To be honest, if not for the Seed of the Mind's enormous side effects, Murphy wasn't sure he would have the self-control to keep from using it frequently.
If it simply made people obey unconditionally, who could resist using it?
Just imagine the scene.
Give everyone at the Ministry of Magic a Seed of the Mind, give every leader of the Muggle governments one, and wouldn't he instantly rule the world?
Then couldn't he do whatever he wanted?
Make the whole world work toward his dream, harness the world's resources to sustain one man—with billions of people working for him, wouldn't becoming a god be much faster than sneaking around as he did now? And much more comfortable?
That was probably why the Hel family had been hunted to extinction, too. Nobody wanted a master suddenly appearing out of nowhere.
In terms of its effects, the Seed of the Mind was a spell far more powerful than the Killing Curse. The Killing Curse merely took an opponent out of the picture permanently, but the Seed of the Mind could turn them into your die-hard fan.
No one could resist using such a powerful tool.
Serika found the spell frightening more because she had seen the harm it caused, driving people or animals mad and the like.
But in reality, a Seed of the Mind without those negative effects would be the most terrifying magic of all.
"Serika, you can already use this spell. Would you come to rely on it? For instance, would you use it on those two so they could never hurt animals again, or on me so I could never touch Dark Magic again?"
"Of course not! Controlling other people like that is too evil!" Serika answered without a second thought.
She was beginning to regret helping