Hermione Wants to Learn Apparition

The moment the school bell rang, Hermione immediately grabbed her boyfriend's hand and ran towards the castle as if fleeing.

There was no other way but to run!

What if Professor Hagrid finds out that Bell is abusing small animals? What if he gets so angry that he punches Bell?

No matter who ends up in trouble, nothing good will come of it.

"Alright, Hermione, you've already run quite far."

Grabbing Hermione, who was running until she was red-faced and out of breath, Bell casually said without batting an eye.

First of all, the Blast-Ended Skrewt can't speak human language and has no way to complain to Hagrid.

Even if the Blast-Ended Skrewt really went to Hagrid to complain, Bell wouldn't back down.

Animal abuse?

It doesn't exist!

This is called training! Do you understand?

Cats, dogs, and the like all became humankind's best friends through generations of training.

"Bell, you... you really didn't... you didn't kill that... Blast-Ended Skrewt, did you?"

Hermione asked breathlessly.

By the time class was almost over, the Blast-Ended Skrewt's belly was nearly bursting from the lettuce leaves. It took several forceful pokes to get it to move even slightly (or perhaps twitch?). In short, it had completely lost its initial burst of energy.

"Don't worry, how could I possibly kill it?"

I promise, next time we go to class, you'll definitely see that Blast-Ended Skrewt jumping around like crazy.

Of course, Hermione would need to be able to distinguish from a group of slimy, disgusting Blast-Ended Skrewt which one was the Bell had "trained" today.

"That's good, that's good."

Patting her chest, Hermione finally felt a little relieved.

Then, she glared angrily at Bell and complained:

"Don't do that again, you hear me!"

The main reason was that Hermione was quite angry when she saw the Blast-Ended Skrewt attack Bell at the beginning.

Although many other students were also injured by the Blast-Ended Skrewt, how could those people Belby?

Therefore, in the beginning, Hermione, who was angry, did not stop Bell from teaching the Blast-Ended Skrewt a lesson.

By the time she tried to stop it, it was too late. The Blast-Ended Skrewt was already lying there, foaming at the mouth.

"Okay, okay, I'll do whatever you say."

Bell smiled and tidied Hermione's wind-blown hair, then put his arm around Hermione's shoulder and strolled toward the castle not far away.

"By the way, Bell, about what I told you before about wanting to learn Side-Along Apparition, is that alright?"

Hermione suddenly said, inhaling the fragrance of the grass at the tip of her nose.

She had intended to tell Bell about it during breakfast, but then she discovered that Gryffindor were mostly taking classes with Hufflepuff this semester, and in a moment of unhappiness, she forgot about it.

When she went to Mars during summer vacation, she couldn't use Side-Along Apparition, so she couldn't withstand the intense spatial compression and ended up vomiting all over Bell.

Hermione felt quite embarrassed about this.

Especially when compared to Shanna, who was only slightly pale at the time, Hermione felt even more ashamed and indignant on top of her embarrassment.

Therefore, as soon as she returned from Mars, she asked Bell to let her learn Side-Along Apparition.

But Bell refused...

Because she was learning Legilimency at the time, at Bell's request, she had to temporarily put aside her obsession with Side-Along Apparition and devote all her energy to learning Legilimency.

Finally, after a whole summer of learning, she felt she had mastered Legilimency. So today, she once again asked to learn Side-Along Apparition.

"Try Legilimency on me."

Releasing his arm from Hermione's, Bell decided to give Hermione a simple "final exam" right there.

Taking a deep breath, Hermione pointed her Wand at Bell's head.

"Legilimency!"

The white light flashed and disappeared in an instant, followed by a flood of images appearing in Hermione's mind.

There are scenes of her first encounter with Bell, scenes of her and Bell facing the Troll, scenes of her dating Bell, scenes of Bell fighting the Basilisk, and more...

"Wait! Bell, the Basilisk can transform into a little girl?!"

Looking at the image in his mind of Bell fighting the Basilisk, the hideous Basilisk suddenly transformed into a cute and charming little girl.

Hermione felt her worldview crumbling once again.

"This is not magical at all..."

Well, this does look pretty magical.

"Pfft~! Haha~ Ahahaha~!"

Seeing Hermione's adorable, dumbfounded expression, Bell couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"You... you lied to me! I'll kill you!"

Realizing she'd been tricked by Bell, Hermione's face instantly flushed crimson. She clenched her fist and punched Bell's chest hard.

Although, to Bell, Hermione seemed to be giving him a massage.

"Stop laughing! Stop laughing! Stop laughing!"

Seeing how Bell laughed more and more as she hit him, Hermione wished she could cast a curse on Bell so that he would never be able to laugh again.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, I won't laugh anymore."

Knowing when to stop, Bell stopped laughing before Hermione could get angry.

Rubbing his stomach, which ached from laughing, Bell straightened up again.

"The reason I did this is to let you know that memories obtained through Legilimency are not necessarily true."

Especially when one's skill level is low, it is easy to be misled if one encounters a target who is skilled in Occlumency.

Therefore, you must always be vigilant.

Bell said earnestly.

So he wasn't really playing Hermione for a fool... at least not his main purpose.

Hermione stared at Bell suspiciously for a while, until Bell's serious expression was about to crumble, before she reluctantly let him go.

While keeping Bell's words in mind, Hermione looked at Bell expectantly and asked:

"Can I start learning Side-Along Apparition now?"

"Can."

After a sigh of relief, Bell gave an affirmative answer.

In fact, after the extremely long-distance Side-Along Apparition to and from Mars, and the multiple Apparitions with Bell during the summer vacation, Hermione is now just one step away from mastering this Curses.

Once Hermione begins to formally learn this Curses, she should be able to teleport on her own in less than a week.

"Great! Let's start studying tonight!"

Hermione was so happy she almost jumped for joy.

Once she learns Side-Along Apparition and Apparition, she won't need Bell to pick her up the next time she goes to the Bell Family.

That way, she can conduct surprise inspections!

"Tonight won't do. I'm exhausted from the day, and it's not a good time to learn that kind of dangerous magic. Let's wait until the weekend."

Although theoretically, Hermione mastering Side-Along Apparition should have been a natural progression.

But it's always better to be safe than sorry.

If Hermione were to accidentally split into Splinching during her first Side-Along Apparition training due to exhaustion, it could potentially cause Hermione psychological trauma.

That would likely take a considerable amount of time for Hermione to overcome her fears and master Side-Along Apparition.

As the saying goes, haste makes waste, so let's wait until the weekend to talk about it. A couple more days won't make a difference.

"Oh..."

Although somewhat reluctant, Hermione always followed Bell's arrangements when it came to learning magic.

So she could only try her best to suppress her impatience and look forward to the weekend arriving soon.