The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

Li Weide looked towards the door and suddenly said, "Actually, I should have brought Nagini with me..."

"Why?" Tom asked in confusion.

"Sometimes, snakes may be able to feel things that humans cannot see," Li Weide said meaningfully.

Tom looked at Li Weide in confusion again. This guy always said some inexplicable things at inexplicable times.

"It's time for us to go." Li Weide said.

Tom responded, put the books on the table back to their original place, and followed Li Weide.

The same Disillusionment spell, the same arcane magic, the same route.

The return trip was much smoother than the return trip.

They met neither the night watchman professor nor Peeves.

It was already past four in the morning when he quietly returned to the dormitory. Alphard and Henry were fast asleep.

After saying good night to Tom, Levid tapped his head with his wand and fell asleep instantly.

This stunned Tom. This guy was too cruel. In order to fall asleep quickly, he actually cast a spell on himself!

Nagini, who was at the head of the bed, spit out her tongue, looked at the sleeping Levid, pulled the quilt over with her mouth, and covered Levid with it.

Tom sighed and lay down as well. After a while, he sat up helplessly. "Can't you give me a break first? I can't sleep either!"

……

"Senior, your notebook is lost."

Li Weide fell asleep so quickly just to discuss this matter with his senior.

Because the timing was so weird, just as I was about to take it, it was taken away in advance!

You know, apart from the two of them, no one else knows about this!

Moreover, they were still in a dream when they were discussing this matter!

The senior sister's nightmare magic is so terrifying that she is the only one who can invade other people's dreams. How can anyone invade her dreams?

If there really was such a person who invaded the senior student's dream and found out what they were discussing, why did he just take away a notebook?

Wouldn't it be better to just catch them both? One of them was only at the strength of an ordinary adult wizard, and the other was still an old popsicle. With such abilities, it would be easy to deal with them.

This matter is weird and unreasonable in every way!

"I put that notebook into the restricted area on a whim. I haven't told anyone about it." The senior student's voice was filled with fatigue.

"Could it be that someone found out the location of the notebook from the consciousness you lost?" Li Weide asked.

"No... this doesn't make sense. My consciousness is similar to the sense of touch of an insect. It is the net I use to observe the world. It does not contain any memory." The senior student shook her head and denied Li Weide's guess.

"That's strange... How could someone know this in advance... Wait. In advance..." Li Weide suddenly thought of something.

"In advance... you mean, a prophecy? Someone saw something in the prophecy?"

"That's right. Otherwise, there's no explanation at all!"

The senior student nodded, "Indeed... the prophecy technique can indeed reveal fragmented images of the future... Perhaps he only saw the location of my notebook and hasn't seen anything else..."

"Prophecy..." Li Weide sighed, "So far as I know, there seems to be only one person who can predict to this extent."

"Who?"

"Gellert Grindelwald... From what I understand, he once publicly predicted the impending war between Muggles. Facts have proven that war is indeed about to break out in the Muggle world..."

"Gellert Grindelwald. I know the name... Have you ever met him?"

"Unfortunately, I've crossed paths with him before, and he seems to be very interested in me and Tom..."

"He should be considered the most influential dark wizard in the world right now. I know this kind of person very well. He won't be interested in anyone for no reason... You have to be careful!" said the senior student seriously.

"You mean... he actually saw something in the prophecy, so he came to England to find us?" Livid pondered, "Indeed... How could a man like him really go to such great lengths to deal with two underage wizards like us just because he was curious about Dumbledore's motives..."

The senior student said, "If it's just Grindelwald, then this might be good news. At least, you haven't been targeted by the guy who plotted against me..."

Li Weide said: "I must find out who took the notebook."

"What do you have in mind?" asked the senior student.

Li Weide smiled and said, "If I took the notebook, I would definitely go to the location on it. Besides, only people in Hogwarts can enter the restricted area like this..."

The senior student said, "I understand. But there are too many places in the notebook, and I can't remember many of them..."

Li Weide smiled and said, "Do you remember the first few locations in the notebook?"

"Of course. That was my first time exploring ancient magic, and I still remember it vividly."

"That's good. I think most people read books from the first page, right? But if he starts from the middle, then I'll be unlucky..."

"Are you planning to wait and see? But didn't you say the notebook had been taken away in advance? Perhaps he's already been there?"

"That shouldn't be the case. The marks left by the notebook are still fresh. It couldn't have been taken more than three days ago. And we've only just started school for less than two days. This person probably hasn't had time to explore these places yet. This means I still have a chance to catch him!"

"Okay, then be careful."

"Don't worry, as long as Grindelwald didn't transform himself and sneak in, I won't be a problem."

……

Li Weide woke up at eight o'clock in the morning as usual, and then washed up refreshed.

The nightmare magic allows him to be full of energy even though he has only slept for a few hours!

Then he saw Tom in the bathroom with dark circles under his eyes.

"Good morning, Tom. You look great!" Li Weide said happily.

Tom: ...

"I'm just kidding. Maybe you need a stimulating potion." Li Weide took out the potion he had prepared long ago from his pocket.

After seeing the potion, Tom's resentment decreased a lot.

However, after he took the potion from Livid's hand, Livid did not take his hand away.

"A top-quality invigorating potion, 5 Galleons at a discounted price!"

Tom's eyes widened: "You still want to charge money?"

"It's not my fault, Tom. I'm a small business man, and I have to spend money to buy the goods! You don't think you'd buy on credit, do you?"

"Even if you charge for it, isn't 5 Galleons a bottle too expensive?"

"Hey, at least you should let me earn some money, right?"

"The price of the cheering potion is at most 1 Galleon per bottle, and you offer 5 Galleons? I refuse to force any sale!" Tom threw the potion back.

Li Weide quickly caught it: "Hey, if it breaks, you still have to pay!"

"Isn't this unbroken?"

"Okay, okay... Are you sure you don't want a potion to perk you up? You have a lot of classes today."

Tom shook his head, his eyes determined. "I'd rather die of sleep! Be killed by a cauldron in Potions class! Jump to my death from the tower of Hogwarts Castle! Than I'd drink a sip of your potion!"

Li Weide raised his thumbs up, "Good! You're brave! But in Potions class later, you need to find someone else to team up with. I need to stay away from you..."

Tom laughed, a rather creepy laugh. "You think you can get away?"

……

This morning, there was Potions class, two classes in a row, and in the afternoon, there was Herbology class in a row.

It can be said that today's class was like hell for Tom, who had not slept all night.

After finishing his breakfast, Tom forced himself to go to the Potions classroom.

Li Wei De was still trying to sell the invigorating potion to Tom, but unfortunately, Tom was very determined and would never let Li Wei De, the profiteer, succeed!

On the way to the classroom, they ran into Annie again. After listening for a while, Annie decisively spent 5 Galleons to buy the stimulating potion from Li Weide.

After seeing Annie drink the invigorating potion, Tom whispered to Levid, "It seems we weren't the only ones who couldn't sleep last night..."

Li Weide hummed, looking at Annie's back thoughtfully...

……

The Potions classroom is in the basement.

At the classroom door, many Slytherin freshmen took a few steps back involuntarily when they saw Levitra and Tom, their eyes filled with fear.

Li Weide smiled as soon as he saw them. Aren't these the guys Tom beat up yesterday? Except for the seniors, all the others were there.

When they walked into the classroom, they found that it was not just the guys who had been beaten.

The other pure-blood students looked at Li Weide and the others with strange eyes.

There is a hint of alienation and rejection in the fear.

They looked at Li Weide and whispered...

However, although their voices were not loud, Li Weide still heard them all thanks to his excellent hearing.

Apparently, word of yesterday's fight had spread. And, for some unknown reason, the fact that Li Weide came from a mysterious pure-blood family in the East had also spread!

Li Weide suddenly realized that it was no wonder that these guys alienated and rejected him. It was probably because the pure-blood families in their own country resisted and opposed foreign pure-blood families.

After all, Li Weide, an outsider, beat up their own people, which was equivalent to them being beaten at their doorstep!

Neither Li Weide nor Tom cared much about this. If they were not convinced, they could just give him another beating...

Slytherins generally admired the strong, so finding opportunities to beat them up a few more times should have an effect. On this point, Livid and Tom were in complete agreement.

Tom found a seat at random with an expressionless face.

Li Weide said, "Annie, why don't you sit in the middle?"

"That's not good. I'm supposed to sit between you two?" Annie said a little embarrassedly.

"The view in the middle is good." Li Weide said seriously.

Tom said coldly, "He's afraid that I might lose my energy and collapse from brewing the potion!"

Hearing this, Annie very rationally rejected Li Weide's request. No one wants to be killed by the potion!

"Tom... do you have to die together with me?" Li Weide said helplessly.

"Ha ha……"

"I'll change seats." Li Weide stood up.

But just then, Professor Slughorn walked in, smiling.

"Class is about to start, everyone please find your seats and take them."

Li Weide turned around and saw that almost the entire classroom was full...

And he couldn't sit in the Gryffindor seat next to him...

"Okay, then let's die together." Li Weide sighed and sat back next to Tom.

"I have always believed that Potions is the most magical subject. Various seemingly unrelated materials, when mixed together, can produce all kinds of magical effects..." Professor Slughorn began today's class.

After a brief introduction to Potions, Professor Slughorn moved a few crucibles and placed them on the podium.

"Can anyone recognize what potion is in here? If you can, it means you've studied the textbook carefully! I'll give you a welcome gift!"

As soon as Professor Slughorn finished speaking, the classroom became noisy.

Obviously, everyone is very interested in Professor Slughorn's mysterious gift!

"Is there anyone willing to come forward and identify it? Flipping through books doesn't count now." Professor Slughorn looked at the Slytherin students.

As the headmaster of Slytherin House, he naturally hoped that this reward would remain in Slytherin.

Seeing that everyone was a little hesitant, Professor Slughorn said, "How about everyone come up and take a look, and then write down the answers on paper..."

Before Professor Slughorn had finished speaking, two people raised their hands.

Professor Slughorn looked up and immediately smiled with satisfaction.

"Wade, Tom, since you have raised your hands, please come up together and write your answers on the parchment. If none of you are right, let everyone come up and take a look."

Professor Slughorn did this to the new students every year, in order to identify those who were truly interested in Potions.

After all, those who can preview the boring Potions textbook before entering school are students who are very interested in Potions.