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Sofik, the previous master, indeed originally intended to sell those books, but he passed away before he had the chance to.
So Toby shook his head.
"Sofik has never liked reading. In his opinion, those books were the least valuable things. In fact, since Sofik inherited the tower, he rarely ever went to the third and fourth floors..."
"So, when he was financially strapped, the first thing he sold were the things in the laboratory."
Wade was shocked. In the magical world, how could anyone think that magical books were the least valuable thing?
And Toby, having spent quite some time with his previous master, also thought the books were just waste paper.
This was also why he had told Wade earlier that there was nothing of value left in the old house.
He hadn't even mentioned the books!
From this, it was easy to understand why this Sofik couldn't compete with others.
In fact, he couldn't even be called a dark wizard...
How could a dark wizard's laboratory be empty?!
But, fortunately, because of this, when this prodigal sold off the family assets, he started with the equipment on the ground floor, sparing the books in the 2nd and 3rd floors from being sold!
"Take me to the 2nd and 3rd floors!" Wade said excitedly.
In his eyes, these books were the most valuable things in the entire old house!
...
While Toby cheerfully cleaned the wizard's tower, Wade was on the third floor, going through the Somnolen family's collection of books.
It wasn't until he came across a manuscript titled "The Origins of the Somnolen Family" that he finally started to understand some details about this family.
Although the Somnolen family wasn't as old as other pure-blood families, it had still been around for several centuries.
What surprised Wade was that, according to the manuscript, the founder of the Somnolen family was actually a female Yasha!
As far as Wade knew, Yashas were considered magical creatures. Later, the Ministry of Magic classified them as humans, just like centaurs and merpeople.
In fact, despite their extremely ugly appearance, Yashas were very similar to humans.
Their image resembled that of a hideous old witch.
In Muggle fairy tales, the image of the old, ugly witches was derived from the Yasha.
The founder of the Somnolen family was named Leticia Somnolen.
She had once become jealous of a princess's beauty and had the princess ingest an excessive amount of Hell's Brew potion... the more potent ancient version of the sleeping potion that Wade had given to Tom tonight.
After taking the excessive dose of Hell's Brew, the princess fell into an unconscious state.
It wasn't until a wizard appeared.
This wizard was very cunning. He applied a stimulating potion to his lips and kissed the princess, which ultimately revived her.
Afterward, the king, unaware of the wizard's identity, married the princess to this young wizard...
When Wade read this, he couldn't help but scratch his head, because this event seemed remarkably similar to the Muggle fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty."
It was very likely the original story behind that fairy tale...
Wade continued reading.
The fact that the princess was revived greatly angered Leticia.
However, she was no match for the young wizard and had no choice but to suppress her anger and remain silent.
Until the princess and the young wizard had their first child... Leticia stole that child.
And this child became the true ancestor of the Somnolen family...
This event wasn't revealed until many years after Leticia had taken the child, when she was on her deathbed and confessed the truth to the child.
When the child learned the truth and went to search for their biological parents, they found that they had already passed away, and it was impossible to reconnect with their family.
In the end, the child chose to return to the tower, and thus the Somnolen family was born...
Damn!
After reading about the family's origin, even Wade couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.
Putting the manuscript down, Wade began to browse through the other books in the collection.
He had to admit, the Somnolen family truly lived up to its centuries-old heritage.
Although it didn't have the long history of some pure-blood families, its foundation was certainly not weak.
From these manuscripts and books, it was clear that the family had produced many talented individuals.
It was just a pity that it all ended in ruin due to Sofik...
The more Wade flipped through the books, the more excited he became.
His original intention was to find one or two manuscripts or magic books that Dumbledore didn't allow him to see.
But now, it seemed that the gains of the night far exceeded his expectations!
After quickly browsing through the books on the 2nd floor, Wade went directly up to the 3rd floor.
The number of books on the 3rd floor was no less than on the 2nd.
It could be said that most of the books on the 2nd floor were experimental manuscripts, magical notes, or even books written by the members of the Somnolen family throughout the generations.
The 3rd floor, on the other hand, housed magic books and rare editions collected from outside.
The most important thing was that Wade discovered a common feature in the collection on both floors.
That was, not a single magic book here could "pass approval"!
It could only be said that, as expected of a dark wizard family, no ordinary magic book could be worthy enough to enter their collection...
Wade even found a book titled "Revealing the Secrets of Advanced Dark Magic" on one of the bookshelves!
This meant that all the books in this collection were open to him to read and learn.
However, when it comes to using the knowledge inside, it's best to first check if there are any people around...
Otherwise, he would definitely end up in Azkaban!
Wade read quickly, and he had a deep interest in these books.
After flipping through several books, he reluctantly put them down.
He glanced at the time and realized it was already 5 AM. It was time to head back, and the rest of the tower would have to wait for another visit to explore.
For safety reasons, he didn't intend to take any of the books with him. After all, his memory was good, and it would be fine to store the knowledge in his mind.
"Toby, we should go back."
By this time, Toby had already cleaned the entire tower thoroughly.
It was just that Wade had been reading for so long, so Toby didn't want to disturb him.
"Alright, Young Master Wade!" Toby said cheerfully.
Wade was so happy to have inherited this "beautiful mansion," and Toby was overjoyed too.
"Toby, remember, everything that happened tonight and everything about this old mansion, you cannot tell anyone else! Remember, you must never mention it to anyone!" Wade said seriously.
These books must never be seen by Dumbledore…
And Tom is even more of a problem!
If he ever sees these books, Voldemort will be born ten years earlier!
"Yes!" Toby responded seriously.
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Hog's Head Inn.
"Ugh.." Tom was rubbing his head hard.
He didn't know why, but he felt like his head was unusually heavy this morning.
It was as if he hadn't slept enough... but he had slept a lot!
"Are you alright?" Wade asked.
"No... it's nothing..." Tom replied, shaking his head again.
"Drink this," Wade tossed a bottle of stimulant potion to him.
Tom's symptoms were definitely because Toby had been too heavy-handed with the drug last night.
He was supposed to have just one drop...
But for Toby, it seems the exact amount of a drop was still open to interpretation.
After Tom drank the stimulant potion, he immediately felt much better.
He couldn't help but feel even more grateful to Wade.
He had no idea that the reason he felt this way was because Wade had drugged him!
Poor Tom, completely unaware that he was being manipulated without even realizing it... tsk. tsk.
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