Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 527 Tom: You want me to leave as soon as you tell me a secret... Am I not worthy to listen?
"Does the name... really have to be said?" The witch shifted uncomfortably.

I wonder who these two guys are. Even if they're not dark wizards, their strength suggests they're not simple...

To be honest, she was still reluctant to get involved with them.

Being approached by someone like this means trouble... and potentially very big trouble...

“I understand your wariness, but perhaps we should introduce ourselves first.” Li Weide pointed to the silent Tom beside him and said, “His name is Tom, Tom Riddle. My last name is Li, you can call me Li Weide.”

Seeing that the two people in front of him seemed to have no ill intentions, and that he couldn't escape anyway...

The witch finally sighed, "This time it was indeed my fault for starting it. I apologize to you. Can you tell me why you insist on talking to me? If it were me... I wouldn't have the leisure to deal with someone who provoked me..."

Li Weide shrugged and said, "We were just about to get down to business, but we don't even know your name yet, so I don't know how to address you. We can't keep calling you the Unknown Witch or Gryffindor Senior, can we?"

“Caroline…Caroline Windsor.” The witch finally uttered her name.

Levi turned to Tom and said, "Windsor...doesn't that surname sound familiar?"

Tom shrugged. "When I was at home, I read my dad's newspaper... Windsor is a royal surname, our King's surname is Windsor."

“But that doesn’t make sense… Didn’t they only start changing their surnames in 1917?” Li Weide frowned. “It’s only 1899 now. The British royal family hasn’t changed their surnames yet, right? What’s their surname now, I think?”

"It seems to be... Saxony something-gotha..." Tom frowned, also unable to remember clearly.

“My surname is not Saxe-Coburg-Gotha!” Caroline retorted loudly.

“Oh… I see.” Li Weide nodded. “It’s not surprising that you knew the royal family’s surname. But… judging from your expression, you do seem to have some connection to the royal family…”

“I have no connection with the royal family… Now that I’ve told you my name, can you tell me what you want to do? Also… what did you mean by 1917?” Caroline denied any connection with the royal family and forcefully steered the conversation back on track.

“Alright, since you don’t want to talk about this anymore, I’ll get back to the main topic.” Li Weide said, glancing at Tom beside him.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Tom suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Oh, it's nothing. I just wanted you to go back first and take good care of that gentleman," Li Weide said with a smile.

"What 'sir'? Who? Wait... am I not worthy to hear this? I'm fucking..."

Before Tom could finish his protest, Li Weide snapped his fingers.

The next second, Tom vanished into thin air from the Leaky Cauldron...

Caroline's jaw nearly dropped. A snap of her fingers and she'd teleported a living person away?
She had never seen or even heard of such magic before!
Li Weide was very satisfied with Caroline's expression.

You're right if you haven't seen it before... because it's not magic at all; he simply activated the teleportation module on Tom's Hydra ring.

Since there are no floating cities in this world, Li Weide temporarily changed the teleportation location, making it more like a door key...

However, if it's just for bluffing, it's very effective.

“Caroline, this is a special matter… After you hear this, remember, you absolutely must not tell anyone,” Li Weide said.

Caroline forced a smile. "Actually, you didn't have to say it. In fact, I didn't really want to hear it anyway..."

“But now you have no choice but to listen. Who told you to run into me?” Li Weide laughed.

“Now that you’re in a position of power, whatever you say goes,” Caroline said resentfully.

Li Weide took out his wand and placed it on the table.

Caroline instantly felt a tangible magical force emanating from them, enveloping their seats.

In an instant, all the noise in the tavern disappeared, as if we were wearing noise-canceling headphones.

Without a doubt, no one outside could hear their conversation.

Caroline looked at the strangely shaped wand with apprehension in her eyes.

She had never seen a magic wand with such a strong magical fluctuation before...

Caroline was now filled with curiosity about the young man before her; even a magic wand possessed such an aura…

Is this Li Weide even human? With such immense strength, he shouldn't have remained unknown forever!
"I know why you wanted to buy this lighter, because we're the same kind of people..."

As Li Weide spoke, a wisp of blue light slowly shone from the tip of the wand beside him...

Caroline stared in shock at the blue light. "Ancient magic! You...you know it too? That means you can also see the light on this lighter..."

“Blue light? Yes. Indeed… I brought you here for a deal, but it’s not just about a lighter… If you can do me a favor, I’ll tell you about the origins of ancient magic and its true uses,” Li Weide said softly.

Although Caroline's curiosity had reached its peak, she still couldn't help but ask, "What... what will you do if I don't agree to help? Will you kill me?"

“That’s not quite right. However, what I need your help with is a very top-secret matter… If you still don’t agree in the end…” Li Weide paused, “then I’ll have to use an oblivion spell to alter your memories. In that case, you won’t recognize me, and I will never have appeared. You can continue living your life as usual, and I will deliver this lighter to you with a reasonable excuse.”

“You…you have no right to alter my memories…” Caroline protested. Li Weide remained silent, simply gazing calmly at Caroline.

After a while, Caroline, having calmed down, lowered her head in dejection.

Now, the other party is stronger than him, and... it was agreed to be a top secret matter. If he doesn't agree, altering his memories is indeed a merciful choice. Strictly speaking, killing him to silence him is a safer option than altering his memories.

"Okay, to be honest, what you said has certainly piqued my curiosity... So, what do you need my help with..."

As a Gryffindor, after hearing so much from Livid's introduction, my adventurous spirit had already been ignited...

If Li Weide were to suddenly leave now and stop forcing her to listen, she would feel very uncomfortable.

Seeing this, Li Weide smiled with satisfaction.

He picked up his glass and poured some butterbeer onto the table.

“Can I do that?” Li Weide asked.

"What are you doing?" Caroline looked at his actions with some confusion.

However, the next second, the irregular shape created by the pool of liquor suddenly changed and turned into a word.

"can."

Li Weide nodded. Since Death had no objections, it seemed that there would be no crisis of demon invasion in this world. In other words, he could take Caroline away without causing more trouble for Death.

Caroline stared in shock at this change; were there other people hiding nearby, eavesdropping on their conversation?
Hiss... This means I seem to have gotten myself into a really big mess, but... it feels even more exciting!

……

Tom, holding an unopened bottle of rum, looked around at his surroundings with a bewildered expression.

It seemed to be a cave... and in one corner of the cave, a disheveled, ragged man lay quietly.

There was still a lot of uneaten food on the stone table...

It seems that this person is the "gentleman" that Li Weide asked him to take care of.

"Damn it..." Tom cursed.

He had already guessed that what Li Weide wanted to tell Caroline after sending him away was the "truth" that he had always wanted to know but Li Weide was unwilling to tell him!
Why should he say such things to someone he's just met, but not a word about himself?
Tom, still seething with resentment, finally sat down and placed the rum in his hand on the stone table.

Suddenly, the person in the corner moved and then slowly got up.

Their eyes met, and although Tom couldn't make out the other person's face clearly, he felt that the person's azure eyes looked somewhat familiar...

"Who are you?" the man asked in a hoarse voice.

“I’m a friend of Levi’s,” Tom said expressionlessly. “He told me to come back first to take care of a gentleman… and it seems that gentleman is you.”

Percival nodded in realization, "So he didn't return to this era alone... Did you bring me this wine?"

“That should be it… Someone told the proprietress of the Leaky Cauldron that it was for his uncle, and he would get 5 silver shicos for the service,” Tom said jokingly.

Percival shook his head. "I don't have any silver to pay the bill... but I can do anything for him if he needs it."

No one is kind to you for no reason, and Percival understood this very well.

Now that Li Weide has gotten him out of Azkaban, he definitely needs to do something on his own...

As for what Li Weide said about wanting to go to the future so that his son Albus could regain his spirit, that's probably not his main purpose.

To undertake time travel based on this alone is far too risky; the risks and rewards are completely disproportionate...

But since the other party was able to save Ariana's life and rescue him from Azkaban, he was indebted to him, and for that alone, he was willing to do a lot for the other party!

Percival opened the rum, tilted his head back, and chugged it down.

The burning sensation from the strong liquor caused him to cough incessantly.

But the dizziness that followed somewhat lessened his sorrow...

“Can you tell me who you are? Wade didn’t tell me your identity,” Tom asked.

“My name is Percival Dumbledore. He just rescued me from Azkaban not long ago,” Percival said, taking another swig of his drink.

Tom felt a little numb upon hearing this...

That bastard went all out, actually going to Azkaban to bail someone out, and the person he did bail out was Dumbledore's father, who died in Azkaban in despair...

It's confirmed: this guy did this to make the people of this world stronger!

So... why did he do that? Could it be that some crisis is about to strike that even Li Weide can't handle alone?
(End of this chapter)