The Dark Lord's Guide to Employment at Hogwarts

Anyway, no one can find this kind of magic now, otherwise... wait until I absorb enough and then tell Nurmengard?

That way, I can become stronger and make great contributions to Nurmengard...

Wait! Wouldn't it be better if I didn't tell Nurmengard at all?

At this moment, Annie's ambition, which she originally had not had, slowly sprouted due to Li Weide's intentional or unintentional reminder...

It can be said that in the face of the temptation of absolute power, no one's loyalty can be relied upon!

What's more, he's a Slytherin!

When the rebellious thoughts arise, I suddenly feel that the world is wide!

It's settled! They can't find it themselves anyway! They don't even know we've found it!

Fortunately... I still remember a lot of what was written in that notebook! As long as I quietly...

Thinking of this, Annie's palms began to sweat!

I don't know if it's because of excitement or because I'm nervous about betraying Grindelwald...

Li Weide glanced at Annie's expression and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

Tom was horrified watching from the side...

It was so easy to let Anne step into the abyss...

This guy is so scary!

Chapter 112 Of course you are the bait, could it be me?

"Why are you guys so late tonight?" Mr. Ogg was very dissatisfied with the three people coming back so late, and there was even a hint of panic in his tone...

In fact, he regretted it soon after letting the three little brats into the forbidden forest.

He didn't know what was wrong with him. After being flattered for a few words, he actually dared to let three underage wizards enter the Forbidden Forest...

He hadn't followed before because the team was led by senior students.

The senior students are fully capable of handling the outskirts of the Forbidden Forest.

But as for the three first-year wizards... I can only say that it’s a good thing nothing happened!

If something really happens... losing his job is the least of his worries, he might even end up in Azkaban!

"Sorry, we just saw a group of moonbeasts dancing on the road. Then we unknowingly watched them for a little longer."

Lies and the like were easy for Li Weide to come up with.

"It turns out to be a moon-crazy beast... No wonder, this little creature likes to dance in the moonlight." Mr. Og had no doubts.

The cute and magical creature, the Moon Beast, is indeed very attractive to little ones of this age.

"Next time I'll take you in myself! It's too dangerous to let you go in by yourselves!" Mr. Ogg said, and sent the three of them back to the castle.

Walking in the empty corridor of the castle late at night, Livid said with some worry: "What should we do... If Mr. Ogg wants to go in with us in the future, it will be difficult. It seems that this search for magical power will have to be suspended for a while. I have to find a secret passage leading to the outside of the castle..."

Tom couldn't help but look at Li Weide again. Wouldn't it be easy for this guy to deal with Mr. Og?

Besides, secret passages and such weren't there before...

Then Tom discovered that Li Weide was looking in the direction of Anne.

In other words, this sentence was still said by Li Weide deliberately for Annie to hear.

Tom came to his senses, closed his mouth, and swallowed back the words he was about to say.

After hearing what Li Weide said, Annie hesitated for a moment and then said nothing.

She had originally wanted to say that she knew a way that led directly from the castle to the Forbidden Forest.

This was the secret passage her aunt told her.

Before, she had always used this route to sneak into the Forbidden Forest.

But after thinking it over again and again, she decided not to tell Li Weide and Tom.

In fact, it would be best if Li Weide and Tom couldn't go with me!

In this way, she can take all the "magic power" by herself!

At night, there are always witches wandering around and searching in the Forbidden Forest.

The reason why they didn't encounter the witch party tonight was because she reported to Nurmengard about her plan to go to the Forbidden Forest tonight.

In order to prevent Levid and the others from discovering his plan, Grindelwald suspended the search activities tonight.

That is to say, as long as she wants to go out and collect magical power in the future.

All we need to do is tell Grindelwald in advance that Levid and Tom will be out at night, and the witches in the Forbidden Forest will stop their actions that night.

In this way... her actions of going out to collect magical power at night will be truly unnoticed!

Thinking of this, Annie was both excited and nervous!

Suddenly, Li Weide asked, "Annie, you look a little excited. Do you know the secret passage out of the castle?"

Anne came back to her senses and quickly shook her head. "No, I don't know either. Tonight is my first time in the Forbidden Forest. How could I possibly know?"

"Oh...Is that so? That's a pity..." Li Weide said with regret.

Tom glanced at Anne with pity.

He knew Li Weide very well, so he knew very well that when Anne answered that she didn't know, she was already in Li Weide's little notebook.

Li Weide is a guy who holds grudges!

Tom has a lot to say about this...

Soon, the three of them, each with their own hidden agenda, fell silent. After a while, they returned to the door of the common room.

"harmonious!"

Anne gave the new password and the door to the common room opened.

As the influence of the mutual aid society expanded, the door order for Slytherin's common room was changed from "pure blood" to "harmonious".

This has to be said to be a great victory for the mutual aid society...

"...Don't worry, we'll find a way out. Um... Good night..."

After Annie finished speaking, she walked towards the girls' dormitory.

Li Weide and Tom watched her back disappear around the corner of the second-floor stairs and did not return to the dormitory immediately.

They found a secluded spot by the window and sat down.

Outside the window of the Slytherin common room is the black lake bottom with the dark green water reflected in it.

Sitting by the window, you can clearly see the fish swimming at the bottom of the black lake.

You can even occasionally see a huge tentacle passing through the darkness...

Li Weide picked up the wand and drew a graceful arc in the air.

Then Tom noticed that the crackling sound in the fireplace, which he could faintly hear just now, had completely disappeared.

Obviously, the sounds here were blocked by some magic that Li Weide did not understand.

"It seems that Annie is not telling the truth."

After making sure that no one would eavesdrop, Tom spoke with confidence.

Li Weide smiled and asked, "This is normal, Tom...Put yourself in her shoes. If you were her, would you tell us about the secret passage?"

Tom was silent. In fact, if he were Anne, he also didn't want to tell others about the secret passage. This way, he could keep the magical power to himself and become stronger quickly!

"Even so...how could she find other locations without your help in estimating the location?" Tom asked after a moment's silence.

"Have you forgotten how familiar she is with the area tonight? You don't think they can't find those places, do you? They simply don't know how to find the powers there... Now that I've provided her with the method, she can naturally leave us alone... and even leave the people behind her alone."

Tom couldn't help but feel a little relieved, relieved that those so-called magical powers were fake, and all this was just arranged by Levid.

Otherwise, Annie might really be able to keep all the magical powers for herself!

At this moment, Tom thought of the "fake" made by Li Weide.

"Those fakes...seem to be really effective?"

"Of course. Don't you see how many precious potion ingredients I used? Even though this stuff is a fake I made, it can indeed improve a person's strength."

"What?!" Tom's eyes widened. "Can this thing really..."

"Don't get excited, Tom... Do you think there's no need to pay a price for suddenly increasing your strength? There are side effects." Li Weide said calmly.

Anyway, the residue did have side effects, so what he said was not completely deceiving Tom.

"So there are side effects..." Tom felt relieved immediately after hearing that. At the same time, he felt even more sorry for Annie.

Not only was I tricked, but I also absorbed fake products with side effects!

Of course...if Tom found out that he was the one who was tricked the most, he would definitely fight Li Weide to death...

"Anyway, we should just wait and see what happens. Let her absorb the energy without worry. When she finds that her power has grown too strong to hide, she'll naturally help us pass the news to Grindelwald..."

Tom nodded. "That shouldn't be a problem, but...if Grindelwald comes, how will you deal with it? Will you tell Dumbledore? How will you explain why you know all this?"

"Tom, if Grindelwald comes, we definitely can't count on Professor Dumbledore." Levid said calmly.

"Why?" Tom asked in confusion.

"Grindelwald knows Dumbledore's power better than anyone else. So... if he wants to come to Hogwarts to cause trouble, he must find a way to transfer Dumbledore away."

"Yeah... Anyway, Dumbledore doesn't know what's going on here. If he's transferred away, there might be no one else in Hogwarts who can rival him except Headmaster Dippet. But Headmaster Dippet is already very old... He might not be a match for Grindelwald either." Tom asked worriedly, "In that case, how do you plan to deal with Grindelwald?"

If I can't defeat him just by attracting him, then there's nothing I can do...

"If I can't beat him, then I can't beat him. Anyway, my goal isn't to defeat Grindelwald... If even Dumbledore can't do it, why is it so strange that we can't do it?"

"So what are you doing..." Tom was now confused.

You spent all your time planning to lure Grindelwald and his witch party here, but in the end, you don't intend to defeat Grindelwald. What's the point of doing this?

"My target has always been the witch party under him. We are just first-year wizards, so we only need to do what we can." Li Weide said with a smile.

"You want to arrest all those witches he brought here? But... can you really defeat so many witches? Besides... I don't think Grindelwald will just sit back and do nothing!"

Tom still felt that this was unreliable. No matter how powerful Li Weide was, he was only eleven years old. It was almost impossible for him to fight so many witches.

"Don't underestimate Principal Dippet. He's been the headmaster of Hogwarts for so many years, and he's lived to such an old age... How could he not have some skills? He'll definitely be able to hold Grindelwald back for a while. We just need to find a way to take down those witches before Grindelwald arrives to reinforce us."

"What difference does it make? If Grindelwald comes, he will definitely bring a lot of witches with him. How can you possibly defeat so many witches in such a limited time?" Tom paused, then continued, "Besides, how do you know that Grindelwald will personally take action against Principal Dippet? If I were him, I would have my men tie up the principal, and then I would go find that power myself!"

"Tom, you are very smart. You even thought of this." Li Weide smiled approvingly.

"Do you have any other ideas?" Tom saw that Li Weide was not surprised at all, and knew that he must have thought of this as well.

"Yes... I have prepared several plans for dealing with this." Li Weide smiled. "What I just told you is just one of the scenarios. Besides, I haven't finished yet... What you were most confused about just now was how we easily defeated so many Wuxiu Party members, right?"

"It's not us... I'm not that confident, it's you..." Tom corrected.

Two people against a bunch of witch-conspirators? Don't drag me into this! I don't want to get killed!

"Tom, fortune and honor are achieved through risk... How can you become stronger if you are such a coward all day long?" Li Weide said, taking out several spherical objects from his pocket and placing them on the table.

"Dung bombs? Do you want to defeat the Witch Party with dung bombs?" Tom was stunned.

A dungbomb is a prank prop that is hated by castle keepers, even if the current keepers are not Squibs.

Because once this kind of thing is smashed open, the smell of manure inside will linger for a long time...

"Tom, don't forget that I'm Professor Slughorn's favorite student now. Do you think there's any way I can get some powerful drug formulas from him?"

Tom suddenly understood. "That's right... We still frequently visit the Forbidden Forest under the guise of confinement, and we even send him some materials from the Forbidden Forest from time to time... All we have to do is say that we plan to use these drugs to knock down those powerful magical beasts, and then get the materials from them..."

He looked up at Levid and continued, "Although Professor Slughorn would definitely not agree if someone else told him this, if it were you... he would definitely give you the formula. Then we just need to make the drug into something like a dung bomb... If it is operated properly, we can naturally take down all the witches..."

Li Weide smiled and said, "Your method is really good. Even I couldn't think of it."

"Um...what are you going to do if Professor Slughorn disagrees?" Tom asked.

"It's okay. In fact, I have the formula for a powerful drug." Li Weide said confidently.

What powerful drug recipe is not included in the potion book rewarded by the system?

"Then why are you asking Professor Slughorn?" Tom asked doubtfully.