Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 78 Paper Cranes

Murphy met Boris in the visitor area.

The mansion has a very high level of security. Not only is entry to the underground research institute strictly prohibited, but entry to the mansion above ground is also prohibited without permission. It is divided into several areas, and even guests invited by the owner can only stay in the visitor area and are not allowed to move around in other areas.

Boris was only allowed in because Murphy showed the security guards a picture of him and told them that he might be visiting.

"How is Mariana?" Murphy asked Boris as soon as he saw him.

"She's recovering in the hospital now, and I'm planning to bring her back in a few days." He then looked at Murphy, "Do you still stand by what you said before?"

"Of course," Murphy said.

"You can let Marianne stay here," Murphy said. "It's safe here."

"Okay." Boris nodded. "About my job, what exactly will I be doing?"

"Later, I'll take you to the lab to help them with some tests. This might be done regularly, but you just need to listen to them."

"What you need to do most is learn to be the boss of a technology company."

"First, you need to familiarize yourself with the Umbrella Corporation. I will prepare the information for you. Then, when you are almost ready, I will introduce you to someone who is my collaborator in the Muggle world. He does not know my true identity, but he is a very capable operator. I will change his memory and replace all the parts of his memory about me with you."

"Then, you can continue to work with him to operate Umbrella Corporation together. Of course, in most cases, you won't need to make any major decisions. Just think of him as my assistant."

"Perhaps you could be honest with him about your true identity. Aren't you business partners? Don't you trust him?" Boris asked.

“I trust him,” Murphy thought for a moment, then shook his head. “No, that would cause trouble for your future work. There’s no need for that. Besides, Patrick has his own ideals. Telling him the truth might disappoint him.”

Patrick enjoys the process of creating a great product, but if he knew that his so-called "great product" was just a repackaged version of wizards' potions, he would probably be quite disappointed.

"Okay, I understand."

Boris nodded, then suddenly remembered something: "Oh right, I found these things in the yard earlier, but the security guards couldn't seem to see them."

As he spoke, he handed several paper cranes to Murphy.

"When I saw them, they could still fly."

Murphy was taken aback when he saw the paper cranes.

Isn't this Celica's paper crane?

He took them and counted them; there were five in total. Three were already wilted, while two were still flapping their wings, so they must be the newest.

It seems that it wasn't that Selica didn't write to him, but rather that the paper cranes couldn't get into the research institute and therefore couldn't find him. And the paper cranes must have been enchanted with a Muggle-repelling charm, which is why the security guards didn't notice them, and they just kept flying around the mansion until they were discovered by Boris, a vampire who is no longer a Muggle.

Five letters have been sent back already. Could that guy have already found the place and gone in to explore it himself?

He quickly unfolded a paper crane, on which was written in delicate handwriting: "It's the fifth day, and you still haven't come. I guess you're busy with something else. I can't wait any longer, so I'll go in first. I've written the instructions on this paper crane: just activate a few runic pillars in the correct order. Hurry up and come!"

Uh……

Oh no, that girl really went to explore on her own!

He put away the paper crane with the correct activation order written on it, and then opened the second paper crane.

"I've found Joachim's village! It's so well hidden, it took me ages to find it! It was completely concealed, not just with a Muggle banishment charm, but probably with other secret spells as well, though those should be destroyed now. Besides, it's surrounded by a strange forest; without the stone pillars at the outer edge to dispel the forest's magic, anyone would be trapped inside!"

"I thought about it for days before I finally figured out how to break the spell on this forest! I'm so awesome!"

"Come quickly, I'm waiting for you at the castle ruins."

Murphy: "..."

The paper crane was all wrinkled, as if it had been rained on two or three times and then dried in the sun. It seemed that Celica had been waiting for him to explore together for many days.

Judging from the first paper crane, she waited for me for at least five days.

No, why are you so stubborn?

If you can't Apparate, couldn't you at least take a bus back and let me know first?

If I had known this would happen, I would have prepared a key for her.

He opened the third paper crane. "It's been three days! I've written you two letters! If you don't come soon, I'm going to go in myself! There are no motorbike buses here! It seems they don't go to every place. Hurry up and come!"

"..."

Row.

It seems she wrote more than just these five letters to herself; there may have been other paper cranes as well.

Sure enough, Murphy went for a walk in the yard and found two more paper cranes urging him to hurry up and meet them.

After looking through all the wilted paper cranes, Murphy opened the two newest ones.

"Murphy! Come save me! This village is terrifying! I think I can't get out! I'm so sorry, I should have waited for you. Please see my letter soon, or I'll die!"

Murphy frowned. There was indeed danger, but the situation was really bad. It was all her fault. She should have left her some more reliable contact information.

He quickly opened the last paper crane.

"If you see this letter, you must not come! This village is extremely dangerous! Anyone who enters will be cursed, perhaps a seed of the soul that prevents them from leaving! Moreover, there is a plague here! There are no living people here! And I'm probably infected too. I may only have a few days left. This place is sealed off perhaps to prevent the plague from spreading to the outside world. You must not come! If Alex or Mother asks, just say I went on a trip..."

"I'm sorry I couldn't find the incantation for you. Please don't come. This disease will make you look very ugly, and I don't want you to see me like that."

"I……"

The following words have been crossed out.

"..."

plague?

The curse of the seed of the soul?

So, does the magic of the Seed of the Mind really exist in the village?

However, this magic was used on people who entered the village.

Moreover, what is the situation with the plague?

Murphy thought for a moment, then put away all the paper cranes and said to Boris, "Come on, I'll take you to the lab first."

(End of this chapter)