Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 25 Malfoy Manor

Murphy returned to the old mansion in Darkholm and found Alex.

"It's no longer safe here. Quickly pack your things, and take all the potions you've made and the remaining materials with you."

After finishing his sentence, Murphy went to the basement, opened a cabinet, carefully placed the dozen or so bottles of medicine inside into a small box, and put them into his seamless stretch bag.

Alex had finished packing, but he was somewhat apprehensive. "Will those people find their way here?"

"Hmm, is everything packed?"

"All packed up."

"Is nothing missing?"

"no."

"it is good."

After Murphy finished speaking, he drew his wand, aimed it at Darkholme Mansion, and chanted, "Pestis incendium!"

A torrent of flames erupted from Murphy's wand, swirling as he drew a circle above his head, forming a raging fire tornado in the sky above the old house.

The tornado was moving faster and faster, and the temperature of the flames was rising higher and higher. The rolling heat wave forced Alex to retreat continuously.

"This, this is the Fiery Curse?!" He was stunned.

This is black magic!

This magical flame will burn you to ashes if it touches your body, and it cannot be extinguished by ordinary methods. It is extremely terrifying!

Who exactly is this Mr. Peter Parker I'm serving, and how does he possess such profound black magic?

And what is he going to do here? This should be his own home, right?

Alex saw several portraits in the second-floor corridor. Although they were all damaged and immobile, the figures in the paintings looked very much like Mr. Peter Parker.

But before he could figure it out, Murphy's wand pressed down.

"boom!"

The old mansion in Darkholm was crushed by the tornado and instantly ignited. The violent flames clung to it as if they had found food, turning the old mansion into a giant torch in an instant.

Now that Lucius knows his true identity, it will be easy for him to find this place.

He had conducted many potion experiments here, and the house bore too many traces of his presence. To avoid missing any clues and being caught red-handed, it was best to burn it down for peace of mind.

Anyway, he had nothing to miss about this place.

"Let's go."

Murphy didn't offer much explanation, grabbed Alex, and immediately Apparated.

They appeared in a warehouse.

"You stay here, I'm going to take care of something."

Murphy tucked several old wands into his waistband, tilted his head back and drank a bottle of Polyjuice Potion, and soon transformed into a black man.

Just as he was about to leave, he thought again and tossed Alex a seamless stretch bag. "If I don't come back in two hours, take these Galleons and go hide in Scotland or France for a few years."

Murphy's words made Alex tense again. "Mr. Parker, what are you going to do?"

"Go rescue them," Murphy said casually, "and kill a few if possible."

After saying that, he disappeared from Alex's sight.

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Murphy rode on a flying broomstick, cruising through a countryside.

Despite its many flaws, the flying broom is still very useful in many ways as a private flying machine.

For example, searching for a house in the countryside.

By this time, he had roughly figured out Lucius's purpose.

The fact that Lucius was able to find the factory indicates that he had already contacted the Umbrella Corporation and discovered that he was selling potions to Muggles.

It must be said that Murphy underestimated the intelligence of wizards to the point of being overly careless in this regard.

His attack on the factory is understandable; it was nothing more than revenge.

But it's strange that they arrested the factory workers and took away the materials and finished medicines.

White cinnamon extract is an incredible miracle drug for Muggles, so the pharmaceutical company has a motive to kidnap workers and steal samples in order to obtain the formula. This is why Patrick believes that the attack was carried out by the pharmaceutical company.

But for wizards, the recipe for White Pepper Essence is clearly written in the textbooks, and they have no reason to do this just for the sake of the recipe.

If you think about it from Lucius's perspective, when he learns that Murphy sold his potions to Muggles, he will understand that Murphy's biggest fear is that the wizarding world will find out about it, and to prove that Murphy violated the Wizarding Secrecy Act, he needs evidence.

Once we have evidence that Murphy sold the potion to Muggles, it will be easy to use it to blackmail him into cooperation or send him directly to Azkaban.

Obtaining evidence is their justification for kidnapping workers.

To obtain conclusive evidence, they needed to interrogate the workers and also figure out the sample drugs.

Perhaps Lucius is even thinking of learning from Murphy's methods, figuring out Murphy's operating procedures, and then taking over the business and making a fortune quietly after Murphy is imprisoned in Azkaban.

Therefore, Murphy guessed that they most likely did not hand over those workers and samples to the Aurors, and they are probably still at Malfoy Manor.

Murphy had previously obtained the approximate location of the Malfoy family from the head of the bald wizard Papad, somewhere on the outskirts of Chippenham, Wiltshire.

However, since it is far from the Muggle community and there are no specific Muggle roads or streets connecting it, he will have to find out exactly where it is.

After searching for half an hour, just when Murphy thought Malfoy had used a Faithful Charm to hide his house, he suddenly spotted a woodland.

However, the next second, the woodland disappeared from his sight again.

He frowned, flew back a few meters, and the woodland suddenly reappeared at the edge of his field of vision.

He tested it for a while and then realized that there were two invisible barriers in front of him, which converged here to form an angle. He had just passed through the inside of that angle and discovered the existence of the woodland.

"I've finally found you."

Murphy cast a Disillusionment spell on himself and quietly flew closer to the woods.

Sure enough, he soon saw a manor surrounded in the middle of the woods.

He landed silently at the back of the manor, silently eliminating his own sound, then used a lock-picking spell to open a window and climbed into the manor.

He didn't need to search hard; as soon as he entered, Murphy heard a scream, "Ah, no, please, I really don't know..."

There was another woman's voice, "We really don't know anyone named Darkholm. Our boss is Patrick, and there's another big boss named Morpheus, Morpheus Annon. Please, don't kill me..."

Then came a fierce roar from a man, "Tell me, you Muggle, how did you concoct White Essence without wands! Tell me now, or I'll kill you!"

"White, white flavoring? We don't have that... We produce white, white medicine... We use machines, distillation, extraction... Please, I'm just an ordinary worker, I only know how to operate those machines, look at the instruments and stuff, I don't understand chemistry..."

Murphy leaned closer to look and saw five workers in the central hall of the corridor, being interrogated by three wizards.

He was about to go to the rescue when he heard a woman's disgruntled voice coming from a nearby room, "Lucius, you shouldn't have let your 'friends' come to the house! And let them torture those Muggles in front of Draco! Draco was terrified!"

"Mom, I wasn't scared!" a little boy retorted defiantly.

"It's normal to be afraid, Draco, you're still a child," the woman's voice comforted him, then continued, "You should be more careful, Lucius, things aren't like they used to be..."

There are five adult wizards here. Even without Narcissa, there are four enemies. Lucius was once a Death Eater, so his fighting strength may not be as cowardly as his personality suggests. The remaining three are also ruthless dark wizards. Murphy is not confident that he can take on four opponents at once.

We must be careful; perhaps they'll kidnap Malfoy?

As these thoughts raced through his mind, a voice suddenly came from behind him, "Sir, who are you? You are not a guest invited by the master."

Murphy turned around in surprise and saw a big-eyed girl staring at him in confusion.

(End of this chapter)