[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-learning-panel":3,"chapter-hogwarts-learning-panel-hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-39":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},2250277,4210,"Chapter 39: Spirit and Will vs. Magic","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-39",39,"\u003Cp>As Wizard Sean Green stared at the sudden candies in his bag, Jia Jia Siting despaired,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the owl suddenly huffed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little wizard, hmph! Lucky little wizard! Get inside quickly! Don’t let Ravenclaw Lady find you!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flap of its wings, a crack opened in the wall, revealing a sky-blue door,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione immediately widened her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting instantly smoothed his downturned face and offered a sincere thanks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean picked up the feather candy, lost in thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the hidden room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A trace of doubt still lingered on Hermione’s focused face,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean took out his notebook, then heard Jia Jia Siting whisper:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, portraits get lonely too, right? Master Owl has been hiding inside the wall—I bet he can’t wander freely like other portraits,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>otherwise his glasses wouldn’t keep falling off.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, Wizard Sean, if no one ever talked to me, I think I’d go mad.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting seemed to recall something, his pale gray eyes deepening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you planning to do?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean seemed to have anticipated it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What if we move it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We could try.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean nodded, though he didn’t truly believe it would work,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>one of Hogwarts’ most enchanting features being the countless secrets it held.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Headmaster Dumbledore couldn’t be certain he knew all of Hogwarts’ secrets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the owl portrait was part of that secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean had reason to suspect,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it was like Gryffindor’s Fat Lady, clad in a floor-length gown,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>entrusted with a duty similar to guarding the entrance to Gryffindor’s common room,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a duty that clearly couldn’t be casually erased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, the professors wouldn’t have left this classroom unattended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he still held a sliver of hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he had said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>trying couldn’t hurt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wartweed Potion is one of the simplest potions, and one most frequently used by wizards of Beimeizhou,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I altered its ritual, greatly increasing the success rate and significantly improving the potion’s quality,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>before using it, ensure you have mastered the modified ritual and possess the mental stamina to stay awake for three days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Greatly increased success rate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Improved quality?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean felt his breath quicken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I understand the excitement every potion researcher feels upon reading this,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but I must remind you once again,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>during potion brewing, ensure you make no mistake in the ritual—or you’ll have to pray to Merlin for mercy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>lest you open your eyes and find me gone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Typical wizardly dark humor…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean thought silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he began learning and mastering the modified ritual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, Jia Jia Siting and Hermione resumed practicing the Levitation Charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the window, owls flew out of Hogwarts carrying letter after letter,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>every weekend being the busiest time for the owls,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>bearing words that delivered the language of longing,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>returning with even heavier longing\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Hogwarts Castle gradually sank into twilight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magical lanterns glowed softly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>illuminating Jia Jia Siting’s anxious face,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Professor Flitwick said the feather must spin once to mark a wizard’s mastery of the Levitation Charm,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his face weary, yet the feather didn’t stir at all—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>even though he had followed Wizard Sean’s instructions exactly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Hermione looked troubled; though as new students, they were already exceptional,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>compared to that wizard who mistook the Lumos Charm for a conjunctivitis spell, they still felt overwhelming pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side of the classroom, Wizard Sean had finished familiarizing himself with the ritual and turned to the last page of his notes:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“When a wizard feels strong emotion toward the potion he brews—whether joy, worry, or sorrow—it profoundly affects the potion,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which is why potion-makers must remain focused and calm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but magic always has two sides: certain controlled emotions can unleash unimaginable power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is precisely what the modified ritual aims to achieve.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Libashu Bolachi, this potion master, had left behind more than mere improvements—perhaps, as he claimed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>this was a great pioneering work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the ritual, he would become more focused,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and a powerful emotion would mingle with it—similar yet distinct from the emotions used in Transfiguration and Lumos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what emotion does the Levitation Charm require?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean murmured, naturally recalling the unanswered question from the last charm lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the feather,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and suddenly wondered: why must the practice object always be a feather?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just because it’s light?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because a feather symbolizes liberation—liberation from gravity, freedom from restraint—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Win—gar—dium—Le—viosa!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【You practiced the Levitation Charm to expert standards, proficiency +50】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of light from Wizard Sean’s wand, and the feather floated up slowly, spinning in the air several times,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then, like a bird flapping its wings,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>danced rhythmically through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting stared, dumbfounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He just mumbled a few words, said things I didn’t even catch, and achieved this level?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jia Jia Siting murmured,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sometimes I think Wizard Sean is exactly like the wizard I imagined—muttering a few phrases and defying the magic I barely understand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione stared fixedly at the dancing feather, then frowned at her own wand,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and sighed helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked at Wizard Sean’s focused profile, her small face gradually hardening with determination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The feather drifted gently down,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean raised his wand again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Win—gar—dium—Le—viosa!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【You practiced the Levitation Charm to expert standards, proficiency +50】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the system notification chimed, Wizard Sean felt a wave of exhaustion; he let the feather drift gently into his palm,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then saw Jia Jia Siting beaming with excitement and Hermione blushing shyly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As Professor Flitwick said when explaining the Lumos Charm, spells infused with a wizard’s emotion grow stronger,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lumos requires the wizard to yearn for light,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emotion required for the Levitation Charm is detachment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>detachment from gravity… I suppose that’s why wizards always use feathers to practice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Wizard Sean finished speaking, Jia Jia Siting’s expression had grown slightly dazed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is that how you understand it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why didn’t I think of that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he and Hermione quickly took out their pens and wrote down every word Wizard Sean said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean slowly pulled out his Magical History notebook from his bag,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>tomorrow,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he would have a full day to complete the timeline of Magical History and compile a “Wizard Sean-specific” chronology of magical history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Astronomy class was the same; though it was an arcane part of magic, the standards for young wizards were always low,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean only needed to record the celestial trajectories, just as he had done with Magical History.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant his scholarship fragments would reach four tomorrow,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>namely:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Charms, Transfiguration, Astronomy, and Magical History.\u003C\u002Fp>",1088,"2026-06-19T10:00:40.768Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","21aaa66206dc954e8ef514f873f3a7d8ef2dc5452e42821100660048a7c68b3a","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-40","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-38",526,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-learning-panel-cover.jpg"]