Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil

“But I have to face it…” Tom said, “I could ignore it before when I didn’t know, but now that I’ve finally gotten a clue, there’s no way I can do nothing.”

Leif smiled and said, “That’s why I support you going. I’m just reminding you to be mentally prepared. Many impoverished pure-blood families live worse than beggars, even descendants of Slytherin.”

Tom nodded and then asked, “Enough about me. What about you? Did you find what you were looking for?”

The smile disappeared from Leif’s face. “There was a bit of an accident…”

Tom was a little surprised. It was the first time he had seen Leif come up empty-handed after making such detailed plans.

Leif looked towards the door and suddenly said, “Actually, I should have brought Nagini…”

“Why?” Tom asked疑惑.

“Sometimes, things that people can’t see, snakes might be able to sense,” Leif said meaningfully.

Tom looked at Leif again in confusion. This guy always said things that made people feel inexplicable at inexplicable times.

“We should go,” Leif said.

Tom responded, put the books on the table back where they belonged, and followed Leif.

The same Disillusionment Charm, the same mysterious magic, the same route.

The return trip was much smoother than the journey here.

They neither encountered patrolling professors nor Peeves.

When they quietly returned to the dormitory, it was already past four in the morning. Alphard and Henry were sound asleep.

After Leif said good night to Tom, he tapped his head with his wand and instantly fell asleep.

This stunned Tom. This guy was too ruthless, actually casting a spell on himself to fall asleep quickly!

Nagini, at the head of the bed, flicked her tongue, looked at the sleeping Leif, and pulled the blanket over to cover him with her mouth.

Tom sighed and lay down as well, but after a while, he sat up helplessly. “Could you at least do it for me first? I can’t sleep either!”

…

“Senior, your notebook is missing.”

Leif fell asleep so quickly because he wanted to discuss this matter with his senior.

Because the timing was too strange. They had just prepared to retrieve it, and it was taken away beforehand!

They knew, no third person knew about this matter besides the two of them!

Moreover, they were discussing this matter in a dream!

The senior's nightmare magic was terrifying. She was always the one invading other people's dreams. How could anyone invade her dreams?

If there really was such a person who invaded the senior's dream and also knew the things they discussed, then why did he only take a notebook?

Wouldn't it be better to just catch them both? One of them was only the strength of an ordinary adult wizard for the time being, and the other was still an old ice cube. With such abilities, taking care of them both would be a piece of cake.

This matter was full of weirdness and unreasonableness!

“I originally put that notebook in the Restricted Section on a whim. I didn’t tell anyone,” the senior’s voice was weary.

“Could it be that someone learned the location of the notebook from your lost consciousness?” Leif asked.

“No… that doesn’t make sense either. My consciousness is similar to an insect’s antennae. It’s the net I send out to observe the world and doesn’t contain any memories,” the senior shook her head, denying Leif’s guess.

“Then that’s strange… how could someone know these things in advance… Wait. In advance…” Leif suddenly thought of something.

“In advance… Are you saying that someone saw something in a prophecy?”

“That’s right. Otherwise, there’s no way to explain it!”

The senior nodded. “Indeed… Divination, can indeed see some fragmented images of the future… Perhaps, he only saw the location of my notebook. He hasn’t seen anything else yet…”

“Divination…” Leif sighed. “As far as I know, there seems to be only one person who can foresee to this extent.”

“Who?”

“Gellert Grindelwald… From what I understand, he once publicly predicted that a war between Muggles was coming. Facts have proven that the Muggle world is indeed about to go to war…”

“Gellert Grindelwald. I know this name… Do you have dealings with him?”

“Unfortunately, I had dealings with him before, and he seems very interested in Tom and me…”

“He should be considered the most influential dark wizard in the world right now. I understand people like him very well. He won’t be interested in anyone for no reason… You need to be careful!” the senior said seriously.

“Are you saying… he actually saw something in a prophecy, so he came to England to find us?” Leif pondered. “Indeed… How could someone like him really just be curious about Dumbledore’s motives and go to such great lengths to deal with two underage wizards like us…”

The senior said, “If it’s just Grindelwald, it might already be good news. At least, you haven’t been targeted by the guy who plotted against me…”

Leif said, “I must find out who took that notebook.”

“Do you have a way?” the senior asked.

Leif smiled. “If I took the notebook, I would definitely go to the locations in the notebook to take a look. Moreover, the only people who can enter the Restricted Section like this are people inside Hogwarts…”

The senior said, “I understand. It’s just that there are quite a few locations in the notebook, and I don’t remember many of them…”

Leif smiled. “Do you remember the first few locations in the notebook?”

“Of course. That was my first time exploring ancient magic, and I still remember it vividly.”

“That’s good. I think most people should start reading from the first page, right? But, if he starts reading from the middle, then I’ll just have to consider myself unlucky…”

“Are you planning to wait for the rabbit to appear? But didn’t you say that the notebook was taken away beforehand? Perhaps, he’s already been there?”

“Probably not. The traces left by the notebook are still very fresh. It definitely hasn’t been taken away for more than three days, and we’ve only been in school for less than two days. This person probably hasn’t had time to explore these places yet. In other words, I still have a chance to catch him!”

“Okay, then be careful.”

“Don’t worry, as long as he’s not Grindelwald himself transformed and sneaked in, I should be fine.”

…

Leif still woke up at eight in the morning and washed up refreshed.

Nightmare magic allowed him to remain energetic even after sleeping for only a few short hours!

Then, he saw Tom in the washroom with dark circles under his eyes.

“Good morning, Tom. You look great!” Leif said cheerfully.

Tom: …

“I’m kidding. Perhaps you need a cheering potion,” Leif took out a potion he had prepared earlier from his pocket.

Tom's resentment decreased a lot after seeing the potion.

However, when he took the potion from Leif's hand, Leif's hand did not retract.

"Top-quality invigorating potion, only 5 Galleons!"

Tom's eyes widened: "You're charging me?"

"Don't blame me, Tom. Small business, I have to spend money to stock up! You probably wouldn't be thinking of asking for credit, would you?"

"Even if you're charging, isn't 5 Galleons a bottle a bit too expensive?"

"Come on, you have to let me earn a little, right?"

"Invigorating potion is at most 1 Galleon a bottle, and you're asking for 5 Galleons? I refuse to be strong-armed!" Tom threw the potion back.

Leif hurriedly caught it: "Hey, if it breaks, you still have to pay!"

"But it didn't break, did it?"

"Alright, alright... Are you sure you don't want a potion to perk you up? There are a lot of classes today."

Tom shook his head, his eyes firm, "I'd rather die of exhaustion! Be blown up by a cauldron in Potions class! Jump off the Hogwarts castle tower and die from the fall! I wouldn't drink a single drop of your potion!"

Leif gave a thumbs up, "Good! You've got guts! But for Potions class later, you'll have to find someone else to team up with. I need to stay far away from you..."

Tom laughed, a laugh that was a little creepy. "You think you can run away?"

...

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This morning was Potions class, and it was a double period. And in the afternoon, there was a double Herbology class.

It could be said that today's classes were simply hell for Tom, who hadn't slept all night.

Tom finished breakfast and forced himself to go to the Potions classroom.

Leif was still trying to sell his invigorating potion to Tom, but unfortunately, Tom was very resolute and would definitely not let this profiteer Leif succeed!

On the way to the classroom, they ran into Annie again. After listening for a while, Annie decisively spent 5 Galleons to buy the invigorating potion from Leif.

After seeing Annie drink the invigorating potion, Tom quietly used the Ear-Whispering Charm to say to Leif: "Looks like we weren't the only ones who couldn't sleep last night..."

Leif hummed in agreement, looking at Annie's back in thought...

...

The Potions classroom was in the basement.

At the classroom door, several Slytherin first-years couldn't help but take a few steps back when they saw Leif and Tom. Their eyes were full of horror.

Leif smiled immediately when he saw them. Weren't these the guys that Tom had beaten to a pulp yesterday? Except for the older students, the rest were all there.

After they walked into the classroom, they realized that it wasn't just the guys who had been beaten up.

The other pure-blood students looked at Leif and them with strange eyes.

Fear, mixed with a hint of alienation and rejection.

They looked at Leif and whispered...

However, even though their voices were soft, Leif still heard everything thanks to his excellent hearing.

Clearly, yesterday's fight had already spread. Moreover, for some reason, the fact that Leif came from a mysterious Eastern pure-blood family had also been spread!

Leif suddenly understood. No wonder these guys were alienating and rejecting him. It must be because of the domestic pure-blood families' resistance and rejection of foreign pure-blood families.

After all, Leif, an outsider, had beaten up their own people, which was equivalent to them being attacked at their doorstep!

Neither Leif nor Tom cared much about this. If they weren't convinced, they would just beat them up again...

Slytherins generally admired the strong. Beating them up a few more times when the opportunity arose should be effective. On this point, Leif and Tom's opinions were unprecedentedly一致.

Tom expressionlessly found a seat at random.

Leif said, "Annie, why don't you sit in the middle?"

"Wouldn't that be bad? Me sitting between you two?" Annie said a little embarrassedly.

"The view is better in the middle," Leif said seriously.

Tom said coldly, "He's afraid that I won't be alert enough and the potion will explode on him!"

Upon hearing this, Annie very rationally rejected Leif's request. No one wanted to be hit by a potion explosion!

"Tom... do you really want to die together?" Leif said helplessly.

"Hehe..."

"I'll switch seats," Leif stood up.

But just then, Professor Slughorn walked in with a smile.

"Class is starting, everyone find a seat and sit down."

Leif turned his head and realized that almost all the seats in the classroom were full...

And he couldn't sit in the Gryffindor seats next door...

"Alright, let's just die together," Leif sighed and sat back down next to Tom.

"I've always believed that Potions is the most magical subject. All kinds of seemingly unrelated materials, when mixed together, can have all kinds of magical effects..." Professor Slughorn began today's lesson.

After briefly introducing Potions, Professor Slughorn moved a few cauldrons and placed them on the podium.

"Can any of you recognize what potion is in here? If you can recognize it, it proves that you have previewed the textbook well! I will have an extra gift!"

As soon as Professor Slughorn's words fell, the classroom became noisy.

Obviously, everyone was very interested in Professor Slughorn's mysterious gift!

"Does anyone volunteer to come up and identify them? Looking through the book now doesn't count," Professor Slughorn looked at the Slytherin students.

As the Head of Slytherin House, he naturally hoped that this reward would stay in Slytherin.

Seeing that everyone was a little hesitant, Professor Slughorn said, "How about everyone come up and take a look, and then write the answers on paper..."

Before Professor Slughorn could finish speaking, two people raised their hands.

Professor Slughorn looked up and immediately showed a satisfied smile.

"Leif, Tom, since you've raised your hands, then come up together. Then write the answers on parchment. If you're both wrong, then we'll let everyone else come up and take a look."

Professor Slughorn did this with the first-years every year, and it was also to find students who really liked Potions.

After all, those who could preview the boring Potions textbook before entering school were all students who were very interested in Potions.

Leif and Tom immediately walked up. Both of these guys knew that Professor Slughorn clearly looked at them differently.

Perhaps this professor would become a great help to them at school in the future, so catering to him was also for future plans.

To put it bluntly, they couldn't let the teacher be left out in the cold. Moreover, the two also vaguely guessed what the teacher wanted to do.

Sure enough, after Leif and Tom finished writing and came down, Professor Slughorn excitedly said, "All correct! I have to give you two 20 points each!"

Leif and Tom looked at each other, both thinking in their hearts, as expected! After being deducted so many points, they had to find more opportunities to earn them back!