[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-learning-panel":3,"chapter-hogwarts-learning-panel-hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-299":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},2250537,4210,"Chapter 299","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-299",299,"\u003Cp>The girls’ bathroom on the second floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a dark, gloomy place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath a large, stained, cracked mirror stood a row of stone basins with peeling surfaces. The floor was damp, and a few stubs of candles burned low in their brackets, casting dim light that made the floor seem sinister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wooden doors of the stalls had chipped paint and deep scratches; one door hung crookedly, its hinge detached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Curfew had passed; no one was here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only two strange sounds echoed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Someone’s here, oh dear, you’ll be caught. When they find you, they’ll surely talk about you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean knew it was Peeves’s voice, and soon he saw a ghost cautiously peek out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a short, plump girl. Her face, half-hidden by straight, long hair and thick, pearly glasses, was melancholy and grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After peering out, she shrank back like a startled ostrich.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean heard Peeves whispering slyly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He saw you, oh dear, I bet he’s talking about you! Remember what they all said?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you talking about me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moaning Myrtle burst out, sniffling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean’s words were quickly cut off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t lie to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moaning Myrtle gasped, tears streaming endlessly down her cheeks, while Peeves chuckled merrily behind her,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You think I don’t know what they call me behind my back? Fat Myrtle! Ugly Myrtle! Poor, weepy, miserable Myrtle!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You left out ‘pimply-faced.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peeves whispered in her ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moaning Myrtle suddenly burst into heartbroken sobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peeves pelted her with small stones, shouting:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pimply-faced! Pimply-faced!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Things changed quickly; as Wizard Sean watched Peeves in silence, the annoying ghost’s face froze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh my goodness— it’s you—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peeves vanished like smoke, shouting as he fled:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My lord, I didn’t see anything!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bathroom fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Moaning Myrtle floated above the toilet tank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean said nothing, waiting quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moaning Myrtle was the first student Tom killed at Hogwarts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She suffered many injustices in life, and after death, she found no peace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Peeves won’t come back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Myrtle had calmed her crying, Wizard Sean said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maybe. Best not. But this is the girls’ bathroom—you’re not a girl.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myrtle eyed Wizard Sean skeptically, sniffling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m here to ask you something—how did you die?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean said, knowing this question would please her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myrtle’s entire demeanor changed at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed no one had ever asked her a question that made her feel honored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh my, it was dreadful,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she said with relish,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It happened right here. I died in this stall—I remember it clearly. Olive Hornby mocked me for wearing glasses like a four-eyed dog, so I came here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I locked the door and cried inside, when suddenly I heard someone enter. They spoke in a strange tongue—I thought it must be another language. But what annoyed me most was hearing a boy’s voice, so I opened the door and scolded him to leave and go to his own boys’ toilet—and then—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myrtle puffed out her chest with self-importance, her face glowing,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I died.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bathroom fell into a long silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A light drizzle fell from the gloomy late-September sky—not enough to bang against the windows, but enough to soak the entire slumbering castle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who was the killer?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myrtle whispered mysteriously,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I only remember seeing a pair of enormous, terrifying yellow eyes. My whole body felt seized, and then I floated away…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gazed at Wizard Sean with a distant expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I came back—you know, I was determined to get revenge on Olive Hornby. Oh, she always mocked me for my glasses.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did she get scared?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course! Of course! You wouldn’t believe the look on her face when she saw me—she regretted it terribly… So then, so then, I forgave her.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myrtle grew even cheerier,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know you came here for a reason—no one wants to listen to a weepy, miserable ghost. But your words made me happy. Go on, ask your questions—I’ll answer them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean fell silent again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Centaur teacher was right: the innocent always suffer first—this has been true for thousands of years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If the killer is found and punished, would you be happier?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why ask me that—ah, ah—I only cry. My life here holds no joy, only sorrow. Even now that I’m dead, they still won’t leave me alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I only wish they wouldn’t talk about me behind my back. I have feelings, you know—even though I’m dead.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myrtle said sadly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll help.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh my, oh my, I’ve rarely met someone like you. But you can’t help—I’ll tell you a secret—people’s mouths can’t be shut!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myrtle said proudly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, by the way, what’s your name?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wizard Sean Green.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah—you’re that Wizard Sean Green! Oh my goodness!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myrtle clapped her hands over her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean didn’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re famous throughout the castle: the house-elves call you Sir Knight; the portraits praise you endlessly; I also know many witches are talking about you—those… good kinds of talks…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myrtle spoke rapidly, blushing slightly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m happy to tell you—if you’re looking for those eyes, they’re probably right there.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Myrtle said, vaguely gesturing toward the sink in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean walked over to inspect it; the sink looked ordinary, but when he bent down slightly, he saw:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the side of a brass faucet, a small snake was carved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean knew he had found the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, he only needed to find Harry—but unfortunately, Harry had not yet realized he was a Parselmouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And only after Harry discovered he was a Parselmouth would Headmaster Dumbledore first suspect Harry was a Horcrux.\u003C\u002Fp>",941,"2026-06-19T10:00:41.888Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","68e40d88bd241c42de66cc9f1dadf3c8aa6761227b26d37e507e89ca1e95ee6e","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-300","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-298",526,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-learning-panel-cover.jpg"]