Forget it, could you please stop disturbing me? I'm reading!"

Tom threw down his quill and said, "Who is disturbing whom?"

I won’t write this paper anymore! I can’t write it. I absolutely can’t write it! Whoever wants to write it can write it!

"Okay, I've finished reading. Take your time writing." Levid closed the notes Professor Slughorn gave him.

Thanks to his strong memory, he had just read it carefully and remembered the main content.

"Where are you going?" Tom asked, frowning.

"Now that I've finished reading the book, I naturally have to get busy with other things."

"So you're not going to write your thesis anymore?"

"What's the rush? Isn't it due next week? How dare you say you've ever been to school if you don't rush your homework until the last minute?"

Watching Li Weide walk out of the library, Tom sighed helplessly. "It's inexplicable..."

There is no doubt that Li Weide had something on his mind, and the conversation he had just had with me was just a casual perfunctory one with no substance.

Tom suspected that Li Weide himself didn't know what he said.

Could it be related to that Anne Rozier? Tom couldn't help but narrow his eyes...

……

Levid walked quickly in the corridor of Hogwarts, silently memorizing the route as he walked.

At the same time, the location of every painting in the corridor, even the location of every statue, was firmly memorized in his mind.

The paintings in the wizarding world are not dead objects. The characters in them not only move, but can even talk. It is not strange for them to run into other paintings.

This means that any character in an oil painting may become someone else's spy, just like a surveillance camera.

So, if Li Weide wanted to keep his little secret, then during the upcoming night tour, he not only had to avoid the professor on patrol, but also had to be careful not to be seen by these oil paintings.

The Disillusionment Spell does not make you 100% invisible; when you move, your outline will still be visible.

So, he had to pass slowly where there were oil paintings.

If only he had the Potters' Invisibility Cloak...

Thanks to his strong memory, Li Weide can remember many places just by strolling around them.

So, by the time he strolled around in the evening and came to the hall for dinner, he had already memorized most of the obvious routes in Hogwarts.

It's like building a model of Hogwarts in your head...

"Weide! Where have you been all day?" Annie asked immediately after seeing Li Weide.

During the day, she and Li Weide walked around the castle, but she didn't know what was going on.

She seemed to be distracted for a moment, and in that moment of distraction, Li Weide disappeared...

Then, she could no longer find Li Weide.

It wasn't until Levid appeared at the Slytherin table ready to eat that I finally saw him.

Li Weide immediately put on a professional smile. "Ah, Annie, it's great to see you again... I have to say, Hogwarts Castle is really interesting. I was stunned and you disappeared. I've been looking for you all afternoon and couldn't find you. Is this castle actually very big?"

These words left Annie stunned. To be honest, shouldn't these be her lines?

She actually spent the entire afternoon looking for Li Weide!

Anne had no choice but to say, "Oh... I'm glad you're okay. I thought you fell into some strange place. I heard from my father that Hogwarts has many hidden chambers of secrets."

"Hidden secret rooms?" Li Weide suddenly asked, "Do you know the location of these secret rooms?"

"Uh..." Annie was slightly stunned. How would she know the location of the secret room? She just said it casually.

"My father didn't tell me. Maybe he would know..."

"That's such a pity. If there is a secret room, I really want to go and see it, don't you think, Tom?" Li Weide said to Tom beside him with a smile.

Tom was peeling eggs for Nagini at the time and was a little confused when he heard this.

"If you want to talk about the Chamber of Secrets, then talk about the Chamber of Secrets. Why are you suddenly asking me about this?"

Li Weide smiled and said, "I'm just curious. When the four giants built Hogwarts Castle, did they leave some secret rooms in the castle to hide their treasures?"

Anne said, "Don't tell me, it's really possible! Especially Slytherin. He ended up having a quarrel with the other masters before leaving Hogwarts. He might have left something in the castle."

Li Weide looked at her in surprise, and for a moment he didn't know whether she already knew it or whether she really guessed it.

"Even if he left something behind, it has nothing to do with us," Tom said sullenly. "It won't help me learn anything, nor will it make me stronger..."

"What if he left behind his own magic manuscript or something?" Li Weide said with a smile.

"Hmm... If that's the case, then it's quite interesting." A hint of interest rose in Tom's eyes. "However, the wizarding world has developed over the years, and the magic he left behind back then may not be as powerful as it is now."

Li Weide said in surprise: "Tom, you are sober now that it's a little strange to me."

"I'm always sober, Wade." Tom put two peeled eggs on the plate in front of Nagini with an expressionless face.

Anne looked at Tom in surprise. "Did you just talk to the snake?"

"Yeah, what's the matter?" Tom asked.

Tom's attitude towards this girl who was obviously problematic was always cold.

"Don't you know? Slytherin can also speak Parseltongue! Legend has it that his descendants can also speak Parseltongue. Tom, you can't be related to Slytherin by blood, right?" Anne said excitedly.

Tom, who had been expressionless, suddenly had a strange look in his eyes when he heard these words.

"I'm not sure... Are you telling the truth?" Tom asked anxiously.

"Of course it's true! However, it's not absolute. Throughout history, Slytherin's descendants are not the only ones who can speak Parseltongue. There are also some other wizards who can." Anne added.

Although Anne said that those who could speak Parseltongue were not 100% descendants of Slytherin, Tom still became very interested in it.

Li Weide witnessed the whole thing but did not stop it.

He also wanted to know what kind of changes would happen to Tom, who had changed a lot from the original story, after learning his true life experience.

However, Li Weide was a little surprised that Tom got clues about his life experience from Anne in advance.

The power of my butterfly wings seems to be really strong...

This incident also gave Li Weide a warning, that is, when looking at things in the future, he must not rely too much on his impression of the original work.

After dinner, Tom rushed to the library again. When he arrived at the library, he immediately started looking for books.

However, this time, the book he was looking for was not about spells, transfiguration or the like.

What he wanted to read were history books and books about the Slytherin family heritage!

……

Li Weide did not go to the library with Tom.

For Lewes, the books provided by the Hogwarts library to students no longer have much appeal.

Only the restricted section could attract him.

In the restricted area, there are manuscripts and books on dark magic collected by Hogwarts over the years. These books are basically not available for purchase outside.

Moreover, in terms of the number of books in stock, the collection of the Sommerno family and the collection of the restricted section of Hogwarts are simply incomparable.

In addition to this magical knowledge, the most important thing is the senior sister's notes, which are hidden in the restricted area!

If you want to go to the restricted books area, of course you can't go there during the day.

If students want to borrow books from the restricted area, they must first get the professor's signature, and then tell the librarian what book they want to borrow.

The librarian would then go to the restricted section, get the book out, and give it to the student.

During this period, students are absolutely not allowed to enter the restricted book area, and they will be warned even if they get close!

Therefore, if you want to enter the restricted book area, you have to use some unconventional means...

Li Weide had already made arrangements during the day, so he decided to go to the restricted book area tonight and get the senior's notebook first.

After that, we will enter the Forbidden Forest and find the hot spots of ancient magic according to the records in the notebook.

"Why aren't you talking?" Annie's words interrupted Li Weide's thoughts.

"Oh, nothing, I'm just a little tired." Li Weide said casually.

At this moment, they were returning to the Slytherin common room together.

Since Li Weide was very curious about her purpose in approaching him, he did not refuse to contact her.

So far, they are friends...

It should be said that Anne was temporarily the first friend he and Tom made when they entered Hogwarts.

"I've been shopping all day and I feel pretty tired. Let's go to bed early today. I still have classes tomorrow..."

"it is good……"

"Pureblood."

As soon as the command was given, the door was opened immediately.

Just as the door was opened, two people happened to walk out.

"Hey, Wade!" Alphard greeted Levitra with a bitter face.

As for why he had a bitter face, it was because a girl was pulling his ears hard...

Li Weide took a look and realized that this was the girl who had called him a mudblood outside Platform 9 3/4.

"Hello, Alphard, your style is... quite unique." Li Weide said with a smile.

Alphard was about to cry, "Save me!"

"You again!" Walburga looked at Livid angrily.

There was no way. Levid's words at that time had too much impact on a proud pure-blood wizard.

"Ah, Miss Blake, nice to meet you again. I wonder where you are taking my roommate?" asked Li Weide.

"I'm teaching my brother a lesson! It has nothing to do with you!"

"Well, if you say this is your family affair, it really has nothing to do with me, but... Alphard is my friend, and I still hope that he can get the dignity of a pure-blood wizard." Levid used Snape's aria-like tone again.

When Walburga heard Li Weide use such an infuriating tone again, he immediately took a half step back as if he was stressed.

It’s a pity that Alphard’s ear was still in his sister’s hand. This pullback made Alphard grimace in pain.

"What do you mean?" Walburga asked coldly.

"I mean, as a pure-blood, and one born into a pure-blood family with a distinguished history, elegance should be ingrained in your bones. But... I don't see anything related to this word in anyone in your Black family..."

"Sure enough, my opinion that day was right." Levid looked at Walburga with pity again. "How pitiful! As a pure-blood wizard, he has no idea what elegance is. The Black family really disappoints me."

"You..." Walburga was furious, but the hand that was holding Alphard's ear involuntarily loosened.

Alphard straightened up with a sense of relief, rubbing his red ears.

His eyes were full of gratitude as he looked at Li Weide.

Because Li Weide not only saved his ears, but also said what he had always wanted to say in his heart.

My sister, a pure-blooded lady, gets so angry that she starts to get physical! Not classy at all!

"On the contrary, look at my friend Anne. As a young lady from the Rosier family, she has always maintained the elegance of a pure-blood wizard. I have never seen her angry or lose her composure."

Anne, who was watching the show on the side, was caught off guard when it was suddenly mentioned.

However, facing Walburga's thorny gaze, she could only respond with a reserved smile...