Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil

“I spent a great deal of effort to find these manuscripts from the restricted section…”

In the Room of Requirement, Levid handed out the manuscripts to Tom and Annie to look at.

Since the establishment of the club, they rarely came here.

So, besides the three of them, there was no one else here.

Tom looked at the manuscripts in surprise.

In just half a month, he didn't expect Levid to actually find so many clues!

He thought that Levid would directly use the instrument seized from the goblins to slowly find those magical powers!

But on second thought… if Levid wanted to pass information to Nurmengard through Annie, he couldn't mention the seized instrument… that would expose him.

Finding another reason… such as news obtained from the manuscripts in the restricted section, would be more convincing.

So… is Levid's recent plan targeting Nurmengard?

Tom looked at the manuscript in his hand again… his eyes full of doubt.

This thing doesn't look fake… Could it be that in order to target Nurmengard, Levid actually found all the information about that kind of magic power in the restricted section?

“Although these manuscripts are not complete, I can still roughly deduce some locations…”

Levid added, “However, since I didn’t find more information about Professor Morgana… I don’t know if those magical powers are still there after so many years… whether she took them away, or whether there are still some remnants.”

Annie looked at the manuscripts, her face was fairly calm, but her heart was full of suspicion.

Because most of the locations recorded in the manuscripts were the same as those recorded in the notebook she had previously stolen from the restricted section!

Moreover, she had personally explored most of those places!

It's just a pity that there was nothing there.

However, she finally got the answer from Levid.

The reason why the places she had explored were empty should be that Professor Morgana herself, or other people who discovered this power, had taken them away.

After all… Professor Morgana was a figure from many years ago, and after so many years, it is not surprising that many things have changed…

Annie couldn't help but feel a little anxious, what if… all of this magic power is gone?

“Levid, can you deduce all the locations where this magic power might exist?” Annie asked anxiously.

Levid said with some embarrassment: “It’s difficult, Annie. Even if I have collected a lot of manuscripts, the clues are still too limited.”

“That’s right…” Annie also felt that she was a little impatient.

No matter how capable Levid was, it was impossible for him to find all those locations based on these incomplete manuscripts.

Moreover, judging from the few locations deduced by Levid, the notebook she took out might have come from Professor Morgana!

In other words, the locations recorded above may all be the locations of this magical power!

Therefore, she might not need to get more addresses from Levid at all!

Thinking of this, Annie's mood became clear again!

She couldn't wait to report this information to Nurmengard!

“Although there are only a limited number of locations at present, we can explore them first. Maybe we can find some new clues in addition to some magical powers!”

As Levid spoke, he looked at Tom, “Tom, are you coming?”

Tom understood and nodded directly: “Of course! Only a fool wouldn’t want something that can improve their strength!”

Levid smiled and looked at Annie, “What about you?”

“I… of course I’m going too! I’m not a fool!” Annie replied quickly.

In fact, Annie didn't really want to go, because she had actually been to most of the locations listed by Levid.

Moreover, there was nothing in those places!

In other words, if Levid went, he was destined to gain nothing.

However, she couldn't refuse.

She was so interested just now, if she suddenly didn't want to go now, it would be too suspicious!

“Okay! There’s no time like the present! Tonight… Tom and I have to go to the Forbidden Forest for detention again. After going to the Forbidden Forest so many times, we can be considered to be initially familiar with the environment of the outer Forbidden Forest.”

“So, this time we can choose a new route halfway to explore this location! It doesn’t matter if we delay a little time, we can just tell Mr. Ogg that we accidentally got lost.”

Levid pointed to an address on the parchment.

This location can be said to be the closest to Hogwarts among these locations.

And Annie recognized this place at a glance.

She remembered that the first place she explored was this place…

Annie asked: “Well… you all have legitimate reasons to go to the Forbidden Forest, but what about me?”

She found this to be a good reason to refuse to go together.

“Don’t worry, I’ll go find Professor Slughorn. I’ll just say that you are also full of curiosity about the Forbidden Forest and want to go and see it, and let him find a reason to give you a detention in the Forbidden Forest too!” Levid said with a smile.

Annie's smile froze, “Then… I really thank you…”

These words of thanks were said through gritted teeth.

You devil! Who would actively apply for detention! And… you even applied for me!

The weather is so cold, isn’t it comfortable to stay in bed at night and rest?! Why do I have to go to the Forbidden Forest to catch a cold!

Annie was grief-stricken, knowing that she had just been allowed not to go to the Forbidden Forest to catch a cold at night, but unexpectedly now…

Then it would be better not to hand in the notebook! That way, the credit would be greater!

“Then it’s settled happily! Annie, you go back and prepare to go to the Forbidden Forest first. You have never been inside before.” Levid said considerately.

“Okay… see you tonight.” Annie said with a forced smile.

“By the way, the fewer people who know about this, the better… This kind of thing that can significantly improve strength is too sensitive, and it is an irresistible temptation for anyone.” Levid warned.

“Okay…”

After Annie left the Room of Requirement.

Levid stood up and silently thought in his heart: “I need a temporary passage to the secret passage on the fourth floor.”

The Room of Requirement suddenly changed.

Then, in Tom's surprised gaze, a new passage entrance appeared on the original wall…

…

“Click!”

In the secret passage, Tom quietly watched the passage behind him close again.

The surroundings instantly fell into a dark silence.

Suddenly, a soft yellow light lit up in the secret passage.

Levid held a lit candle in his hand, illuminating the darkness around him.

“If you have any questions, you can ask them now.” Levid asked, holding up the candle.

Tom asked: “Why don’t you use your wand to illuminate, but choose to light a candle?”

Levid was stunned for a moment, “I gave you a chance to ask questions… Are you sure you just want to ask this question?”

“Of course not! I mean… okay, I want to ask you, why did you tell that Rozier about the location of that magical power? You know, if she knows, then Nurmengard will know too!”

“I know you might have a reason for doing this… but… I still hope your reason can convince me. Of course… if you don’t want to explain, that’s up to you… anyway, I can’t beat you!”

Obviously, Leiv’s actions made Tom very dissatisfied.

Tom could be said to be determined to obtain this kind of magical power that could increase his strength.

Therefore, when Leiv killed those goblins at the beginning, he had no objections at all.

If it were him, he would have done the same.

Because only in this way could he secretly intercept this power and then quietly become stronger…

However, after waiting for so long, Leiv seemed to have finally found where this power was, but… he lightly told Grindelwald this extremely important secret!

Regarding this point, Tom couldn’t understand it no matter what!

The meat was already at his lips! And he just threw it away? Are you kidding me?!

Regarding Tom’s impolite questioning, Leiv remained calm.

Because Tom didn’t know the truth.

If Leiv were in his position, he would also be furious at himself.

“The reason is very simple, Tom… that kind of magical power is gone.” Leiv replied calmly.

There is no mistake in every word, every sentence, every content, and every view!

Tom’s expression suddenly froze.

His passionate emotions were originally like a raging fire!

But now… it was like a bucket of cold water had been poured on it…

“But… but… the manuscripts you gave her… could it be that those manuscripts are also fake?”

Tom was so shocked by this news that it took him a long time to recover, and he couldn’t even speak fluently.

That was the magical power he had been looking forward to for a long time, the one that could make him stronger the fastest!

And now you’re telling me it’s gone?

Then how am I supposed to surpass Leiv and take revenge?

Oh, Leiv said this himself?

Then I don’t believe a word you say!

“The manuscripts I gave to Annie are indeed real, because these magical powers did exist.”

Leiv held the candle in his left hand and took out a few pieces of broken paper that seemed to have been burned from his pocket again with his right hand.

“However… the information I searched is not limited to the previous ones. There are also these… I didn’t show them to Annie.”

Tom took the broken pieces of paper and began to read them.

These papers seemed to be someone’s diary, but the diary had been burned, and a lot of information was missing.

However, Tom still discovered key information from the fragments of the diary.

For example, this magical power was created by Professor Morgana using some illegitimate means.

Moreover, Professor Morgana was also killed because of these powers.

Finally, most of this magical power was absorbed by the goblin Ragnok.

The last of these diary fragments more completely recorded the final battle of the goblin Ragnok…

“…Those absorbed magical powers dissipated into the air with Ragnok’s death…”

Reading this, Tom was petrified.

“Yes, it dissipated.” Leiv said calmly.

With Leiv’s words, the light in Tom’s eyes also disappeared…

In fact, those manuscripts and these diaries were all real, and they were personally handed over to Leiv by his senior.

Among them, those diaries were also his senior’s own diaries.

Leiv tore off a few pages from them, but the key parts were deliberately burned by Leiv.

For example, after the sentence, “…Those magical powers dissipated into the air with Ragnok’s death…”, there was actually another sentence, but it was burned.

That sentence was, “…Then I gathered them again…”

Yes, it dissipated, but his senior gathered them again and absorbed them…

Looking at it this way, it’s not a complete deception of Tom, being absorbed is also the same as being gone.

“I don’t believe it… you’re a very bad guy…” Tom murmured.

Leiv frowned, “Tom, no matter how good that kind of magical power is, it’s just an external force. Do you think that you can’t become stronger without these external forces? If your desire to become stronger is so fragile, then I will be very disappointed.”

Hearing this, Tom felt like he had been splashed with a bucket of cold water again.

But this time it wasn’t to extinguish his enthusiasm, but to make him sober.

That’s right… I, Tom, am not weaker than anyone in my life! Even the Dark Lord Leiv, I am confident that one day I will defeat him!

How could I be so dejected because of the loss of a mere external force?

“Hmph… who’s fragile! I’m just… slightly regretful!” In Tom’s eyes, there was light again.

“…That’s the Tom I know… it’s just an external force, if Professor Morgana could create it, can’t we create it too?” Leiv said with a smile.

“That’s right! We can definitely create it too!” Tom completely broke free from his previous decadence.

It must be said that, apart from his own life, his obsession with becoming stronger surpassed everything.

“In this way, you can probably understand why I told Annie these messages, right?” Leiv asked.

Tom returned the fragments of the diary to Leiv.

“Yes, I know… actually, when you were saying those words to Annie, I guessed whether you were going to target Nurmengard…”

Awakening from his decadence, Tom’s IQ once again occupied the high ground.

Leiv nodded in approval: “Tom, that old fool Grindelwald not only attacked us before, but also burned our house… Now, it’s time to give him a little taste of his own medicine.”

“You want to use that magical power as bait, right?” Tom asked.

“Yes, Tom, if it were you, what would you do?” Leiv asked in return.

“I would try to dig a grave for them and then let them step into it themselves! But….” Tom frowned slightly, “That kind of power is already gone, how are we going to convince them?”

“Tom, leave this to me. I haven’t just been looking up information during this time. I’ve already made some fakes according to the descriptions in the information… It might not be enough to fool Grindelwald, but it’s still not a problem to fool Annie…” Leiv smiled.

“You can make such fakes?” Tom looked at Leiv suspiciously.

If these fakes could really improve strength, then they wouldn’t be fakes!

“It’s very simple, just spend a little money, get some potions that can strengthen the body, mix them with euphoria, and then use Transfiguration to vaporize the potions into clouds. I’ve tried it myself before, and the effect is very good… As long as Annie absorbs these potion vapors, under the preconceived notion that her body and spirit have improved, she will definitely have the illusion that she has become stronger.”

Hearing this, Tom gave a thumbs up, “As expected of you, Leiv, you are really cunning!”

“Tom, I suspect you are cursing me.”

“Is this something that needs to be suspected, Leiv?”

I'm coding late today, and the next chapter will be posted a little later.