Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil.

Chapter 583 Li Weide: Tom, say thank you!

To let everyone know the background of this story in advance.

So when Harry appeared, Li Wade deliberately used interspersed shots to briefly introduce some information about Voldemort.

While this approach might reduce the element of surprise in the storytelling, it will lessen the confusion for the audience and prevent them from being completely bewildered...

Therefore, Dumbledore quickly realized that this so-called "Dark Lord" Voldemort was none other than his second most favored disciple—Tom Riddle.

Dumbledore glanced at Li Wade in surprise, then at Tom, who was covering his face with his hands.

“Wade, this is…”

“I don’t exist in this parallel world, Professor. It all started the day you visited the orphanage, and on that day, in that world, you only saw Tom,” Li Wade said.

Dumbledore understood instantly, which meant... it was a Tom Riddle without Livid's interference!

Upon hearing this, Grindelwald's face lit up with a broad smile.

He was right about Tom; the kid really is capable!

In other words, if it weren't for Li Weide keeping an eye on things, Tom could have actually become the fearsome Dark Lord.
At first, the wizards didn't even dare to say his name, only referring to him as "the mysterious man," which speaks volumes.

However, these are not the most important.

He smiled at Dumbledore and said, "I heard that a certain professor is very proud of his educational philosophy, but I didn't expect... hehe."

Dumbledore's face darkened instantly. What did this bastard mean?
In other words, without Li Weide's help, his educational philosophy would actually be a mess.
The same person, Li Weide can help him become a good person, but he can only teach him to be a dark devil?

While it may seem that's true, what right do you, you bastard, have to look down on me?!
However, Dumbledore ultimately suppressed his anger and focused his attention on the screen.

He was also very curious about what Tom had gone through to gradually become like that without Li Weide!

You see, judging from Tom now, he's not a hopeless child...

As a professor, he was eager to know where the problem lay so that he wouldn't repeat it in the future.

At this point, in a scene interspersed earlier by Li Wade, Dumbledore is burning Tom's wardrobe to intimidate little Tom.

"Brilliant!" Grindelwald laughed. "With that one move, you directly taught power, and indeed authority, to adorable little Tom... You really are a good professor, Dumbledore..."

Dumbledore felt himself harden... his fist harden!
However, it must be admitted that what Grindelwald said makes a lot of sense.

Because on screen, besides fear, little Tom's eyes showed even more longing! A longing for power!
“Alas…I was indeed wrong…” Dumbledore sighed deeply.

He recalled that he did the same when he first met Tom and Wade.

But, at that time, with Li Weide present… he was certain that while there was desire in Tom's eyes, there was even more fear—fear of Li Weide…

So, it was really because without Li Weide's restraint that Tom gradually went down the path of no return.
Recalling his past neglect of Tom, Dumbledore broke out in a cold sweat...

He turned to look at the calm Li Weide and the heartbroken Tom, and couldn't help but feel a sense of certainty.

Thankfully... that only happened in a parallel world. Now, I have Li Weide!

As the plot unfolds...

Professor McGonagall stared in shock as the three children continued to break school rules...

What surprised her even more was that it seemed to be Dumbledore's deliberate manipulation.

“Is this…right?” Professor McGonagall asked Principal Dippet beside her.

"Heh, Albus certainly has his reasons," Principal Dippert said with a sigh.

At that time, he seemed to have already been put on the wall of the principal's office, so he didn't comment much.

After all, Dumbledore was already the headmaster of Hogwarts at that time.

Of course, Grindelwald's mockery never stopped.

"Ha! Using the Philosopher's Stone as bait, yet sending first-graders to risk their lives to solve the problems, look at those challenges... Isn't this tailor-made for those kids? Is this some kind of early training exercise for them? Tsk tsk, as expected of you, Dumbledore, I didn't expect you to still be so ruthless even in your old age. You never stop scheming and plotting, first it was Newt, and now you're scheming against a few kids..."

Dumbledore: ...

"Oh dear, Slytherin should have won, but you gave Gryffindor extra points, and they just happened to beat Slytherin... Wow, what a fair headmaster..."

Dumbledore glared at Grindelwald. "I've had enough of you, Grindelwald!"

"I'm not telling the truth? If I am, then you'd better take it!" Grindelwald said dismissively.

Dumbledore frowned and said, "I was encouraging those children! They have indeed made a great contribution to Hogwarts and the wizarding world. Shouldn't they be rewarded?"

"So, you just gave the points to a few troublemakers who broke hundreds of school rules, and completely ignored the efforts of the entire Slytherin school faculty and students over the course of a semester?"

Dumbledore sneered, "They certainly deserve extra points, and I don't think I've done anything wrong. Nor do I think I've ignored the feelings of the Slytherin students."

“Really? But weren’t those challenges deliberately set up by you? Ah! I know, it’s their reward for their loyalty to the great Dumbledore!” Grindelwald said with a smile.

Dumbledore: ...

Grindelwald didn't care much about the movie's plot, but he definitely enjoyed it now.

It's not common to be able to refute Dumbledore and leave him speechless!
Because in the past, it was always Grindelwald who was left speechless by refutations.

The offensive and defensive momentum is different!

Because Li Weide's editing sped up the story's pace and cut out some unimportant daily scenes, the content of the first book, Philosopher's Stone, was not very long from beginning to end.

So, we went straight into the second part...

The Chamber of Secrets left by Slytherin and the Basilisk.

The three giants have now arrived, of course.

Upon seeing the mysterious secret room and hearing the rumors of the mysterious monster, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff couldn't help but look at Slytherin beside them.

Slytherin blushed slightly. "Don't look at me like that. Don't I know I was wrong? Besides, the basilisk I left behind didn't cause any harm before Vader killed it."

"But in another parallel world, there is no Wade."

Hufflepuff and Gryffindor both looked at Slytherin with reproachful eyes.

This caught Slytherin off guard for a moment...

All of this was a backup plan he secretly left behind. Who could have imagined that, after a thousand years, everyone would be alive and able to meet again?
So he could only endure it...

“Salazar, if your teacher knew what you did, he would be very disappointed... You have really forgotten your teacher’s ideals back then,” Gryffindor said in a deep voice.

Slytherin fell silent upon hearing this. A familiar figure flashed through his mind…

His gaze fell on Li Weide in the front row, and he suddenly said, "Do you think... is it possible that the teacher is...?"

“It’s not certain yet. Although Vader used the same magic as the teacher, don’t forget the legend of the ancient sage. It’s not surprising that he and the teacher had the same abilities,” Hufflepuff said, shaking his head.

“I actually quite hope that he is…” Gryffindor sighed leisurely.

The time he spent traveling with his teacher was the happiest time of his life...

After the four of them established the school, the teacher disappeared without a trace.

If the teacher were still alive... Gryffindor felt this way, and so did everyone else.

For a moment, Gryffindor and Hufflepuff lost interest in continuing to blame Slytherin.

At this moment, as the plot unfolds, Dumbledore is also extremely nervous.

"Hagrid... the basilisk..."

In other words, without Livid's presence, Hagrid would have been wrongly accused by the Ministry of Magic and expelled.

The basilisk, on the other hand, will kill an innocent student!

Dumbledore clenched his fist, thankfully... with Rivald there, none of this happened!

The basilisk was eliminated beforehand, Tom didn't turn bad, and Hagrid is still going to school normally!

Dumbledore, filled with relief, even found Grindelwald's mocking words much more agreeable.

It must be said that although many of Grindelwald's words are highly sarcastic, they often hit the nail on the head.

For example, "Since you're wary of Tom and know he might have problems, why don't you guide and educate him? Is it enough to just keep an eye on him and prevent him from making mistakes? If someone wants to do something bad, there are countless ways to bypass your surveillance! Don't you know what teenage rebellion is? Even if Tom is hopeless, you haven't really tried to correct him, have you? Besides, if he were truly hopeless, how did Wade manage to train him?"

Honest advice is hard to swallow, and although it was unpleasant to hear, Dumbledore silently kept it in mind.

Li Weide successfully corrected Tom's behavior, a success story that proves his initial understanding and educational approach to Tom were wrong...

Li Wade turned to look at Grindelwald, who was launching into a long tirade against Dumbledore for being irresponsible.

All I can say is that Grindelwald, having served as the Director of Education for several years, seems to have a lot of experience with education.

When the phantom of the younger version of Voldemort appeared, everyone looked at Tom in the front row with strange eyes, seeing the handsome young man who looked exactly like Tom.

At this moment, Tom slumped weakly in the chair.

It's hopeless, let it be destroyed...

Suddenly, a warm hand grasped his cold palm.

“You are not him, Tom, you are you.”

Tom turned his head to look at the girl sitting to his left, and a wave of emotion washed over him. Even his rock-solid heart softened considerably at that moment.

"Thank you, Grace..."

The girl's blush at that moment was more alluring than any other charm.

Of course, it would be even better if there wasn't some jerk sitting next to me...

Tom twisted his stiff neck and slowly turned his head.

Sure enough, Li Weide was now looking at him with a wicked grin, and his feeling earlier was correct!
"What...what are you going to do now?" Tom felt utterly exhausted.

Li Weide smiled and said, "Say thank you!"

Tom's expression froze, then he looked at the screen again at "Tom Riddle," who was smugly explaining the origin of his name, Voldemort.

"Thank you..." Tom sighed and said softly.

Without Victor Riddle, he would still be Tom Riddle, but with Victor Riddle, he is the Tom Riddle we know today…

“I’m glad you didn’t become Voldemort, Tom.” Raviel felt a great sense of accomplishment.

As Harry plunged the Gryffindor sword into the basilisk's mouth, he then stuck its fangs into the diary.

The story of the locked room gradually came to an end.

“That diary is not right…” Dumbledore said, frowning.

“Of course something’s wrong. If I’m not mistaken, that’s a Horcrux.” Grindelwald’s eyes were sharp, and he immediately recognized what the diary was.

"Hordeals? If the diary is destroyed and Voldemort is still alive, then... that's going to be troublesome," Dumbledore said, frowning.

At this point, Dumbledore was already starting to worry about Harry from another parallel world.

Only one Horcrux could be made, but since Voldemort didn't die, it means there's more than one Horcrux...

Finding all the Horcruxes to kill Voldemort is certainly a troublesome task.

“He’s a madman…” Grindelwald remarked. “He creates so many Horcruxes, isn’t he afraid of going insane?”

He was now starting to feel a little uneasy.

Tom was indeed a talented man, and he even praised his own judgment, but now it seems that the kid has become a bit scary.

The plot then continues, with Voldemort's "most loyal" servant Sirius Black escaping from prison, plunging Harry into a huge crisis.

At this moment, the audience in the movie theater gradually became immersed in the story.

Sirius Black, the venerable godfather; Cedric Diggory, the most tragically lost genius of Hufflepuff School; Voldemort's resurrection...

It left everyone feeling regretful.

Even Tom started paying attention at this point...

Although he knew that Voldemort was himself and had interfered many times, he didn't really know what the original history was like.

Now, with Grace's comforting words, he finally snapped out of his despair and wanted to see how Voldemort had lost.

He knew that Voldemort would be resurrected later, so without Li Wade's abilities, Harry, with his meager strength, seemed to have no chance of turning the tide.

As time went by, the storylines of The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Goblet of Fire, and The Order of the Phoenix gradually came to an end.

Grindelwald never stopped pointing fingers at Dumbledore.

until……

The plot progresses to the Half-Blood Prince, where Snape, with a trembling voice, utters the Killing Curse, causing Dumbledore to fall from the tower...

Grindelwald stared in disbelief as the elderly Dumbledore died.

“You madman… Dumbledore, you’re a madman…” Grindelwald muttered.

He knew the Elder Wand's characteristics, so he could naturally guess some of Dumbledore's plans.

"You bastard... you've been calculating and calculating, even taking your own life into account!" Grindelwald roared.

Dumbledore watched his own demise with a complex expression.

Honestly, seeing how my future self dies always gives me a strange feeling.

However, this is a story from another world. In his own world, his future would certainly not be so bleak.

Hearing Grindelwald's unusually non-sarcastic words, he couldn't help but sigh. "Back then, I was probably already tormented by the curse and wouldn't live much longer, so... this was the right thing to do. Since I was destined to die, I might as well make my death more meaningful..."

“That’s what I hate about you, Dumbledore…” Grindelwald said through gritted teeth.

(End of this chapter)