Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 422: Oh my god! Even cats and mice can go to school!
"It's definitely not possible now. Not to mention that Professor Dumbledore disagrees, I won't agree either." Li Weide said.

Grindelwald frowned. "Didn't you just say our common goal is the International Statute of Secrecy?"

"But I didn't say now... At present, it's not the time to completely abolish the International Statute of Secrecy." Levid looked at Grindelwald. "I believe you have realized this problem, right?"

Grindelwald asked, "What do I realize?"

Li Weide smiled and said, "Before the International Statute of Secrecy is abolished, we need to gain enough power... Only in this way can we avoid being burned at the stake by Muggles because we lose the protection of the International Statute of Secrecy... You are aware of this, so you are carrying out educational reforms, hoping that young wizards will become more powerful, right? Moreover, in the trial level, you use Muggle soldiers as imaginary enemies..."

Grindelwald was silent for a moment, then slowly spoke, "As much as I hate to admit it, I was indeed a bit simplistic before... The Muggle World War revealed their destructive power... Although I was confident that I could destroy the Muggle leadership system, I still couldn't think of a proper way to stabilize the situation afterwards. Besides... destroying the Muggle leadership system is not as simple as I imagined."

In fact, although Muggles do not know the existence of the wizarding world, the top leaders of Muggles in various countries all know the existence of the wizarding world.

For example, every British Prime Minister, after taking office, will learn about the existence of the wizarding world from the previous one.

Moreover, they will be accompanied by the most elite Aurors specially sent by the Ministry of Magic as bodyguards.

For example, after the Battle of Hogwarts, Kingsley Shacklebolt, who became the new Minister of Magic, once served as a wizard bodyguard for the British Prime Minister.

With the existence of these Aurors, it is not an easy task even if a wizard wants to control the leadership of the Muggles. Even if these bodyguards and Aurors are eliminated, the Ministry of Magic of each country will know about it at the first time!

It is difficult to carry out a "decapitation" operation quietly.

Even Grindelwald can only resort to infiltration to control the Ministry of Magic...

But even for Grindelwald, it would be extremely difficult to completely infiltrate the Ministry of Magic around the world.

If you really want to do it, it will be almost impossible to remain completely unknown to outsiders.

At that time, people like Dumbledore will jump out again to stop him!
If success were that easy, Grindelwald would have succeeded long ago! He wouldn't have even had to run for President of the International Confederation of Wizards...

"In short... it is not an easy task to resolve the International Statute of Secrecy," Grindelwald said again.

"There's always a way... I just need some time... But this is also a good thing." Li Weide smiled and said, "This means that we can still not be enemies for a long time."

……

Half an hour later, Livid took Tom out of the Forbidden Forest.

Tom only felt his legs were still weak. He looked at Li Weide's back in front of him, his eyes full of awe...

This is someone who can defeat Grindelwald head-on! Even if it's just a sparring match!
"You...are we really going to form an alliance with Grindelwald?" Tom couldn't help but ask.

"No... We don't actually trust each other, so an alliance is impossible. At most, we can only use each other. Although we were very polite on the surface just now, those were just polite words. The purpose is to point out the interest relationship between the two parties, so that when we do things in the future, we can leverage each other's strengths." Li Weide said.

Tom recalled what had just happened and couldn't help but feel a little scared. "You... I didn't expect you could actually defeat Grindelwald... Otherwise... we might have died at the hands of that old man soon."

"Don't tell anyone about this, Tom...otherwise we'll end up in a feud." Li Weide warned.

"I understand." Tom nodded.

Losing to a young man was ultimately a shame for Grindelwald.

For Grindelwald, it was a good thing that only the most loyal Abernathy saw this matter. If other witches knew about it, Grindelwald's subordinates might become morale-conscious.

After all, in this extraordinary world, the most fundamental requirement is for a leader to possess strong power!
Tom guessed that perhaps Abernethy's memory had been modified by Grindelwald using the Oblivion Spell.

Abernethy would definitely not refuse this and might even bring it up on his own initiative.

Seeing the leader embarrassed...

If Grindelwald hadn't erased his memory, Abernathy would have had to consider whether he should have chosen a good burial site for himself in advance...

"That 'International Statute of Secrecy'..." Tom hesitated and said, "Is it really just because our strength has increased that the time has come?"

Livid frowned, a look of worry appearing on his face for the first time. "The wizard's own strength is only one aspect, Tom... The most crucial thing is that there are too few wizards now. Even fewer have any fighting power... Tom, education reform has only just begun in recent years, and it's only in a few countries where Grindelwald has infiltrated... Therefore, in the wizarding world, the vast majority of wizards are not good at fighting. Therefore... Our current goal should be to focus on the wizarding world... to unify the voice of the wizarding world first."

"The Muggle world..."

"If we want to have a global perspective... we still have a long way to go..."

……

Grindelwald has also considered the issues that Levid has considered.

There are really too few people in the wizarding world, and even fewer wizards who can be used as an "army."

If one rashly exposes the existence of the wizarding world without sufficient strength, it will bring unpredictable disasters to many weak and ordinary wizards.

That will only lead to a vicious cycle...

Only when the strength of the entire wizarding world cannot be underestimated can we have the confidence to talk to the large number of Muggles.

So, at this point, Grindelwald now agrees with Levid.

Now, the first step Grindelwald can take is to enhance the strength of the new generation of wizards and quietly change their minds.

As for the second step...

Following Livid's advice, Grindelwald returned to the Ministry of Magic that very night and made a suggestion to the Minister of Welfare: the wizarding population must be increased!

Therefore, Grindelwald suggested that the Ministry of Magic enact policies to encourage childbirth.

Wizarding couples who can have many children will receive a certain degree of reward...

At the same time, the Magical Congress of the United States, which has been controlled by Grindelwald, is also urgently formulating the same policy.

Grindelwald decided that every Ministry of Magic infiltrated by the Witch Party would make such a proposal to the Ministry of Magic of that country...

As a result, the population of the wizarding world should change significantly over the next twenty years.

Increasing the wizard population in this way is too slow, it's just a waste of time.

But... Grindelwald had no other choice.

Fortunately, wizards generally have long lifespans, and powerful wizards like Grindelwald live even longer.

Grindelwald made a decision similar to Levid's, which was to unify the voice of the wizarding world while waiting for the population to grow!

Only when the wizarding world has a unified voice will the promulgation and implementation of many policies become easier.

……

Since Grindelwald was planning to wait and see, Levid was even less anxious.

He is much younger than Grindelwald and naturally has much more time.

Moreover, since there is some overlap in interests, as long as he proposes many of the things he wants to do to Grindelwald, Grindelwald will complete them for him after weighing the pros and cons.

So, now he just needs to run his own business with peace of mind.

Therefore, during the last few months of the semester, Li Weide devoted himself to studying alchemy.

And he maintained close correspondence with the legendary alchemist Nicolas Flamel!
Levid's talent was already high, and with the help of the Ravenclaw crown, his talent in alchemy soon attracted the attention of Nicolas Flamel!

Livid could feel Nicolas Flamel's emotions from his increasingly frequent replies.

Since Nicolas Flamel was able to make friends with the young but talented Dumbledore, he would naturally be interested in making friends with the even younger and more talented Levitra!

Time flies and it’s June.

After the busy final exam week, Dumbledore specifically found Levid and brought him good news.

"Ved... Nico wrote to me and said he hopes I can bring you with me next time I visit his house."

In the office, Dumbledore said to Levid with relief.

He certainly understood that the invitation from Nicolas Flamel was enough to prove that Livid's talent was indeed favored by this old friend.

This made him, the professor, very happy.

"Really? When can I go? I've wanted to meet Mr. Flamel for a long time!" Li Weide was very excited.

This time his excitement was not fake, but real.

After corresponding with Nicolas Flamel for so long, Levid had long recognized the other party's profound attainments in alchemy.

Even if he is unable to obtain the Philosopher's Stone or the method to make it in the end, making friends with Nicolas Flamel is a very beneficial thing for Levid!
Dumbledore looked at Levid with relief. "I was planning to visit Nico during the holidays. I'll come find you then... By the way, where are you living now? Tom said you've moved out of the safe house."

Li Weide blinked. Where did he live now? How could he tell? The moving castle was floating in the sky all day, wandering around the world...

"Just outside London." Li Weide smiled.

It seems that the moving castle will have to stay in London for a while during the holidays...

"Okay, I'll come find you then... Oh, by the way... I also discovered something very interesting." Dumbledore suddenly said with a smile.

"What's the matter?" Li Weide asked.

"Do you have a cat, a mouse, and a dog?"

"Yes." Li Weide nodded.

"Are their names Tom, Jerry and Spike?" Dumbledore asked again.

"Yes." Li Weide nodded.

During this school year, the three lively little guys were too bored staying in the castle, so Levid brought them to Hogwarts to play.

These three strange animals would certainly attract everyone's attention, so it was no surprise that Dumbledore knew about these three.

"When I was looking through the admission book... I found their names on the list of new students for next year..." Dumbledore said meaningfully.

"hiss……"

(End of this chapter)