Chapter 40: Thorn Oath

Alex was stunned and looked at Murphy.

Lucius Malfoy?

Murphy: "Just write it like that."

Fine, Alex had to do as he was told.

Immediately, that line of ink was absorbed, and then a line of words appeared, "Hello, Lucius, I am Tom Riddle."

Alex looked at the notebook in front of him in shock.

Sure enough, this thing is a Dark Magic item!

Murphy, however, was a bit pleasantly surprised.

This diary seems very easy to deceive.

Murphy was suddenly curious about the existence form of the diary. "Can this guy perceive the situation outside?"

However, it's better to do business first. He instructed Alex: "You continue to write: 'Tom, I am a student at Hogwarts, my grades are not good, can you answer a few of my questions?'"

Diary reply: "Of course, Lucius, I will try my best to help you."

This reply was entirely within Murphy's expectation.

The young Tom Riddle was not as simple and rude as the later Voldemort, and he was very good at using deception to achieve his goals.

In the original work, he pretended to be a friendly and caring friend, inducing little Ginny to talk about her little worries, thereby extracting Ginny's life force, making the latter almost become the nourishment for his resurrection.

"May I ask, what is the recipe for Draught of Living Death?"

"Soporific beans, distilled water, African sea salt, wormwood infusion, valerian root, narcissus root powder, if you need it, I can list the detailed steps."

"What about the recipe for Felix Felicis?"

"Ashwinder eggs, squill bulbs, Murtlap tentacles, thyme, Occamy eggshells..."

"What year did the Goblin Rebellion occur?"

"1612."

It seems that Voldemort was indeed an excellent student when he was in school, and these schoolwork questions were answered without any hesitation.

This kind of rapid and accurate answer even gave Murphy a feeling of chatting with those large language models in his previous life.

The paving was over, and it was time to enter the topic. "Tom, my spell teacher wants us to write a paper on the confidentiality spell, do you have any ideas?"

"Confidentiality spells, I know quite a few. The Unbreakable Vow can be used to keep secrets, and the Fidelius Charm can also. If you mean not letting people speak, then Tongue-Locking, Throat-Sealing, Quietus, etc., can all achieve it. What specific type of confidentiality spell do you want to know about?"

"Is there any kind of spell that can make a person unable to move when they are about to reveal a secret, or feel intense pain and lose consciousness, thereby being unable to reveal the secret? Or, can make people feel repulsion from the heart to revealing secrets?"

Tom Riddle was worthy of being a Black Magic master, and soon gave an answer: "For the first type of spell, I know quite a few here. I recommend two."

"The first is Natasha's Tongue-Tying Spell, which can make people's tongues tie when they are about to say your secret, unable to speak. Its advantage is that it can prevent others from saying anything about you, but the disadvantage is that it only prevents the other party from speaking. If you use means like writing, it won't work."

"This one is not very good."

In his future magic research institute, once Muggle scientists make research results, they will definitely want to publish papers. Just restricting them from speaking is definitely not enough.

"The second is the Witch Queen's 'Thorn Oath'. A long time ago, in Brittany, there was a small country ruled by a witch queen. She used a terrible Black Magic to control Muggle citizens. That spell is the Thorn Oath."

"First, the Muggle subjects make an oath to the Witch Queen. At any moment, when he wants to violate his oath, his body will feel the stinging pain of thorns wrapping around him. The more he wants to betray, the stronger the stinging pain, until it kills him."

"But this spell is very difficult to use on wizards who possess magic power. It is essentially a curse, and wizards have many ways to eliminate curses."

Murphy's eyes lit up. This is exactly the spell he needs!

He wanted this spell in the first place to use on Muggles!

"What is this spell?"

"This is a Black Magic, are you sure you want to learn it?" The diary asked.

Although this is a question, it is obviously instigating, but Murphy is also happy to cooperate.

"Just write: 'I don't think Black Magic is scary. If we don't dare to learn because a spell is dangerous, then we'd better not sit on flying broomsticks. Living like Muggles is the safest'."

"However, the professor said that Black Magic will distort a person's mind," Alex didn't write directly according to Murphy's words this time, but retorted. "I think learning Black Magic is not good. And, this spell looks very evil. Forcing a person to maintain loyalty is too dangerous."

Murphy rolled his eyes at him. "Have you learned Black Magic?"

"..."

"Then you know a fart! Don't talk nonsense, write quickly."

"I think this diary is affecting your mind," Alex advised again.

"Heh, don't want the Galleons?"

"..."

Alex wrote.

So the diary replied: "You said it very well, we think the same. That spell is 'Spinasvotum (Thorn Oath)'."

After the diary finished speaking, it actually displayed a hand-drawn picture directly, describing the pronunciation points and gestures of this spell.

The text marked on the hand-drawn picture was completely different from Tom Riddle's handwriting.

Murphy immediately realized that the diary showed him the original text of a certain book that Tom Riddle had seen.

He was a bit shocked.

It can actually be done like this!

Doesn't this mean that he can actually read all the books Tom Riddle has read through the diary?

Murphy has a relatively clear understanding of his own magic level. Relying on the logical advantage and perseverance of a transmigrator, he is much stronger than ordinary Hogwarts students, but he is about the level of Hermione in the original work.

In terms of combat and spell techniques, he has some talent, but at most he is at the level of an ordinary Auror.

In terms of magic power and magic talent, he actually can't catch up with Voldemort, who is considered a genius even by Dumbledore.

After all, people are big shots who created top-level Black Magic items like the diary at the age of 16.

Even since the founding of Hogwarts, there are not many students who can be more genius than Voldemort.

Based on his basic understanding of himself, Murphy has actually been relatively honest in school. He hasn't dared to touch things like Black Magic. Because he knows that without a teacher's guidance, if he studies those Black Magics by himself, the end might be very miserable.

But at this moment, there is a Black Magic master in front of him. If he doesn't use it, is it too wasteful?

While this thought was turning in his heart, Murphy copied the spell and practiced it several times according to the points indicated on the hand-drawn picture until he felt a surge of magic power, confirming the authenticity of this spell to Murphy.

"Thank you very much, diary, this spell should be able to complete the paper."

"You're welcome, it's a very special spell, but it also has many flaws. In fact, the point that it can only be effective on Muggles makes it not so useful."

"Do you mean you have a better spell?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 41 =====