The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

I have to say that as a child of the Rosier family, Anne is indeed very elegant.

Her smile made Walburga feel ashamed of himself, and Alphard was stunned.

"I... I..." Walburga's eyes suddenly turned red as his self-esteem was severely hit. Then, he turned and left without saying a word.

Alphard looked at his sister's back. "Ved, you're amazing! I've never seen my sister...she always makes others cry. Now, you've actually made her cry..."

Li Weide raised his head and said, "That's because your sister has now fully realized her own shortcomings and feels ashamed of herself. When she understands the qualities of a pure-blood family, I will still be able to make friends with her."

"Ah... your Li family is really amazing. You are worthy of being an ancient pure-blood family in the East. You are always so elegant. Our family can't compare to you at all!" Alphard sighed.

Alphard now firmly believed what Livid had lied about outside Platform 9 3/4. After all, even his father was scared away at that time.

Li Weide didn't say much about this. It was actually a good thing that these people believed that they had a powerful family.

However, Anne, who had been watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but brighten her eyes.

An ancient pure-blood family from the East? The Li family?

Chapter 73: Night Tour? Take Me With You!

Li Weide sighed again, "Alphard, you are also a member of a pure-blood family. You should have your own pride and dignity. How can you always be bullied by your sister like this?"

"I can't help it, Wade. I don't want to do this either, but... my sister is just too fierce! I deserve to be beaten for doing something wrong, but... if she gets angry outside, or is simply in a bad mood..."

Alphard swallowed hard, as if recalling a very painful memory.

"Tsk, that's why I can't understand your British pure-blood families..." Li Weide shook his head.

Alphard couldn't help but lower his head, his heart filled with shame.

Their Black family is a pure-blood family with a long history, but compared with others, they are far inferior in every aspect.

"Anyway, I've said everything I need to say. You can take care of yourself." After pretending to be cool, Levid passed by Alphard and walked into the common room.

Anne didn't follow him, but asked Alphard, "How do you know about his family? I'm his friend, but he never seems to mention anything about his family to us."

Alphard said, "That's what he said himself. At the time, my sister thought he was a mudblood... Vader was furious at that time."

"Honestly, my sister really went too far. Even if the other person isn't a pureblood, she shouldn't use such insulting words..."

"He said it himself...isn't there anyone to prove it for him?" Annie asked.

Alphard shook his head. "Do I need proof? I've never seen a pureblood more pureblood-like than him."

This sentence made Anne fall into deep thought.

Thinking back to my time with Li Weide and his behavior.

Annie discovered that although Li Weide always had a gentle smile on his face no matter who he was talking to, he actually hid a deep sense of pride in his bones.

It was like... he was always above everyone else.

If he was born into a Muggle family or an ordinary pure-blood family, it would be impossible for him to have such a unique temperament.

Alphard was right. Anne had never seen a pure-blood wizard who looked more pure-blooded than him...

Anne thought of Tom again. Compared with Li Weide's restraint, Tom's pride could be said to be beyond words.

However, only in front of Li Weide, Tom would unconsciously suppress his pride...

This is something that people have to think deeply about.

……

Tom showed up at the dormitory very late.

However, his face did not look very good. It seemed that he did not find the answers he wanted in the library.

The library closes early, which means that after Tom left the library, he wandered around outside for a long time before returning to the dormitory.

Obviously, this insight had a profound impact on him.

By this time, roommates Alphard and Henry were already asleep.

Li Weide also lay quietly on the bed.

Tom glanced at Li Weide and lay back on the bed without saying a word.

"You didn't take Annie's words seriously, did you?" Li Weide suddenly asked in a low voice.

"It's a clue, isn't it?" Tom said weakly. "But I've searched all the records about Slytherin and can't find anything related to the name... Riddle."

"Maybe... you can look for records about your mother's surname. Do you know what your mother's name is?" Li Weide asked.

"Well...Mrs. Cole told me her name was Merope Gaunt," said Tom.

"Then I think you might as well look up the surname Gunter." Li Weide reminded again.

Tom frowned, looking at the ceiling. "But how is this possible? If my mother is... that man's descendant, how could she have died in such a pathetic way?"

Li Weide said calmly, "Tom, you've also seen the children of those pure-blood families... You should know what level most of these people are at."

Li Weide's words made Tom fall into silence. For a moment, he could not accept the most likely conclusion that his mother was a lousy wizard.

As I said before, he would rather believe his previous guess.

That is, the father is a wizard, and the mother is just a Muggle...

"It seems you have trouble sleeping tonight?"

"Yeah..." Tom said depressedly.

Li Weide looked at his watch and then jumped up.

"Where are you going?" asked Tom.

Li Weide said: "I think you may need a bottle of water of life and death. I remember I seem to have quite a lot left..."

"No, I don't need it." Tom chose to refuse.

It’s better not to touch Livid’s potion...

"Well, then. You'll just have to lie down."

Li Weide took out a bottle of potion from the bedside, tilted his head back and drank it, then walked towards the dormitory door.

"Where are you going?" Tom asked doubtfully.

He thought that Li Weide drank the water of life and death.

However, after drinking the potion, Livid did not lie down to sleep, but walked directly outside, which immediately aroused Tom's curiosity.

"I need to find something..." Li Weide said as he left the dormitory.

There was no one in the common room late at night.

Even the ghost dozed by the fireplace.

Li Weide never knew that ghosts needed to sleep. Of course, this could also be the ghost missing the sleep and rest habits of his human self...

Li Weide carefully opened the door to the common room and walked out.

He stood in the corridor of Hogwarts Castle and took a deep breath of the cold night air.

Then he raised his wand, ready to cast a Disillusionment Charm on himself.

"Are you going on a night tour?" Tom's low voice came from behind.

"You should go to bed, Tom." Li Weide turned his head and frowned at Tom.

Tom said, "I can't sleep anyway...you take me with you."

Li Weide was silent for a long time before asking, "Do you know where I'm going?"

"I guess...it should be the restricted area." Tom shrugged.

"how do you know?"

"You said you were going for a stroll during the day, but you were actually just checking out the area, right? And when you were 'strolling', you were clearly going the opposite direction from me, but in the end, you ran into me fighting someone on the way to the library... In other words, your destination was the library, and the only books in the library that interested you were the books in the restricted section."

Li Weide was silent for a while. "Your reasoning is very far-fetched, Tom..."

"Okay, I saw the route map you drew. Stop talking nonsense, I also want to go to the restricted book area. Are you going to take me with you? If not, I can go by myself." Tom seemed a little impatient.

"About Slytherin... Do you want to look in the restricted area? Okay! Then follow me, but remember, don't hold me back." Levid said, pointing the wand in his hand at Tom's shoulder.

Tom suddenly felt a chill all over his body, and then he saw his body becoming illusory.

"Disillusionment spell? You even mastered this advanced spell..."

"Don't think you're the only one working hard, Tom."

As Li Weide spoke, he also cast an illusion spell on himself.

"By the way, I'll teach you another spell. This spell will allow you to see clearly at night."

Tom said in surprise: "It seems that you have made sufficient preparations!"

Li Weide said unhappily, "I learned another lesson today: no matter how well prepared or how thorough the plan, unexpected events can happen...and that unexpected event is you, Tom."

Tom knew he was in the wrong about what Li Weide said, so he didn't dare to respond, for fear that this guy would go back on his word and cast a stun spell on him instead.

He had no choice but to concentrate on learning the spell that Li Weide taught him to see at night.

This way, they wouldn't have to carry oil lamps or use luminescent spells for lighting.

Traveling at night with a light source, the Disillusionment Spell loses its meaning...

"And there's this whispering spell. It can prevent your voice from being heard outside for over an hour, so it can only reach the ears of designated people. I call it the team voice."

Tom was amazed at the Whispering Spell. "What's the structure of your brain? How can you even create a spell like this?!"

"It's just a small change to the Silencing Spell..." Li Weide said calmly.

……

Tom's talent is frighteningly good.

It didn't take much time for him to learn the two spells that Li Weide taught him.

Five minutes later, they were on their way to the Hogwarts library.

"What on earth are you looking for?" asked Tom.

Since they were in the "team voice" state, even if they spoke casually, no sound could be heard in the dark corridor.

Li Weide said, "That's an interesting question... Of course, we go to the restricted books section to look for books, not to eat there."

"Did you eat chili tonight? Why are you so irritated?"

"Guess why?"

Tom said helplessly: "Okay, it's because of me. I know... I'll shut up."

Li Weide was very cautious along the way.

If it was a dark place, he would pass through it quickly. But whenever there was moonlight or lighting, Li Weide would squat down and slowly pass by those oil paintings that looked like they were dozing off.

Tom was amazed by this level of professionalism. If today was not his first day of school, Tom would have thought that Li Weide had done this kind of night tour many times.

Of course, it was no wonder that Livid was extremely cautious, because in this short distance, they encountered Professor McGonagall on night patrol, a group of ghosts who didn't need to sleep, and their castle manager...

"We're finally here... There seems to be someone there?" Tom suddenly asked, pointing at the library gate.

Li Weide recognized who it was at a glance.

"Peeves, a mischievous ghost... or perhaps even more troublesome than a ghost. Anyway, if he knew we were out for a night out, we wouldn't have to wait until tomorrow. In five minutes, we'd have to show up in Dumbledore's office and miserably lose the 100 points we worked so hard to earn back today..."

Chapter 74 The Disappearing Notebook

"What should we do? He's been standing at the door, and we can't get into the library..."

Tom was a little worried because Peeves was different from other ghosts.

He would make a huge commotion if there was even the slightest abnormality.

Tom didn't want Peeves to attract the professor on night watch.

Li Weide did not answer, but raised the wand in his hand.

Tom only felt a wisp of white mist appear on Livid's wand.

Immediately afterwards, he felt his vision blurry, and then a ghost covered in silver-white blood appeared in front of them.