Hogwarts: From Selling White Peppers to Becoming a God

Chapter 79 Muggle Students Are Terrifying

After passing through three heavy steel doors resembling a bank vault, Murphy led Boris to the underground research facility.

He gave the latter a brief introduction to the basic situation of the research institute, and then led him to the twelfth floor, the magical animal laboratory.

The area was divided into four sections, one of which was currently occupied by the Transformation Project Team. Murphy brought Boris here and found Andrew Tucker.

"Andrew, this is the Muggle-turned-vampire I told you about before." Murphy gave Boris a brief introduction. "His name is Boris. He will be assisting you with some examinations and experiments. You can discuss the specific plans together."

"Yes, Director!" After taking the lead in the Transformation Project, Andrew became less socially awkward. He looked Boris up and down. "This is the first time I've ever seen a real vampire. It's amazing! Thank you for your participation, Mr. Boris. Please take care of me in the future."

After settling Boris in, Murphy found an infectious disease expert.

He handed her several origami cranes in a sterile box and briefly described her mission and situation: "She said there's a plague in that village. Is it possible that these origami cranes have any traces of that germ?"

The Japanese scholar, named Harada Toshiyu, was thin and handsome, wearing frameless glasses. "That's possible. I'll examine these samples; the results should be available in three or four hours if things go smoothly."

Please.

Next, Murphy went to find Alex.

Since Alex Wood was sent to Germany by Murphy during the last incident and returned shortly there, he has been ordered not to leave the research institute. Recently, he has been living and working at the institute, just like the other researchers.

When Murphy saw him, she was surprised to find that his dark circles were even more pronounced.

"What's going on?" Murphy asked, somewhat confused. "You seem even more tired than before, even though I asked you to teach some students?"

Alex immediately grabbed Murphy's leg, pleading, "Boss, please spare me! Let me go and process the herbs! I don't want to teach anymore! I never want to teach again!"

"Why? Do you think those Muggles would bully you?" Murphy asked, somewhat bewildered.

"They're all devils!" Alex exclaimed, his face contorted with despair. "For the first two weeks, I had a relatively peaceful time. They were all studying diligently, and very few people asked questions, and the questions they did ask were all very simple ones."

"But in less than a month, they went crazy, each one coming to me with a dozen notebooks filled with questions! A dozen! Hundreds of questions! And none of them were the same!"

"This is terrifying! Absolutely terrifying! And their questions are so bizarre! Why do Muggles think of so many strange questions! Is a centaur's heart located in a human or a horse? Are their spines fused together? Is a mandrake a plant or an animal? Why aren't humans and goblins reproductively isolated... Good heavens!"

"Later, Miss Laura saw that I was working too hard and told them to discuss it among themselves first, and then come to me with the questions after they had come up with a consensus."

"But they asked fewer questions, and their questions became much stranger! If you add a dead person's hair to a compound potion, will a person who drinks it become dead? Can Animagus reproduce with animals? Is the water conjured from Clear Spring drinkable? Can you eat the venomous snakes summoned by the dragon emerging from its cave...?"

Murphy: "..."

He could understand the feelings of these Muggle researchers; he felt the same way when he first arrived in this world.

"Later, they stopped asking me questions. Because even if they did, I couldn't answer them. But they started asking me to demonstrate spells for them, using all sorts of strange methods to make me show them spells. For example, they made me use the 'Splitter' spell on more than a dozen things, such as a piece of wood, a piece of paper, a piece of cloth, a piece of meat, etc. They also made me use the 'Repair' spell on some things while blindfolded, created many obstacles, and made me use the 'Guide' spell..."

"I don't know what they're doing, but I usually have to recite a spell hundreds of times before they're satisfied..."

"I was never this diligent when I was a student! I'm a teacher, so why am I working even harder than them... Muggle students are terrifying!"

"I'm so tired, I don't want to teach anymore, boss, please let me go."

Murphy patted Alex on the shoulder. "You've worked hard."

He really hadn't expected this situation. In his original understanding, Alex was supposed to just occasionally demonstrate a spell, but now it seemed that he had underestimated the curiosity of those Muggle researchers. They had directly treated Alex as an experimental assistant.

"Just hang in there a little longer, and I'll hire a few more people as soon as possible."

Murphy could only make empty promises, with no clear timeframe for when they would be fulfilled.

However, if you want to recruit people into the research institute, you must solve the problem of loyalty.

He could use the Thorn Oath to temporarily keep a group of Muggles secret, but it was no match for wizards.

How can he restrict the actions of a wizard who can become invisible, apparite, and shapeshift?

Confiscating their wands? What use are they then?

Therefore, to completely resolve the issue of loyalty, a seed of the heart is needed.

Thinking of this, Murphy sighed. "Alex, there's something I need to tell you."

"Hmm?" Alex looked at Murphy with a puzzled expression.

"Your sister, Celica Wood, is now trapped in the village of Josiam and has contracted a dangerous disease. She may not have much time left, and rescuing her will be extremely difficult..."

Alex didn't understand at first. "My sister? She's sick?"

"Yes, she went to find a spell for me and ventured into a dangerous place. Celica wrote that entering that village would curse us and prevent us from leaving. Moreover, there was a plague there, making it extremely risky to rescue her."

"You...aren't you going to save her?" Alex stared at Murphy in shock.

Murphy was actually hesitant as well.

Judging from Selica's letter, the risk of going to the rescue was too great, and he did not want to take the risk.

But the other party did go to the village for my work, so it would be really unreasonable to just abandon them.

Moreover, he desperately needs the Seed of the Soul.

In the wizarding world, he's now just a nouveau riche with no real connections. Don't be fooled by his current ability to use gold coins to pave the way and his apparent influence.

But in reality, he doesn't possess any real power.

When he persuaded Lucius, he said that money is power, and he was right.

However, this transformation of power takes time.

Before the transformation is complete, those more direct forces could turn against it at any time.

Malfoy and his friends could not possibly be genuinely on Murphy's side and willingly paving the way for him.

They had no loyalty to their former master, let alone to him.

Once they figure out Murphy's true nature and discover that he really only has money, all that awaits Murphy is that he be torn to pieces and eaten.

"If you're not going to save her, please let me leave. I'll do it myself..."

"Bullshit! Who said I wouldn't save them?!"

(End of this chapter)