Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 169 Lord Murphy is waiting for you

"Hello, Mr. Murphy, how can I help you?"

As Murphy entered the lobby of Gringotts Bank, a goblin approached him. "Would you like me to call Manager Locke for you?"

By this time, the fairy Locke was one of the most prominent figures at Gringotts Bank in England, and the story of how he rose to prominence was already widely known among the fairies.

Murphy glanced at the other person. "You are... Gambri?"

"Gambri is at counter number ten. I am Goldlock, sir."

"Oh, I'm sorry, Gold Buckle, it's really difficult for a wizard to remember your faces."

"Of course, of course, sir."

"I need to go to my vault to get some money. Could you send someone to take me there?"

"Which vault are you planning to withdraw money from?"

Murphy now has several vaults, one of which is the Darkholm family vault number 1743. It was originally used for official gold exchange, but later several other vaults were added. Some of these vaults are used for large-scale payments to the Potion Master, Wizard Security, and other stores—this business was expanded after Locke became the manager and suggested it to Gringotts Bank.

Gringotts could collect fees from these large-scale transactions and reconciliations, thus earning a considerable amount of gold coins and increasing Locke's reputation in the bank.

"Vault number 891, perhaps."

Murphy chose one with an earlier number that was closest to the target vault, number 713.

"Okay, please follow me."

The fairy Gold Buckle took Murphy on the roller coaster, which went downhill.

As soon as he boarded the vehicle and entered the underground area, feathers began to fall from Murphy's back. In no time, hundreds of feathers had floated down from his body. After the roller coaster departed, the feathers suddenly crackled with lightning and transformed into crows, scattering in all directions to help Murphy locate Vault 713.

The roller coaster continued its descent for an unknown distance before finally arriving at Vault 891.

Looking down into the still bottomless, dark abyss, Murphy began to wonder if these fairies possessed some kind of dwarf-like bloodline.

Jin Kou got out of the car with him, and Murphy took out a small key, opened his vault, and told the fairy to wait outside.

After he entered the vault and waited for a while, a message from a lightning raven appeared in his mind: Vault 713 had been found.

He cast a Disillusionment Charm on himself, then went outside and saw the fairy Gold Buckle waiting respectfully in the same spot. He went up behind her, raised his wand, and silently cast a Stunning Charm on her, knocking Gold Buckle unconscious.

Murphy's original wand was broken, and he was using a spare wand. It didn't feel quite right, so after thinking for a moment, he cast a stun spell on the fairy, then put away his wand and picked the fairy up.

His gaze shifted to the lightning raven, and the image of Vault 713 appeared before him.

"Apparition!"

These lightning crows are all his clones, closely connected to him. To a certain extent, they can be seen as his eyes and hands, allowing him to move through their field of vision.

Murphy revealed himself in front of the vault door, letting the crows watch over the area. Finding that not many people could see him, Murphy mentally criticized the rudimentary security system of the so-called "safest place in the wizarding world" while pulling Gold Snap's hand and placing it on the vault door.

After a series of mechanical clicks, the door opened.

The vault wasn't large; Murphy could see everything inside at a glance.

However, unsurprisingly, the unexpected did happen.

The small cloth bag containing the magic stone is not here.

What's going on?

This is Vault 713, that's right. It's not even August yet. He remembered that in the original story, Hagrid came to get the Philosopher's Stone on the last day of July. He took Harry to buy all sorts of things for school and then came to Gringotts to pick up the Philosopher's Stone.

Uh... speaking of which, Harry Potter is currently living with Sirius Black on Weasel Hill.

With Sirius Black as his official godfather, there's no need for Hagrid to take him shopping.

So... Hagrid didn't need to pick Harry up on his birthday, and could have come to Diagon Alley to retrieve the Philosopher's Stone earlier.

Ok.

After all, he had done so many strange things since coming into this world, and now the Minister of Magic was not Fudge but Barty Crouch. It was only natural that he would have such a butterfly effect.

So, the Philosopher's Stone is already at Hogwarts?

By the way, Quirrell will soon be here to rob a place under Voldemort's command, but like me, he'll find nothing. As a result, he'll be possessed by an enraged Voldemort, who decides to personally supervise Quirrell's actions.

Voldemort, like himself, needed the elixir of immortality.

However, unlike Murphy, who may need to use the elixir of immortality to maintain his physical condition for a long time, Voldemort needs the elixir of immortality to resurrect, and it may be a one-time use. Therefore, his need for the Philosopher's Stone as a production tool is probably not as strong as Murphy's.

Perhaps, we could cooperate with Voldemort?

However, it's unclear how much of Voldemort's sanity he still possesses, and if he were to be resurrected, it would likely cause a major problem.

Murphy hesitated for a moment, then ultimately gave up on the idea.

Rather than pinning our hopes on a ghost that has suffered repeated defeats and has little reason or wisdom left, we'd better find a solution ourselves.

With that thought in mind, Murphy returned to his Vault 891 and lifted the spell on the fairy.

The latter woke up rubbing his head, "How did I...?"

"You seem to have dozed off. Let's go, Gold."

"Ah, okay."

Murphy used "Lawful Voice" when he spoke.

Jin Kou easily believed his story and didn't dare to question him further before leaving the underground with Murphy.

As Murphy stepped out of Gringotts, he released a lightning raven. "Tell Lucius Malfoy to come see me at Weasel Hill."

……

Malfoy Estate.

Perhaps having heard about the various upheavals in the British wizarding world, the Malfoy family finally ended their trip to Rome and returned two weeks ago.

The house-elf Becky is happily cleaning her room. Her owners have finally returned, and she feels that her life has regained its meaning.

However, Lucius Malfoy was far from happy in his study.

Previously, he had gone into hiding to avoid being caught in the conflict between Lencarn and Murphy.

This wasn't entirely an attempt to avoid the risk of choosing the wrong side, but rather a judgment he made after careful consideration.

As he had originally anticipated, both Lencarn and Murphy had considerable advantages and it would be difficult for them to completely defeat each other. They would likely return to the negotiating table after a period of probing.

At that time, Lucius Malfoy, as someone who could speak to both sides and remained neutral, would be able to act as a bridge between the two parties and become a crucial third party at the negotiating table.

He's not one of those brainless guys from a professional acting background who'd willingly become someone else's pawn.

Joining Lencowyn or Murphy is a huge loss if you lose, and you only get a small share if you win. What's the point?

Why should Lucius Malfoy be subordinate to anyone?

However... things took a completely unexpected turn.

He hadn't expected Murphy to be so strong, and he certainly hadn't expected him to be so ruthless.

After being attacked by werewolves, he showed no intention of negotiating at all and directly killed eight pure-blood nobles, while the leader, Albert Lencoun, remains missing to this day.

Even more surprisingly, it's unclear what kind of magic he used, but Barty Crouch was willing to be controlled by him.

Now, the Aurors are controlled by Rahim Selwyn, who has become a staunch supporter of Murphy. With the Watchmen and Minister Barty Crouch, the Ministry of Magic has essentially become Murphy's puppet government!

Not to mention, the remaining pure-blooded nobles have all been thoroughly defeated by Murphy.

The government and the gentry are all Murphy's men. Now, in the British Ministry of Magic, apart from the headmaster, who dares to say no to Murphy?

In that situation, his actions to avoid trouble at the time seemed short-sighted and foolish.

To put it mildly, he was just being prudent; to put it more bluntly, he was betraying his principles.

Given Murphy's temperament and methods, Lucius really didn't know what he was capable of doing.

What should I do?

Lucius paced back and forth in his study. Was he going to apologize?

Or should we just run away?

Just as he was feeling anxious, a flash suddenly appeared outside the window, and then a crow appeared on the desk lamp amidst the crackling electricity.

"Gah! Lucius! Lucius! Malfoy!"

To Lucius's astonishment, the raven began to speak human language.

"Weasel Mountain!"

"Lord Murphy! I'm waiting for you at Weasel Mountain!"

"Gah! Weasel Mountain!"

Lucius's pale, terrified face was reflected in the raven's dark eyes.

"Gah! Hurry up!"

"otherwise!"

"Kill them!"

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