[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-learning-panel":3,"chapter-hogwarts-learning-panel-hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-1":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Hogwarts Learning Panel",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":18,"prevChapterSlug":19,"totalChapters":20,"novelImage":21},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":12,"translator":16,"content_hash":17},2231977,4210,"Chapter 1: London Orphan","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-1",1,"\u003Cp>\"If you insist on attending that so-called Hogwarts, then pay the tuition and fees yourself! The orphanage won't spare a single penny for you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I understand, Nurse Anna.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sean watched Nurse Anna walk into the common room and gently close the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the sound was too loud and made Nurse Anna think he held a grudge against her, dinner would change from cheap pork sausages to baked beans on bread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without tap water to wash it down, that stuff could choke a person to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the tap water was never clean; drinking too much of it would also make one sick, and once sick, in this impoverished orphanage in the South Suburbs, all that awaited him was being claimed by the Reaper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did Sean know this so clearly? Because the original owner had died exactly that way from illness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Disease, severe cold, and malnutrition had jointly taken his life; ever since \"Sean\" transmigrated last winter, he had taken this as a stern warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to drink that cheap black tea as much as possible, even fighting the older children for a cup of their instant coffee, even if it meant suffering from insomnia for a day or two because of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the past half-year, he had figured out his situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was now late August 1991.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the Croydon district in the world of Harry Potter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was one of the poorest areas in London.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Hollyse Orphanage where he resided was the poorest orphanage of all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because there was only one orphanage here, established solely for political achievements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just like the Britain he knew from his previous life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of 1990, the \"Iron Lady,\" Margaret Thatcher, stepped down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her Thatcherism brought economic changes but also significantly widened the gap between rich and poor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The City benefited from deregulation, causing the wealth of the Masters to surge;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>meanwhile, traditional industrial zones and inner-city impoverished areas faced dilemmas of unemployment and cuts to public services.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was particularly evident in the Croydon district.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hollyse Orphanage where he lived had not received any decent funding for five years, leading to tight finances; not only could every child not access enough safe water, but in winter, they each had only a thin blanket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such circumstances, if he could not get into Hogwarts, he might not even survive to adulthood, given that his health had always been poor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a slight cold or fever could cost him his life; this was not because London's medical care was backward, but because those mean nurses might not \"discover\" a sick child in time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hogwarts waives tuition, and as for the miscellaneous fees, I have a grant applied for by Professor McGonagall.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sean took out a bag from the very back of his iron-frame bed, containing one hundred and forty-three Jin Jialong coins, a wand, some robes, and other items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had purchased strictly according to the minimum standards of the enrollment list; even so, it had cost a full one hundred and fifty-seven Jin Jialong coins, leaving him with less than half of his savings for the entire school year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And tomorrow was the day Hogwarts opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I need to hurry; if my performance isn't good enough to apply for a scholarship, then I'm finished... Jin Jialong coins certainly won't be enough...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During his last trip to collect the acceptance letter and make purchases, Professor McGonagall had intentionally mentioned this reward, but it was targeted at young wizards with outstanding performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would Sean perform outstandingly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hope was slim; he was someone who had to practice the Levitation Charm a full five hundred times before finally learning it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, he had a cheat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Name: Sean Green]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Identity: Wizard]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Title: None]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Proficiency]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Levitation Charm: Apprentice Level (1\u002F300)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lumos Charm: Apprentice Level (1\u002F300)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Scourgify Charm: Unlocked (27\u002F30)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Three Apprentice-level charms can unlock the Apprentice-level title in the Charm Domain.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Advancement: Three Entry-level charms can unlock the Entry-level title in the Charm Domain.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, Sean had a proficiency panel, and its function was very practical; as long as one practiced correctly, there would be count rewards, and Apprentice-level charms required only 30 correct practices, while three Apprentice-level charms could unlock an Apprentice-level title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed not difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet even such a simple matter had taken Sean two months to barely complete, averaging one and a half correct practices per day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be described as a miserable magical talent; he didn't know if it was due to the transmigration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suspected that the magical world, which he had never met, was targeting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the magical world likely didn't have time to bother with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Today, I must complete the title unlock!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Full of confidence, Sean took out his wand, carefully stepped onto the warped floorboard, and stuck his head out through the single-pane glass window that leaked wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Victorian semi-detached house located in the impoverished South Suburbs had fallen into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very good, everyone is asleep; as long as I'm careful, I won't be discovered.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the original owner had left him anything useful, it was this independent, secluded single room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it had been assigned only due to fear of disease transmission, for the current Sean, it was undoubtedly a good thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It meant he could have enough private space to practice magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Scourgify!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sean clearly recited the incantation at the dirty poster and waved his wand in an S-shape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the count on the panel did not increase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sean didn't mind; he recited the incantation and waved his wand again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after personally learning it did Sean realize how obscure and difficult magic was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, with this Scourgify Charm, where should the stress of the incantation fall? How heavy should it be? What kind of S-shape did the wand movement need to draw, large or small? Where should it be faster, and where slower?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sean knew that \"Scour\" meant to wash, and \"ify\" meant to make something become..., so together it meant to make this thing clean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, his pause should be between \"Scour\" and \"ify\"; as for that S-shaped gesture, he could only rely on luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, he could judge success or failure based on whether the proficiency increased, summarizing experience from past correct practices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Scour—g—ify!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sean recited the incantation for the fifth time and waved his wand according to his experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Faster first, then slower; as for the final arc, it needs to be larger...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muttering to himself, Sean strictly followed his successful experience to wave his wand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, light suddenly flared, and the stains on the poster on the desk instantly faded away!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You practiced the Scourgify Charm once to the Entry-level standard; Proficiency +3]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Scourgify Charm unlocked]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A new Charm Domain title has been unlocked; please view.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[A wizard talent has been unlocked; please view.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Success!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sean picked up the freshly cleaned poster, examined it carefully, and could not help but marvel at the wonder of magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for that Entry-level standard, just as spell effects varied, the standards for correct practice also differed, divided into Apprentice and Entry levels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apprentice level would increase proficiency by 1 point, while Entry level gave 3 points; as for whether there were standards beyond Entry, Sean did not know; given his magical talent, reaching Entry level was already a blessing from Merlin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's see the new title.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eagerly, Sean opened the panel, where three lines of content had refreshed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Title: Charm Novice]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Slightly increases perception of charms; slightly improves charm talent.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sean continued looking down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Wizard Sean, Charm Talent: Green (boosted by Charm Novice title; original talent was White). Note: Average wizards are Green.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sean gasped sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White trash?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder he couldn't learn charms; with this talent, even if it exploded, Sean would have to praise how loud it was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, he had a cheat; otherwise, it was hard to imagine how arduous his future path of study would be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief inspection, Sean's eyes became even more determined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there is no talent, then repeat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let me see your limits, Panel, add proficiency!\u003C\u002Fp>",1351,"2026-06-18T04:37:14.403Z","Qwen3.5 397B","8d2a2660e183b5881b31a2b9ca409a81014684bbf56b319ad58656e7cd0c1289","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-2",null,4,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-learning-panel-cover.jpg"]