The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

"Then... is there a way to create an alchemical container similar to a regulator and store these excess 'residues'? That way, perhaps I won't have to wait until I can slowly improve my ancient magic level. Even if I absorb the upper limit, I can store it in that container first."

"Hmm... That's one way... But, if you want to hold so much, it'll probably be very large... Well, that'll be very troublesome... Forget it, there's no need to rush. Wait until you've absorbed enough."

"Ok."

Li Weide was in a very happy mood. Absorbing harmless "residues" could enhance his own strength!

After a duel with Grindelwald, he deeply realized how big the gap was between himself and this top wizard.

Even though he is essentially an adult and therefore possesses the abilities of an ordinary adult wizard...

The gap between the abilities of ordinary adult wizards and wizards like Grindelwald is still terrifyingly huge!

Let’s not talk about Grindelwald, let’s talk about Tom…

If Levid's current magic level does not break through the limit and improve, he will be surpassed by Tom sooner or later.

Now Levid can crush Tom. In essence, it is a full-level character crushing a novice character. When Tom reaches the maximum level, Levid will not be able to suppress him.

Therefore, Li Weide urgently needs to break through his "level limit"!

And now, absorbing the "residues" is a good way to break through the limit.

In this way, at least he no longer has to worry about the threat Tom will pose to him when he grows up.

The senior student asked, "Do you remember where we first met?"

Li Weide nodded.

"Okay, then tonight, you go to the place where you were last time, and then... I will come find you."

……

Grindelwald has been very busy lately.

In addition to dealing with some of his doubters, he also gives speeches regularly.

However, what is different from the past is that now after each speech he will publicize the content of his speech so that more people can see it.

Originally, he promoted his speech through newspapers, but later, he was targeted by the Ministry of Magic of various countries and newspapers were not allowed to publish his speeches.

Grindelwald had to find another way...

After each speech, someone would ride a flying broom and drop Grindelwald's propaganda in many wizarding settlements like leaflets.

The Ministry of Magic of each country does not allow newspapers to publish such content. In fact, this is just a private communication with the newspaper staff, and it is not an explicit ban...

In fact, not many people dare to directly ban him now.

Grindelwald is now more feared by the Ministries of Magic of various countries than before.

Therefore, they just distributed leaflets directly, and the Ministry of Magic of each country had no reason to arrest those who distributed the leaflets...

Over time, the Ministry of Magic of each country could only turn a blind eye to this.

Anyway, Grindelwald has already cleared himself and hasn't done anything bad so far, so why should they be the first to go against him?

Later, Grindelwald simply set up his own newspaper and distributed newspapers in the wizarding world of various countries to spread his own ideas and thoughts.

This way, the Ministries of Magic of various countries will have no way to stop him.

We can't just ban his newspaper directly. That would be the same as a direct confrontation with him.

Due to the special nature of Grindelwald's current identity and the weakness of the Minister of Welfare.

Grindelwald even had his own office at the British Ministry of Magic.

At this time, Abernethy, who served as Grindelwald's secretary, walked into the office.

During Vita's temporary stay in Nurmengard, Abernathy temporarily took over her job.

"Sir, the public is eager to know when your next speech will be held."

Grindelwald, buried in his writing, said without looking up, "I won't be giving any more speeches for the time being... The publicity for our ideas has reached saturation, and any more won't have a greater impact. It's time to do something concrete."

"Do something practical?"

"Yes... let's get down to business!" Grindelwald raised his head and smiled. "It's time we stepped up our game against the British Minister of Magic."

Grindelwald said as he handed Abernathy a piece of parchment he had just written on.

"I will submit these suggestions to the Minister of Welfare later... At the same time, we will publish them in our newspaper! We will try to let the public see them! This way, even if the Minister of Welfare disagrees with my suggestions, the public will know what we have done. But... I think the Minister of Welfare will definitely agree."

Abernathy nodded and said, "Okay! But...will Dumbledore stop it?"

"What right does he have to stop it? He's just a school professor. What right does he have to interfere with the Ministry's decision-making?" Grindelwald suddenly laughed. "Of course, if he's willing to take up the power... Haha, I really look forward to him joining the Ministry!"

……

The Welfare Minister looked at the parchment in front of him with a frown on his face.

He felt the thorniness of the matter...

Because Grindelwald made a suggestion as a senior advisor.

He suggested changing the Ministry of Magic's recruitment requirements...

For example, the standard for recruiting Aurors originally required a NEWT test score of at least five Os in order to participate in the assessment.

But now, Grindelwald suggested abolishing this restriction and instead having specialized personnel set up exam questions and conduct assessments. As long as one passes the assessment, they can become an Auror!

Grindelwald gave very sufficient reasons. He said that indeed, if one is not good enough, joining the Aurors and encountering danger is tantamount to seeking death.

However, people will continue to improve! Graduating from school does not mean that people can no longer learn and improve.

Therefore, it is extremely unfair to lose the path to further progress just because of unsatisfactory grades in school!

Grindelwald believes that after graduation, if students have reached the required ability, they should have a chance to improve even if their previous academic performance was not good!

As long as you can pass the assessment for the corresponding position, it proves that you have enough ability to be qualified for the position, and there is no need to worry about your past school performance!

Moreover, the original admission standards were extremely unfair to some old-school wizarding families who did not want to enroll their children at Hogwarts and only wanted to provide home education.

This suggestion seems to be a good policy that benefits the people's livelihood and gives everyone the opportunity to change their destiny.

But... the Welfare Minister saw the crisis!

This is because once the Ministry of Magic's recruitment policy changes, the people recruited may not necessarily be graduates of Hogwarts!

That way, Grindelwald can easily place his own people in the Ministry of Magic!

The Minister of Welfare had no doubt that Grindelwald lacked outstanding talents under his command!

So the Welfare Minister was in a dilemma.

If the reforms were agreed, the British Ministry of Magic would become the second magical government to be infiltrated after the Magical Congress of the United States of America.

But if he doesn't agree... the people will be unhappy again.

After all, there are so many people who want to change their fate and make progress...

Originally, the Welfare Minister wanted to keep this suggestion secret for the time being.

However, after seeing the Global Observer, a newspaper founded by Grindelwald, the Minister of Welfare knew that he could no longer hide it.

Because the proposal had already been published in the newspaper, and the content was exactly the same as what was written on the parchment in his hand...

Combined with the time when he received the parchment and the time when the newspaper was published.

I'm afraid the public knew this news earlier than I, the Minister of Magic!

After much thought, the Welfare Minister decided to delay.

He told Grindelwald that he needed to consult with his subordinates before making a decision.

Fortunately, Grindelwald did not push him, but expressed his understanding.

Then, the Minister of Welfare wrote a letter directly to Dumbledore...

At this time, he needs more advice!

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Tom was reading the Global Observer intently.

"I say, you don't really want to become a member of the Wu party, do you?" Li Weide suddenly joked.

"It's hard to say... Grindelwald is very good at making big promises, and I'm almost convinced by him." Tom looked up at Levid.

Tom didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that Li Weide's temperament had changed in recent days.

It's like... the aura has changed due to the stronger magic power...

But he didn't dare to ask...

Tom's intuition was actually correct. Li Weide had already begun to absorb the "residues" converted by his senior.

The improvement in strength caused by "residues" is indeed very obvious!

Before, Levid was not even as strong as Snape in terms of magical power, and was just an ordinary adult wizard.

If it weren't for his fancy skills, he wouldn't have been able to last even three seconds in front of Grindelwald...

But now, the strength of his magic power has been greatly improved, at least equivalent to the level of one and a half Snapes!

You know, Snape's level is very high!

Tom looked away and handed over the newspaper. "Look at this. Grindelwald has made a proposal to the Ministry of Magic... It seems to be of great benefit to the people... Well, everything seems to be going as you expected..."

"Really? Is this guy finally going to do something good?" Li Weide happily took the newspaper. "Well...it's a great day for a good harvest!"

As long as Grindelwald starts doing good things, no matter what his inner thoughts are, as the instigator of this matter, Levid will definitely receive a huge amount of merit points as a reward! How could he not be happy?

Chapter 168: The Living Catfish that Promotes Progress in the Wizarding World

Li Weide looked at the newspaper, and then immediately looked at the balance of his merit points.

Unfortunately, his merit point balance remained unchanged and did not increase as he had imagined.

Li Weide understood after thinking about it.

Grindelwald's suggestion has not been adopted yet, so there is no movement in the merit points.

When it is adopted, you should gain merit points.

After all, Grindelwald's suggestion, at least on the surface, does not seem to have many problems.

In the early days of doing practical work, Grindelwald could not mix personal work with what he was doing.

What he needs now is to change his reputation!

Moreover, the system has never deducted merit points for doing bad things.

Seeing that Levid was thinking quietly after reading the newspaper, Tom couldn't help but ask, "Do you think the Ministry of Magic will adopt his suggestion? Dumbledore will definitely stop him, right?"

Livid smiled and said, "Whether the Ministry of Magic adopts his suggestion or not is no longer important. Even if his suggestion is blocked by Dumbledore, it doesn't matter... By the time we saw this suggestion in the newspaper, Grindelwald had already achieved his goal."

"Why do you say that?" asked Tom.

"Grindelwald's goal has never been to suggest what the Ministry of Magic should do, but to let the public see that he is suggesting what the Ministry should do!" Levid smiled. "In other words... regardless of whether this succeeds or not, Grindelwald's reputation will improve. Moreover... if the Ministry of Magic disagrees, then the public's focus on Grindelwald will be directed towards the Ministry. In the face of such things, whoever stands up to stop it will bear the brunt of the public's anger..."

Tom thought about it and understood the interests involved.

"It seems that Grindelwald has indeed posed a huge challenge to the British Ministry of Magic and Dumbledore... It seems that we have no choice but to agree with his suggestion."

Li Weide sighed, "If we agree with his opinion and the British Ministry of Magic changes its recruitment policy, then it will be much easier for the Witch Party to infiltrate the British Ministry of Magic..."

"Doesn't that mean that the British Ministry of Magic will soon be the same as the American Magical Congress?" Tom asked in surprise.

"Actually, I think Grindelwald probably didn't intend to use this opportunity to infiltrate the Ministry of Magic. Whether the Ministry agrees or not, they'll be influenced by Grindelwald sooner or later... Even you think his newspaper makes sense, saying he's on the verge of becoming a witching party. So, what about the people inside the Ministry? Those people are in close contact with Grindelwald all day long... It wouldn't be surprising if they were directly influenced and became witching parties right away, without even having to specifically infiltrate."

"Hiss... If Grindelwald keeps doing this, won't he definitely win?" Tom looked at Levid with a strange look.

If he remembered correctly, it was Levid who came up with the idea of ​​Grindelwald changing his style!

Li Weide said: "It's hard to say whether he will win for sure, but by doing this, he can have a very good base! He is gaining the support of the people..."

Tom fell silent. According to his original thinking, as long as he possessed sufficient strength, he could gather a group of equally powerful and unscrupulous people, and then, he could forcibly crush them...

But now it seems that things are not as simple as he thought at first.

Because Grindelwald's previous actions were similar to what he had envisioned, but he encountered strong resistance and almost failed completely...

Maybe... what Grindelwald is doing now is the right thing!