Chapter Summaries

Andy concluded that his reckless reputation deterred others, then planned another break-in at the Department of Mysteries to find the Data Storage Room and question an Unspeakable. He entered the circular room at night and discovered someone was there.

• Andy discussed his reputation and Hermione decided to manage him more strictly.
• Andy failed to find useful books about studying the human body in Hogwarts Library, and Hermione suggested Ekrizdis as a possible source of research.
• Andy remembered the Brain Room and suspected the Unspeakables were avoiding him, so he planned to infiltrate the Department of Mysteries again.
• Andy went to Grimmauld Place Number Twelve, controlled Kreacher with the Imperius Curse, and brought him along in an enchanted pocket.
• Andy concealed himself, entered the Department of Mysteries, and found someone waiting in the circular room.

Andy met an old Unspeakable in the Department of Mysteries and challenged him, expecting a powerful opponent. After Andy easily knocked him down and healed him, the old man explained that he studied planetary orbits rather than spells.

• Andy met a grimy, elderly Unspeakable, introduced himself, and proposed following him or fighting him to learn the Department of Mysteries' secrets.
• The old man said he had not fought anyone in over forty years, prompting Andy to challenge him to a duel.
• Andy struck the old man with Expelliarmus, sending him into a wall and injuring him.
• Andy healed the old man and apologized for mistaking him for a powerful fighter.
• The old man explained that Unspeakables studied different subjects and that he studied planetary orbits.

Andy met an Unspeakable who discussed prophecy, the starry sky, and whether Andy’s Yang Spirit could leave Earth to witness the past. Andy refused to project his spirit in the Department of Mysteries and chose to visit the Brain Room instead.

• Andy questioned the old man’s planetary-orbit expertise and asked what the Unspeakables had planned, but the old man told him to go back unless he joined them.
• The old man said he had seen Andy in the Prophecy Sphere and explained that the future consisted of events destined to happen.
• The old man connected distant starlight with seeing Earth’s past and asked how far Andy’s soul could travel, including whether it could leave Earth.
• Andy suspected the old man was trying to guide him into releasing his Yang Spirit, but refused to do so in the Department of Mysteries.
• Andy asked to visit the Brain Room, and the old man agreed.

Andy explored the Department of Mysteries’ Brain Room with an old Unspeakable, who explained the risks of advanced magic and offered him access to everything if he joined. Andy pondered whether the brains in the tank were alive and asked the Unspeakable how he understood death.

• Andy asked the old Unspeakable about the twelve Black Doors and followed him through one into the Brain Room.
• Andy considered joining the Department of Mysteries after learning he could examine its secrets, including the Data Storage Room and the Time Reversal Spell.
• The old Unspeakable explained that successful magical research was often too dangerous for ordinary wizards to use, and praised Andy’s unusual magical achievements.
• Andy sensed life in the brains floating in the tank and asked whether they were dead.
• Andy concluded that life required body and soul together, and the old Unspeakable agreed that the brains were dead before Andy asked how he understood death.

Andy discussed immortality, death, and higher-dimensional beings with an old Unspeakable, who encouraged him to pursue secrets through the Department of Mysteries. The old man suggested researching the Philosopher’s Stone, and Andy ended by asking whether joining the Department would let him skip work.

• Andy challenged the old man’s view that immortality was torment and explained that he wanted death to be his own choice.
• The old man described death as the end of life but not a person’s journey, reinforcing Andy’s suspicion that people did not all retain awareness in the Death Dimension.
• Andy wondered whether he had escaped the control of higher-dimensional lifeforms, but the old man said he did not know.
• The old man said Unspeakables paid with their lives for revealing secrets and praised Andy’s talent and curiosity.
• The old man recommended researching the Philosopher’s Stone as a path to immortality, and Andy asked whether he could skip work if he joined the Department of Mysteries.

Andy arranged to intern at the Department of Mysteries, hoping to uncover its secrets by joining the Unspeakables. Back at Hogwarts, he considered the Philosopher’s Stone and his research goals, then looked forward to meeting Grindelwald and Dumbledore at Christmas.

• Andy persuaded the old man to let him intern at the Department of Mysteries for two months next summer, and the old man warned him to keep its secrets confidential.
• Andy left the Ministry of Magic, sent Kreacher home with his memory of the night erased, and returned to Hogwarts.
• Andy considered how the Philosopher’s Stone might restore a body and wondered whether it was connected to Voldemort’s Resurrection Ritual.
• Andy checked that he needed twenty-two more Potential Points to raise his Alchemy talent to Level Seven and reflected on the limits of his magical knowledge.
• Andy planned to meet Grindelwald and Dumbledore in person over Christmas, hoping to ask about magic and apply for his summer internship.

Andy traveled to Europe to meet Grindelwald and found that Lucius Malfoy was helping the wizard build political support. Lucius told Andy that Grindelwald was close to having his Wanted Order withdrawn and becoming Minister of Magic, but Dumbledore remained the main obstacle.

• Andy and Hermione discussed Dumbledore, Grindelwald’s growing influence, and Andy’s plans to visit Europe; Hermione urged Andy to be careful.
• After Hogwarts began its holiday break, Andy used a swim-ring Portkey to reach Europe and met Lucius Malfoy on the shore.
• Lucius took Andy to a villa arranged by Grindelwald, where a seemingly Imperius-controlled Muggle woman served as the housekeeper.
• Andy asked about Grindelwald’s political position, and Lucius said Grindelwald could become Minister of Magic if his Wanted Order was withdrawn, while Dumbledore remained the chief obstacle.

Andy questioned Old Malfoy about Dumbledore and learned that Grindelwald’s plans remained stalled by the Ministry of Magic’s wanted order. After considering how freely Grindelwald moved despite Dumbledore’s opposition, Andy wondered if the two men were secretly cooperating or putting on an act.

• Andy asked Old Malfoy what Dumbledore was doing, and Old Malfoy said he was building connections and opposing Grindelwald’s wanted order being revoked.
• Old Malfoy explained that Grindelwald’s supporters and plans remained uncertain while the Ministry’s wanted order stayed in place.
• Andy doubted the rumors that Dumbledore and Grindelwald had secretly fought, since Dumbledore could seemingly have captured Grindelwald if he truly wanted to.
• Old Malfoy told Andy that Grindelwald was expected to arrive later, no later than nine o’clock, and then left the villa.
• Andy rested on the sofa and wondered whether Dumbledore had been persuaded by Grindelwald or whether the two men were putting on an act.

Andy met Grindelwald, who urged him to help reform the Wizarding World and build a nation for wizards. Andy rejected Grindelwald’s appeal, saying he cared only about studying magic for now and would change the world himself if he gained the ability.

• Andy speculated that Dumbledore might support Grindelwald’s reforms if their methods were acceptable, but remained unsure of their true arrangement.
• Grindelwald arrived at Andy’s home, shared wine with him, and discussed his past expulsion for dangerous Dark Arts experiments and attacking a classmate.
• Grindelwald argued that Andy’s magical talent could help break human limits, reform the Wizarding World, and establish a nation for wizards.
• Andy challenged Grindelwald’s claim that wizards needed saving and said he did not consider them his own kind.
• Andy told Grindelwald that his current ideal was to study magic and that he would reshape the world himself if he became powerful enough.

Grindelwald discussed the Wizarding World’s decline and hoped Andy could advance magic, while Andy explained his Yang God and agreed to test his strength against Dumbledore. Grindelwald admired Andy’s Yang God and asked to examine his body, but Andy refused.

• Grindelwald reflected that the Wizarding World needed widely teachable magical breakthroughs to survive, and he believed Andy could provide them.
• Grindelwald asked about Andy’s transformation into a living ghost, and Andy explained that his Yang God fused his soul and mind.
• Andy said he wanted to test his strength, and Grindelwald proposed that Dumbledore honor their existing agreement.
• Andy separated his Yang God from his body and demonstrated that it could cast magic.
• Grindelwald praised the Yang God and asked to examine Andy’s body, but Andy watched him warily and refused.

Grindelwald advised Andy that Magical Transformation might let him fuse natural magic with his mind, while Andy weighed its risks against Voldemort’s Resurrection Ritual and the Philosopher’s Stone. The chapter ended with Grindelwald offering to help Andy experiment with Voldemort’s ritual.

• Grindelwald suggested Magical Transformation as a way for Andy to complete the fusion of body and mind, and argued that its danger lay only in the moment of transformation.
• Andy questioned whether Magical Transformation and his Artificial Obscurus still posed hidden risks, and Grindelwald said Andy’s Obscurus fusion was perfect and lacked that danger.
• Andy said he would verify Grindelwald’s claims and considered whether Magical Transformation could unite Essence, Energy, and Spirit.
• Andy asked Grindelwald about Voldemort’s Resurrection Ritual and the Philosopher’s Stone because he wanted greater survivability and an immortal body and soul.
• Grindelwald offered to help Andy experiment with Voldemort’s Resurrection Ritual, since the Philosopher’s Stone had been destroyed.

Andy discussed the Resurrection Ritual and his pursuit of immortality with Grindelwald, who agreed to prepare an experiment before Christmas ended. Andy also arranged to visit the Department of Mysteries on Christmas night and learned that the Killing Curse could still threaten him, leaving him determined to find a way to survive it.

• Andy told Grindelwald he wanted to study the Resurrection Ritual, and Grindelwald agreed to arrange preparations before the end of Andy's Christmas Holiday.
• Andy agreed to visit the Department of Mysteries with Grindelwald on Christmas night, when Ministry security would be weakest.
• Andy asked Grindelwald to test the Imperius Curse on him, but Grindelwald said Andy's fused soul and mind should be protected from it.
• Andy explained that his soul could escape if his body were destroyed and be restored by the Resurrection Ritual, but Grindelwald warned that the Killing Curse could not be avoided while his soul remained in his body.
• Andy realized the Killing Curse could undo all his plans for immortality and resolved to solve the problem.