Chapter Summaries

Erton and Chrisia witnessed how the Black Death had devastated villages and transformed the people living through it. Chrisia left with a grim understanding of the villagers’ suffering, while Erton insisted that their food and medicine were all they could responsibly offer.

• Luke used Thousand-Mile Sight to observe disorder and fighting inside the village.
• Erton and Chrisia saw starving villagers fight over food and learned that people were throwing corpses into the river.
• Chrisia described how fear, conflict, and farming had faded as the epidemic persisted, while Erton explained that people showed different sides under different circumstances.
• Chrisia worried that declining harvests could leave even the Claudito Family without enough food, and Erton said their aid was already a great favor.
• After visiting several devastated villages, Chrisia continued toward the next one in low spirits.

Miluk and Chrisia faced the worsening Black Death and the collapse of the Claudito Family, while Elton Gaunt saw their desperation as an opportunity to gain their support. Miluk resolved to keep his family alive and help Chrisia develop her Talent Magic, as Elton considered how to turn ideas and strength into influence.

• Miluk and Chrisia discussed the Black Death’s worsening spread, the family’s dwindling resources, and whether Elton Gaunt’s arrival could become their opportunity.
• Miluk warned Chrisia that Talent Magic was essential for the Claudito Family to become a true great noble, and she agreed to work on developing hers.
• Chrisia tried to use her ability to comfort Miluk, but he pushed her away and insisted that she save it for something more important.
• Miluk resolved to finish brewing Potions and go with Elton to exchange them for food and medicinal ingredients.
• Elton listened to the music box and concluded that ideas needed recognition and strength needed to inspire fear, while privately welcoming the Christo Family’s desperation as an unexpected gain.

Luke joined Milton on a broom flight to exchange a potion for food and ingredients before continuing to Hogwarts, and he learned more about Milton’s past and the hardships of the era. The pair reached a city, where Claudia explained that Milton had once been praised as a Potion Genius.

• Milton invited Luke to eat and asked whether he would accompany him to exchange the finished potion for supplies.
• Luke agreed to travel with Milton toward Hogwarts and discussed the responsibilities and privileges of Nobles.
• Milton explained that his family had three brooms, and Luke chose to ride the broom that had belonged to Milton.
• Luke and Milton flew through a bleak landscape, with Luke remarking that Hogwarts seemed like heaven compared with the past.
• They arrived at a city, where Claudia said Master Chrissie had praised Milton as a Potion Genius.

Erdun and Miluk visited the powerful Amber Family to buy grain and medicinal ingredients, but Magic Gems and an unexpected resemblance to old memories drew Erdun into the family’s banquet. The chapter left Erdun facing the scrutiny of the guests and a striking girl he noticed there.

• Erdun and Miluk flew over a plague-stricken city and saw poor people waiting outside a church for soup.
• At the Amber Family castle, Vifor explained that the family had stopped freely trading grain and medicinal ingredients for money.
• Miluk showed Vifor a high-quality Magic Gem, prompting Vifor to invite him and Erdun to meet Lord Amber.
• Lord Amber recognized something unsettling in Erdun’s appearance, then invited both visitors to join his banquet before discussing their purchase.
• At the banquet, Erdun noticed a distinctive girl who met his gaze.

At a wizarding banquet, Helen met Milton Grindelwald and Ashley Dumbledore while the older guests speculated about a mysterious Gaunt. The chapter ended with the group drawing attention as Milton accepted Ashley’s invitation to dance.

• Luke asked Milton who the beautiful girl was, and Milton suspected he had designs on her.
• The older guests discussed an unknown man whose appearance and manners suggested he belonged to the Gaunt Family.
• Milton told the gathered guests how Old Amber had mocked a Gaunt on a gravestone, provoking laughter at Old Amber’s expense.
• Helen met Ashley Dumbledore, who praised Milton and invited her to sit with them.
• Ashley asked Milton to dance, and Milton accepted with formal courtesy.

At a banquet in the past, Helen met Luke Dumbledore and Ashley Hogwarts, who tried to learn about his mysterious origins and plans. Helen told them he was headed to Durmstrang to gather food and medicine, then danced with Luke as he kept his background secret.

• Helen reflected on the Dumbledore Family's bloodline Contract with a Phoenix and its unusual legacy.
• Ashley Hogwarts questioned Helen about his origins and why he had come to the Amber Family banquet, but he refused to explain where he came from.
• Helen told Ashley he planned to go to Durmstrang and was preparing supplies so he could travel more safely.
• Old Amber encouraged the young guests to take over the dance floor, and Helen invited Luke Dumbledore to dance.
• Helen and Luke went onto the dance floor while Ashley continued to wonder about Helen's identity.

Luke and Helen danced together while exchanging guarded prophecies and trying to understand each other’s origins and intentions. Helen left the conversation interested but wary, while Luke asked her to introduce him to people from the Amber Family.

• Luke and Helen used a silencing sphere to speak privately as they danced at the ball.
• Helen and Luke exchanged cryptic prophecies about change, blood, fire, calamity, and a new order.
• Luke revealed that he had seen Helen as the knight riding the red horse and as Gaia, and Helen recognized that he was likely a seer.
• Helen asked whether Luke’s arrival had been an accident, and Luke said it had been.
• Luke asked Helen what she was going to Hogwarts for and requested an introduction to people from the Amber Family.
• Helen considered the danger of killing Luke but chose not to act, and the two ended the conversation without resolving their suspicions.

At the ball, Helen and Milton drew attention with their lively dance and conversation while Jess completed his exchange for food and medicinal ingredients. As the banquet ended, Helen prepared to leave, and Old Amber asked Milton to stay for a major deal.

• Helen and Milton danced and talked enthusiastically, leaving Ashley, Jess, and other guests surprised by their closeness.
• Old Amber warned Helen not to imitate the Christo Family boy’s naïve tactics, and Helen defended Jess’s actions as fitting for a noble.
• Helen arranged to buy food and medicinal ingredients with Magic Gems, while Jess learned that Vifor had completed his transaction.
• Helen thanked Old Amber for the banquet and said she intended to leave; Milton wished her a smooth journey.
• Old Amber stopped Milton and said he needed to borrow him to discuss a major deal.

Luke visited the Amber Family’s magically expanded warehouse and received food and Black Death potions, while Old Amber gave him far more supplies than he had expected. Luke then shared potion ingredients, food, gemstones, and a better potion formula with Milton, hoping the Christo Family would survive the epidemic.

• Old Amber led Luke to the warehouse and offered him food and medicinal herbs without charge.
• Luke inspected the stores and accepted fifty chests of potions, along with one hundred bags of food and fifty bags of medicinal herbs.
• Luke gave Milton potion ingredients, food, gemstones, and a better potion formula, asking him to accept them for the Christo Family.
• Old Amber agreed to keep an eye on Milton after Luke spoke of preserving the young wizard’s talent.
• Luke thanked Old Amber and left with Milton, uncertain whether his efforts would affect the future.

Luke traveled through plague-stricken villages, where he encountered a starving father and daughter and gave them food and medicine. After seeing the devastation and driving off a pack of dogs, he reached the vicinity of Hogwarts and planned a route into the Forbidden Forest to search for the golden tree.

• Luke found a father and daughter sheltering on a rooftop from a pack of dogs and left them food and medicine.
• The father tested Luke's potion, then gave some to his daughter, who regained strength.
• Luke continued through deserted villages, found scattered bones, and buried them before leaving the dead behind.
• Luke reached the outskirts of Hogwarts and studied a map to plan a less conspicuous route into the Forbidden Forest.
• Luke heard barking near a village and burned the lead dog with a fireball, then drove the pack back with further attacks.

Luke reached Hogsmeade during the Black Death and saw how the epidemic had left the village desolate and ordinary Wizards wary. After passing an infection test and being cleansed with potion, he was allowed to proceed, while the chapter left him confronting the harsh, unregulated state of the Wizarding World.

• Luke climbed the mountain toward Hogsmeade and sensed the magical barriers surrounding the village and Hogwarts.
• Luke reflected on the Black Death, the changes in Wizarding society, and the uncertain support of those who watched his rise.
• A white-robed Wizard Apparated in front of Luke, pointed his wand at him, and demanded to know who he was.
• Luke extended his hand for an infection test, and the spell's light turned green to show that he was uninfected.
• A dark-blue-robed Wizard apologized for the interrogation, and a worker sprayed Luke with cleansing potion.

Luke stayed at the Three Broomsticks in old Hogsmeade, then went into the Forbidden Forest at night to investigate a tree connected to his journey through time and space. A hidden wizard ambushed him, leaving Luke exposed and facing an unknown opponent.

• Luke entered the Three Broomsticks, traded grain for a room, and spoke with the middle-aged innkeeper about Hogsmeade's dwindling visitors and past intruders.
• Luke secured his room with spells and Evil Birds, then slept until night before changing into his Crow Doctor outfit and Apparating outside the village.
• Luke followed his planned route into the Forbidden Forest to examine the tree he remembered, hoping to learn more about his time displacement before attempting to infiltrate Hogwarts.
• A wizard attacked Luke with a spell in the forest, and Luke countered with a fireball before the two spells collided.
• The wand-bearing old man demanded to know who Luke was and what he was doing in the Forbidden Forest, while Luke realized the wizard had approached without being detected.

McGonagall confronted Barros Gaunt, a powerful stranger who had entered Hogwarts searching for an additional person indicated by his family’s Bloodline Compass. After a fierce magical duel, McGonagall outmaneuvered him and held him at wand-point, demanding to know who he was.

• McGonagall challenged the suspicious old man and attacked with ghostly blue fire, forcing him to defend himself.
• Barros Gaunt summoned coordinated earthen knights and used water barriers, underground movement, and other spells to pressure McGonagall.
• McGonagall countered with Sectumsempra, Fire Snakes, lightning, and defensive spells while trying to outlast Gaunt’s magic.
• Gaunt admitted he was not from Hogwarts and identified himself as Barros Gaunt, a little-known member of the Gaunt Family who had followed a Bloodline Compass to find an extra person.
• McGonagall Apparated behind Gaunt, pressed his wand to the old man’s head, and demanded to know more about him.

The Compass reached the Tree of Time and obtained information from its snake-shaped mark, while avoiding a direct fight with Dumbledore Gaunt and the approaching headmaster. He left the forest with a way to return to his original era, as Dumbledore Gaunt and Li Fengfeng Gaunt were left behind.

• The Compass and Dumbledore Gaunt realized they were family and stopped their confrontation, and Dumbledore Gaunt handed over the Bloodline Compass.
• The Compass warned Li Fengfeng Gaunt not to follow, then left before the approaching headmaster could catch up.
• The Compass entered the Tree of Time's influence, found a sleeping Joe, and pressed the moving snake-shaped mark on the tree.
• The mark repelled the Compass but sent information flooding into his mind, and he realized the Ouroboros could return him to his original era.
• The Compass concealed himself and fled the forest, while Dumbledore Gaunt and Li Fengfeng Gaunt departed separately.

Luke left the Tree of Time and entered Hogwarts, where he planned to use the Chamber of Secrets to learn more about the era of the Black Death. He reached the washroom without being detected and was left to continue into the Chamber.

• Luke sensed Joe sleeping near the Tree of Time and realized he could knock down its fruit with a branch, but he chose not to provoke the unknown headmaster.
• Luke estimated he had four or five days before the snake-shaped mark activated again and headed for Hogwarts to investigate the past.
• Luke slipped into Hogwarts unnoticed, passed the Owl Tower, and made his way toward the washroom.
• Luke entered the castle using a broom, a Disillusionment Charm, and the Invisibility Cloak, avoiding the headmaster and other obstacles.
• Luke reached the washroom and prepared to enter the Chamber of Secrets, where he hoped to learn more about the world in this era.

Luke entered the Chamber of Secrets to meet Hogwarts’ original body, who explained his experiments with immortality and the Tree of Time. Hogwarts revealed that a vision of Luke’s arrival had led him to wait, and gave Luke a branch that could counter the tree’s magic.

• Luke fled into the Chamber of Secrets to avoid the headmaster and encountered Hogwarts’ original body, an ancient man who felt like a blood relative.
• Hogwarts explained that he had pursued immortality, experimented on Eastern Magical Creatures, and had created a method that might lead to another Eternal Life Method.
• Hogwarts said the Tree of Time had shown him a fragment of the future involving Luke, whom the tree regarded with hostility.
• Luke asked how Hogwarts had touched the Tree of Time safely, and Hogwarts showed him a branch whose powdered wood could partially block the tree’s magic.

Luke learned that a rare tree had supplied the wood for Slytherin’s Alchemical fortress, and hurried to find the few trees that remained. Before leaving, Gryffindor advised him to protect his health, learn from the founders’ inheritances without being limited by their achievements, and take care of himself as the hope of the Gaunt family.

• Luke examined the vibrant branch in Slytherin’s hand and asked where it came from and whether any trees, saplings, or seeds remained.
• Gryffindor explained that the founders had found Slytherin’s Fortress, the Forbidden Forest, and White Lake already in the valley, and said a few trees remained near a newly built wooden Wizard Fortress.
• Gryffindor told Luke to value his health, gather the founders’ inheritances without treating their achievements as his ceiling, and take care of himself as the Gaunt family’s hope.
• Luke asked Gryffindor to accompany him, but Gryffindor refused, gave him his advice, and departed.
• Luke teleported out of the hidden space and set out to find the remaining trees.

Taylor traveled through the Black Death-stricken countryside to the place Slytherin had described and retrieved three magical trees for the Gaunt Family. After discussing time and loss with Slytherin, he continued onward, leaving the trees in his System Space.

• Taylor left the hidden space and set out to collect the trees Slytherin had told him about.
• Taylor traveled for a day and two nights, sharing some food and medicine with people suffering from the Black Death along the way.
• Taylor reached the clearing, examined the three trees, and dug them up with their roots and soil intact.
• Taylor stored the three trees in his System Space, using three slots.
• Taylor and Slytherin spoke about time, growth, and grief before Taylor left to continue his journey.

Luke stole three trees from the Gaunt Family’s hidden woods, then traveled to Milton’s castle to return his borrowed broom before continuing his journey. Milton kept the broom safe in the family treasury, waiting for Luke to return.

• Luke left the woods after taking the three trees, while Locke Gaunt discovered the theft and used Trace Manifestation to investigate.
• Locke Gaunt suspected that the thief was his unknown younger brother and returned home to consult his father.
• Luke reached Milton’s castle several days later and said he had exceeded his goals at Hogwarts.
• Luke returned Milton’s broom, but Milton asked him to leave it as a memento of their friendship.
• Luke told Milton to keep the broom safe until he came back, then left the castle without saying goodbye.
• Milton placed the broom in the family treasury and wondered when Luke would return for it.

A company executive and the Lans family both suspected that something had happened to Luke Gaunt because Gemma Farley had been making decisions without him and Old Lans’s allies were behaving unusually. Old Lans told Little Lans to wait and investigate rather than move against Gemma, convinced that Luke had planned for any danger and would be safe.

• A blond company executive ordered his subordinates to investigate Gemma Farley and find out how long it had been since she last contacted Luke Gaunt.
• The executive privately considered taking advantage of the company if Luke Gaunt had suffered an irreversible accident.
• Little Lans told Old Lans that Gemma Farley had made recent major decisions herself and appeared troubled, prompting them to suspect something had happened to Luke Gaunt.
• Little Lans proposed strengthening the Lans family’s influence in the company, but Old Lans warned him not to act before the truth was confirmed.
• Old Lans told Little Lans to wait and investigate, arguing that Luke Gaunt would have left Gemma Farley backup plans and insisting his intuition said Luke was safe.