[{"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-57":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},2292309,4482,"Chapter 57: The Forbidden Forest","hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-57",57,"\u003Cp>By the next day, everyone found out that Gryffindor had lost two hundred points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, no one believed it—but after verifying the scores on the massive hourglass that tracked the House Cup, the castle erupted in chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gryffindor, once first, now ranked last, while Slytherin, previously second, rose to the top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From morning on, they celebrated wildly, clapping and whistling at Gryffindor, cheering as if they’d already won the House Cup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gryffindor, naturally, gave no good looks to the culprits, especially Harry Potter, who nearly became ostracized by everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was normal—among the six, Fred and George frequently lost points, so everyone was used to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silven was the same, even more extreme: at the start of term, he’d been docked over twenty points for constant tardiness, another twenty for causing a ruckus in the dormitory at midnight, plus countless other minor deductions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But unlike the Weasley brothers, Silven later regained all those points through various means, canceling them out—so the little lions had no complaints. Some even thought Silven was bold and honest, a true Gryffindor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when they saw the list of those who lost points, they immediately dismissed Silven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others—Neville Longbottom had always been inconspicuous, and the two other foolish first-years were always trailing after Harry Potter, so most assumed they were his followers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, their anger naturally fell on Harry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry was dazed for a long time, and out of guilt and shame, he went to Oliver Wood to quit the Quidditch team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Wood scolded him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What good would that do! If we can’t win the Quidditch match, how will we ever earn the points back?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry’s pressure grew—he spent every day either training or buried in the library reviewing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, when Silven spotted him in the common room, he caught a fleeting flicker of envy in Harry’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He truly envied him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d all been caught together, all had points deducted—but Silven remained untouched. Students treated him exactly as before, and even Professor McGonagall, who had flown into a rage, showed him no further displeasure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Take detention: the other five received notes during breakfast; only Silven was told in person by Professor McGonagall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your detention begins tonight at eleven. Go to the entrance hall and find Filch—he’ll take you to the Forbidden Forest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a Transfiguration class, Professor McGonagall said to Silven: “I hope this detention serves as a reminder to you…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t say what kind of reminder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand, Professor McGonagall.” He nodded and left the classroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Forbidden Forest? And with the professor’s special permission… Silven’s eyes gleamed. It was hard to say whether this was detention—or a reward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fred and George thought the same—they were assigned to clean the trophy room with their most hated brother, scrubbing every single trophy by hand, no magic allowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There are over three hundred trophies in there!” Fred cried in anguish: “We want to go to the Forbidden Forest too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why can’t that stupid Slytherin be the one cleaning trophies?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps…” Silven said flatly, glancing at them with disdain, “Professor McGonagall thinks the three of you work well together?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You used the Marauder’s Map—and still walked straight into her arms?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is this the level of competence you boasted about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pfft. False advertising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fred and George immediately understood Silven’s meaning and turned bright red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That time—that was just carelessness… Who knew Professor McGonagall would be there…” Fred explained, but his voice lacked conviction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, their job was to watch for professors—but after getting the Whomping Willow branch, they were so thrilled they completely forgot the mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s all Ron’s fault!” George said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d investigated—though they didn’t need to: Draco Malfoy, who’d “made a great contribution” to Slytherin’s seventh consecutive championship, had gleefully blabbed the whole thing in public.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He claimed that while shoving Ron, he’d “found” a letter detailing exactly when, how, and where they planned to smuggle out the dragon—and he’d gone straight to Professor McGonagall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No one believed the dragon story, but after Fred and George’s analysis, the rest of the details were likely true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant if Ron had been even slightly smarter or more cautious, they wouldn’t have run into Professor McGonagall, summoned by Malfoy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fred and George were furious—this whole mess had started because of their stupid brother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came regret: they’d seen on the Marauder’s Map that Ron and the others had left the castle—but they’d ignored it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now they realized: Ron must have left through the front gate… What’s the difference between that and waiting to be caught by Filch?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine, it was their fault—they admitted it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At eleven that night, Fred and George each carried a bucket and tools, heading to the trophy room without complaint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry bid farewell to Ron and Hermione in the common room, then walked with Silven and Neville to the entrance hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hagrid only needed four people—Hermione had a different punishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they reached the entrance hall, Filch and Malfoy were already waiting—Malfoy was the fourth person to be sent to the Forbidden Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Follow me,” Filch said, leading them out of the castle, muttering darkly about how in the old days, rule-breakers had been chained in the dungeons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He “accidentally” revealed their punishment involved entering the terrifying forest, to keep company with werewolves and five-legged beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Neville truly listened—and believed him—shaking with fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malfoy had been indifferent at first, but upon hearing they were going to the Forbidden Forest, his legs turned to jelly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry was fine; Silven didn’t care at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Filch’s words might fool new students unfamiliar with the magical world—but that so-called dungeon had been sealed shut since Headmaster Dippet’s time and could never be reopened by Dumbledore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as for the Forbidden Forest? It was practically a reward—he was thrilled!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silven’s indifference made Filch’s face flush, but by then, they had already reached Hagrid’s hut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",975,"2026-06-20T04:03:11.805Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","830b3c7a5fba27775b760b086f02e14752ee422550b586bef90cb9ead0916b86","hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-58","hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-56",149,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-cover.jpg"]