[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-learning-panel":3,"chapter-hogwarts-learning-panel-hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-513":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},2250751,4210,"Chapter 513: Stunned Words","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-513",513,"\u003Cp>Hogwarts remained as quiet as ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from Wizard Sean’s return, no other young wizard was permitted to stay at Hogwarts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The professors here rarely left, so Wizard Sean could receive one-on-one instruction from all of them—if he could leave the dungeons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since returning from the Leaky Cauldron that morning, Wizard Sean had begun practicing the Fiendfyre.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gentle breeze brushed past, and the roaring flames gradually filled nearly half the underground classroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the panel rated his control this time as 【Expert】, Wizard Sean pondered how to reshape dark magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, reshape dark magic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magic is born from the wizard’s inner order; Wizard Sean could imagine cruelty and killing had always existed within wizards’ beliefs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, ancient wizards faced a dangerous magical world and wild, untamed magic; to survive in such a perilous realm, they had to forge such savage power within themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, ancient wizards twisted their own minds, shaping cruel beliefs to pursue greater power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If ancient wizards could create powerful yet soul-corrupting dark magic, then now, Wizard Sean could reexamine its origin, reshape the 【Order】 with a different purpose, and seek 【Wisdom】.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a wildly fanciful plan—so far, it existed only in Wizard Sean’s thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if it could be completed, the entire magical world would witness true transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dark wizards were always known for brutality and strength; when they embraced dark magic, they sacrificed their conscience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what if one day, dark magic no longer required the vengeful hatred of the good-hearted or the burning rage of the pure?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Would dark magic then become a force wizards could master, like any other spell?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean knew cruelty would never vanish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But could cruelty cease to be a shortcut, luring wizards to ruin?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today at Hogwarts was an exceptionally brilliant morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky was a clear, hazy pale blue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even through the narrow window, Wizard Sean could see the tall beech tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its green branches were fuzzy, edged in gold, watching over generations of Hogwarts wizards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean knew Professor Snape had once studied exam problems beneath it, brow furrowed, just as he was now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’re daydreaming…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Snape’s cold voice now appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sorry, Professor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean snapped back to attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snape stared at him for a moment, his expression unchanged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Control, Green. Unless you want to be reduced to ash like my foolish students, keep control at all times—even when you’re nearly extinguishing it…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stepped down from the podium and approached the young wizard, exhausted from prolonged Fiendfyre practice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fixed his gaze on Wizard Sean,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m going to teach you how to resist the Imperius Curse. Memorize every word…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean lifted his head and neatly tucked his wand away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Listen carefully—Dumbledore doesn’t want you to touch—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Green, accidents never choose a time or a person—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you prefer to learn through crueler means—waiting for someone to cast the spell and fully control you—then fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I disagree.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snape tightened his grip on his wand,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I will teach you to resist it, to fight it—watch closely—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snape turned his gaze to the living creatures in the cabinet and cast the Imperius Curse upon them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean watched as, under the spell’s influence, each animal performed its most unnatural behavior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mouse hopped in three circles before the cat, offering no resistance when the cat bit it;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A toad mimicked a squirrel, trying to climb the oak tree outside the window;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A venomous snake performed a series of astonishing movements it could never achieve normally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their bodies were no longer under their own control; they only returned to normal after Professor Snape lifted the curse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Green,”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snape said in a low voice,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Your turn. Remember—resist me—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean hesitated slightly, then walked to the center of the underground classroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between the wooden tables stood countless cauldrons, each topped with brass scales and jars of ingredients.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snape moved closer through the swirling smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his wand, pointing it at Wizard Sean, and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Imperio!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean felt a strange sensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt weightless, his thoughts and worries swept clean away, leaving only a hazy, intangible joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood there, utterly at ease, free of care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he heard Professor Snape’s voice echoing from some distant corner of his empty mind:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come… come…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But why? Another voice stirred in the back of his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why should he go? the second voice said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come… the first voice returned;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why… the second voice replied, firmer now;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Come! the first voice shouted louder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two voices clashed, they suddenly fell silent, drowned out by others:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wizard Sean Green, my student, don’t sleep.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One voice said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wizard Sean Green, my friend, wake up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another voice repeated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Wizard Sean reclaimed his body; Snape, astonished, saw mist drifting from the amulet on the young wizard’s chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mist was pale white—not like ordinary fog, but more like something yet unmanifested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snape studied them closely, frozen in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Professor?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean stepped forward, curious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not bad—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snape said quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You resisted. No—you didn’t resist…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he fell into thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean saw Professor Snape’s brow furrowed, his eyes shifting between Wizard Sean’s chest and the mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What else are you hiding from me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paced, then leaned down before Wizard Sean, his face dark as storm clouds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wizard Sean explained the Borderlands with little effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snape stared at him coldly, and his first words left Wizard Sean stunned:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Empty Sigil, the sacred artifact of Vagadu, a legendary creation never seen beyond Vagadu…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Granting wizards the power to walk in legendary realms, to traverse the dreams of souls—if it is not a myth—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tell me, Wizard Sean Green, then what of mine? What of my dreams?”\u003C\u002Fp>",954,"2026-06-19T10:00:42.198Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","06b659c07b7e30144a32ba23eb03ca69604fcf66069eda1646fe2d0913c48109","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-514","hogwarts-learning-panel-chapter-512",526,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-learning-panel-cover.jpg"]