Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 494 Slytherin: I'm alive, and I even have eight-pack abs!
The Quidditch pitch was bustling with people and incredibly lively.

Li Weide made an unprecedented appearance in the audience, and even sat in the coldest and least crowded spot on the top floor, as if he were afraid of being disturbed.

But some people just had to bother him.

Li Weide only felt a figure flash beside him, and someone sat down in the empty seat next to him.

"You've never seemed to come to a Quidditch match before. What brings you here today?" Tom asked.

“Tom has become the youngest Seeker in Gryffindor’s history, and the first non-human player. So I decided to come and see,” Li Wade replied calmly.

This Tom is not the Tom in front of us, but the Tom cat who is currently flying at high speed across the court with extremely exquisite flying skills.

Yes, Tom the cat, who was only in first grade, was specially recruited into the Gryffindor Quidditch team because of his outstanding flying skills.

The course of events was similar to that of Harry.

“That’s a reasonable reason, but my gut feeling tells me that things aren’t that simple,” Tom said, squinting.

"Since the reason is reasonable, don't make wild guesses. Many things are not as complicated as you think." Li Weide watched as Talking Tom in the sky chased a golden streak amidst waves of enthusiastic cheers.

Tom glanced at Levi, who looked the same as before, but Tom felt something was missing.

Yes, there seems to be a lack of composure... as if something is bothering them.

Could it be that something has happened that I don't know about?
That shouldn't be the case. Weren't the most troublesome vampire clan already wiped out?

What could possibly bother this guy now?

Since he couldn't figure it out, Tom simply stopped trying. After all, if it was something even this guy couldn't solve, then even if he knew, it would only add another person to worry about, and wouldn't serve any other purpose.

"The outcome is decided," Li Weide suddenly said.

Sure enough, Talking Tom caught the Golden Snitch in a very stylish manner.

The Hufflepuff Seeker chasing after him looked utterly dejected...

The match ended with Gryffindor emerging victorious, and Professor McGonagall in the stands beamed with joy.

Li Weide stood up and disappeared into the passageway of the spectator stands while everyone was still cheering.

Tom watched his retreating figure, lost in thought.

……

In the Chamber of Secrets, Slytherin laid out all the incense he had made by hand.

With little time left, he figured he had to clear out his inventory before he left.

After carefully counting the number of incense sticks, I suddenly felt a surge of irritation.

So Slytherin simply stopped counting, randomly picked out three sticks, lit them, and stuck them into the incense burner.

At that moment, someone opened the door to the secret room.

"What are you doing here? Haven't I already told you what I needed to tell you?" Slytherin glanced at the newcomer and said leisurely.

"Have you said goodbye to all your old friends?" Li Weide sat down at the table and casually picked up a stick of incense and smelled it.

“Yes, I’ve seen everyone I needed to see, and I even beat up Tom, that Muggle daddy. I basically have no regrets. Now all I have to do is stay here as a ghost and slowly disappear… Ugh, could you please not waste my incense?” Slytherin frowned and stopped Livid from breaking off a stick of incense.

"Hmm...that does sound like it, but...you probably won't be able to go to the world of the dead."

"Why?" Slytherin stared at Livid in astonishment.

"Do you believe me if I tell you I've spoken to Death and he won't take you?"

"You're crazy! If you have so much free time, go do your research and leave me alone," Slytherin said impatiently.

"Tsk, why is she still so temperamental?"

"Anyway, getting angry doesn't harm my health. What's wrong with having a bad temper?"

"Indeed not."

"No, what are you doing here?" Slytherin frowned at Li Wade, feeling that this little bastard was acting strangely today. Why was he bothering someone who was about to die?
"Do you know exactly when you will leave this world?" Li Weide asked.

"I don't know, but aren't we just waiting?"

"Since that's the case, and you're still here anyway, why not put your remaining energy to good use?"

"Fine! I knew you were up to no good! I'm a dying man! You still want me to work for you? You're more of a vampire than the vampires you wiped out!"

Li Weide laughed. "Do you really think of me as such a heartless capitalist?"

"What do you think?"

"Anyway, I've already taken care of your physical body. Since you don't have much time left anyway, it's good to experience life again, don't you think?"

Slytherin was taken aback. "You've prepared a physical body for me?"

“Yes. You just need to possess it, just like putting on this magical robe,” Li Wade said.

Slytherin was indeed tempted by the idea, but ultimately shook his head slowly. "No, thank you... I'm afraid I won't be able to bear dying then..."

Li Weide raised his hand, and suddenly, a briefcase appeared in his hand.

"Anyway, I've already put your new body in this box. I've fulfilled my promise to help you find your body. As for what to do next, that's up to you. By the way, next time you can try the sandalwood scent..."

The suitcase was placed on the table, and Slytherin stared at it in a daze.

By the time he came to his senses, Li Weide had already disappeared into the secret room.

"Tsk...this brat, why did he have to come now of all times...I had finally made up my mind, and then you come and ruin my plans..."

Slytherin muttered a complaint under his breath, but his right hand was already on the briefcase.

……

After leaving the secret room, Li Weide did not return to his laboratory, but walked around casually, and soon arrived at the Black Lake.

He did mention Slytherin to Death that night.

To prepare for future calamities, he needs to increase his high-end combat capabilities as much as possible...

Therefore, Slytherins really can't go to the world of the dead...

The world of the dead has no shortage of Slytherin's soul power, but the human world lacks a high-level combatant like him.

Li Wade didn't need to say much to him; as long as Slytherin entered the body specially prepared for him, he would come back to life.

Now that they've all come back to life, Slytherin has no reason to seek death again.

Li Wade's thoughts returned from Slytherin to how to deal with the calamity ten years later.

Walking along the Black Lake, he could see the window of Dumbledore's office in the distance, his eyes showing hesitation.

Even without telling Dumbledore about the Great Hell, he was confident he could convince Dumbledore that a great calamity would occur in ten years, thus putting him on high alert.

However, it would still be very difficult to get Dumbledore to support his radical plans for this reason.

With Dumbledore's intelligence, he might even deduce something from this...

Since Death had instructed him not to tell anyone the truth, she must have foreseen a bad ending. To be on the safe side, Li Weide had no choice but to believe her.

In fact, given Li Weide's current resources, he has long since run out of options.

Since that's the case, why hesitate? It's just a gamble after all.

Li Wade's gaze shifted from the window of Dumbledore's office, his eyes no longer filled with confusion.

……

In the Chamber of Secrets, Slytherin stared blankly at his new body, which looked fifty years younger, in front of a large mirror.

He raised his arm and then touched his eight-pack abs...

“No…is that right?” The Slytherins were dumbfounded.

It's plausible that Li Weide would provide him with a physical body, but...

He thought Li Weide would clone his old body, but now you're giving me a body in its prime?

No, this physical body is in much better condition than when he was young and at his peak!

That muscular physique is something even Gryffindor, that brute, doesn't have!

"Alas, if I weren't dying, I could have even regenerated a pure bloodline of descendants with this body!" Slytherin sighed regretfully.

After admiring himself in the mirror for a while, Slytherin decided to put his body back in the box.

He was a dying man, and his entry into this body was purely out of curiosity; he just wanted to experience it for a while.

However, a short while later, Slytherin was shocked to discover that he was unable to separate his soul from his body!
"What...what's going on?"

What Slytherin didn't know was that ordinary ghosts, even if presented with an empty body, could not successfully possess it.

A ghost is a ghost, not a demon from Eastern legends, and it's impossible for a ghost to possess another's body.

His success this time was simply because Li Wade obtained permission from Death to allow Slytherin to return to the human world.

Otherwise, no matter how perfectly Livid cloned Slytherin's body, he wouldn't be able to possess it again and be resurrected.

Therefore, after Slytherin possessed the body and returned, he came back to life completely.

It is impossible for a living person to separate their soul from their body without special means, not even a wizard can!

Slytherin stood there stunned for a long time before finally giving up the idea of ​​abandoning this body. Looking at himself in the mirror, a renewed desire to live rekindled in his eyes...

"Well, since I'm temporarily alive, I might as well experience what it feels like to be alive again! Besides... now that I have a physical body, what if I don't have to die?" Slytherin muttered to himself as he picked up his wand, and then...

"bump!"

Slytherin grimaced and rubbed his forehead.

He'd gotten so used to being a ghost that he'd forgotten he now had a physical body, and was even thinking about walking through walls to leave...

Slytherin glanced around nervously, and only after confirming that Livid wasn't hiding nearby watching the spectacle did he cough twice, put on a set of clothes, and then leave the Chamber of Secrets through the door.

His first stop after surviving was to find Hufflepuff; all he wanted now was something to eat.

He hadn't eaten for a very, very long time, and he hoped that his first meal back to life would be prepared by Hufflepuff himself...

……

Li Weide had been lying in the grass by the Black Lake for a long time.

Until the sky gradually darkened...

Li Weide opened his eyes, glanced at the watch on his wrist, and after turning on the luminous function, he could see the time clearly.

It's already 9 PM.

He stood up from the grass, patted the weeds behind him, and went back to the lakeside.

"good evening."

Li Weide looked at the water and greeted it warmly, as if he were facing not the calm Black Lake, but a familiar old friend.

The water remained calm, with only occasional ripples stirred by a gentle breeze...

However, Li Weide saw a huge black shadow in the dark lake through the dark water.

Li Weide thought for a moment, then took out his wand and gently tapped it on the lake. A wisp of white mist, enveloped in a deep blue light, silently seeped into the lake.

Suddenly, the tranquility of the lake was abruptly shattered!
A giant tentacle emerged from the water and suddenly wrapped around Li Weide's waist!
"Uh... that was a bit too rough..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Weide was pulled into the Black Lake by tentacles!

"thump!"

"Goooooooooo!"

A few bubbles rose to the surface of the water, but after a short while, the lake, which had been rippled, returned to its calm state, as if nothing had happened...

The water of Black Lake in October is icy cold.

Even though Li Weide had trained his body, he was feeling somewhat overwhelmed at this point.

Just as he was about to use magic to isolate the lake water and find a way to warm himself, Li Weide felt a blur before his eyes, and he was no longer in the Black Lake.

This is a very dry cave, and the light shining from deep within the cave illuminates the originally dark entrance.

Li Weide turned his head and looked around, only to find that the Black Lake water seemed to be blocked at the entrance of the cave, as if it had encountered an invisible barrier.

At the same time, the tentacles that had been tightly binding his waist had also disappeared.

Li Weide touched his body with his wand, and a burst of steam rose up, instantly drying his clothes.

He looked at the light emanating from the depths of the cave and a smile appeared on his lips.

……

Hufflepuff watched with a smile as the Slytherin in front of him wolfed down their food.

“You look sixty years younger. And you look even more handsome than when you were young,” Hufflepuff said.

Slytherin finished the last little cake in a few bites, leaned back comfortably in his chair, and sighed contentedly.

“But you don’t seem surprised at all.” Slytherin put down his fork and looked at Hufflepuff with a puzzled expression.

“Since I already knew you would be resurrected, why would I be surprised?” Hufflepuff said with a smile as he poured Slytherin a specially prepared drink.

Slytherin frowned at Hufflepuff. "You knew I would be resurrected? How is that possible? How did you know? And... am I... really resurrected?"

Slytherin had many questions, but Hufflepuff seemed to know them all along.

She slowly poured herself a glass as well. "What do you think has kept me alive until now?"

“You said before that this is a secret you can’t tell.” Slytherin became inexplicably nervous.

"But now, I can speak."

(End of this chapter)