[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-learning-panel":3,"chapter-hogwarts-learning-panel-hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-178":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},2250416,4210,"Chapter 178: Not Yet Opened","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-178",178,"\u003Cp>Diagon Alley was the second time Wizard Sean had come here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike last time, when he had to count every Knut, now Wizard Sean could count Galleons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bright sunlight fell upon a stack of cauldrons outside the nearest shop. Above them hung a sign: Copper—Brass—Tin—Silver Cauldrons, Full Range of Models, Self-Stirring—Foldable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below the sign was a price list written in chromatic ink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let’s go to Gringotts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor McGonagall’s voice was soft; she always recalled that morning with its dark sky, as if the bustling crowd of Diagon Alley had nothing to do with the young wizard before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He always stared at price lists no child would bother to examine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passing the Owl Emporium, where gray owls, tawny owls, and barn owls flew about, and Slughorn & Jiggers Apothecary, selling telescopes and strange silver objects, Professor McGonagall brought Wizard Sean to a towering white building that rose above the surrounding shops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its door knocker was bronze, and outside stood a goblin dressed in scarlet uniform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean had assumed the professor had come to Gringotts to withdraw money, but instead—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is yours. Your pocket money and any future bonuses can be stored here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor McGonagall looked at him, then at the vault behind him,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Severus and I deposited some money for you. We trust you’ll use it well.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s three thousand Galleons in total,” said the goblin who had led them in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean realized the professors’ idea of “some” might differ greatly from his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving Gringotts, the goblin kept urging Wizard Sean to sell the several potions in his personal vault to the bank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those potions had been placed there by Professor Snape with a sneer, just to keep the vault from looking too “poor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’d be willing to pay a thousand Galleons for them. What do you say?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Professor McGonagall was registering something, the goblin, a head shorter than Wizard Sean, tempted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean now understood why wizards hated goblins so much. If they tried to buy potions worth at least three thousand Galleons for just a thousand, then Voldemort’s casual murders of such greedy creatures were hardly surprising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Harry, Ron, and Hermione broke into the Lestrange vault in 1998 to steal Helga Hufflepuff’s cup, already turned into a Horcrux by Voldemort,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Voldemort had once, in a rage, personally killed several goblins working at the bank upon learning of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also indirectly revealed: Magic is power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean’s thoughts drifted far, for Professor McGonagall had plunged into an ecstatic shopping spree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He now realized Diagon Alley had three clothing shops. The plain robes required by Hogwarts weren’t only sold at Madam Malkin’s Robes for All Occasions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was also the higher-quality, higher-priced Elegance Attire, and the cheaper, lower-quality secondhand robe shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now they stood inside Elegance Attire, where Professor McGonagall debated robe styles with the shopkeeper for a long time; the shopkeeper, with his perfectly combed blonde hair, happily promoted his wares, for the professor buying an expensive robe was as effortless as turning a table into a pig.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow drifted through the air as a pair of wizards passed before the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are we buying only one Owl Cookie? We still have two left.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young witch asked, puzzled, holding a neatly wrapped box of cookies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because if we do this, then other children who crave cookies will have one more chance to feel joy and happiness.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wizard holding her hand smiled gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside Elegance Attire, Wizard Sean paused, startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Owl Cookie?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it the one he thought of?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gazed toward the end of Diagon Alley, where wizards clustered, shouting:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not yet open, limited release...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the snow drifting down from every shopfront seemed to tremble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean stared at it for a long time, remembering that Weasley & Green’s Joke Shop had already received approval, and the Weasleys had asked him for some Transfiguration Cookies...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conversation in Elegance Attire had stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shall we go take a look?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minerva McGonagall lowered her eyes slightly, like a still Black Lake rippling faintly—then the ripples spread into a surging tide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was too quiet; people always forgot what a young wizard his age should be like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minerva McGonagall had seen a pair of noisy wizards pass by—a very young wizard declaring he must get a cookie today, while Wizard Sean merely watched, from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Wizard Sean could react, the professor pulled him away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the front of the next shop, wizards crowded together, owls, cats, and toads darting everywhere. Someone shouted: “My cat!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wizards instinctively turned to him, unsure which animal he meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finally reaching the front of the queue, they discovered the shop was still closed—only owls were delivering various packages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean now confirmed: this was indeed the unopened Weasley & Green’s Joke Shop. The Weasleys had long used a “mail-order” model, except their couriers weren’t deliverymen, but wizards’ postal owls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry, sorry, today’s quota is sold out. Please come back tomorrow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young witch with a warm demeanor stood at the shop’s entrance, selling something, wearing a green robe and repeatedly apologizing, exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know Ron Weasley. Can I have one?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a young wizard spoke up, his voice neither loud nor soft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ron Weasley?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young witch confirmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young wizard’s eyes lit up; all nearby wizards turned to him, envious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“May I ask your name?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young witch seemed eager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dean, Dean Thomas.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young wizard grew excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, Dean Thomas. You’ve missed today’s quota—and tomorrow’s too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young witch seemed to be holding back laughter, her voice trembling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young witch seemed to be holding back a laugh, her voice trembling as she spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dean yelled, as if he might faint; all the wizards around burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crowd quickly dispersed, buzzing excitedly about the new shop, rumored to be founded by a pair of Hogwarts twins and their friend. The items sold here were novel and amusing—especially their signature Animal Cookie line, which could transform wizards into animals. How fascinating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though still unopened, merely pre-selling items, it had already become wildly popular. By the start of the Christmas holiday, it had launched numerous advertisements, stirring hearts with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though it hadn’t opened yet and was only preselling a few items, it quickly became wildly popular. When the Christmas holiday began, it launched numerous advertisements that stirred people’s hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>",1066,"2026-06-19T10:00:40.768Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","0bdd4dea0afcbf8fd03ce2b3f9596df6b566c49e12c994bfb1a1e50e684b0b24","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-179","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-177",526,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-learning-panel-cover.jpg"]