The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

"Tom, leave this to me. Go back to your room and rest."

Li Weide took the rag from Tom's hand and waved at him.

Tom looked up suddenly and looked at Li Weide with disbelief in his eyes.

To be honest, I don’t know what’s wrong with Li Weide these past few days. He’s been so focused on doing good things…

It would be fine if he just went crazy, but he actually forced himself to come and help!

To be honest, Tom is so grown up, and even though he is also a member of the orphanage, when has he ever done any work?

Even when he was assigned to do some work, he would ask other children to "take the initiative" to help!

but……

Who made him unable to beat Li Weide?

But I didn't expect that after I endured humiliation and did odd jobs behind Li Weide for a few days, this bastard actually let me go back and rest early today for the first time?

Something's wrong! There must be a conspiracy!

"No... I'm not tired at all, really. I can still continue working." Tom silently took back the rag and then showed a standard smile.

Although I don’t know what bad intentions Li Weide is up to, as long as I don’t do what he says, I will not suffer any loss!

"Huh? I was thinking about other things and didn't hear clearly what you said just now?" Li Weide looked at Tom.

Facing Li Weide's kind gaze, Tom's smile gradually disappeared...

Well, I don’t know if I will suffer in the future if I don’t do as Li Weide said, but now... I will definitely suffer!

"I mean, I'm a little tired. I'll trouble you with the following tasks."

Tom returned the rag to Li Weide with great sincerity, and then quickly disappeared around the corner of the stairs.

Of course, Levid didn't ask Tom to go back to his room for no reason. If Dumbledore wanted to see Tom later, it would be better to do it in Tom's room.

After all, Levid still wanted to see the famous scene where Dumbledore burned the wardrobe.

Li Weide put down the rag and turned to rush to his room.

In order to prevent Dumbledore from coming to his room first, he had to hide the bottles and jars he had hidden under the carpet somewhere else. After all, a great wizard of this level would always see some traces that others could not see.

The system mall hasn't actually refreshed any good stuff these days, mostly potions and some strange materials.

These things can be bought in the wizarding world, so after Li Weide selectively bought some potions for backup, he did not buy any others.

During these few days, Li Weide discovered another thing, that is, if he did some good deeds himself, the increase in merit points seemed negligible.

However, if Tom were to be dragged along to do it... the result would be completely different!

Li Weide guessed that the more evil the person he forced to do good things was, the more merit points he would get.

Perhaps, it was because of his own actions that the probability of him doing evil in the future became less?

After all, the system had previously mentioned this when giving me 100 merit points, apparently because I had changed some aspects of Tom's life trajectory...

Of course, this is just a guess, and Li Weide plans to find another villain to try it out later.

However, also for this reason, after Li Weide dragged Tom through some "labor reform"... he successfully accumulated a full 300 merit points!

Oh...Tom, may Merlin protect him!

After hiding the medicine, Li Weide returned to the corner of the stairs as if nothing had happened and picked up the rag.

Just at this moment, Mrs. Cole walked out of the office with a rosy face, and Dumbledore followed slowly behind her. Obviously, they had finished their discussion.

"Oh...Weid." Mrs. Cole called out to him immediately after seeing Li Weid.

As Mrs. Cole approached, Livid smelled the scent of gin and thought that her rosy face was due to alcohol.

"This is Mr. Dumbledore... Sorry, Dumbledore... He's here looking for you and Tom. He's here to tell you... Well, let him tell you. Where is Tom?"

Facing Dumbledore's gentle gaze, Lewes replied, "Tom has gone back to his room to rest."

"What's your excuse this time? Oh... Never mind. He has changed a lot since he started playing with you... What else can I ask for? God, when have I ever seen Tom helping other children? This must be your credit, dear." Mrs. Cole was very emotional.

Ever since Li Weide came, the eccentric Tom seemed like a different person.

Not only did he stop bullying other children, he even joined Li Weide in helping other children in the yard!

He never missed any of the chores in the orphanage.

Mrs. Cole was somewhat puzzled but mostly relieved to see such a drastic change in a bad boy in just a few days.

"Mrs. Cole, actually I didn't do anything. Tom is a kind person. It's just that in the past, he was a little introverted and didn't know how to communicate with others." Li Weide said with a smile.

'Well, Tom has always been kind and reserved in front of me.'

Kind? Introvert? Is this referring to Tom?

Mrs. Cole couldn't help curling her lips, but now that there were outsiders around, she didn't say anything else.

"I still have a lot of things to do. Since this gentleman is looking for both of you at the same time, you should take him to Tom's room..."

"Mrs. Cole~"

Before Mrs. Cole could finish her words, Ellie's voice was heard again in the distance.

"Coming!" Mrs. Cole responded loudly, then looked at Li Weide helplessly. "Are you okay?"

"Of course no problem." Li Weide nodded.

After Mrs. Cole hurried away, Levitra looked at Dumbledore. This was the first time he was alone with Dumbledore.

Just by looking at Dumbledore, Levid knew that although this man looked gentle, he was definitely not someone to be trifled with.

It was an instinctive feeling, like looking up at a high mountain from the foot of the mountain... filled with an indescribable sense of oppression, giving people a feeling that it was difficult to climb.

Li Weide said politely: "Sir, please come this way."

Having said that, he turned around and walked towards Tom's room.

Dumbledore followed immediately, and Lewd was keenly aware that Dumbledore's eyes were always on him.

"Aren't you curious about why I'm looking for you?" Dumbledore suddenly asked from behind.

"Of course I'm curious."

"Then why don't you ask me anything? You don't seem like an introverted child."

Dumbledore was indeed a little confused. Generally speaking, children of this age have a strong curiosity.

Since he knew that he was looking for him and Tom, why didn't the kid ask a single question along the way?

"Since you're looking for both me and Tom at the same time, it must be about the same thing. If that's the case, then when you see Tom, we can talk about it together so you don't have to repeat yourself."

"Well... that's true, but I don't mind repeating myself a few more times. After all, what I'm about to tell you can't be explained in just a few words."

Dumbledore looked at Levid's thin back with interest. He had seen many eleven-year-old children, but he had never seen a child as calm as Levid.

Moreover, Mrs. Cole said that this child with an oriental face was picked up from the street and had never talked about his past.

Mrs. Cole guessed that he must have experienced unspeakable pain in his past, so she did not delve into his background. However, his words and actions showed that his background was definitely not ordinary.

This made Dumbledore curious about Levitra. Perhaps this child came from a pure-blood family in the East?

"I heard... Tom did a lot of bad things before he met you, but after meeting you, he suddenly changed? How did you do it?"

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Chapter 9: Tom, stand up and don’t lose face!

"He can't beat me."

Levid stopped and turned to meet Dumbledore's blue eyes.

Dumbledore was slightly stunned. Levid's answer could be said to be very reasonable.

"We're here." Li Weide said again.

Dumbledore then realized that they were standing in front of a wooden door.

Li Weide pushed open the door of Tom's room as if he was returning home.

"Tom, this... Mr. Dumbledore wants to talk to us about something." Levid walked in.

Levander deliberately mispronounced Dumbledore's name because Mrs. Cole had mispronounced it when she introduced him just now.

Dumbledore grudgingly corrected him, "Actually, my name is Dumbledore, Albus Dumbledore. Professor."

Tom sat on his blanket, holding a book in his hand, and looked at the guy who called himself a professor with some caution.

Dumbledore held out his hand. "Hello, Tom."

Tom hesitated for a moment, looked at Levid again, and then stretched out his hand to shake hands with Dumbledore.

Dumbledore pulled over a chair and sat down, while Levid sat directly on Tom's bed.

"Professor? Is that similar to 'Doctor'? What are you doing here?" Tom said, looking at Li Weide warily again.

"I'm Professor Dumbledore, and I work at a school called Hogwarts. I've come to take you to my school... or your new school, if you will."

After hearing what Dumbledore said, Tom reacted very strongly. He jumped up from the carpet and hid far away from Dumbledore, his face full of anger.

"Who are you? What are you doing here? Tell the truth!" He said the last three words loudly, as if he was giving an order.

He glared at Dumbledore with wide eyes, but Dumbledore just smiled pleasantly and didn't answer.

"Who are you?" Tom asked again word by word.

Dumbledore said patiently: "I have just said that I am Professor Dumbledore..."

"No! Don't try to fool me! You're from the mental hospital, right? 'Professor', yes, of course! I'm not going, got it?"

Tom was speaking excitedly, when suddenly his eyes fell on Li Weide, and his expression changed instantly.

Thinking of Li Weide's unusual behavior today, asking him to come back early to rest, Tom instantly understood the "truth"!

"...You called him here, right? You're finally going to attack me, right? Yes, you're going to send me to a mental hospital! You...you're so cruel!"

Dumbledore looked at Levid with a strange look.

Li Weide shrugged, "You know, we fought."

Considering what Levid said before, that Tom couldn't beat him, Dumbledore's look became even stranger.

It is obvious that the incident between Li Weide and Tom was definitely more than just a fight.

Judging from Tom's stress reaction, he must have been severely oppressed by Wade...

"I'm not from a mental hospital," Dumbledore turned and said patiently to Tom again. "I'm a teacher. If you can just sit down quietly, I'll tell you what Hogwarts is like. Of course, if you don't want to go there, no one will force you..."

"And..." Dumbledore glanced at Li Weide again, "Besides you, Weide is also among those I invited."

"That means he...he will go too?" Tom looked at Dumbledore suspiciously, then at Levid.

"Tom, could you calm down a little, stand up straight, and not lose face?"

Li Weide's words made Tom blush. He was so startled just now, which was really embarrassing...

After seeing Tom finally calm down, Dumbledore continued, "Hogwarts is a school that accepts students with special abilities..."

To Tom, this description sounded too much like a mental hospital!

"I'm not crazy..." Tom had just started to speak when he met Li Weide's calm gaze again.

He finally closed his mouth, swallowed the second half of his sentence, and let Dumbledore continue.

"…it's a magic school."

"Magic?" Tom repeated the word softly.

"Yes."

"It turns out that what I know is magic..." Tom looked at his hands excitedly.

"What can you do?" Dumbledore asked with interest.

"Anything," Riddle panted, a flush of excitement appearing on his hollow cheeks, and he looked very enthusiastic.

"I can make things move without touching them. I can make animals obey me without training. I can make people suffer if they annoy me. I can hurt them if I want..."

Tom, dancing with joy, hadn't finished his words when he met Li Weide's gaze again and again, and his excitement instantly subsided...

"...Except Levid! That bastard!" Tom calmed down and sat down slowly again.