Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil

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

"Of course, I know! But..." Tom frowned and said, "The feeling of being cursed is really unpleasant, Levid..."

"Tom... you truly surprise me with that statement!" Levid said in astonishment, "You, someone who pursues ultimate power, are now considering the problem from the perspective of the cursed, instead of the caster! What has changed you?"

"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 with my brain. Right now, I don't even know how to express my feelings. It's just... I'm just... angry! Yes, I only feel anger right now!" Tom looked at the skeleton on the ground again.

"Angry? I think I understand a little..." Levid said gently, "You're angry because Slytherin really is as the world says... stubborn, cruel, and vicious..."

"I think you're partly right... Because of his boring trial, I suffered a Cruciatus Curse. And also... she..." Tom pointed to the skeleton on the ground, "Although I have no fondness for the Gaunt family, I still think that someone like her... Nocoto Gaunt, shouldn't have died here. And Slytherin's utterly boring trial is actually filtering out people like that... Thinking about her naive thoughts from before... I think what you said before was indeed correct. In the end... Slytherin, that old thing, still let down his descendants."

Tom shifted his gaze from the skeleton to Levid. "So... although I wasn't originally against dark magic, and I was very eager to become stronger, now... I suddenly feel disgusted with Slytherin and everything he advocated! So... I don't want what's inside. You can have it. It's strange... I was originally proud to be a descendant of Slytherin."

As Tom spoke, a hint of confusion appeared in his eyes.

He clearly knew how precious Slytherin's legacy was!

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

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

He would even rather pack it up and give it to his nemesis, Levid.

When exactly did he start to change?

Levid said calmly, "I have to emphasize this to you again. Behind this door is Slytherin's study, and perhaps his inheritance is kept inside. With these things, your strength might improve by leaps and bounds immediately. Are you sure you really want to give up?"

Tom was silent for a while before slowly saying, "Admittedly, I did just personally feel the power of dark magic, but... before that, I also experienced fighting using Dumbledore's fighting style! I suddenly realized that doing things like Dumbledore seems pretty good too..."

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

"You know, Professor Dumbledore is still the most powerful wizard even if he doesn't use dark magic! So... Levid, the most powerful magic might already be in my hands..."

"Are you perhaps talking about what you didn't believe in before... the magic of love?"

"Yes, the magic of love..."

Levid said cheerfully, "It's great that you suddenly have this realization, Tom. But... you still need to learn dark magic, even if you don't want to use it yourself! Even if you feel disgusted... especially these methods left behind by Slytherin!"

"Why?" Tom asked.

Levid explained, "If you don't understand dark magic at all, how can you protect yourself? If your friend is cursed by dark magic, and you don't understand dark magic, how can you save them? Presumably, Dumbledore sent you the dark magic manuscripts with that in mind as well. Moreover... even a wizard like Dumbledore, who doesn't use dark magic much, has extremely deep research into dark magic."

Tom nodded, "My old man seemed to have said something similar to me back then... He said that Dumbledore sent me the manuscripts so that I could learn how to protect myself after learning them, not to use them."

Levid smiled, "It seems that your old man, me, was right!"

"Are you deliberately missing a word to take advantage of me?" Tom glared at Levid, then corrected him, "It should be 'your old man and I'!"

"Don't worry about the details, Tom! There's something even more joyful right now!" Levid waved his hand and said.

"What is it?" Tom asked suspiciously.

"In fact, there's nothing wrong with pursuing power, and it's harmless even if you pursue the power of dark magic. The important thing is what kind of person you choose to become... What you use your power for..."

After Levid finished speaking, he walked into Slytherin's study, leaving Tom alone standing at the door, contemplating problems far beyond what he should be considering at his age...

After a while, Tom finally came back to his senses. He glanced at the skeleton on the ground again, then sighed.

"Alright... after all, you're my elder, even if you're a Gaunt... I can't let you be buried in a place like this forever... Presumably, you also hate being so close to that old guy."

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

Then, using the Levitation Charm, he slowly put the skeleton on the ground into the bag.

After he finished tidying up, Tom also put the five letters into the bag.

After that, he walked into Slytherin's study.

As soon as he entered, Tom saw a wall with a portrait of Slytherin with his hair disheveled.

However, Tom only glanced at it indifferently and walked up the stairs next to it.

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

"Oh? What do you understand?" Tom walked over with the handbag.

“The trial we just went through was indeed set up by Slytherin, and it was indeed set up for his descendants. Strictly speaking, this is a way to train his descendants! Moreover, this place was only used when Slytherin was at school... In other words, when he built this place, he didn't expect that he would leave because of disagreements with the other giants. Slytherin originally intended this place to be passed down from generation to generation to hone his descendants. But with his sudden departure, this place was not passed down,” Levid explained.

Tom understood a little, "So, Slytherin would have been observing his descendants participating in the previous trials, and hoped that his descendants could participate in such trials under supervision?"

“Yes, if I'm not mistaken, every trial should have two people entering together. Therefore, he didn't consider the situation that other descendants would break in alone in the future. After all, the situation Noco encountered, even if she was Slytherin's favorite descendant who could use dark magic without hesitation, she couldn't leave this hellish place because she came in alone. In that case, the trial would lose its due meaning,” Levid nodded.

“Then how could he ensure that every generation after would have two heirs…” Tom hadn't finished speaking when he realized his stupidity. “In other words… he originally planned that every Slytherin descendant should bring a friend to participate in the trial, and then… at the last level, only by using the Cruciatus Curse on one's friend could one get out?”

Levid snapped his fingers, “Exactly! And the friends who can participate in the trial together… are undoubtedly close friends. If one doesn't have the determination to use the Cruciatus Curse on one's close friend without hesitation, how can one use dark magic well? Of course, if one is used with the Cruciatus Curse by one's good friend, I think Slytherin might be even more angry.”

“Tsk…” Tom clicked his tongue, “Don't you think this is a bit… perverted?”

“Dark magic has side effects. Dark wizards who over-research dark magic will gradually become psychologically perverted, and people will become more and more extreme, more and more crazy… Thinking about it this way, it is completely understandable that Slytherin's style of doing things is so extreme,” Levid explained.

“In that case… Levid, you like to study dark magic so much, could it be that you have… started to become psychologically perverted?” Tom couldn't help but ask.

The still relatively normal Levid is already so difficult to deal with, what if this guy goes crazy… what should I do?

“No, because I rarely study dark magic… Why study something that I can learn after reading it once?” Levid spread his hands.

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Levid's learning ability is indeed very strong. Apart from Nightmare Magic, which he often studies, he basically masters other dark magic very quickly.

“Tsk… you got to show off again!” Tom only felt envious, jealous, and hateful…

“Moreover, although I know a lot of dark magic, I don't use it often. Dark magic that is not used will not have a big impact on me. So, if you want me to go crazy because of dark magic, I guess you won't be able to wait for it in this lifetime,” Levid said happily.

“You better be telling the truth, Levid… I don't want to deal with a crazy Levid!”

“Okay… here, take this and put it in her grave when you bury this Noco Gaunt.” Levid handed over a tattered parchment.

“What is this?” Tom took it.

“An answer… the answer Noco was looking for.”

Tom looked at the parchment. The handwriting on it had become very faint due to the long years.

And the grammar is also very obscure, it seems to be…

“This is a page of Slytherin's manuscript?”

【…I'm afraid the differences between me and them are already vast. Not even one of them is willing to accept my views. I originally thought that Godric and I saw eye to eye, because he also believed that the disciples we accepted should all be outstanding talents! But the problem is, he was also brainwashed by that kind of foolish idea! Saying that Muggle-borns have the same potential as purebloods! When I expressed my dissatisfaction with his erroneous notion, Godric flew into a rage!

I am tired of fighting and don't want to see those incompetent children pushing and shoving in the corridor, pretending to be witches or wizards.

At this moment, I have deeply realized that I must leave this place.

Next, I will put that creature into a state of slumber until someone who shares my views awakens it. That chosen descendant will reverse the sins committed by others inadvertently. Those who are not qualified will only tarnish my legacy, and my descendants will take on the responsibility of purifying Hogwarts.】

“Hmm… this is indeed the answer… although it may not be what Noco Gaunt wanted to see. But…” Tom looked at the last paragraph, “What is that creature? Purifying Hogwarts? What does this mean?”

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

“Is he crazy? If a large number of student deaths occur at Hogwarts, Hogwarts will be closed!” Tom said in shock.

Levid smiled and said: “You are right, but… doing this a thousand years ago might not be illegal…”

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

Seeing the smile on Levid's face, Tom suddenly asked timidly: “You wouldn't… be planning to get the idea of that monster again, would you!? I won't go this time even if you beat me to death!”

“No, Tom, I am not interested in that creature, in fact… I am not interested in all the manuscripts here. After I read them once, I will tell Dumbledore about the existence here, including the matter of that creature, of course.” Levid smiled.

Tom raised his eyebrows, after you read them once? You can memorize them all after reading them once…

Okay, well, this is better than dragging himself to find that unknown monster and experiencing another thrilling dance with death…

“Are we leaving now? I seem to have found the door to go out.” Tom found a door in the center of the second floor of the study.

He knew that there must be other doors to go out, otherwise, would Slytherin have to walk through that long and stuffy maze every time he entered the study?

“Give me an hour, Tom… I have to read these manuscripts carefully. Maybe there will be information about Blood-Curse Werewolves in Slytherin's interesting dark magic experiments.” Levid said while reading those ancient manuscripts.

Tom glanced at the books in front of Levid. Those terrifying illustrations, Tom only glanced at them, and his sanity dropped wildly, almost making him vomit…

“You actually use ‘interesting’ to describe this kind of terrifying dark magic experiment? How can you be embarrassed to keep emphasizing that you are a good person…”