[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-john-wick":3,"chapter-hogwarts-john-wick-hogwarts-john-wick-chapter-324":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Hogwarts’ John Wick",{"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},1645908,2109,"Chapter 324 324: 324: The Curse and Kim's Message","hogwarts-john-wick-chapter-324",324,"\u003Cp>Library.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daphne pretended to calmly flip through her book, but the way she kept sneaking glances at John betrayed her nervousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malfoy coughed twice, using his book to shield his face as he whispered to John, \"John, aren't you being a bit too direct?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John looked away from Daphne and turned to Malfoy in surprise. \"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I mean,\" Malfoy said tactfully, \"this is a public place. You could… maybe save that kind of thing for private?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really wanted to say, \"Daphne's glancing in your direction once every 2 seconds, and you are intently looking at her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But considering how many times he'd been beaten up already, he decided it was best to be tactful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he finished speaking, he saw John shift his gaze and look toward Astoria instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malfoy's internal alarm went off like mad. He warned, \"John, I think it's important not to be too greedy as a person.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think you're unusually energetic today,\" John glanced at Malfoy—was this kid just looking for trouble or what?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You finished all your homework? Or did your Defense Against the Dark Arts grade finally beat Harry's?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Malfoy: \"…\" That's just stabbing straight into someone's heart, isn't it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the mountain of assignments before him, Malfoy let out a long, sorrowful sigh, the perfect image of someone lamenting life's suffering and how fleeting joy is.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Astoria poked her older sister and quietly asked with a complicated expression, \"Sister, did you… succeed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't talk nonsense!\" Daphne slapped a hand over her younger sister's mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That last embarrassing misunderstanding had kept her from daring to walk next to John for several days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Astoria couldn't break free—ever since her sister started cooking, her strength had gone way up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Left with no choice, she gave up struggling and let her hands fall in despair, her mind flashing with the kindly image of their great-grandmother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Daphne had also covered her nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luckily, she realized just in time, avoiding a tragic case of sororicide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John's fingers tapped rhythmically on the table—thunk, thunk—each tap drawing attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Greengrass family,\" he murmured, deep in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind drifted to the letter he'd received the previous day—Mr. Greengrass had read about him in the paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He'd asked John to keep an eye on his two daughters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though the reluctant tone came through clearly in the wording and the puncture marks on the letter, it did pique John's curiosity about the sisters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Greengrass had mentioned a curse passed down in the Greengrass maternal line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a type of bloodline curse, one that lay dormant in the body and was passed on to the female descendants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though neither of the sisters had shown any symptoms yet, Mr. Greengrass feared it might one day awaken in them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coincidentally, Mr. Greengrass had just read about John receiving the Order of Merlin, Second Class—he could even break blood curses, so this kind of hereditary curse should be within his ability too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He commissioned me to protect them, to prevent anything before it happens.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John narrowed his eyes, his scrutinizing gaze sweeping over the sisters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, if Mr. Greengrass hadn't mentioned it, he wouldn't have even known the curse existed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This particular curse drastically shortened one's lifespan—those afflicted would die before the age of thirty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daphne was fifteen now, which meant… half her life was already over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A more thorough examination is needed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was deep in thought, completely unaware that the look in his eyes was making Daphne squirm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she was reaching her limit, John's badge gave a slight tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snapped out of it and tapped the badge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression changed instantly. He stood up and quickly left the library.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sudden move made both Daphne and Malfoy frown. Malfoy also tapped his badge and asked Daphne, \"Did you get a message?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daphne shook her head. \"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be Percy?\" These days, most of their communication was done through the group chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the only one who would send a private message like that was Percy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fleur, though she was outside the school, mostly used the group chat to complain about Silverhand Angel investments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Completely unaware that her boss was right there in the group chat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It could be the other one,\" Daphne reminded him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides Percy, they had another teammate outside the school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kim Ladislay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Kim rarely spoke, they all knew—he was working on something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something John had forbidden them from getting involved in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Constellation Society's secret chamber, John stared at a map, deep in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several locations were marked, but none of them had what he was looking for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The only one left is that place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes landed on a spot on the map—Voldemort's ancestral home, and also the closest point to that graveyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rubbed his brow and sent a message to Kim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do your best.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The badge fell silent again, and John let out a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Voldemort was an ambitious man—but at the same time, he was incredibly sentimental.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This much was clear from where he'd hidden the locket—it was a place he'd visited as a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To find the remaining Horcruxes, John's best approach was to search every place Voldemort had once been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this mission had to be kept quiet—absolutely no word could reach Voldemort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horcruxes held extraordinary power, and only a will strong enough could resist their influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kim was a good candidate for the task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John had split the search into internal and external efforts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The internal search referred to Hogwarts—if there was any place that had the greatest influence on Voldemort, it was undoubtedly Hogwarts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the Horcruxes Voldemort had prepared, he had chosen the relics of the four founders as their vessels, which meant Hogwarts held extraordinary significance to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The diary had been placed with the Malfoys, the cup in the Lestrange vault, the locket in the cave from his childhood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was highly likely that one Horcrux was hidden within Hogwarts. John just didn't know where it might be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hogwarts was too mysterious—a place filled with all kinds of magic and hidden secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Neville, I hope you can find it,\" John muttered. He chose Neville for the task.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he, too, was a child who fit the prophecy—and the one fated to destroy Horcruxes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Horcrux was hidden within Hogwarts, then only two people would be capable of finding it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry Potter or Neville Longbottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both were children of prophecy, and prophecies in the wizarding world carried a mysterious weight of fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In John's eyes, prophecies were essentially magical determinism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how you tried to escape, in the end, you would always be drawn back into the prophecy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John knew this all too well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He himself possessed the gift of prophecy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the outside search, John had assigned Kim to trace Voldemort's past whereabouts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given Voldemort's mindset, he would never put all his eggs in one basket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John's gaze swept across the table. With a wave of his hand, everything on it neatly packed itself away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The map folded and sank into the desk, and in its place, a cauldron rose before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside, a metallic, shimmering liquid was boiling and bubbling. John tossed in a handful of unicorn powder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he uncorked a vial containing a faintly glowing leaf and carefully placed it into the mixture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The liquid in the cauldron roiled violently—John furrowed his brow. The surging magic inside was nearly overflowing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under John's tense gaze, the churning liquid gradually began to stabilize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's immense magical power in here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving that cauldron to continue simmering, John took out another one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened a hidden shelf behind the display cabinet—inside, rows upon rows of vials were neatly arranged, each one containing a pure, white soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He selected one, added a unicorn horn, and began the fusion process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A vial of soul potion was successfully brewed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next, I need to find out the exact nature of the Greengrass family's curse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to prepare soul protection measures in advance before he could safely approach the curse in his friend's bloodline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bloodline curses were notoriously troublesome—similar to lycanthropy and the blood curse, they were practically death sentences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Greengrass curse didn't cause physical mutation, but it drastically shortened lifespan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than a curse, it was more like a chronic poison slowly corroding the body from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a pure-blood family, the Greengrasses had surely sought help from renowned wizards—none of whom could break it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though it's called a bloodline curse, it's more deeply hidden within the soul.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soul potion swirled gently in John's hand. He couldn't yet decide if a soul surgery would be necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hopefully, it wouldn't be necessary—even now, the mysteries of the soul were far from fully understood, even for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Greengrass had also mentioned that it was only a possibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the curse wasn't present, that would naturally be for the best. But if it was, then John needed to be fully prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every bloodline curse required long-term, meticulous study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need to talk to Daphne.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>John walked out of the chamber. From Mr. Greengrass's letter, it seemed the Greengrass sisters weren't even aware of the bloodline curse yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>_________\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>o(*￣▽￣*)ブSupport and Read 12 Chapters ahead: Patreon\u002FDragonel\u003C\u002Fp>",1539,"2026-06-06T11:45:53.361Z",1,"novelbin.me","029d0c03cbf7a317f4ad8d6b72a002af571fd620cc76f8d3eeb4df08e35876a9","hogwarts-john-wick-chapter-325","hogwarts-john-wick-chapter-323",577,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-john-wick-cover.jpg"]