[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-wizard-war-at-hogwarts":3,"chapter-wizard-war-at-hogwarts-wizard-war-at-hogwarts-chapter-471":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Wizard War at 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},2358444,4612,"Chapter 471","wizard-war-at-hogwarts-chapter-471",471,"\u003Cp>Faced with the Prime Minister’s olive branch, the Minister for Magic, leaving work at six in the evening, expressed deep concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Such a high position feels suspicious,” Mr. Weasley said. “Perhaps he just wants some wizard loyalists to back him up—I hear the civil servants have been tormenting him badly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I agree it’s not necessary to decide too soon,” Harry endorsed his view. “I’d like to stay at school a while longer. Since I stepped into Hogwarts, this seems to be the first time I’ve had such carefree campus life.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Exactly right, Harry,” Mrs. Weasley declared again in her loud voice, asserting her authority at home. “What we must do right away is arrange the wedding. Here’s your seating chart for tomorrow!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So at two p.m. the next day, Harry and Ron changed clothes; their task was to stand outside the white tent in the orchard and greet arriving guests. When they reached the lawn at five minutes to three, Fred and George were already there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first to arrive was Ludo Bagman, newly appointed Head of the Department of Magical Sports and Games, his face beaming with humble smiles; the moment he saw Harry, he burst into laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, my goodness, what an honor, Mr. Potter! They generously allowed guests to greet you!” His mouth overflowed with flattery, making Harry feel uneasy. “I said you’d come—Merlin’s beard, this is simply wonderful.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry awkwardly pulled out the seating chart, trying to point him in the right direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Good heavens, this is outrageous—they’ve made the esteemed Harry Potter himself the greeter!” Bagman’s eyes widened. “How disrespectful! Give me the list; it’s every Ministry official’s duty to ease the Minister’s burden!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He forcibly snatched the list from Harry’s hands, pleaded with Harry to take a seat, then replaced him at the entrance, standing tall as a pine tree. When another guest arrived, he rushed forward with a radiant smile—far warmer than Harry himself had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling somewhat awkward, Harry slowly walked into the tent, just as another person stood equally flustered: Hagrid, who had sat down and shattered his chair. Harry hurried over to repair it, cast a strengthening charm, and chatted cheerfully with Hagrid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he finished and looked up, he encountered Zhang Qiu walking in with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, Harry,” she said. “Why do you look so idle?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, Ludo Bagman insisted on replacing me as greeter. I feel awful—he’s acting like a completely different person, groveling and sucking up…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve misunderstood,” Zhang Qiu laughed. “He’s making guests guess who the bride will throw the bouquet to. I just bet ten Galleons on myself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The familiar Bagman had returned, and Harry’s fists tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had no time to correct the mistake—guests kept arriving, all eager to greet him. Ministry officials were relatively restrained, but Xenophilius Lovegood, an outsider, gave him a seven-second hug without any distance. With Gabrielle leading, several Beauxbatons girls surrounded him tightly, chattering nonstop; Harry had to fight his way out and sprint to his seat—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, as more and more guests began betting on Zhang Qiu, driving her odds down to 1:1.05, all guests had arrived and the wedding was about to begin. The Weasleys walked down the aisle, smiling and greeting everyone. The front-row Heads of Ministry departments immediately flashed polite, radiant smiles—except Senior Deputy Minister Snape, whose smile was forced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bill, dressed in formal attire, stepped to the front of the hall, his bouquet of pure white roses strikingly prominent. The wedding music swelled as Fleur entered, arm in arm with her father, wearing a white embroidered gown that radiated unmatched elegance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ladies and gentlemen,” said the now visibly high-ranking Diggory, standing between the couple in a chant-like tone, “in the name of Merlin, we gather to witness this vow that spans the English Channel…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the front row, both mothers of the bride and groom wept happy tears. Fleur took Bill’s bouquet, and the guests who had placed bets tensed up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...I now pronounce William Arthur Weasley and Fleur Isabelle Delacour legally married!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As magical silver stars spiraled around them and golden balloons dissolved into glittering points, beautiful music played. Fleur raised the bouquet in both hands, ready to toss it. Beside her, Zhang Qiu instinctively reached out, her face filled with anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white roses arced gracefully through the air and landed among the seats reserved for the Order of the Phoenix. A slender hand caught them. Zhang Qiu gasped: “No!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing up was a woman no one recognized: she had soft, shoulder-length golden hair, a delicate hairpin on one ear, wore a light gray hooded robe over a blue striped T-shirt, paired with high-waisted capri pants and short boots—beautiful, yet strikingly efficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry was the first to react—he saw Lupin beaming beside her, and Sirius grinning triumphantly. He shouted: “Tonks! It’s Tonks, isn’t it!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tonks placed a finger to her lips in a shushing gesture, then declared loudly: “No, there is no Tonks. I am Doctor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Doctor? What doctor?” The crowd stirred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, just Doctor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bagman frantically flipped through his ledger, his face turning ashen. Finally, he found two lines possibly related.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Regulus Black, 200 Galleons bet on Nymphadora Tonks, odds 1:8.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Johnny English, 10 Galleons bet on Doctor, odds 1:200.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snape suddenly stood and announced loudly: “Now, as this opportunity arises, allow me to introduce to all Hogwarts students our new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor: Doctor.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry finally understood. This was the solution to the cursed position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor: Doctors could share the same title to distribute the cost of time travel—and thus, the curse. Though Voldemort’s survival meant the curse still existed, the twelve Doctors trapped in stasis alongside him were also alive. If Tonks took the position under the title “Doctor,” she would bear only one-thirteenth of the curse—meaning she could teach for at least twelve years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hogwarts’ final educational gap had been filled. Harry genuinely rejoiced. Those who grasped the logic included Sirius, who stood frozen in stunned silence, and Fleur, who frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then music began. The white tent’s ceiling rose high, and the dance commenced. These minor incidents were set aside as Fleur and Bill led the first dance, followed by their parents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neither Harry nor Zhang Qiu felt like dancing. They both headed unconsciously toward the same table—but the crowd was too thick. By the time they squeezed through, Fleur and Sirius were already winking at Bagman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean you can’t pay?” Fleur asked. “You promised me half.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Qiu slapped her thigh. Before Sirius could answer, she pointed at his nose and shouted: “You dirty cheat, Bigfoot!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m the victim too! Why didn’t you tell me about Doctor?” Sirius threw his hands up dramatically. “I thought you’d just changed your look!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You didn’t ask,” Tonks replied with an innocent expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Qiu squeezed between them and tugged Fleur’s arm. “Who were you planning to throw it to?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I did want to throw it to you, Qiu. You and Harry looked perfect together,” Fleur said with a faint smile. “But he offered too much.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sirius pointed at Lupin, whose arm Tonks now held. “Isn’t this better? And they’re way ahead of you two! You’re still in school!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the problem is, we can’t acknowledge her identity—otherwise the curse-sharing won’t work,” Lupin said with a amused tone. “So your two hundred Galleons are gone. That’s the fate of the greedy.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Indeed, sir, exactly,” Bagman muttered, flipping through his ledger. “I can’t pay you out—wouldn’t want to ruin Deputy Minister Snape’s plan, now would I?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry caught a glimpse of the word “Doctor” in a passing booklet. He grabbed Bagman’s ledger and ordered sharply: “Flip back!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reluctantly, Bagman revealed the betting record. Based on Johnny’s stake and the absurd odds he’d offered, he owed two thousand Galleons—nearly all his profit from the pool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry seized Bagman’s arm with a sense of vengeance. “Don’t you dare back out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He dragged Bagman over to Johnny, who had just recovered from stacking his champagne flutes. Bagman grimaced as he began counting Galleons; Johnny stared blankly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? Pay me?” he asked, confused. “Aren’t you the guy collecting the gifts?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1358,"2026-06-21T04:54:29.438Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","820fa5c60b009630b3c5c9c34a19c37b0643b05bd55fd3c1423b95d79059b69c","wizard-war-at-hogwarts-chapter-472","wizard-war-at-hogwarts-chapter-470",528,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwizard-war-at-hogwarts-cover.jpg"]