Fanny safely led the three into the Slytherin common room. Most students had gone home for the Christmas holidays, so Hogwarts was nearly empty, and they hadn’t encountered a single person on the way.
“Wow, I always thought Slytherin’s common room being in the dungeons would be kind of awful,” Ron said, sinking ...
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“All right! Everyone, stop!” Lockhart shouted from the center of the stage. “Let’s have a pair of students give a proper demonstration. No more brawling, please…”
Hermione tugged Anne over to a spot closer to the stage, and Fanny, having calmed Millicent down, quickly returned to Anne’s side.
Snape p...
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Two days after the Quidditch match, a sudden wave of panic swept through the school, Colin Creevey, a first-year in Gryffindor, had been attacked by the so-called Heir of Slytherin and petrified. Rumors spread like wildfire: he was lying in the hospital wing, stiff as a corpse. First-year students everywhere began moving in t...
2025-08-12 12:37:10 +0000 UTC View PostInside the room, waves of red surged again and again, with no end in sight.
Outside, Fu Feng stood gloomily in the shadow of the wall, his figure silent and solitary.
Fu Ling tiptoed over, and when she heard the sounds coming from within, her face flushed involuntarily.
Seeing Fu Feng standing there, she pau...
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Ever since that conversation in the library, Anne noticed that Fanny had been spending more and more time outside the common room. Most nights, when Anne returned from the greenhouses, Fanny wasn’t back yet, quite the change from her usual habit of reading in the common room. Her once-neat robes often came back with damp he...
2025-08-10 15:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostShe stood up and briskly paced a few steps, but then remembered that the matches on the high platform were still ongoing and came to a halt.
Shi Fengdu also rose from his seat, his expression solemn as he said, “Rest assured, Workshop Mistress. So far, Ye Jinglan's matches have gone smoothly. Even if there was foul pl...
2025-08-10 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as History of Magic ended, Anne did what she always did, grabbed Fanny and dashed to the Great Hall for lunch. She didn’t notice how the Gryffindors in class had all carefully avoided the Slytherins.
At the Gryffindor table, the students were abuzz discussing what Professor Binns had said during class. The Sly...
2025-08-09 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Chen Xiao and the other two returned to the competition venue, Xi Yunqing and Shi Fengdu were already waiting at the entrance.
"Brother Xiao." Xi Yunqing turned to Shi Fengdu and said, "These three are the ones I mentioned earlier, Chen Xiao, Tong Nuonuo, and Tang Ru."
Shi Fengdu nodded slightly toward them. ...
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Anne ran as fast as she could to the infirmary to fetch Madam Pomfrey and led her straight to Professor Lockhart’s office, which was easy to recognize, his smiling face beamed from a poster right on the door.
When they arrived, Dumbledore was bent over, examining Mrs. Norris, who lay silently on a polished table. The ...
2025-08-08 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAs soon as the words left her mouth, Qiu Che looked surprised.
“…So you were the one who drugged him?”
Li Qingwu gave a soft cough.
“I did poison him, but I’m not entirely sure I’m the one who caused him to collapse. I tend to think… someone else may have been poisoning him as wel...
Tong Nuonuo hadn’t been lost in shock for long before the competition on the high platform officially began.
The first event was the material showcase.
Two groups of women in distinctly styled outfits stepped up on either side of the platform, each carrying trays in their hands. Once the teams were in position, ...
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October arrived with a damp chill that crept over the lawns and seeped into the castle. Suddenly, a wave of colds began to spread among both staff and students, keeping Madam Pomfrey busier than ever in the hospital wing.
Anne wasn’t spared. One Tuesday morning, she was woken by Fanny, only to find the world spinning ...
2025-08-07 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostOn the morning of the competition, Chen Xiao woke up early. He had just finished washing up when Xi Yunqing knocked on his door.
Chen Xiao was tying up his hair when he looked up in surprise at Xi Yunqing entering the room. “Big Brother, no morning training today?”
Rain or shine, even when traveling outside, X...
2025-08-07 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostIn the end, the “settling of accounts” that Qiu Che mentioned never happened, because the next morning, Li Qingwu remembered what she had done the night before and refused to get out of bed, burying herself under the covers and refusing to move.
Qiu Che had been full of righteous anger, but after being worn down lik...
2025-08-07 14:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChen Xiao thought about the rumors he had heard yesterday and couldn’t help but ask, “Did he really damage his spiritual root? Has his cultivation been crippled?”
Li Yuzhou often struggled with strangers, but around people he knew, he was much more at ease. He sighed and nodded. “Liu Lang was truly unlucky. That...
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That afternoon was Defense Against the Dark Arts.
As usual, the students of Slytherin and Gryffindor kept to their unspoken truce during class, sitting in two clearly divided camps on opposite sides of the room.
Once everyone was seated, Lockhart, draped in aquamarine robes, cleared his throat to quiet the room. H...
2025-08-06 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe news of the Northern Xiongnu's surrender and request for peace swiftly reached the capital.
After confirming it wasn't a ruse, the military leaders gathered for discussion. Though the enemy had yielded, they all agreed they needed to remain cautious.
Prince Zhao, now advanced in age and originally stationed in...
2025-08-06 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostFrom Chaoyang to Lingbei, the journey stretched over three hundred kilometers.
The northern march was long and grueling, and the army moved in starts and stops the whole way.
Fortunately, with the experience of her previous life in the military, Qiu Che managed to push the soldiers right to the edge of their physi...
2025-08-05 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostAfter sending the unwelcome third wheel away, Chen Xiao and Xi Yunqing strolled along the beach, bathed in the golden-red glow of the setting sun. Side by side, their shoulders brushed occasionally, and every now and then their eyes met with involuntary smiles.
They walked along the shore for quite some time. Around the...
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When the train finally pulled into the station, Hermione looked anxious. Ron and Harry hadn’t come to find her the entire ride, and now they were nowhere in sight. She turned to Anne with concern.
“Anne, do you think… they missed the train?”
Fanny, overhearing this, looked shocked.
“What? They miss...
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An hour passed quickly, and they made their way to Flourish and Blotts. But they weren’t the only ones heading there. By the time they reached the bookstore, a huge crowd had already gathered outside.
A large banner hung above the entrance:
Gilderoy Lockhart Book Signing – Today 12:30–4:30 PM –
The next day, Li Qingwu went to the Court of Judicial Review with an umbrella in hand and officially took over the two cases, just as Qiu Che had said.
Acting as regent in the name of the princess naturally invited no small amount of discontent.
However, with Qiu Che still publicly recognized as the Princess Conso...
2025-08-04 14:53:31 +0000 UTC View PostNo one knew how much time had passed before the two finally tired of their intimacy and quietly leaned against each other, savoring the lingering satisfaction.
As the numbness from passion slowly faded, Chen Xiao’s face turned pale, and a fine sheen of sweat appeared on his forehead.
Xi Yunqing pressed his foreh...
2025-08-04 14:36:49 +0000 UTC View Post“What’s stopping us, Your Majesty? What are you afraid of?” Qiu Che stared straight at him, her voice steady. “Afraid we’ll lose the war?”
“You make it sound so easy!” Li Shi sneered, his tone filled with bitterness. “The national treasury is already empty. Troops need food, clothes, weapons, every bit...
2025-08-03 14:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostCaught completely off guard, Chen Xiao was yanked hard, his clenched jaw loosening just enough for seawater to rush into his mouth, making him choke. Though he quickly stifled the urge to cough, his reflexes betrayed him, he accidentally spat out one of his oxygen pearls.
For a moment, panic flashed across Chen Xiao’s...
2025-08-03 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAnne's twelfth birthday was wonderful. Even though Aaron was swamped with work during the summer, spring and summer being peak mating seasons for many magical creatures, and a time when wild magical beasts were either giving birth or becoming aggressive, he still made time to celebrate her birthday. He took a full week off, a...
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The second room was pitch-black. They couldn’t see a thing. But as soon as they stepped in, the lights suddenly flared to life, revealing a startling sight.
They were standing at the edge of a massive chessboard. In front of them stood giant black chess pieces, each taller than any of them, seemingly carved from black...
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When Anne reached the bottom of the stairs, someone suddenly burst out from the corridor. The moment the girl saw Anne, she threw her arms around her and began sobbing into her shoulder.
Anne nearly stumbled from the impact, instinctively catching the person in her arms. A second later, she realized who it was.
He...
2025-08-02 17:36:01 +0000 UTC View PostTime marched on at its own pace, unstoppable and unbothered. Slowly, Hogwarts emerged from the cold grip of winter and warmed under the breath of spring. The lake thawed, trees sprouted new buds, and Anne Reeve found herself spending less and less time lingering in bed. A major reason for that shift? Final exams were approach...
2025-08-02 17:35:27 +0000 UTC View Post“Your Grace,” Cui Wenshen’s shadow appeared beneath the eaves of the palace, his tone cold.
“His Majesty will not see you. Please return.”
Snow fluttered down outside Jingyang Palace.
Consort Xu stood in the snow with only a cloak draped over her shoulders. Her figure was thin, and she trembled fro...
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