HP: The Root of Everything - The Magician

When you've done everything you can but still can't achieve your goal.

When you want something and can't get it even after giving up your entire fortune, does all the effort and sacrifice you made for it become meaningless and a pure waste of time?

That was the thought in the minds of the four Aurors at that moment.

Their wizarding lives, the magic they possessed, all lost their meaning in the face of the griffin, who was completely immune to human spells.

Griffin could easily kill them if he wanted to, as easily as stepping on a few ants.

Once life is gone, everything is gone, and their existence naturally becomes meaningless.

Just as the four Aurors were holding their breath, waiting for Griffin to judge them, Griffin tilted his head and then turned to look at Hermione.

The wizards present understood the meaning behind Griffin's action.

Just as the four Aurors were filled with hope of survival, they heard little Hermione order Griffin, "Kill them."

At Hermione's command, Griffin spread his wings and cried out, then his body radiated golden magic like the sun. This intensely hot magic instantly turned the four Aurors to ashes.

The pure-blooded wizards present were deeply shaken by the sight of the ashes remaining on the rooftop.

They 'naturally' assumed that this pretty little witch would be kind and spare the lives of the four Aurors, because the young wizards at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry were taught to be kind... kind to the point of being easily bullied.

Unexpectedly, Hermione was so ruthless and decisive, deciding the fate of four lives with just a single sentence.

Dumbledore witnessed the entire scene, and when he was about to stop it, he was stopped by Teach Cal, who suddenly appeared beside him.

Teach forcefully pressed down on Dumbledore's shoulder and said with a smile, "Headmaster Dumbledore, Hermione is my student. You're not even a professor, aren't you being a bit too nosy?"

The deed was done, and the lives of the four people burned to ashes were irretrievable. Dumbledore could only feel regret in his heart.

In remorse and rage, Dumbledore slapped Teach Carr's hand off his shoulder and demanded through gritted teeth, "Teach... Carr, is this how you teach Miss Granger?"

"Turn her into a murderer like you?"

"Do you know that you are ruining her, ruining an innocent child?"

Faced with Dumbledore's angry questioning, Teach shrugged and said dismissively, "Old Dumbledore, the Grey Wizard, I never imagined you could be so hypocritical and sanctimonious."

"In this rooftop incident, they completely absolved themselves of any responsibility, and even stood by and criticized others with the air of saints."

"I want to ask, do you have the right? Do you, the instigator, have the right to judge as a bystander?"

"Did Hermione kill those four Auror wizards? No way~ I think you're the one who did it."

"It was your greed, driven by your own selfish desire for Hogwarts Castle, that led you to bind Griffin to Hogwarts. For this purpose, you lured these people into the house, and into the presence of Griffin and Hermione."

"If you could abandon your objective against Griffin under my threats, then this Auror squad wouldn't be dead today."

So ultimately, you were the one who caused their deaths.

"You... are the murderer."

After hearing Teach's blunt words, Dumbledore was deeply moved. The pangs of conscience made the elderly man unsteady on his feet, and he had to lean against the wall with one hand to avoid falling to the ground in a sorry state.

Looking at Dumbledore like this, Teach shook his head and chuckled, "Old Dumbledore, everyone's self-righteous, everyone puts themselves on a moral high ground."

"I never imagined that you, the greatest white/grey wizard of our time, would be like this..."

"That's true, we can't escape the inherent flaws of being human."

After revealing the dark side that Dumbledore had hidden in his heart during this incident, Teach turned and left.

But before leaving, Teach turned to Dumbledore and reminded him, "Just like I warned you in my warning, go clean up the mess, our great Headmaster."

"Since you facilitated this outcome, it's your responsibility to handle it."

Dumbledore watched Teach's departing figure, his anger unable to subside for a long time.

He muttered to himself with hatred in his heart: "Teach, you are too dangerous. Your ability to see through the essence of human nature is too dangerous."

......

After Griffin destroyed the lives of four Aurors, he returned to Hermione's side and then arrogantly tried to praise her.

At this point, it became clear to everyone that Hermione and Griffin had a close relationship, that of master and servant.

After stroking Griffin with a smile, Hermione waved her arm at the four pieces of ashes on the rooftop, using her wandless magic to control the power and reduce them to dust.

Hermione had done a careful analysis before letting Griffin kill the Auror.

These people were able to enter Hogwarts, presumably with the permission of Headmaster Dumbledore.

These people entered without disturbing the young wizards in class, and instead of wandering around the academy, they went straight to the rooftop, suggesting that Dumbledore's decision to let them pass had ulterior motives.

After considering various factors, Hermione decided to let Griffin do the killing, figuring that Dumbledore, the headmaster, would handle it afterwards.

Hermione didn't believe Dumbledore would push Griffin out to let the Ministry of Magic punish him, since Griffin had killed an Auror.

Hermione didn't believe Dumbledore would hand her over to the Ministry of Magic for trial, given that she was Griffin's master.

Another thing is that she was Teach Carr's only disciple.

Under these two conditions, would Dumbledore dare to do it?

After Hermione finished cleaning up the Auror's ashes, she glanced at the pure-blood wizards standing by, who were acting like complete spectators.

This casual glance startled the pure-blood wizards, who immediately took a few steps back, fearing that the ruthless little witch would order Griffin to grind them all to dust.

But it turned out they were overthinking it. After glancing at it, Hermione took Griffin back to their treetop nest, continued reading her books, and enjoyed their rare moment of rest.

Griffin glanced at it, then ignored it and continued taking a nap.

The pure-blood wizards from these families looked at each other, fearing death and wanting to flee the rooftop immediately, but hesitant to act without Hermione's permission.

After a dozen or so breaths of extremely awkward silence, Dumbledore arrived.

He glanced with a complicated expression at Hermione, who was leisurely reading in the grass nest, and Griffin, who was sleeping, before leading the pure-blood wizards down from the rooftop.

As they descended to the ground, the female reporter from the newspaper buried herself in her work, meticulously recording everything that had happened that day in her notebook with a quill pen.

The text highlights the appearance and mythological features of the griffin.

And all the details of Hermione giving the order to Griffin to kill four Aurors and an Auror squad leader.

For the sake of news impact, she even exaggerated the events, adding embellishments that blurred the lines between truth and fiction.

Dumbledore knew the Daily Prophet's temperament, but instead of stopping or correcting the female reporter's record, he let it go and allowed it to spread and ferment.