Chapter Summaries

Severus, Gong Saiyi, Felix, and Klimian searched for clues to the location of a hidden spirit boat, which might be connected to a Horcrux. They narrowed the possibilities to Paris or Venice but left without deciding where to search.

• Felix unlocked a door that led the group to Bastille Square, where they met Klimian.
• Klimian explained how the Saint-Martin Canal and the history of mummies might point to a spirit boat or something guarded by the dead.
• Severus connected the clues to the boat and Inferi guarding a Horcrux, while the group discussed legends of a red-clothed prophet in Paris.
• Gong Saiyi suggested the Paris Opera as a possible place to hide the boat, and Severus recalled that the Gaunt family had once lived in France.
• Severus refused to retrieve the Horcrux boat, and the group debated whether to search in Paris or Venice as Gong Saiyi warned that they were wasting time.

Bard recruited a band of Parisian ruffians by promising them a kingdom and making them swear to support whoever married the king’s daughter. Meanwhile, Gong Saiyi and Klimian examined mysteries surrounding Napoleon, the mummies, and a possible magical defense of Paris, while Severus struggled to decide what to do before time ran out.

• Bard stopped the ruffians from carrying out their plan to steal the moon and persuaded them to follow him in exchange for a kingdom.
• Bard made the ruffians promise to support the future husband of the king’s daughter, and they agreed to obey him.
• Gong Saiyi and Klimian discussed the mummies, Napoleon’s changing statues and burial, and the possibility that Paris concealed a magical arrangement Napoleon had prepared.
• Gong Saiyi and Klimian concluded they needed more evidence, ideally from the National Library of France, but waited because Severus seemed overwhelmed.
• The chapter ended with a reminder that the detonator from the December 24, 1800 assassination attempt was still intact as someone faced the choice of which wire to cut.

Severus ordered Klimian and Kreacher to destroy the sea cave, deal with its Inferi, and retrieve the boat so he could bring his wife back. Kreacher and Klimian set off to carry out the mission, while Severus and Gong Saiyi were left considering alternatives if the boat could not be recovered.

• Severus told Gong Saiyi to destroy the sea cave and retrieve its boat, prompting Kreacher to protest that they had promised to bring Regulus back.
• Severus refused to send Kreacher alone and assigned the mission to Klimian, with Kreacher guiding him to the cave.
• Severus explained that Klimian should drain the cave, destroy the Inferi, and recover the boat, and promised to help him protect Europe within his abilities.
• Felix agreed to help after Severus said he would send a student to assist with saving the world and had prepared a bunker for Felix's Muggle parents.
• Severus suggested duplicating a boat with Geminio, and Kreacher took Klimian away to begin the mission.
• Gong Saiyi asked what they would do if the plan failed, and Severus suggested asking someone else to lend them a boat.

The narrator recruited Wilkie, a disgraced knight, by promising him and his descendants status and glory if they joined a campaign to conquer the country. Meanwhile, Severus and Gong Saiyi reconsidered the rules of Voldemort’s underworld boat and the possibility that Napoleon’s mummies were part of a resurrection plan, then reviewed the Memory for further clues before visiting Lyall Meyer.

• The narrator questioned Wilkie, who revealed that he had been a knight and the second son of his family.
• The narrator offered Wilkie status, property, and glory for himself and his descendants in exchange for joining a future conquest, and Wilkie gave his name.
• Severus considered how the underworld boat’s two-passenger limit, aging, and restrictions on Apparition affected attempts to save people there.
• Severus reasoned that Napoleon may have died from arsenic released by his beloved green furnishings and considered the history of Napoleon’s burial and return to Paris.
• Severus and Gong Saiyi wondered whether the mummies beneath Bastille Square could guard Napoleon’s soul during a resurrection, though they lacked a clear pattern connecting the suspected sites.
• Before risking a visit to Lyall Meyer, Severus and Gong Saiyi reviewed the Memory again in search of clues.

Severus and Gong Saiyi discussed their strained marriages, the cost of power, and whether Muggles were endangering the world. Gong Saiyi agreed to accompany Severus to another world, and Severus suspected that Europe’s panic was tied to nuclear power and the loss of electricity.

• Severus remembered confronting Pomona about trust, intimacy, and her threats to divorce him during their honeymoon.
• Gong Saiyi discussed nuclear power, Muggle civilization, and Grindelwald’s warnings while Severus recalled raising French soldiers’ bones as an undead army.
• Gong Saiyi said she wanted to find answers and would go with Severus to the other world.
• Severus said he wanted to see the library Pomona had called heaven.
• Severus noticed that places hit by riots had lost power and suggested that nuclear power was behind Europe’s panic.

Severus reflected on Dumbledore’s regrets and immortality while Cloris offered him a hand mirror that might help him find what he had lost. After Gong Saiyi rushed in with a book, Severus put the mirror away and went to Count Leroy, who looked grave.

• Roland told the narrator how Berkeley betrayed him, how he survived their maypole conflict, and why he wanted Roland to remain angry and recruit others.
• Joker revealed that Emilia had died in childbirth and that Berkeley planned to marry the moon, while Roland’s military prestige had surpassed the old king’s.
• Severus discussed Napoleon’s life and Dumbledore’s regrets before Voltaire’s statue in the National Library of France.
• Cloris gave Severus a hand mirror and urged him to consider the future, but he insisted that he wanted his wife to return.
• Severus picked up the mirror and saw a reflection that was not his own face, then Gong Saiyi arrived with a thick book and led him to the grave-looking Count Leroy.

The narrator left a peaceful lakeside Carnival gathering and returned toward the palace, while Gong Saiyi and Severus investigated a possible connection between the Montmorency family, Amortentia, and the Gaunts. The chapter ended with Severus confiscating their book and leaving without answering whether they would pursue the lead.

• The narrator observed the lakeside Carnival customs described by Knight Wilkie, then led the villains toward the palace.
• Gong Saiyi showed Severus a handwritten song and a list of people involved in the 1807 abolition bill, including Louis Henry Mary de Montmorency.
• Gong Saiyi connected Laverne de Montmorency, inventor of Amortentia, to the Bourbon royal family and wondered whether the Montmorency family had intermarried with the Gaunts.
• Gong Saiyi theorized that the Duke of Montmorency had arranged for a mummy to be buried beneath the July Column to prevent Napoleon's return, but Severus rejected the idea.
• Gong Saiyi speculated that Merope might have inherited Hag features from Laverne and asked Severus for Chocolate Frogs.
• The book snapped shut as Gong Saiyi reached for it, and Severus confiscated it before leaving the reception room without answering whether they would follow the lead.

Roland discussed the people’s loyalty and the danger of injustice with the narrator as they entered the city. Meanwhile, Severus and Gong Saiyi investigated a marked book and used a mirror to search for Napoleon’s heart, which showed them a red stone coffin.

• Joker led the narrator and Roland through the streets in disguise while the narrator explained that people might turn against a ruler who failed to defend them or uphold justice.
• The narrator told Roland that he had not been driven out for no reason and warned him to treat the man who harmed him as an enemy, not an old friend.
• Severus challenged Gong Saiyi to explain how he found a particular book among the library shelves, and Gong Saiyi described sensing books through touch.
• Severus discovered a card marked with the name Cunning Hare Tavern inside a book about Richard the Lionheart and suspected someone had arranged the clue as a trap.
• Severus used his mirror to search for Napoleon’s heart, and it showed him a huge red stone coffin.

The narrator negotiated with the aged king for payment to drive away the suitors pursuing his daughter, Moon, and proposed finding out what they wanted. After meeting Moon, he began planning his work and imagined returning with a vast army.

• The aged king warned the narrator to leave, but the narrator offered to drive away the suitors in exchange for payment.
• The narrator questioned the king about his heir and learned that a prince had left to study magic under a wizard.
• Moon arrived dressed in men's clothing, and the narrator told her to grow her hair long before explaining his plan to her and the king.
• The narrator compared the suitors' situation to the Greeks fighting over Achilles's armor and argued that he could negotiate with them.
• The king agreed to pay the narrator but ordered him and his people to leave afterward, then sent Moon back to her room.
• After Moon left, the narrator drank wine and imagined returning with a vast army.

Severus told Felix that Dumbledore had asked him to kill him and entrusted him with Hogwarts and his treasures, while concealing the truth about Harry Potter. As Gong Saiyi and Severus discussed the pub, Muggle conflicts, and Severus’s feelings, Gong Saiyi challenged him to stop pretending he was pitiful and admit what he really felt.

• Felix accused Severus of lying to Dumbledore, and Severus said Dumbledore had begged him to kill him and left him to guard Hogwarts and its treasures.
• Felix asked whether Dumbledore had been a bad man and whether Severus was hiding what he had done to Harry Potter, and Severus denied it.
• Gong Saiyi told Severus that he and Lawrence had found the Cunning Rabbit Pub near Fishmongers' Street, a neighborhood with many refugees.
• Gong Saiyi warned that wizarding powers might interfere in Muggle conflicts, and Severus said they should avoid involving themselves in Muggle wars as Henry Potter had.
• Gong Saiyi mocked Severus for hiding his feelings about James Potter and Pomona Sprout, and challenged him to stop pretending to be pitiful.

Gong Saiyi considered using the carnival and the kingdoms’ rivalries to build an army, then offered Princess Moon a lesson in queenship. In another thread, Garcia advised Severus to accept that Lily had chosen her life with James and to move forward with his marriage, while Severus remained reluctant to leave her home.

• Gong Saiyi planned to use the carnival prizes, gambling, and neighboring kingdoms’ conflicts to strengthen his power and eventually target the Giant Bear Kingdom.
• Gong Saiyi watched Moon practice throwing a sharp weapon and urged her to stop waiting for the man she loved, offering to teach her how to be a queen.
• A Howler from Narcissa Malfoy accused Severus of involving Draco in danger and demanded an explanation about the Unbreakable Vow.
• Garcia compared Severus’s fixation on Lily to a case about a man suspected of murdering his wife, and Severus said he needed help and did not want to return to his childhood home.
• Garcia told Severus that Lily had made her own choice and advised him to act as though the past had not happened if his wife was still willing to stay with him.

Severus spoke with Lucius about Draco, Cissy, and the danger facing their family, then prepared to take Felix home and explain matters to his mother. The chapter ended with an explanation of Racine’s Andromache and its tangled tale of love, duty, and destruction.

• Severus asked Lucius what Kingsley had decided about sending Aurors to support Europe, and Lucius said Kingsley had agreed but the Muggles would not close the Channel Tunnel.
• Lucius warned Severus that Lily and the wizarding world had caused him trouble, but Severus insisted there would be no next marriage and defended Mrs. Weasley from Lucius’s insult.
• Lucius said Draco should stay away from Britain because many people wanted to kill him, and Severus thanked Lucius for welcoming him back for Draco’s sake.
• Felix realized what had happened, and Gong Saiyi asked Severus what they should do next; Severus told Gong Saiyi to contact his brother about the French problem.
• Severus said he would take Felix home to speak with his mother, and Felix asked him to help his parents reconcile.
• The narrator explained the plot of Andromache, in which Andromache, Pyrrhus, Hermione, and Orestes were caught between personal desire and social duty.

The old king offered the narrator land if he would protect the king’s daughter and her future husband, while the narrator remained unsure of the king’s motives. In the present, Severus reflected on his past and his uncertain future with Sleeping Beauty, repaired her necklace, and told her he loved her as Draco waited nearby.

• The old king asked the narrator which kingdom he wanted to destroy and explained that he wanted to protect his daughter from a prince who planned to annex the Sheep Kingdom.
• The narrator said he would accept any terms that preserved the kingdom’s honor and interests, and the old king offered him land in exchange for looking after his daughter and son-in-law.
• Severus spoke to Sleeping Beauty about his past, his conflict with Dumbledore, his feelings about Harry Potter, and his doubts that they could return to their former life together.
• Severus repaired the Cygnus necklace around Sleeping Beauty’s neck and told her he loved her.
• Draco entered, called Severus untrustworthy, and left to wait in the sitting room.

The narrator followed Moon to a bathing pool, was caught, and left after claiming her father had made him her uncle. Meanwhile, Severus arranged to hide with Draco, who learned they were escaping Lucius’s control and that Severus planned to use Pharaoh's Golden Dagger to free a suffering soul.

• Moon practiced sword dancing with Roland as she prepared to become the kingdom's heir.
• The narrator followed Moon to a private bathing pool, where she caught him watching and attacked him with her sword.
• The narrator claimed to be Moon's elder and said Roland had approved their new uncle-and-niece relationship, then left the bathing area.
• Severus told Draco they would go into hiding under false identities and that Lucius had transferred Severus's patents into his own name.
• Severus warned Draco that Potter and Hermione Granger were challenging wizarding rules and said the Werewolf could teach them a lesson.
• Draco handled Pharaoh's Golden Dagger, and Severus explained he would use it to free a suffering soul.

Severus and Draco moved their household to a hidden cabin in Saas-Fee while Gong Saiyi pursued clues about the Philosopher’s Stone. Georgiana accepted competing gifts from French and British dignitaries aboard a cruise ship, but her doubts about Napoleon left her feeling trapped and longing to withdraw from the world.

• Gong Saiyi shared his grandfather’s notes linking Mr. Grey, a temple, and a goddess to the water of eternal life, and Severus told him to investigate the Lestrange Family Cemetery.
• Severus moved Draco and their household to Lucius Malfoy’s cabin in Saas-Fee, warned Draco to secure it, and hid the cabin with the Fidelius Charm.
• Georgiana boarded a cruise ship in Rouen and received a pearl necklace from Pierre Le Marchand and an antique-style turquoise necklace from Henry Petty.
• Georgiana accepted both gifts and reflected on how wealth and cultural display shaped social rivalries.
• Georgiana worried about Napoleon’s intentions and the rumors about his relationship with Hortense, and she longed to leave him and live in seclusion.

Severus and Gong Saiyi connected the mummies beneath the July Column to Paris’s cholera epidemic and suspected that the Louvre’s timing and clues from Venice were part of a trap. Meanwhile, Georgiana toured the ship with Henry Petty, received a perfumed fan from Jean-Louis Fargeon, and privately resented its ivory and impractical lace.

• The storyteller warned the children to send him away because his stories brought trouble and disaster.
• Gong Saiyi told Severus that Louis-Philippe may have ordered mummies and July Martyrs buried beneath Bastille Square, and connected the burials to cholera and unrest.
• Gong Saiyi linked the Louvre visit on the summer solstice and full moon to the Venice clues, and suggested the ghost gatekeeper could have lied.
• Severus told Gong Saiyi to finish packing or settle in before he returned.
• Henry Petty introduced Georgiana to Jean-Louis Fargeon, who gave her a perfumed fan with ivory ribs and Venetian lace.
• Georgiana accepted the fan while privately objecting to its ivory and wishing the ship would move faster.

Severus recruited Haji to help protect his family and confront Napoleon’s undead threat, while Georgiana reflected on Napoleon, Josephine, and the political dangers surrounding them. The chapter left Georgiana preparing to face an expected encounter aboard the ship.

• Severus learned that Haji was Felix’s father and offered him a choice to leave with money or join their effort against Napoleon.
• Severus warned Haji about the magical world, gave him a check, and accepted his military dagger as a pledge of service.
• Georgiana watched performers dressed as Egyptians and considered Napoleon’s relationship with Pauline and Josephine.
• Georgiana thought about Josephine’s influence, the infant’s baptism, and how she might have used her position to aid France.
• Henry Petty suggested tea in the cabin, and Georgiana asked Matilda to summon Mr. Martin before going inside.

Severus and Gong Saiyi used clues from Paris landmarks and literary connections to investigate the hidden pattern behind the mystery. Severus identified Pomona as the force behind his deductions and said she was his Mercury.

• Severus recalled visiting Paris with Pomona and remembered their argument about clothes and the Eiffel Tower.
• Gong Saiyi told Severus he was packed, and Severus agreed to investigate their clues in Paris and seek help from friends in Venice.
• Severus connected the Dagger of Thutmose I and the choice between accepting an offer or facing danger to the story of Kamose and Thutmose.
• Severus and Gong Saiyi mapped landmarks around Père Lachaise Cemetery, finding patterns involving Alexandre Dumas's House, the National Library of France, Notre-Dame Cathedral, and the Tobacco Museum.
• Severus concluded that they had found two of five hidden points and called Pomona his Mercury.

Severus and Gong Saiyi used Paris landmarks, geometry, and clues about Napoleon to deduce that a hidden object was connected to the National Library of France. Severus left Gong Saiyi to contact Gianluca and went to Père Lachaise Cemetery with Pomona, while reflecting on why he would not return to Hogwarts.

• Severus rejected the idea of using a writer’s former residence and drew lines between Père Lachaise Cemetery, the Paris Observatory, the Champs-Élysées, and the Louvre to map out possible clues.
• Severus used Les Invalides as the center of circles, connecting the sites to Napoleon, Balzac, the Arc de Triomphe, and the vanished Tuileries Palace.
• Severus and Gong Saiyi considered the planetary sequence and burial companions, and Severus concluded that the National Library of France was the starting point and held Napoleon’s heart.
• Severus made the third circle vanish and said it represented the invisible world; he told Gong Saiyi to call Gianluca while he went to Père Lachaise Cemetery.
• After Gong Saiyi left, Severus told Pomona that Hogwarts felt like a cage and that he did not want to return, then picked her up to travel.

Severus reflected on Napoleon, French history, and his own lost life, reputation, and love for Lily before preparing Honey to protect Pomona. He left Pomona asleep and Apparated away while the rain continued.

• Severus considered how Balzac, Alexandre Dumas, and Victor Hugo had lived around 1848, and connected their era to Napoleon's unfinished tomb and France's political turmoil.
• Severus questioned whether he could return to public life, knowing that Lily's place in his heart would make any admirer feel like a substitute for her.
• Severus recalled how Harry's impulsive choices had contributed to the Battle of the Ministry and decided Harry needed to act more responsibly as a father, husband, and Ministry official.
• Severus examined the mirror Cloris had given him and remarked that Napoleon had apparently failed to place his heart and body in the library.
• Severus gave Honey potions and told her to protect herself and Pomona, then lamented that he could not wake Pomona with an Invigoration Potion kiss.
• Severus stroked Pomona's hand, rose, and Apparated away as heavy rain fell outside.