[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-learning-panel":3,"chapter-hogwarts-learning-panel-hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-138":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},2250376,4210,"Chapter 138: Professor Tera","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-138",138,"\u003Cp>The secret passage was dark, with no torches at all—and if there had been any, it wouldn’t have been called a secret passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Passage Thirteen leads to the Alchemy office and the washroom…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fred proudly explained, then quickened his pace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think I get it—the books don’t mention Professor Tera. She doesn’t like fame, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George’s expression was odd; he whispered quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, we’re here. Don’t speak now—just wait quietly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fred reminded him, then pulled a thin rope from his bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is our masterpiece. We haven’t named it yet, but that doesn’t stop it from being incredibly useful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George tossed the rope onto the floor; it stretched itself out, extending all the way to the end of the passage, then turned right at a corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Professor Tera teaches only on Mondays and Wednesdays. At any other time, you won’t see her—she’s far too busy. Even after class, she vanishes. If you don’t find her today, you’ll have to wait a week, because only on Mondays does she grade assignments in certain places.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh—right after grading, she’ll linger for a while in the nearby corridors… but we don’t know where she’ll grade, so we need this!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The slender rope trembled slightly; Fred muttered to himself:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, not in this classroom, not here either—then we know… take Passage Five!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an eerie atmosphere, Wizard Sean followed the twins out from behind a large portrait, leaping free and turning into a secret passage that required six knocks to open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lumos!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beam of light burst from Fred’s wand tip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lumos!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George lit his wand the next instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ll wait here. When we tell you it’s safe to go out, grab all the alchemy books and ‘accidentally’ bump into Professor Tera.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you’re lucky, you’ll get to talk to her. If you’re unlucky, you’ll crash right into her—remember to put your notebook on top…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean nodded. Though he thought this kind of coincidence felt premature, he fell silent after hearing the Weasleys say they’d collided with the professor seven times already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lumos!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He lit his wand and opened *Modern Magical History*; it contained records of the Wagadu School of Magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wagadu lies in Africa and has existed for at least a thousand years. Though Africa has many small magical schools, Wagadu is the only one to have withstood the test of time and earned an enviable international reputation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its students excel particularly in astronomy, alchemy, and transfiguration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a past International Animagus Symposium, Wagadu’s delegation nearly caused a riot during their synchronized transformation demonstration, drawing heavy media attention. Many older, experienced witches and wizards felt threatened by a group of fourteen-year-olds who could transform at will into elephants and leopards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, they cast spells using only hand gestures—the reason being that wands were invented in Europe and never spread there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, they frequently violated the Statute of Secrecy, and the Ministry had no way to stop them, because they claimed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just waved my hand. I never meant to dislocate his jaw.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ministry, furious, revised the rules overnight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, it’s time! Go!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fred was excited, shoving Wizard Sean out of the passage just as a silver-robed professor with white hair and an aura of intense displeasure carried a stack of parchment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flick of her fingers—no wand needed—the parchment leapt into a trash bin that had just appeared, then vanished along with the bin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flora Tera always wore a blank expression. For over two months since the alchemy course began, those young wizards still couldn’t tell Feoh from f.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were merely different regional variants of the same rune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver-haired professor glanced at the thin thread in the corner; two sheets of parchment reappeared. A quill leapt from her office and swiftly scribbled something on the parchment, then the parchment transformed into an owl and flew off with a flap of its wings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, in the Great Hall, Pamela Peyton and the Gryffindor beside her were struck on the head by a falling scroll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean watched this magical display, his attention fixed on the trash bin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s… the Disappearing Charm, the Disillusionment Charm, the Revealing Charm, and Transfiguration…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not bad. Sharp intuition.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her brow slightly; her voice was quiet, but loud enough for the Weasleys to hear—and for Wizard Sean to understand nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We need to help him—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fred paced anxiously in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s a true alchemy genius!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>George nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither knew that Professor Tera’s eyes had just brightened with clear interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She waved her hand; suddenly, a loud noise erupted beside the Weasleys—noise they’d been expecting to use a spell to shove Wizard Sean with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an Extendable Ear—being chewed by the trash bin, that very same bin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Found out! Retreat—!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Weasleys vanished in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“*Ancient Runes: A Simple Introduction*, *Rune Dictionary*, *Magical Phonetics Chart*… where have you gotten to?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the corridor, afternoon sunlight streamed through stained glass, making Tera’s silver hair glow faintly translucent. Clouds drifted past the window, shifting the light between bright and dim, causing Wizard Sean’s eyes to shimmer slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I just finished memorizing it…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean confessed honestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not bad…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The silver-robed professor paid no mind to this, stepped closer, and saw a younger student. Her expression softened slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you interested in alchemy?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Professor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean pulled out his floating quill, knowing the moment had come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A floating quill—excellent rune array…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The professor’s interest was clearly piqued. She held the quill, then released it; it remained suspended in midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A practice piece—not yet a true alchemist’s first creation—but still remarkably well done…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her usually indifferent eyes held a touch of admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back when she was in second year, she’d already mastered the basic rune arrays. The rote memorization required by *Ancient Runes: A Simple Introduction*, *Rune Dictionary*, and *Magical Phonetics Chart* wasn’t nearly as extensive as she’d imagined. But she’d never rashly attempted to craft alchemical items…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, learning recklessly from those two talented, mischievous boys was understandable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How long have you been studying alchemy, child?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tone now carried unmistakable interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A month ago, Professor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A month?… Oh, a month?!”\u003C\u002Fp>",1021,"2026-06-19T10:00:40.768Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","8bb9ef84f6c600d799ad154fb2784ec6aad3a77a61f5e19c8f932f8403b03d5a","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-139","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-137",526,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-learning-panel-cover.jpg"]