[{"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-90":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},2320795,4539,"Chapter 90: A New Use for Alohomora","the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-90",90,"\u003Cp>A dog’s roar came from above, its massive head filling the entrance beneath the trapdoor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen remained unmoved, carefully controlling the Levitation Charm to lower himself slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he descended halfway, Allen heard Harry and the others shouting anxiously below; before he could make out their words, blue flames shaped like bellflowers began to rise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen quickly accelerated his descent, and when he landed, he found they had already escaped—though they were disheveled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happened?” Allen asked, puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just Devil’s Snare. Let’s keep going!” Harry pointed to the only path ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen opened his mouth but said nothing, then hurried to catch up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only path was a stone corridor, silent except for their footsteps and the slow drip of water down the walls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, they heard a faint rustling and tinkling sound ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s light ahead—I see something moving.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They reached the end of the corridor to find a brightly lit room with a high arched ceiling. Countless tiny birds, glittering like jewels, flapped their wings and darted everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opposite them stood a heavy wooden door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They covered their faces with their arms and sprinted to the other side of the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They reached the door unharmed, pulled the handle—it was locked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ron and Hermione joined them. They tugged and pushed together, but the door didn’t budge. Hermione tried her Alohomora Charm again—no effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do we do?” Ron asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These birds… they can’t just be decoration,” Hermione said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three stared as the tiny birds darted overhead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They’re not birds at all!” Harry suddenly said. “They’re keys—winged keys. Look closely.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry scanned every corner of the room and spotted a pile of broken broomsticks in a corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rushed over to examine the broken broomsticks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I get it!” Harry said. “We have to fly up and catch the key to this door! But all the broomsticks are destroyed!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen and the others joined him in the corner, staring at the scattered broomstick fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The breaks are fresh—just broken,” Allen picked up a broom handle and said firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It must’ve been Snape. Is there any way to fix broomsticks?” Ron asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Books don’t say how to repair broomsticks. Harry, does your Quidditch team teach this?” Hermione frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!” Harry answered bluntly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen looked at the broken broomsticks on the ground. “This level of damage is beyond our ability to repair. We need another way through that door.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four finally accepted the truth and returned to the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They waved their wands and cast various spells at the wooden door, trying to destroy it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But their efforts were futile—the door bore not a single mark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They switched tactics, turning their spells toward the flying keys, aiming to knock down one large, ornate key—likely silver, shaped like a doorknob.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the enchanted keys were acutely sensitive to spell trajectories; none of their spells hit a single target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are we really done for today?” Ron sank into despair. “We’re trapped. When Snape gets the Stone, he’ll easily deal with all of us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>»\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry fell silent but stubbornly kept casting Petrificus Totalus at the keys above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione tried Alohomora on the door again—still no effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen watched Hermione, sweat on her brow as she chanted Alohomora, and suddenly remembered he had once decoded the ancient magical runes for Alohomora’s key-value pair—he’d never understood how to use it, but he recalled the key’s meaning: “whether to return.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint insight stirred in Allen’s mind…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He drew his wand, pointed it at the door’s lock, and said: “Alohomora!”—while in his mind, he thought: “Need to return.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the spell activated, Allen felt a thunderclap in his skull—his soul seemed to fly from his body for an instant, merging with a vast will in endless heights, then snapped back into his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Allen, wake up!” It was Hermione’s voice—distant, as if from far away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen still felt dazed, unwilling to awaken, then felt cold water splash over his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snapped awake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What happened to me?” Allen asked, bewildered. He found himself lying on the floor, Harry and the others hovering anxiously around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You passed out when you cast the spell on the door!” Hermione frowned tightly. “And your forehead glowed while you were unconscious—like a rune—but I didn’t catch what it looked like.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did I succeed?” Allen asked, looking at them hopefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No!” Harry stepped aside, revealing the wooden door behind him—still intact, standing there, utterly despairing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three’s spirits sank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Looks like our journey ends here,” Ron muttered, kicking a broom handle across the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Maybe our only option is to ambush Snape when he comes out,” Hermione said, but her tone lacked conviction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry remained silent, still casting spells at the keys above—everyone could feel his frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Allen felt something strange within him. He closed his eyes and focused inward…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I think I succeeded!” Allen suddenly opened his eyes and declared firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All three turned sharply toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How did you succeed? The door’s still there!” Ron scoffed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Allen stood up, drew his wand, pointed it at a fragment of broomstick on the ground, and uttered a spell none expected:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“VeraVerto!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The broomstick fragment transformed, in their stunned gazes, into a gleaming silver key.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The key’s structure was intricate and precise—every detail crystal clear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione stared at the key, clearly wanting to ask questions, but Ron had already picked it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shoved it into the lock and twisted hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Click!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The door opened!\u003C\u002Fp>",907,"2026-06-20T16:09:23.977Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f8c234a174378b70078888b5eab0b8050efa5395c0039322c6a0d76c3030356a","the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-91","the-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-chapter-89",284,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-transfiguration-master-of-hogwarts-cover.jpg"]