Chapter Summaries

Luan crossed a dangerous Magic Swamp using levitated stones, then fought off a Hinkypunk and two Durmstrang students who had come to intercept him. He escaped the ambush, while the judges announced his victory and spectators became fascinated by his Auxiliary Spellcasting Rings.

• Luan used three levitated stones to cross the Magic Swamp without alerting the creatures beneath its surface.
• Luan hid from a Hinkypunk carrying a lantern and learned that two Durmstrang students had brought it to trap him.
• Hermione learned from Harry that Luan was in danger, identified the creature as a Hinkypunk, and hoped Luan could handle it.
• Luan used an enhanced Mirror Guard to reflect two Stupefies, bound the Hinkypunk, and knocked one Durmstrang wizard into a puddle.
• Luan drove Fergus Crum away with a Thunderclap Explosion, and the judges praised his victory as contestants and spectators reacted to the fight and his rings.

Luan overcame a magical fog and Cornish Pixies, then avoided the Finkley family's poisonous plant trap and helped an injured contestant. He won the competition, while the Finkley family watched in dismay.

• Luan used his monocle, Wind Summoning Technique, and Freezing Charms to expose and defeat the Cornish Pixies in the magical fog.
• After hearing Mandrakes cry, Luan found three uprooted plants and a small snake warned him about nearby Venomous Tentacula.
• Luan burned the Venomous Tentacula, replanted the Mandrakes, and followed the snake's directions toward the forest exit.
• Luan recognized that the injured Durmstrang contestant had been poisoned by Venomous Bloom and told the judges that Mandrake sap could help.
• Luan crossed the finish line as the sole remaining contestant and was announced as the competition's champion.
• Harry and Ron congratulated Luan as the crowd celebrated, while the Finkley family looked pale and defeated.

After Luan won the Excellent Spellcasting Competition, his products gained widespread attention while Hogwarts staff reconsidered his abilities and the Goblins discussed whether to adopt his magical aids. The chapter ended with the Goblin elder insisting that accepting them was a matter of fairness, despite Gornuk’s concerns about arousing wizard suspicion.

• Professor Flitwick and the judges confronted the Finkley family over the dangerous competition, while Luan credited his professor, friends, and magical alchemy items in an interview.
• The Finkley family offered Luan a senior lecturer position, but he rejected it and left after condemning their false hope for Squibs.
• Luan returned to Diagon Alley, where the Crimson Moon Magic Shop sold out of its Auxiliary Spellcasting Rings and Magical Monocles and began taking reservations.
• Professor Sprout praised Luan’s handling of magical plants, while Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore discussed his skills and Hogwarts’ search for a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.
• Gringotts Goblins monitored the shop and reported that customers had not returned their purchases, then met with Professor Flitwick to consider the magical aids.
• Gornuk warned that accepting the products could arouse wizard suspicion, but the Goblin elder insisted they were seeking fairness.

Professor Flitwick persuaded Gringotts to buy some of Luan's magical items, but the Goblin leaders rejected his suggestion to invest in Luan. Three days later, Rita Skeeter accused Luan's rings of being a Dark Magic weapon, and Luan faced growing rumors as Fergus Crum and Fleur Delacour offered their support.

• Elder Ragnok agreed to equip Gringotts Goblins with Auxiliary Spellcasting Rings and provide monocles to some staff, but he declined Flitwick's proposal to invest in Luan.
• Flitwick warned Ragnok that Crimson Moon Magic Shop's orders were booked a month ahead, prompting Ragnok to send someone to Leap Magic Shop to place an order.
• Luan's shop earned over ten thousand Galleons in three days, but Rita Skeeter replaced The Daily Prophet's promotional article with an exposé claiming the rings were a Northern European Dark Wizard Alliance weapon.
• Harry showed Luan the article and complained that its accusations were false, while Luan worried about how to counter the rumors.
• Fergus Crum and Fleur Delacour visited Luan and offered to publicly defend him; Luan declined their help, and both ordered items from his shop.
• An owl delivered Luan another invitation as he was about to return upstairs.

Luan visited Malfoy Manor, where Lucius explained that the Finkley family had used Rita Skeeter to turn attention away from its Muggle-born Magic Training Class scandal. Lucius gave Luan books on Floo Network magic, and Luan began studying the network while wondering whether its Primal Magic Wood resembled the Spirit Tree on Star Ember Island.

• Luan arrived at Malfoy Manor and was welcomed by Draco, Lucius, Narcissa, and Snape.
• Lucius told Luan that the Finkley family had met with Rita Skeeter and showed him evidence that they had used the Daily Prophet coverage to distract from their own scandal.
• Lucius agreed to help stop the newspaper smears and gave Luan more than thirty magical books, including books about the Floo Network.
• Dobby used Apparition to take Luan and the books back to the shop, where Luan served him tea and Harry greeted him.
• Luan studied the Floo Network's construction and operation, then wondered whether Primal Magic Wood resembled the Spirit Tree on Star Ember Island.

Luan researched the Floo Network, briefly communicated with Voldemort through Tom Marvolo Riddle’s notebook, and gathered materials to begin building a network on Star Ember Island. He delivered a complex Space Magic rune to the Star Radiance Great Shaman and visited the Spirit Tree, whose behavior suggested both intelligence and a potentially mind-enhancing drink.

• Luan found Tom Marvolo Riddle’s notebook and exchanged Floo Network questions with Voldemort, but shut the notebook in a locked box when Voldemort proposed trading knowledge.
• The Daily Prophet replaced Rita Skeeter’s articles with reports criticizing the Finkley family and praising Magic Rings after Lucius intervened.
• Luan researched the Floo Network’s requirements, bought materials, copied the Permanent Spatial Anchoring Rune, and returned to Star Ember Island with Bouncing.
• Luan gave the Star Radiance Great Shaman the rune and asked him to carve it onto a Rune Stone Slab, prompting him to return to the Tribal Settlement to study it.
• Luan visited the Spirit Tree, which lifted him into its canopy and offered him a sweet drink that seemed to energize his mind.

Luan confirmed that the revived Spirit Tree could teleport through its roots and gave him a living root to prepare for a Floo Network node. After learning the Federation Navy was blocking ships bound for Star Ember Island and reading Neil’s warnings not to return to the mainland, Luan flew to Cavill Fortress to confront Vice Admiral Dylan Tafto.

• Luan learned that the Spirit Tree could sense its transplanted saplings and teleport objects between places within its roots, then received a living root for his Floo Network research.
• Luan began soaking the root in Bay Dragon Blood Solution while Zalan reported that the Federation Navy had set up checkpoints around Aurem Island to intercept ships bound for Star Ember Island.
• Luan read three letters from Uncle Neil warning him to stay in the Vena Islands and suspected that Neil was hiding trouble on the mainland.
• Luan left for Cavill Fortress with Bouncing and Norbert to see what Vice Admiral Dylan Tafto was doing.
• Cavill Fortress’s soldiers prepared to fire on Norbert, but an officer stopped them and told them to surrender if the fire dragon attacked.

Luan discovered that the Federation had ordered Vice Admiral Dylan to curb Star Ember Island’s growth, so he staged an attack on the navy and forced it to withdraw. After learning about the Federation’s Spellcasters, Luan ordered Star Ember Island to halt all shipments and cancel its military supply agreements.

• Luan found that the naval base had moved from Cavill Fortress to Kadima City, where Vice Admiral Dylan revealed the Federation’s order to obstruct Star Ember Island.
• Luan agreed to stage an attack so Dylan could withdraw the navy, then had Norbert burn five ships and drive the Federation forces back to their base.
• Luan returned to Star Ember Island and asked Zalan for intelligence on the Federation’s Spellcasters and military strength.
• Luan told the senior wizards to stop sending potions and military supplies to the Gracia Federation and to withhold all existing orders.

Luan left Star Ember Island for the Federation to investigate the trouble surrounding his uncle Neil and protect his relatives, while the island’s wizards stayed behind to defend the archipelago. After sailing aboard the disguised Crimson Moon, he secretly flew toward Jinglan City and found that Xilin had changed considerably.

• Luan rejected the Great Shamans’ proposals to wait or attack the Federation and insisted on traveling to the continent to investigate Neil’s situation and find his relatives.
• Luan told the wizards to guard the islands and resolve the Federation’s interference with children traveling to enroll in Star Ember Island’s schools.
• Gould prepared the Crimson Moon, and Luan disguised himself before leaving Rihui Port with him and the ship’s cargo.
• After eight days at sea, Luan decided to leave the ship that night and gave Gould instructions to conceal his identity.
• Luan rode a flying broom from the Crimson Moon to the coastline and observed that Xilin had changed.

Luan returned to Xilin and found the town devastated by war, hunger, and poverty. After searching the looted Veteran Alley, he spotted a familiar figure with a blurry Wizard Bar above their head.

• Luan entered Xilin and saw its deserted streets, starving residents, and ruined market.
• At the grain store, Luan heard the clerk charge exorbitant prices and pressure hungry townspeople to enlist, while a Spellcaster required people to buy black rice before testing their Magical Talent.
• Begging children crowded Luan and eyed Bouncing hungrily, so Luan tossed silver coins away from them and used his Invisibility Cloak to slip off with Bouncing.
• Luan left the grain store, continued west, and found Veteran Alley looted and nearly empty.
• Luan saw a familiar figure at the end of Veteran Alley with a blurry Wizard Bar floating above their head.

Luan found Eddie Merrick and his sister Bessie hiding in Old Merrick's cattle shed after their parents were killed by bandits, and offered to take them to the Vina Archipelago. Eddie chose to remain in the Federation to seek a future as a Spellcaster, and the chapter ended with the Spellcaster admitting him to the Federal Spellcaster Academy and agreeing to take both children to Jinglan City.

• Luan found Eddie and Bessie hiding in the cattle shed, disarmed Eddie, and gave the children biscuits until they trusted him.
• Eddie told Luan that refugees had resorted to eating children and revealed that bandits had killed his parents on the way to Liuyun City.
• Luan offered to take Eddie and Bessie to the Vina Archipelago, but Eddie and Bessie argued over whether they should leave or stay to avenge their parents.
• Eddie spent ten silver coins to have a Spellcaster test his Magical Talent, and the Spellcaster discovered that Eddie had talent.
• The Spellcaster admitted Eddie to the Federal Spellcaster Academy and agreed to take Bessie and Luan along to Jinglan City.

Luan accompanied Eddie and Bessie toward Jinglan City, where Night Owl Guards ambushed the carriages to kill young wizards bound for the capital. After Luan killed one attacker, Pierre drove the remaining attackers away by bluffing that the powerful Dark Wizard Chelsea was in the carriage.

• Luan reassured Bessie that Pierre would protect Eddie as they traveled toward Jinglan City.
• In Mistveil Forest, Luan sensed danger, and Pierre and his guardian were attacked by a Court Mage and Night Owl Guards.
• Luan recognized that the Night Owls were targeting the young wizards and protected the children with Mirror Guard.
• When a Night Owl lifted the carriage curtain, Luan used Sectumsempra to kill him and controlled Eddie's dagger to make the attack appear to come from the child.
• Pierre called on the supposed Chelsea the Deceiver for help, and the Court Mage ordered a retreat after believing the Dark Wizard might be present.
• After the attackers fled, Pierre collapsed and sent his guardian to investigate how the Night Owl had been killed.

Luan reached Jinglan City with Eddie and his sister after helping Pierre’s group survive an ambush, then secretly left Pierre’s manor to search for Neil. He found Uncle Maeck in the Third Legion’s camp, where Maeck said the veterans were safe but facing a troubling situation.

• Luan refused Pierre’s offer to hire him as a guard, and the group hurried to Jinglan City with the Night Owl’s corpse.
• Pierre brought Luan, Eddie, and the others to his manor, showed off its magical defenses, and invited Luan to attend the Spellcaster Academy with Eddie.
• After Pierre got drunk and went to bed, Luan used his Invisibility Cloak and Finite Incantatem to slip through the manor’s barrier and leave.
• Luan searched the Third Legion’s camp for Neil but found no sign of him, then encountered Uncle Maeck in the stables.
• Uncle Maeck told Luan that he and the other veterans had been transferred from the front to supply duty and then reassigned to Jinglan City, where their situation had become troublesome.

Luan secretly met Neil and Old Meik in the Third Legion’s guarded camp, where he learned the honorary-adviser post was a pretense and the veterans were effectively under house arrest. After discussing the army’s anti-Spellcaster faction and Jay’s isolation at the Military Academy, Luan left after midnight to handle business in the other world.

• Old Meik led Luan through the guarded camp to Neil’s tent, and Luan cast Muffliato so they could speak privately.
• Neil and Old Meik explained that a thousand veterans were guarding twenty-eight advisers, who had no weapons and could not leave the camp.
• Neil said the soldiers and their major were hostile toward Spellcasters, and Luan suspected that social conflict within the army might be exploited to free the veterans.
• Luan recounted his past year to Neil and learned that Jay had been left at the Military Academy, where he seemed to be isolated.
• Luan promised to find a way to free them, then returned to the other world with Bouncing after midnight.

Luan consulted Voldemort’s notebook for a way to rescue twenty-eight veterans and found inspiration in using the Confundus Charm and Fiendfyre to create an opening. The next morning, Harry told Luan that Dobby had warned him someone wanted to hurt him, before Luan sent Harry to make breakfast.

• Luan unlocked Voldemort’s notebook and asked how to extract a group from a heavily guarded encirclement.
• Voldemort suggested Apparition, Portkeys, Floo Powder, the Confundus Charm, and Fiendfyre, and Luan decided to use an accident to help free the veterans.
• Luan reassured Bouncing that Fawkes could destroy Voldemort if he escaped, and Bouncing offered Fawkes’s fiery tail feather to guard the notebook.
• Harry visited Luan after Dobby had spent the night in his room and warned him that someone wanted to hurt him but refused to identify them.
• Luan dismissed Harry’s concern, then insisted he make breakfast as payment for his room and passed Bouncing’s request for extra fried sausages along to him.

Luan spent the morning at Crimson Moon Magic Shop with Harry, Lupin, and their friends before discussing the Ministry of Magic’s proposed Muggle Protection Act with Ron. The law’s real purpose was to preserve the boundary between wizards and Muggles, leaving Luan to consider the seemingly irreconcilable conflict between them.

• Hagrid visited the shop to buy seeds for Hogwarts’s expanded vegetable garden, and Luan sold him five bags of seeds for five silver coins.
• Mrs. Weasley warmly greeted Luan and revealed she had discovered the secret behind Ron’s wand, while the Weasley and Granger families prepared to shop for schoolbooks and Lockhart’s books.
• Hermione praised Gilderoy Lockhart’s books, and Ron complained that most of the school’s new book list consisted of Lockhart’s works.
• Luan asked Ron about the Muggle Protection Act, which Arthur Weasley had helped draft, and Ron explained that it would expose the Malfoys’ dangerous Dark Magic objects.
• Luan concluded that the Act mainly protected the wizarding world from discovery and reflected the continuing conflict between Muggles and wizards.

Luan accompanied the Weasleys and Harry to Flourish and Blotts, where Gilderoy Lockhart promoted his books and proposed that Luan hire him as an endorser. After shopping, Luan encountered Lucius Malfoy and answered his questions about the books Lucius had lent him, leaving nearby students curious about Luan’s visit to Malfoy Manor.

• Luan saw Lockhart draw a crowd at Flourish and Blotts and was pulled into photographs with Harry before Lockhart announced he would teach Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts.
• Lockhart gave Luan and Harry his books and privately proposed an endorsement deal, but Luan said he needed time to consider it.
• Harry gave his books to Ginny, and Luan passed his set to Ron before buying replacements.
• Luan spoke with Percy, who claimed that although Luan had beaten him in magic, he would never beat him mentally; Ron explained Percy had been studying ways to gain status.
• Lucius Malfoy and Arthur Weasley argued over the Muggle Protection Act, and Lucius later asked Luan about the books he had lent him.
• Luan told Lucius that he had especially enjoyed the detailed sections on Space Magic, then faced students asking how he had visited Malfoy Manor.

Luan visited the Weasley family, then received a major order for Auxiliary Spellcasting Rings from Wagadu School of Magic in Africa. After Lupin delivered the first batch for testing, the school placed an order for three thousand rings, opening the prospect of a continent-wide market.

• Percy and the Weasley twins warned Luan about visiting Malfoy Manor, and Mrs. Weasley urged him to be careful after someone had put a Dark Magic item in his possession.
• Luan stayed at The Burrow for two days, then returned to Crimson Moon Magic Shop while Harry remained with the Weasleys.
• Luan received a letter saying Wagadu's vice principal wanted one hundred Auxiliary Spellcasting Rings for a school trial, and Lupin agreed to deliver them to Africa.
• After Wagadu tested the rings, Lupin returned with an order for three thousand so every wizard at the school could be equipped.
• Luan celebrated the deal and gave Lupin a one-hundred-Galleon bonus.

Luan returned to Hogwarts and practiced Space Magic on the train, showing Hermione, Seamus, and Neville a spell that teleported objects. Neville discovered that Luan’s demonstration had sent a Bertie Bott’s bean into his mouth, where it tasted like boogers.

• Luan entrusted Lupin with the shop and company responsibilities before Gaia drove him to King's Cross Station.
• Luan boarded the Hogwarts Express and practiced Space Magic from books he had borrowed from the Malfoy family.
• Hermione joined Luan in his compartment, and Seamus and Neville arrived to share stories about their summer vacations.
• Luan used the Space Teleportation Spell to move Hermione's hair clip directly into her hand.
• Luan tried to teleport a Bertie Bott's bean into Seamus's cup, but Neville revealed that it had landed in his mouth and tasted like boogers.

Luan returned to Hogwarts with Neville and the others, where they learned Harry and Ron had gone missing after taking a flying car to school. During the Sorting Feast, the new Gryffindors welcomed Ginny and Colin Creevey, who became a fan of Luan and Bouncing; the chapter left Harry and Ron’s arrival seemingly safe but still unexplained.

• Luan reassured Neville about avoiding the Thestral that had tormented him before, then learned from Snape that Harry and Ron had been spotted flying a car through London.
• Luan told Neville that Snape cared about Harry’s safety, and the students gathered in the Great Hall for the Sorting Ceremony.
• Ginny joined Gryffindor and happily learned that Ron had likely come to school in a flying car, while the twins regretted not thinking of the idea themselves.
• Colin Creevey took photos with the Gryffindors and asked Luan for an autograph after recognizing him from the Spellcasting Competition.
• Colin asked Bouncing for an autograph too, and Bouncing proudly stamped its paw prints in his notebook while Luan drew its portrait.