Hermione Can't Get Back!?

In a peaceful (?) atmosphere, it was Saturday morning.

After having breakfast and resting for a while, Bell led Hermione into the suitcase.

It's worth mentioning that Shanna also brought her two best friends along to play with the Magical Animals in the suitcase.

Hearing the cheerful laughter coming from afar, Bell smiled and turned his attention back to Hermione.

After more than a day, Hermione has recovered a lot. At least her gaze towards Bell is no longer filled with evasiveness.

Seeing things progress as expected, Bell was even happier.

He drew two circles on the ground, 10 meters apart, and gestured for Hermione to stand in one of them.

"I think you're already very familiar with the feeling of Side-Along Apparition, so I don't need to go into details."

Here, I just want to emphasize one point again: With me here, go ahead and do it with confidence.

After saying that, Bell gestured to Hermione that they could begin.

Taking a deep breath, Hermione reviewed in her mind the knowledge she had gathered about Side-Along Apparition and Apparition.

After receiving Bell's permission to learn Side-Along Apparition, she has spent almost a week researching related knowledge whenever she has free time.

Now, she can say that she has memorized that knowledge perfectly and can recite it backwards.

"Side-Along Apparition!"

She turned around abruptly, and with a loud "crack, "Hermione... remained motionless in the same spot.

"You're using too much force, relax a bit."

Seeing his girlfriend's bewildered expression, Bell offered a word of correction.

"Overdoing it" can practically be considered Hermione's trademark.

Because of her overly serious nature, Hermione would almost always overdo it when casting any Curses for the first time while learning it.

Bell had reminded Hermione about this many times, but to little avail. So he basically gave up trying to persuade her.

Anyway, when it's time to be careful, Hermione becomes more cautious than anyone else.

Under Bell's guidance, Hermione failed more than ten times in a row before finally succeeding in Side-Along Apparition just when she was about to give up.

Then... she got stuck...

Before Hermione could even celebrate her success, she was shocked to find that she couldn't return to the normal world!

Looking at the dazzling spectacle around her, Hermione didn't find it beautiful at all. A deep fear gripped her, making her tremble uncontrollably.

"If I can never go back, I wonder if Bell will..."

Before Hermione's inner monologue could resume, a sudden pull force appeared out of nowhere, dragging Hermione out of this place that was neither a dimensional space nor anything else.

"Are you alright?"

Bell gripped Hermione's shoulder tightly with his left hand and asked worriedly.

It was he who pulled Hermione out just now.

To his shame, after waiting a while and realizing that Hermione had not yet Apparition, Bell suddenly realized that he had overlooked something.

Unlike normal spaces, the space inside the suitcase was expanded using Undetectable Extension Charm.

To ensure the stability of this space, it is necessary to reinforce it.

The longer the Undetectable Extension Charm lasts, the more stable the space it creates will be.

As for the suitcase containing the important laboratories and Training Room, Bell has maximized the stability of its space.

Therefore, it was better when leaving, since the reinforcement of the space was mainly aimed at the compression of the external space.

However, even with a clear objective, it is not an easy thing to come in from the outside.

Of course, given Bell and Shanna's current level of Apparition skills, it would just be a matter of putting in a little more effort, nothing serious. That's why Bell had forgotten about it before.

But for Hermione, who was using Apparition for the first time, this obstacle became an insurmountable barrier, firmly keeping her outside.

She shook her head and buried Hermione face in Bell's arms.

Her body was still trembling uncontrollably.

"Bell, am I... am I really stupid?"

Hermione said dejectedly.

Based on the information she had, the difficulty of Apparition should be slightly lower than that of Side-Along Apparition.

Therefore, assuming Side-Along Apparition is successfully cast, Apparition will naturally follow suit. The difficulty lies in precise targeting.

"How could that be? You're a genius!"

"But I almost didn't make it back before."

"This... is actually my problem."

Bell scratched his head sheepishly. This was truly a case of oversight, no matter how meticulously planned.

"Your question?"

Hermione looked at Bell with confusion.

So what bad thing did this guy do this time?

"I forgot to remind you, in spaces created using the Undetectable Extension Charm, Apparition becomes more difficult... I'm sorry!"

"... Ouch!"

"Ouch—! It hurts! Let go! Let go now!"

Feeling the pain in his palm, Bell begged for mercy while suppressing the spontaneous counterattack of the magic power within his body.

"That was close, Hermione was almost hurt."

After a long while, Hermione, having vented her anger, finally reluctantly let Bell go.

She'd wanted to do this for a long time!

Looking at the neat row of bright red teeth marks on his right hand, Bell blew hard a few times, feeling like crying but unable to.

What deep-seated hatred and resentment could there be? Was it really necessary to bite so hard?

"Hmph! So what do we do next?"

Ignoring Bell's feigned pitifulness, Hermione put her hands on her hips and asked.

Although she may have bitten a little too hard just now that she finally got what she wanted, she's not as easily fooled as she used to be.

This is such a minor issue, not even a scratch, that Bell could resolve it in less than a second.

Seeing that his tricks weren't working, a helpless Bell had no choice but to stop playing the victim.

The emerald green light flashed and disappeared in an instant, erasing the teeth marks on her palm and also cleaning up Hermione's drool.

"Ahem, well, there's really no way around it."

As you know, Hogwarts is shrouded in a vast Anti-Apparition Jinx and Anti-Disapparition Jinx, so unless you apply to Professor Dumbledore to have a special area set aside within the school, wizards cannot Side-Along Apparition or Apparition within Hogwarts.

And it was obvious that Professor Dumbledore would not approve the applications of several fourth-year students.

Of course, if Harry were to apply, that would be a different story.

"Does that mean I won't be able to learn Side-Along Apparition?"

Hermione said anxiously.

You see, she had been hoping to learn Side-Along Apparition for the past two months.

To this end, she put in 200% effort and quickly mastered the Legilimency.

Incidentally, Hermione usually only puts in 150% effort when learning Curses.