HP: The Root of Everything - The Magician

Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, the magical train, billowing steam, opened its doors, awaiting the young wizards to enter.

On the platform, the trio of saviors reunited, but due to Teach's influence on Hermione, the trio had essentially become a duo. With magic at their disposal, Hermione's interest in magic had diminished considerably, but Hermione was intelligent and would learn magic well and excel without Teach's prompting.

Teach asked, and Hermione explained, "Magic is the use of knowledge, so magic is also a kind of knowledge that can be used in the face of magic."

On the train, Hermione refused Harry and Ron's offer to sit in the same carriage, saying that she wanted to study with Teacher Teach and did not want to be disturbed by outsiders.

Harry was a little saddened by the rejection, while Ron was furious.

Ron then led Harry to the carriage where his brother and sister were, and arranged for Harry to sit next to his sister Ginny Weasley.

At this moment, Ginny was flipping through a 'notebook' without any words. Disturbed by the noise, she smiled and chatted with Harry beside her, gave him a polite greeting, and then continued to look at the blank notebook with great interest.

......

It was another night, and the magic train always arrived at the little wizards right on time.

At the start of the new school year dinner in the castle, Teach Carr, seated in the professors' seats, greeted a group of professors he hadn't seen over the winter break.

The professors were visibly tired, and Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster, had a face full of lingering worry and sorrow.

Clearly, Teach guessed they hadn't found the secret chamber or the basilisk.

But Teach still asked Snape, who was standing next to her. Otherwise, if she didn't ask a question that was obvious to everyone, wouldn't it make her seem like she was the one with the problem?

Sure enough, Snape said, "Professor Teach, we'll be very busy this spring semester, as we need to keep the students safe at all times."

"Under Dumbledore's guidance, we searched the castle but couldn't find that damned basilisk, or even a trace of it roaming freely in the castle."

After listening, Teach appropriately expressed concern and worry, and demonstrated a positive attitude as a professor who would naturally do everything in his power to protect the students' safety. This attitude drew admiring glances from the professors in the audience, including Lockhart, who seemed a little guilty in Teach's presence.

The young wizards ate and drank happily at the dinner party, sharing stories of their winter vacation with their friends and classmates.

For example, what kind of surprise and praise did the magic of learning receive from parents?

Or, perform magic in front of younger siblings under the age of eleven and earn their adoration.

For example, after learning magic, when he returned to the real world and saw his Muggle neighbors, he couldn't help but feel arrogant and proud, thinking that he was so different from others.

Or, when peers come to play, he used to get along well with them, but now he actively distances himself, feeling that they are no longer from the same world as him.

Teach Carr watched the joyful discussion and boastful exchanges among the young wizards from his professor's seat, inwardly scoffing: "Foolish, so utterly foolish!"

Despite the professors' worried expressions, few of the young wizards paid any attention or made any observations.

However, some young wizards weren't paying attention to the food on the table; instead, they were looking at the professors' table. These young wizards were mostly Slytherin students.

"Are they all junior wizards from powerful magical families?" Teach thought to herself. "Students who have received family training are indeed different. They probably learned something from their parents' instructions, and seeing the worry on the professors' faces further confirmed this."

I think... Slytherins will probably be a bit more well-behaved this spring semester, and will consciously tone down their brilliance.

[Look, faced with Gryffindor's taunting skills, the Slytherin students mostly suppressed their anger and didn't say much.]

And so, the spring semester dinner came to an end.

Back in his office, Teach Carr was unconcerned about the minor signs of disturbance, because none of the alchemy formations he had drawn had been touched or damaged, indicating that nothing in the office had been destroyed or stolen.

It seems that Dumbledore and the professors searched the entire Hogwarts, treating everyone equally, and also took the opportunity to inspect his office.

Teach didn't care about these trivial matters; what he needed to do now was to work on the 'Demon Eye Killer' glasses to deal with the basilisk's eyes.

Teach began researching these glasses when he entered Hogwarts, but he hasn't finished yet.

The Basilisk's ability to die immediately is practically the same as the rule of 'I say you die, so you die.' Anyone with an idiotic brain can easily tell that the ability to die immediately is not so easy to resist.

Therefore, the glasses used in the Demon Eye Killer are extremely difficult to study.

As long as the basilisk hasn't made any moves, Hogwarts won't be in danger, and everything can proceed normally with the start of the spring semester.

That day, Teach Carr was having his usual meal in the hall, but the difference was... it wasn't his disciple Hermione or Harry Potter who came to ask him about magic, but Ginny Weasley.

Ginny approached Teach with the blank notebook in her arms and asked, "Professor Carl, I accidentally drew a different version of your 'Knowledge Extraction Algorithm Array'. I hope you can give me some pointers."

After saying that, Ginny opened the blank notebook, took out a quill pen and began to draw the alchemy circle. Then she wanted to put the notebook in Teach's hands so that he could look at it carefully.

Teach looked at the notebook Ginny handed him, and after staring at Ginny's somewhat listless eyes for a while, he took it with a smile. After reading it, Teach suddenly merged into the notebook and slowly disappeared.

Teach knew the reason for this situation; it was just a Horcrux that Voldemort had created when he was young.

So the notebook must have had some purpose in making the alchemy circle disappear in front of him. Therefore, Teach asked Ginny about the notebook's 'strangeness': "Ginny, this notebook of yours... is a bit strange. It actually absorbs the words written on it."

Ginny smiled blankly, "Yes, Professor Carl, I'm very curious too..."

"But I think it's just a notebook made by magic alchemy. After all, a notebook will eventually be filled up with writing by a quill pen, so wouldn't this notebook with disappearing words be used up forever?"

Teach casually flipped through the Horcrux notebook, then agreed, "Hmm~ It seems this notebook is indeed very useful. Ginny, if you don't mind, Professor would like to borrow it for a couple of days to study it."

“Professor, if you’re interested, you’re welcome to take it and study it as you please,” Ginny Weasley said, then turned and left without fully understanding what she was doing.

But Teach immediately stopped her, saying, "Ginny, didn't you want to ask me to train a formation? The formation you just practiced was correct."

As he spoke, Teach took Ginny's small hand and drew a transmutation circle on her palm with his life magic. He then said, "...So as a reward, I'm giving you this transmutation circle on your palm. Remember it~ when you get back, activate it with magic. It will soothe your tired mind and spirit."

Ginny Weasley was controlled by Tom Riddle from the Horcrux notebook for most of the semester, and her mind must have been severely damaged, as could be seen from her lifeless eyes. If left unchecked, another student would die at Hogwarts.

Teach Carr didn't want Hogwarts to close down because of Ginny's death.