Shawn thought Harry and Ron were being rather too sincere.
"Yes," Ron said, face scarlet, expression resigned. He needed those notes too badly to back down.
Harry dropped his gaze, tense.
"All right," Shawn said with a nod.
Professor Snape was waiting in the dungeons. Harry and Ron had surprised him, certainly, but he did not intend to waste ti...
2025-11-19 17:37:57 +0000 UTC View Post"We have never seen that Green at training," Wood had said, pacing anxiously back and forth in the mud. His boots squelched and caked with filth, but he paid no mind.
"He must be Ravenclaw's secret weapon. Just like you, Harry. You have to help the team get to the bottom of this. Only you can do it, Harry.
"If we go, we will tip our hand....
2025-11-19 17:37:53 +0000 UTC View PostOctober brought more than just the cold. It brought a week of howling wind and hammering rain.
Sunday's weather was as foul as ever. Icy drops drummed against the windows, and the gale shrieked around the turrets.
Through a corridor window, Shawn saw an enormous figure bundled in a long moleskin coat and rabbit‑fur gloves, o...
2025-11-19 17:37:49 +0000 UTC View PostTransfiguration, Finite, and the Disillusionment Charm.
That was the combat spell set Shawn had drawn up for himself. Each gave him a different tool: attack, defence, concealment.
His priority now was to grind the latter two up to Expert, sharpen his real‑world combat ability, and unlock the Proficient title in Charms.
Spell diffic...
2025-11-19 17:37:45 +0000 UTC View Post[You brewed a Deflating Draught at Expert level, Proficiency +50]
The Draught was now at Entry‑level. Exhausted as he was, Shawn's heart pounded with exhilaration.
He had climbed another rung on the ladder Libatius Borage had built, and taken one more step into the domain of will‑guided potions.
When he looked up, he met Pro...
2025-11-19 17:37:33 +0000 UTC View PostShinsuke's yelling nearly sprayed spit all over Roy's face.
Fortunately, Fukuda intervened in time, locking his neck in a hold. Crack. He gave Roy a quiet morning.
The short blade hung quietly on the south wall. Giyu Tomioka, Sabito, Makomo, and the others gathered around. Roy glanced at Sakonji Urokodaki. The ...
2025-11-19 16:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostZoldyck?
Botobai's thick eyebrows furrowed slightly beneath his deeply wrinkled brow. He snorted, expelling two jets of air like dragons from his nostrils. "Too bad it is not Silva Zoldyck."
He had heard that man's name many times and had seen him at a few gatherings, but they had never crossed paths. It was a regret.
Sti...
2025-11-19 16:04:57 +0000 UTC View PostGotoh was a professional. Unlike Rika, he rarely laughed.
He adjusted his glasses and studied the golden crow carefully, silently committing the name "Sol" to memory.
Everything around them had been reduced to an inferno entirely thanks to Sol. The young butler would not underestimate the creatur...
2025-11-19 16:04:54 +0000 UTC View PostHumans were humans. Magical beasts were magical beasts. Each had its own territory.
Cities on land belonged to humans. Jungles and swamps belonged to magical beasts. But at some point, humans began multiplying faster and faster, encroaching on beast territory, hunting them down. Meat for food, hides f...
2025-11-19 16:04:41 +0000 UTC View PostSpecks of light manifested and gathered into the shape of the short blade, reappearing on the south wall.
Giyu Tomioka and Sakonji Urokodaki, who had not yet fallen asleep, got up and lit the oil lamp to examine it closely. The latter ran his fingers along the blade. "It is Eiichiro's short blade, no mistake."
Everyone...
2025-11-19 16:04:38 +0000 UTC View Post"A ghost!"
Shinsuke had been crouched on the beam. When he heard the noise and looked down, he yelped and dove behind Fukuda.
A ghost calling out ghosts. Who the hell are you talking about?
Fukuda grabbed Shinsuke by the neck and twisted. Crack. The room went silent.
"It is not a demon," Sakon...
2025-11-19 16:04:26 +0000 UTC View PostNot just Nen beasts. They should be called Conjurer-type Nen beasts, to be precise.
Roy studied the old woman and the group of "children" behind her. Like Kite's Crazy Slots, they appeared to have physical form—something ordinary people could touch and perceive. Naturally, that meant Rika, who had not yet opened her aura no...
2025-11-19 16:04:20 +0000 UTC View PostAfter disembarking at Dolley Island, Roy and his two companions walked into the sunlight.
The boy's gaze drifted toward the distant peak, found the tall cedar tree, and his nose twitched. Faint sounds of magical beasts reached his ears.
Probably the Kiriko.
Gotoh followed behind Roy, scanning left and right, always guarding ...
2025-11-19 16:04:10 +0000 UTC View PostWhat is water?
It is the surge of waves, the meandering stream, the great river, and the boundless sea. It is the thin porridge that one eats, the wellspring of life that sustains the body.
Everyone understands it differently, but without exception, all thought about water eventually points back to human per...
2025-11-19 16:04:04 +0000 UTC View PostTanjuro's face, his voice, and his gentle smile seemed to hover just before Roy's eyes. He had always looked at his son with such warmth, like a quiet orchid blooming in the first touch of spring.
That small home would remain under his father's watch. As for the wider world outside it, Roy tighten...
2025-11-19 16:03:35 +0000 UTC View PostClang.
The short blade met the Nichirin Blade.
Roy’s forearm corded with veins as he drove his sword down.
Power surged from the short blade into the Nichirin steel and crashed straight into Giyu Tomioka’s arm.
A flicker passed through Giyu’s cool eyes. His elbow bent under the force. He had not expected Roy...
2025-11-19 16:03:31 +0000 UTC View PostWhether mule or horse, you have to take it out and run it. No matter how pretty the talk sounds, when you step onto the floor, the truth comes out.
Roy had no objection to joining the Demon Slayer Corps. In fact, once he graduated, if he wanted to kill more demons and stockpile life energy, he would need the Corps’ inte...
2025-11-19 16:03:26 +0000 UTC View PostSakonji Urokodaki knew Hotaru Haganezuka was searching for a swordsman who could turn a Nichirin Blade red. He also knew it was not just Haganezuka. The entire Swordsmith Village was searching for that man.
Rumor said that in the pages of history, there had once been a legendary swordsman who could...
2025-11-19 16:03:21 +0000 UTC View PostPower gathered too tightly in one pair of hands always breeds problems.
First, a rigid organization cannot adapt. It fails to respond quickly to a changing world, and crucial information or crises are delayed, distorted, or simply mishandled, leading to bad decisions.
Second, without real oversight, co...
2025-11-19 16:03:11 +0000 UTC View PostIn the potions chamber.
Leonardo studied the seven oddly shaped bottles on the table for only a moment before pointing to the smallest.
“This ‘dwarf’ bottle will take you forward, through the black fire.”
Then he indicated the one on the far right.
“And this will take you back, through the purple...
2025-11-17 19:49:07 +0000 UTC View PostWith each passing day, Shawn grew more familiar with Hogwarts.
He could have walked to the dungeons with his eyes closed and never once brushed the wall.
The ingredient cabinets were his storerooms now. He could, without looking, point to where most potion components were kept.
His practice notebook for Potions was already full, forcing...
2025-11-17 19:48:47 +0000 UTC View PostFourth floor of Hogwarts Castle.
In one of the rooms lay a very bored dog. It had three huge, ferocious heads; one was turning to look around, another had its eyes shut in feigned sleep…
With a soft creak, the wooden door opened.
All three of Fluffy’s heads snapped up to stare at the doorway.
He was about to bare his teet...
2025-11-17 19:48:44 +0000 UTC View Post"Shawn, where did you conjure all those books from?"
Justin hurried to take a few volumes when he saw Shawn emerge from the changing room with his arms full.
"Mm…"
Shawn thought back to the scene inside.
Fred had pulled A Beginner’s Guide to Ancient Runes from the clothing lockers. George had fished a Magical Runes D...
2025-11-17 19:48:41 +0000 UTC View PostIn the Great Hall.
It was close to mealtime, but there were not many students at the tables.
End‑of‑year exams were looming. Most of Hogwarts had already sunk beyond rescue into the sea of revision.
Fifth‑ and seventh‑years in particular were bent double over their books, facing OWLs and NEWTs, ...
2025-11-17 19:48:35 +0000 UTC View Post"That was brilliant, Shawn!"
Two figures darted past the Gryffindor team so fast that even Madam Hooch did not have time to react before they were in front of him. Shawn still had a Quaffle in his hand; Madam Hooch had not yet managed to hand him his flight permit.
"Oh – Shawn, drink something. Honey lemon tea? Pumpkin juice? Hot chocol...
2025-11-17 19:48:32 +0000 UTC View PostLeonardo stepped into the space within the flask.
Norbert, who had been dogging Aurelius’ heels like a shadow, immediately bounded toward him. Halfway across, she spread her wings, beat them a few times, and took to the air.
“Mum!”
The little dragon cried out and hurled herself straight into Leonardo’s ...
2025-11-17 19:48:11 +0000 UTC View PostHe needed more speed.
Fortunately, these Bludgers had been weakened considerably. That, combined with Shawn’s Proficient flying, made them easy enough to dodge.
"First Quaffle!"
Madam Hooch loosed the ball. The leather Quaffle, twelve inches across, shot out like a nimble bird.
Shawn locked onto it. The wind ...
2025-11-17 19:48:07 +0000 UTC View PostIn the Room of Requirement classroom.
Harry and the others had already gone. Leonardo had kept Malfoy back alone.
“What were you doing this morning?”
Faced with the blunt question, Malfoy stammered, “Well, Potter ran out after me, so I ran, did I not?”
Leonardo shook his h...
2025-11-17 19:48:04 +0000 UTC View PostSunday.
In the classroom.
Shawn heard the Hogwarts bells toll and, almost without thinking, closed his notes and picked up his Nimbus 2000.
He knew the flight test had begun. His flying proficiency was already at Proficient, and alongside his Expert‑level Levitation Charm and Proficient Transfiguration, it formed the high...
2025-11-17 19:48:00 +0000 UTC View Post“There’s someone outside. Watching!”
At Hagrid’s shout, Harry bolted for the door, trying to catch the spy.
He came back a moment later, shoulders slumped. “They got away. Looked like…”
“Pretty sure it was Malfoy,” he finished.
Ron shifted uneasily. “Then… then he might report Hagri...
2025-11-17 18:38:51 +0000 UTC View Post