[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-learning-panel":3,"chapter-hogwarts-learning-panel-hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-378":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},2250616,4210,"Chapter 378: Ghostly Memories (3k)","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-378",378,"\u003Cp>“Are you Lady Gray?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione rushed over and asked; Justin cautiously cast a silencing charm, then watched the surroundings with alarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost nodded but said nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you also the ghost of Ravenclaw Tower?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione added precisely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tone was not warm at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please, we need your help. We need you to tell us everything about the lost diadem.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione spoke in one breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only this could ease the terrible unease inside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m afraid,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the ghost lady’s lips twisted into a sneer as she turned to leave,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I cannot help you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione panicked for an instant, but anger and tension nearly overwhelmed her; the ghost hovered before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is urgent,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>she said anxiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re not the first student to covet the diadem,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the ghost lady said disdainfully,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“generation after generation has pestered me—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We found it! Oh no—Wizard Sean found it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione said; her panic vanished like snow at the mention of Wizard Sean’s name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost’s gaze immediately settled on the young wizard beside her—or rather, she had been watching him all along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You… found it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the ghost lady asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, Miss Helena.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A silence fell; the ghost lady studied Wizard Sean closely, her eyes flickering with complex emotions before settling into calm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Would you like to see it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lead the way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost lady drifted to Wizard Sean’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She did not glance once at Hermione or Justin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten minutes later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Room of Requirement welcomed guests once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost lady gazed at the ever-shifting chamber, her gray-white eyes dimming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have some questions. In exchange, I will answer yours.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost lady looked at Wizard Sean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please speak.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean waved his wand, and the diadem reappeared before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did you find it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the ghost lady said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Voldemort hid it in the Room of Requirement.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s your turn to ask.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the ghost lady said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you… wish to pass on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean said carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wizard Sean—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Justin whispered beside him, his and Hermione’s faces filled with confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We came to break the diadem’s curse so we can use it, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione asked again, even more puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Justin could respond, the ghost lady’s voice murmured low:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“She chose you… she always does. That’s why I resent her… if she had been crueler, I…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gray-white bead fell from the ghost lady’s corner of her eye; she whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, the ghost lady’s voice reached Wizard Sean’s ear:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… have no face left…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand. It’s your turn to ask.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean lowered his gaze and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did you learn my name?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the ghost lady asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Owl told me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Raven? Ha—it never spoke to me. Of course, you’re her chosen one, one they all chose together—but I wasn’t—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost lady’s lips curled into a mocking smile; she glanced at Wizard Sean, then said no more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ask, young wizard. You may ask me three more questions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean was about to speak when Justin and Hermione exchanged glances and crept closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“May I ask one question?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean watched them, knowing they were desperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lady Helena, do you know how Ravenclaw’s diadem was found and later turned into a Horcrux?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Justin asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ghost lady grew expressionless, drifting in the air as she looked down at Justin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s a long story… Once, I stole the diadem from my mother.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You—you did what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione’s eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I stole the diadem,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helena Ravenclaw repeated, ignoring the two as she fixed her gaze on Wizard Sean,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“because I wanted to be smarter and more renowned than my mother. So I fled with the diadem.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Justin and Hermione stared, forcing themselves to listen closely as the ghost lady continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They say my mother never admitted the diadem was gone. She pretended it was still there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She even concealed her loss—and my terrible betrayal—from the other founders of Hogwarts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, my mother fell ill—gravely ill. Though I had been ungrateful and disloyal, she still longed to see me one last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sent a man to find me—he had loved me for a long time, but I refused him. My mother knew he wouldn’t stop until he found me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She drew a deep breath and tilted her head back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He found me in the forest where I hid. I refused to go back with him, so he flew into a rage. Barrow was always hot-tempered. He hated my rejection, envied my freedom—and stabbed me to death.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Barrow? You mean—?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Justin and Hermione felt they had stumbled into something horrific, heard something terrible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Bloody Baron, yes,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lady Gray said, lifting her cloak to reveal a black wound across her snowy chest,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When he came to his senses, he was consumed with remorse. He took up the weapon that took my life and killed himself. Centuries have passed, yet to atone, he still wears chains… he deserves it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She added with a cold laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then… then what of the diadem?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they asked together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When I heard Barrow stumbling through the forest toward me, I hid it—and left it there. Inside a hollow tree.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A hollow tree? What kind? Where?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In a forest in Albania. A desolate place—I thought my mother could never reach it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Albania… and then? How did it…?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I… I don’t know!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghost Lady revealed a terrifying hatred,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can never see clearly! It’s my own stupidity—and she knew it all along—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the terrifying hatred passed, the Ghost Lady spoke blankly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Voldemort… he… knew how to charm people. He seemed… seemed understanding… compassionate…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stole the knowledge and defiled the diadem with the vilest acts—this is irreversible—and I will never forgive anyone who kills him, I would give everything.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re not the only one deceived by Riddle’s sweet words, madam. When needed, he could make himself charming…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“My mother said the human heart is the hardest to predict.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting comforted her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Hermione had sunk into despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had gotten the worst possible answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps— you still have two questions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghost Lady let out a bitter sneer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is life like for a ghost?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Jia Jia Siting and Hermione had no idea what else to ask, Wizard Sean Green spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Loneliness, regret—this is my shameful, deserved existence—what other answer could you possibly want?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghost Lady said bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Perhaps you should leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean Green sighed silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ravenclaw diadem had, of course, suffered irreversible damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean Green had expected this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the reason he had not destroyed the Ravenclaw diadem immediately was because he had seen additional content in the Book of Ghosts:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Wizards who become ghosts all carry obsessions beyond ordinary comprehension, but such obsessions require support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If, in the world of souls, no one waits for them to linger, even ghosts will become lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This manifests in their increasingly blurred wisdom and emotions.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That is to say, at the end of death, beyond the veil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ravenclaw may still be waiting silently, in the dim dawn before the borderlands, perhaps having wandered for a thousand years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You have one more question.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghost Lady was dazed; she had been immersed in sorrow and shame for a thousand years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had grown accustomed to despair, and did not need anyone to intrude upon this terrible despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have no more questions.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean Green said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he slowly raised his wand, and a massive stone guardian rose once more; it took the venomous fang drifting up from the Book of Wizards and, with lightning speed, prepared to shatter the diadem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that moment, Bai Yi returned from the snowstorm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It beat against the window, its claws holding a sword inlaid with rubies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A dignified ending.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean Green pointed his wand—the stone guardian obeyed his will, and before the stunned gazes of the others, slashed the diadem apart with one blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bloodlike, black, viscous substance seeped out from within the diadem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group felt the diadem tremble violently, then crack into shards inside the wooden cabinet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it shattered, they all faintly heard an extremely faint, extremely distant cry of agony—not from the castle or the courtyard, but from the very thing that had just broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A head wrapped in black smoke burst from the diadem and lunged straight at Wizard Sean Green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting instantly moved to tackle it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But another surprise occurred—the black head shrieked and thrashed, then vanished into ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You… Green, that was the Ravenclaw diadem!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghost Lady cried out in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A wizard’s wisdom has never resided in a diadem.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean Green said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ghost Lady was first stunned, then dazed again—she suddenly understood something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps this was the difference between him and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside the Ghost Lady, Hermione was frozen with terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Room of Requirement fell silent, save for Helena’s sudden, low, triumphant laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She rejoiced at the destruction of one of Voldemort’s soul fragments:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The basilisk’s fang—the sword soaked in venom—the substance capable of destroying a Horcrux—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, thank you, Mr. Green, for correcting my mistake and… giving it a dignified exit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adjust the pace, take a day off, four chapters tomorrow\u003C\u002Fp>",1545,"2026-06-19T10:00:41.888Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e4cbb47e6fda53f91431c0253c381edf40de9716d4dfbfcd7892122b1835f2c8","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-379","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-377",526,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-learning-panel-cover.jpg"]