[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-learning-panel":3,"chapter-hogwarts-learning-panel-hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-115":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Hogwarts Learning Panel",{"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},2250353,4210,"Chapter 115: The Gifted Hope Room","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-115",115,"\u003Cp>The distant, dim light swallowed the last pine needle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the quiet crackling of the hearth fire, the bite-proof gloves trembled slightly in the cold wind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Filch looked down; a sliver of sunset had fallen into his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean walked briskly down the corridor; the castle’s noise never ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior Bruce had brought back a pile of things, even some floating candles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when Wizard Sean saw him, he looked anything but well—hair disheveled, robe smeared with unknown powder, boots caked in mud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior Pistor and Senior Leon weren’t much better; Senior Leon looked like a boiling kettle, dragging Senior Bruce off toward the Great Hall’s entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Senior Bruce… he…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean hesitated, then decided to ask about the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, him?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior Pistor grinned foolishly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He swapped every single toffee in Honeydukes for belch candies, so the wooden staircase was piled high with wizards belching nonstop.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even down in the dungeons, you could hear the belching from above—louder than bell-ringing…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…“\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean didn’t know what to think; replacing every toffee with belch candies in front of a crowd of wizards wasn’t easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused in silent mourning, then noticed the many holes in Senior Pistor’s robe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This one? He set off fireworks outside while someone was confessing—then the cannon tipped over, and the shell exploded in the wizard’s arms… that wizard was quite skilled with fire charms…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, Hermione gaped at the Great Hall’s entrance; Neville, imagining the scene, was already trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, and… he secretly poured itching powder into other people’s hair-growth potions… and told them, ‘Itch means it’s working—your hair’s growing!’…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now the four of them agreed: Senior Bruce’s screams as he was dragged away were no longer unbearable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sometimes we wonder if he should’ve been sorted into Gryffindor…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior Pistor said calmly, smiling, then placed a dollop of fudge fly in Wizard Sean’s hand and left the Great Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fudge Flies, also called Fudge Flies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t it strange—how the Minister of Magic equals a fly?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But stranger still: the classroom had been decorated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just put it here, Wizard Sean.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting bustled around the classroom with boundless energy; though he insisted he could manage alone, Wizard Sean and the other two couldn’t just watch him work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting first hung floating candles in every corner of the classroom, especially on each desk—he made sure everyone had bright light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Senior Bruce had also helped bring three pumpkin lanterns, each containing everlasting candles—enchanted candles that burned forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Floating candles, everlasting candles—Wizard Sean didn’t truly understand their difference, but he had no trouble placing the pumpkin lanterns with everlasting candles beneath the two wooden tables; the warm glow slowly cast the shape of a fanged mouth on the rug.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another was placed inside the wooden cabinet near the entrance, beside Wizard Sean’s notebook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cabinet was dim; Neville kept grabbing the wrong things—he’d once mixed up the Herbology notebook with the Potions notebook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside the entrance cabinet was a small switch-like device: the candle controller. The classroom didn’t need to be this bright all the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After much effort, the modest room had been transformed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Carpets had been laid near the two wooden tables, with cushions and pumpkin lanterns placed atop them; the wooden cabinet was hung with candles and filled with notebooks and everyone’s spell-progress charts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each desk held a potted plant—in fact, plants were everywhere in the classroom, tended by the shyly smiling Neville.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the entrance, Jia Jia Siting had placed a mirror—a magical mirror, one that could speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its purpose: to remind those who gazed into it to mind their appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Neville stepped before it, it shouted:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stand up straight, smooth out your robes, tuck your shirt into your trousers, you’re a mess!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poor Neville scrambled to obey, flustered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spells flew everywhere as they tidied up; only then did they realize how many dusty corners the room had, how many places needed improvement—so cleaning charms and levitation charms proved immensely useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far more energizing than dry practice, the young wizards worked with fierce enthusiasm; by the end of the decoration, nearly everyone collapsed from exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean’s Levitation Charm had climbed from Expert (110\u002F9000) to Expert (600\u002F9000); his Cleaning Charm had risen from Proficient (100\u002F3000) to Proficient (300\u002F3000).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s one problem…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the break, Jia Jia Siting suddenly spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we call this place the classroom, what makes it different from the others?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His words left them all stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s right!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione murmured dazedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We need to give it a name—so when we say ‘classroom,’ we know which one we mean.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her idea was quickly accepted by all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting exclaimed excitedly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We need a special name—one that reflects what we’re doing here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How about… After-School Study Base?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione suggested, glancing instinctively at Wizard Sean, who had finished his potion and recovered fastest—he was now reading a Transfiguration notebook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey… you two, that’s way too casual!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting protested helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Neville, what do you think?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Warm… warm room.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neville blurted out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s hard to use as a name, but it’s not bad.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting frowned; he knew he couldn’t rely on the three of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Gifted Hope Room! Shortened to Hope Room.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting suddenly declared loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The name implies this room itself is a gift bestowed—designed to nurture and hold hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s a safe harbor; everyone who enters rediscovers the hope they’ve been given. What do you think?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wah, wah…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neville froze, wanting to say yes, but all that came out was a croak like a frog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not terrible…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione lifted her chin—she was actually very pleased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wizard Sean, what about you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting turned to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean nodded. He felt he’d said too little; after a moment’s thought, he added,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then it’s settled! 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