HP: The Root of Everything - The Magician

Platform 9/4.3 passes through the wall, just like always.

The difference this time is that Xia Ke is accompanying them.

After Hermione learned from Teach's explanation that Shackleton was not the real Mrs. Cal, she began to ostracize Shackleton by staying close to her teacher and not giving Shackleton any space or opportunity.

The girl's intuition was very sharp; in this extremely brief time together, Hermione discerned Shakky's feelings for her teacher, Teach.

This feeling was extremely cautious, yet also incredibly bold.

This made Hermione feel a strong sense of contradiction and conflict when she looked at Shakky's feelings for Teach from an outsider's perspective.

Hermione's intuition was correct. Shakky had gone through too much in the McFast incident. Although it was caused by Teach, the fact that Teach avenged her and regained her freedom was undeniable.

After going through so many ups and downs and life-and-death situations together, it's hard not for Xia Ke, a 20-year-old woman, to develop a feeling of reliance and love for Teach.

However, because of her master-servant relationship with Teach, Shake was extremely cautious about her feelings for Teach, feeling both fear and worry.

Teach feared that he only saw her as a tool or servant, without any genuine affection for her.

He worried that her love would fizzle out because of their master-servant relationship.

Xia Ke carefully guarded her feelings for Teach, trying to prevent them from shattering.

With Teach's unperturbed permission, she boldly proclaimed her identity as 'Mrs. Carl' to others.

Before entering the magic platform, there is a British government marriage registry outside the station.

Hermione noticed that as she passed by, Shake stopped and looked at the spot with a complex expression, her eyes filled with both longing and fear.

Suddenly, Hermione felt a tiny bit less repulsed by Shakky, the despicable woman who wanted to take over her teacher, Teach.

But then Hermione was startled by her own thoughts and emotions. She quickly shook off the illusion in her mind and then clung tightly to Teach Carl's arm.

......

The Hogwarts Express begins its journey.

Teach led Shake and Hermione through the carriages before finally settling down.

Teach sat by the window, looking at the man across from her who was sleeping with his upper body completely covered by a coat. A hint of curiosity and greed flashed in his one gold and one black eyes.

At that moment, Hermione whispered, "Teacher..."

Reminded, Teach realized that Harry and Ron were outside the car door, and Hermione wanted to ask him, their teacher, if they should let the two little ones in.

After all, Hermione was a little embarrassed to have repeatedly turned down her best friend's company.

Harry was given permission and thanked the person sleeping in the mask, sitting down next to them.

Ron, however, was not as happy as Harry, and harbored some resentment towards Teach: "Why do we need your permission to meet with our good friend Hermione?"

As soon as Ron sat down, he was greeted by a pair of beautiful eyes that exuded a sharp aura. He saw Xia Ke sitting opposite him looking at him, which instantly silenced the complaints in Ron's heart.

The small carriage was packed with six people, making it seem a bit crowded, but no one seemed to mind.

Harry was very happy and excited to be sitting with Hermione on the train, which reminded him of when he met Hermione on the train when he was 11 years old and entered Hogwarts.

Harry then began to talk to Hermione for a long time.

Harry's words, whether intentionally or unintentionally, included inquiries about 'magical knowledge'.

Ron would occasionally strike up a conversation, but his attention was clearly not on chatting with his friends, but rather on Xia Ke sitting across from him.

Without a doubt, Xia Ke is very charming.

A cool and aloof demeanor can make some young boys feel that it's cool and stylish, and they want to get close to and admire it.

The fierce aura of the 'dragon' combined with Xia Ke's feminine grace and delicate red lips makes this charm exceptionally special and unique.

Ron grew up in a happy and fulfilling family, so his mental health development was very complete. It's normal for someone his age (13) to be interested in special people, especially the charm of the opposite sex.

In contrast, Harry was somewhat slow to develop romantic feelings.

This is related to Harry's repressive living environment.

While Teach closed her eyes to rest, she listened to Harry and Hermione's incessant chatter, thinking about the original plot: [If Harry had realized earlier that he had developed special feelings for Hermione and taken the initiative, he wouldn't have missed out on this treasure of a girl like Hermione because Ron came along later.]

On the first day of the spring semester, the weather was rainy and gloomy, as if it were day and night.

After feeling a sudden chill, Teach opened his eyes and gestured to Shake, who was next to Hermione.

Xia Ke nodded, gave Ron a disapproving glare, and then opened the carriage door to leave.

Outside the magic train, Xia Ke floated in the air, enveloped in magic. As she looked at the large group of Dementors that followed the train, she smiled, revealing sharp teeth in her red lips, and then shot a dragon's breath towards the Dementor horde.

Teach had explained to Shake everything he needed to do during his three years at Hogwarts.

This Dementor is one of them.

Dementors are truly incredibly magical. Teach Carl could say that the magic of Dementors surpasses that of all other magical creatures, such as dragons and phoenixes, making them the most incredible beings in the Harry Potter world.

How is it generated?

Does it exist in this way?

How to survive?

How to avoid death?

How do they obtain the joyful emotions of intelligent beings as food? How do these ethereal emotions provide them with energy?

How do they suck the intangible soul out of a person's body? How do they devour the soul?

These incredible things made Teach want to explore and study them.

Dementors' abilities are related to 'souls,' and Teach would absolutely not miss the opportunity to study them: [Perhaps studying the completely dissipated soul of my mother, Machi, could yield some answers.]

[Not only that, the Dementors' incredible ability to 'devour' souls is also indispensable for my future creation of the 'Holy Grail'.]

......

Xia Ke unleashed a dragon's breath into the horde of Dementors.

But the result made her squint and frown instantly. She saw that the dragon breath hit some Dementors, but the dragon breath passed right through their bodies.

This phenomenon prompted Xia Ke to mentally record: [Conclusion 1: Dementors may not have physical forms?]

To verify this conclusion, Xia Ke condensed dragon breath in her mouth again, this time aiming it at a Dementor and firing it continuously.

Despite enduring a five-minute torrent of dragon's breath and fiery flames, the Dementor remained unharmed.

Seeing this, Xia Ke took a deep breath, her chest puffed out, and then a roar imbued with magic rushed towards the Dementor.

This time, the Dementors stopped in their tracks during the sonic attack, as if they were imprisoned in mid-air.

'Giggle giggle~~'

The sound of something shattering came from the Dementor in the sound waves. Xia Ke looked closely and saw that the Dementor's rotten, withered hand bones had been shattered.

Just as Xia Ke was about to write a second conclusion in her mind, the Dementor's ethereal black robe enveloped its shattered hand bones, and when the robe was removed, the decayed hand bones were restored to their original state.

This startled Xia Ke: [Conclusion Two: Could Dementors possess natural magic? And belong to the category of living beings?]

[But it's uncertain whether this magic is inherent to them or whether they manipulate external natural magic to repair themselves.]

Having written down her second conclusion, just as Xia Ke was preparing to launch a ranged attack using wizard magic, a Dementor silently circled behind her and then pressed its face against Xia Ke's to drain her emotions.

The moment she was inhaled, Xia Ke's carefully protected love for Teach was shaken and lost.

Xia Ke absolutely cannot allow this affection to slip away.

She absolutely could not allow her emotions to fall into the mouths of those filthy, ugly Dementors and become their food: [Conclusion 3: Is it impossible to defend against Dementors' feeding?]