Chapter Summaries

Jon took Lenna to the abandoned park he planned to turn into a laboratory and revealed that the project was meant to support a major future transformation. Lenna agreed to oversee construction on one condition: she wanted to see the world of magic.

• After the meeting, Jon approved Anthony and Laura's request to visit Britain, while Secretary Jin promised to handle acquiring the land.
• Jon told Lenna that the company would remain focused on finance and that the laboratory project served a larger purpose he could not yet explain.
• Jon Apparated with Lenna to the abandoned park, where she revealed that her experience in war zones had prepared her to accept magic and supernatural abilities.
• Jon explained the park's location and his plans for the land, then asked Lenna to manage the project.
• Lenna agreed to oversee construction if Jon would show her the world of magic.

Jon agreed to show Lenna the magical world and introduced her to Joanne, while Lenna began overseeing plans for a laboratory and office building. After learning more about Jon's magical reputation, Secretary Jin accepted that Jon trusted him with the secret, and he said Anthony would return the next morning.

• Jon agreed to find Lenna a teacher and show her the magical world.
• Jon took Lenna to Privet Drive, where she and Joanne got along and talked through the afternoon.
• Secretary Jin submitted the lawyers' report to Jon, who approved the proposal.
• Lenna told Secretary Jin that the pressure he felt around Jon came from Jon's standing in the magical world.
• Secretary Jin said he could handle learning about magic and understood that the secret was for Jon's true confidants.
• Secretary Jin told Lenna that Anthony's flight had taken off and that he was expected at the company the next morning.

Secretary Jin struggled with feeling less trusted than Anthony and Lenna, but Lenna helped him understand the reasons behind Jon’s past decisions. Jon overheard their conversation and reflected on his trust in Secretary Jin and the possibility of giving his subordinates magic after his plans were complete.

• Secretary Jin admitted to Lenna that he had long resented being trusted less than Anthony and her.
• Lenna explained that Secretary Jin had not been suited to know the company’s secrets earlier and revealed that Anthony had once been cursed by wizards hostile to Jon.
• Secretary Jin inferred that Jon had allowed Lenna to learn about Anthony’s curse, then decided to put his past grievances aside.
• Secretary Jin asked Lenna to collect the arriving visitors, and she agreed to get the flight information from his desk.
• Jon listened from his office and considered how Secretary Jin had earned his trust, while deciding that he could give trusted subordinates magic only after his plans were complete.

Jon considered the Hufflepuff Magic Research Association’s influence and worried about Dumbledore’s planned death and Grindelwald’s long absence. In the Dark Forest, Grindelwald and Lockhart waited for the right moment to finish collecting materials, and Reel expected the matter to end soon.

• Jon reflected on the Association’s reach among Hufflepuff graduates and the influence Dumbledore and Grindelwald could wield.
• Jon suspected Grindelwald was helping Dumbledore prepare to die two years later, and decided to investigate after school began.
• Grindelwald and Lockhart stayed in the Dark Forest while Grindelwald collected materials for Dumbledore.
• Lockhart asked Reel when their work would be over, and Reel said it would probably be soon and cause no major problems.

Lockhart and Reel discussed Grindelwald and Dumbledore’s unresolved relationship, then considered the work ahead as their plans neared completion. As night fell, they sensed power growing in the forest and went to investigate.

• Lockhart asked Reel to put up a soundproof barrier so they could talk privately.
• Lockhart and Reel discussed whether Grindelwald and Dumbledore could let go of the past and build a better future together.
• Reel said Grindelwald’s followers could not make decisions for their master, while Lockhart warned that the Order of the Phoenix had major plans ahead.
• Lockhart and Reel noted that Voldemort’s survival meant they could not relax and that they needed to grow stronger.
• As night fell, Reel sensed power budding in the forest, and he and Lockhart went to investigate.

Lockhart and Reel watched Grindelwald’s mysterious flame in the Dark Forest grow into a human body. Grindelwald welcomed the newly formed Aurelius Dumbledore back, leaving Lockhart astonished.

• Lockhart and Reel noticed a vital flame burning where Grindelwald was.
• Reel asked his father what was happening, but his father said he did not know for certain and told them not to worry.
• Lockhart reflected that Grindelwald had stayed behind to investigate magic connected to Dumbledore’s safety.
• A human body slowly formed within the flame, astonishing Lockhart.
• Grindelwald welcomed Aurelius Dumbledore back as an old companion.

Lockhart learned that the man revived from the flames was Aurelius Dumbledore, whom Grindelwald called Credence, and helped alter his memories. After completing the work, Lockhart asked Grindelwald who Nagini was.

• Lockhart was startled by the name Aurelius Dumbledore and considered reporting the man to Dumbledore.
• Grindelwald called Lockhart to his side and explained that he had once manipulated Credence into opposing Dumbledore.
• Grindelwald gave Lockhart a memory and asked him to replace Credence’s false memories, claiming he had dealt with witnesses and left an anchor in the new memory.
• Lockhart used magic to remove a section of Credence’s memories, then stitched in Grindelwald’s memory while Grindelwald burned the discarded piece.
• After finishing the alteration, Lockhart asked Grindelwald who Nagini was.

Lockhart and Grindelwald left the Dark Forest after arranging for a dark wizard to watch over the still-unconscious Credence. They reached Hogwarts at sunrise, while Lenna welcomed Anthony and Laura at the airport.

• Grindelwald refused to explain what had happened to Nagini and told Lockhart to ask Jon later.
• Credence did not wake after his memories were altered, so Grindelwald ordered a dark wizard to watch him and keep him from learning about Nagini.
• Grindelwald decided to return to Hogwarts promptly to inform Dumbledore, and Lockhart and Reel prepared to leave the Dark Forest with him.
• Grindelwald brought Lockhart and Reel through space to the wooden house near the Whomping Willow as the sun rose.
• Reel went his own way, while Lockhart and Grindelwald entered Hogwarts to find Dumbledore.
• Lenna met Anthony and Laura at the international airport and said the boss had sent her to pick them up.

Grindelwald and Dumbledore discussed Jon’s plans and Dumbledore’s decision to entrust him with the work ahead. Jon continued developing the fragile Magic Net and prepared to meet Anthony and Laura.

• Grindelwald returned to Hogwarts and found Dumbledore awake after Arthur Weasley had consulted him about Jon’s scheme.
• Dumbledore told Grindelwald that he supported Jon’s decisions and had entrusted the remaining work to him.
• Jon considered the Magic Net’s limited coverage and planned to strengthen its central consciousness before expanding it.
• Jon learned that Lenna had brought Anthony and Laura back, prepared himself, and waited as they entered his office.

Jon recalled Anthony and the others from America to help oversee construction of a secret laboratory and shift their focus to Britain. He reassured them that he trusted them and that their relationship was built on mutual support.

• Jon planned to secure land-use rights for the laboratory and coordinate its construction with MI0.
• Anthony and the others stared at Jon after learning he was a wizard, and Laura explained that their previous encounters in America had been with Squibs rather than real wizards.
• Jon said he could introduce them to real wizards and that they might even become wizards themselves.
• Anthony told Jon that capable people could keep the Americas Company running, and Jon said he trusted them and wanted them to focus on Britain.
• Jon and Anthony reflected on how they had helped each other succeed, and Jon asked Anthony to stay and help him.

Jon returned to Biro Manor after receiving Dumbledore’s delayed letter about Mr. Weasley and Grindelwald’s return. He decided to use the Magic Net to make the manor’s new servants trustworthy and allowed Sarah, a House-elf whose master Voldemort had killed, to stay.

• Jon returned to Biro Manor and learned from Kaledi that several wizard servants had been recruited.
• Jon decided the Magic Net would instill trustworthiness in the new servants without an inspection.
• Kaledi brought Sarah to Jon and explained that her master had died mysteriously, leaving her without a master.
• Sarah told Jon that Voldemort had killed her master’s family, and Jon let her stay at the manor.
• Jon told Sarah to get clean clothes from Kaledi and clean herself up.

Jon connected Sarah and the manor’s wizard servants to the Magic Net and found that Sarah integrated with it unusually easily. He examined the network’s limits and considered how a laboratory might develop affordable devices to help Muggles access magic.

• Jon relied on Sarah’s cooking and observed that her workload had eased since she began serving him alongside Kaledi and the wizard servants.
• Jon and Kaledi connected Sarah to the Magic Net, and Jon found that the House-elf integrated more smoothly than the wizards had.
• Jon inspected the Magic Net and found that its new nodes remained within its tolerance but had not caused it to evolve.
• Jon explained that future users would need to connect their Soul Wave Frequency to the Magic Net, while Muggles would require assistance.
• Jon considered tiered auxiliary devices for the laboratory, noting that the Magic Net could initially supply magic through ordinary people’s bodies until they gradually became true wizards.

Jon returned to Hogwarts to meet Dumbledore and Grindelwald, carrying a portable cabin he intended to give them. He also continued developing the Magic Net, which would let ordinary people borrow stored magical power, and left the castle to meet the two men in Dumbledore’s office.

• Jon refined his plan for the Magic Net to store magical power and channel it into connected wizards, allowing people with low affinity to cast magic.
• Jon planned to move the Magic Net into his completed laboratory and store its consciousness in a modified vessel, with the World Will controlling its final valve if he ever left the world.
• Jon brought Deler's portable training ground cabin back from home, intending it as a gift for Grindelwald and Dumbledore when they traveled together.
• Jon returned to Hogwarts, where Peeves told him that Dumbledore and Grindelwald were waiting in the Headmaster's office.
• Jon walked to the Headmaster's office and knocked rather than using Space Magic to enter directly.

Jon asked Grindelwald to help establish his laboratory while Dumbledore agreed to train Harry Potter. After leaving the Headmaster’s office, Jon encountered Lockhart, who asked him about Nagini.

• Jon asked Grindelwald to help with his laboratory, and Grindelwald agreed to assist.
• Dumbledore warned Jon that Voldemort had resumed killing former followers, but Jon said the Ministry of Magic would deny Voldemort’s return.
• Jon said his maternal grandmother, Carolina, would contact her old friends, and Dumbledore agreed to focus on training Harry Potter.
• Jon gave Grindelwald the Mobile Castle and explained how to use it.
• Lockhart stopped Jon in the corridor and asked whether he had heard the name Nagini.

Jon told Lockhart why Nagini had joined Voldemort and learned what Lockhart and Grindelwald had done in the Dark Forest. Jon continued planning his laboratory and magic-technology work as Harry Potter's judgment day arrived.

• Jon took Lockhart to the rooftop and explained that Nagini had followed Voldemort because Parseltongue could help preserve her consciousness, allowing her to witness Voldemort kill Dumbledore.
• Jon said he had glimpsed Nagini's soul after Grindelwald announced his return above the Dark Forest.
• Lockhart told Jon that he and Grindelwald had gathered materials for Dumbledore's resurrection and waited for Credence to return to life.
• Jon planned construction of his underground laboratory and the initial integration of magic and technology before Dumbledore left.
• Harry Potter's judgment day arrived.

The day before Harry’s trial, Arthur Weasley accepted Jon’s invitation to join an experiment overseen by Grindelwald. Jon revealed that Dumbledore and Grindelwald had reunited, secured Arthur’s promise to keep it secret, and faced Arthur’s question about why they did not simply use their two Legendary Wizards to defeat Voldemort.

• Jon reflected that Dumbledore cared little about the smears against him, while his supporters, including Mrs. Weasley, opposed The Daily Prophet.
• Arthur Weasley visited Jon’s office after work and accepted Jon’s invitation to join the experiment.
• Arthur asked what his role would be, and Jon explained that Grindelwald would lead the project.
• Jon told Arthur that Grindelwald had returned and was now on Dumbledore’s side, then warned him to keep the matter confidential.
• Arthur promised to remain silent and asked why Dumbledore and Grindelwald would not directly eliminate Voldemort and the Death Eaters.

Jon explained to Mr. Weasley that Dumbledore had entrusted him with a plan to change the magical world through a broader, faster approach than educating Hogwarts students alone. He presented a vision of wizards and Muggles living together and argued that magical society could combine magic with Muggle technology, though Mr. Weasley remained unconvinced.

• Mr. Weasley admitted he did not know why Dumbledore had chosen to focus on matters other than Voldemort.
• Jon said Dumbledore believed students could change society, but his gentle approach had influenced too few people too slowly, so he had handed Jon a more feasible plan.
• Jon showed Mr. Weasley an imagined future where wizards and Muggles lived peacefully together and promised it could become reality within ten years.
• Jon projected a miniature Hogwarts and compared the speed of magical illusions with the time Muggle technology would need to reach a similar level.
• Jon argued that wizards and Muggles were fundamentally alike and that people with access to both magic and technology would seek to combine their advantages.

Jon explained his plan to combine magic and technology to Mr. Weasley, while arguing that Voldemort should be allowed to weaken resistance to reform. After Mr. Weasley left, Anthony challenged Jon’s honesty, and Jon admitted he had embellished his pitch to build support before Dumbledore left.

• Jon proposed magical projections and enchanted devices as a way to combine magic with technology, and Mr. Weasley questioned whether wizards would pay for them.
• Jon told Mr. Weasley that Voldemort should remain alive to temper Harry Potter and break down opposition to changes in the magical world.
• Jon assured Mr. Weasley that he had ways to overcome opposition from both magical and Muggle society, then sent him home before Mr. Potter’s trial.
• After Mr. Weasley left, Anthony accused Jon of not being entirely honest, and Jon admitted he had made his plans sound more appealing to gather support.
• Jon asked Anthony how much he had learned about the magical world during his crash course.

Jon asked Anthony to prepare for construction of the laboratory and urged him to bring in the people responsible for the underground facility. Meanwhile, Harry went with Mr. Weasley to the Ministry of Magic for his hearing, arriving in its grand hall.

• Jon told Anthony that the people working on the underground laboratory should come as soon as possible and asked whether the construction plans were finished.
• Anthony said the plans were ready, and Jon told him to prepare to begin construction despite the unusual building order.
• Harry woke before dawn on the day of his hearing and ate breakfast with Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Sirius, and Lupin.
• Mr. Weasley took Harry through central London to a telephone booth that carried them underground to the Ministry of Magic.
• Harry received a visitor badge and entered the Ministry of Magic with Mr. Weasley.

Harry arrived at the Ministry of Magic for his rescheduled hearing over underage magic and the Statute of Secrecy. Jon watched from a concealed seat as Dumbledore appeared as Harry’s defense witness, leaving the hearing poised to begin.

• Mr. Weasley brought Harry through the Ministry’s security check and led him to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
• An old wizard informed Mr. Weasley and Harry that the hearing had been moved to eight o’clock, and they hurried to the courtroom.
• Harry entered the courtroom alone and sat before the Wizengamot while Jon watched from a hidden seat.
• Fudge opened the hearing and named Dumbledore as Harry’s defense witness.
• Dumbledore entered calmly and stood beside Harry, unsettling Fudge as the Wizengamot reacted to his arrival.