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Horcrux Codex","hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-125",125,"\u003Cp>When Silven returned to the Gryffindor common room, it was nearly curfew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the room was still crowded; everyone seemed to be waiting for something, and as soon as Silven stepped through the passage, all eyes turned to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Silven, where have you been?” Fred sprang to his feet, excited. “The performance was a success—a brilliant fireworks show, even the professors were captivated.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But since you weren’t there, some people don’t believe we were destroying the Chamber.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Were you?” Silven asked absently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course not,” Fred and George exchanged a glance and laughed. “We already said it was a brilliant fireworks show.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly. They didn’t get it wrong. And as for those who believe I’m the Heir of Slytherin, their thoughts don’t matter—and don’t need explaining.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anyway, I’m telling everyone the Chamber’s problem is solved. If they don’t believe me, let them go see it for themselves.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Silven tried to sidestep the wall of bodies formed by Fred and George.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, what’s that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Hermione suddenly noticed something floating beside Silven’s shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like a book,” Harry said. “But why use a Levitation Charm on such a tiny book?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they spoke, the book with its black cover seemed startled—it leapt from Silven’s left shoulder to his right, then opened itself, pages flipping with a crisp rustling sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, that’s cool…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fred and George were instantly captivated; they had never imagined a book floating in front of someone could look so elegant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially when the pages had just flipped— they couldn’t look away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be even better if the book could be replaced with the Golden Snitch. A wizard walking ahead, the Golden Snitch circling around him—just imagining it made the blood rush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“George, I just had a brilliant idea,” Fred said thoughtfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Funny, so did I,” George replied. “Maybe we thought of the same thing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Definitely.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what’s your answer?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course the same as yours.” The two spoke words no one else understood, then in the next instant, both placed their hands on Silven’s shoulders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s work together, Silven.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I bet this thing could sweep through Hogwarts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Or just tell us how to make it…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ll trade you the Marauder’s Map,” George offered a price that made Silven’s heart leap—but unfortunately, they couldn’t make it, not even he himself could replicate it a second time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Horcrux Codex】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Horcrux, Undying Wraith, Seven and Three-Fifths Inches】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Status: Activated】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Trait: Magic Following: Use your own magic to draw the Horcrux Codex to any position within five feet of you.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Trait: Magic Sensing: Detect abnormal magic nearby and issue a warning.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Trait: Magic Recording: Write magical runes on blank pages; opening the page automatically triggers the corresponding spell (requires draining your magic).】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Trait: Magic Backlash: Absorb a spell and etch it onto a blank page; opening the page automatically triggers that spell (requires draining your magic).】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Current blank pages: 7\u002F8】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, this was a wand—or you could call it a magical book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it was completely unlike a traditional wand; it gave the user no enhancement or reduction whatsoever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a troll wand had a thirty-percent boost to defensive magic—but this book had nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But did it matter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silven thought it didn’t matter at all. Compared to the book’s advantages, this flaw was negligible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silven was eager to test this new thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced around, then fixed his gaze on Harry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I need to speak with you. Come with me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can it wait… Knight to H3,” Harry said. “This game’s almost over.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll help you,” Silven said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Harry could grasp what he meant, Silven extended a finger and snapped hard at Ron’s “king.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s cheating! Cheating!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The king cursed as it tumbled to the floor, splitting in two; the other pieces shattered instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brilliant!” Harry’s pieces cheered. “Good job, mate—you should play like that more often.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey…” Ron glared up, angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry. Next time, I’ll buy you butterbeer,” Silven said, then grabbed Harry’s arm and dragged him upstairs to the dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s going on?” Harry stared at Silven, then noticed the silver-gray cloak in his hand. “You can keep the Invisibility Cloak a few more days. No rush to return it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, I don’t need it anymore,” Silven said. “Have you learned the Disarming Charm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Disarming Charm,” Silven repeated. “The one Professor Flitwick taught us in Dueling Club.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, I guess I’ve learned it,” Harry said uncertainly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could knock the wands out of Ron and Hermione’s hands, but he hadn’t tried on others—he wasn’t sure if that counted as mastery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good,” Silven stepped back several paces and stood by the window. “Now cast it on me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now?” Harry shook his head. “Practicing spells in the dormitory isn’t a good idea, and it’s so late. Can’t we wait until tomorrow morning and find an empty classroom?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We could even bring Ron and Hermione.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, this isn’t practice,” Silven explained. “Hurry. This is important.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Silven’s serious expression, Harry, though confused, nodded and drew his wand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Watch out,” he warned, then pointed his wand at Silven. “Expelliarmus!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A brilliant red flash—Harry suddenly realized in horror that Silven wasn’t holding a wand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What happens when you cast the Disarming Charm on someone without a wand?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment that thought crossed Harry’s mind, the red light was already before Silven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next second, a book appeared between Silven and the spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black cover… Harry remembered—it was the book that had been flying around Silven like the Golden Snitch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the Disarming Charm was swallowed by the open book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, swallowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry watched as his spell struck a blank page and vanished instantly, like a stone dropped into the Black Lake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… what just happened?” Harry stammered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That didn’t make sense. Even if his Disarming Charm was weak, it shouldn’t just dissolve on contact with a book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry, still stunned, didn’t notice that after the spell vanished, a complex symbol had appeared on the previously blank page.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a rune, glowing faintly red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Careful, Harry!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Silven’s voice, Harry snapped back to attention—he saw the book open again, one page glowing with familiar red light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t that his own Disarming Charm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Harry thought it, the red light struck him in the stomach. His wand flew from his hand, and he doubled over, gasping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Harry didn’t care about that—he struggled to stand and asked, “What just happened? That book…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s not a book. It’s a wand,” Silven said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A wand?” Harry frowned. “But it’s clearly a book—I saw it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, I can’t explain it in a few words,” Silven said. He handed the wand back to Harry. “Try again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Harry didn’t hesitate. He took the wand and pointed it at Silven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Expelliarmus!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Same red flash. Same open page.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time Harry saw clearly—the book had swallowed his spell, then spat it back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His wand flew out again, and Silven caught it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sure,” Harry wanted to see how this worked—he agreed without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearly half an hour later, Harry had been hit by his own Disarming Charm so many times his arms could barely lift—he finally realized he’d been tricked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your book is a magical item enchanted with a Shield Charm,” he declared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a Shield Charm could reflect spells like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silven only smiled this time, offering no explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Harry’s help, he’d now Chubu  understood some of the Horcrux Codex’s properties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he could actively control the Codex through magical connection, like using a Levitation Charm on an object. Second, it could move on its own to intercept spells via Magic Sensing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, the Magic Sensing mode reacted faster—but he didn’t yet know if it would prioritize the strongest spell when multiple spells struck at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could test that later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, absorbing another’s spell was a one-time use—afterward, the page returned to blank, and the magic cost was substantial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silven estimated roughly that absorbing and reflashing a Disarming Charm consumed about one and a half times his own magic for the same spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is normal; after all, it is a wand, and casting spells naturally requires magic, and when you add it up carefully, he still came out half ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, and there’s one more crucial point: it doesn’t conflict with Silvermane at all—it can be used as an additional accessory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This discovery filled Silven with immense excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there had to be a flaw, it was that the eight blank pages were far too few—completely insufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be an issue with the core.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silven stared at the unhealed cracks on the back of the diary, and for the first time, he longed desperately to collect other Horcruxes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that’s a matter for later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silven walked up to Harry and pulled him to his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can you keep what just happened secret? Don’t tell anyone?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What about Ron and Hermione?” Harry asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Same deal,” Silven said. “But when the time is right, I’ll tell them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… all right, I promise you.” Harry nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t think much of it—a magical item with the Shield Charm’s ability was probably no different from his Invisibility Cloak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But since Silven wanted secrecy, he wouldn’t tell anyone else—though he’d have to come up with an excuse for Ron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Harry agree, Silven exhaled slightly in relief; he had no choice. If he didn’t test the Horcrux Codex’s effects, he wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there were only a few people in the common study room—Fred and George had left for other matters, Hermione was a girl, and the others weren’t familiar enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That left only Harry and Ron, and relatively speaking, Harry was clearly more reliable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1614,"2026-06-20T04:03:11.805Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ea56c61e393f74af4629cadbe1d9f42f4661e5a463aadced9affcac86d8cec2c","hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-126","hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-124",149,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-cover.jpg"]