Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil

Chapter 193: Ministry of Magic High Inquisitor at Hogwarts—Grindelwald!

Actually, seeking help from Grindelwald wasn't Lywood's last resort.

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That night, after figuring out the loopholes in his own thoughts, Lywood specifically inquired with his senior.

How exactly to cleanse the curse in his bloodline!

At that time, his senior gave him a new idea.

He still remembers very clearly how much shock that sentence his senior told him brought.

"After I get out of trouble, let's go find vampires together. In this world, there are no creatures who understand bloodline curses better than them. They might have something you need."

This sentence greatly changed Lywood's understanding and perception of the world!

Lywood subconsciously thought that vampires should be very weak.

However, his senior instructed him to wait for her to come out before going with him?

This is enough to show how much his senior valued vampires!

You should know that even when she knew he had to face more than a dozen members of the Purist Party alone, his senior only taught him the Avada Lightning Chain.

But when it came to these vampires, she actually had to go herself? And she told him not to approach them... …

However, when Lywood continued to inquire, his senior didn't reveal anything else, only telling him that he must not go looking for vampires himself, those monsters were not as simple as they seemed on the surface!

His senior has been trapped for so many years, and the Nightmare Magic carried her consciousness, wandering in this world for a long time, and she has indeed spied on many secrets... …

Therefore, Lywood still trusts his senior's statement. Since she values them so much, there must be a reason for it.

Moreover, there are indeed not many chapters about vampires in the original novel.

Even in this real wizarding world, records about vampires are surprisingly scarce!

People's impressions of them are also very stereotyped.

They only say that they have pale skin, and although they drink blood, they can also eat ordinary food, such as pies or something.

However, they are not afraid of sunlight... …

Strictly speaking, they are not completely human, but the living dead... … They should be classified as magical creatures.

Like werewolves, being bitten by a vampire can also infect you and turn you into a new vampire.

However, the contagiousness of vampire virus is not as strong as that of a fully transformed werewolf.

Because of this, their status in the wizarding world is also very low, only a little higher than werewolves.

This is also why Lywood subconsciously thought they were weak... …

After all, dealing with vampires is still the content of the first-year Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

But now, according to the information revealed by his senior, Lywood faintly realized that perhaps what he is seeing now is only the tip of the iceberg of this world!

"Fortunately, Wade can temporarily maintain Nagini's state, otherwise... …" Newt's words pulled Lywood back from his memories.

"Where is Nagini? I want to see her," Tom said.

Lywood stood up and said, "She's in the basement, but since the recovery plan failed, she can come out too. It's not good to be cooped up inside all the time."

Lywood took Tom to the basement, and then stood quietly aside watching Tom talk to Nagini in Parseltongue.

Looking at Nagini's snake body, Lywood's thoughts drifted again... …

"Bloodline curse... … bloodline pollution... … vampires... … Is it possible... … that the reason why vampires become vampires is also a kind of bloodline curse? Hiss... … Scary to think about!"

… …

After Tom stayed at Newt's place, he really had several battles with Lywood.

Yes, battles, not sparring.

Although Tom was eventually beaten like a pig's head, he was extremely excited in his heart.

Being able to make Lywood not hold back is enough to prove that his progress has indeed made Lywood lose his composure!

This proves that the gap between himself and Lywood has indeed narrowed!

After the battle, when he saw Lywood reluctantly praising his fighting style, Tom felt extremely happy!

Of course, apart from the first few battles being real fights, later Tom and Lywood's practice method was changed back to sparring.

Tom really couldn't take it anymore... … Being beaten hurts, this is an iron law!

Three or four days passed quickly. Tom is indeed a genius, and with Lywood's help, his dueling skills have greatly improved.

"With your help in practice, the progress is indeed much faster than practicing with my father."

That day, Tom rubbed his body that was aching from being hit by Lywood's spells, and said with a grimace.

Lywood smiled and said, "Actually, there's no difference, Old Tom is your father, and I am also your godfather! Come and thank Daddy!"

Tom rolled his eyes, "Don't force me to curse you when I'm happiest... … Lywood... …"

"Do you want to go see that depressed dragon?"

"No... … I'm not interested," Tom refused Lywood's suggestion.

He had actually gone to see it once before.

That depressed dragon seems to be a hybrid, because it has several dragon bloodlines in its body, so it seems extremely precious.

You should know that it is extremely rare for two different types of dragons to produce a hybrid.

And that depressed dragon, according to its degree of hybridization, not to mention its parents, even its grandparents, and maternal grandparents, are not of the same kind of dragon!

Because of this, after this dragon got sick, it was specially sent to Newt's place.

It is too precious! It has great research value!

Otherwise, for ordinary dragons, if they are really sick, or have depression, a disease that can bring instability at any time, they are usually directly killed to obtain materials... …

There is a special "Dangerous Animal Disposal Committee" that handles these magical creatures that can lose control at any time.

"Forget it if you're not going, I'll go myself. This is a rare opportunity to see the world!" Leif said with great regret.

Tom sneered: "See the world? More like scavenging for materials, right? What parts of that dragon have you got your eye on now?"

"Nonsense! How can you slander me out of thin air?" Leif tried hard to argue.

"And you even wanted me to go with you… planning to push me out to take the blame if something happens, right?"

"Tom, do you really think that's the kind of person I am?"

"Maybe even worse? Come on, stop pretending. Who doesn't know who around here? I'm telling you right now, I'm not falling for it!"

"You unfilial son! You're going to be the death of me!"

… …

The remaining days of the vacation quietly slipped away.

September 1, 1939.

This day, besides being the day Leif and Tom had to go to school, was also… the day a certain failed art student started causing trouble!

That day at dawn, Germany launched a blitzkrieg against Poland… The Muggle world was at war.

When Leif and Tom appeared at King's Cross Station, the speed at which people were walking was noticeably hurried.

Everyone's face was filled with fear and confusion about the future…

War, no matter when, brings suffering to the people!

However, Leif and Tom could do nothing about it now.

Not just them, the entire wizarding world was standing idly by…

Participating in the war would mean potentially violating the International Statute of Secrecy.

And most wizards were unwilling to expose the wizarding world to Muggles.

Moreover, everyone hated war, including wizards. Who would want to give up their comfortable life to fight?

What did the Muggles' war have to do with them, these wizards?

Of course, there were also some particularly patriotic wizards who participated in the war, just like during World War I.

However, wizards who participated in the war could only do so as ordinary people, and were absolutely forbidden from using magic!

Forbidden from using magic… there was no difference between wizards and Muggles, and the chances of dying in battle became just as high…

As a result, even fewer wizards participated in the Muggle war.

Leif and Tom also felt the oppressive atmosphere.

They hurried past the Muggles and arrived at Platform 9 3/4.

Unlike in the past, this time there were several Aurors standing next to the invisible wall of Platform 9 3/4.

Their mission was to protect the young wizards and their parents who were coming to board the train.

The Muggles were at war now, and although it shouldn't reach here so quickly, it was always good to be prepared just in case.

Who knew if a bomb or something might suddenly fall into the station?

Passing through the invisible wall, the atmosphere on the platform was completely different from the atmosphere outside.

Unlike the solemn expressions on everyone's faces outside, here, most people were beaming with happy smiles.

The Muggle world was indeed at war, but… what did that have to do with the wizarding world? Those who needed to evacuate had already evacuated!

"Hey! Tom, Leif! Long time no see!" Henry suddenly walked out from the side.

"Long time no see, Henry," Leif said with a smile. "Where's Alphard?"

"Alphard stayed at my house as soon as the holidays started, but… in the end, his family dragged him back. I heard his sister was holding in a bellyful of anger, just waiting to unleash it on him! Oh… poor Alphard, may Merlin protect him!"

Henry made the sign of the cross in a pretentious manner.

"When you make the sign of the cross, shouldn't you be asking God to bless him?" Tom couldn't help but ask.

"You're still so strict, Tom… Uh, Annie? Have you guys seen her?" Henry looked around.

"No… we haven't seen her. Hasn't she shown up yet?" Tom asked.

Leif stroked his chin, guessing in his heart that Annie might not appear again.

Working under that old thing Grindelwald, you're a darling when he needs you, but you're trash when he doesn't.

It was precisely because of Annie's incompetence that Grindelwald suffered losses and even lost the Elder Wand.

How could she not be affected?

Maybe… she just quietly disappeared like that…

"Ha! She's over there!" Henry's shout interrupted Leif's dark thoughts.

Then Leif saw Annie alone, carrying a suitcase, appear on the platform.

Other than looking a little haggard, she was basically unharmed.

A hint of surprise flashed in Leif's eyes.

Logically speaking, Grindelwald should have already guessed that Annie had been exposed and was useless.

That is to say, even if he didn't deal with her to vent his anger, he should have had her transfer schools or something, to avoid being an eyesore here.

After all, Grindelwald was currently developing in England.

But now, Annie appeared at the station unharmed.

This couldn't help but make Leif think!

"Hey! Guess what?" Henry suddenly said excitedly again: "Besides the big event in the Muggle world today, something big has also happened at Hogwarts!"

"What big event?" Leif asked.

"Haven't you read today's Daily Prophet? Grindelwald has forcefully entered Hogwarts as the Senior Undersecretary to the Minister!"

"Senior Undersecretary?" Leif was shocked. Isn't that the title that old toad named Umbridge used decades later?

Upon hearing this, Tom's face instantly turned pale. How afraid he was of that old fart Grindelwald! And now he's coming to Hogwarts!

"This semester looks like… it's going to be lively! Tom…"

"Is it still possible to transfer schools now, Leif?"