Chapter Summaries

Sean learned that Dumbledore had turned Hogwarts and the Wizarding World into a tightly controlled regime, while Daisy led a group rescuing young wizards and preserving their freedom. After Daisy explained her mission and her faith in Sean Wallop, Sean gave her a cache of wands and went to question Barty Jr., who awoke to a voice he recognized as Lord Voldemort.

• Sean learned from Niya that Hogwarts had abolished most subjects, imposed compulsory Dark Arts lessons, and strictly controlled students’ wands.
• Daisy awoke and explained that her resistance group rescued young wizards and preserved magical knowledge under Dumbledore’s rule.
• Sean told Daisy he was Tom Riddle, claimed to come from the marshlands, and asked her to share everything she knew.
• Daisy recounted escaping Hogwarts during the Triwizard Cup after her parents sacrificed themselves to protect her and her brother, and said Sean Wallop had delayed Dumbledore’s plan.
• Sean gave Daisy a large supply of untraceable wands, then took the unconscious Barty Jr. to a basement to interrogate him.
• Barty Jr. awoke in pain and recognized the voice addressing him as Lord Voldemort.

Sean impersonated Voldemort to interrogate Barty Jr., who revealed Dumbledore’s apparent plan to achieve godhood by using Hogwarts, Obscurials, and the Deathly Hallows. Barty Jr. proposed that Sean replace Dumbledore during the final coronation, leaving Sean intrigued by the plan.

• Barty Jr. awoke, mistook Sean for Voldemort, and submitted to him, but Sean beat him while testing his loyalty.
• Barty Jr. explained that he had served Dumbledore to keep gathering information and reported that Dumbledore was searching for and cultivating Obscurials.
• Barty Jr. said Hogwarts was absorbing Obscurials and energy while a vast magical presence near the school resisted it, and that Dumbledore had taken dying Obscurials beneath Hogwarts.
• Barty Jr. revealed that Dumbledore was also searching for the Deathly Hallows and suspected he planned to achieve godhood.
• Barty Jr. identified Sean Wallerup as Grindelwald’s student and said Dumbledore had questioned him about Shadow of Sin.
• Barty Jr. proposed that Sean take Dumbledore’s place in the final coronation process, and Sean asked him to explain the plan.

Sean used his false identity as Tom Riddle to gain Daisy’s trust and sent Barty Jr. back with a new Dark Mark, then left to investigate suspicious magic at the Park Villa Inn. There, he recognized a trap and arranged for the wizards waiting to ambush him to spring it on a bewitched waiter instead.

• Sean gave Barty Jr. a new Dark Mark that let him contact Sean when necessary, and Barty Jr. returned to report to his master.
• Sean asked Daisy about her plans, then left the hideout after sensing that the magic he had placed at the Park Villa Inn had been disturbed.
• Daisy studied the spell notes Sean and Hermione had given her, found Sean’s warning about Tom Riddle in the section on Avada Kedavra, and worried about him.
• Sean found the inn under surveillance, checked into a room, and recognized the magical signal upstairs as bait for an ambush.
• Sean used an Imperius-controlled waiter to draw out the black-robed wizards, who revealed themselves and raised a barrier around the inn.

While trapped inside another Timeline’s memories, Sean discovered that its Sean Wallerup had a system, an awakened Son of Magic bloodline, and extraordinarily powerful rewards and talents. He wondered whether those advantages had come at a terrible cost as the chapter ended with the Sean in the present reality remembering to call his own system.

• Sean stayed disguised as a controlled waiter while Herpo’s wizards and dark creatures searched the barrier-bound area for him.
• Sean called for the system and summoned the unstable panel belonging to this Timeline’s Sean Wallerup.
• Sean read that this Sean had awakened the Son of Magic bloodline and considered whether it could let him wield higher-level magic power like Sin’s.
• Sean examined the Timeline’s inventory, including powerful rewards tied to Merlin, Albus Dumbledore, Gellert Grindelwald, and the Potters.
• Sean saw that nearly all of this Sean’s magical talents exceeded 10, while his Potions Talent was 0, and concluded that his greater progress had not prevented this Timeline’s worse fate.
• In the present reality, Sean Wallerup realized he had forgotten about his system and silently called for it.

Sean discovered that he had taken over another version of his own body in a different world, and he forced Lillian to help him investigate the wizarding community. After sending her into Diagon Alley to gather information, he intervened when a grotesque old woman attacked her and ordered Lillian to continue following his instructions.

• Sean examined his system and realized this world's Sean had far fewer rewards and less strength than he had in his original world.
• Sean told Lillian she would help him and promised to teach her magic, then ordered her to hail a taxi to Charing Cross Road.
• Sean had Lillian enter the Leaky Cauldron in disguise, where Tom told her about new Ministry policies and a recruitment notice for Combined Spell Array Setters.
• Sean guided Lillian into Diagon Alley and instructed her to memorize what she saw and report back.
• A grotesque old woman tried to force Lillian to buy a human-faced apple, and Sean ordered Lillian to crush the woman's fallen eyeball before frightening the attacker into fleeing.

Sean gathered information about this world and considered how to survive while deciding whether to return to Hogwarts, where he suspected a dangerous connection to his arrival. After Lillian confronted him over his apparent treatment of innocent people, Sean clarified that they had only been controlled, then drew a prize that appeared across Timelines and revealed a link between the two Seans.

• Sean used the materials Lillian gathered to assess the peaceful wizarding world and considered returning to Hogwarts despite the dangers he suspected there.
• Sean controlled a London family to prepare dinner, and Lillian angrily accused him of killing the waitress and exploiting innocent people.
• Sean had the family explain that they and the waitress had only been controlled, then told Lillian she could join him if she wished.
• Sean returned to his room, used the system's Lottery Draw, and received James Potter's Bloody Leather Boots.
• The other Sean saw the same prize appear in his inventory and realized the system could transcend Timelines, then ordered another Lottery Draw.

Sean discovered that he and his present-world self could affect the same system inventory and began exchanging messages through prize counts. They confirmed that the other Sean was in a Timeline memory, then both spent their remaining points on simultaneous draws, leaving Sean stunned by the other Sean’s far better luck.

• Sean noticed that his present-world self had drawn a prize and confirmed they shared the system by making another draw.
• Sean and his present-world self exchanged messages through changes to their inventory, using prize quantities to identify the Timeline and confirm receipt.
• Sean sent instructions to search for a way to communicate, and his present-world self responded while Gryffindor remained beneath the Black Lake.
• Sean realized prizes drawn in the Timeline memory also appeared in his present-world inventory and decided to use the system’s points.
• Both Sean Wallerups commanded the system to spend all their points on Lottery Draws, and Sean watched gold- and purple-tier prizes appear in the inventory.

Sean examined his own Lottery Draw prizes and the far more numerous rewards drawn by his counterpart on another Timeline, discovering several powerful items and abilities. He ended with a potentially important question about whether Sirius Black’s Gaze could enhance his lethality against gods.

• Sean found three golden prizes in his own draw, including Merlin’s Ashes and the cryptic one-use Embers of Time.
• Sean saw that his counterpart had drawn nine gold prizes, including two Unknown Fragments that brought the collection to six of seven.
• Sean compared the Potter couple’s Bloodied Fingers and Grindelwald’s Skull Book of Death with their earlier versions, noting the rewards reflected his relationships.
• Sean inspected Tom Riddle’s Advanced Set, disabled its fear-of-death ability, and considered keeping its spell-learning benefits enabled.
• Sean read Sirius Black’s Gaze and wondered whether its enhanced lethality against Pure-blood Wizards would also apply to gods.

Sean used Merlin’s Ashes to devastate the forces searching for him inside the Obsession Entity’s barrier. He discovered that Armand Bolton and his team could resist the magical-power-draining dust, and they sent Dementors and Silent Mouths after him.

• Sean considered the dangers of Dumbledore’s Ambition and decided to postpone using it until his soul returned to his present-world body.
• Sean emerged at the Park Villa Inn and realized the search party had likely captured Hermione or another important Golden Dawn member.
• Sean opened Merlin’s Ashes as he appeared in the barrier’s sky, causing the dust to drain the magic from most of the searching forces.
• Sean found Armand Bolton and his team still standing, apparently protected by the Obsession Entity, and Armand ordered the Dementors and Silent Mouths to attack.
• Sean lazily waved his hand and commanded everyone to stop.

Sean captured Armand Bolton and discovered Dumbledore had turned him into a Horcrux to track him. After Armand exploded at the cemetery, Sean’s hidden eyeball infiltrated Hogwarts, where the Portraits feared Dumbledore’s growing control of the castle.

• Sean used the Imperius Curse on Armand Bolton, took his Obsession Entity, and secretly prepared to use him.
• Dumbledore explained to Stephanie that he had made Armand a Horcrux so he could track Sean, then traveled with her to the cemetery.
• Dumbledore found Armand hanging from a restraint, but Armand exploded before he could reveal anything.
• Dumbledore took Armand’s eyeball and returned to Hogwarts, where the Portraits argued over his control of the castle.
• The eyeball moved inside Dumbledore’s office, and Sean considered how to move through Hogwarts undetected.

A Sean from the present world went to Gryffindor’s Trial to retrieve the Sean trapped in the Annihilated Timeline, while time’s correction and a hidden enemy threatened their return. The two Seans met in the Underworld Wheel, where the alternate Sean rejected the enemy’s offer and prepared to merge with his counterpart.

• Hermione and Daisy worried about Sean after Dave returned wounded, but Stephanie arrived with a different Sean, who revealed he came from another timeline.
• The alternate Sean asked the girls to take him to Gryffindor’s Trial, and the Unicorn Queen guided him down to Gryffindor.
• Sean warned Gryffindor that his preserved soul was a key for someone to return from the Annihilated Timeline, and Gryffindor used the Underworld Mirror to pull the original Sean back.
• In the Annihilated Timeline, the hidden enemy tried to persuade Sean to take the original Sean’s place by reminding him of the loved ones he had lost.
• Sean rejected the offer and entered the Underworld Wheel, where the two Seans met and briefly spoke before the alternate Sean’s soul was set to disappear.

Sean returned from the Annihilated Timeline, gained Gryffindor’s authority, and reunited with Hermione, Stephanie, and Daisy. He explained that the other Sean had been manipulated by a corrupted Dumbledore, though many questions about Dumbledore’s plan remained unresolved.

• Sean returned from the Soul World after witnessing the other Sean tear something from his chest, and Gryffindor apologized for the trial and completed the transfer of his authority.
• Sean identified Dumbledore from the Annihilated Timeline as the one behind the events and wondered how he had used Magic Power Cleansing on others.
• Sean gained control of the Forbidden Forest’s free-floating magic power, including the ability to restore magic, empower creatures, and animate plants.
• Hermione, Stephanie, and Daisy rushed to Sean, and Daisy embraced him in relief when she realized he was himself again.
• Sean summoned two Treants to form a treehouse and began telling the three girls what had happened.

Sean returned after his journey through the Annihilated Timeline and learned that Dumbledore had left a hidden message for him in a Deluminator. Troubled by what the message might reveal, Sean decided to wait before opening it, while Stephanie urged him to reclaim her share of Hogwarts’ authority.

• Sean told Hermione, Stephanie, and Daisy about the Annihilated Timeline and Dumbledore’s pursuit of godhood, then reassured Daisy that he was still the Sean she loved.
• Daisy welcomed Sean back with a kiss on his cheek before he returned to Hogwarts and spoke with Professor McGonagall.
• Professor McGonagall showed Sean a hidden drawer in Dumbledore’s office and gave him a Deluminator containing a recording spell from Dumbledore.
• Sean discussed the Deluminator with Stephanie and chose to delay listening to Dumbledore’s message because he feared it might unsettle him.
• Stephanie asked Sean to take back her share of the Room of Requirement’s authority, and Sean affirmed that he believed he would remain himself across different Timelines.

Sean and Stephanie reunited and spent an intense, affectionate time together, during which Stephanie revealed how frightened she had been when a transformed Sean came to find her. She admitted she feared losing Sean but would not ask him to abandon his path, and the chapter ended with Sean comforting her.

• Stephanie repeatedly took the initiative with Sean and used Transfiguration to create a secret weapon that impressed him.
• Sean reassured Stephanie that he would never tire of her and that he did not care about her appearance.
• Stephanie told Sean she had recognized that the Sean who came to find her was not really him and had been too frightened to think clearly.
• Stephanie confessed that she feared Sean might someday leave her forever, though she would not stop him from moving forward.
• Sean held Stephanie close and told her he liked every version of her.

Sean read the final letter left by another Sean Wallerup, learning that Timeline rollbacks might preserve influences such as luck and talent through the system. The letter also explained how its writer Banished Pride to fight Dumbledore and warned that Dumbledore had become a false god, while Sean's investigation remained unfinished.

• Sean and Stephanie admitted their fear of losing each other, exchanged declarations of love, and fell asleep together.
• Sean unfolded the unstable parchment left by the annihilated Sean Wallerup and found that its message had begun to stabilize.
• The letter explained that the system could preserve luck across Timeline annihilations, possibly leaving Sean with accumulated bad luck and affecting his talents.
• The letter said Sean Wallerup had taken Felix Felicis eleven times and suggested its delayed side effects contributed to Sean's misfortune.
• The letter described how its writer Banished Pride after learning the method from their ancestor's portrait, but still failed to defeat Dumbledore.
• The letter warned that Dumbledore had become a false god and might have grasped a god's authority, though he did not know how to achieve true godhood.

Sean considered another Timeline's theories about godhood, completeness, and convergence, then investigated why Lillian Bogg had never received a Hogwarts letter and arranged for her to study at Hogwarts. On November 15, Sean celebrated turning seventeen as Harry complained about his Quidditch injury, only to notice Ginny approaching.

• Sean read a message from another Timeline that speculated godhood required completeness, the converging Timelines needed a condition to be met, and Lillian should be investigated.
• Sean offered Lillian Bogg a place at Hogwarts after learning she had never received an acceptance letter, and she agreed to study magic.
• Hermione and Daisy helped Sean investigate Lillian's unusual absence from the Book of Admittance, and Sean asked to be notified when the next year's student list appeared.
• Sean returned to campus life while Dumbledore reported that Grindelwald was preparing, and Sean focused on obtaining the remaining authority over Hogwarts.
• Sean turned seventeen on November 15 as Harry complained to Sean and Ron about the adults restricting him after a Quidditch accident, then saw Ginny approaching.

On Sean’s birthday, he and Hermione discovered that the Book of Admittance had recorded Lillian Bogg as a new student, suggesting she had recently developed magic. Sean then celebrated his coming-of-age ceremony with friends and family, while Hermione and Daisy each prepared personal gifts for him.

• Ginny and Daisy overheard Harry boasting to Sean, scolded Harry, and told Sean that Hermione was waiting for him.
• Hermione showed Sean Lillian Bogg’s name in the Book of Admittance, and they wondered whether the unstable magical environment had caused Lillian to develop magic recently.
• Sean asked Hermione to watch for more names in the Book of Admittance, then left to collect the birthday gifts his parents had sent.
• Hermione privately fretted over the adult-themed underwear she had worn for Sean’s coming-of-age ceremony and wondered what message it might send.
• Sean celebrated his birthday in a side hall and received gifts from his family, friends, and professors, including a sports car key, a suit, and magical equipment.
• Daisy gave Sean a small package and told him to open it later, while Hermione held a gift of her own.

Sean celebrated his coming-of-age birthday at Hogwarts, where Fred and George turned the party into a showcase for Weasley's Wizard Wheezes and encouraged everyone to drink. Sean joined in and later woke in the Room of Requirement with Daisy beside him, surprised to learn he had gotten drunk after half a bottle.

• Hermione gave Sean her birthday present, and Fred and George arrived with prank products to celebrate him and promote their joke shop.
• Fred and George handed out their products, teased Ron, Harry, Daisy, and Hermione, and explained that the Ministry had ordered their anti-curse gear.
• Fred and George set off fireworks and passed drinks around, while Hermione objected and Stephanie drew her into the crowd.
• Sean joined the drinking and partying, then woke in the Room of Requirement around three in the morning.
• Daisy told Sean that he had drunk only half a bottle and that Fred had thought the alcohol was gin made for Trolls.

Sean woke up hungover in the Room of Requirement and learned that Fred and George’s coming-of-age party had become a castle-wide disaster, while Daisy had safely brought him away. As Daisy comforted him, they shared a tender moment before she urged him to open her gift, and Sean began reading its card.

• Sean asked Daisy what he had done while drunk, and she explained that he had passed out after drinking Magic Firewhisky and accidentally burned off Harry’s fringe.
• Daisy described how the party spiraled into chaos, with fireworks, drunken students breathing fire, romantic mishaps, and Professor McGonagall rounding up younger students.
• Sean learned that Hermione and Stephanie had also drunk several bottles and gone to sleep together in Hermione’s dormitory, while Daisy had brought him to the Room of Requirement.
• Daisy massaged Sean’s head as they laughed about the party and shared an affectionate conversation.
• Daisy shyly asked Sean to look at her gift, and Sean opened the package and began reading the card addressed, “Dear Sean—”

For Sean’s birthday and coming-of-age, Daisy gave him a heartfelt card and a magically enchanted formal outfit, then dressed as a bride and invited him to dance. After they kissed, Daisy asked whether she seemed like a lovely little sister, and Sean embraced her as the two began to undress.

• Sean read Daisy’s birthday card, which thanked him for helping her and said she hoped to become his good fortune.
• Sean used the enchanted suit Daisy had given him, and Daisy appeared in a bridal-style evening gown with a bouquet of daisies.
• Daisy invited Sean to dance, led him through a passionate dance, and kissed him.
• Daisy asked Sean whether she looked like a lovely little sister, and Sean told her she was a beautiful woman.
• Sean lifted Daisy into his arms and began removing his tie as she tried to explain that the outfit could come off by magic.