Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil

“The strong never make choices themselves… they want it all…” Tom seemed thoughtful after listening to Leif’s analysis.

Suddenly, the door to the Room of Requirement opened.

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Annie walked in.

She glanced at the two people in the room and was about to say something when her gaze fell upon Tom, who was brewing a potion for himself…

Annie blinked, then rubbed her eyes.

She frowned, shook her head, and then retreated, closing the door again.

A moment later, the door opened again…

Annie looked again at Tom, who was stirring the cauldron.

Then, she retreated again…

After this happened three times, Tom finally asked, “Are you performing some strange ritual?”

“No… I don’t know… I think I’m hallucinating. I just saw a cat brewing a potion…” Annie looked again at Tom, who was intently stirring the cauldron. “Okay, I must be sick. The hallucination is still there…”

“It’s not a hallucination, Annie…” Leif said helplessly.

In fact, if Annie hadn't spent almost all of her free time in the past three months searching for the specific location of the magical power, she would have discovered Tom’s changes long ago.

It wouldn't have taken until today to see Tom brewing potions.

However, the fact that she could come to the Room of Requirement today was enough to prove that she had found it…

Otherwise, her expression wouldn't be so relaxed.

After a while, Annie finally confirmed that what she was seeing was not a hallucination, but a real scene.

Then she started watching Tom work, even forgetting the purpose of her coming here…

After Tom poured the brewed potion into bottles, he stood up on his hind legs, holding the bottle, and ran to Leif.

Leif, who was brewing another pot of potion at this time, took his wand and tapped the bottle in Tom's hand.

Then the potion in Tom's hand cooled down completely.

Seeing this, Tom raised his neck happily and gulped it down. After that, he ran back to his nest, sprawled out, and fell into a deep sleep.

Annie witnessed the whole process… She looked at Tom, who was calmly reading a book beside her.

“Tom… this… do you think this is right?”

Tom shrugged, “Many outrageous things, as long as you put them on Leif, you will find… it doesn’t seem so outrageous anymore…”

Anyway, he was completely used to the strange things happening around Leif…

Moreover, since he grew up in an orphanage and hadn't been in contact with the magic world for long, his reaction was far less than Annie's, who had grown up in a wizarding family, when he saw these strange things that didn't even conform to the common sense of the magic world…

“Okay… as long as you’re happy…” Annie could now understand why Grindelwald was so interested in these two guys…

“So, you came here suddenly, is there something you need? Or are you going to practice magic with us?” Tom asked.

“Ah! That’s right! I almost forgot the business!” Annie remembered the purpose of coming to find these two.

“I do have business to discuss with you two!”

Leif and Tom looked at each other and then quietly looked at Annie, waiting for her to continue.

“About that magical power! Grindelwald didn’t take all the magical power away! There is still a lot of magical power hidden in places Grindelwald didn’t discover!” Annie said excitedly.

Leif and Tom tacitly showed a look of great interest and excitement.

“You mean… there is still a lot of magical power that Grindelwald didn’t discover? But how is that possible? There is clearly very little left in the Forbidden Forest!” Leif asked “eagerly”.

“I’ve been investigating this matter recently!” Annie said, “You think there’s no hope, but… I feel unwilling. Then I suddenly thought, since this magical power is hidden in the ruins of the Forbidden Forest, then, the largest building near the Forbidden Forest now… Hogwarts Castle, why wouldn't there be any? Maybe Professor Morgana left some in the castle too?”

“So, you started investigating in Hogwarts Castle?” Leif asked, “Since you had such an idea, why didn’t you tell us before?”

“I… I was afraid you would laugh at me.” Annie said, “What if there wasn’t any in the castle? Wouldn’t that be a waste of effort?”

“That’s true… cough cough, I didn’t mean to laugh at you.” Tom said.

“Since you came to us, it proves that there really is some in the castle, and you’ve already found it?” Leif asked.

“Yes!” Annie said excitedly, “I looked in many places and couldn’t find it. When I was about to give up, I suddenly saw Peeves throwing a dungbomb at the crowd and running through the wall… So, I suddenly thought… these ghosts who shuttle around the castle all day must know a lot of places we don’t know!”

“Oh! That’s right! We can ask the ghosts! How didn’t I think of that? Annie, you’re amazing! You can even think of this!” Leif said with admiration.

“This is indeed a good idea, Annie! You’re so smart!” Tom also began to tacitly flatter Annie.

Annie was so praised that she became a little elated.

In fact, she had racked her brains to find that place, and the sense of accomplishment in her heart was already very high.

Being praised by these two boys who were valued by Grindelwald, she almost floated into space…

“Then I communicated with many ghosts. I didn't dare to directly ask where this magical power was. I just asked them if there were any hidden secret rooms or passages in the castle…” Annie said, taking out a large piece of parchment from her pocket and spreading it out.

Leif and Tom gathered around and found that the parchment was actually a plan of Hogwarts Castle.

Moreover, the word "secret passage" was marked on the walls of many corridors.

Even the location of the Room of Requirement was marked.

This shows that Annie has indeed gained a lot in the past few months.

Even if she didn't find the location of that magical power, she also found many useful secret passages and secret rooms in the castle.

Leif looked at the map with joy. His understanding of most of the secret passages in Hogwarts came from his memories before time-traveling.

He had wanted such a map for a long time, but unfortunately, the Marauder's Map has not yet appeared…

But now… Annie directly put such a map, which recorded various secret passages, in front of him!

This is called unintentionally planting willows that will thrive…

Thinking of this, Leif's eyes glanced intentionally or unintentionally at the girls' restroom on the third floor on the map.

However, there was no secret passage marked there.

Leif didn't find it strange.

Although that is the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets, you have to go through a long pipe first.

Generally, male ghosts avoid places like girls' restrooms.

And most of the female ghosts who occasionally pass by think that it is just a dirty sewer pipe.

They don't take a closer look, so it's reasonable that they don't know the secrets hidden below.

Thinking about it this way… how did Tom, a fifth-year student, discover it?

Could it be that… this guy actually has a fetish for sneaking into girls' toilets?

Thinking of this, Leif couldn't help but glance at Tom.

Tom was confused by Leif's strange gaze.

“It's here!” Annie pointed to a hollow place in the basement of the castle. “The Bloody Baron said that this used to be a very large secret room. A powerful force was once collected inside, and a battle broke out… I think it's very similar to what the manuscript wrote about, where Professor Morgana initially collected this power!”

“Then how do you know that this power is still hidden there? What if the power inside is gone? What if it was taken away by the people who fought? It's not surprising!” Leif asked.

Annie said: “I don't know, but now that we know there is such a place, aren't you willing to go and see?”

All of this was actually seen by Annie in the part of the manuscript she brought back from Grindelwald. Naturally, she couldn't tell Leif the truth directly.

Of course, this part of the manuscript was modified by Leif, making Grindelwald mistakenly believe that after Morgana was killed, that power was re-sealed by the headmaster and professors at the time…

Of course, Annie didn't know this, she still thought it was inside.

“Okay… let's find some time to go inside and take a look.” Leif smiled and said, “Annie, when are you planning to take action?”

“I'll go and investigate again! You guys should also prepare first! I'll come and find you when I've completely figured it out.” Annie said, then packed up the map and left the Room of Requirement.

Looking at the closed door of the Room of Requirement, Tom couldn't help but ask: “What does she mean? Why tell us about this place? Isn't what she's doing completely outside of your plan?”

“Plans are not always set in stone, Tom…” Leif smiled and said, “Rather, the current development of the situation is beneficial to us.”

“Beneficial?” Tom asked: “Isn't what you envisioned in your plan that Annie would tell Grindelwald the location after investigating it, and then lure him here? Why did she tell us about it now?”

Tom suddenly widened his eyes and said: “Could it be… she still wants to covet the magical power inside? Planning to join forces with us, and then swallow the magical power inside, without telling Grindelwald?”

Leif shook his head and said: “If she found the location and didn't tell Grindelwald, and swallowed it all by herself, Grindelwald could easily find out what she had done through her increased strength. So, she doesn't have the guts to do that, so… the biggest possibility is that Grindelwald made the decision to tell us the location.”

“What is Grindelwald telling us this for?” Tom asked suspiciously.

“I don't know… but one thing that can be confirmed is that he wants us to be there when the action is taken.” Leif smiled and said: “And having a suitable reason to be there at that time is very important to me. So, that's why I said that the development of the situation is beneficial to us.”

“You're really not afraid that Grindelwald will kill you!” Tom started to panic. “Where does your confidence come from?”

“I admit that there is a gambling element in it, Tom… but, fortune favors the bold…” Leif smiled.

Seeing him like this, Tom sighed.

How could Leif take risks? He must have made all the preparations…

It's just worrying that among the preparations he has made… does it include himself?