Hogwarts Study Panel

Chapter 489, Section 487: Blake on the Run

The bus was going too fast and threw him backward.

Harry struggled to sit up and looked out the dark window, where he saw them speeding down a completely different street.

Stan rubbed his eyes, then looked at Harry's astonished face with interest.

"We were here just before Mr. Green told us to park."

He says,

"Where was it again, Ernst? Somewhere in Wales?"

"Ah."

Ern said.

"Why can't the Muggles hear the car?"

Harry asked.

"them!"

Stan said dismissively,

"They don't listen properly at all, do they? And they don't pay attention to anything either."

“You’d better go and wake Ms. Marsh, Stan,”

Ern said,
We'll be in Abergavenny soon.

Stan walked past Harry's bed and went up a narrow wooden staircase to the upper floor.

Harry continued to gaze out the window, feeling somewhat nervous and uneasy.

He turned his gaze forward, where Sheen sat gracefully, perfecting his book, "The Wizard's Chronicle of Magic."

Harry didn't know what that meant, but he knew that if the book were available at Grimm's Bookstore, he would have to buy at least three copies.

It would be even better if I could get an autographed version.

Many in the magical world share this consensus:

—Grimm's Bookstore sells the best series of books in the entire wizarding world.

Whether you are a Muggle wizard, a half-blood wizard, or a pure-blood wizard, you can learn about the past, present, and even some predictable future of the wizarding world from it.

Whether you are a gifted wizard or not, you can learn magic from books.

Harry found it hard to imagine how a wizard like Sheehan, whose talent was on par with Dumbledore's, could have imagined the difficulties that foolish wizards would face in magic.
So comprehensive?
Of course, Green's notes also stated:

I have faced the same difficulties that wizards faced, and pondered the same questions that wizards pondered...

Harry wasn't entirely convinced of the statement's veracity, but Sheehan was a different story.

I wrote these books so that wizards who are just beginning to explore magic could find their way in this vast and boundless ocean of magic.

The primary task of wizarding knowledge is to ensure its continuation; wizarding wisdom that cannot be passed down cannot be called wisdom.

The changes I made may be insignificant, and history itself may indeed be nothing but ashes... but there is still warmth deep within the ashes.

As I thought this, Sheen in front of me seemed to become both near and far.

Harry could clearly see Sheen there, but it was as if he existed only in the book.

Sheehan in the book is the best teacher Harry has ever had, who is both meticulous and omniscient.

If you can't learn it, he'll teach you again;
If you still can't learn it, then he'll teach you again;
If you still can't learn it, he won't blame you. When you turn to the second page, you'll see it says:

Of course, the above method has some shortcomings, which is the author's problem—let's learn a simpler method.

Will Sheen be the best teacher?
Harry didn't know.

But are the Grimm's Notebooks the best books?
This is beyond doubt.

The Knight Bus continued its journey.

Sheehan couldn't help but recall Mr. Stan's words.

His notes were initially just for organizing his own thoughts, but they gradually became a way to help young Hogwarts wizards who were lost in the obscure magic, while also earning him some Galleons.

Now, have these meticulously organized notes actually changed the entire magical world?
Details previously overlooked by gifted wizards are now brought to the forefront; previously vague knowledge is now expressed in concrete terms; previously ambiguous magic is now given a stage for reference…

So, will the wizard, who is not considered outstanding, rekindle his passion for magic?

Sheehan didn't know, but he met Mr. Stan.

He knew those notes would always be useful; they helped the wizard, and nothing made him feel more valuable than that.

He smiled slightly and saw Stan come downstairs again, followed by a witch in a travel cloak with a slightly greenish face.

"This way, Ms. Marsh."

Stan said cheerfully that when Ern stepped on the brakes, the beds slid about a foot forward in front of the car.

Ms. Marsh covered her mouth with a handkerchief and stumbled down the steps.

Stan then threw her bag out and slammed the car door shut.

With another loud bang, they sped along a narrow country road, the trees parting to make way for them.

"Mr. Green."

Stan approached cautiously. "Mr. Stan, do you think there are any parts of the spell standards that need to be changed?"

Sheen said seriously.

"Ah—that's the most perfect book, how could it need any changes!"

Stan quickly patted his chest and said.

Please tell me what you really think.

Sheen's green eyes seemed to be able to see into people's hearts.

Only then did Stan say in a low voice, somewhat embarrassed:
"I've never been able to learn higher-level magic, and I haven't been able to break through to the [Expert] level with any spell. Mr. Grimm, this is of course due to my lack of talent..."

"This is not your problem."

Sheen suddenly said,
"That's the part about the silent incantation; I haven't written that part yet."

The atmosphere immediately became awkward. Stan stared at the little wizard, as if he had something stuck in his throat and couldn't say it.

In the end, he could only leave dejectedly, as if fleeing.

To keep his chaotic mind occupied, Stan unfolded a copy of the Daily Prophet, biting his tongue as he began to read.

In the first edition, a large photograph shows a haggard-looking man with long, messy hair slowly blinking at him.

Harry quietly leaned his head closer.

It's strange, this person looks kind of familiar to him.

"It's that person!"

Harry exclaimed,

"He's even in Muggle news!"

Stan flipped back to the first edition and said in a muffled voice.

"Sirius Black, of course he'll be in the Muggle news, Neville. Where were you again?"

Seeing the blank look on Harry's face, he let out a condescending laugh, tore off the first page of the newspaper, and handed it to Harry.

“You should read the newspapers more, Neville.”

Harry held the newspaper up to the candlelight and began to read:

Blake is still at large.

The Ministry of Magic confirmed today that Sirius Black remains at large, and he is probably the most wicked prisoner ever held in Azkaban.

"We are doing everything we can to bring Blake back to justice,"

Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge said this morning,
"I urge the magical world to remain calm."

Some members of the International Confederation of Wizards accused Fudge of informing the Muggle Prime Minister about the crisis.

"To be honest, you all know I had no other choice,"

Fudge said angrily,
"Black is a desperate man. Anyone, whether a wizard or a Muggle, will be in danger if they run into him."

I demanded that the Prime Minister assure me that he would never reveal Blake's true identity to anyone.

To be honest—even if he revealed it, who would believe him?

The Muggles were told that Black was carrying a gun (a metal wand that Muggles used to kill each other).

The wizarding world knows that Black killed thirteen people with a spell twelve years ago, and therefore fears that such a massacre could happen again.

Harry looked into Sirius Black's gloomy eyes, which seemed to be the only vibrant part of his haggard face.

Harry had never met a vampire, but he had seen pictures of vampires in his Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

Blake's skin was deathly pale, making him look like a vampire.

"Sheen, we won't run into him, will we?"

Harry asked uneasily.

Sheen didn't speak; he seemed to be reading a book.

"It looks kind of scary, doesn't it?"

Stan, on the other hand, had been watching Harry read the newspaper the whole time, and then asked a question.

"He killed thirteen people? With just one spell?"

Harry said this, nervously handing the newspaper back to Stan.

　A deer's random thoughts.

　　This book has officially entered its fourth volume, The Watchers of the Stars.

　　The pace will be slightly accelerated later, allowing for a smooth transition into the Goblet of Fire.

　　The storyline of the Goblet of Fire has been completed, and Mr. Sheen Green's personality and behavior will be reasonably explained in the Goblet of Fire.

　　Finally, thank you to the reader Guangxingzhemo for the generous donation, thank you!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)