HP: The Root of Everything - The Magician

At a lavish dinner in Hogwarts, the ingredients are simple and unappetizing.

Teach Carr sat in the teachers' seat next to Severus Snape, who never washed his hair.

Out of the corner of his eye, Teach was very curious as to why Snape didn't have dandruff or any strange smell from his hair even though he didn't wash it.

Driven by curiosity and a thirst for knowledge, Teach turned to the side and opened his mouth, ready to ask this 'bravest man' a good question.

Before Teach could utter a single word, Albus Dumbledore began his speech to the young wizards, depriving him of the chance to ask about the shampoo.

After Dumbledore finished his speech, the Sorting Ceremony for the second-year students began.

Teach Carr glanced down and instantly spotted Luna among the novice wizards, her platinum blonde hair standing out strikingly.

Professor Minerva McGonagall, holding a Sorting cap that hadn't been washed in over a thousand years, read out the first name on the freshman list.

Teach wasn't really interested in the Sorting Ceremony; she just watched it as a spectacle.

He thought to himself that if he wore the Sorting Hat, he would definitely be sorted into Azkaban. But excluding Azkaban, Teach thought all four houses would be a good fit for him.

He craves knowledge, is loyal to his family, and has the ambition to do anything to achieve his goals.

They also have the courage to risk death to achieve their goals.

As she pondered, Teacher McGonagall read out Luna's name: "Luna Lovegood..."

After placing the Sorting Hat on Luna's head, it began its analytical rambling: "Oh~ you're a very special child."

"A pure heart makes me tremble, but within this extraordinary purity lies a touch of sadness... Uh~ let me see, where is your sadness?"

The Sorting Hat's muttering caused a flicker of panic to cross Luna's calm face. She whispered to the Sorting Hat, "No, please stop..."

At Luna's pleading, the Sorting Hat stopped its digging: "I'm so sorry, my poor innocent little witch. Because of my nature, I always have an irresistible urge to explore your minds. So... go to Ravenclaw."

"You are pure, quick-witted, intelligent, and knowledgeable. I think Ravenclaw would be a perfect fit for the boundless imagination in your mind."

"So~ let's decide on this," the Sorting Hat muttered to itself before loudly proclaiming Lavanclaw.

Amid applause from the students and professors, Luna walked toward the college that had welcomed her.

......

After the sorting ceremony for the new students was over, Headmaster Dumbledore rang his cup to signal everyone to be quiet.

Then he stood up and announced to the newly enrolled young wizards some important school rules of Hogwarts, as well as some things to pay attention to and places in the school that were off-limits.

After finishing, he announced loudly, "Students and professors, this year Hogwarts welcomes a new professor."

"He brought me a completely new and amazing kind of knowledge, which opened my eyes to a whole new world."

"Therefore, I have solemnly appointed Mr. Teach Carr as an adjunct professor at my Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. If you are interested in Professor Teach's amazing knowledge, you may seek him out to learn."

"At the same time, due to the addition of Professor Teach, I have decided to postpone all of tomorrow's original classes so that Professor Teach can demonstrate the magical charm of his knowledge to you."

After Dumbledore finished speaking, Titchcarr rose from his professor's seat and nodded to the students and professors.

She had long, reddish-brown hair, tied at the ends with a red ribbon and draped over her waist.

He wore a fitted black suit and a dark red trench coat.

Add to that a slightly mischievous smile playing on his lips, and Detrick Carr achieved a perfectly handsome image in front of the witch.

Amidst rounds of applause, Teach sat down.

And so the freshmen's orientation dinner came to an end.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

The next day, in a classroom where the 'Seamless Stretch Spell' had been cast.

Following the announcement, all the students of Hogwarts gradually arrived at the classroom. Among them, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley, who had rushed to the scene after experiencing some trouble in the early hours of the morning, also arrived.

The two of them lowered their heads, having made a mistake, under Hermione Granger's verbal reprimand.

Then, when all the students arrived, Dumbledore led all the professors to the classroom and sat down at the back.

The audience had all arrived, and Teach Carr, seeing the situation, prepared to take the stage.

Then the classroom door opened.

Teach Carl appeared with imposing strides, then stomped his foot on the ground, and a silver alchemy circle appeared, its fluorescent light shining on him like a movie special effect.

Then, with each step forming a training array, Teach used teleportation magic, disappearing and reappearing repeatedly in the huge classroom.

At the same time, Teach proclaimed during his flash: "The beginning of everything, the end of everything, the source of everything," a statement that belongs to the core of magic.

This way of making an entrance sparked curiosity and a sense of mystery in the young wizard's mind about the knowledge that Professor Teach was about to teach.

After activating his full power, Teach Carr teleported to the podium and addressed the students in the seats below: "Young wizards, I love your clarity, I love the... clear foolishness in your eyes."

"Hehe~", Snape chuckled in agreement at those words.

Teach Carr's words also aroused the collective anger of the young wizards.

Ignoring this, Teach continued to retort sarcastically, "Since you won't admit your stupidity, then I ask you, what kind of magic do you use...?"

This question instantly silenced the angry young wizards in the classroom, and even the professors who were observing the class fell into deep thought.

When Teach saw that no one could answer, he wrote the words "idealism" in big letters on the blackboard.

After finishing writing, he explained, "Magic is simply making your wishes come true."

"All spells are incantations created to make wishes come true."

"And your wands are tools created to help you achieve your desires."

"Ha~, such a simple principle and no one can answer it, tell me~ aren't you all stupid?" After saying that, Teach Carr changed the subject, erased the words on the blackboard, and wrote the word 'magic' in big letters.

Then he said, "In my research, magic has its limits. Even with wish fulfillment, there are things that are impossible to achieve. However... magic—has no such limit."

"Magic is idealistic, magic is materialistic."

"Everything in magic seeks the truth, uses deducible knowledge to find the truth, and achieves the impossible miracle."

As he spoke, Teach Carr scanned the young wizards below the stage with his eyes and slowly said, "Magic can create gods..."

"By seeking truth, pursuing truth, mastering truth, and reaching the root of the origin of all things, one can become an omnipotent god."

"...My knowledge of magic has a price, but you are lucky that Headmaster Dumbledore paid part of the price for you."

After saying that, Teach drew a training formation on the blackboard.

This training array is a text extraction training array, which is a formation that extracts knowledge from books and then implants it into the brain.

As instructed by Professor Teach, the young wizards drew the alchemy circle with quills, then poured magic into the circle with their wands, and finally placed the book 'A History of Hogwarts' into the circle.

Then, the formation was activated, the book was decomposed and refined, and the text was extracted and injected into the little wizard's mind.

This kind of magic circle that doesn't require hard work to learn and memorize knowledge made the young wizards all excitedly shout.

The professors in the audience were shocked and frowned, thinking that if all knowledge could be acquired directly through a training array, what would be the point of having professors?

Teach Carr noticed the expressions on the professors' faces behind him and really wanted to tell them that their worries were completely unnecessary, because this knowledge-forming array could only extract books without magical enhancement.

In other words, you cannot master a spellbook that has been enchanted.

At least for now, Teach's magic skills are not enough to extract it.

This is also why Teach Carr asked the young wizards to practice using 'A History of Hogwarts,' a book without magic. He didn't want his unimpressive teaching to lead the young wizards and the professors in attendance to think that magic was inferior to magic.

Magic has a high starting point, but a low ceiling, and it's also restricted. This prevents wizards from ever truly transcending magic; they can only be users and transmitters of magic.

Conversely, magic has a low starting point but a high ceiling.

Reaching the Root of the Third Law, or using magic to research and create other laws to become the master of those laws, one can truly become a god.

This is the magical power in Harry Potter, which can never be compared to it.