Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 328 Tom: Earning money? How can the Dark Lord earn money by himself?

Levid came to Diagon Alley today to look for the right materials...

As for encountering the outlaw Zhang San, it was just a small episode.

In order for the moving castle to float, it would need a light yet strong material.

Even though the energy core of the Gublai Fairy Fire is very powerful, using lighter materials and having stronger adaptability to magic will make the entire castle more flexible.

Moreover, to build a castle like Levid's imagination, more than just one kind of material is needed.

He had already thought about it. If there were no ready-made materials in the world, he would have to find a way to synthesize them.

I have to say, this will be a very interesting challenge.

However, there is no need to be too anxious. He wants to form his own organization at least after graduation.

And now, there are still several years before graduation.

Suddenly, Li Weide, who was standing on the street, sighed softly, "...The idea is good, but...it's too expensive! I'm so poor!"

Li Weide was strolling around while thinking about how to make a lot of money.

Asking Professor Slughorn to help me sell potions is too slow to make money!
By the way, I don’t know how the cooperation negotiations between him and the Ethiopian Ministry of Magic are going. If basilisk breeding can be fully rolled out, I guess the money will come faster, but... it’s too late at this stage.

Li Weide walked to the Florin Cold Drink Shop next door, bought two cups of vanilla ice cream, and then sat at a small round table outside the shop.

He placed the palm-sized Alduin on the table, placed one of the cups of ice cream in front of it, and continued his thoughts.

Alduin sniffed the ice cream in front of him, and the cold feeling made him feel a little uncomfortable.

"call!"

A small flame burst from its nose...

The cup of ice cream instantly melted into liquid.

Only then did Alduin stick out his tongue and gently lick the liquefied ice cream.

Li Weide didn't pay much attention to it and continued with his thoughts.

In fact, he has many ways to make money, but not many of them can be quickly converted into cash...

As he was scooping small bites of ice cream and lost in thought.

Suddenly, a rough voice came from the side.

"Vade! Is it really you?"

Li Weide looked up in confusion and saw a big belly...

Li Weide leaned back in his chair and looked up again, only to see a big boy with a simple and honest face.

"Hagrid?"

"Wade, nice to see you again!" Hagrid smiled happily.

"Please sit down." Li Weide pulled over the chair next to him and said.

Hagrid happily pulled up a chair, then sat down with some difficulty...

After all, this chair was a little too small for Hagrid.

"Are you here... to do some shopping today?" Li Weide asked curiously. "Oh... by the way, you should be enrolled this year! Have you received your acceptance letter?"

"Got it!" Hagrid said happily. "Professor Dumbledore sent it to me in advance... My dad is so happy!"

Levid nodded. It seemed that there were some obstacles for Hagrid to enroll in school, otherwise Dumbledore would not have stepped in personally.

The same thing happened when Flitwick started school.

It is true that the admission of students to Hogwarts comes from the Book of Admission and the Pen of Acceptance.

But the school has many directors above the principal...

It was difficult to hide the fact that Hagrid was a half-giant from these people.

Therefore, if a half-giant is to be admitted to school, apart from the factors of discrimination, some school directors will have reasonable concerns about his safety.

"So you are here to purchase school supplies today?" Li Weide asked.

"Yeah!" At this moment, Hagrid's eyes suddenly lit up, because his eyes had fallen on Alduin on the table.

"How about a cup of ice cream? How about vanilla flavor?" asked Li Weide.

"Okay, okay!" Hagrid saw Alduin licking the melted ice cream slowly in front of him. He had already forgotten what he came here for today and just wanted to stay here for a while.

A moment later, Hagrid was scooping at a cup of ice cream while looking at Alduin.

"Wade... this..." Hagrid couldn't help but ask after all.

"It's a little puppet, a little toy, that I made myself," Li Weide explained.

"Wow! Did you make this yourself? You're amazing! It's so realistic... I can even see the sadness in its eyes." Hagrid exclaimed.

Levid and Alduin, who was lying on the table, both looked up at Hagrid.

Who knows, this big guy might become a professor of magical creatures in the future. Just based on his sensitivity to magical creatures, not everyone has it.

"Huh? It's looking at me!" said Hagrid excitedly.

“Hmm… that’s normal. Because you’ve been staring at it the whole time. When creating the puppet, I tried to imitate the dragon’s habits as much as possible,” Li Weide said casually. “I see… then the Hungarian hornet you imitated might have something on its mind. If it were a real Hungarian hornet, staring at it like that would be a provocation… and it would get attacked,” Hagrid whispered.

This was a difficult question to answer, so Li Weide didn't reply and just lowered his head to continue eating ice cream.

Just as Levid was thinking about how to say goodbye to Hagrid, a familiar voice came from the side again.

"Boss, give me a cup of watermelon ice cream!"

"Watermelon flavor? Okay, but I still want to recommend this year's flagship vanilla flavor. Would you like to try it?" the boss said with a smile.

"No! What I hate most is vanilla!" said Tom viciously.

Li Weide looked at the vanilla ice cream in his cup and felt that this guy was picking on him.

"Ahem, Tom?"

Tom shuddered at the familiar voice.

"Damn... I might not be fully awake yet. How could I hear that guy's voice? Am I having another nightmare?"

"Tom, looking back, this wasn't a nightmare after all," Lewes said cheerfully. "But, were you referring to me by 'that guy'?"

Tom slowly turned around and saw Li Weide smiling.

Today, Li Wei De wore a wizard hat and sat with his back to the store door, so when Tom came in, he didn't see Li Wei De's iconic black hair...

Otherwise, even if there was a giant monster chasing him, he would not run into this shabby cold drink shop!
Tom turned back in disbelief, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and after a long while, he put on a smile again.

"Boss, please change it to vanilla ice cream for me. Vanilla ice cream is my favorite."

Tom said, continuing to wear a fake smile, and turned to stand in front of Li Weide.

"Please sit down, Tom... What a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet you today." Li Weide said happily.

I met quite a lot of unexpected people today.

"Yeah...that's a bit surprising." Tom said with a smile.

But Hagrid next to him looked at him with some confusion, because he seemed to hear the sound of Tom grinding his teeth.

"Why are you here?" Li Weide asked.

"S... the old man asked me to go out and relax. He said it's no use for me to stay at home all the time."

At this time, Tom was smiling on the surface, but he was very sad and angry in his heart.

He originally thought that what Slytherin said made sense, so he came to Diagon Alley to relax, but...

We agreed to go out and relax? I ran into Li Weide when I left the house. Is this just relaxing? This is overtime! This is intense work!
Li Weide naturally also saw the boy's resistance to him, but he didn't have the heart to tease this silly boy now.

"Okay, I don't have much to do. I just wanted to say hello. Go have fun. I'll treat you to ice cream."

Tom stared at Li Weide with wide eyes in disbelief.

This... actually let me go? According to this guy's previous style, shouldn't he ruthlessly exploit his own labor force?

No! There must be a conspiracy! This is a test of my loyalty, right?

"Um...if there's anything you need me to do..." Tom said hesitantly.

"Tom, thank you very much for your enthusiasm, but I really don't have anything for you to do today." Li Weide said with a smile.

"Oh..." Tom nodded.

According to his understanding of Li Weide, this was indeed not a test. After all, a test only needed once.

"So what are you here for today... to buy?" Tom asked casually, feeling relaxed.

After asking, he regretted it.

Why are you talking so much? What if you get called back to work?
"Nothing, I just came to find some materials, and by the way... to see if there is any way to make some money." Li Weide frowned.

"Making money?" Tom blinked.

"Yes, many important experiments require a large amount of gold galleons..."

"You..." Tom glanced at Hagrid who was standing beside him in a daze, and seemed to be hesitant to speak for a moment.

"What do you want to say?" Li Weide asked.

Tom switched to a whispering spell and said, "Don't you always say you want to be a Dark Lord?"

"That's right!"

"But...how can any Dark Lord make money on his own? Look at Grindelwald, has he ever lacked money? And, to be honest, if I had your strength, I would never lack money." Tom said quickly.

Livid smiled and said, "The path I'm taking is ultimately different from Grindelwald's. He can force some of his affiliated pure-blood families to provide him with funding, and even make some pure-blood families hand over some of their assets to him...but I can't do that. If I do that, I'll just replace them and become the new exploiting class...which is very detrimental to our future careers."

"So what? Just as food must be eaten one bite at a time, revolution must be achieved step by step. How can you expect to become a fat man in one go?" Tom said casually. "Why don't you just become the new exploiting class first, and then slowly reform? Then, it'll be easier to change your own things than to change others. Plus... if you regret it later, you can cut your losses in time. Besides, no matter where you copy a system, you have to adapt it to the actual situation."

Li Weide was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then laughed and said, "Haha... you have a point. Indeed, the situation in each place is different. No matter what we do, we must seek truth from facts and cross the river by feeling the stones... It is true that I am a little too eager for quick success."

As expected of you, Tom! You've had the talent to be a Dark Lord since you were little!
Tom looked puzzled. "No, what did I say? Why do you look so enlightened?"

"Then I'll be leaving first..." Tom stood up and prepared to run away.

"Tom, do you want to visit Abu? I'm a little curious about the Malfoy family's manor." Levid asked.

Tom's mouth twitched slightly. Didn't we agree to take a vacation? Why was he suddenly back to work?
(End of this chapter)