18. Magical Theory
In this way, I started following the usual routine everyday. Running, Exercise, then 3 hours of battle training with a new instructor everyday , where I learned everything I could like swords, spear, different types of martial arts from the muggle world, many ancient battle techniques used in different corners of the magical world. Then training and teaching Hermione, reading books from the vault and my mom's library, practicing occlumency and meditation and 1 hour of daily sleep.
There were other things that happened like: I started practicing Legilimency for 30 minutes daily, practicing wand based and wandless magic for 30 minutes after my battle classes.
Legilimency, I started because Hermione was advancing in her occlumency very slowly for my satisfaction and me using legilimency helped her speed up her training. Of course I first asked for her parents permission but in this period of time we all have grown a lot closer and they trust me to never harm them intentionally.
One day while I was teaching Hermione, she asked me some interesting questions.
"Harry, how do you think magic works. I have read a book which talks about a theory. It said that there might be some special organs in wizards and witches that allow them to perform magic, which the author named the magic core. He said that lack of this magic core is the reason muggles can't practice magic."
"Now that you ask it, I conducted a thorough research on this subject. There are many similar theories and many that disapprove of this. After all my research what I believe is that there is nothing like a magic core.
I believe there is no magic core because of one simple fact- how can children perform accidental magic.
I believe magic is all around us in this world but to be able to use it we need special qualities like special bloodline, bone structure, some special nerves, or the understanding of this world's laws. Chinese talk about meridians and maybe there is some kind of truth in it. May be we all have these meridians but only some have active and opened meridians to be able to perceive and channel magic.
That is also why I think the concept of blood purity came about. Maybe some bloodlines help in opening and widening of those meridians.Those who have bloodlines from some powerful ancient figure will have an easier time gaining power. It's just that today's wizards have taken this in a twisted sense.
It is like talent, not everybody can have it and there is no way of acquiring or measuring it.
It does not mean that those without a powerful bloodline can not become powerful, after all the earliest magicals did not have such bloodlines and achieved everything with their own efforts. "
"I understand. Harry, what should I do to become strong even if I have no bloodline? " Hermione asked after digesting my words.
"We can not be sure Hermione, who knows you might have some powerful bloodline. Earlier powerful wizards and witches used to have many spouses. It is only recently that with their twisted expression of pure- blood, wizards started marrying only one person. ( they don't have enough 'pure-bloods' to have many spouses.)
As for what can be done to become powerful, there are many things that affect the strength of a wizard or witch, like: Intent and will power, Imagination, Knowledge, and trifecta of body, mind , soul.
For intent, one needs to have a clear goal, it can be something small and it can be anything. for example: keeping your family safe, becoming the next merlin, exploring the universe, serving others( house elf) etc.
Will power- How much you can endure to achieve your goal. Those who have endured more tribulations or have understood people's suffering will have more will power.
Imagination- don't limit your thinking, try to think outside the box. This is what today's magical lack the most.
Knowledge- the more you understand the laws of the world the better you will be at magic.
Mind, soul, body and magic are inter related and inter-dependent. You are already working on it by meditation, mind arts and exercise.
This is all I have understood till now. I may be wrong, who knows.. " I explained to her my understanding of magic, and I'm also thinking about writing it for my future allies.
Soon It was the 25th of August and it was a special day because according to my calculations my occlumency is strong enough to handle all- power attacks from someone of Dumbledore's caliber.