Chapter Summaries

Lilith defeated Dracula’s Wizard Chess challenge by trapping Professor McGonagall and exposing the black king. Dracula then revealed Professor Snape as Jericho’s opponent for the next stage.

• Dracula attacked Lilith with a Spell, and Moriarty shielded her by summoning a white knight before adding snakes to protect the pieces and Lilith.
• Lilith bound a black bishop with Incarcerous, and she and Professor McGonagall fought until few pieces remained on either side.
• Lilith used the bound bishop to trap Dracula into moving Professor McGonagall in front of the black king, then captured her and cleared the challenge.
• Lilith celebrated her victory and joked about the lack of a queen piece in Wizard Chess.
• Dracula called for Jericho to face the next opponent, and Professor Snape appeared in the hall.

Dracula forced Jericho into a trial against Snape, whom he had bewitched into seeing Jericho as James Potter. Jericho awakened a flying ability, disarmed Snape, and won the trial by taking the Golden Snitch.

• Dracula explained that Snape resented Jericho because he resembled James Potter, whom Snape blamed for bullying him and taking Lily Evans, and began the trial by making Snape mistake Jericho for James.
• Dracula set the challenge: Jericho had to stay on his broomstick and take the Golden Snitch from Snape, who approached with the Snitch in hand.
• Jericho dodged Snape’s attacks on a Nimbus 1700 and tried to break through the illusion by reminding Snape that he was a Slytherin, not James Potter.
• When Dracula forced Snape to fire another Cruciatus Curse, Jericho instinctively used Dimoca and flew with his broomstick.
• Jericho used his Quidditch skills to disarm Snape, seized the Golden Snitch, and declared that he had won the second trial.

Moriarty began the third round of Dracula’s contest against Dumbledore and Diana, seeking the system’s 100,000-point reward. After exchanging powerful attacks with Dumbledore, Moriarty came close to striking him before Diana stopped his blow with an unseen force.

• Dracula announced that Moriarty had to defeat Dumbledore and Diana, and the system offered Moriarty 100,000 points for winning.
• Moriarty attacked Dumbledore with Confringo, but Dumbledore countered with a boulder and a barrage of stones.
• Moriarty used Water Elemental Magic to block the stones and gained two levels in its advancement path.
• Dumbledore’s powerful Expelliarmus broke through Moriarty’s ice shield, and Moriarty charged him with freezing currents and heatwaves.
• Dumbledore summoned a golden lion that dispersed Moriarty’s storm, but Moriarty rushed close and attacked with his staff and Touch of Frozen Wrath.
• Diana extended her arm and stopped Moriarty’s staff and fist just before they struck Dumbledore.

Moriarty battled Diana and Dumbledore, uncovering the power of Elvish and Dragon Languages and realizing Dracula had arranged their fight to conceal a deeper scheme. Though the magic of his opponents weakened his Ice Serpents, Moriarty ended the chapter convinced he understood Dracula’s deception.

• Diana dispelled Moriarty’s elemental magic, but he bound her with Ghost Snakes until she revealed him with moonlight and broke his spells.
• Moriarty and Diana fought at close range, and he used Ice Magic to freeze them together while her moonlight and Nature Magic resisted him.
• Dracula abandoned controlling Diana and took control of Dumbledore, who used Dragon Language to unleash Flash Dragon Roar and scatter Moriarty’s blizzard.
• Moriarty recognized Diana’s words as Elvish Language and Dumbledore’s as Dragon Language, then connected them to Dracula’s other clues and declared that he understood the ancient monster’s scheme.

Moriarty defeated Dumbledore and Diana in the Dracula Game, earning 200,000 points and a mysterious grand prize. He unlocked the Wind Elemental Magic path, updated the system shop, and spent all his points on four Wind spells.

• Moriarty used Weeping in the Snow to weaken Dumbledore and Diana, then destroyed Dracula's blood bat with Flash Dragon Roar and froze them.
• The system awarded Moriarty 200,000 points and a mysterious grand prize for defeating Dumbledore and Diana and leading a team through the Dracula Game.
• Moriarty opened the prize and chose to unlock the Wind Elemental Magic Advancement Path, becoming a Level 0 Magic Apprentice (Wind).
• Moriarty learned that Wind spells cost more because he had not awakened Wind Elemental Magic beforehand, and that awakening it first would reduce their prices.
• Moriarty spent 200,000 points to acquire Chillwind Bone Erosion, Wind Theft, Whirlwind Slash, and Gale Roar.

Moriarty exposed Dracula’s scheme to use the Alchemy Matrix and the two languages to break his seal, but Dracula infected Moriarty through the Matrix and took control of him. Moriarty opened the Avalon Gate, and Lilith and Jericho followed him through to an unfamiliar lawn.

• Moriarty reviewed four Wind Elemental spells and challenged Dracula to explain his remaining tricks.
• Moriarty deduced that Dracula had orchestrated the game to make him learn Dragon Language and Elvish Language, then Dracula recounted how he had manipulated the students and arranged the trials.
• Moriarty accused Dracula of lying about the three keys and concluded that Dracula knew Alchemy and Elvish Language but needed Dragon Language to break his seal.
• Dracula attacked Moriarty through the shared Alchemy Matrix with Virus Magic and took control of him.
• Under Dracula’s control, Moriarty cast the spells that opened the Avalon Gate and walked through it, while Lilith and Jericho followed.

Lilith reunited with Moriarty in Avalon, where they discovered that Merlin was a colossal black dragon guarding Dracula’s head. Dracula broke free from the dragon’s grip and unleashed his Virus Magic, leaving Moriarty, Lilith, and Jericho facing the renewed threat.

• Lilith found Moriarty in Avalon, and he explained that he had pretended to be controlled by Dracula so Dracula would bring them through the spell that opened the way there.
• Moriarty revealed that he had broken Dracula’s control with Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus and sent the Headless Knight fleeing up the snowy mountain.
• Moriarty cast Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus at Dracula, triggering an avalanche that exposed a black dragon beneath the snow.
• Jericho arrived with two deer as the lake and forest stirred, and the black dragon rose from the mountain with Dracula’s head in its jaws.
• Dracula burst from the snow, shouted at Merlin, and unleashed his Virus Magic after declaring that a Hogwarts student had broken the seal.

Moriarty helped the Black Dragon defeat Dracula by stealing some Virus Magic and destroying the corruption in the Sacred Lake. Dracula’s corpse burned away, but the Black Dragon flew off with his head, leaving Moriarty tasked with destroying it himself.

• Moriarty stole a small amount of Dracula’s Virus Magic while Dracula used the corruption to restrain the Black Dragon.
• Moriarty realized the Virus Magic was drawing power from the Sacred Lake and forest, then sent Jericho and Lilith to the forest while he went to the lake.
• Moriarty found the Lake Sword’s Sword Sheath in the swamp and used Gale Roar to destroy the swamp and its Virus Magic.
• Lilith and Jericho cleared the Virus Magic from the forest, weakening Dracula and freeing the Black Dragon.
• The Black Dragon burned Dracula’s corpse to nothing, then flew away carrying Dracula’s head.
• The System rewarded Moriarty for helping kill Dracula’s corpse and discovering the Black Dragon and the Sword Sheath, while noting that destroying Dracula’s head would earn more points.

Moriarty restored his Magic Power and met Merlin, who explained how he had sealed Dracula and why the Sword Sheath mattered. Merlin revealed that the Sword Sheath was tied to a dark Immortality Prophecy and warned Moriarty to protect it, leaving Moriarty aware that he faced a powerful group pursuing the prophecy.

• Moriarty exchanged 10,000 points for a medium Magic Power Restoration Potion, recovered his strength, and approached the black dragon.
• The black dragon transformed into Merlin, who asked Moriarty what era it was and learned he had slept for over thirteen hundred years.
• Merlin explained that he had split Dracula's seal between the vampire's body, hidden in a Hogwarts Mural, and his head, sealed with Dragon Clan magic in Merlin's Brain-Dimensional Space.
• Merlin recalled his plans with Arthur and his imprisonment in Avalon, then recognized the Sword Sheath Moriarty showed him and urged him to keep it close.
• Merlin told Moriarty that the Sword Sheath concerned a terrifying Immortality Prophecy, which a powerful group—including Dracula—sought to exploit.

After Moriarty destroyed Dracula’s head, Diana arrived with the Elves and revealed that she had planned the events in Avalon to bring Merlin and Moriarty there. She declared that she had chosen Moriarty as her mate and intended to imprison him, while an enormous creature began emerging from the Sacred Lake.

• Moriarty and Merlin agreed to destroy Dracula’s head, and Moriarty used combined Water and Wind Elemental Magic to obliterate it, earning 500,000 points and leveling up.
• Merlin told Moriarty that Salazar and the other founders had researched Elemental Magic, then warned him that the Elves were approaching.
• Diana emerged with the Elves and assured Moriarty that Lilith and Jericho were safe, while accusing Merlin of abandoning her teacher, Vivian.
• Moriarty deduced that Diana had knowingly manipulated events involving Dracula and Merlin, and Merlin confirmed that Diana was Vivian’s successor.
• Diana summoned a creature from the Sacred Lake, revealed that she had chosen Moriarty, and said she would imprison him in Avalon.

Diana trapped Moriarty and Merlin in Avalon, where Vivian attacked Merlin while Diana imprisoned Moriarty inside an Oak Tree. With his magic and system blocked, Moriarty tried to persuade Diana that he could transform into a dragon.

• Merlin mocked Diana's interest in Moriarty, while Diana urged Moriarty to join her in the Elf Forest and warned that the Elf Queen could not be challenged.
• Vivian emerged from the Sacred Lake, and Diana revealed that she had willingly let herself become infected with Virus Magic after Merlin escaped from Oak Tree.
• Diana used Elf Clan Imprisonment Magic to take control of Avalon, restore Vivian's awareness, and slow Merlin and Moriarty's movements.
• Vivian seized Merlin and repeatedly smashed him into the ground as the Oak Tree rose and enclosed Moriarty.
• Moriarty found that Diana's magic had sealed the system and prevented everyone but them from thinking, then tried to convince her that he could transform into a dragon.

After defeating Dracula, Moriarty and Diana reunited with Lilith and Jericho and prepared to return to Hogwarts, while Merlin set out to search for Arthur’s revival magic and his original body. Diana stayed behind in Avalon to handle her clan’s affairs, leaving Hogwarts without a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor again.

• Moriarty emerged from the Oak Tree after his battle with Diana, and Merlin told him he would continue searching for magic to revive Arthur and information about his original body.
• Merlin warned Moriarty not to reveal that he had studied at Hogwarts, then transformed into an Ancient Black Dragon and left with Vivian.
• Moriarty returned to the Oak Tree and woke Diana, and they spent the night together before she released Lilith and Jericho the next day.
• Moriarty and Diana explained to Lilith and Jericho that Dracula had been defeated and that the Elves had held them captive, leaving out what had happened in the Oak Tree and Merlin’s connection to Vivian.
• Diana exempted Lilith and Jericho from their final examination but stayed in Avalon to handle clan affairs, while Moriarty sent them back to Hogwarts.

Moriarty, Lilith, and Jericho returned to Hogwarts, where the school welcomed them home and celebrated their achievements. As students resolved the conflicts from the past month, Moriarty concluded that Hogwarts had become a home to them.

• Diana and Moriarty used magic to return Moriarty, Lilith, and Jericho to the Forbidden Forest, and they made their way back to Hogwarts.
• Dumbledore welcomed the trio in the Great Hall, where students celebrated their return and Moriarty praised the school for staying united.
• Keith apologized to Snape, who forgave him, and Snape awarded Jericho thirty points for his flying performance.
• Dumbledore announced that Diana was resigning and that Randy Cullen would take over Defence Against the Dark Arts; he awarded Moriarty one hundred points, while McGonagall awarded Lilith fifty.
• Students involved in the other incidents apologized and agreed to make amends, with Tonks, Gryffindor, and Ravenclaw taking on food service and cleaning duties.
• Moriarty told the students that Hogwarts had become home.

After Moriarty’s return, Hogwarts celebrated with a feast that turned into a scramble when the kitchen ran out of ingredients. Moriarty shared roast rabbit with Tonks, while the witches watched her closely and wondered if winning his affection meant winning his appetite.

• Moriarty, Lilith, and Jericho ate ravenously with the students after the Great Hall’s celebration.
• A House-elf told Dumbledore that the kitchen had run out of ingredients, triggering a rush for the remaining food.
• Moriarty and Lilith both reached for the same plate of Welsh Rabbit, while Jericho and Marcus competed over roast duck.
• Tonks brought Moriarty a platter of roast rabbit, and he praised her before offering her his fork when he was full.
• Lilith and Gemma Farley discussed Hufflepuff’s rabbit supply, while the other young witches watched Tonks and considered how food might win Moriarty’s heart.

After the afternoon classes were canceled, Hogwarts students turned the threat of make-up lessons into a playful competition to improve themselves. Moriarty declined to organize a House activity, while the students and professors were left anticipating what might come next.

• Dumbledore canceled afternoon classes but warned that the students would have to make up the lessons, prompting diligent pupils to head for the Library.
• Tonks rallied the Hufflepuffs to outwork the other Houses, and they carried Cedric off to study while the Weasley twins chose to keep playing.
• Charlie urged the Gryffindors to add Quidditch practice, while Sol asked Moriarty to join his next adventure and Moriarty told him to learn Apparition first.
• Moriarty explained to the Slytherins that the Houses were improving their weaknesses, and Lilith and Gemma decided to study Potion formulas in the Library.
• Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, and Nicolas Flamel watched the students, while Snape ordered Keith to wash his black robes and Keith turned the chore into another joke about outworking everyone.

Dumbledore warned the professors that the turmoil caused by Moriarty’s actions would bring trouble beyond Hogwarts. In France, Lockhart secured the Vampires’ promise not to pursue Moriarty, while the French president struggled to conceal the Eiffel Tower’s magical freezing until Minister Vonweikapei Cape named Moriarty as the culprit.

• Dumbledore listed the consequences of Moriarty’s recent actions and warned that Britain faced mounting trouble.
• Old Jew promised Lockhart that the Vampires would not retaliate against Moriarty if Moriarty later rejected the Werewolves’ overtures.
• Lockhart left Château du Marquis Juif and watched the French president give a cover story for the frozen Eiffel Tower.
• The French president demanded that Vonweikapei Cape fix the tower and complained about having to deceive the public.
• Vonweikapei Cape told the president that the French Ministry had protested to Britain and accused Moriarty Slytherin of freezing the Eiffel Tower.

Millicent Bagnold faced French accusations that the British Ministry and Moriarty Slytherin had used Dark Magic to freeze the Eiffel Tower, while Gilderoy Lockhart’s new book claimed responsibility for the events. Moriarty revealed that Lockhart was carrying out his plan in Paris and sought a spell to strengthen him before his interview.

• Millicent Bagnold learned that France had sued the British Ministry and Moriarty Slytherin, and she ordered an investigation into the disturbances in France.
• Vonweikapei Cape publicly blamed a British wizard’s Dark Magic for the Eiffel Tower’s abnormality, angering Bagnold.
• A Ministry employee told Bagnold that Gilderoy Lockhart had launched Dancing with Vampires at the Eiffel Tower in Paris and was being blamed for the incident.
• Moriarty told Marcus that Lockhart’s growing role was part of his plan to cover for the Hogwarts Pure-Blood Army and raise Lockhart’s standing.
• Moriarty summoned the system and asked for spells that could increase another person’s strength.

Moriarty used a Transfer Scroll to give Lockhart his Touch of Frozen Wrath magic after forming a Mind Contract with him. Lockhart then headed to his Paris book launch, where British and French wizards faced off and he prepared to make his entrance.

• Moriarty’s lottery draw produced unusual personal items, potions, spells, and a Transfer Scroll, so he stopped drawing and learned that Lockhart qualified as his servant.
• Moriarty exchanged 100000 points for Mind Contract, contacted Lockhart, and formed a master-servant contract with him.
• Moriarty used a Transfer Scroll to pass Touch of Frozen Wrath to Lockhart, who tested the magic and gained confidence.
• Lockhart set out for the launch of Dancing with Vampires atop the Eiffel Tower and promised the editor-in-chief he would handle the French Ministry of Magic.
• At York Rose Street, a young Vampire wanted to attack Lockhart, but his attendant relayed the prince’s order forbidding the Kunlan Family from acting.
• British Ministry of Magic officials arrived as French wizards surrounded them, and Lockhart dashed out of the bookstore to make his entrance.

Lockhart used his book launch in Paris to promote his account of killing the Kunlan Vampires and to deflect questions linking him to the British Ministry of Magic and Moriarty Slytherin. He left the event celebrated by fans as a hero while hidden Vampires remained unable to challenge his claims.

• Lockhart offered French and British wizards free copies of his new book and described how he had supposedly avenged Luoting by destroying the Kunlan Family.
• A young Vampire protested that Moriarty Slytherin, not Lockhart, had destroyed the Kunlan Family, but his superior restrained him.
• A reporter from The Paris Times questioned whether Lockhart's story was true and whether his launch was appropriate amid Minister Feng Wei's accusations against Britain and Moriarty.
• Lockhart denied that his trip was political, condemned Vampires, and froze a chair to demonstrate his magic while blaming them for the violence in Paris.
• Lockhart told the reporter he had not dealt with either ministry or Moriarty for months, then headed into the bookstore to sign autographs as fans hailed him as a hero.

Moriarty planned to launch the Wand Set after Lockhart's success made him a celebrated hero, and Nicolas Flamel and Perenelle agreed to help produce and distribute it. The shops opened in Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade, while Moriarty aimed to make wizards dependent on his growing range of alchemical products.

• Lilith read that Lockhart had become popular in France and Britain, received an Order of Merlin, and faced a threat from a Vampire heir.
• Moriarty led the Hogwarts students to the Chamber of Secrets and announced that he had prepared gifts for them: a Wand Set developed with Nicolas Flamel.
• Moriarty and Nicolas Flamel argued over Moriarty's mastery of Merlin's Brain-Dimensional Space before discussing plans to sell the Wand Set.
• Moriarty proposed making one hundred sets for the British Ministry within three days, then publishing the technology and organizing sales through shops and Pure-blood families.
• Nicolas Flamel and Perenelle supported the plan, and Moriarty promised every British wizard would get a Wand Set.
• Moriarty sent a letter to Malfoy Manor, and three days later the Magical Revival Props Shop opened in Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade.