[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-learning-panel":3,"chapter-hogwarts-learning-panel-hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-489":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},2250727,4210,"Chapter 489: Black on the Run","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-489",489,"\u003Cp>The Knight Bus was moving too fast, throwing him backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry struggled to sit up and peered out the dark window, seeing they were speeding down a completely different street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stan wiped his eyes and regarded Harry’s stunned face with interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We were right here before Mr. Green signaled us to stop.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where was it again, Earn? Somewhere in Wales?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earn said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why can’t Muggles hear the bus?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Them!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stan sneered,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They don’t bother to listen properly, do they? And they don’t bother to look—they notice nothing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’d better wake up Mrs. Marsh, Stan,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earn said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re almost at Abergavenny.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stan walked past Harry’s bed and climbed up a narrow wooden staircase to the upper level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry kept staring out the window, feeling uneasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze turned forward, where Wizard Sean was seated elegantly, refining his book, *Chronicles of Wizarding Magic*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry didn’t know what it meant, but he knew that if this book were shelved at Green’s Bookshop, he’d have to buy at least three copies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would be even better if he could get a signed edition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many in the wizarding world held this consensus:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——Green’s Bookshop sold the finest series of books in the entire wizarding world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether you were a Muggle-born, a half-blood, or a pure-blood wizard, you could learn the past, present, and even some predictable futures of the wizarding world from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And whether you were a gifted wizard or an untalented one, you could learn magic from these books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry found it hard to imagine how Wizard Sean, a wizard whose talent rivaled Headmaster Dumbledore’s, could possibly imagine the difficulties ordinary wizards faced in magic—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so comprehensively?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the Green Notes had once written:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【I once faced the same difficulties wizards faced, pondered the same questions wizards pondered…】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry wasn’t especially convinced of the truth of this statement, but Wizard Sean was different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【I wrote these books so that wizards just beginning their journey through the vast ocean of magic could find a clear direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The foremost duty of wizarding knowledge is continuity—wisdom that cannot be passed on is not wisdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My changes may be insignificant; perhaps history itself is indeed nothing but ashes… but within the ashes, there is still warmth.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he thought this, Wizard Sean before him seemed to grow distant and near at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry could clearly see Wizard Sean sitting there, yet it felt as though he existed within the book itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Wizard Sean in the book was the best teacher Harry had ever met—attentive, omniscient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you couldn’t learn it, he taught you again;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you still couldn’t learn it, he taught you again;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you still couldn’t learn it, he never blamed you—when you turned to the second page, you’d see written:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the above method has omissions—this is the author’s fault—let us learn a simpler method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would Wizard Sean be the best teacher?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry didn’t know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But would the Green Notes be the best book?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was unquestionable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Knight Bus continued its journey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean couldn’t help recalling Mr. Stan’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His notes had originally been meant only to organize his own thoughts, then gradually became a way to help lost Hogwarts students struggling with obscure magic—and incidentally earn a few Galleons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, these meticulously compiled notes had somehow begun to change the entire wizarding world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Details once ignored by gifted wizards were now brought to light; once vague knowledge gained concrete expression; once ambiguous magic was given discernible stages…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would ordinary wizards, once deemed unremarkable, reignite their passion for magic?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean didn’t know, but he had met Mr. Stan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew those notes were always useful—they had helped wizards. Nothing mattered more to him than that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled faintly as he saw Stan returning downstairs, followed by a witch in a travel cloak, her face slightly green.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This way, Mrs. Marsh,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stan said cheerfully. Earn slammed on the brakes, and all the beds slid forward about a foot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mrs. Marsh pressed a handkerchief to her mouth and stumbled down the steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stan tossed her bag out after her and slammed the door shut with a heavy thud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another loud bang, and they sped down a narrow country lane, trees parting to let them pass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Green.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stan approached hesitantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Mr. Stan, do you think any part of the Spell Standards needs revision?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean said seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah—that’s the most perfect book! How could there be anything to change!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stan quickly patted his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Please tell me your true thoughts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean’s green eyes seemed to pierce straight into his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Stan mumble awkwardly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ve never been able to master higher-level magic—I haven’t advanced a single spell to the level of [Expert], Mr. Green. Of course, that’s just because I’m stupid…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s not your fault.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean said suddenly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I haven’t written the section on silent spells yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An awkward silence fell. Stan stared at the young wizard, as if something was stuck in his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he could only leave, sullenly and as if fleeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To give his confused mind something to do, Stan unfolded a copy of *The Daily Prophet*, bit his tongue, and began reading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the front page, a large photograph showed a gaunt man with long, tangled hair slowly blinking at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry quietly leaned over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was strange—he felt he recognized the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry exclaimed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s in Muggle news too!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stan flipped back to the front page and grunted,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sirius Black. Of course he’s in Muggle news, Neville. Where have you been living?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Harry’s blank expression, he let out a condescending laugh, tore off the front page, and handed it to Harry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You should read the papers more, Neville.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry held the paper under the candlelight and read:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Black remains at large.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ministry of Magic has confirmed today that Sirius Black is still at large—he is likely the most evil prisoner ever held in Azkaban.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We are doing everything in our power to recapture Black,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minister Cornelius Fudge said this morning,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“and urge the wizarding community to remain calm.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some members of the International Confederation of Wizards have criticized Fudge for informing the Muggle Prime Minister of this crisis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To be honest, you know, I had no choice,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fudge snapped,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Black is a fugitive. Anyone—wizard or Muggle—who encounters him is in danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have demanded that the Prime Minister guarantee he will not reveal Black’s true identity to anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be frank—even if he did, who would believe it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muggles were told that Black carries a gun (a Muggle weapon used to kill each other, like a metal wand),\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>while the wizarding world knows Black killed thirteen people twelve years ago with a single spell, and fears another massacre may occur.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry stared into Sirius Black’s gloomy eyes—the only thing that seemed alive on his haggard face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry had never encountered a vampire, but he had seen photographs of them in his Defense Against the Dark Arts class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black’s skin was pale and ghastly, resembling a vampire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wizard Sean, we won’t run into him, will we?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry asked nervously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean said nothing; he seemed to be reading a book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s pretty creepy, isn’t it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Stan, who had been watching Harry read the newspaper, who asked now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He killed thirteen people? With just one spell?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry said, nervously handing the newspaper back to Stan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deer’s mutterings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This book now officially enters Volume Four: The Watcher of the Stars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pace will slightly quicken from here, flowing smoothly into the Goblet of Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plot of the Goblet of Fire is fully constructed; Wizard Sean Green’s personality and actions will be reasonably explained within the Goblet of Fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, thank you to the reader Dashengzhe Mo for the tip—thank you!\u003C\u002Fp>",1301,"2026-06-19T10:00:42.198Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","1786f1dbfdb51d69058949eeca554bd6789e4a3b8437d5d53b7ec4b9be6468a8","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-490","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-488",526,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-learning-panel-cover.jpg"]