Chapter Summaries

Jon studied the theory behind Salazar’s Bloodline Purification Potion and began brewing it in a rented laboratory using modern chemistry equipment. After successfully extracting the first ingredients, he prepared to begin the brewing stage.

• Jon arranged to work in a laboratory rented by Anthony and focused on developing the Bloodline Purification Potion.
• Jon recalled Helga’s explanation that the potion strengthened a wizard’s bloodline, though excessive purification caused atavism rather than godhood.
• Jon considered how the potion could advance his magical ability and estimated he would need three doses spaced four months apart.
• Jon used laboratory equipment, magic, and his Magic Glasses to extract medicinal essences from the potion’s ingredients.
• Jon completed the extractions and prepared to begin brewing the potion.

Jon struggled to brew Salazar Slytherin’s Bloodline Purification Potion and tried to find why his latest attempts had failed. While studying Salazar’s theory, he noticed something odd about the book, but the chapter ended before he discovered what it was.

• Jon poured out a spoiled potion and counted the few remaining Flame Fruit extracts he could use for further attempts.
• Jon reflected on bloodlines, magical potential, and the Wizarding World’s divide between pure-bloods and Muggle-borns.
• Jon considered Salazar Slytherin’s motives for researching bloodline potions and compared the original formula with Helga’s revision.
• Jon reviewed the failed brewing attempts and found no apparent mistake in his procedure.
• Jon touched the first page of Salazar’s book and sensed that something was not right.

Jon discovered that Salazar's blood was the missing catalyst in the purification potion and tested the revised formula on a white mouse. The potion succeeded but proved dangerously potent, so Jon prepared to brew a batch for himself.

• Jon noticed an old bloodstain in Salazar's manuscript and deduced that Salazar's blood had accidentally entered the original potion.
• Jon added blood to the revised formula and brewed an emerald-green potion that reacted differently from the manuscript's description.
• Jon forced the potion on a white mouse, which became stronger and berserk before rapidly withering into ash.
• Jon concluded that the potion had succeeded and began preparing to brew another batch for himself.

Jon prepared to attempt his first Bloodline Purification in a secured cellar beneath a chemical plant. As he settled into the restraint chair, he considered the powerful bloodlines in his body and realized more than one might be purified.

• Jon rested at Anthony's apartment, where Anthony told him he had found the basement he had requested at the chemical plant.
• Anthony relayed Mr. Smith's message asking Jon to come home before school started and deal with a family matter, leaving Jon worried about an unresolved misunderstanding.
• Jon spent two days preparing, then arrived at the chemical plant before dawn and entered the sealed cellar alone.
• Jon climbed into a restraint chair and prepared for the potion, considering how his bloodlines might react to purification.
• Jon realized that more than one powerful bloodline remained in his body and could be purified.

Jon drank the bloodline-strengthening potion Helga had prepared, endured its painful effects, and emerged from the basement after his body evolved. At dawn, he left with his magic and physical strength renewed.

• Jon reflected on his maternal bloodline and the black, footless swallow that had appeared as his Patronus.
• Jon strapped himself into the chair and let the mechanical arm pour the refrigerated potion into his mouth.
• The potion spread through Jon's body, causing numbness, itching pain, and a period of complete sensory emptiness.
• Jon's perception returned, and streams of magic flowed back through his limbs and bones as his body evolved.
• Jon tore through the weakened restraints, cleaned himself with his wand, and left the basement at dawn.

After spending half a month undergoing his first bloodline evolution, Jon recovered, packed his belongings, and prepared to return home. In Albania, Grindelwald appeared during the Full Moon Pilgrimage and was hailed by the Dark Forest’s creatures and wizards.

• Jon learned that August twenty-first had arrived after he slept for half a month, then dismissed the guards and ate at McDonald's with Anthony.
• Jon told Anthony to book him a ticket home for the next day and confirmed that Anthony had kept his activities at the factory secret.
• Jon returned to his apartment, recovered his strength, noticed he had grown shorter, and packed his cauldron, reagents, notes, and research manuscripts.
• Ilsa emerged from her cabin during the Dark Forest’s Full Moon Pilgrimage and stepped into the air beneath the full moon.
• Grindelwald appeared in the sky, and the Dark Forest’s creatures, wizards, and Ghost Riders paid him their respects.
• Grindelwald allowed the Ghost Riders to pass through the forest, and the wizards celebrated the pilgrimage while chanting, “Praise you, Dark Lord, Grindelwald.”

Snape told Dumbledore that Gellert Grindelwald had appeared in the Dark Forest and reached a power beyond Dumbledore’s, but Dumbledore said Grindelwald would return to Nurmengard because of love. The chapter ended with Snape accepting that love was the reason Dumbledore could be certain.

• Dumbledore reflected on his final battle with Gellert Grindelwald and how Grindelwald had surrendered, leaving Dumbledore with the Elder Wand.
• Snape hurried to Dumbledore to report that Grindelwald had appeared in the Dark Forest.
• Dumbledore revealed that he already knew Grindelwald had left Nurmengard and had reached a realm far beyond his own.
• Snape worried that Grindelwald might not return while they were preparing to face Voldemort.
• Dumbledore assured Snape that Grindelwald would return, explaining that he trusted him because of love.

Dumbledore weighed whether to confront Grindelwald, while Grindelwald stayed in the Dark Forest, reluctant to return to Dumbledore. As the Full Moon Pilgrimage peaked, Grindelwald played Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata beneath the moon.

• Snape left Dumbledore deeply worried about Grindelwald’s return, and Dumbledore decided to warn the Muggles while trusting Grindelwald for now.
• Grindelwald admitted to Ilsa that he was not ready to face Dumbledore again as the dark wizards prepared their celebration.
• Ilsa told Grindelwald that Nagini had left with Voldemort, while Credence’s body remained beneath the Dark Mother Tree awaiting a possible rebirth.
• Grindelwald had a platform and piano arranged beside the Dark Mother Tree, then greeted the moon and began to play.
• Grindelwald’s Moonlight Sonata spread through the forest as the Full Moon Pilgrimage reached its peak.

Nagini sensed Grindelwald’s return through the Full Moon Pilgrimage’s blessing and fled from the power she felt in the moonlight. In the Dark Forest, Grindelwald finished the pilgrimage, reassured Ilsa, and departed through a spatial opening, leaving her to lead the revelry.

• Nagini endured the snake soul’s pain as the full moon appeared and bestowed its blessing on the Dark Forest.
• Nagini recognized the familiar power in the moonlight and fled back inside, yielding control to the snake.
• Grindelwald played the final note of Moonlight Sonata, ending the pilgrimage and destroying the piano.
• Grindelwald told Ilsa that he was returning to Nurmengard and urged her to let the young ones venture forth.
• Grindelwald tore open space and left, and Ilsa raised her staff to begin the revelry.

After returning home, Jon recovered from a strange night of dreams and unexplained marks before receiving an invitation from Dumbledore. The chapter ended with Dumbledore asking Jon to make time for tea after term began.

• Jon returned home after wandering away and reassured his family that he would not run away again.
• Jon woke with an aching body and found two small blood marks on his chest, but dismissed them as nothing serious.
• Jon ate the unusual breakfast Kaledi had prepared according to Madam Molly's meal plan.
• Fawkes delivered a letter from Dumbledore, who invited Jon to have tea after term began.

Jon worried that Dumbledore was paying close attention to him and decided to use Kaledi to gather information while he was away. He reflected on Helga’s influence and resolved to pursue his ambitions discreetly, building influence through practical actions rather than public fame.

• Jon fretted over Dumbledore’s letter, and Kaledi’s attempt to cheer him up earned a sharp rebuke.
• Jon told Kaledi not to sit idle after he left, since he had few other people in the Wizarding World he could rely on.
• Jon reflected on how killing a dark wizard had changed his mindset and how Helga’s tutelage had shaped him.
• Jon concluded that he preferred working behind the scenes, quietly building influence through small favors instead of seeking prestige or attention.

Jon assigned Kaledi an intelligence mission, arranged for Rank to assist Joanne, and prepared for his return to Hogwarts. He left Kane to manage the British company’s affairs while he headed back to school.

• Jon gave Kaledi a briefing and ordered him to deliver a letter to Rank without being seen.
• Jon wrote Joanne about Hogwarts traditions and asked Rank to reveal his wizard identity to her as if by coincidence.
• Jon reviewed his unfinished research and worried about Voldemort exploiting the recovering magical environment and about advancing his own magical abilities.
• Jon approved Anthony’s request for a candidate to manage the company in Britain while Rank assisted Joanne.
• Jon set off for Hogwarts with Kane, who advised him not to spend all his time thinking about romance.

Jon reunited with his friends on the train to Hogwarts, where they ate, talked, and watched Harry Potter arrive without much excitement. After the train reached the station, Jon and Stephen headed toward the castle, with Stephen urging Jon to hurry before the new students arrived.

• Jon joined Bella, Scaly, Stephen, and Fren in their train compartment and joked about traveling to school with Harry Potter.
• Stephen slept for several hours while Bella and Scaly bought snacks at Jon's expense, and Jon later offered Stephen tea and a Pumpkin Pasty.
• Stephen asked Jon whether he had seen Harry Potter as the train approached the station.
• Jon and his friends put on their robes, left the train, and headed toward their respective houses.
• Stephen conjured a light, teased Jon about his complaints, and shoved him forward to hurry him toward the castle.

Jon and Stephen attended Hogwarts’s Sorting Ceremony and discussed recruiting trustworthy students for Helga’s plans as Harry Potter was sorted into Gryffindor. The feast began, and Jon welcomed the start of his second school year.

• Jon gave Stephen two Chocolate Frogs while they waited for the Sorting Ceremony to begin.
• Jon, Stephen, Fren, and Scaly speculated about Harry Potter’s House, and the Sorting Hat placed him in Gryffindor.
• Jon told Stephen to recruit trustworthy students from Hufflepuff and have Eddie approach Ravenclaw students while leaving the other Houses alone.
• Stephen told Jon he had begun learning Chinese but found it difficult.
• Dumbledore gave his opening speech, the feast appeared, and Jon and the others ate as the new school year began.

After returning to Hogwarts, Jon settled back into the dormitory and fell asleep ahead of the new term. Meanwhile, MI0 officials discussed a prison break alert and the appearance of a dark wizard, leaving the Bureau on watch around the Wizarding World.

• Dumbledore warned Hogwarts students to stay out of the Forbidden Forest, avoid magic in the corridors, and keep away from a dangerous Fourth-floor corridor.
• Jon told Stephen he would ask Dumbledore about the corridor, then went to sleep with his dormmates.
• At MI0 headquarters, Corinna learned from the confidential secretary that a prison break order had been issued and that all fifteen Special Zone Heads had been informed.
• Corinna and the secretary discussed reports that Grindelwald remained in Nurmengard while Hogwarts had reported the dark wizard’s appearance.
• The secretary said the Order of the Phoenix had established defenses and that MI0’s Director wanted the Bureau to focus on the perimeter.

Anthony suffered recurring nightmares after listening to hypnotic music, and Laura warned that the disturbance might be a warning from a real wizard. Secretary Jin contacted Jon’s father about the trouble and his transfer back to Britain, and Jon received a letter from him on his second day back at school.

• Anthony woke from a nightmare, and Laura said the hypnotic music might have caused it and that someone could be targeting him to draw out the boss.
• Laura warned Anthony that the nightmares were only temporarily harmless and asked whether wizards might really exist.
• Secretary Jin grew eager to contact Jon after Anthony left, and he called using the contact information Anthony had provided.
• Secretary Jin told Jon’s father about the trouble in the Americas and his transfer back to Britain.
• A pale green owl delivered a letter to Jon at school, and he realized it was a message from Secretary Jin.

Jon received news that dark wizards in the Americas had attacked Anthony, one of his subordinates, but refused to take the bait and travel there. He met with Dumbledore to discuss helping Harry Potter mature and protect him, and began preparing to negotiate his own conditions.

• Jon read a detailed letter describing Anthony's symptoms and realized that dark wizards in the Americas were targeting him by harming his subordinates.
• Jon decided not to leave Hogwarts or travel to the Americas, suspecting the attacks were meant to lure him into a trap.
• Dumbledore invited Jon to his office and activated a magical barrier to keep their conversation private.
• Jon revealed that he knew about Dumbledore's plans for Harry and said he could help Harry adjust gradually to the threat of Voldemort.
• Dumbledore asked Jon to add safeguards to his plan, and Jon agreed to discuss the task after negotiating several matters with him.

Jon negotiated with Dumbledore for help addressing the magical attack on his company manager and explained how he became involved in Joanne’s book about Harry Potter. He then introduced a new idea to Dumbledore, leaving its details for the next discussion.

• Jon asked Dumbledore to write letters to the Dark Wizard Association in the Americas and the American Ministry of Magic about restoring his manager’s mental state.
• Dumbledore agreed to write the letters and advised Jon to find a powerful wizard to protect his manager.
• Jon thought Lockhart might be suitable for the protection job and planned to contact him.
• Jon explained that Joanne and an MI0 investigator were preparing a book about Harry Potter, which he had invested in.
• Jon told Dumbledore he had a new idea and asked whether he wanted to hear it.

Jon proposed using trusted members of his Hufflepuff Club to discreetly observe Harry Potter and provide material for a novel while helping protect him. Dumbledore approved the plan and agreed to help record Harry’s reactions to major events.

• Jon explained that Hufflepuff students’ ordinary appearance made them easy for others to overlook.
• Jon told Dumbledore that his roommate Scaly was an example of a student people might not notice or remember.
• Jon proposed paying trusted Club members to observe Harry in ordinary situations, keep their work secret, and swear oaths if needed.
• Jon asked Dumbledore to help record Harry’s reactions during major events and noted that Rank was helping J.K. Rowling proofread her manuscript.
• Dumbledore accepted Jon’s plan, and Jon said he had no other questions for now.

Dumbledore offered Jon an old wartime agreement that would let him study advanced spells, skip classes, and bypass some school rules in exchange for serving on the battlefield during wartime. Jon questioned whether signing it would make him a tool, but Dumbledore presented the privileges as compensation for Jon’s exceptional strength.

• Dumbledore sent Fawkes a request for help from the American Ministry of Magic and sent the American Dark Wizard Association a letter condemning its persecution of Hogwarts students.
• Dumbledore stopped Jon from leaving and asked whether Jon was interested in hearing about a personal matter.
• Dumbledore showed Jon a wartime agreement left by Armando Dippet and explained that it offered special privileges to students who pledged to fight in wartime.
• Jon worried the agreement would make him a tool and give him unfair special treatment, while Dumbledore argued that the rules served people and that Jon’s strength justified the arrangement.
• Dumbledore explained that Jon could study advanced courses, skip classes, and bypass some school rules under the agreement, and Jon called the compensation excessive.