#163 - Torture

"From the perspective of energy storage efficiency, No. 7 seems better, but No. 6 absorbs faster. Perhaps I can improve it further by combining the advantages of both runes to develop a superior new rune." Anduin recorded the data and began to think seriously.

However, this work can only be completed later. The experiments that need to be done now have been done, and it's time to start gathering information.

He grabbed Torkil by the collar and roughly dragged him into the bathroom.

Torkil now felt a stinging pain all over his body, and was even starting to feel numb. But his fear of Anduin remained undiminished.

Closing the bathroom door, Anduin grabbed Torkil's neck, stared intently into his eyes, and cast Legilimency.

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"Hmm? Memory protection?" Anduin browsed through Torkil's superficial memories, finding nothing of value. Just as he was about to delve deeper into his memories, he was blocked, as if a layer of air membrane covered the core memories.

This was the first time he had encountered this situation, and he clearly sensed that it was not Occlumency.

What kind of special memory protection charm was it? Even after being beaten to the point of losing the will to resist, it could still take effect. This aroused his interest.

Not believing it, Anduin punched Torkil's wound a few more times, but Torkil no longer had the strength to even groan, only instinctively contorting his face in pain.

Then Anduin tried Legilimency several more times, but still couldn't break through this layer of memory protection.

"In that case, I'll have to use Veritaserum."

Without further ado, he took out a bottle of potion and poured it into the other person's mouth. After drinking the potion, Torkil clearly reacted, a blank look appearing in his eyes.

"Name?"

"Torkil Travers," Torkil's monotone voice replied.

It seemed Veritaserum was effective, which cheered Anduin up, and he asked the question he cared about most and wanted to ask the most.

"Do you know Sirius Black?"

"Yes, he's a member of the Order of the Phoenix."

"Was it him who leaked the Potters' location to the Dark Lord?"

"Leaked? I don't know."

Didn't know? From what he knew, Travers should be a high-ranking Death Eater, how could he not know?

"After Christmas in '80, did Sirius have any contact with the Death Eaters?"

"After Christmas, the Dark Lord ordered Sirius to be wanted. We were all looking for him, but he hid very well, and we didn't catch his trail."

"You didn't know that Sirius betrayed the Potter couple?"

"I didn't know, I only learned about it from the reports."

Anduin frowned upon hearing Torkil's answer. He had actually been searching for the truth about whether Sirius had really betrayed them, and hearing this answer deepened his suspicions.

It seemed Torkil didn't know the inside story, so he'd ask other questions.

"What other Death Eaters do you know, their names, their current locations?"

Then Torkil recited a long list of names to Anduin, all the Death Eater information he knew. Anduin recorded them one by one. Many of them had already been caught, some had fled abroad, and some had been acquitted.

"Barty Crouch Jr.? Barty Crouch, the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement's son is a Death Eater?" Anduin looked at a name recorded on the clipboard with some surprise. This was a major discovery! In his impression, Minister Barty Crouch was a serious and hateful person. Was he always pretending? Or did he not know about his son's affairs?

However, he didn't dwell on this too much now. Time was tight and he had many questions to understand.

"What is the magic that protects your memory?"

"Slytherin Mind Shield."

Oh? Was it a spell inherited from Slytherin?

"How did you learn it, where did you learn it from, what is the incantation?"

"I didn't learn it, I don't know the incantation."

"Then where did the protective charm on you come from?"

"After I was released on bail, Yulia was afraid that I would reveal family secrets, so she used a magic book to cast the spell on me."

"What magic book?"

"It's the magic... uh!"

Torkil, who was about to answer, seemed to be stimulated by something, his face suddenly contorted, as if the words were already hovering on his lips, but were being held back by something.

Did this protective charm also have this kind of effect? Was it because he was asked about his family's core secrets? Even Veritaserum was useless?

Then Anduin quickly changed the subject.

"What precious treasures are there in the Travers family?"

"The family treasures are all in the vault managed by Yulia, including Slytherin manuscripts, five ounces of refined mithril, and the most precious, of course, is the mag...mag...ah!"

Torkil's words stopped again, and he screamed, his expression becoming more and more hideous and terrifying, as if he was facing something very terrible. Obviously, the mental protection curse not only protected him from the invasion of Legilimency, but even prevented him from saying what he shouldn't say.

"This is no longer just a protective magic, it's simply a seal, or a curse," Anduin watched Torkil struggle for a while holding his head, then tilted his head and fainted. Even his 'Sectumsempra' couldn't wake him up, obviously there was no way to ask anything more.

But the harvest was already very big, especially the news about Sirius.

Dragging Torkil out, Anduin successively subjected Goyle, Crabbe, and Yaxley to the double torture of Legilimency and Veritaserum, which also allowed him to collect a large amount of information about the internal affairs of the Death Eaters.

For example, the letter found on Yaxley was the one he was preparing to send to his brother, who had already fled to Europe.

Many devout Death Eaters still couldn't accept the Dark Lord's downfall, so they fled overseas, preparing to accumulate strength there, and the letter stated that they were preparing to go to Europe and join them.

"Fortunately, I acted fast enough, otherwise these guys would have run away in a while," Anduin couldn't help but think with relief.

Then it was Karkaroff's turn. In the previous experiments, Anduin tested the fewest items on him. Now it seemed that he still retained some spirit, but after witnessing Anduin's methods with his own eyes, he had already been frightened out of his wits. Everyone who had been pulled into the bathroom by Anduin had a demented look on their faces. He even imagined dozens of Anduin's punishments in his mind.

It's no wonder he thought so. In addition to using Legilimency and Veritaserum on these Death Eaters, Anduin also very rudely modified some of their short-term memories.