Hogwarts: This Dark Lord is so evil

If Grindelwald completely ignored Annie, it might actually be that he had let her go, allowing her to go wherever she pleased.

However, after hearing Annie say that Grindelwald had actually comforted her so warmly, Levid was one hundred percent certain that Annie had gained some new significance for Grindelwald.

Grindelwald was just that kind of person; anyone worth his effort to appease definitely had a significant use!

At this moment, Levid didn't say anything more but simply stared at Annie, putting pressure on her.

Annie, enduring Levid's gaze, sat stiffly on the chair, her hands gripping the hem of her clothes tightly.

Her heart was already filled with contradictions.

Under the pressure of Levid's aggressive gaze, her thoughts had long been tangled into a knot!

The Grindelwald Levid described was not the Grindelwald she knew.

In the past, she would never have believed Levid's words.

She once firmly believed that Grindelwald's noble ideals would definitely bring goodness to the world.

And the path Grindelwald had taken before was absolutely correct!

But now… her firm heart had begun to waver…

Because Grindelwald's actions in recent months were completely contrary to what he had done before.

Moreover… wasn't the way Grindelwald was now doing things… the method she had initially asked Levid about?

Annie originally relayed it to Grindelwald only to fulfill her duty, allowing Grindelwald to continue to understand Levid and Tom's words and actions.

She felt that Levid's views could at most give Grindelwald some inspiration.

Grindelwald might even laugh at Levid's unrealistic ideas.

But… she really didn't expect that Grindelwald would completely follow what Levid said!

When she heard her aunt say that Grindelwald, in order to clear his name, had personally sent the staunchly loyal Pure-Blood partisans who had charged into battle for him to the guillotine… Annie felt her faith collapse.

Of course, at the time, her aunt was merely rejoicing in front of her, thankful that she had been rescued by Grindelwald; otherwise, she would already be dead in Azkaban.

She didn't expect those words to have such a big impact on Annie's originally firm heart.

After all, Vita didn't know that Annie truly believed in Grindelwald's ideals, and not just for the sake of family interests…

And Grindelwald's image of betraying comrades and being cold and ruthless was no different from the "smears" that the outside world had previously made about him.

In the past, Annie had only heard others say this and felt that it was a smear on the reformer, but now, she had witnessed it with her own eyes…

Throughout the holiday, she had been doing psychological construction, trying to persuade herself that Lord Grindelwald must have his reasons for doing this, and that she was definitely overthinking things.

Later, Grindelwald encouraged her with a few words, and her heart was barely stabilized, no longer thinking wildly.

To be precise, it should be said that she finally had an excuse to avoid thinking about these issues.

But unexpectedly, Levid at this time once again tore open the fig leaf that she had so painstakingly covered up…

The bloody and realistic problems that she had previously avoided were once again placed in front of her!

"I can see that you are very conflicted now. Even… a little broken down," Levid finally moved away his aggressively probing gaze.

Annie's body suddenly relaxed, and she felt that her back was completely soaked with sweat.

Only her eyes became more and more confused.

"No… Mr. Grindelwald must have his reasons for doing this…" Annie murmured softly.

Tom, who had been sitting opposite her reading a book, couldn't help but ask after seeing Annie's appearance, "What did you do to her? Did you make her stupid?"

Just now, Levid had only looked at her for a while, and then she became like a dimwit.

According to his understanding of Levid's strange methods, it was hard not to think that Levid had used some special trick again.

"I didn't do anything, just put the problem she was avoiding in front of her again," Levid said vaguely, unwrapping a Chocolate Frog and stuffing it into his mouth.

"Then she's… gone stupid on her own?" Tom frowned and asked.

Levid looked at the Chocolate Frog card in his hand, which was a strange-looking wizard.

"It's normal; after so many years of faith collapsing suddenly, anyone would become a little abnormal."

"Faith collapsing? She can't really believe in Grindelwald's nonsense, right?" Tom said somewhat incredulously.

Levid laughed and said, "You still have the nerve to laugh at Annie; didn't you almost believe it before too?"

"Heh… I only believed in the benefits he could bring me. It has nothing to do with ideals. There aren't that many noble ideals in this world," Tom sneered.

"You're wrong about that. There are still noble ideals in this world, but… they don't exist in the body of an ambitious man like Grindelwald," Levid said, casually tossing the Chocolate Frog card in his hand to Tom.

"What are you giving me this for? Why does this guy look so weird?" Tom said unhappily.

"Ha, you unfilial descendant, you didn't even recognize your own ancestor Slytherin?"

At this time, Tom saw the name on the Chocolate Frog card.

"This is vilifying Slytherin. I'll write a letter to protest tomorrow!"

Saying that, he conveniently put the card away, without a trace of embarrassment on his face.

"Ha, Tom, your ability to play dumb has improved again."

“I don't know what you're talking about, Vede. You should be thinking about how to coax Miss Rozier, you've made her cry. It wouldn't be good if other students saw this.”

Vede turned to look at Annie, and sure enough, Annie was already in tears.

However, with the help of Legilimency, Vede understood her thoughts very well.

The most respected person, the magnificent image, had collapsed, and the things she had always believed in were now falling apart.

And the worst part was that she didn't know who to talk to about these worries, because her relatives were basically fanatical followers of Grindelwald! No one could give her any advice on this issue!

Therefore, she suddenly felt a little lost, as if she had been abandoned by the entire era…

It could only be said that little girls were just little girls, and their thoughts were so chaotic and strange.

“There's no need to be sad or confused, Grindelwald isn't worth it,” Vede said.

Annie wiped away her tears, “I… I don't know what to do in the future… I can't get out of this now…”

Knowing that Grindelwald was using her, knowing that what she was doing might be wrong, did she still have to continue?

But if she didn't, with Grindelwald's personality, would he let her go?

At this moment, Annie was completely trapped, and it was difficult to get out of Grindelwald's mess.

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Even if she knew that this path was no longer correct, she had no choice but to continue.

“It's not that complicated, on the contrary, it's a very simple thing, Annie,” Vede said with a smile.

A glimmer of hope rose on Annie's face, she really hoped that Vede could point out a clear path for her.

“Just like Tom, defect to me!”

“Pfft!” Tom, who was drinking juice on the opposite side, suddenly spat a mouthful of juice on Vede's face.

However, the juice did not splash on Vede's face, who was prepared, but was blocked back.

Tom hurriedly stood up, using his wand to clean himself up, cursing as he cleaned.

“Vede! When did I say I would defect to you!?”

“Oh, Tom, you're still so stubborn…”

“I'll make you stubborn…”

Before Tom could finish cursing, he saw Vede take out his wand and slowly wipe it, starting at some unknown time.

“Yes, I did defect to Master Vede,” Tom said honestly.

When Vede was not serious, he could indeed joke and make noise with him, and maybe even get some benefits.

But… when Vede was doing serious business, it was best for him to be sensible…

And Tom, who was good at observing words and expressions, was now very sure that Vede was not joking, so he decisively admitted defeat.

“Me? Defect to you?” Annie's eyes widened.

“You should know my abilities… You wouldn't think that those words I told you before summer vacation were just simple boasting, right?” Vede said with a smile.

Annie suddenly woke up, Grindelwald changed his behavior precisely after hearing what she relayed!

Moreover, at that time, Vede already knew her identity!

Therefore, he deliberately used her to tell Grindelwald those words!

In other words… Grindelwald, such a person, was actually manipulated by Vede, such an underage wizard?!

And those magical powers before… even though he knew her identity, he still let her absorb them! He even gave her a chance to swallow so much…

Without a doubt, this was all deliberate by Vede!

Thinking about the love potions and dung bombs that Vede prepared later, and those captured Purist Party members…

That was definitely a trap specially set up by Vede! What was the purpose of that trap?

Grindelwald failed because of the trap, then became frustrated, and then, he used her to tell Grindelwald a new method.

In this way, Grindelwald would do as he wanted!

Thinking clearly about these things, Annie's heart was icy cold.

She had just found out when she was seen through, so she hadn't had time to think about these things.

Now that she thought about it, she realized how terrifying Vede was.

Grindelwald, the Purist Party, and even Dumbledore, everyone was used as a pawn by Vede!

And such a terrifying person was now only twelve years old…

Perhaps, such a person could indeed help her get out of her predicament?

“You… can you really help me?”

“You misunderstood, I'm not helping you, Annie, I just need you as a pawn as well. Since I need you as a pawn, I will naturally protect you. And… I'm not as black-hearted as Grindelwald, even useless pawns, I won't discard them casually.”

“Okay… I… I have no other choice anyway.”

Although Vede spoke very bluntly, it was better than Grindelwald deceiving her and drawing big cakes for her.

Moreover, she had caused such a big trouble before, and now that Grindelwald needed her, he might not do anything to her, but it was hard to guarantee that he wouldn't settle accounts later!

Annie no longer dared to trust Grindelwald's character… She might as well take a gamble!