Dumbledore

"Ding! It is now midnight sharp. New items have appeared in the shop!"

Li Weide put down the Spellbook disguised as Oliver Twist and directly summoned the System Shop.

Item One: Energy Potion 50ml (Unlocked) — 5 Merit Points

Item Two: Supreme Memory Potion (Unlocked) — 100 Merit Points

Refresh Countdown: 23 hours, 59 minutes, 30 seconds

Merit Points: 165

Dark Lord Achievement: Not Achieved

At first glance, these two items seemed rather ordinary.

Li Weide casually checked the system descriptions for both items.

Energy Potion: An Energy Potion produced by the system. Just 50ml will keep the user full of energy and free of fatigue for forty-eight hours. Drink in moderation according to your circumstances. Excessive consumption will cause drowsiness as a side effect. If side effects have already occurred, please hurry to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries for treatment during a brief period of wakefulness.

Isn't this just upgraded coffee...? Looking at the Energy Potion in the shop interface, Li Weide felt an odd sense of familiarity.

He had certainly drunk plenty of coffee for work in his previous life...

Then, Li Weide turned his attention to the second item again.

Li Weide keenly noticed that although the second item was also called a potion, unlike the Energy Potion, it had no dosage listed.

Supreme Memory Potion: An exclusive product produced by the system. After consumption, it can greatly enhance the drinker's memory. The effects are permanent.

The introduction was simple and blunt, but Li Weide's eyes immediately lit up.

A person's memory was one of the most important foundations for learning new knowledge. With a good memory, whether studying or conducting research, one could gain enormous benefits!

What was more, the effects of this potion were permanent!

Although he did not know exactly how much "greatly enhance" meant, Li Weide still spent one hundred Merit Points without hesitation to buy the potion.

Speaking of those 165 Merit Points...

Though he did not know why the more severely he crushed Tom, the more Merit Points he received, he still had to thank Riddle for his selfless contribution.

Otherwise, the Memory Potion would have had to remain locked for now.

Li Weide felt a familiar warmth in his palm, and then a small transparent glass bottle appeared in his hand.

Li Weide pulled out the stopper and sniffed it. It was colorless and odorless, as unremarkable as ordinary water...

Without wasting any time, Li Weide tilted back his head and poured all the potion from the bottle into his mouth.

Li Weide smacked his lips. Well, it tasted just like distilled water too—completely flavorless.

Just then, the small glass bottle in Li Weide's hand suddenly turned into specks of light and vanished, as if it had been reclaimed by the system.

Li Weide carefully examined how his body felt, but he sensed nothing unusual, as though the potion he had just drunk really had been nothing more than plain water.

Feeling puzzled, Li Weide waited a while longer before picking up the Spellbook and flipping to a page he had not read before, then quickly skimmed through it.

After browsing through it at a glance, Li Weide finally felt the change in himself...

He had only read it roughly once and had not even begun to understand the knowledge within, yet the words and diagrams had already been deeply imprinted in his mind like photographs!

It was as if he had read and memorized them over and over again.

The Supreme Memory Potion worked even better than Li Weide had expected. After greatly enhancing his memory, Li Weide seemed to have gained the ability to remember everything he saw!

Li Weide was in an excellent mood. These one hundred Merit Points had been extremely well spent!

Once again, he silently thanked Tom for his outstanding contribution...

Afterward, Li Weide bought the Energy Potion as well. He lifted a floor tile beneath the carpet and placed the potion inside.

In this temporary storage compartment was also the Essence of Dittany Li Weide had purchased earlier.

After hiding the potion away, Li Weide glanced at his remaining balance of only sixty Merit Points.

Tom was quite a good Merit Points Tool Person, but constantly farming him for points was still far too slow.

Li Weide decided that tomorrow, he would try other ways to earn Merit Points.

As for tonight...

After glancing at the cold, hard iron bed, Li Weide decisively lifted the carpet again, pried open the floor tile, and took out the Energy Potion.

Why sleep long while alive? After death, one would sleep forever...

Now that he could remember everything at a glance and had "super coffee" to back him up, how could he not study properly and live up to Comrade Riddle's selfless contribution?

Several days passed in the blink of an eye.

One afternoon.

"Knock, knock, knock..."

A knock came from the tightly shut front doors of the Orphanage.

Ellie hurriedly set down the tray of iodine and quickly ran to open the door.

Outside stood a tall, thin man who looked slightly weary.

He wore an extremely ornate dark purple velvet suit, making him look rather strange.

His hair and beard were reddish-brown. Though his attire was peculiar, he carried himself with remarkable grace.

He must be a lawyer or a professor or something... Ellie thought.

The tall, thin man offered a kind smile. "Good afternoon. I have an appointment with Mrs. Cole. I believe she is the director here."

"Oh... please wait a moment." Ellie turned around and called loudly into the distance, "Mrs. Cole..."

A loud reply came from far away. Only then did Ellie turn back to the tall, thin man. "Come in. She'll be here shortly."

The tall, thin man stepped into the corridor paved with black-and-white tiles and silently looked around.

The place was shabby overall. It was clear that the Orphanage was not doing well.

Yet despite its dilapidated surroundings, it was spotless. Clearly, the person in charge here was indeed very dedicated.

Before the front door had even fully closed behind him, Mrs. Cole hurried over with a weary expression.

As she approached the tall, thin man, she anxiously spoke to another girl wearing an apron.

"...Then take this bottle of iodine upstairs to Martha. Billy Stubbs is picking at his scabs, and Eric Willie's bedsheets are soaked with sweat, but dealing with the chickenpox is the most urgent matter..."

Before Mrs. Cole could finish speaking, she noticed the tall, thin man in front of her. To be honest, his strange attire startled her somewhat.

"Good afternoon." The tall, thin man extended his hand. "My name is Albus Dumbledore. I wrote you a letter requesting an appointment, and you kindly invited me to come here today."

Mrs. Cole looked momentarily dazed. After a while, she said, "Oh... right, there was indeed such an appointment... Well, then. Let's talk in my office."

Dumbledore wore a smile as he politely followed behind Mrs. Cole.

At the stairway landing, Li Weide watched Dumbledore's retreating figure with a faint smile on his face.

Dumbledore had finally come!

Though Dumbledore was still very young, Li Weide had recognized him easily from his distinctive appearance and bearing.

After all, at this time and in this place, there could be no one else but him—a tall, thin man with a crooked nose and blue eyes, coming to visit Mrs. Cole.

Beside Li Weide, Tom held a ragged old cloth and reluctantly wiped the stair railing.

Dumbledore's peculiar appearance naturally caught his attention at once.

"Who's that? The color of his clothes is disgusting... Has someone broken his nose before?"