The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

Toby looked much better now than he did a few hours ago, and he strictly followed Li Weide's orders and made himself clean.

Even the rags wrapped around his body were replaced with a clean and tidy piece of curtain cloth. No one knew where he got it from.

Li Weide turned his head and looked at Professor Hicks with an inquiring look, "Professor Hicks?"

"Since he is your elf, you can certainly take him with you."

Although Hicks was surprised by this, he had no reason not to let Levid bring his house-elf.

And even if she had a lot of questions, now was not the time to ask them.

"Thank you." Li Weide thanked him.

Then, Li Weide and Tom got into the carriage, while Toby sat directly on the luggage rack at the back of the carriage.

Through the carriage window, Li Weide and Tom silently watched Professor Hicks push open the door and walk into the orphanage.

"Don't worry, Eulalie is a very good wizard. She won't hurt anyone inside."

Frank, smoking a pipe, leaned against the carriage and muttered to himself.

"Mr. Frank, is she planning to erase their memories directly?" Tom suddenly asked.

Frank blew out a smoke ring and said, "My name is Frank Doyle. You can just call me Mr. Doyle."

"Well...Eulalie needs to erase the part of their memories about you, and then modify some of their memories."

"Finally, take away all your records from the orphanage. It sounds complicated, but it's nothing for Eulalie. She can handle it quickly."

"By the way, she's coming to Hogwarts to teach this year, and will teach you Charms later. To be honest, many people didn't expect that she would leave Ilvermorny and come to Hogwarts to teach."

Before Frank could finish his rambling, the gate of the orphanage opened.

Professor Hicks came out and closed the door gently.

"Done, let's go." Hicks came to the carriage and called to Frank.

Frank nodded and jumped into the driver's seat.

Professor Hicks opened the carriage door and got in.

She looked at Li Weide and Tom with a smile on her face, "Gentlemen, are you ready to start a new life?"

After a while.

A carriage rose into the sky and disappeared into the clouds.

……

The carriage flew in the air for a long time, and it was already completely light.

Since the carriage was flying above the clouds, Li Weide finally saw the blue sky and sunshine after a long time.

At this time, the excitement they felt from flying into the sky for the first time gradually subsided.

Tom began to ask Professor Hicks about various spells with the book.

After learning that Professor Hicks was the new professor of Charms, Tom could no longer suppress his desire to become stronger.

Professor Hicks did not refuse, but explained it to Tom very seriously.

In fact, there are really not many people who can resist Tom's "charm", otherwise he would not be able to make all the teachers and students in the school like him.

Li Weide did not join in the fun. He looked at the blue sky and white clouds outside the window, then took out the disguised "The Complete Guide to Transfiguration" from his pocket and continued reading.

I don’t know how long it took.

The thump of the carriage landing brought Li Weide back to his senses from the book.

"Welcome to Godric's Hollow, kids." Frank's voice came from the front of the car.

"Godric's Hollow is a semi-wizard settlement. Many wizards live here, as well as many Muggles who are unaware of the truth. However, this also fully demonstrates that this is a very suitable place to live."

Professor Hicks said this and got out of the carriage. Li Weide and Tom followed her out.

At this time, the carriage was stopped in front of a house.

The house looked new, however, many of the plants in the garden in front of the house had withered.

It looked like the owner of the house hadn't lived here for some time.

Professor Hicks smiled and said, "This is the home of one of our Muggle friends in England. His name is Jacob Kowalski."

"Their family is planning to come to the UK from the United States to live for a while. They will probably arrive the day after tomorrow. When they do, you will be temporarily taken care of by them."

"Don't worry, Jacob and Queenie are both very nice people."

Jacob Korwalski? The legendary Chosen One?!

Li Weide suddenly felt something was wrong. He thought of Jacob's wife, Queenie Goldstein, who was a powerful master of Legilimency!

Unlike Dumbledore, her ability to have Legilimency is innate, passive, and uncontrollable.

As long as you stay near her, even if you don't look into her eyes or face her, she can hear your thoughts...

In other words... if she stood in front of Li Weide now, all of Li Weide's secrets would be exposed!

Li Weide couldn't help but frown. This was the first time since he traveled through time that he felt a sense of crisis...

Chapter 26 Occlumency

Li Weide couldn't let the secret in his heart be revealed to Queenie.

That is not something that can be understood by people in this world.

He didn't want others to think he was crazy, nor did he want others to go crazy because of his secret...

God knows, what will happen when Queenie finds out that the world they live in is actually fictional in another world?

Of course, it's also possible that magic and the like are real, but were written into a novel by a writer, and then it really became fiction...

Li Weide stopped his chaotic thoughts. Now was not the time to think about these things.

He urgently needs a solution to the problem.

Moreover, he only has one day and two nights at most!

……

After Levid and the others got off the carriage, Flandre Doyle drove the Thestral carriage away from Godric's Hollow.

Professor Hicks stayed behind to take care of Li Weide and Tom before the Jacob family arrived.

Tom was of course very excited about this, because it meant that he would have more time to receive one-on-one tutoring from an excellent professor.

Compared to the active Tom, Li Weide seems a little too leisurely.

After coming here, I even dozed off on the lounge chair during the day...

Of course, this is just on the surface...

On the day they checked into Godric's Hollow, Levid quietly called Toby over.

He told Toby to hurry to Diagon Alley and buy all the books on Occlumency he could find in the bookstore.

Then find a secret, safe place to put it.

Toby is an experienced house-elf, so this task is certainly not difficult for him.

He came back just as everyone finished dinner.

When it got a little dark, Li Weide took the initiative to tell Professor Hicks that he was sleepy and wanted to rest early tonight.

Professor Hicks naturally didn't think much about it, besides, she had to deal with the studious Tom.

When he returned to the room, Levid locked the door and asked Toby to use Apparition to take him to where the books were.

It was a dry cave. Toby had sealed the entrance with stones, leaving only enough gap for breathing. No one knew how Toby found this place.

Toby was also very thoughtful and placed a complete set of tables and chairs in the cave, as well as a bundle of candles, and the books he bought were placed on the big table.

The pile of books was a mixture of new and old, for Toby had even visited second-hand bookshops.

I bought and brought back almost every book on Occlumency that I could find on the market.

At this moment, Levid was extremely grateful to have an experienced house-elf to help him.

So, starting from that night, after Li Wei De drank the energy potion that Toby helped him buy, he urgently began to learn about brain occlusion!

He mastered Occlumency in one day and two nights, and was able to hide it from Queenie...

Just thinking about it makes me feel that the success rate is not high.

Li Weide himself had no confidence in this either, he could only try his best.

Of course, because the success rate is too low, he has quietly prepared a second plan.

If he hadn't mastered Occlumency during this time, he would have taken Toby and left temporarily...

After all, it is better to leave and then come up with a barely acceptable reason to explain it than to let Queenie directly discover your secrets.

……

That night, thanks to his strong memory, after reading these books, Li Weide basically memorized the knowledge of brain occlusion.

In Li Weide's view, the so-called brain occlusion technique is to set up a door in the brain and lock the memories that one wants to hide inside the door so that no one can see them.

Then, the door is turned into a screen, continuously playing false memories.

When a Legilimency peers into memories, they can only see these false memories, but cannot peer into the memories behind the door.

This is Occlumency.

Of course, if the Legilimency is powerful enough, he can still see through the illusion and directly break the door.

However, Queenie, who passively triggers Legilimency, will not be able to do this.

Unless she took the magic wand and cast Legilimency directly on Levid...

According to these books, Occlumency is practiced in two ways.

The first method is more effective quickly.

That is to find a trustworthy wizard and have him use Legilimency on you constantly.

This stimulates one's brain and magic power, making the magic power resistant to it.

When they sense the power of Legilimency, they automatically build up a wall in their hearts, passively constructing the gate.

The whole process is a bit like stimulating the body's immune system.

Compared with the first method, the second method is much slower.

Learners need to deliberately manipulate their own consciousness...

First of all, you need to keep yourself in a calm state at all times, with your mind as still as water and not thinking about anything.

Next, in your own calm mind, add the prepared false memories...

Finally, when the learner can maintain this state anytime and anywhere, the brain occlusion technique is mastered.

Since there was no wizard he trusted to assist him in his practice, Li Weide had no choice but to choose the second method...

After choosing the practice method, Li Weide began to practice meditation, trying hard to reach a state of mind without distractions.

I didn’t even have time to check the system product refresh that night.

He did not stop this practice until Toby took him back the next morning.

Tom saw Li Weide lying on the recliner with his eyes closed, meditating, and thought he was dozing off.

He was determined to surpass Li Weide, so he was naturally happy to see Li Weide being lazy. He even hoped that Li Weide would continue to be lazy like this!

Professor Hicks thought that Li Weide had just arrived in a new place and did not sleep well at night, so he was catching up on his sleep. Therefore, he did not disturb him.

Therefore, Li Weide could continue to practice brain occlusion with peace of mind.

This kind of practice is really difficult. Just the first step, putting away all distracting thoughts, is enough to discourage most people.

Li Weide persisted all night but failed to achieve this first step... He couldn't even calm down a little.

In fact, the more worried a person is, the harder it is to be calm, because when they are awake, they are thinking all the time...

Li Weide is such a person. Even in his sleep, his brain cannot calm down. How can he keep his mind free of distractions when he is awake?

As time passed, Li Weide's heart slowly sank.