The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

Li Weide smiled and said, "You're right, but... maybe doing this a thousand years ago wasn't illegal..."

"So... that monster is still alive? Hiding in some corner of Hogwarts?" Tom suddenly felt a little creepy.

Seeing the smile on Li Weide's face, Tom suddenly asked timidly, "Are you... setting your sights on that monster again? I won't go this time, even if you kill me!"

"No, Tom, I have no interest in that creature. In fact... I have no interest in all the manuscripts here. After I read through them, I will tell Dumbledore about the existence of this place, of course, including the matter of that creature." Levid said with a smile.

Tom raised his eyebrows. "After you read it once? You can memorize it after reading it once..."

Well, this is better than dragging myself to find that unknown monster and experiencing the excitement of dancing with death again...

"Are we leaving now? I think I found a door." Tom found a door in the middle of the second floor of the study.

He knew that there must be other doors out here. Otherwise, would Slytherin have to walk through that long and boring maze every time he came into the study?

"Give me an hour, Tom... I need to look through these manuscripts carefully. Maybe there will be information about blood-cursed orcs in Slytherin's interesting black magic experiments." Levid said as he flipped through the ancient manuscripts.

Tom glanced at the book in front of Li Weide. Those horrific illustrations made Tom's sanity plummet and he almost vomited...

"How dare you describe this horrific black magic experiment as 'interesting'? How dare you keep insisting that you're a good person..."

Chapter 216 The Truth About Slytherin's Disfigurement

While Levid was looking through the information left by Slytherin, Tom was naturally not idle either.

Although he now feels a bit disgusted with his ancestor, he still has great curiosity about him.

So, Tom took advantage of his free time to wander around the Slytherin study.

The furnishings in the study are actually very simple. Apart from the Slytherin badge, there is also Slytherin's own portrait on the wall.

It can be seen that Slytherin is indeed a very self-centered wizard.

Tom picked up a manuscript from the bookshelf and began to read it.

Fortunately for Tom, this manuscript did not record those horrific black magic experiments, but was a collection of papers.

The author of these papers is a man named Devin Jorgenson.

After flipping through it for a while, Tom discovered that this collection was actually a "workbook".

Because behind each paper, there are comments from Slytherin himself.

These annotations are very detailed and thorough.

It can be seen that Slytherin really teaches sincerely when facing students he thinks are worthy of the qualification.

And there are many more bound volumes like this on this bookshelf.

No wonder Li Weide didn't take these manuscripts to look through. There should be no information about the blood-cursed orcs in these Slytherin-assigned assignments.

Then Tom put down the manuscript and began browsing another bookshelf.

This bookshelf has been half emptied by Li Weide, and it contains the horrifying black magic experimental materials that Li Weide is currently studying.

The remaining ones seemed to be books on dark magic spells compiled by Slytherin.

Tom picked up a book at random and opened it.

[The Bone Extraction Curse, a fairly good little curse. The victim's bone marrow will be forcibly extracted. The spell is...]

Tom gasped. This was a little curse?

So, are those so-called minor evil curses that can make people's front teeth bigger just children's games?

Tom glanced past the graphic and gory illustration at the end of the page and quickly turned the page.

[The Black Mist Curse, a curse discovered accidentally, summons a strange, cursed black mist. After testing it on one hundred Muggles, the following conclusions were drawn about the effects of this curse...]

"Hiss..." Tom's eyelids twitched as he read, and he turned over more than ten pages without finishing the book.

Because the illustration of this curse experiment alone takes up more than ten pages!

Soon, Tom came across a new dark magic curse.

The Blood Moon Curse, a curse I discovered in a mysterious tomb, has been so demanding that I haven't yet experimented with it. The first requirement is that a Blood Moon ritual be performed during a Blood Moon. As of this writing, I haven't encountered a Blood Moon yet. However, I'm documenting this curse in the hope that my descendants can experiment with it when a Blood Moon arrives. First, we need to prepare the teeth of bats that have fed on human blood. Second... and finally, we need to bring the teeth of the person we want to curse to the altar... The steps are as follows... Once the curse is in effect, the owner's missing teeth will grow back quickly, but at the same time, their bloodline will be cursed, forever and forever, and even their descendants will suffer from restlessness... As for the curse's effects, the information found in the tomb doesn't explain them. I hope future generations can add this information after experimenting. However, since this curse has been documented, perhaps those cursed or their descendants are still alive. I hope to encounter one so that I can test and determine its specific effects...

"Wade! I found something! Maybe it is related to the curse of the blood-cursed orcs!" Tom couldn't help but say in surprise.

Li Weide raised his head and asked, "What did you find?"

Tom walked over quickly and put the book in his hand in front of Li Weide.

Li Weide browsed through it quickly. The record about the Blood Moon Curse was not long, because it was not a magic created by Slytherin himself, but a magic he discovered, and it had not been tested.

Soon, Li Weide finished reading, and there was a hint of excitement on his face. "Blood curse! Blood-cursed orcs also have a blood curse, don't they?"

"Yes! Is the blood curse on Nagini caused by this blood moon curse?" Tom asked.

"I don't know either... But looking at the description above, it does look very similar." Li Weide continued flipping through the spell book.

Tom said regretfully, "Tsk, what a pity! The information Slytherin recorded is very limited. Even he didn't know the effect of the curse, let alone how to break it."

"Perhaps, we can find a way to find the strange tomb he mentioned first..." Li Weide said thoughtfully.

Tom frowned and said, "Are you planning to explore again?"

"No, since even Slytherin says that place is weird, it is enough to prove the danger... Let alone not finding the place, even if you know the location, it is best not to take risks." Li Weide said seriously.

The more Levid learned about the dark magic of this world, the more cautious he became.

Because he had seen too many strange and bizarre black magic curses...

Even Li Weide, who has a cheat, can't say that he will never be caught.

After all, he doesn't have a health lock.

Didn't someone as powerful as Dumbledore fall victim to a dark magic curse from Voldemort?

"What should we do? Tell Professor Dumbledore and let him go exploring?" Tom said subconsciously.

"No matter how powerful Dumbledore is, he is still a human being. There is no guarantee that he will not be infected," said Levid.

Tom said in frustration, "So...are we just going to watch?"

"I have some new ideas, Tom... Don't be in a hurry. Let's find that place first!" Li Weide said thoughtfully.

Seeing this, Tom didn't know what to say. Levitra was right. Dumbledore was also a human being. If he was allowed to explore, it would be bad if he got caught.

After all, Dumbledore is currently the backbone of the wizarding world. With Grindelwald at the peak of his power, Dumbledore's safety is of vital importance.

If anything happens to him, no one will be able to stop Grindelwald...

Even Levid wasn't ready to face Grindelwald head-on. Tom could see that the blueprint Levid had in mind hadn't been fully implemented yet...

Tom pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Wade, can you trick Grindelwald into helping with the exploration? After all, no one would feel bad if he died..."

Livid glanced at Tom in surprise. "Your idea is indeed a good one, but Grindelwald is no fool. How can he be used as a pawn by you so easily? Moreover, he has just suffered a great loss..."

"Ah... that's a pity." Tom said with regret on his face.

Li Weide smiled and said, "It seems that you have a lot of opinions about that old guy."

"Of course! If it were you, anyone who dared to point a magic wand at your neck would have been melted by you long ago, right?" Tom sneered.

"That's right. I never hold grudges overnight. Even if I can't defeat him, I have to make him suffer," Li Weide said with a smile. "Alright, enough talk. Take this book out first, and then you can look for other books to see if there are any records about that strange ancient tomb. Or, even better, if you can find information directly about the Blood Curse Orcs."

With a goal, you have motivation.

Tom also changed his casual strolling mentality and began to concentrate on reading the books left by Slytherin.

Even the students' homework was carefully examined by him.

Li Wei De quickly finished flipping through the experimental manuscripts and joined Tom to start looking through Slytherin's other manuscripts.

With Li Weide's joining, the speed of looking up information is much faster.

Soon, they found some clues in a travelogue-like manuscript left by Slytherin.

[…I gained a lot from this trip to Eastern Europe, especially that ancient tomb! I have to say, that tomb is truly the strangest place I've ever seen! Thanks to that place, I might have to use a cane for the rest of my life… I can't even completely remove this damn curse by myself! But I'm over sixty this year, so using a cane isn't really strange. I guess that Godric guy won't laugh at me, right? Forget it, I'll go see Helga and Rowena the next day. Maybe they'll know something…]

Thank God! With everyone's help, I finally got rid of the curse! However, my handsome looks are gone forever. That guy Godric actually said I looked like a giant monkey. I know he didn't mean it, but I still challenged him to a fight. His sword is sharp, but my cane is just as strong...

"That place is in Eastern Europe, and there is a curse in it that even Slytherin cannot break on his own... Tsk tsk, I didn't expect that Slytherin became ugly because of this..." Levid muttered, repeating the key points in the manuscript.

"You're right, Wade. Even Dumbledore can't guarantee that he can get out of this place safely... It takes the four giants to work together to completely lift the curse inside?" Tom was shocked.

"Well. We can only take a long-term view..." Li Weide pondered.

"Should we tell Dumbledore about these clues?" Tom asked.

"Of course we have to tell him. We don't need to hide everything. If we reveal some secrets appropriately, we can get greater help." Li Weide said as he sorted out the manuscripts.

"Okay...what did you gain over there? Apart from this blood moon curse?" Tom asked again.

"Yes, yes." Li Weide took out a copy from the experimental manuscript over there and stuffed it in front of Tom's nose.

"I don't want to see..."

"Okay, I forgot you couldn't understand. This is an experiment about rebuilding the body... I was thinking, if Nagini's bloodline has always been cursed, then maybe I can create a new body for her... Of course, this is a last resort."

Hearing this, Tom quickly took the manuscript and started to browse through it.

"The bones of my father, donated unintentionally... The blood of my servant, donated voluntarily..."

"Oh! Sorry, I got the wrong one. This should be it!" Livid snatched the manuscript from Tom's hand and gave him a replacement. "Slytherin has done a lot of research on this topic. I just got it mixed up."

Chapter 217 Why don’t you transfer to Gryffindor?

"Okay, okay..." Tom handed the experimental manuscript back to Li Weide with a pale face.

After all, Tom is still young and can't bear to see such bloody things.

Li Weide didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and even felt that the Slytherin's knife-cutting technique in the illustration needed improvement.

After all, he used to study biological sciences, and work like anatomy was basic skills.

"Let's go, it's time for us to leave." Li Weide said after putting the books and manuscripts back in their original places.

"You don't have anything?" asked Tom in surprise.

"I've memorized everything, so you don't need to bring it... Oh, and don't forget the remains of Nocto Gaunt. You must bring them with you. We need to find a good place to bury them."

Tom: ...

After this tiring trip tonight, although Levid said on the surface that he didn't need Slytherin's inheritance, he still gained the most...

Tom himself almost lost his life, but gained almost nothing except some insights.

He didn't even find some of the rewards that Nocto Gaunt was supposed to have on him.

Obviously, after Nocto Gaunt, someone else came, and the reward on her body must have been taken away by that group of people.

However, there was nothing he could do about it. After all, Levid did not take all the Slytherin inheritance for himself as he had imagined.

It's just that he himself doesn't want to accept those things anymore.

Otherwise, even if he took a few spell books now, Li Weide would not stop him.

After observing the door in front of him, Li Weide reached out and pressed the snake pattern on it.

Then, the wall in front of him began to rotate, revealing a small compartment at the back.

Tom didn't think any more and followed Li Weide in.

As they walked into the compartment together, the compartment began to rotate again. The wall that had just been moved out again, but Li Weide and Tom were moved in.

As the cubicle stopped rotating, Li Weide felt that the cubicle suddenly began to move upwards! Just like an elevator in the Muggle world.

"Crash!"

After the cubicle stopped rising, the door in front of it opened.

Li Weide and Tom hurried out.

Then, they saw a familiar corridor and the familiar door to the Slytherin common room opposite!

Li Weide turned around in surprise and saw a very small snake carving on the wall that had been closed again behind him.

When Li Weide turned it again, he felt as if something had scanned his body. The next second, the closed wall opened again!

"I see. It seems that only those who have passed the trial path can open the door of the study from here." Livid turned to Tom and said, "If you want to find a good place to learn the dark arts in the future, you can go directly to Slytherin's study."

Tom shook his head. "I don't want to go near this place again... and after telling Dumbledore, we may not be able to come here quietly anymore."