Chapter Summaries

Adam told Hogwarts’s former headmasters how he discovered Ancient Magic and the power sealed beneath the school. Professor FitzGerald revealed the story of Isidora Morgana and a student who later renewed the seal, leaving Adam considering whether the Dumbledores at Hogwarts could help find that student.

• Adam recounted how the Ministry’s conflict with Gringotts led him to search goblin memories and learn of Ancient Magic beneath Hogwarts.
• Professor FitzGerald confirmed that he had helped seal the power and explained that it was a dangerous derivative of Ancient Magic tied to Isidora Morgana.
• Adam questioned the goblins’ role, and Professor FitzGerald revealed that Ragnok later sought the power and that a Hogwarts student renewed the seal about a century earlier.
• The headmasters realized Professor Black had been headmaster then, and Black recalled rumors of a goblin rebellion led by Ragnok.
• Professor FitzGerald said he had lost contact with the student, and Adam began considering whether the Dumbledores at Hogwarts could help locate them.

Adam traveled to Hogwarts in 1890 to investigate Ancient Magic, studying how to open a concealed door in the Restricted Section. After discovering Ancient Magic’s unusual power, he prepared to investigate the dangerous energy beneath Hogwarts.

• Adam discussed Isidora and the extraordinary Hogwarts student who had defeated Ragnok with Professor Fitzgerald, then learned more about the student’s history.
• Adam traveled to Hogwarts in 1890, several days before the school term began, to find the student who would transfer there that year.
• Adam located a concealed chamber in the Restricted Section and studied Ancient Magic before opening its hidden metal door.
• Adam examined Ancient Magic energy and considered adding Ancient Magic and other specialist courses to Hogwarts.
• Adam decided his next priority was investigating the dangerous power beneath Hogwarts, which Professor Fitzgerald believed had been sealed away.

Adam discovered why extracting all negative emotions caused emotional numbness, then brought an earlier Isidora to examine the flawed results of her research. Isidora understood the danger of rushing and agreed to leave with Adam to meet another companion before starting their work.

• Adam entered the cave beneath the map chamber and examined negative emotional energy sealed in Goblin-made Mithril.
• After experimenting on a Little Barty, Adam concluded that removing all negative emotions also made people unable to distinguish positive emotions, leaving them emotionally numb.
• Adam decided that research into refined emotional extraction required someone with Ancient Magic talent and traveled to retrieve an earlier Isidora.
• Adam showed Isidora the metal sphere and explained how excessive extraction had harmed her father.
• Isidora understood the risks of rushing and agreed to meet their new companion before beginning the research.

Adam and Isidora watched the late-arriving transfer student, Yog-Sothoth, get sorted into Hufflepuff and noticed that he carried traces of Ancient Magic. After they left without approaching him, Yog wondered who they were, while Adam and Isidora shared a meal in an abandoned classroom.

• Adam and Isidora waited through the Sorting and watched Professor Fig bring the delayed transfer student to Professor Black.
• Professor Weasley announced the transfer student's name as Yog-Sothoth, and the Sorting Hat placed him in Hufflepuff.
• Adam and Isidora left the Great Hall, deciding to let Yog adjust before speaking to him about Ancient Magic.
• Yog asked Pabbie Sweeting about the two people he had seen, but she insisted the corner had been empty.
• Adam prepared a meal in an abandoned classroom, and Isidora eagerly tried the spicy Maoxuewang.

Adam and Isidora investigated the Ancient Magic energy in Hogsmeade and discovered Yog had destroyed a troll with a powerful blast. They revealed that they studied Ancient Magic, and Yog took them to the Three Broomsticks, where he planned to meet a Slytherin friend.

• Isidora suggested recruiting famous wizards to study Ancient Magic, but Adam explained that their strong personalities and influence made it unwise for now.
• Adam and Isidora followed Ancient Magic energy to Hogsmeade and used a spell to witness Yog destroy an armored troll with a beam of power.
• Yog found Adam and Isidora, told them about being attacked by a dragon and hunted by goblins, and learned that they studied Ancient Magic.
• Adam led Yog and Isidora to the Three Broomsticks to talk privately and learned that Yog had arranged to meet a Slytherin classmate.

Adam and Isidora explained their time-travel mission and the goblins’ negative emotional energy to Yog, who eagerly accepted his future role in saving the world. When Sebastian joined them and revealed Rookwood’s connection to the goblins, Adam moved to confront the departing thug.

• Adam and Isidora shared what they knew about the goblins’ negative emotional energy with Yog and explained that Isidora had traveled back from the future.
• Yog enthusiastically accepted that he would complete the Keepers’ trials and defeat Ragnok to save the world.
• Yog introduced Adam and Isidora to Sebastian Sallow at the Three Broomsticks.
• Rookwood entered the pub searching for Yog, but the patrons drew their wands and forced him to back down.
• Sebastian told Yog that he had seen Rookwood speaking with a goblin, and Yog suspected Rookwood had helped bring the troll to Hogsmeade.
• Adam walked toward Rookwood as the thug prepared to leave.

Adam knocked out Rookwood and his companion, then interrogated Rookwood with a powerful version of Veritaserum about his dealings with Ragnok. After Yog and Sebastian returned to Hogwarts, Adam wondered whether Yog’s magic resembled spells from Raya Lucaria.

• Adam summoned a golden weapon and knocked Rookwood and his companion to the ground, then carried them away for questioning.
• Adam led Yog, Sebastian, and Isidora outside Hogsmeade, where he used Ancient Magic to conceal the group from other wizards.
• Adam woke Rookwood with Aguamenti and gave him Veritaserum, prompting him to describe his relationship and plans with Ragnok.
• Rookwood recounted helping Ragnok search for Ancient Magic and destroy several villages as night fell.
• Yog and Sebastian returned to Hogwarts, and Adam asked Yog whether he had ever studied magic before entering the school.
• After Yog left, Adam recalled Yog’s troll-fighting spell and wondered whether he had studied at Raya Lucaria.

Adam discovered that Rookwood had been responsible for the Dark Magic that afflicted Sebastian’s sister, while Sebastian remained unaware that his true enemy was close at hand. The next day, Adam met Sebastian and Yog in Hogsmeade, gave them a magical way to contact him, and invited them to talk over a meal.

• Adam learned from Rookwood’s memories that Rookwood had caused the harm to Sebastian’s sister, and decided the poachers and Dark wizards could serve as test subjects for Isidora’s research.
• Adam told Isidora they would stop questioning Rookwood for the night and continue the next day.
• Yog and Sebastian returned to Hogsmeade to find Adam, hoping to contact him about Sebastian’s sister.
• Adam gave Yog and Sebastian enchanted parchment that would carry messages to him, then suggested they find somewhere to eat and talk.

Adam advised Yog to train in defensive magic before pursuing the Map Chamber, then learned that Yog and Sebastian had been caught sneaking into the Restricted Section. He could not erase Sebastian’s detention but offered to find another way to keep the professors from making an issue of it.

• Adam agreed with Professor Fig that Yog should learn defensive magic before exploring the Map Chamber and accepted Sebastian’s involvement in their plans.
• Adam explained that he had released Rookwood because keeping him alive and visible was more useful than risking changes to Ragnok’s plans.
• Yog told Adam that Sebastian had taught him the Disillusionment Charm and helped him enter the Restricted Section after Professor Fig was called away.
• Yog admitted that Sebastian had distracted Peeves and taken the blame when Madam Pince caught them, surprising Sebastian.
• Adam said he could not cancel Sebastian’s detention but could use other means to keep the professors from pursuing the matter.

After Yog and Sebastian returned from the Restricted Section, Adam reflected on Hogwarts's House system before confronting his fear of visiting his former home in China. He left for the future, asking Isidora to watch over Yog and Sebastian and leaving her a way to summon him if needed.

• Yog and Sebastian returned after sneaking into the Restricted Section, and Adam had supplied them with magical gadgets, including an Invisibility Cloak.
• Adam and Isidora discussed how students' abilities had changed, prompting Adam to consider whether Hogwarts should alter its House-sorting system.
• Alone in the living room, Adam admitted he feared what he might find at the site of his former home and finally decided to go there.
• Isidora found Adam gone and read his note asking her to watch over Yog and Sebastian and to send for him by destroying the letter if an urgent problem arose.
• Adam let the timelines on both sides continue advancing in sync, intending to keep the limits of his powers within others' understanding.

Adam returned to China and resumed traveling with Yun Jinshu and Yun Yanhu, while The Office investigated his background and confirmed his identity through his connections and Storm Restaurant. He continued seeking out local food and remained unhurried about the goblins’ plans.

• Adam explained that he used restrained magic to avoid frightening people and to preserve options in case Isidora leaked information.
• Adam returned to China and met Yun Jinshu and Yun Yanhu in a room prepared by The Office.
• The Office reviewed evidence that Adam was a British Chinese with powerful Ministry of Magic connections and confirmed his identity.
• Adam continued his planned travels instead of rushing to his previous life's home, believing the goblins would need time to act.
• Adam asked Yun Jinshu to turn into a residential area so they could find local street food.

Adam searched his former-life hometown for traces of his old home, but found an unfamiliar family in its place and completed the anchoring of his spirituality. He set aside his disappointment and continued toward a ginkgo grove, where he shared magically cooked ginkgo nuts with Yun Jinshu and Yun Yanhu before discussing Confucian Cuisine.

• Adam got out of the car with Yun Jinshu and Yun Yanhu and walked through the neighborhood, searching for signs of familiarity.
• Adam passed the site of his former home and saw an unfamiliar family inside, confirming that his past-life home was not there.
• Adam completed the anchoring of his spirituality as he accepted that he had not found his old home.
• Adam picked ginkgo nuts and magically cooked some before giving them to Yun Jinshu and Yun Yanhu.
• Adam mentioned Poetry and Ritual Ginkgo, prompting Yun Jinshu to ask whether he wanted to try Confucian Cuisine.

Adam learned how practitioners of the Ru School fought and discovered that China held a National Martial Arts Championship every five years, which he eagerly decided to attend. As Yun Jinshu and Yun Yanhu reacted to a message from Isidora, Adam reassured them that the mysterious paper was not an attack.

• Adam asked about practitioners in the Confucian Mansion, and Yun Jinshu explained that Ru School cultivation had declined and now focused on nourishing the spirit and studying military rites, archery, and other arts.
• Yun Yanhu invited Adam to watch the National Martial Arts Championship, and Yun Jinshu revealed that he had taken third place while Yun Yanhu had placed fourth in the previous competition.
• Adam agreed to attend the next championship and asked Yun Yanhu to arrange a VIP ticket with a good view.
• A slip of paper appeared inside the speeding car, and Yun Jinshu and Yun Yanhu immediately intercepted it with their weapons.
• Adam recognized the paper as the contact message he had left Isidora and told Yun Jinshu and Yun Yanhu to calm down.

Adam returned to the past after Yog summoned him and learned that the Keepers had paused their trials while goblins moved against them. He advised Yog to seek goblins opposed to Ragnok, then decided to stay until the goblin threat was resolved and noticed Sebastian had repeatedly tried to contact him.

• Adam apologized to Yun Jinshu and Yun Yanhu for startling them with his emergency letter and considered how he might give them a replica of the Old Summer Palace.
• At the Three Broomsticks Pub, Yog told Adam and Isidora that he had met the Keepers, completed the first trial, and learned to absorb traces of Ancient Magic.
• Yog explained that the Keepers had suspended the trials after goblins became involved, while goblins under Ragnok were already moving toward the trial sites.
• Adam suggested finding goblins who opposed Ragnok, and Yog learned from Sirona that Lodgok was one of them and planned to meet him at the Hog's Head Pub.
• Adam decided to remain until the goblin matter was resolved and saw that Sebastian had repeatedly asked him to get in touch.

Adam visited Feddrotte, where Sebastian told him that goblin violence had left the village deserted and that a curse had left Anne in pain. Sebastian brought Adam home to meet her, but his uncle took away the Shrivelfig Sebastian had brought and insisted Anne’s curse could not be lifted.

• Adam descended into Feddrotte and met Sebastian at a raised platform overlooking the village.
• Sebastian said Ragnok’s followers had harmed the village and remained at nearby Rookwood Castle, frightening its residents.
• Sebastian explained that Anne had been struck by Dark magic and that his uncle refused to help her or protect the villagers.
• Adam agreed that Sebastian could call him a friend, and Sebastian brought him into the house to meet Anne.
• Sebastian gave Anne a Shrivelfig, but his uncle seized it and said figs could not lift a curse.

Adam examined Anne’s vicious curse and discovered that it flared with intense emotions and had become entwined with her soul. He explained that curing her would require gradual purification and protection against further damage, leaving Anne’s recovery a long process.

• Adam introduced himself as Sebastian’s friend and identified Anne’s affliction as a persistent Dark curse triggered by emotional distress.
• Adam drew the curse’s triggered magic out of Anne, relieving her pain while he studied the energy.
• Adam concluded that the curse’s effects would worsen over time, potentially leaving Anne dead or without emotion.
• Adam told Sebastian and Solomon that purifying the curse all at once could destroy Anne’s soul because it had become bound to it.
• Anne asked whether she would have to live with the curse, and Adam said he could remove it gradually while preventing further erosion.

After Anne fell into a coma from Adam’s attempt to purify her curse, Adam investigated the Living Corpse Curse and tested its counter-curse, but found it could not heal soul damage. He explored the Clow Cards for a way to restore Anne’s soul and found promising Sleep and Dark Card spells, leaving him with further research to do.

• Adam saw that Anne’s soul recovered slowly after his treatment and decided to research Dark magic curses and soul injuries.
• Adam interrogated Rookwood with Veritaserum and learned the Living Corpse Curse and other Dark magic.
• Adam tested the curse’s counter-curse on Little Barty Number Thirteen and found it could remove the curse but not repair soul damage.
• Adam used the Sleep Card to develop a spell that drew power from the Spirituality Dimension during sleep to accelerate soul recovery.
• Adam considered the Dark Card’s cocoon spell for Anne and as a possible protective magical item, but rejected the Shadow and Dream Card spells because their side effects could harm the soul.

Adam planned a new treatment for Anne and sought more knowledge of soul magic, which led Sebastian to bring him to Ominis in the Undercroft. Ominis recognized the Resurrection Stone’s distinctive presence on Adam, leaving both him and Sebastian confused.

• Adam settled on using magic evolved from the Sleep Card alongside the Purify Card to help Anne recover, then considered the soul-related Unforgivable Curses.
• Sebastian decided to seek further magical knowledge from Ominis, who he believed might know more about soul magic and Slytherin’s hidden study.
• Ominis entered the Undercroft, objected to Sebastian bringing a stranger, and agreed to hear Adam out when Sebastian mentioned Anne.
• Ominis doubted Adam’s claims about treating Anne and questioned how Adam had entered Hogwarts.
• Ominis sensed the Resurrection Stone on Adam and was shocked because he remembered it as a Gaunt Family heirloom worn by his father.
• Adam concealed the necklace with anti-detection magic and prepared to properly introduce himself.

Adam revealed to Sebastian and Ominis that he came from a hundred years in the future, then explained Anne’s soul-focused treatment and asked Ominis for Gaunt family knowledge about the soul. He also told Ominis he would describe the Gaunt family’s future, beginning with Merope Gaunt falling in love with a Muggle.

• Adam told Sebastian and Ominis his true identity, and Ominis reserved judgment until they could verify it with Yog.
• Adam explained Anne’s condition and treatment, then demonstrated his precise control of magic to Ominis.
• Adam asked Ominis to consider sharing Gaunt family magic related to the soul to help Anne recover.
• Adam reassured Ominis about his rejection of blood purity and dark magic, then offered to tell him the Gaunt family’s future.
• Ominis asked to hear what would happen, and Adam began telling him about Merope Gaunt falling in love with a Muggle.

Adam told Ominis and Sebastian the Gaunt Family’s history, from Merope’s death after giving birth to Tom Riddle to Tom’s murder of his father’s family and seizure of the Gaunt heirloom. He revealed that Tom became Voldemort and was eventually killed, leaving the Gaunt Family’s legacy severed.

• Adam recounted how Merope Gaunt was abandoned by Tom Riddle, pawned the Gaunt locket, gave birth to their son, and died.
• Sebastian questioned how Merope could have died in childbirth, and Ominis suggested she might have wanted to die before teasing Sebastian about his past concerning Anne.
• Adam described Tom Riddle’s talent at Hogwarts and how Tom traced his origins to the Gaunt Family.
• Tom found his uncle, learned Marvolo Gaunt was dead, took the Gaunt ring, and murdered his father’s family before framing his uncle.
• Adam told Ominis that Tom renamed himself Voldemort, rose to power through Dark magic, and was eventually killed, ending the Gaunt Family’s story.