Chapter 119: Magic is Power

Time thus arrived in 1990.

One day in February, Murphy received a letter from Lucius.

He came to Malfoy Manor.

The snow had not yet completely melted, and Draco and his little friends couldn't wait to play Quidditch.

They made a goal, with Goyle as the goalkeeper, and Draco and Crabbe scrambling for the Quaffle, each throwing once.

Because there were few people, they soon felt bored and suggested Murphy join.

Murphy wasn't very interested in this sport when he was in school, let alone playing with a few children. However, he readily agreed, took a bat, and with one Bludger shot, knocked Crabbe and Goyle to the ground.

Then he released the Golden Snitch. In the stunned gaze of the three children, he said to Draco: "What Quidditch are you playing? If you want to play, play with the Golden Snitch. Your future opponent is a Chaser. Go, Draco, if you can't catch the Golden Snitch, you three won't have dinner today."

"But, the Bludgers..." Goyle looked at the Bludgers flying around in the sky.

Wanting to catch the Golden Snitch under the attack of two Bludgers, that technique felt like it could enter a professional team.

"So why don't you two go and protect him?"

After sending the three children away, Murphy came to the living room, and the house-elf Betsy poured him a glass of wine.

"83 Gin, from Buckingham Palace." Lucius introduced. "I heard you were dissatisfied with my wine, a gift specially sent by Selwyn."

It is not a secret that a certain British national treasure loves wine, and the anecdote about her having people brew wine with plants in the garden at Buckingham Palace is also a common topic at the dinner table, so Murphy didn't feel strange about Lucius's introduction.

It's just that it seems these nobles among wizards might have a deeper connection with the Muggle world than he imagined.

"How about it, does Selwyn know how to bow his head?"

Murphy picked up the wine glass and tasted it, only feeling a spicy sensation, having no concept of the quality of the wine.

"Yes. In the past six months, the Selwyn family has had a very hard time. The magical creature business is basically almost unable to continue. In fact, they also operate a pest control shop, but since your Watcher Security Shop opened, the business has been getting worse day by day..."

"According to my people's estimation, in the past three months, the Selwyn family has lost at least forty thousand Galleons."

In fact, Murphy lost more, but Lucius didn't mention it at all.

He had already understood that money is just a number to Murphy.

As long as Gringotts still allowed him to exchange gold for Galleons, Murphy's money was almost infinite.

"So, he plans to just give me this bottle of wine?"

"Of course not. In fact, Rasim Selwyn wants to see you and apologize to you in person."

"Let him wait."

He had many things to be busy with now. Disciplining a Selwyn was really insignificant. Rather than accepting it as soon as he apologized, it would be better to suppress him for a while longer until the other party was truly at the end of their rope.

"Actually, Rasim is here right now." Lucius said.

Murphy frowned, his tone cooling down. "So, you invited me over today to be a lobbyist for them."

"No," Lucius was slightly nervous. "I just think we don't need to push them too hard. Leaving them some decency will make it more convenient to do things."

Murphy was silent for a while, and finally said: "Let him come over."

Murphy didn't care about Selwyn's decency, but he didn't have the intention of killing everyone either. It was enough to have a deterrent effect. Since the other party had bowed their head, it would be a good example of making friends.

However, as soon as Rasim Selwyn entered the room, Murphy frowned.

Rasim was a thin, tall, and gloomy young man. As soon as he entered the door, he pushed Lucius away. "I know how to talk, you don't need to teach me!"

After speaking, he saw Murphy. "It's you, wanting to go against us?"

"Rasim!" Lucius was obviously also a bit angry. "Don't forget that your father begged me, which is why you are standing here. Pay attention to your tone!"

"My father? Hmph, he's already senile! Actually afraid of such a kid!" Rasim paced arrogantly in the room. "You, I know you. When I was in school, weren't you that little thing that was bullied?"

"You know me?"

Rasim Selwyn looked to be only twenty-four or twenty-five years old. If he was also at Hogwarts, maybe he had indeed seen him.

"Of course I've seen you, little thing from the Durkheim family. You didn't have a good time in school those two years. Other children from pure-blood families, even if their parents were arrested, knew how to ask us friends for help. In view of the generations of friendship in the past, we would all provide some shelter. But you, when our people looked for you, you actually refused. You didn't know the height of the sky and the depth of the earth."

Murphy recalled. He traveled through when he was in his third year. It seemed that shortly after he traveled through, there were indeed senior Slytherins who said they wanted him to join some organization.

But he was still familiarizing himself with the environment at that time and didn't know what the other party's composition was, so he refused.

It's amazing that you can remember such bullshit for so long.

"You seem to be very unconvinced by me?" Murphy asked with interest.

Rasim suddenly pulled out his wand. "I want to duel you!"

"Enough!" Lucius shouted. "This is my house! Rasim! If you are not here to talk properly, leave here!"

"Why, are you afraid?" Rasim didn't pay attention to Lucius, still staring straight at Murphy. "Don't you just have some stinking money of unknown origin? Do you really think we will be afraid of you? I want to let you understand today that in the magic world, magic is power!"

Seeing that Lucius still wanted to say something, Murphy suddenly raised his left hand. "He's right, magic is power. You don't need to pretend to be loyal here, Lucius. Since you want to see my power, then keep your eyes open and watch."

After speaking, Murphy pulled out his wand. "It's just a pity for this newly built house."

"What?" Lucius had a bad premonition.

I saw Murphy holding his wand in front of him, making a dueling gesture.

Then almost at the same time, he and Rasim both chanted the spell.

"Bombarda!"

"Dark Flood!"

A huge dark torrent rushed out from Murphy's body, directly submerging Rasim's spell, washing it away, but it was completely unaffected itself, continuing to blast towards Rasim.

What kind of spell is this?!

Rasim was shocked, and hurriedly chanted the spell. "Protego!"

Just as the pale golden light covered his body, he was hit by that dark impact, smashing into the wall behind him.

And that impact seemed to be continuous, continuously surging from Murphy's front, as if a giant hand, firmly pressing Rasim against the wall, making him unable to move.

The power of the impact was so huge that the wall was creaking from the squeeze, and then with a "bang," the wall shattered, and Rasim flew out far away like a rag doll thrown out, falling into the hall.

If it weren't for the fact that he used the Shield Charm on himself, he would have been gone by now.

"Cough, cough," Rasim tried to prop up his body, trying to climb up, but Murphy had already walked over. He was chanting words in his mouth, and his hands seemed to be accumulating the surrounding air, a visible air mass flickering with light between his palms.

Then he opened his palms forward.

"Screech Impact!"

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a screeching sound, a huge air wave spread out. Tables, chairs, benches, tea sets, portraits, everything in the Malfoy family's main hall was blown to pieces in this impact. In the piercing screeching sound, the glass of the entire mansion shattered one after another.

Lucius and Rasim, who bore the brunt, were smashed by the impact and rolled several times on the ground.

Rasim couldn't climb up anymore. Murphy stepped forward and took away his wand, then pressed his shoulder.

"Renovate."

Leaving a sentence for Lucius, Murphy took Rasim and Apparated away.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 120 =====