Chapter Summaries

Rinne showed Vincent and the others around the Japanese Wizarding World, where strict laws governed magic and its shops. The group paused at a Shingu family dango shop, where Hermione and Daphne joined Rinne behind a privacy screen to discuss something important.

• Rinne explained that Japanese wands were custom-made for children, but warned Vincent that buying one could get him expelled from the magical world.
• Hermione examined the Japanese Wizarding Code and recited its strict rules, while Rinne described exceptions for emergencies threatening the Wizarding World.
• Rolf visited Aina Pet Store and considered buying a supposedly rare Nine-Tailed Fox cub as Kenny mocked the shop and Rolf's purchase.
• Rinne took the group to Shingu Magic Dango, ordered every flavor, and sat with Hermione and Daphne behind a screen that concealed them from everyone outside.

Vida received Viktor’s request for help and wrote to the British Rosier Family, while Vincent prepared to visit the Greengrasses after Saturday’s hearing. He then met Elphias Doge, who explained that the pale purple belladonna in his office was connected to an old friend’s attempt to recreate the Flying Potion.

• Vida read Viktor’s letter and decided the British Rosier Family would likely help because of their shared surname.
• Vincent asked Daphne about her family’s personalities and preferences to prepare for his planned visit after the hearing.
• Daphne told Vincent that her father collected antiques, her mother could be frightening when angry, and her younger sister Astoria had never left home.
• Vincent visited Elphias Doge’s office and examined a pale purple belladonna plant.
• Doge said the plant came from Horace Slughorn, who had once hoped to recreate the Flying Potion.

Vincent defeated Hagrid in a fair duel and used the outcome to settle the Acromantula dispute without harming Aragog and the others. He befriended the centaurs, gave their foals a set of Gwent cards, and watched Magorian interpret the stars before Hagrid’s complaints angered the tribe.

• Vincent scored the final point against Hagrid, winning the duel ten to two.
• Hagrid agreed not to hurt Aragog and the other Acromantulas after Magorian intervened.
• Vincent toured the centaur camp with Bane and Ronan and learned about their way of life.
• Vincent transformed branches into Gwent cards and gave the set to the young foals.
• Magorian demonstrated astrology, and Hagrid’s remarks about the centaurs’ stargazing prompted them to surround him.

Grindelwald recounted how his pursuit of wizarding supremacy led to his alliance with Voldemort and ended in defeat by Dumbledore, then explained that peace remained fragile. Vincent asked to learn combat techniques for his Gunblade, and Grindelwald began identifying what had hindered his nonverbal magic.

• Grindelwald described his plans after Ariana’s funeral, his mistaken assumptions about Credence Barebone, and his later defeat by Dumbledore.
• Grindelwald reflected on the brief peace after his defeat and the rise of Voldemort and the Death Eaters.
• Vincent noticed that his Suanni Patronus had grown, and Grindelwald urged him to sleep after two days without rest.
• Vincent asked Grindelwald to teach him combat techniques for his Gunblade, and Grindelwald noted that his alder wand suited nonverbal spells.
• Grindelwald explained that Vincent’s mastery of Occlumency made him overlook the focus needed to cast nonverbal spells.

Vincent used evidence linking Lockhart to the diary to negotiate compensation and political support from Fudge. He secured approval to start a Gwent company and a possible youth representative nomination, then told Dumbledore he had no interest in political office.

• Vincent presented the damaged diary and named witnesses who could connect it to Lockhart.
• Fudge agreed to compensate Vincent for the Orichalcum Bullets and promised that no one would retaliate over the incident.
• Vincent mentioned his classmates’ role, and Fudge signed a guarantee allowing him to start a Gwent company with Dumbledore’s endorsement.
• Fudge said he would nominate Vincent for the next Wizengamot youth representative selection and suggested he might earn a second Order of Merlin.
• After Fudge left, Vincent asked Dumbledore why he had refused the Minister of Magic position and declined Dumbledore’s suggestion that he pursue higher office.

Draco stayed at Hogwarts after Lucius refused his transfer request. Vincent and the others visited the Basilisk in the Forbidden Forest, where Hagrid revealed he would become the next Care of Magical Creatures professor and helped Vincent remove the creature’s horn.

• Draco laughed alone in his dormitory after Lucius refused to transfer him from Hogwarts.
• Vincent and five other children met Hagrid after midnight and released the Basilisk in a prepared cave in the Forbidden Forest.
• Hagrid said he did not blame the Basilisk for Moaning Myrtle’s death and learned that Riddle was Voldemort.
• The children discovered that Hagrid had named the Basilisk Jormungandr and would become the next Care of Magical Creatures professor.
• Vincent used a Mithril scalpel to remove Jormungandr’s horn, and Hagrid treated the wound.

Vincent confronted three black figures attacking the stadium staff lounge and pursued them while one escaped with Bagman. After surviving their Dark Magic, he suspected the fleeing figure was Peter Pettigrew and continued facing the two remaining attackers.

• Vincent followed traces of Dark Magic into Area F and shattered the barriers guarding the staff lounge.
• Three black figures attacked Vincent while a smaller figure carried Bagman into the lounge.
• Vincent exchanged powerful spells with the two remaining figures as their magic damaged the passageway and threatened people inside the lounge.
• Vincent used a metal bat to disable a summoned silver shield, then endured an Evil Thought Lightning blast and struck its caster.
• Vincent asked whether the escaped figure was Peter Pettigrew, and one attacker's trembling hand strengthened his suspicion.

The five watched Snape’s memories of his falling-out with Lily, his recruitment by the Death Eaters, and his attempt to protect her from Voldemort. They returned to the present shaken, while Hermione decided they should put back only the common herbs and leave the rare supplies taken.

• Snape endured years of bullying from James Potter and his friends, while Lily’s attempts to intervene often made things worse.
• In their fifth year, Snape called Lily “Mudblood” after she defended him from James, and their friendship began to fracture.
• In their seventh year, Snape accepted Lucius’s invitation to join the Death Eaters after Lily told him she was dating James.
• After hearing part of the prophecy, Snape asked Dumbledore to protect Lily and became a spy against Voldemort.
• Snape reached the Potters’ home after Voldemort had killed James and Lily, and his memory ended with him sobbing.
• Back in the present, Hermione said they should return the common herbs, while Cedric and Rolf wondered whether to put back rarer items too.

At Lockhart's hearing, Dumbledore and the officials presented evidence that Lockhart had stolen other wizards' accomplishments with Memory Charms, while Lockhart blamed the Dark Magic on Tom Riddle. Vincent testified that he had found a blank diary with traces of Dark Magic in Lockhart's office, leaving the diary's connection to Tom Riddle unresolved.

• Lockhart denied opening the Chamber of Secrets and claimed he was a victim, but Bones called for a witness to testify against him.
• Dumbledore testified that Lockhart had used Memory Charms on two wizards and stolen credit for their deeds.
• Lockhart admitted using Memory Charms but blamed the other Dark spells on Tom Riddle.
• Fudge presented the torn black diary, and Lockhart claimed it had appeared in his pocket.
• Vincent testified that he had found a blank diary with faint traces of Dark Magic in a drawer in Lockhart's office.

Vincent and Hermione agreed to pursue a bill against animal abuse after learning how badly Little Black had been treated, while Harry took comfort in the dog. Vincent accepted that Dumbledore’s plans would lead them to the Gaunt Family Home, then returned to the Room of Requirement to help decorate the secret base.

• Vincent guessed that Snape had upset Harry, and Ron reassured Harry while Little Black offered to protect him.
• Hermione suggested that Vincent use his Wizengamot position to propose an animal-abuse ban, and they agreed to pursue the bill with help from Newt and Dumbledore.
• Vincent told Harry and Ron how injured and wary Little Black had been, and Ron apologized by offering it grilled chicken wings.
• Vincent, Harry, Ron, and Hermione fed Little Black and Jormungandr before returning to Hogwarts at curfew.
• Vincent went to the Room of Requirement, where his friends were decorating their secret base, and began preparing to get down to business.

Vincent and the others visited the Black Swan Wizard Card House, where Madam Zabini thanked him for caring for Blaise and Old Flint tried to humiliate Vincent’s Muggle father. The confrontation ended with Fudge calling it a misunderstanding, while the danger of the wizards’ prejudice remained.

• Vincent and his companions entered Lucius’s card shop after their Gwent cards sold out, and Fudge joined Lucius and Old Parkinson for a tense conversation.
• Madam Zabini thanked Vincent for looking after Blaise and gave him a set of Wizard Cards, which Vincent promised to repay with a complete set of Gwent cards.
• Old Flint invoked Marcus’s past match with Vincent and asked Fudge to let Vincent’s father serve as a combat consultant for the Flint family.
• Vincent defended his father by revealing his SAS background and warning that he slept with two large guns, while Lestrange challenged Old Flint’s insult.
• Lucius and Fudge dismissed Old Flint’s words as a misunderstanding, and the visitors avoided an open conflict.

After the Sorting Ceremony, Vincent taunted Draco with magically transmitted insults while the Slytherins plotted against him. Dumbledore introduced Gilderoy Lockhart as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, warned students about nighttime activity and missing the Hogwarts Express, and Percy led the first-years to their dormitories.

• Neville said Snape would be disappointed, and James praised Vincent's abilities as the students discussed Harry and Ron's situation.
• Vincent sent insults directly into Draco's ears with Wandless Magic until Marcus silenced the effect; Blaise and Pansy vowed their families would ruin Vincent's business.
• Daphne decided to stay out of the conflict with Vincent for the school year.
• Dumbledore announced Gilderoy Lockhart as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, drawing loud cheers from the girls and a dark reaction from Snape.
• Dumbledore said a professor would patrol the castle at night and warned students not to act on their own if they missed the Hogwarts Express.
• Percy led the first-year students to their dormitories and told them the password was “Bee-eater.”

The group toured Shōdo Island, sampling local food before reaching Angel Road at sunset. As they camped on a small island, Cedric nervously lingered outside Cho’s tent, and Vincent set out to find out what he was planning.

• James and Alfred stopped quarreling long enough to apologize after causing a commotion at a temple.
• The group visited Olive Park, tried olive burgers and ice cream, and took a photo by a windmill.
• Kenny took Jennifer’s hand as the group walked Angel Road, while Hermione shared the legend of its blessing for couples.
• The group set up tents on a small island and let their pets out, and Cho took the three pets into her tent for a snack.
• Vincent noticed Cedric hesitating outside Cho’s tent, then whispered to Hermione and planned to call Daphne over.

Dumbledore told Harry and Ron that Harry might carry an unintended fragment of Voldemort’s soul, explaining his Parseltongue and scar. Vincent warned Hermione that trying to remove it through a near-death state could send Harry’s soul far away, leaving Harry facing the danger without a reliable solution.

• Hagrid took Harry and Ron to Dumbledore’s office, while Seamus and Dean joked that Potter was about to be expelled.
• Percy and Davis discussed the new Gwent edition and how to feed Gu Gu.
• Dumbledore explained that Voldemort had likely split off a soul fragment when he killed Harry’s parents, and that it entered Harry through his scar.
• Dumbledore reassured Harry that he was a living person, not a Horcrux in the true sense.
• Vincent told Hermione that trying to destroy the soul fragment by putting Harry into a near-death state had a low chance of success and could send Harry’s soul far away.

Vincent blackmailed Sam into teaching him a way to escape, then Dumbledore learned that Morfin Gaunt had died and confirmed that a Death Eater had used a weakened Blasting Curse in Japan. Fudge accepted that Death Eaters had returned, though he tried to reassure himself that they were only survivors from Voldemort’s old ranks.

• Vincent restrained Sam and threatened to report him for illegally entering Britain unless Sam helped him learn an escape spell.
• Sam agreed to work off his debt to Vincent, who took his wand until they signed a magical contract.
• Dumbledore went to the Ministry to collect Morfin Gaunt’s bail documents, but Fudge told him Morfin had died two days earlier.
• Dumbledore confirmed that the blast in Japan had been a weakened Blasting Curse and explained that the possessor had been too weak to act immediately.
• After Dumbledore left, Fudge worried that Voldemort had recruited new Death Eaters, then told himself they were probably survivors from thirteen years ago.

Vincent learned from Jormungandr that Harry’s Parseltongue was not innate and that the basilisk could not identify him as its creator, prompting Hermione to urge them to inform Dumbledore. At the Hog’s Head, Dumbledore reunited with veteran Order member Elphias Doge and revealed plans to gather the Order again to investigate an old friend’s immortality curse.

• Vincent questioned Jormungandr, which said Harry’s Parseltongue was not innate and that it could not identify the source of his ability.
• Hermione urged the group to tell Professor Dumbledore about Jormungandr’s information, and Vincent ended the visit.
• Dumbledore told Aberforth that he planned to gather the Order of the Phoenix again after discovering the secret behind an old friend’s immortality.
• Elphias Doge arrived at the Hog’s Head, and Dumbledore welcomed the veteran Order member and discussed the Ministry’s plans to blame Gilderoy and the price Lucius would pay.
• Dumbledore and Doge sampled Ambrose’s freezing prototype candy, which Doge called Ice Mice.

Vincent tried to convince Hermione and Daphne that he had come to Japan on vacation, but they assumed he planned to confront the Abe and Ashiya families. After arriving in Shibuya with Rinne, Kenny, Neville, and James, he visited a small restaurant run by the Shingu Family and met Rinne’s grandfather, Yoji.

• Vincent showed Hermione and Daphne Kenny’s letters and Sam’s letter as proof that he had come to Japan on vacation, but they still suspected he had plans against the Abe and Ashiya families.
• Vincent told Hermione and Daphne that he had twenty Copper-Iron Alloy Sniper Rifles, prompting them to believe he might use them against his enemies.
• Rinne drove Vincent, Neville, and James to Shibuya, where Neville recovered from the ride after drinking Vincent’s Felix Felicis.
• Vincent imagined creating a transforming vehicle powered by alchemy and Magical Circuits that could bypass the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy.
• Rinne brought the group to Kaede, a small restaurant owned by the Shingu Family, where its elderly proprietor Yoji greeted her respectfully.

Vincent encouraged Neville to overcome his fear of Voldemort, Malfoy, and Snape, then began designing diving suits for the group’s underwater expedition. The chapter ended with Hermione and Daphne questioning why Vincent had turned his suit project into a pile of metal fragments and a weapon.

• Vincent reassured Neville that Voldemort was a villain terrified of death and encouraged him to say Voldemort’s name aloud.
• Neville shouted that he was no longer afraid of Voldemort, then also insulted Malfoy and Snape.
• James asked Vincent whether he could modify a camera to resist magical interference, and Vincent explained that doing so could cause trouble with the Muggle Artefacts Office.
• Vincent planned thirteen diving suits, asked Hermione and Daphne to take measurements, and began crafting magical clothing and metal armor.
• Hermione and Daphne confronted Vincent over the scattered metal fragments and the staff he had made for a diving suit.

Hermione and Daphne asked Vincent to teach them advanced magic, and he agreed to help them learn the Patronus Charm. Meanwhile, Madam Zabini investigated the Wayne family and plotted to kidnap a Wayne and steal his goods, while Eric led a team of former special forces through Iraq on a business trip.

• Hermione asked Vincent to teach her Nonverbal spells and Wandless Magic, and he refused but said he could teach her the Patronus Charm.
• Daphne asked to join Hermione's Patronus lessons, and Vincent agreed.
• Madam Zabini questioned the Half-Girl Pub owner about the Night Wraith and the Wayne family, then decided to kidnap a Wayne and take his goods.
• Eric led five armored Off-road Vehicles carrying twenty men through a checkpoint into Iraq using valid transit documents.
• Eric's team camped in the plains, where Hunt and Melvin argued over their terrible cooking.

Takuma and Yuxuan compared what their families knew about the yacht attack and concluded that an unknown force might be trying to drive the Ashiya and Abe Families into conflict. Dumbledore searched the seabed for clues, sent his Patronus to patrol the sea, and planned to visit the Shingu Family.

• Dumbledore asked Takuma for permission to visit the attack site, and Takuma sent Watanabe to guard the office while he spoke privately with Yuxuan.
• Yuxuan admitted that Vincent was hostile toward the Ashiya and Abe Families and explained that the Abe Family had lost to him but was not involved in the attack.
• Takuma revealed that Mie's Magic Town Daily News and Yuxuan's plan to help Aoi Sora grow had both misjudged Vincent, leaving their families under suspicion after the yacht attack.
• Takuma and Yuxuan considered whether the Ashiya, Abe, or Kamo Family could be responsible, but neither could guarantee that everyone in their own family was uninvolved.
• Dumbledore dived to the seabed with Hirakawa and found only faint magical traces; he sent a phoenix Patronus southwest to search for the missing people.
• Dumbledore told Captain Kagura that he expected results from the search and announced that he would visit the Shingu Family.