Chapter Summaries

The Wayne family visited Gringotts to inspect Nicolas Flamel's vault, and Vincent presented the inherited key to Vault Number 7. Bogrod confirmed it was genuine and led them underground, where the chapter left them riding a cart through the vault tunnels.

• After Rita Skeeter left, Eric and Evelyn asked Vincent who had taught him his cutting remarks, and Vincent credited his teacher, Nicolas Flamel.
• On August 19, Eric drank Gamp Wine for a 100 Gold Galleon bet, and Vincent accepted the winnings after Evelyn revived Eric with a sobering potion.
• The Wayne family entered Gringotts and met the goblin Bogrod at a counter.
• Vincent showed Bogrod an Adamantium key marked with the number 7, and Bogrod confirmed it was genuine.
• Bogrod opened the route to Vault Number 7 and took the Wayne family by cart into the underground tunnels.

Hermione finally produced a physical Patronus, a tiny peacock, while spending more than twenty days in the Scottish Highlands with Vincent as they improved the Magical Base Station. Afterward, they used a Time-Turner to attend fourth-year lessons, and Vincent began experimenting with spells that could confuse enemies.

• Vincent encouraged Hermione to focus on her happiest memories, and she summoned a silver peacock Patronus.
• Hermione denied that her Patronus had chosen its form to attract Vincent’s attention, while the peacock proudly displayed its feathers to Vincent’s Suanni Patronus.
• Hermione joined Vincent in optimizing the Magical Base Station, whose coverage reached three kilometers and which could run automatically for a week.
• Vincent and Hermione used a Time-Turner to attend fourth-year Herbology and Charms classes, and Vincent gave Hermione notes from the Herbology lesson.
• Vincent quickly learned Red Sparks and wrote down ways to adapt the spell, while Hermione practiced it in the activity room.
• Vincent secretly played a trick on Fred and George during Transfiguration, and Hermione smiled as she continued taking notes.

Fallen Paradise investigated a Wizard Cards tip-off and Yamamoto Tsukumo’s disappearance, concluding that powerful figures around Vincent Wayne might be behind both cases. In Tokyo’s Magic Town, a group searching for Yamamoto met the vampire Viktor, who appeared to have lured them into danger.

• Cheshire and three other Fallen Paradise members found a Wizard Cards tip-off letter in Rita’s home and recognized its Magical Runes as Vincent Wayne’s.
• Cheshire connected the commissions to Lucretia’s complaints about Wayne and suspected that the Gwent store’s current manager had dealt with Night Wraith and Dream Killer.
• Cheshire concluded that Nicolas Flamel might have tampered with the Wizard Cards and arranged Yamamoto Tsukumo’s disappearance, then sent a warning to Fallen Paradise’s leader.
• Five black-robed British wizards searching for Yamamoto met Viktor at a dango shop in Tokyo’s Magic Town.
• Viktor revealed that he was not a wizard, while the five realized the vampire had deliberately drawn them into a dangerous encounter.

Vincent and the others tried to stop the enchanted car from racing out of control, but it veered into the Forbidden Forest before Dumbledore could intervene. Dumbledore confronted the House-elf behind the car’s actions, but it vanished before he could question it.

• Vincent’s spell failed to slow the car, and Ron discovered that its steering wheel had fallen off.
• Hermione realized that the House-elf who had stopped Harry from reaching the platform might also be controlling the car.
• The car narrowly avoided crashing into Hogwarts and accelerated toward the Forbidden Forest, while Vincent and the others returned to the castle.
• Vincent told Dumbledore that something was stopping Harry from returning to Hogwarts, and Dumbledore sent McGonagall and Snape to calm the students.
• Dumbledore found the House-elf in the Forbidden Forest, but it vanished before he could speak with it.

Vincent and the others searched the Chamber of Secrets for the Basilisk, but found it was absent and realized Voldemort had sealed the entrance and flooded the chamber to trap them. As Snape and McGonagall tried to manage the rising water, Vincent and Hermione proposed escaping with Dobby, but Snape warned that Dobby might be allied with their enemy.

• Vincent asked the Sorting Hat where the Basilisk was hiding, and Hermione and the Hat realized it could be inside Slytherin’s statue.
• Harry opened the statue’s mouth in Parseltongue, but the Basilisk was not inside.
• Harry heard something above, and McGonagall and Flitwick realized someone was blocking the tunnel entrance with stones.
• Water poured into the Chamber of Secrets, and McGonagall shrank the flood while Snape used Fiendfyre to evaporate the droplets.
• Vincent and Hermione suggested that Dobby could Apparate them out, but Snape rejected the idea in case Dobby was working with their enemy.

Vincent defeated Draco in Defense Against the Dark Arts by combining Nonverbal and Wandless spells, while Doge awarded both boys points and summoned them to his office. Later, Pansy confronted Daphne about her deal with Vincent, and Daphne revealed it concerned Astoria’s Blood Curse.

• Vincent blinded the class with the Light-Extinguishing Charm and used Nonverbal and Wandless Stunning Spells to overwhelm Draco’s Shield Charm.
• Vincent hit Draco with twenty-six weak Stunning Spells, sending him crashing beneath the podium before Doge healed him.
• Doge praised both students, awarded ten points to Gryffindor and ten to Slytherin, and asked Vincent and Draco to visit his office before their next class.
• News of Vincent beating Draco spread through the school, and Pansy challenged Daphne about her deal with Vincent.
• Daphne said the deal concerned Astoria and explained that Vincent was Nicolas Flamel’s apprentice and knew advanced magic.

Vincent supplied pistols to the group from Fallen Paradise, then dealt with Sam after Bradley caught him hiding in London. With no store manager available, Vincent planned to leave the Diagon Alley shop unmanned and continued developing his alchemical mechanical arm at Burnham Beeches.

• Vincent left nine pistols with the group, and Ben Hong explained why their alchemical designs would be difficult to analyze and copy.
• Vincent returned home and learned that Sam had left, while Eric said Sam had probably fled after seeing Mr. Graves's photograph.
• Bradley found Sam in London, beat him, and forced him to confess that he had spent his wages before bringing him to the Wayne residence.
• Vincent laughed at Sam's bruises, and Bradley said he had already punished him before dragging him away.
• Vincent posted a notice that the Diagon Alley Wizard Cards shop would operate without a manager, then went to Burnham Beeches and resumed his research.
• Vincent tested alloys and completed calibration of his first mechanical arm with a five-degree-of-freedom joint while Sirius Black remained at large.

Vincent and his friends brought food for Nick’s Deathday Party to the abandoned third-floor girls’ bathroom and met Moaning Myrtle. Myrtle mistook Cedric’s visit for a personal invitation, and Cedric agreed to ask her for a favor, leaving him under pressure to convince her to let them store the food there.

• Hermione suggested moving the food to the third-floor girls’ bathroom because students avoided the ghost who haunted it.
• Vincent floated the covered dishes to the bathroom, where Myrtle screamed at the group and splashed water at them.
• Myrtle introduced herself and teased the boys, then recognized Hermione and embarrassed her by claiming Hermione had cried there.
• Vincent blamed Cedric for bringing everyone to the bathroom, and Myrtle asked Cedric if he had come to see her.
• Cedric agreed to ask Myrtle for a favor after his friends urged him to arrange a safe place for the food.

Vincent and his companions arrived at Takane Village, where they decided to climb Mount Fuji and ski down from its summit. Yuxuan let Aoi Sora handle their visit as he considered the Wizard Cards project, leaving the Abe heir to decide how to approach Vincent.

• Rinne brought the group to Takane Village, where the locals warmly greeted Vincent because of his prominence and his ability to speak directly with the Minister of Magic.
• The group settled into the village inn, and Vincent proposed skiing from Mount Fuji's summit; Rinne agreed, and thirteen people set off toward the mountain.
• Yuxuan reviewed a file about the Wizard Cards project after the group passed the Abe Family without visiting.
• Aoi Sora asked whether the group might cause trouble before leaving, and Yuxuan told him to handle the matter as he saw fit while avoiding both fear and recklessness.

Vincent and Hermione stole the Yule Ball’s attention with an intimate tango, then left the dance floor hand in hand as the celebration continued. Meanwhile, Ron refused to dance with Luna because he disliked her unusual outfit.

• Vincent and Hermione danced to “Por Una Cabeza,” drawing applause from Dumbledore, the Weird Sisters, and the students.
• The Champions and their partners watched Vincent and Hermione leave the dance floor together, while Draco and Pansy reacted with humiliation.
• Vincent joined Pheobe and Daphne, and Fred and George invited Angelina and Elodie onto the dance floor.
• Students approached Vincent, Hermione, Pheobe, and Daphne to ask them to dance, but Pheobe and Daphne turned the invitations down.
• Harry urged Ron to dance with Luna, but Ron refused because he could not accept her strange formal outfit.

Dumbledore assembled a new Hogwarts Board of Governors, adding powerful allies and arranging for Vincent Wayne to be appointed acting board member with seven seats. Beoman tried to oppose the changes, but the existing board members began signing the appointment letter, leaving the board’s restructuring poised to proceed.

• Dumbledore confronted Beoman and the other board members, saying he had acted to protect the school from a planned attack on the board.
• Jormungandr arrived and was introduced as a new board member, followed by Lestrange and Clement, Aberforth, Arthur, and Amos Diggory.
• Gu Gu delivered Vincent Wayne’s appointment letter, and Beoman realized Vincent would serve as an acting board member occupying seven seats.
• Beoman accused Dumbledore of seeking control of Hogwarts, but Arthur dismissed his objections as futile after the former members had transferred their seats.
• Britt recalled how Lucius had used underhanded tactics to force Dumbledore’s removal from the school, and a white-haired board member signed the appointment letter.

Vincent collected a mountain of Valentine’s Day gifts, including a handmade Friendship Chocolate from Hermione, who was embarrassed about giving it to him. After the two exchanged gifts in the Great Hall, they left the remaining presents unopened as they prepared for class.

• Vincent watched Tonks inspect the mail again and laughed before joining Alfred, James, and Neville in packing away the gifts and envelopes.
• Hermione waited outside the boys’ dormitory with a cube of gifts for Vincent, then panicked when she accidentally handed him her own cube containing a handmade Suanni chocolate and a heartfelt letter.
• Vincent read Hermione’s letter and smiled, then went to breakfast as Hermione nervously watched him receive gifts from several girls.
• After the other girls left, Vincent sat beside Hermione and returned her cube, explaining that it held her Valentine’s Day gift while he accepted the cube she had been asked to pass along.
• Harry and Ron watched Vincent and Hermione exchange gifts and wondered at how oblivious the pair seemed to everyone around them.

Dumbledore and Gregorovitch discussed the Elder Wand’s history and agreed that Dumbledore should keep it, since Gregorovitch had never been its true master. Outside the classroom, Vincent led the students away from Snape and wondered how the Ministry of Magic had mishandled the recording equipment.

• Dumbledore’s Calming Charm ended the argument among Gregorovitch, Ollivander, and Merovingian, and Gregorovitch recognized the Elder Wand as the wand he had once lost to Grindelwald.
• Dumbledore offered the Elder Wand to Gregorovitch, but Gregorovitch refused it and said Dumbledore was its true master and the best person to protect it.
• Dumbledore accepted the Elder Wand after Gregorovitch said he had let go of his attachment to it.
• Vincent’s accusation that Snape had an ulterior motive for choosing Harry to test an antidote forced Snape to let Vincent and the students leave.
• Colin praised Vincent, Draco complained, and Vincent wondered how Bagman and Barty Crouch had failed to use the video-recording equipment.

Vincent watched Dumbledore’s memory of his first visit to Tom Riddle at the orphanage and questioned the power wizards held over Muggles. The memory ended with Dumbledore predicting that the Muggle Protection Act would advance more quickly, while warning that the law could worsen relations between wizards and Muggles.

• Dumbledore offered to show Vincent his first meeting with Tom Riddle, and Vincent joked about Dumbledore’s fashionable crimson suit.
• Dumbledore explained that Tom had been an orphan and blamed himself for failing to guide him, but Vincent reassured him that he was not responsible for everything.
• Dumbledore introduced himself to Mrs. Cole at the orphanage and explained that Hogwarts had registered Tom for admission from birth.
• Dumbledore used magic to convince Mrs. Cole that everything was in order, and she offered him gin.
• Vincent asked about the Muggle Protection Act, and Dumbledore said resistance to it would ease but warned that the law could worsen relations between the two groups.

At the End-of-Term Feast, fireworks and a Bubble Bean prank nearly provoked a fight before Dumbledore stopped the chaos. Later, Vincent presented the Gwent tournament trophies to Luna, Percy, and Roger Davies, then started a party in the Owl Court activity room.

• Fred and George set off fireworks at the feast, and Trelawney drunkenly told Snape that his misfortunes had ended.
• Bubble Beans drenched Draco, who threw one back toward the Gryffindor table before Vincent struck another back at him with a conjured bat.
• Dumbledore shrank the expanding Bubble Beans and announced the train’s Sunday departure and the start of the summer holiday.
• Vincent presented Luna with the champion’s trophy, Percy with the runner-up trophy, and Roger Davies with the third-place trophy.
• Vincent turned the Owl Court room’s lamps and ceiling fixtures into instruments and started the music.

Cedric, Hermione, Fred, George, and Rolf broke into Snape's office to search it, taking potions and uncovering Snape's stored memories and a Pensieve. They prepared to view the memories, with Hermione pressured to show them how to use it.

• Cedric opened Vincent's Mithril Briefcase, and the group discussed Vincent's plans to challenge wizarding privilege.
• The five entered Snape's office, where Hermione collected potions and the twins searched the room.
• Cedric used the Gunblade - SuperHighPowerPlus to break open a magically protected cabinet while Fred and George blocked its defenses with shields.
• The group found Snape's memory bottles and a Pensieve, and Hermione prepared to help them view the memories.

Vincent’s decision to delay Gwent’s release prompted Clement Rosier to consider how further bad news could cause Wizard Card prices to collapse. At Hogwarts, Vincent joked with Hermione and invited his friends to join his family’s Christmas vacation, leaving Neville hesitant but reassured.

• Gargoyle's Howl reported that Gwent’s French release had been postponed, while Lucius expected Wizard Cards to keep outcompeting it.
• Clement read Devin’s letter and realized Vincent’s delays might undermine Wizard Card prices; he planned another delay and considered how to get sales banned.
• Vincent read Devin’s letter, and Hermione picked it up and read it too; Vincent joked that his friendship with her gave him special privileges.
• Vincent told James, Alfred, and Neville that a friend had arranged a private plane for a Christmas vacation and invited them along.
• Neville hesitated, so Vincent reassured him that none of them would bring adults and that the holiday would belong to their group.

Vincent continued practicing Apparition with Sam, then returned to Hogwarts and resumed producing alloy for Wizard Cards. A letter from Devin showed that the French card market was growing rapidly, though Vincent still faced supply constraints.

• Vincent survived a failed Apparition attempt that severed his arm, ate food with Sam, and completed another practice session without Splinching.
• Vincent teased Sam about choosing a path that earned contempt, and Sam agreed to put more effort into their next illegal Apparition lesson.
• Vincent returned to Hogwarts after Cormac McLaggen and Katie Bell advanced in the third-years’ matches.
• Vincent refined about forty kilograms of copper-and-iron alloy, while considering how to meet demand for four markets.
• Vincent received Devin’s letter asking about the release date and reporting that French Wizard Cards were nearing two-thirds of Britain’s value.

Takuma investigated the attack on the yacht while Vincent and the twelve missing children hid beneath the sea, hoping the wreckage would provoke a major response. Meanwhile, Dumbledore uncovered how Voldemort had found his Gaunt ancestry and planned to secure Morfin Gaunt’s release before searching for the family ring.

• Takuma considered the Abe Family, the Kamo Family, and Ashiya Mie as possible suspects and ordered a search for the thirteen missing children.
• Vincent told Rolf that he had deliberately used modified Dark Magic to make the yacht appear attacked.
• Vincent hoped the incident would attract Dumbledore and reach the International Confederation of Wizards, deterring anyone who might target him.
• Dumbledore learned from Morfin Gaunt’s recovered memories that Voldemort had discovered his Gaunt ancestry and that the Gaunt family ring had likely become a Horcrux.
• Dumbledore decided to arrange Morfin’s release from Azkaban before searching for the ring.

Fudge delivered a televised speech attacking Dumbledore and disputing Voldemort’s return, using altered testimony and fabricated accusations to turn public opinion against him. He ended by declaring that Dumbledore was unfit to remain Hogwarts’ headmaster.

• The British Wizarding World grew increasingly divided, and wand duels surged as the Ministry struggled to contain the conflict.
• After Sirius Black and Lucius clashed again, Fudge arranged a public speech at the Ministry of Magic’s Golden Hall.
• Fudge praised Dumbledore as his former teacher and friend before denouncing him as a hypocritical tyrant and power-hungry manipulator.
• Fudge displayed Harry Potter’s altered testimony and claimed Dumbledore had made Harry lie about Voldemort’s return.
• Fudge accused Dumbledore of threatening Vincent Wayne over his academic performance, leaving the Wayne family and Harry stunned while Fred and George laughed.
• Fudge faked tears and declared that Dumbledore was unfit to remain Hogwarts’ headmaster.