[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-learning-panel":3,"chapter-hogwarts-learning-panel-hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-342":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},2250580,4210,"Chapter 342: Hagrid","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-342",342,"\u003Cp>These days felt like stolen time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Quiet, peaceful, and fulfilling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every day, Wizard Sean had more than enough to do—beyond classes, organizing notes, and preparing items for the shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also had to study alchemy, transfiguration, dark magic, and potions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beyond that, his progress in charms, herbology, and divination had slowed, but remained steady.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For transfiguration, the field he knew best—and had studied the most—he always devoted ample time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, much of it had been consumed by Wolfsbane Potion and the making of the Undetectable Extension Charm bags.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with his familiarity with its process, Wizard Sean had spent a full week on the Wolfsbane Potion and had only just grasped ninety percent of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet with ritual magic aiding him, completing it within a month was not impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the Undetectable Extension Charm bags, this touched on a domain Wizard Sean had never explored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean planned to begin with the Undetectable Extension Charm itself, and hoped to meet Professor Flitwick in the staff lounge this weekend—not at the Three Broomsticks…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike Wizard Sean’s quiet fulfillment, Hogwarts once again stirred with turmoil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed a hundred rumors had arrived at the castle at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That day, in the Great Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hagrid? He’s the Heir of Slytherin? If Hagrid is the Heir of Slytherin, then I’m… the Heir of Snape!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron choked on his pumpkin juice, coughing violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The paper says so—if you read it carefully, you’ll see Hagrid was imprisoned in Azkaban, and Headmaster Dumbledore got him out.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione said, frowning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But we all know that was Voldemort!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry had stopped eating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Daily Prophet is becoming more and more nonsensical—like the Quibbler.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm, the Quibbler is garbage—that’s common knowledge.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione said sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near them, at the Ravenclaw table, Luna floated over, sitting alone at her seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m sorry,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luna said, her voice suddenly no longer dreamy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“my father is the magazine’s editor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… oh,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione said, visibly embarrassed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“well, some of it is actually quite interesting… I mean, it’s still very…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luna said coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s even more interesting,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting grinned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione glared at him, and at Harry and Ron, who were watching for amusement—everyone fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Neville, as if just realizing the joke, burst out laughing, then panickedly clapped his hand over his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and the others knew Tom Riddle was the Heir of Slytherin, but they didn’t know he had once framed Hagrid, so they found the topic fascinating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione, who should have joined the discussion, had gone off with Jia Jia Siting to discuss something else—Gryffindor and Hufflepuff had Herbology class today, and Hermione had been curious about the senior Bruce that Wizard Sean kept mentioning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d heard this senior was quite famous in Hufflepuff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not like Cedric, but more… odd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, reliable yet unreliable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And according to Jia Jia Siting, after today’s Herbology class, they would all go to the greenhouses to help Professor Sprout with the plants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This would be Hermione’s first time joining a group activity in the greenhouses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Quibbler will be useful, Hermione.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My mother told me language is a blade—whether used to break superstition or wound truth, it’s sharp.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they left the Great Hall, Jia Jia Siting suddenly said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione didn’t react at first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If we find proof that Lockhart is a fraud, how do we make everyone else know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting prompted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At once, Hermione understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afternoon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snow blanketed the ground; the castle was a sea of white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean walked through the quiet corridors—most of the students were gathered in the Great Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The notice board in the Great Hall was covered in a steady stream of large headlines, so big they obscured everything else—the listings for secondhand spellbooks, Argus Filch’s regular reminders of school rules, Quidditch practice schedules, chocolate frog card exchange notes, the Weasley twins’ new ad seeking test subjects, weekend trips to Hogsmeade, and lost-and-found notices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The new reports bore bold black type, beneath them a seemingly official seal, and beside them various moving magical photographs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Heir of the Chamber? The Truth Buried by Snow for Fifty Years!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hagrid: Villain or Innocent?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Armando Dippet: Master or Fool?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alongside these reports, a biography of Armando Dippet had also been published.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just a single morning, the book already showed signs of becoming a bestseller.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though, given Rita Skeeter’s past writing style and her known works, the content was likely exaggerated and distorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that didn’t stop people from reading it avidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially one detail—the long-buried case of the Chamber of Secrets monster’s killings was very likely to be overturned, and the true killer would be someone no one could possibly guess.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, Armando Dippet was a complete fool, blinded by illusions, practically half an idiot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Great Hall was naturally noisy; students were utterly captivated by the endless stream of reports, some even forgetting class time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this commotion had nothing to do with Wizard Sean. At that moment, Bai Yi flew in through the window and dropped a letter dusted with snow:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Dear Mr. Hermes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The report has been written exactly as you and Headmaster Dumbledore instructed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Yours faithfully, Rita】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean looked out at the snowy white window, tapped his wand, and the letter burned itself to ash, the ashes drifting out the window on their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hagrid’s name would be cleared—something undeniably worth celebrating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The press had gone to great lengths to promote and hype this major story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene in the Great Hall was their doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the reporter… Rita had defected, or rather, she could only show loyalty—especially after Professor Professor Tela’s private, in-depth conversation with her last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though Wizard Sean didn’t particularly care, he couldn’t deny that Rita had some usefulness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>December days, wind and snow still fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several mandrakes in the third greenhouse held a loud, boisterous dance party, which delighted Professor Sprout immensely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smiled even more warmly at Wizard Sean and the others who came to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she clearly noticed a particular figure:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A new sprout—Miss Granger, dear, welcome.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1008,"2026-06-19T10:00:41.888Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","c1a2961697f6d6f0cd9f8e9566b24dadfc604f675e9ea0cee5d42baeb6376ca3","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-343","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-341",526,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-learning-panel-cover.jpg"]