Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 105 Abnormal Scientist

To be honest, if it weren't for the huge side effects of the Mind Seed, Murphy wasn't sure if he would have the willpower to refrain from using it too frequently.

If all it does is get people to obey unconditionally, who can refuse to use it?

Imagine that scenario.

If you give each person in the Ministry of Magic a Mind Seed, and each of the heads of the Muggle government a Mind Seed, wouldn't he immediately rule the world?

That means you can do whatever you want, right?

If everyone in the world worked for their own dreams, and the world's resources supported one person, wouldn't becoming a god be much faster and more comfortable than doing it secretly now?

This is probably why the Hel family was hunted down to extermination; no one wants to suddenly and inexplicably have an extra master.

In terms of its effect, Mind Seed is a far more powerful spell than the Killing Curse. The Killing Curse can only permanently kill an opponent, but Mind Seed can turn the other person into your die-hard fan.

Such a powerful tool is something no one can refuse to use.

Selica found the spell terrifying, mainly because she had witnessed the harm it caused, such as driving people or animals mad.

But in fact, the Seed of the Mind without such negative effects is the most terrifying magic.

"Serika, now that you can use this spell, will you rely on it? For example, will you use it on them so they can no longer harm animals, or on me so I can no longer come into contact with dark magic?"

"Of course not! Controlling others like that is too evil!" Celica answered without hesitation.

She now somewhat regretted helping Murphy find this magic. At the time, she only thought the spell could help Murphy keep people's secrets, thus replacing the punitive Thorn Oath. She was so focused on helping Murphy that she hadn't considered the potential harm the spell might cause.

But after experiencing what happened in the village and reading Joachim's diary, she became wary of the spell.

"Hmm," Murphy nodded, "but that's probably because neither of those goals means much to you."

He thought for a moment, "What if you used the Seed of the Mind on me to make me fall in love with you?"

Selica was shocked; she hadn't even considered this aspect.

Then her face flushed red. This guy actually said that in front of others; wasn't that like telling everyone I liked him?

She was a little angry, but Murphy's words still frightened her. Making the other person like her seemed like a good idea, but immediately, the images of the animals that had been tormented to death by the Seed of the Mind appeared in Selica's mind.

"No! I will never use this spell on you!"

Even aphrodisiacs are stronger than this!

Moreover, if Murphy can say something like that, it means he really doesn't consider her a potential romantic partner at all.

This left Selica somewhat disappointed and also a little resentful.

Murphy laughed. "Look, you've used this magic so many times and it hasn't corrupted your mind. Why worry that I might be corrupted by it?"

"..." Selica was speechless when asked.

"But it...it's too evil..."

"So, I'm researching ways to make it more gentle?"

"..."

That seems to make sense?

Selica was confused again. What was going on? Why could she never win an argument with him?

"Then, even if it becomes milder, you'll still use it, right? You'll still be used to enslaving others, just like you said earlier!" Celica finally grasped the key point again.

"this……"

Murphy was at a loss for words. He wanted to say that he would only use the spell "when necessary," but what constitutes "necessary" was up to him.

Just then, Omid Abbott, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up and came to his rescue.

"Director, Professor Celica, actually, this magic might not be as powerful as we thought."

"Oh?" Murphy was taken aback, then quickly followed up, asking, "What do you mean?"

"Through our recent research, we have also found some patterns in this spell," Omid said.

"We discovered that this spell is not guaranteed to succeed."

"First, since most animals lack logical cognition, they cannot understand or execute commands related to abstract concepts, so spells will not work."

"Secondly, we found that some animals with basic cognitive abilities, such as crows and monkeys, seem to be able to resist certain commands that contradict their strong desires."

"For example, if we starve a monkey for a few days and then give it food, and then use a spell on it to command it not to eat, the success rate is less than 20%."

"We analyzed the data more carefully and found that in the cases where the spell succeeded, either the monkey wasn't too hungry, or it was starving to the point of death. And when the monkey had been starving for a day or two, in a state of extreme hunger, but hadn't yet become very weak, the spell never succeeded."

"This might suggest that spells can be resisted! Perhaps the reason those spells succeeded was because the recipient didn't resist the spell too much, or perhaps they were in a very low mental state, making it difficult to resist the spell's control."

"Huh?" Murphy was taken aback. "The Seed of the Mind can be resisted?"

What's the point of having it then?

"We are not yet certain of this, but we have studied Joachim's diary and found that the reason he was able to successfully use spells on the villagers and himself was likely because they were all acting voluntarily."

"The villagers hoped they would get better and were willing to believe that Joyashim could heal them, and Joyashim was also willing to believe it, so his spell was not resisted."

"We suspect that this spell works very differently from the Imperius Curse."

"The Imperius Curse can be used on unwilling targets and is difficult to resist, but when the Imperius Curse fails, the mind of the victim will be freed. The Seed of the Mind, on the other hand, is difficult to use on targets with a strong will to resist, but once successful, it is permanent and will remain in effect until the conditions set by the spell are met."

"Of course, we don't have enough evidence to support this hypothesis yet."

"We want Ms. Celica to use some harmless commands on me and Funes, such as writing a thousand words or obeying orders completely for an hour. These restrictive spells have been proven in our experiments to have no long-term effects, but... Ms. Celica refuses to use spells on us..."

Celica: "They say it every day, they come to me dozens of times a day... I think they've gone crazy... or they're just perverts..."

Murphy imagined the scene: two grown men chasing after Celica, yelling, "Slave me! Slave me!"

That's really perverted.

"Director, we have conducted many animal experiments, but the brains of animals are still far inferior to those of humans. More importantly, we possess self-awareness and logical thinking, and our thought patterns and psychological patterns are different from those of animals. This spell clearly relies on such mechanisms, so we are applying to conduct human experiments."

"Of course, we can start with ourselves..."

(End of this chapter)