Shocking! Not a Single Book in This Collection Could Pass Censorship?

"Master Sophiek had indeed planned to sell those books, but before he could, he died." Toby shook his head.

"Master Sophiek had never liked reading since he was young. To him, those books were the least valuable things. In fact, ever since Master Sophiek inherited the tower, he had hardly ever gone to the third or fourth floors..."

"So when money was tight, the first things he sold were the items in the laboratory."

Li Weide was stunned. In the magical world, there were actually people who considered magic books the least valuable things? And Toby had served his former master for quite some time, so he too had thought books were nothing but waste paper.

That was why, at the beginning, he had told Li Weide that there was hardly anything left in the old house.

He had not even mentioned those books!

Looking at it this way, it was perfectly understandable that Master Sophiek could not defeat anyone.

In truth, he could not even be called a Dark Wizard anymore...

What kind of Dark Wizard had an empty laboratory?! Still, fortunately, that was exactly why this prodigal had started by selling off the equipment on the first floor when liquidating the family property, allowing the books on the third and fourth floors to escape disaster. "Take me to the third and fourth floors!" Li Weide said excitedly.

In his eyes, these books were the most valuable things in the entire old house!...

While Toby happily cleaned the Wizard Tower, Li Weide was on the third floor, flipping through the Somnolun Family's collection.

It was not until he found a manuscript titled The Origin of the Somnolun Family that he finally learned a little about the family's history.

Although the Somnolun Family was not as ancient as other pure-blood families, it had still endured for several centuries.

What surprised Li Weide was that, according to the manuscript, the founder of the Somnolun Family had actually been a Rakshasi!

As far as Li Weide knew, Rakshasi were supposed to be considered Magical Animals. Later, the Ministry of Magic had classified them as beings, like centaurs and merpeople.

In fact, although Rakshasi were extremely ugly in appearance, they were very similar to humans.

They looked like hideous old witches.

The ugly, elderly witches in Muggle fairy tales had originated from Rakshasi.

And the founder of the Somnolun Family was named Letitia Somnolun.

Out of jealousy over a princess's beauty, she had once made that princess drink an excessive dose of Living Death Potion... the very same kind Li Weide had given Tom tonight.

The princess, having consumed too much Living Death Potion, had fallen into an unconscious coma.

Until a wizard appeared.

This wizard was quite crafty. He smeared Cheering Potion on his lips, then kissed the princess, waking her up.

After that, the king, unaware of the wizard's identity, married the princess to the young wizard...

When Li Weide read this, he could not help scratching his head, because the story looked incredibly similar to the Muggle fairy tale Sleeping Beauty.

It was very likely the original tale behind that fairy tale...

Li Weide continued reading.

The princess being awakened had enraged Letitia.

But she was no match for the young wizard, so she could only endure in silence.

It was not until the princess and the young wizard had their first child that Letitia stole the baby.

And that child was the true ancestor of the present-day Somnolun Family...

Letitia only told the child about this many years after kidnapping him, when she was on her deathbed.

By the time the child learned the truth and returned to seek out his birth parents, he discovered that they had long since died. He could never acknowledge his true ancestry.

In the end, the child still chose to return to this tower, and thus the Somnolun Family was born...

After reading the family's origin story, even Li Weide could not help marveling.

After setting down the manuscript, Li Weide began looking through the other books.

It had to be said that the Somnolun Family truly deserved to be called an old family with several centuries of history.

Though it was not as ancient as those pure-blood families, its foundation was not weak in the slightest.

Judging from these manuscripts and books, the family had produced quite a few outstanding people.

Unfortunately, it had ultimately fallen into Sophiek's hands...

The more Li Weide read, the more excited he became.

He had originally only wanted to find one or two manuscripts or magic books that Dumbledore would not allow him to read.

But now, it seemed that tonight's gains far exceeded his expectations!

After quickly browsing the books on the third floor, Li Weide headed straight up to the fourth floor.

The fourth floor held no fewer books than the third.

More precisely, most of the books on the third floor were Experimental Manuscripts, magical insights, or simply books written by generations of the Somlunno Family themselves.

The fourth floor, meanwhile, contained magic books and rare editions collected from outside.

Most importantly, Li Weide discovered that the collections on both floors had one thing in common.

Not a single magic book among them could "pass censorship"!

It could only be said that, as expected of a Dark Wizard family, no ordinary spellbook without a touch of darkness was worthy of entering their library...

Li Weide even found a copy of Advanced Dark Magic Unveiled on one of the shelves! In other words, he could read and learn every book here.

However, if he actually wanted to use the knowledge inside, he had better first make sure no one was around...

Otherwise, he would definitely be sent to Azkaban! Li Weide read very quickly, and he was intensely interested in these books.

Only after browsing through several books in succession did he reluctantly set them down.

He checked the time and found that it was already five in the morning. It was time to return; he would have to explore the rest of the tower another time.

For safety's sake, he had no intention of taking any books from here. His memory was good enough—he only needed to store them in his head.

"Toby, it's time for us to go back."

By then, Toby had already cleaned the entire tower until it was spotless.

He simply had not disturbed Li Weide because Li Weide had been reading the whole time.

"All right, Young Master Weide!" Toby said happily.

Li Weide was willing to inherit this "old house," and Toby could not have been more delighted.

"Toby, remember this: everything that happened tonight, as well as anything concerning this old house, must not be told to anyone else! Remember, you cannot mention it to anyone!" Li Weide said sternly.

The books here absolutely could not be seen by Dumbledore...

And Tom was even less acceptable! If he got to read these books, Voldemort would emerge ten years early!

"Yes!" Toby answered solemnly as well.

Hog's Head.

Tom vigorously rubbed his head.

For some reason, he felt that his head was especially heavy this morning.

As if he had not gotten enough sleep.

"Are you all right?" Li Weide asked.

"N-No... it's nothing..." Tom said, shaking his head again.

"Drink this." Li Weide tossed him a bottle of Cheering Potion.

Tom's symptoms were definitely because Toby had used too strong a dose of the drug last night.

They had agreed on one drop...

But for Toby, exactly how much one drop was apparently remained open to debate.

After Tom drank the Cheering Potion, he immediately felt much better.

He could not help feeling even more grateful toward Li Weide.

Completely unaware that the reason he was like this was because Li Weide had drugged him!

Poor Tom, being toyed with in the palm of Li Weide's hand without realizing it...