The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

There's no hope. I can't get out... The only way to move on is with the Unforgivable Curse! The problem is... even if I were willing to use that spell, there's no viable target! I came here alone! I never expected Salazar Slytherin to leave behind such a vicious and insidious trial.

In my last letter to my brother, I invited him to explore this place with me. If he believed me and came here alone... I would have doomed him! Despite our differences, I don't want him to end up like me!

I really hope... I hope my last meeting with him doesn't end like this.

Nocto Gaunt

Livid silently put down the parchment, "So, Slytherin ultimately failed his descendant."

It is generally said that the descendants have failed their ancestors, rather than the ancestors failing the descendants.

However, Li Weide still said this, and Tom understood why Li Weide said this.

"Okay, we have to open this door next... Judging from the letter, it's a good thing that we came with two people, not just one." Tom took the letter back from Li Weide and read it again calmly.

"Well, the method to open this door seems obvious." Levid pointed to the spell on the ground. "We need someone to use the Cruciatus Curse... Otherwise, we will be like her, imprisoned here until we die."

Tom nodded and said, "It seems that even if the Cruciatus Curse is used, it will be useless. It must be used on a person... You were right before, Slytherin is indeed not a good person..."

Even the most unpopular Headmaster Black in history would not force the students of the school or even his own descendants to cast the Cruciatus Curse on each other.

"Tom, there's no other way. You can only use this spell on me." Li Weide said with a smile.

"What?" Tom looked at Li Weide in surprise.

According to his idea, this bastard would certainly not be his target!

Tom was even prepared to withstand a Cruciatus Curse!

However, unexpectedly, Li Weide offered to be the target?

Is this still Li Weide?

Could it be that it has been possessed by some wandering ghost?

"Your Cruciatus Curse won't work on me," Levid said. "But if I used it on you, you might die."

This is the truth.

Levid has been practicing nightmare magic for so long that his soul power has become strong to a certain extent, and the Cruciatus Curse happens to be a spell that acts on the soul.

Under the protection of nightmare magic, with Tom's current magic strength, even if he used the most perfect Cruciatus Curse, he would not be able to penetrate Levitra's "armor".

But with Levitra's magical strength, if he used the Cruciatus Curse, Tom would have a hard time surviving it.

Li Weide couldn't let Tom die in his hands while they were out for a night out.

This would be very troublesome, and Tom's death would disrupt Li Weide's plans for the future.

Therefore, Li Weide let Tom take action, so that both of them can remain unharmed and pass the copy, which is the most beneficial approach.

Tom looked at his wand, lost in thought.

After a while, Tom suddenly said, "Why don't you come and hit me."

"Oh?" Li Weide's eyes flashed with a glint. "Can you tell me why?"

"Didn't I say it? I don't want to learn or use black magic recently!" Tom said impatiently.

"Really? That's a really... awkward reason, Tom. But are you really sure? This might be the only chance in your life to hit me with a spell?"

"Stop talking nonsense, come on, I know that with your control over magic, I can't die! In fact... you are also waiting for me to speak actively, right? You will never be a target for me! I know! In fact, there is no need for you to test me like this! I have said it before, before my strength surpasses yours, I will temporarily follow your lead! If you are not strong enough, you can only bear the bitter fruit of insufficient strength! Although I am weak, I also have dignity!" Tom said gritting his teeth.

Li Weide touched his chin.

Now it can be confirmed that Tom has indeed developed some PTSD due to his own actions.

In fact, Li Weide really had no intention of testing, he just wanted to pass the level without any damage.

But... this kindness is hard to refuse. I would feel guilty if I didn't fight him. Besides, Tom is not in the right state of mind right now, so he might not be able to use the complete Cruciatus Curse...

Thinking of this, Li Weide smiled and raised his wand, "In that case, then well, I'll start on the count of three, you get ready."

Tom took a deep breath. "Come on! Count!"

"Okay... Three! Crucio!"

"Ah!" Tom fell to the ground, curled up like a shrimp, and then rolled over in pain!

You bastard... we agreed to count to three...

And just when Tom was in pain, strands of red lightning were sucked out of Tom's body and fell on the black door!

The next second, the spell "Crucio!" carved on the ground suddenly emitted a red light, and then the black door was opened!

After a long while, Tom finally got up with difficulty.

"I...now I know what it feels like to be living a life worse than death..." Tom said in a hoarse voice.

"So... Tom, after experiencing black magic yourself, do you have any new insights into it?" Li Weide suddenly asked.

Tom remained silent for a long time, then turned to look at the skeleton over there...

"If I said... I don't want to use black magic anymore, would you believe me?"

Chapter 215 The point is, what kind of person do you choose to be?

"Why?" Levid asked calmly, "You've just experienced the power of the Cruciatus Curse firsthand. So, you should understand now... dark magic can be the sharpest sword in your hand."

"Of course I know! But..." Tom frowned and said, "It feels really bad to be cursed, Wade..."

"Tom...you really surprised me!" Li Weide said in surprise. "You are someone who pursues ultimate power, but now you are not thinking from the perspective of the caster, but from the perspective of the cursed! What made you change?"

"I don't know either... Don't look at me like that. I really don't know what I'm thinking. I... It's very complicated. Maybe the pain of the Cruciatus Curse has messed up my mind. Now, I don't know how to express my feelings. It's just... I'm just... very angry! Yes, I only feel angry now!" Tom looked at the bones on the ground again.

"Angry? I think I understand a little bit..." Levid said gently: "You are angry. Why is Slytherin really the same as the rumors say...stubborn, cruel, vicious..."

"I think you're partly right... Because of his boring trial, I was hit by the Cruciatus Curse. And... she..." Tom pointed at the bones on the ground. "Although I have no good feelings towards the Gaunt family, but... I still think that people like her... Nocto Gaunt, should not have died here. And this utterly boring trial of Slytherin is actually screening out people like her... Thinking about her previous naive thoughts... I think what you said before is indeed correct. After all... it was that old Slytherin who let down his descendants."

Tom turned his gaze from the skeleton to Levid. "So... although I've never been averse to the Dark Arts and have always longed to become stronger, now... I suddenly feel disgusted with Slytherin and everything he advocates! So... I don't want the things inside anymore, you can take them. How strange... I used to be proud to be a Slytherin descendant."

Tom said, a look of confusion in his eyes.

He clearly knew how precious Slytherin's heritage was!

He also knew clearly that these things were what he had always dreamed of!

But now... he just felt inexplicably disgusted... deep disgusted.

He would even rather pack it up and send it to his arch-enemy Li Weide.

When did I start to change?

Li Weide said calmly, "I have to emphasize this to you again. Behind this door is Slytherin's study, and inside may be his legacy. With these things, your strength may soon improve by leaps and bounds. Are you sure you really want to give up?"

Tom was silent for a long time before he slowly said, "Admittedly, I did feel the power of the Dark Arts firsthand, but... before that, I also experienced fighting in the same way as Dumbledore! I suddenly realized that doing it like Dumbledore seems pretty good too..."

Tom's eyes became brighter and brighter, and his confusion became less and less.

"You know, even if Professor Dumbledore doesn't use dark magic, he's still the most powerful wizard! So... Wade, the most powerful magic may have already been in my hands..."

"Are you talking about the magic of love that you never believed in before?"

"Yes, the magic of love..."

Livid said happily, "It's good that you suddenly realized this, Tom. But... you still have to learn the Dark Arts, even if you don't want to use them! Even if you hate them... especially these methods left by Slytherin!"

"Why?" asked Tom.

Livid explained, "If you know nothing about the Dark Arts, how can you protect yourself? If your friend is struck by the Dark Arts and you don't understand them, how can you save them? I bet Dumbledore sent you the Dark Arts manuscript with the same thought in mind. Besides... even a wizard like Dumbledore who rarely uses the Dark Arts has a very deep understanding of the Dark Arts."

Tom nodded. "My dad seemed to have told me something similar before... He said that Dumbledore sent me the manuscript so that I could learn how to protect myself, not so that I could use it."

Li Weide smiled and said, "It seems that what your father said is right!"

"Did you miss a word on purpose to take advantage of me?" Tom glanced at Li Weide and corrected him, "It should be 'your dad and me'!"

"Don't worry about this detail, Tom! There are more exciting things now!" Li Weide waved his hand and said.

"What's the matter?" Tom asked doubtfully.

"Haven't you noticed that the strength of your magic power has become stronger again?" Li Weide said with a smile.

"Is there?" Tom frowned and examined himself. "It seems so...but why?"

"Have you forgotten? Magic is subjective... Haven't you experienced this before? Your mind right now is purer than ever before..."

"Really..." Tom quietly savored the feeling at the moment, just like when he was at Riddle Manor.

"In fact, there's nothing wrong with pursuing power, even if you pursue the power of dark magic. What's important is what kind of person you choose to be...where you choose to use your power..."

After Livid finished speaking, he walked into Slytherin's study, leaving Tom standing alone at the door, thinking about issues far beyond his age...

After a while, Tom came back to his senses. He looked at the bones on the ground again and then sighed.

"Well... after all, you are my elder, even if you are a Gaunt... I can't let you sleep in a place like this forever... I guess you also hate being so close to that old guy."

As he spoke, Tom tore a piece of cloth from his robe and used Transfiguration to turn it into a handbag.

Then he used levitation to slowly put the bones on the ground into the bag.

When he had finished packing, Tom put the five letters into his bag as well.

Then he walked into the Slytherin study.

As soon as he entered the door, Tom saw a wall with a carving of Slytherin's head with loose hair.

However, Tom just glanced at it casually and walked up the escalator next to him.

"I finally understand why this trial level is so unreasonable." Li Weide said, holding a yellowed manuscript.

"Oh? What did you understand?" Tom came over with a handbag.

"The trial we just went through was indeed set up by Slytherin, and he indeed set it up for his descendants. Strictly speaking, this is a way to train his descendants! Moreover, this place is only used when Slytherin is in school... In other words, when he built this place, he did not expect that he would leave because of differences in ideas with several other giants. Slytherin originally intended to pass this place down from generation to generation to train his descendants. And with his sudden departure, this place was not passed down." Li Weide explained.

Tom understood a little. "So, in other words, the Slytherins would have been observing their offspring participating in the previous trials, and they also hoped that their descendants would also participate in such trials under supervision?"

"Yes, if I'm not mistaken, every trial should be entered by two people together. That's why he didn't consider the situation where other descendants would break in alone in the future. After all, in the situation Nocto encountered, even if she was Slytherin's favorite descendant who could use black magic without hesitation, there was no way for her to leave this damn place because she came in alone. In that case, the trial would lose its meaning." Livid nodded.

"Then how can he ensure that every subsequent generation will have two heirs..." Tom realized his own folly before he even finished his words. "So... his original plan was that every Slytherin descendant would have to bring a friend to participate in the trial, and then... at the final stage, the only way out would be to use the Cruciatus Curse on their friend?"

Levid snapped his fingers. "All right! And the friends who can be brought along to participate in the trial... are undoubtedly close friends. If you don't have the determination to use the Cruciatus Curse on your close friends without hesitation, how can you use the dark arts well? Of course, if your best friend uses the Cruciatus Curse on you, I think Slytherin will probably be even angrier."

"Tsk..." Tom tutted his words, "Don't you think this is a bit...perverted?"

"Dark magic has side effects. Dark wizards who study it excessively will gradually become mentally abnormal, and become more and more extreme and crazy... Thinking about it this way, it makes perfect sense that Slytherin's style of behavior is so extreme." Li Weide explained.

"So... Wade, since you like studying black magic so much, have you... become a psychopath?" Tom couldn't help but ask.

Levitra is already so difficult to deal with when he is still normal. What if this guy goes crazy...what should we do then?

"No, because I seldom study black magic... Why should I study something that I can learn after just one look at it?" Li Weide spread his hands.

Li Weide's learning ability is indeed very strong. Apart from the nightmare magic that he often studies, he basically masters other black magics very quickly.

"Tsk... you've got me again!" Tom felt envious and jealous...

"Also, although I know a lot of black magic, I don't use it often. Black magic that I don't use won't have much impact on me. So, if you want me to go crazy because of black magic, I guess you will never see it in your lifetime." Li Weide said happily.

"You'd better tell the truth, Weider... I don't want to deal with a madman named Li Weider!"

"Okay...here, take this and put it in her grave when you bury this Nocto Gaunt." Livid handed over a piece of worn parchment.

"What is this?" Tom took it.

"An answer...the answer Nocto seeks."

Tom looked at the parchment. The writing on it had become very faint due to its age.

And the grammar is also very obscure, it seems...

"Is this a page of manuscript left by Slytherin?"

[…I'm afraid they and I are completely different. Not even one person is willing to accept my point of view. I originally thought Godric and I were like-minded, because he also believed that the students we accepted should all be outstanding talents! But the problem is, he's also been brainwashed by such a foolish idea! He said that Muggle-borns have the same potential as pure-bloods! When I expressed my dissatisfaction with his misconception, Godric flew into a rage!

I'm tired of the fighting and the incompetent children shoving and shoving each other in the corridors, pretending they are witches or wizards.

At this moment, I have come to the heavy realization that I must leave this place.

Next, I will place the creature into a deep sleep until awakened by someone who shares my vision. The chosen one will undo the sins that the others have inadvertently committed. Those who are unworthy will only sully my legacy, and my offspring will bear the heavy responsibility of purifying Hogwarts.

"Well... that's the answer... although it might not be what Nocto Gaunt wants. But..." Tom looked at the last part, "What is that creature? Purifying Hogwarts? What does that mean?"

Li Weide said: "Perhaps he left a very powerful creature in Hogwarts, and hoped that a Slytherin descendant with the same idea as him would release the creature and kill all the non-pure-blood students in Hogwarts."

"Is he crazy? If a large number of students die at Hogwarts, Hogwarts will be closed!" Tom said in shock.