[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts":3,"chapter-the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-26":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Transfiguration Master of Hogwarts",{"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},2320731,4539,"Chapter 26: Review","the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-26",26,"\u003Cp>The door to the compartment was yanked open, and Allen let out a deafening scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He struggled to his feet and looked out at the person in the doorway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s you?” both of them said at once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Hermione, her eyes wide with shock as she stared at Allen: “What are you doing in the girls’ bathroom?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen’s face flushed red; he avoided her gaze: “Uh… I’m here to contemplate life…” He offered a reason he didn’t even believe himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmph! Do you think that excuse will fool me?” Hermione looked utterly unconvinced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then what are you doing here?” Allen, realizing he couldn’t bluff his way out, quickly changed the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Isn’t it normal for me to be here? What are you doing sneaking into the girls’ toilet?” Hermione wasn’t fooled for a second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen was left speechless; he was trapped in a moral pit, and no answer would save him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione noticed his awkward situation and decided to let him off with a warning this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She held up the parchment in her hand, her tone light: “Why are you here studying Ancient Runes by yourself?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ancient Runes? Allen’s eyes widened in shock; he snatched up a parchment and pointed at the symbols: “This… is Ancient Runes?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione looked at Allen, clearly puzzled by his odd state: “Yes, these are Ancient Runes! We don’t even take this class until third year. I only recognized them from a book—see, this symbol means ‘light’…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen stared at Hermione, dazed, as she spoke fluently; she soon grew flustered under his gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop looking at me like that!” Hermione blushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, oh, oh! Do you know what other Ancient Runes mean?” Allen snapped back to himself, clutching a stack of parchments eagerly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I only recognize one other symbol—this one. It means ‘diameter.’” Hermione carefully examined every symbol on the parchments, then pointed firmly to one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know much about Ancient Runes—just a few I happened to memorize,” Hermione added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, she looked up at Allen and found him gazing at her with shining eyes, leaving her momentarily flustered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen finally came to his senses and looked at Hermione sincerely: “Gra…” He noticed her eyebrows beginning to furrow, instantly corrected himself: “Hermione, could I invite you to study Ancient Runes with me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dinner, Allen rushed back to the dormitory bathroom and quickly showered. When Harry and Ron came bounding up, eager to share their experience with the Firebolt, he could only apologize and refuse, saying he had urgent business and asking them not to disturb him today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, filled with guilt, Allen pulled his deep crimson flannel curtains shut and began a new round of recording.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry and Ron stared at the closed curtains, baffled, but ultimately chose to trust their friend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen repeated the spell he’d used in the afternoon, repeatedly entering time-slowed states, recording one Ancient Rune after another. Soon his notebook was full; he had to dig out his textbook and begin sketching Ancient Runes onto its pages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hours passed—unknown how many—until, through Allen’s relentless effort, he finally completed the transcription of the Ancient Runes for the Cleaning Charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he finished the last rune, Allen collapsed into a deep, heavy sleep…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Allen woke, it was already noon the next day. His stomach growled loudly; the dormitory was empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen hurried to the Great Hall and devoured a massive meal; only then did he feel truly alive again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt as if he’d had a long, dreamlike night—unreal, hazy, distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled his notebook from his robe and stared at the Ancient Runes recorded within—only now did he confirm that yesterday’s events had been real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well-rested and alert, he began calmly reviewing yesterday’s events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, the conditions for the Thunderbird’s Eye to appear—he felt the conditions couldn’t be so simple, so he strained to recall every detail of that day…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He found a blank space in his notebook and began jotting down his thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Naked sleep???\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen first thought of this. He wrote it down, then added three heavy question marks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He studied the words on the page, rapidly considering whether this act had any meaningful connection to his transformation into the Thunderbird’s Eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Birds flying in the sky have always symbolized freedom; sleeping naked was his own act of shedding restraint, yearning for freedom—perhaps it aligned perfectly with the bird’s own will for liberty!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then Hermione walked over and greeted him, accidentally glancing at his notebook. Before Allen could react, she spat out a disgusted “Pah!”, blushed furiously, and fled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen watched her retreating back, forced into a bitter smile—he suspected his image in her eyes had only grown worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen quickly dismissed the incident and returned to his review.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Snape’s potion—this seems highly relevant. Highlight it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wand talent—Transfiguration—this is definitely a factor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Woken in the middle of the night and spoken to at length. Allen pondered long, then decided to cross this condition off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now only three conditions remained. To fulfill them all, he’d have to wait until next month’s potion distribution. Allen frowned at the potion entry and circled it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d have to find a way to get the potion’s recipe. This potion was likely a necessary condition. Waiting passively for the monthly supply was too slow—he had to act. Allen resolved inwardly, then let out a wry laugh. Everyone knew he was close to Harry, and everyone knew Professor Snape openly despised Harry—this path was bound to be treacherous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Allen thought back to the process of transcribing the Ancient Runes from the light screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The process was utterly exhausting! His head still throbbed from yesterday’s repeated use of the time-slowing spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was there any way to replace this method? The thought made his head ache even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he remembered a short video he’d watched—Professor Dumbledore had a large basin that could store and replay memories of himself and others, and crucially, the viewing process seemed to impose no physical strain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he could master the ability to extract his own memories—and borrow that basin—he could record the runes he saw at will! Allen smiled at the idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though it seemed difficult, success was impossible without trying. He resolved to treat it as a long-term goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he turned to the problem of the Thunderbird’s Eye. The content it revealed must be kept secret—if anyone learned he could see Ancient Runes hidden within spells, he’d lose his freedom forever. He would die before telling anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the issue of storing the Ancient Runes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two solutions: find a material capable of holding vast quantities of Ancient Runes, or find another method of recording them that wouldn’t corrode parchment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t afford to buy more parchment! Allen sighed bitterly, and once again, tears of poverty welled in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>",1130,"2026-06-20T16:09:23.977Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","14b73628e3977a39a3cfce520b18c56877eb4ad902fe013904f49c1f96d8afd8","the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-27","the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-25",284,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-cover.jpg"]