[{"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-30":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},2292282,4482,"Chapter 30: The Pointed Hat on the Teeth","hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-30",30,"\u003Cp>To be honest, Silven was a bit stunned; he stood frozen for a second before reacting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His original plan had been to open the door and draw attention, then slip away in the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, both the three-headed dog and the troll were huge creatures, and he was just a tiny thing—he stood a good chance of being ignored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he hadn’t expected the troll to cooperate so well, charging straight in like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it seemed he didn’t need to wait for chaos at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the deafening roars and growls behind the door, along with the frantic footsteps below, Silven grabbed the tree guard crawling out of the lock and ran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, someone arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snape rushed forward first, sprinting all the way to the locked door, followed closely by Professor McGonagall, with Quirrell bringing up the rear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door was yanked open, and the next instant, the stench of blood and rot hit them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially upon seeing the scene inside, even Snape, who routinely dealt with rat spleens and leech juice, turned deathly pale, his stomach churning violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quirrell took one look and vomited all over the floor, gagging uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>McGonagall fared better—she had witnessed far worse scenes before; compared to that, this was nothing, though her hands trembled slightly, she quickly regained her composure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>McGonagall pressed her lips tightly together, raised her wand, and a dozen thick iron chains wrapped tightly around the three-headed dog, hoisting it into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Severus!” McGonagall shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snape nodded and dragged half the troll out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Vomiting…” Quirrell gagged even harder, tears and snot smeared across his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>McGonagall’s face showed undisguised disgust—she was a professor too; not helping was one thing, but making things worse?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She opened her mouth to speak, but just then, a reassuring figure appeared at the end of the corridor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dumbledore,” McGonagall said quickly, “here—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Minerva, I saw it all,” Dumbledore said calmly, his gaze shifting to the side. “Harry, Ron, and Hermione, could you please take Professor Quirrell to the school infirmary?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, sir. Of course, sir.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the corner, Harry, Hermione, and Ron shuffled out, heads drooping.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They thought they’d hidden well, but had been discovered so quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Halfway down the corridor, Harry couldn’t resist his curiosity and stole a glance toward the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he saw nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thick cloud of white smoke had appeared in the middle of the corridor—he couldn’t see a thing, only hear McGonagall’s furious voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No returning to dorms! Knowing it’s dangerous, you still wander the castle—what trick are you playing? Gryffindor loses five points—five each!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing McGonagall’s rage, Harry shrank back; Ron and Hermione didn’t dare speak a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the quiet Dumbledore, Harry felt he had to explain: “Headmaster… we weren’t playing tricks. We came to find Silven.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Ollivander?” Dumbledore’s expression didn’t change. “Then Gryffindor loses another five points.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, no, that’s not it,” Harry hurried to explain. “He said he was coming back for something, so he didn’t make it to the feast in time, and didn’t even know about the troll. We came to warn him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I see,” Dumbledore nodded. “Then why didn’t you tell a professor? If I recall correctly, Professor Flitwick and Professor Sprout have been with the students all along.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We… forgot.” Harry’s voice lacked conviction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then can you help take Professor Quirrell to the infirmary now? He seems about to faint from vomiting.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time Harry said nothing, and with Ron, they ran over and dragged Quirrell away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their movements were rough, but no one pointed it out; Dumbledore pretended not to notice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could three first-years possibly carry an adult wizard? Dragging him made perfect sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after the three and Quirrell vanished did Dumbledore walk over and carefully examine the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five minutes later, Hagrid arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, Fluffy…” Seeing the three-headed dog chained tight, its mouth dripping blood, Hagrid clutched his chest, tears streaming down his face from grief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t be like that, Minerva—it’s still a child…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know,” McGonagall said flatly, “your ‘child’ just killed a troll.” She pointed to the troll’s corpse on the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a troll—torn apart like a roasted pork chop. Was this acceptable?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hagrid let out a strange cry, like a duck with its neck wrung.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Truly horrifying,” Snape said coldly beside him. “From the moment we heard the noise to when we arrived, no more than two minutes passed—and it tore a full-grown troll in half.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dumbledore, this monster cannot stay at the school.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, no…,” Hagrid stammered. “Fluffy is usually very, very well-behaved. The troll must have provoked it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So you mean,” Snape drawled, “a troll with a brain smaller than a walnut deliberately taunted a three-headed dog?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hagrid grew even more flustered, unable to speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Dumbledore, his eyes filled with pleading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I believe Hagrid.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dumbledore…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t rush, Severus,” Dumbledore said, pointing to the leftmost head of the three-headed dog. “Look here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snape instinctively looked—and frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mouth was injured, flesh torn and bloody, two teeth missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This… was done by the troll?” His voice was full of disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come on—this was a three-headed dog, a creature that could eat a flightless dragon on the ground. How powerful could a troll possibly be to inflict this? It must be a giant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“From the evidence, only this explanation makes sense,” Dumbledore straightened up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The troll wandered into Hogwarts by accident, stumbled onto the fourth floor, opened the door, and struck the three-headed dog with a club—then was torn apart by the enraged beast.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dumbledore spoke calmly, but those around him reacted differently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The whole sequence… just hearing it sounded absurd, ridiculous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But now a new question arises,” Dumbledore continued. “How did it get in? I noticed the front door was intact, with no signs of forced entry. Did the troll use a key to open the door?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps we should ask the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts,” Snape suddenly said. “He was the first to discover the troll in the dungeon classroom.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Quirinus is still in the infirmary, Severus,” Dumbledore said. “He’s been terrified.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hah…” Snape sneered. “If needed, I can brew him a potion to calm his nerves.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1032,"2026-06-20T04:03:11.805Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","fba624d50aa5c6eafa9cdf5ecd22f18337fce67169fd99048a178e2078b1d27a","hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-31","hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-29",149,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-cover.jpg"]