[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker":3,"chapter-hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-25":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Hogwarts: Don't Call Me a Wandmaker",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2292277,4482,"Chapter 25: Three-Headed Dog","hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-25",25,"\u003Cp>After sprinting down the hall, Silven pushed open the classroom door just before the bell, and answered when the professor called his name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, though he was a ghost, Professor Binns took attendance every class—no one knew how he recognized the students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maybe he didn’t recognize them at all, and simply did it out of professional habit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once his name was called, Silven slumped onto his desk, his eyelids growing heavy, his vision blurring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sunlight streamed through the grid-like windows, strands of light interweaving as if entwined with runic script and silver unicorn tail hairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The weather was perfect—not cold, not hot—and with the ghost professor’s uniquely drowsy voice, it was a sin not to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But someone else didn’t think so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silven half-awake heard someone talking; he didn’t want to pay attention, but the voice persisted, growing louder and louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did Professor McGonagall really let you join Gryffindor’s team?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re amazing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you see Malfoy’s face? He was stunned.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s a Nimbus 2000—the fastest broom.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Harry, can I ride it? Just ten minutes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voices buzzed like a hundred Cornish pixies around Silven’s ears; he hesitated whether to tell Ron to quiet down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, suddenly, the two changed the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is he asleep?” Still Ron’s voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Probably,” Harry said. “Neville told me Silven’s been busy with something these days—always sleeping past midnight. Last night too, remember? When we came back, his dorm light was still on.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s really… working hard,” Ron muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Forget it. As long as he doesn’t hear us.” Ron seemed to lower his voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yesterday was terrifying. I never thought Malfoy would be such a coward—he challenged us to a duel, then never showed up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I suspect Filch was lured by him. Why else would he appear on the exact floor we were on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It was my fault,” Harry said. “I didn’t think Malfoy would be so low.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“His whole family’s low,” Ron sneered. “We nearly got eaten for dinner by that three-headed dog… but honestly, it was thrilling—we actually escaped from a three-headed dog.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why would Dumbledore keep such a dangerous magical creature in the school?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hermione said it’s to guard something.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, don’t bring her up,” Ron snapped. “She’s crazy—thinks getting expelled is worse than being devoured by a three-headed dog.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm… I think she’s right,” Harry seemed to side with Hermione.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re crazy too,” Ron said, but dropped the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So what do you think it’s guarding?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know,” Harry said, lowering his voice again. “Could it be… something from Vault 713?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The one that was robbed at Gringotts?” Ron involuntarily raised his voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Keep it down,” Harry hurriedly warned. When Ron quieted, he continued: “Yes, that one. Hagrid took something out of the vault, and then Hogwarts suddenly got a new room guarded by a three-headed dog. Isn’t that obvious?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It sounded like someone swallowing hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It must be something important,” Ron said. “I bet it’s gold.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Probably not,” Harry said. “I caught a glimpse—it was a dirty little bundle. If it were gold, it wouldn’t be worth bringing back to school and guarding with a three-headed dog.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron mumbled something, but his voice was too low to hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry didn’t hear it either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What did you say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah… I said, what do you think’s inside?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know,” Harry thought of a more plausible answer. “Something that size… maybe diamonds?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A kind of jewel,” Harry explained. “More valuable than gold. Aunt Petunia has a necklace with a tiny stone—smaller than a bean—but she treasures it like a fortune, only wearing it on the most important days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That must be expensive,” Ron said. “But Muggle jewels probably aren’t worth much to wizards—goblins haggle hard. I’d say it’s the recipe for Chocolate Frogs. Best chocolate ever.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But why would the Chocolate Frog recipe be in Hogwarts?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maybe someone asked Dumbledore to keep it safe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two chattered beside him, growing more excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silven had pieced it together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday, they’d arranged a wizard’s duel with Malfoy at midnight—but he stood them up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malfoy didn’t show. They only met Filch. To avoid being caught, they, along with Hermione who came to stop them, hid in the forbidden room and saw a three-headed dog guarding a trapdoor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Harry believed the thing the dog guarded was connected to the robbed Gringotts vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm… three-headed dog…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silven’s drowsiness vanished. He opened his eyes and stared at Harry and Ron, both pale with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Y-you weren’t asleep?” Ron’s voice trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was kept awake by you two,” Silven yawned. “Next time you whisper secrets, remember to be quieter.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and Ron flushed, then paled again, staring at Silven, speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry—I’ll keep it secret,” Silven guessed their fear and said outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Th-thank you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s fine,” Silven waved a hand. “But I’m curious—did you really go inside that room?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The forbidden room on the fourth floor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, yes,” Harry said. Ron nodded beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Silven’s keen interest, they gradually lowered their guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At eleven, kids love to boast—and they were no exception. Once Silven pressed, they told him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s clear why the Headmaster forbids us from going there—the three-headed dog is ten feet tall.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron held his hand high in an exaggerated gesture, as if to prove how terrifying his experience had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Impressive,” Silven clicked his tongue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just lucky. We never want to go through that again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the excitement and lingering thrill on their faces betrayed them—they’d gladly do it again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did you get in?” Silven asked casually. “Didn’t you run into any professors?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No,” Harry thought a moment. “We ran from Filch for ages—had no choice but to hide down that corridor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, we didn’t even know what floor it was.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",957,"2026-06-20T04:03:11.805Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","86b21a78eeab67e2d5bfbb709c49bba740532e6e55618e01c4cab44c40c57825","hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-26","hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-24",149,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-cover.jpg"]