Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil

The library.

Leif and Tom found a table by the window.

The quill in Tom's hand flew across the parchment, making a rustling sound.

For him, the Transfiguration essay was still very simple.

Of course, it would be better if no one next to him was frantically flipping through books, making noises to disturb him… …

"I say, can you be quiet? You're flipping through the book so fast, what can you see besides affecting my essay writing?" Tom said dissatisfied.

Hearing this, Leif not only didn't stop flipping through the book, but even sped up.

"What do you know? I call this quantum reading!"

"What's that?"

"Quantum… …Forget it, can you stop bothering me? I'm reading!"

Tom threw his quill down. "Who's bothering who!"

He's not writing this damn essay! He can't write it, he just can't! Whoever wants to write it can write it!

"Okay, I'm done reading. You can write slowly." Leif closed Professor Slughorn's notes.

Thanks to his strong memory, he had carefully flipped through it just now, and had already memorized the main content.

"Where are you going?" Tom frowned and asked.

"Now that I've finished reading the book, naturally I have to go and take care of other things."

"Then aren't you going to write your essay?"

"What's the rush? Isn't it due next week? If you don't rush your homework until the last minute, how can you dare say you've been to school?"

Watching Leif walk out of the library, Tom sighed helplessly. "Inexplicable… …"

Without a doubt, Leif had something on his mind. His conversation with himself just now was just a perfunctory response, without any substance.

Tom suspected that Leif himself didn't even know what he was saying.

Could it be related to that Anne Rosier? Tom's eyes narrowed involuntarily… …

… …

Leif walked quickly through the corridors of Hogwarts, memorizing the route under his feet as he walked.

At the same time, the position of every painting in the corridor, even the position of every statue, was firmly imprinted in his mind.

The paintings in the wizarding world are not inanimate objects. The figures inside not only move, but even talk. It is not strange for them to run into other paintings.

This means that the characters in any painting may become someone else's eyes and ears, just like surveillance cameras.

Therefore, if Leif wants to keep his little secret, then during the upcoming night tour, he must not only avoid the patrolling professors, but also be careful not to be seen by these paintings.

The Disillusionment Charm is not 100% invisibility. When moving, there will still be an outline.

Therefore, he had to pass slowly through places with paintings.

If only he had the Invisibility Cloak from the Potter family… …

Thanks to his strong memory, Leif could memorize many places after just wandering around once.

So, by the time he wandered around until evening and came to the Great Hall to eat, he had already memorized most of the visible paths in Hogwarts.

It was like building a model of Hogwarts in his mind… …

"Leif! Where have you been all day?" Anne asked immediately after seeing Leif.

During the day, she walked around the castle with Leif, but she didn't know what was going on.

She seemed to have been distracted for a while, and in that moment of daze, Leif disappeared… …

Then, she couldn't find Leif anywhere.

It wasn't until Leif appeared at the Slytherin table preparing to eat that she finally saw him.

Leif immediately put on a professional smile. "Ah, Anne, it's so good to see you again… …I have to say, Hogwarts Castle is really interesting. In a moment of daze, your figure disappeared. I've been looking for you all afternoon, but I couldn't find you. Is this castle actually very big?"

These words stunned Anne. To be honest, shouldn't these be her lines?

She really did look for Leif for a whole afternoon!

Anne had no choice but to say: "I see… …It's good that you're okay. I thought you had fallen into some strange place. I heard my dad say that Hogwarts has many hidden secret chambers."

"Hidden secret chambers?" Leif suddenly asked: "Do you know the location of these secret chambers?"

"Uh… …" Anne was slightly stunned. How could she know the location of any secret chambers? She was just saying it casually just now.

"My dad didn't tell me. Maybe he knows… …"

"That's such a pity. If there were any secret chambers, I would really like to take a look. What do you say, Tom?" Leif said to Tom next to him with a smile.

Tom was peeling an egg for Nagini at this time, and was a little confused when he heard this.

"You're talking about secret chambers, why are you suddenly asking me?"

Leif smiled and said: "I'm just very curious. What do you say, when the four founders built Hogwarts Castle, would they have left any secret chambers in the castle, hiding their treasures?"

Anne said: "Don't mention it, it's really possible! Especially Slytherin. In the end, he had an unpleasant falling out with the other founders before leaving Hogwarts. It's really possible that he left something in the castle."

Leif looked at her in surprise, and for a moment didn't know if she knew it originally, or if she really guessed it.

"Even if he left something, it has nothing to do with us." Tom said sullenly, "Anyway, it can't let me learn more things, nor can it make me stronger… …"

"What if what he left behind was his own magical manuscript or something?" Leif said with a smile.

"Hmm… …If that's the case, then it's a bit interesting." A hint of interest also rose in Tom's eyes. "However, the wizarding world has developed for so many years, the magic he left behind at that time may not be as powerful as it is now."

Leif said in surprise: "Tom, you are so clear-headed now that I feel a little strange."

"I have always been very clear-headed, Leif." Tom expressionlessly put the two peeled eggs on the plate in front of Nagini. "Hiss hiss hiss… … (Eat.)"

Anne looked at Tom in surprise. "Were you just talking to the snake?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" Tom asked.

Tom's attitude towards this girl, who obviously has a problem, has always been quite cold.

"Don't you know? Slytherin also speaks Parseltongue! Legend has it that his descendants also speak Parseltongue. Tom, could you be related to Slytherin by blood?" Anne said excitedly.

The originally expressionless Tom suddenly burst out with a strange color in his eyes when he heard this sentence.

"I'm not very clear… …Is what you said true?" Tom asked somewhat eagerly.

"Of course it's true! However, it's not absolute. In history, it's not only Slytherin's descendants who speak Parseltongue. There are also some other wizards who do."

Anne added.

Although Anne said that those who speak Parseltongue are not 100% descendants of Slytherin, it still aroused Tom's strong interest in this.

Leif witnessed all of this from the side, but did not stop it.

He also wanted to know, after learning of his true identity, what kind of changes would occur in this Tom, who had undergone great changes from the original work.

However, Tom getting clues about his background from Annie ahead of time did surprise Leed.

The power of my butterfly wings seems to be quite strong…

This incident also gave Leed a warning, which is that he should not rely too much on his impression of the original work when looking at things in the future.

After dinner, Tom went to the library again, and immediately began looking for books after arriving.

However, this time the books he was looking for were not spells or transfiguration books.

He was looking for history books, as well as books about the inheritance of the Slytherin family!

…

Leed did not go to the library with Tom.

For Leed, the books in the Hogwarts library available to students no longer held much appeal.

Only the Restricted Section could attract him.

In the Restricted Section, there were black magic manuscripts and books collected by Hogwarts over the years, which were basically impossible to buy outside.

Moreover, in terms of the number of books, the Somnolent family's collection could not be compared with the Hogwarts Restricted Section's collection at all.

In addition to this magical knowledge, the most important thing was that his upperclassman's notes were hidden in the Restricted Section!

Of course, it was impossible to go to the Restricted Section during the day.

If a student wanted to borrow a book from the Restricted Section, they first had to get a professor's signature, and then tell the librarian what book they wanted to borrow.

Then the librarian would go to the Restricted Section, take the book out, and hand it to the student.

During this time, students were absolutely not allowed to enter the Restricted Section, and even approaching it would result in a warning!

Therefore, if you want to sneak into the Restricted Section, you have to take some unconventional measures…

Leed had already scouted the location during the day, so he decided to go to the Restricted Section tonight and get his upperclassman's notebook first.

After that, he would enter the Forbidden Forest and find the hotspots of ancient magic according to the records in the notebook.

"Why aren't you talking?" Annie's words interrupted Leed's thoughts.

"Oh, it's nothing, I'm just a little tired," Leed said casually.

At this time, they were returning to the Slytherin common room together.

Because Leed was curious about her purpose in approaching him, he did not refuse to contact her.

Currently, they were considered friends…

It should be said that Annie was temporarily his and Tom's first friend upon entering Hogwarts.

"I'm also quite tired after walking around for a day, so let's rest early today, we have classes tomorrow…"

"Okay…"

"Pure-blood."

As soon as the password was spoken, the door opened immediately.

Just as the door was opened, they happened to see two people walking out of the door.

"Hey, Leed!" Alphard greeted Leed with a bitter face.

As for why he had a bitter face, it was entirely because a girl was forcefully grabbing his ear…

Leed took a look, wasn't this the girl who called him a Mudblood outside Platform Nine and Three-Quarters before?

"Hello, Alphard, your… hairstyle is quite unique," Leed said with a smile.

Alphard was on the verge of tears, "Save me!"

"It's you again!" Walburga looked at Leed angrily.

There was no way around it, Leed's words at the time had too much of an impact on a proud pure-blood wizard.

"Ah, Miss Black, we meet again. I wonder, where are you taking my roommate?" Leed asked.

"I'm teaching my brother a lesson! It's none of your business!"

"Okay, if you say this is a family matter, then it really has nothing to do with me, but… Alphard is my friend, and I still hope he can get the dignity of a pure-blood wizard," Leed used Snape's aria-like tone again.

When Walburga heard Leed use this infuriating tone again, she immediately took half a step back as if she was having a conditioned reflex.

It was a pity that Alphard's ear was still in his sister's hand. This step back directly made Alphard grit his teeth in pain.

"What do you mean?" Walburga asked with a cold face.

"I mean, as a pure-blood, and one who comes from a pure-blood family with a distinguished history, elegance should be a characteristic engraved in the bones. But… I haven't seen anything related to this word in the Black family…"

"Sure enough, my opinion that day was not wrong," Leed looked at Walburga with pity again, "It's a pity, as a pure-blood wizard, you don't know what elegance is at all. The Black family makes me feel disappointed."

"You…" Walburga was so angry, but the hand holding Alphard's ear involuntarily let go.

Alphard straightened his back with a sigh of relief, constantly rubbing his reddened ear.

His eyes were full of gratitude when he looked at Leed.

Because Leed not only saved his ears, but also said what he had always wanted to say in his heart.

His sister, as a pure-blood family's young lady, would resort to violence when she got angry! Not elegant at all!

"On the contrary, look at my friend Annie. As a young lady from the Rosier family, she has always maintained the elegance of a pure-blood wizard. I have never seen her angry or lose her composure."

Annie, who was watching the show from the side, was suddenly mentioned and was caught off guard.

However, facing Walburga's thorny gaze, she could only return a restrained smile…

It has to be said that as a child of the Rosier family, Annie was indeed very temperamental.

This smile made Walburga feel ashamed of herself, and Alphard was even more stunned.

"I… I…" Walburga, whose self-esteem was greatly hit, suddenly turned red in her eyes, and then, without saying a word, she turned and left.

Alphard looked at his sister's back, "Leed, you are really amazing! I have never seen my sister… she always makes others cry. Now, she was actually made to cry by you…"

Leed raised his head and said: "That's because your sister has now fully realized her shortcomings and feels ashamed. When she can understand what the qualities of a pure-blood family are, I can still be friends with her."

"Alas… your Li family is really amazing. As expected of an ancient pure-blood family in the East, you are always so elegant. Our family can't compare at all!" Alphard sighed.

Alphard now firmly believed in Leed's nonsense outside Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, after all, even his old man was scared away at the time.

Leed didn't say much about it. It was actually a good thing that these people believed that he had an awesome family.

However, Annie, who had been watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but light up her eyes.

Ancient pure-blood family in the East? The Li family?