Chapter 41: Thought Steel Brand

Diary: "I have read a spell that can plant a belief, a sentence, or a kind of emotion as a seed into the other party's mind. Once successful, that seed will take root in the other party's head, become a part of himself, and can never be cleared."

"Because it is not a curse, the seed is implanted the moment the spell is completed, so even wizards have no way to break it."

"This spell is too evil!" Alex exclaimed.

Even the Imperius Curse, which belongs to the three Unforgivable Curses, can be seen as its weakened version.

After all, the Imperius Curse only makes people controlled for a period of time, which can be restored, and does not have this permanent effect.

Murphy was also stunned.

This damn, isn't this a magic version of the Thought Steel Brand?! A wizard version of Kotoamatsukami?

He immediately became excited. "What is this spell?"

Alex wanted to advise, but Murphy glared at him.

That terrible aura of "dare to talk nonsense and get out" made him immediately cowardly, and he obediently wrote in the diary.

However, this time the diary's reply disappointed Murphy.

"I just read about its existence in a book. In "Biographies of Black Wizards of Cattale," it mentioned a wizard family named Herr, and this terrible magic is circulated in their family."

"Ah!" Alex suddenly called out when he saw this sentence. "Biographies of Black Wizards of Cattale, I have seen this book, it is with my sister. I remember, the spell I said I saw before should be this book!"

Murphy rolled his eyes at him.

Now it's a hindsight, what's the use.

He continued to look at the diary.

"This family originally lived in Egypt, and later settled in Europe. Because of the existence of this spell, they are wanted criminals in many countries. It is said that the last member of their family: Joachim Herr wandered to England and finally lived in a small village."

"Cattale only mentioned in "Biographies of Black Wizards" that the village was in Caerphilly in southern Wales, but there was no specific name and location."

Murphy frowned. "Are there any other clues?"

"There is only a distant view of the village hand-drawn by Cattale."

After the diary finished speaking, it displayed a very simple hand-drawn picture, which was about mountains in the distance, trees nearby, walls in the middle, and a few scattered houses. Apart from that, he couldn't see anything.

However, Murphy still took out a camera from his Undetectable Extension Charm bag and took two photos.

His camera is a Yashica Electro35GTN, which complements his former name Peter Parker.

After washing the photos, Murphy found Selica Wood, who was still working in the spell research room.

The latter wanted to run when she saw him.

Murphy was inexplicable, but he didn't get used to her. "Selica Accio!"

Selica was immediately pulled by a force and flew towards Murphy. She scratched around with her limbs, but it was of no use, and she was still grabbed by Murphy by the back collar.

Just like a puppy whose neck was lifted, the girl suddenly stopped moving.

"What are you running for?"

Selica didn't know what she was running for, but she felt a bit guilty and nervous when she saw Murphy. She tried hard to stir up her courage before she dared to talk back: "What are you grabbing me for?"

"Fine, I'll put you down, you can't run anymore."

"Oh."

Murphy put down her collar, but Selica immediately ran away again.

Murphy frowned. Are you coming?

He pulled his face. "You stand still for me!"

Selica stood still, looking aggrieved, and glanced at Murphy, but she really didn't dare to run again.

"Come here! Stand here! Don't move!"

The latter hummed and hawked, unwilling, but still obediently stood in the position specified by Murphy, like a primary school student being punished for standing.

Hey, this girl, does she have the potential to be trained?

Murphy looked around. The other wizards who worked with Selica were gone. "Why are you the only one left, where are the others?"

"They all left."

"Left? Who allowed it?"

"I," Selica glanced at Murphy quietly, found that he didn't seem to be very angry, and breathed a sigh of relief. "They said this spell might involve Black Magic and didn't want to do it."

"Then why don't you leave?" Murphy was a bit curious.

"Spent so much money, if I also left, wouldn't it be wasted? I want to try again, maybe it will succeed..."

"What if it still doesn't succeed?"

"Then, then I will work for you and pay back the money."

"Heh, that's tens of thousands of Galleons, how can you pay it back? By spanking?"

Selica immediately blushed. "I, I..."

"Forget it," Murphy didn't tease her. "That confidentiality spell doesn't need to be done anymore, I have already found a good one. It just so happens that I want to tell you and let you verify the effect."

"Made it? Who is..."

"Don't worry about the details," Murphy said, handing a note with the spell to Selica. "You take this to test, study it, and see if it's feasible. But there shouldn't be much problem."

Selica took the note, not knowing whether to be happy or lost. Happy is that Murphy finally got the result he wanted, lost is that this matter has nothing to do with her.

"There is one more thing." Murphy said, handing her another photo. "This is a village in Caerphilly in southern Wales. A wizard named Joachim Herr once lived here."

"Alex said you have read "Biographies of Black Wizards of Cattale"? Go back and look for clues to see if there are any other materials about Joachim."

Selica didn't think of it at first, but hearing him mention the Biographies of Black Wizards, she immediately understood. "You want to find that spell? Herr's Seed of Soul?"

Herr's Seed of Soul? So that's what it's called?

"Right," Murphy didn't hide it. "You have also joined the Magic Archaeology Association, right? You should have some ways to excavate ancient magic, can you help me find it?"

"..." Selica was not sure. "And, that is a very evil Black Magic. Because of this magic, the Herr family was wanted by many countries. What do you want to do with it?"

What to do?

Murphy thought, of course, it is to make the enemies few and the friends many.

Since he knows the existence of such a convenient spell, he naturally wants to find it.

However, he actually doesn't hold much hope.

Very simple, Tom Riddle must want this magic more than him, but judging from his later performance, he probably didn't find it either.

Murphy just tried it. Finding it is the best, equivalent to opening a hang, and it doesn't matter if he can't find it.

This is just a casual move.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 42 =====