Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 462 The wizarding world isn't all about fighting and killing; it's all about human relationships and social interactions...

Looking at the mountain of letters, Li Weide couldn't help but feel overwhelmed.

Perhaps a professor named Lockhart in later generations would have liked this scene, but for Livid, reading these letters was pure torture.

However, it seems he can't ignore them; what if he misses a few very important ones?
After all, not all the people who wrote to me were strangers...

"Then I won't disturb you from reviewing the letters." Tom put down the basket of letters and turned to leave.

“Tom…” Levi called out to Tom, who was about to leave. “Do you think you can still get away?”

"You're not planning to ask me to take a look, are you?" Tom thought to himself, filled with regret.

He shouldn't have bothered coming in just to see Li Weide make a fool of himself!
"Now that you know, let's get to work," Li Weide said with a smile.

Tom hesitated, a curse word stuck in his throat, making him feel very uncomfortable...

“These are all letters for you, why should I look at them…”

"Help me pick out the letters from acquaintances. As for the others, you look at them for me. Pick out the ones you think are important, and then tell me their contents." Li Weide ignored Tom's weak protests and gave the order directly.

"So many... and I'm going to read them all by myself?" Tom's voice trembled.

Keep in mind, this is just the beginning... there's no end to how many more will be sent!
Li Weide shook his head and said, "Tom, don't look like I'm trying to harm you. I'm just trying to train your abilities. Filtering out information that's beneficial to us isn't an easy task..."

"What kind of skill training is this? I'd be better off practicing spells instead of wasting my time on this!" Tom said indignantly.

"Sigh... Tom, if you want to stand on your own, how can you only learn combat skills? The wizarding world isn't just about fighting and killing; it's about human relationships and social interactions..."

"I……"

“No matter how skilled you are, are you as skilled as me?” Li Weide asked again.

"No……"

Tom answered very decisively this time.

When he first saw the picture in the newspaper, he was quite shocked by the image of Li Weide instantly defeating the wolf king with a single spell...

"Are you as good as Grindelwald or Dumbledore?"

"No……"

"That's it! Even someone as powerful as Professor Dumbledore and I waste time on these things, let alone you? Grindelwald didn't want to waste time on these things before either, but look what happened! Now he's become smarter than a bald monkey!"

"Is...is that so?" Tom felt that what Levi said made some sense, but he still felt that something was off...

"Yes, that's right... Come on, read the letter. I have some things to do, so I won't bother you any longer..."

With that, Li Weide left the room and went to the lab, leaving Tom and Toby standing there, completely bewildered and still holding the letter...

"Hiss... Wait! You've tricked me again! I'm such a bastard!"

……

Hogwarts.

Dumbledore was sitting at his desk, writing furiously.

He is busy with matters concerning the International Confederation of Wizards.

Li Weide is right. Only the involvement of the International Federation of Wizards can possibly quell this matter quickly...

"Ah! The beautiful and dignified Professor McGonagall! Welcome! May I knock on the door for you?"

"Bump..."

At that moment, the voice of Lantern Monster Jack and the sound of knocking came from outside the door.

“Thank you…” Professor McGonagall’s hurried and anxious voice followed.

Although Li Wade's lantern monster was a bit noisy, it allowed Dumbledore to know who the guests were before they even arrived...

"Come in, the door's unlocked," Dumbledore said.

"Crack!"

The door opened, and Professor McGonagall hurried in, holding a newspaper.

She pursed her lips tightly, her left hand clutching her chest, as if she were about to faint at any moment.

“Um…Minerva, what’s wrong? What happened?” Dumbledore asked.

“Albus, are you aware of this? Is what the newspapers say true? That boy Wade, he broke into the werewolf camp all by himself? And even killed the werewolf king?” Professor McGonagall said, her voice trembling. “I couldn’t find Headmaster Dippet, so I had to ask you for confirmation…”

"It's true...," Dumbledore said with a sigh.

It's already the latter half of summer vacation, and Dumbledore, busy with other matters, had to ask Professor McGonagall to come back and help him with things like acceptance letters...

Professor McGonagall actually admired Wade quite a bit, so sure enough, after seeing the news, she immediately rushed over to ask him about it...

“Oh…” Professor McGonagall took a deep breath, “How could you let him do such a thing?”

When Professor McGonagall learned of this, her first thought was that it was Dumbledore and Headmaster Depp who had orchestrated it again...

After all, those two old guys had previously made the absurd decision to send Li Wade to deal with Grindelwald!
They have a criminal record!
“Minerva… this was something that Vader did without telling us…” Dumbledore sighed again as he recalled that day.

He had never seen such a sensible child before...

At the same time, he also took the newspaper from Professor McGonagall and glanced at it.

He just returned from the headquarters of the International Federation of Wizards and hasn't seen today's newspaper yet...

When he saw the picture in the newspaper, his pupils involuntarily contracted slightly.

To others, Li Weide effortlessly and easily defeated the wolf king, displaying confidence and composure.

But to a wizard like Dumbledore, the wolf king on the other side was clearly fighting desperately!
The struggle of a cornered beast is especially dangerous!
In other words, if Li Weide's spell had even the slightest mistake, he would have been torn to shreds on the spot!
Although Dumbledore knew about the danger that Ridley had faced that night, he hadn't witnessed it himself...

Only when I saw it for myself, when I truly witnessed the danger within, did my heart tighten once more…

Widow is risking his life to buy time for the Ministry of Magic and everyone else by wiping out the werewolf clan!
"Really? You really didn't send him?" Professor McGonagall asked suspiciously.

Dumbledore said, "Of course not. Even if we were completely unreliable, we wouldn't send a student to do something so dangerous..."

"What exactly happened? Is he... is he injured?"

"Don't worry, I went to St. Mungo's to see him, he's fine..."

"What? They've already entered St. Mungo's? And they're not seriously injured?" Professor McGonagall exclaimed in shock.

“Uh…” Dumbledore was momentarily speechless.

"This matter is somewhat complicated..."

Then, Dumbledore gave Professor McGonagall a brief explanation of the cause and effect of the matter.

"Ah... what a silly child... what a good child..." Professor McGonagall was deeply moved after hearing this.

Although she is usually very serious, she is actually very soft-hearted.

Even though Li Weide wasn't a student in his own college, he could still be considered Professor McGonagall's most admired student, without exception.

To avoid hurting those around her, she chose to venture into the werewolf camp alone... This action undoubtedly struck the softest spot in Professor McGonagall's heart.

“I’ve always felt that the Sorting Hat made a mistake; he should have come to Gryffindor… I’ve never seen such a brave student,” Professor McGonagall said, sobbing.

“Actually… I asked the Sorting Hat, and it told me that he chose Slytherin himself because his best friend Tom was sorted there. You know, when he first came to Hogwarts, Tom was his only friend…” Hearing this, Professor McGonagall felt even more distressed and heartbroken. What a good child he was, so kind and loyal, but why was his background so tragic and helpless?
"Does Professor Slughorn know about this?" Professor McGonagall asked.

“I heard he went to Africa for the holidays, so he probably doesn’t know yet… Otherwise, given his personality, he would have come back long ago,” Dumbledore explained.

“May I go see Wade?” Professor McGonagall asked.

“Of course. In fact, I’m planning to go see him right now…” Dumbledore stood up.

The International Wizarding Federation has almost finished its work. Once the action plan is sent over, all that's left is to wait for the elite Aurors from various countries to arrive in Britain.

While waiting, you can take a look at Li Weide.

“Where does he live now? Oh… poor child, he has no family around…” Professor McGonagall said sadly.

“He now lives in a little castle he built himself, and he lives with a house-elf he found…” Dumbledore said. “I remember the way, let’s go…”

"A castle?" Professor McGonagall covered her mouth. "This child seems to really consider Hogwarts his home, even building his own house to resemble a castle..."

"Hmm?" Dumbledore had never thought of it this way before, and thought that Livid's building of a small castle was just a personal hobby.

But now, after hearing Professor McGonagall's words, Dumbledore was finally reminded of what had happened.

Thinking back on it now, the castle that the child built really does look a bit like Hogwarts...

In that instant, Dumbledore felt the most vulnerable string in the depths of his heart being plucked once again...

……

"Achoo!" Li Weide sneezed as he walked out of the laboratory.

"This pile contains letters from acquaintances, this pile contains letters I think have some value... and these are just some letters that don't offer any real substance..."

In just a few hours, Tom's eyes became bloodshot...

These letters were really horrible, and some of the anonymous letters even contained curses!

Tom almost fell for it...

There are still those who are jealous or have ulterior motives!
"Very good!" Li Weide looked at the few letters in front of him and his mood immediately improved.

It's much better than seeing a whole basketful.

Tom rubbed his eyes and threw himself back into the mountain of letters, filled with grief and indignation.

Not much left, not much left... Just a little longer, it'll be over soon...

Before Tom could finish his mental pep talk, he saw Toby bring in another basket of letters...

"Forget it... let's just destroy it..." Tom felt worse off than being in solitary confinement!

“Master Tom, this is the last basket,” Toby said to Tom with pity.

"Oh, really..." Tom said with a dark face.

"Oh, by the way, Mr. Wade, Miss Anne is here," Toby said to Wade.

"Is that true? Bring her here immediately! I think your young master Wade must miss her terribly!"

Tom jumped up excitedly!

Tom clearly wants Annie to come and help with the work...

However, Li Weide just smiled and did not deny it.

After all, Tom is a rather pitiful child, so let's allow him to slack off a little.

Anne was quickly led into the house by Toby.

She was carrying a small suitcase when she was startled by the mountain of letters surrounding Tom as soon as she entered the room.

"Your aunt has finally released you," Li Weide said with a smile.

“How…how did you know I was locked up by my aunt?” Annie asked in surprise.

She had originally planned to explain in person why she hadn't written back, but she didn't expect that Li Weide already knew.

During her imprisonment, the Hydra Ring underwent another upgrade, and the upgrade components that Li Wade later sent never reached Annie. Without the upgraded ring, she couldn't contact Li Wade, so even if she wanted to use the ring to reply, she couldn't…

Fortunately, the teleportation magic on the ring still worked... otherwise she wouldn't have been able to get to the moving castle after she came out.

As for why she wasn't teleported directly to the castle while she was in solitary confinement... she hadn't even fallen out with her aunt yet, how could she just leave like that?

“My aunt did lock me up. She seemed to have discovered my thoughts. During that time, she kept coming over to talk to me... But today, I don’t know what happened, she suddenly let me go.”

“Yes… I happened to have a brief chat with your aunt when I was at the Ministry of Magic,” Li Wade said.

"Oh, so it's because you spoke up for me." Annie suddenly realized.

"Don't your parents care about you?" Li Weide asked.

Logically speaking, Anne's parents shouldn't have allowed Vita to lock their daughter up so easily...

“I… my parents are actually gone a long time ago. I didn’t tell you the truth before… I was actually raised by my aunt…” Annie said softly, looking down.

“I see…” Li Weide suddenly realized, no wonder Vita cared so much about Annie… it turned out there was this extra layer of relationship.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hide it..."

“It’s nothing… Everyone has a little secret they’re not good at talking about, right? In that case, you can stay in the castle from now on, and don’t go back to your aunt’s place,” Li Weide said.

“Huh? Is that...?” Annie looked at Li Weide in surprise.

“You couldn’t fool your aunt, so you might not be able to fool others either. Therefore… it’s not safe for you to stay within the UMNO party. This is actually your aunt’s idea. You can only be safe with me…” Li Weide explained.

“I… my aunt…” Annie’s eyes reddened. Only then did she understand why her aunt had kicked her out as soon as she was released…

“Even within a family, differences of opinion can arise, which is normal. But no matter what, the bond of family remains,” Li Weide said.

Anne fell silent; clearly, her aunt wanted to save her.

Since even Vita could see through Annie's little scheme, it was only a matter of time before others found out.

Even if Grindelwald himself doesn't care, it's hard to say what will happen to the other fanatical Mujahideen members...

Therefore, sending her to Li Weide is the best way to protect her.

“Ahem… It seems you’re also qualified to comprehend the magic of love…” Tom said seriously.

"Huh? Love magic?" Annie stared at him, her eyes wide.

Tom said earnestly, "Of course! This is my secret to becoming stronger! Want to learn? I'll teach you! Of course... the prerequisite is that you have to help me read all these damn letters!"

……

“Albus…didn’t you say that Wade’s house is here?” Professor McGonagall asked suspiciously.

Outside London, Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall stood in front of an open space, lost in thought...

"Hiss...wait a minute...where's the castle? I remember it being right here...such a big...such a tall castle...where did it go?"

For a moment, Dumbledore was plunged into self-doubt...

(End of this chapter)