Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

As he recalled the difficulties he had experienced in the past, Ron suddenly asked a question from an unexpected direction.

"Dumbledore's crimes weren't enough to get him sent to Azkaban, were they? So the Ministry of Magic might just be using him as a magical battery. But what exactly are Dementors? You've seen Sirius, right? What does he feel like?

Are they living things? More like spiritual beings? Muggles can't see them, are they the embodiment of souls that can't make it to the other side? Some kind of evil spirit?"

"…I'm not sure. But are they considered living creatures? At least they are classified as magical creatures, right? Don't they live on happiness? If your heart is filled with hatred, they won't get too close to you? When you are filled with negative emotions, they don't seem to be interested."

"The Ministry of Magic can control them, right? Do they have a contract with the Ministry?"

"Then only the Minister of Magic knows?"

"Is there no magic book used to sign the contract in this house? Or the original magic record?

No matter how I think about it, I don't think a normal Minister of Magic could handle this. At least the Ministry has some way of keeping them there. Azkaban itself is where dark wizards used to do all sorts of dangerous experiments, and the Dementors are their legacy. They should have been sealed long ago, feeding them food was a mistake.

I heard that ordinary people would become disabled quickly if they stayed there, but Sirius was fine. Did the Black family do something secretly when they signed the contract with the Dementors? Other powerful pure-blood families did the same. Did they help maintain some kind of magic to trap the Dementors there?"

It’s terrifying to be unable to categorically deny this.

“It might be interesting to look into.

Although the Ministry of Magic can barely control them, the control is not strong. If they are not fed regularly, they will definitely leave. Therefore, their control is not enough to completely trap the Dementors.

However, they seem to be able to tell who is a prisoner and who is not, and can decide who to give the Dementor's Kiss to, which means they have some communication ability, right? The prisoners may have been marked in some way? In this case, how do they sign the contract?"

Stop being interested in this kind of thing... The Weasley brothers really tend to act on impulse, they are so curious.

"I'm an Animagus, and animal form doesn't work on them."

"But before you knew it, you were fine, weren't you? The other prisoners, especially those from powerful pure-blood families, were probably fine too.

For example, Bella Trix? Although she is a branch of the Black family, she should still be rational, right?

You go meet her.”

...Can you please really stop being like this?

"And Bella's husband, the Carrow brothers, Malcolm, Avery, and other dark wizards who fanatically support Voldemort, they should be okay too?"

"Maybe Dark wizards and Dementors get along pretty well. After all, it was Dark wizards who created them."

"Yes."

"The prisoners were probably put in Azkaban to feed them. However, they might like wizards more than Muggles. After all, in that era, pure-bloodism was even stronger than it is now, and Muggles were just victims. The reason why the Dementors were not released was probably because once they were released, they would be more likely to attack wizards."

“This possibility is very high.

Therefore, the Ministry of Magic regularly sent prisoners as food and signed a "stay-at-home" contract with them. When they were first discovered, someone must have investigated and brought back something to keep them there. Otherwise, it could be that a powerful dark witch family secretly suppressed them.

They must have known that letting them go would be a threat to wizards.

Or if we really let them go and let them attack Muggles indiscriminately, the Muggle government will definitely ask us to solve the problem. But in fact, we are powerless. If the Dementors were created by wizards, we might be hunted down by the Muggle government. Therefore, feeding them with prisoners is the simplest solution.

Oh, and Dumbledore was against using Dementors as guards, wasn't he? "

"If so, does he know something? If we don't let the Dementors serve as guards, should we let them go? But is that really safe? He might think that dark wizards will give the Dementors more food, so they are not trustworthy? Dementors should like those who can give them more food.

I think Dumbledore's proposal was mainly to deal with dark wizards, and he did not consider the impact of Dementors joining the dark wizard camp on the entire wizarding world. But I think that strong negative memories have a greater impact on Dementors. Isn't Sirius always positive and optimistic? He doesn't think deeply. Although he is a human, he is more like an animal, so he is not very affected by Dementors. "

"That's really strange. Dementors feed on happiness. They evoke negative memories and make those who have had tragic experiences more likely to lose their fighting spirit. But they eat happiness. For those who have experienced tragic things, happiness should be more precious, right? Maybe this is why Sirius is safe and sound. For us brothers, although we have a good environment, we never feel happy, and the Dementors probably think we are not delicious. They may think that fools are nothing to eat, and the dark souls are too heavy, so even they don't want to get close to them."

Don't insult me ​​during the conversation, you guys are really...

"Dementors are indeed strange creatures. There are rumors that people who are given the Dementor's Kiss by them will eventually become Dementors, but no one knows whether this is true or not."

"They don't seem to be able to communicate with humans?"

“…I don’t feel that way.”

"But it's a miracle that the Ministry of Magic can control them to a certain extent. What was the purpose of the wizards who created them? If they were studying dark magic, perhaps the happiness, soul, and energy they absorbed were used as some kind of magical source."

"Ah, that's true. They prefer wizards to Muggles. If they can't find wizards, they have to settle for Muggles."

"That's why they're in Azkaban, right? To feed them. I guess the Ministry thought of that and felt they could feed them with criminals without any qualms."

"So what should we do now? It's obviously not a good idea to continue using Dementors like this."

"Can we ask the Muggle Prime Minister to blow them up with missiles? Although the current prisoners will have to stay there to attract Dementors, this may be the only way if Dementors are no longer used as guards."

"I object. There may be some magic circles or materials in Azkaban that maintain control over the Dementors. If they are blown up, the Dementors may escape or even become more difficult to control. Moreover, it is not clear whether the Dementors really have physical bodies, and physical attacks may not be effective against them. Only the Patronus can repel them, but that is only a defensive measure."

"So, physical attacks don't work? Then the missile method won't work either.

Perhaps that is why the great wizards of the past chose to maintain the status quo. There seemed to be no other way.”

"Dementors remind me of the Asian royal ancestors, though."

"Yuxian?"

“Yes, in Asia there is a strange existence called ‘Yusen’, which is similar to an evil spirit or a god.

The most famous are the 'Seven Priests'. They move in fixed numbers, such as five or three. Whenever someone is sacrificed, the first one can go to the other side, and the sacrificed person will become a new member of the Priest. They keep looking for prey because they don't want to keep wandering. People who get close to the Priests will feel cold, and even have a high fever and die. To those who can't see, they look like cold wind. Is this similar to Dementors? Legend has it that people who are kissed by Dementors will also become Dementors. Is this true? Will the number of Dementors increase? If they are the same as the Priests, then the number of Dementors should not increase, because the number of people in each group is fixed.

"If all those who have been kissed by now have become Dementors, then Azkaban prison should be filled with Dementors, right? Is it really that crowded?"

"It doesn't seem that crowded, does it?"

"Wow, that's interesting. But can you tell them apart? If you can't tell them apart, wouldn't it be hard to count them? Does the Ministry really know how many there are? If you think about it, it does seem so. It's been hundreds of years, right? Even earlier, they would shipwreck ships and eat everyone. So, it wouldn't be surprising if Azkaban was filled with Dementors. But it doesn't seem to be."

"It is said that the 'capes' in Asia may have been formed by accidents or the transformation of vengeful spirits of murdered people. There are different opinions. Some are made up of yamabushi (practitioners) or soldiers, and those who were killed may not have joined their team."

"There are similar beings in every region, probably because of different reasons for their birth. Some say that they may be transformed from people who died in a water disaster. Like Dementors, they can also cause shipwrecks and lead to more water disasters. Therefore, these beings often appear near the water."

"What kind of things are those in Azkaban? Are they both? Or, it is possible that a dark wizard saw a natural phenomenon similar to the Cape, conducted experiments, and tried to replicate this phenomenon many times. Maybe they want to create new existences by themselves, or try to control them. To this end, they deliberately caused ships to be wrecked, slaughtered crew members, and conducted various experiments. There should be at least two types of things that are naturally produced and those made by dark wizards."

"It seems that the Capes in Asia cannot be controlled. As time changes, new Capes will appear. This is a classic horror legend. When the tombs that sealed the Capes were destroyed, the Capes began to wander and attack humans."

"But Cape doesn't seem to devour happiness. However, there is a saying that people may have nightmares after being possessed. I don't remember exactly. Maybe it's the stimulation of some kind of trauma. In general, people will basically die after being possessed. Although they are a little different, don't you think they are a bit similar?"

"Yeah, it's a bit like that. Is there any way to deal with it?"

"...I don't know about that. Capes are a very powerful species of monsters. Some people believe that they are one of God's followers. In other words, they are very powerful."

"Ron, you really like this kind of topic."

"In my previous life, I was very busy at work and real life was very cruel. Although I climbed up step by step from the bottom, I saw the dark side of human nature and the darkness of society. So, I began to imagine another world through supernatural phenomena and ghost stories. By imagining the invisible world, I can temporarily forget the cruelty of reality. Isn't this exciting?"

"So, what do you think? Do you think you can count them?"

Ron looked at me with an expectant glint in his eyes... Don't look at me like that... Once you stare at me with that expectant look, I can't help but nod in agreement...

"I'm not excited at all. But it seems difficult, doesn't it?"

"There is a faction within the Ministry that questions whether Dementors should be used as guards. But if we don't know what the consequences will be, it will be impossible to implement it."

"Turn into a dog and investigate! If you have a clear goal, you might find something. Sirius, you can do it! You can also meet Bellatrix by the way!"

"…But I really don't want to? Please forgive me."

"There's nothing I can do. I'll just let you go."