Hogwarts: Becoming a god from reselling fresh food

Poker didn't work out in the end.

Celica escaped again.

If you can run so well, why don't you call it Celica? Why not call it racing?

When he returned to the Magic Research Institute again, Murphy felt as if a long time had passed, as if he had suddenly returned to the modern era from the last century.

The trip to the village left him physically and mentally exhausted. After he and Celica each took a disinfectant shower and arranged for someone to go to the village for another disinfection, Murphy fell asleep in his isolation ward.

It was a dark sleep.

In a daze, he seemed to see many more pairs of eyes.

Hanging high in the night beyond an unknown distance, there are eyes of various colors, each with a different look, either compassion, anger, laughter, or madness.

Those eyes were motionless, staring at him.

Across the endless distance, it seems like it has spanned hundreds of millions of years, eternity, staring intently and patiently.

Murphy was frightened and woke up, breaking out in a cold sweat.

After waking up, he found that he was holding the unknown creature's fur in his hand.

What is this thing?

After taking it off the base, the fur seemed to have lost its magic and was no different from an ordinary piece of fur.

Murphy decided to let the scientists at the institute study it first.

After a few more days of quarantine and observation to ensure that neither Murphy nor Celica was at risk of spreading the plague, the two were released.

Celica has almost recovered. After a detailed physical examination, there are no major problems in all indicators. She only needs to rest for a period of time to fully recover.

Since Murphy had immunity before entering the village, he was not infected with the plague from beginning to end. After a few days of rest, he was already full of energy. However, he could not go out during the isolation period. Apart from occasionally watching TV and reading, there was nothing more to do. , suffocating him so much.

A few days later, the sterilization team that went to the village also returned. They were led by Alex and assisted by more than a dozen experts and several house elves. They carried out repeated sterilization of the village for a week to ensure that there was no risk of infection in the village. .

They also brought back several frozen ash snake eggs, which they said were everywhere in the village, but most of which had broken out of their shells and burned up again.

After confirming that there was no risk in the village, Murphy felt relieved. The magical forest surrounding the village was still there, which should be enough to ensure that no one would accidentally break into it for a long time, even if there were still some scattered pieces left in the village. pestis, it is also difficult to spread.

He shouldn't have to worry about biohazard for the time being.

As soon as the quarantine ended, Murphy couldn't wait to get back to work.

He first asked Laura to take him to see the house elves.

They are already familiar with the work in the institute, which is nothing more than cleaning, cooking, running errands for the researchers, etc. With the help of magic, they do it very well, and because the researchers are very curious about house elves, And very gentle, the house elves feel the care they have never received in the wizarding world.

Apart from being sometimes saddened by their previous owner's dismissal, they are generally happy.

Murphy also met Dobby, who is currently the only one among all house elves who has a real master and is quite respected by other house elves.

But Murphy fired him immediately and told him he could negotiate with Laura about wages.

For this house elf, being his master does not win his loyalty, and there is no need to play with such nonsense.

With the addition of these house elves, the original Muggle staff are no longer needed, and for the sake of confidentiality, they will all be fired.

But there were still about a dozen people who wanted to stay, and even the high dismissal compensation did not make them change their minds.

"Their desire to stay is very fervent, and some even say they can do it without payment," Laura said.

"Oh?" Murphy was a little surprised, "Why?"

"Because if they leave here, they won't see magic."

Murphy met with the men.

They may not be essential, but there are jobs they can do at the Institute, such as managing the house elves.

The loyalty and execution of house elves are very good, but they are generally too rigid. It is very troublesome to have no one to coordinate and organize. With these staff, you can make plans and arrange steps for their work, which is much easier than letting a person do it. It's more efficient for elves to do their own thing if they have a lot of brains.

After Murphy used Legilimency to eliminate several opportunists, nine people were left.

"I think you should understand what it means to stay here." Murphy said, "The research content in this institute may not be disclosed to the outside world for a long time. If you stay here, you will be isolated from the world, and when you wait When you have to leave, you may still have to accept the Forgetting Curse, and these few years will be erased from your lives."

"The longer you stay here, the more life you lose."

"Even so, do you still want to stay?"

All nine people nodded silently.

"What's the reason?"

They looked at each other, and finally a middle-aged man who was originally responsible for accommodation management took a step forward and said: "My name is Shane Denton. I am an ordinary person. My life so far has been extremely ordinary. I have been doing this all my life. I worked in hotel management and raised two children, but I didn’t know what the meaning of my life was other than that. Until I came here, I saw magic. I think I am lucky, I have witnessed miracles, and I don’t want to Go back to when you didn’t know anything about it.”

Another female chef said: "I feel like I am participating in something great."

Another said, "Seeing magic makes you feel happy."

Murphy listened to their reasons one by one and finally said: "I understand how you feel."

"Magic is a very magical thing. Just like what you described, it sometimes seems like a miracle that suddenly appears in the boring reality."

"I can understand the feeling of being inspired, as if witnessing or participating in something great."

He recalled the dream he had had in the village.

What's the difference between him and these Muggles? He was just lucky enough to be able to use magic.

However, it is this that supports his existence.

After possessing this seemingly omnipotent power, he felt that he might be able to find his true self.

"I really want to say that, in fact, these are all your hallucinations." Murphy said, "You are all ordinary. You have no ability to use magic, and your intelligence and knowledge will most likely not be of much help in the research of magic. Busy. Therefore, participating in a big event, or getting in touch with magic, may just be your wishful thinking."

The staff were depressed. The reason why they were fired was proof that they could be replaced.

"But, how should I put it? I kind of admire your courage."

"It is unwise to regard something that is out of reach as a dream. Maybe many people will think you are stupid. Maybe one day in the future, you will feel stupid yourself. But, who in this world does not live in the self In the illusion created.”

"From this point of view, I'm not much better than you."

"Life is just a dream. All we can do is revel in this dream."

Murphy said, shaking hands with Shane Denton at the front, "So, I personally welcome you to stay. Idealists."

(End of this volume)