  The issue of whether $^{42}_{14}Si_{28}$ is doubly magical or not has been a
contentious one. Fridmann {\it et al.} (Nature 435 (2005) 922) through studies
of two-proton knockout reaction $^{44}_{16}S_{28} \rightarrow
^{42}_{14}Si_{28}$, presented a strong empirical evidence in support of
magicity and sphericity of $^{42}_{14}Si_{28}$. However in complete conflict
with this, Bastin {\it et al.} (Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007) 022503) gave equally
strong empirical evidences, to show that the N = 28 magicity had completely
collapsed, and that $^{42}_{14}Si_{28}$ was a well deformed nucleus. At present
the popular consensus (Gade {\it et al.}, Phys. Rev. Lett. 122 (2019) 222501)
strongly supports the latter one and discards the former one. Here, while we
accept the latter experiment as being fine and good, through a careful study of
an RMF model calculation, we show that actually the experimental results of
Fridmann are also independently good and consistent. As per the Fridmann
experiment, the sphericity and magicity of $^{42}_{14}Si_{28}$ is manifested
only through proton number Z=14 being a strong magic number, while the neutron
magic number N=28 disappears (or goes into hiding); and still this nucleus is
spherical. This is a new and amazing property manifesting itself in this exotic
nucleus $^{42}_{14}Si_{28}$. In this paper we provide a consistent
understanding of this novel reality within a QCD based model. This model, which
has been successful in explanation of the halo phenomenon in exotic nuclei,
comes forward to provide the physical reason as to why the Fridmann experiment
is correct. This QCD based model shows that it is tritons, as elementary entity
making up $^{42}_{14}Si_{28}$, which then provides consistency to the above
amazing conclusions arising from the Fridmann experiment.
