[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-learning-panel":3,"chapter-hogwarts-learning-panel-hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-284":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},2250522,4210,"Chapter 284","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-284",284,"\u003Cp>“Professor McGonagall.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean looked at the tall witch, her emerald robes also gilded by the sunset.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Headmaster Dumbledore.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean spoke again; the old wizard with long white beard was blinking kindly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did you—here?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor McGonagall fixed Wizard Sean with a gaze that had turned dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean silently shifted his foot a little farther out from behind the sign reading 【Forbidden Forest, No Entry】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he was at the forest’s edge—he hadn’t technically entered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sight left Minerva McGonagall both exasperated and amused, until Headmaster Dumbledore chuckled and spoke, his silver beard and half-moon spectacles gleaming in the twilight:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look here, Minerva—it seems we’ve found something more interesting than Thestrals.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean wanted to flee; he already sensed what was coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the forest’s edge, the pumpkin seedlings were terrifyingly large—and the dragons about to burst forth would be no different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst Dumbledore’s intrigued gaze and McGonagall’s trembling eyes, Hagrid roared with delight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a dragon appeared!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It stood on its hind legs, roaring, puffing out great gusts of breath—flames erupted from its gaping, fanged maw, streaking into the dark sky; its neck arched high, its mouth thirty feet above the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this dragon, five times larger than normal, Wizard Sean did not hesitate—he took the photo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a brief, precise perception, guided by a strange intuition, he realized his hypotheses were all correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eating more magical creature cookies did indeed grant greater magical power—but at the same time, accepting such magic was a tremendous trial for any wizard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, for different wizards, Wizard Sean seemed able to strengthen or weaken the ritual—another intriguing direction…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wizard Sean Green!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean dared not turn; Professor McGonagall, her hair tightly pinned into a small bun behind her glasses, stepped forward and blocked him—but her fury seemed fiercer than the flame of a Norwegian Ridgeback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Headmaster Dumbledore gave Wizard Sean a helpless smile, then turned his gaze to the dragon Hagrid had transformed into.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After refining his hypothesis, Wizard Sean sighed quietly—McGonagall and Dumbledore had appeared far too coincidentally…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or perhaps not a coincidence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the smiling old wizard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dumbledore showed no caution toward Hagrid’s dragon form, though Hagrid now looked terrifying—this made Wizard Sean frown thoughtfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then his figure slowly vanished; a black cat opened its bright, vertical pupils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wizard Sean had expected, even after transforming into a magical creature, Hagrid’s pine-scent aura remained unchanged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This seemed to align with Professor McGonagall’s notes on Animagus transformation:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An Animagus transforms into an animal that mirrors the wizard’s own soul, shaped by their unique latent qualities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soul transformation does not alter the wizard’s nature—if a malicious person transforms into a dragon, it will likely cause destruction;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but if a person like Hagrid transforms into a dragon, it behaves exactly as now—the dragon sits beside Dumbledore, wagging its tail like Fang, smashing crater after crater into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This left Professor McGonagall, wand raised and face tense, momentarily speechless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, in the Headmaster’s office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I believe you’ve grasped the key, haven’t you, child? Some magic is etched into the depths of our souls… such as… love.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Headmaster Dumbledore’s deep gaze settled on Wizard Sean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It means that no matter how the exterior changes, certain rules always hold true.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This greatest magic can help us accomplish many things—including what you’ve always wanted to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Use the Soul Relic well—its effects are far from insignificant—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a thin mist drifted through the entire Headmaster’s office, Wizard Sean walked out, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his shoulder, Bai Yi rested quietly, half-asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when he reached the shadows did Bai Yi stir slightly awake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Hagrid’s dragon form obeyed Headmaster Dumbledore’s commands, would Bai Yi obey him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Hut of Wishes, the owl flapped wildly, clawing and pecking at Bai Yi—but it was futile, for it was merely a portrait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this line of thought, Wizard Sean read *Simple Entry to the Empty Glyph* until the second night fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The night was damp and windy, but Hagrid’s hut was always warm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Wizard Sean fed Bai Yi a Cat-owl cookie, Hagrid beamed:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, what a beautiful girl—look at those feathers, look at those claws—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean saw nothing unusual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Distinguishing the sex of an owl involved subtle differences—only a wizard like Hagrid, who adored magical creatures and understood them deeply, could spot them at a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Yi cooed, then transformed into a white-furred Cat-owl, wobbling onto Wizard Sean’s shoulder as if it were its own territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bai Yi?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean called.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cat-owl tilted its head slightly, emitting a strange, puzzled meow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come to my hand, all right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean said again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Bai Yi seemed to understand nothing—only meowed once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing something, Wizard Sean pulled out a stone-like object, waved his wand, and thin cords strung together the Empty Glyphs, forming a necklace that settled around his neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Bai Yi seemed to understand—it leapt happily onto Wizard Sean’s hand, and Wizard Sean felt a slow warmth spreading in his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It appeared the Soul Relic enabled Wizard Sean to establish subtle, soul-level communication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allowing him to send precise commands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This inexplicably reminded him of the Deathly Hallows—the Resurrection Stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Headmaster Dumbledore had once described it thus:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Resurrection Stone—for him, meant an army of Inferi…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Him,” of course, referred to Grindelwald; and Inferi, since their creation, had never obeyed commands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is, the Resurrection Stone allowed Grindelwald to command the dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its function bore striking similarity to the Soul Relic—except, according to Headmaster Dumbledore, Wizard Sean and Bai Yi were bound by love, while the Soul Relic merely facilitated communication—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it had always functioned this way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Boundary, it served only as a connector.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky darkened; the hut’s hearth burned warmly; night drew people closer—and Wizard Sean understood:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Love is the bridge that connects souls.\u003C\u002Fp>",974,"2026-06-19T10:00:41.888Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","17797bb54ad54b5318fa8a5d6386adaa3283146b75ceda741a9e6150fcd9e126","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-285","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-283",526,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-learning-panel-cover.jpg"]