[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-learning-panel":3,"chapter-hogwarts-learning-panel-hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-314":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},2250552,4210,"Chapter 314: The Deathday Party","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-314",314,"\u003Cp>In the Forbidden Forest, a giant serpent opened its bloodied maw; even without eyes, the basilisk could hear the crisp crackling of its food and smell its enticing aroma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it fed, Aragog had already vanished into the depths of the Forbidden Forest, surrounded by a cluster of eight-legged giants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean paid it little mind; he looked over the vast corpses of the giant spiders and collected some potion ingredients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just one night, at least half the population of the Forbidden Forest’s eight-legged giants had been reduced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surprisingly, only a third of them were linked to Wizard Sean; most had ended up in the basilisk’s belly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the basilisk ruthlessly unleashed its nature among the eight-legged giant colony, the panel kept chiming:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【You earned the basilisk’s favor at an expert level; favor +50】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【You earned the basilisk’s favor at an expert level; favor +50】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean silently felt the basilisk’s mingled affection and malice, as moonlight pierced the scorched canopy of the Forbidden Forest and spilled into the depression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For wizards, they must choose their own faith; for dark magical creatures, their faith is already predetermined…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being powerless to choose is tragic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The story of the Chamber of Secrets has reached a pause—how should the basilisk be handled?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hagrid’s Hut.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Floating candles drifted in the air, jack-o’-lanterns hung from the walls, and the fireplace roared with warm flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young wizards in robes gathered like attendees of a tea party, chatting back and forth about the upcoming Halloween.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Wizard Sean returned, his wand was guiding a massive pumpkin inside—large as a carriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the largest pumpkin Hagrid had ever grown; he called it the Pumpkin King and now gifted it to Wizard Sean for Halloween.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wizard Sean, where did you find this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione looked bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve never… seen one this big…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neville stammered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though magic applied to food and plants has no combat utility, its difficulty is no less than any other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From this perspective, Hagrid possesses considerable talent in food magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hagrid gave it to me. By the way… he asked me to tell you he hasn’t seen you at his hut in a long time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean set the pumpkin beside the fireplace; Jia Jia Siting began enthusiastically planning what to do with it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and the others flushed red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, since learning of the basilisk in the castle, their attention had been entirely consumed by the great danger—they hadn’t visited Hagrid in ages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While they were lost in thought, Wizard Sean walked to his seat and sat down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since returning from the Restricted Section, the words Godelot had written in *The Most Toxic Magic* had echoed constantly in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To create a positive faith is so difficult, yet to forge an evil one is so easy…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What, then, should a wizard’s faith truly be understood as?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After long contemplation, Wizard Sean’s quill finally moved slowly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Emotion—love, protection, cruelty, distortion… these are the wizard’s emotional components, corresponding to their intuitive power; at certain moments, they can unleash potent magic. [35] For example, Fred transformed Ron’s toy into a spider in a fit of rage; Harry turned Aunt Marge into a balloon in anger. [36] Young wizards, still unburdened by deep self-doubt, believe “I think, therefore I can.” This belief, fused with imagination and curiosity, makes magic as natural as breathing. [37] Reason—wisdom, knowledge, insight… these are the rational components of magic, corresponding to the wizard’s rational power; they are centuries of wizarding annotations, enhancing magic’s stability and providing a practical path for learning. [38] Wizards begin building confidence through learning incantations, gestures, potion recipes, and other “external rules.” They believe “Because I performed the steps correctly, the magic works.” Belief shifts from “Who I am” to “What I did.” [39] Ritual magic—this is the final synthesis of both. It has become the ultimate expression of wizarding magic.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Fred turned Ron’s toy into a spider when he was furious, and Harry turned Aunt Marge into a balloon when he was angry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young wizards, still young and untouched by deep self-doubt, believe “I think, therefore I can.” This belief, blended with imagination and curiosity, makes magic as natural as breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reason—wisdom, knowledge, insight… these are the rational aspects of magic, corresponding to the wizard’s rational power, the centuries-long annotations upon magic, enhancing its stability and providing a practical path for its study.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizards began building confidence by learning “external rules” such as incantations, gestures, and potion recipes. They believed “Because I performed the steps correctly, magic will work.” The belief shifted from “Who I am” to “What I did.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ritual magic—the final synthesis of both—became the ultimate expression of wizarding magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After writing this long passage, Wizard Sean seemed to gradually understand something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder Voldemort was obsessed with killing Harry himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To him, he believed himself the most powerful dark wizard in the world; thus, he could not accept being defeated by a boy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, he could never accept it—because it would shatter his belief outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Godelot’s theory, when a wizard’s belief collapses, his magical power withers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Neville, who believed he could not succeed—his magic reflected that belief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After encouragement and a shift in mindset, he quickly succeeded again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, whether or not Godelot’s theory was entirely accurate, it held immense significance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, what of himself?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean watched Jia Jia Siting fiddle with the pumpkin, and inner ripples began to form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll take just a minute of your time,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Wizard Sean “return,” Harry quickly spoke,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Would you like to attend a Deathday Party?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The air in Hagrid’s Hut fell silent for a second, then trembled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Deathday Party? What does that mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting was always the first to respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tomorrow is Nearly Headless Nick’s five-hundredth Deathday, on Halloween. He’s hosting a party in a larger underground classroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His friends will come from all across the country… supposedly all ghosts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why would anyone celebrate the day they died? It sounds dreadfully unlucky…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron, practicing Transfiguration, said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Deathday Party? I bet few living people can say they’ve attended one—it must be amazing!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione, however, was thrilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting and Neville immediately turned their eyes to Wizard Sean; Wizard Sean appeared to be thinking, but was actually imagining the Halloween feast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Deathday Party held little meaning; the worst part was the rotting food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean had no intention of missing the Halloween feast to share moldy cake with flies and maggots—he’d already missed too many meals in the Great Hall because of Tom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, no one would drag him out of the Great Hall this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I hope you have fun.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean murmured, a faint smile rising on his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He suddenly remembered something—what would Harry and the others say when they arrived?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Congratulations on being dead for five hundred years?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near the fireplace, Harry’s eyes dimmed noticeably; he wanted to say more, but his lips moved without a sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he’d known Wizard Sean wasn’t interested, he wouldn’t have gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spending Halloween with his friends was far better than spending it with ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>",1184,"2026-06-19T10:00:41.888Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","32f88c70c64a36bbda7de42d6b135cdac073eaef6e01b3c5bf3621cafc63687f","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-315","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-313",526,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-learning-panel-cover.jpg"]