Chapter Summaries

Adam shopped with Third Uncle, commissioned an hourglass pendant for the Resurrection Stone, and received two gold-eating Money Toads from Shang Tianhao. As they left, a stranger approached with an invitation to see a true heirloom treasure.

• Adam commissioned a sealed, rotating hourglass pendant to hold the Resurrection Stones, and Diancui Pavilion promised to deliver it within two days.
• Adam and Third Uncle visited several shops, where Adam bought treasures and Third Uncle questioned his casual familiarity with Shang Tianhao.
• Shang Tianhao gave Adam a pair of Money Toads, which Adam planned to feed with gold and add to his magical creature collection.
• Adam noticed someone watching from a distant alley, and the stranger appeared to praise his shopping and skill.
• The stranger addressed Adam and invited him to see a true heirloom treasure.

Adam accepted an invitation to inspect treasures at a secret pawnshop, after discovering that its wares supposedly included the Yangping Governorship Seal. At the Golden Abundance warehouse, he saw a dazzling collection and became interested in its golden money tree, which Manager Qian offered as a bonus with any major purchase.

• Adam received an address and learned that the sellers claimed to have the Yangping Governorship Seal.
• Adam decided to visit the sellers alone, and Third Uncle agreed to cover for his absence.
• Adam arrived at a remote restaurant shortly before midnight and followed an old man downstairs to meet Manager Qian.
• Manager Qian revealed that the establishment was a pawnshop and led Adam through a hidden passage to its warehouse.
• Adam entered the gold-lined warehouse and admired a golden money tree, which Manager Qian said would come free with any treasured item.

Adam bought Manager Qian’s entire Golden Abundance collection after learning that Zhang Xiu’s descendants had taken treasures from Zhang Tianshi’s inheritance. Manager Qian planned to use the money to leave for Britain and meet his grandson, while Adam returned to Third Uncle with the purchased treasures.

• Manager Qian showed Adam the Yangping Governorship Seal and the Three-Five Demon-Slaying Sword, then explained that Zhang Xiu’s descendants had seized Zhang Tianshi’s treasures to avenge the loss of their religious legacy.
• Manager Qian said Zhang Tianshi’s sudden death had caused a succession struggle within the Celestial Masters Sect, which The Office had intervened to suppress.
• Manager Qian revealed that he wanted to sell his collection so he could leave for Britain and meet his son and grandson.
• Adam confirmed through the Scale Card that Manager Qian was telling the truth and bought out Golden Abundance, including its treasures, gold bricks, and money tree.
• Adam returned to Third Uncle, reassured him, and said he had avoided the most dangerous items while broadening his horizons.

After returning from Hong Kong, Adam reunited with Uther and his friends before traveling to the Quidditch World Cup grounds. The group settled into their Egyptian Ministry tent and decided to barbecue outside.

• Adam gave his two aunts gifts before boarding his flight home from Hong Kong.
• On August 20, Uther arrived with a newborn male Sphinx for Adam, and Adam gave Uther a Portkey.
• Adam and Uther joined Madam Tuya and the others for rice balls before traveling by Portkey to the World Cup grounds.
• Adam and his friends arranged their beds and debated whether to eat hot pot or barbecue.
• Adam led the group outside to barbecue despite Eugene's concern about bothering other campers.

Adam grilled meat and other food for his dormmates at the campsite, then shared breakfast with Cedric the next morning. As Bernard criticized pure-blood wizards’ ignorance of Muggles, he suggested that the Muggle Protection Act had sheltered British wizards too much.

• Adam grilled skewers and gave twenty meat skewers to Fred and George, while Bernard and the others took the rest into their tent.
• Hogwarts students followed the smell of Adam’s food, but he had packed up and left them outside the tent.
• Adam and his dormmates ate together and discussed the Bulgarian Quidditch Team and Viktor Krum.
• The next morning, Cedric waited outside Adam’s tent and came in for breakfast.
• Cedric described an elderly wizard wearing a Muggle dress, and Bernard criticized the Hogwarts Muggle Studies textbooks and pure-blood wizards’ attitudes toward Muggles.

Adam discussed Muggle technology and the dangers of wizarding isolation with Bernard before attending the Quidditch World Cup with his friends. At the stadium, the opening ceremony began, and Adam wondered whether Veela wings were edible.

• Bernard questioned the wizards’ outdated view of Muggles, and Adam warned him about the devastation of modern warfare.
• Cedric arrived to mooch breakfast and brought Bulgarian and Irish team souvenirs.
• Adam sent Uther to deliver rice balls to the Egyptian Ministry of Magic employees before the group headed to the stadium.
• Adam reflected on his feelings about returning to his former home after visiting Hong Kong and resolved to go back after graduation.
• Adam noticed the stadium’s Muggle-Repelling Charms and worried that wizards would underestimate modern technology.
• Ludo Bagman opened the World Cup ceremony, and the Veela mascots appeared as Adam wondered whether their wings had meat in them.

Adam watched the Quidditch World Cup mascots and match while considering how the wizarding world classified magical creatures. As the Irish Team took the lead, Uther mentioned that Flying Carpets were prohibited in Britain, and Adam predicted the ban would end in a few years.

• Adam used the Shield Card to break the Veela's bewitchment and recorded their magic, then asked Kelly about Veela breeding and the distinction between magical beings and beasts.
• After the Veela left, Madam Tuya doused the spellbound Egyptian Ministry employees with Aguamenti to calm them.
• The Irish Team's leprechauns performed above the stands and showered spectators with gold coins that would vanish within hours.
• The players entered to cheering, and the Irish Team scored during an intense match watched by Adam and his companions.
• Uther explained that Flying Carpets were popular in Egypt but banned in Britain, and Adam said they would be allowed in a few years.

Adam watched Krum’s Wronski Feint and the chaotic Quidditch final, while experimenting with a magical dance that could entrance spectators. After the Irish Team won, Adam warned his companions to stay dressed, and they hurried out when shouting erupted late that night.

• Krum tricked Lynch with a Wronski Feint, causing the Irish Seeker to crash before the match resumed.
• Adam transformed the Veela into sixteen magical Celestial Musicians, then put them away when Uther noticed his distraction.
• The Veela fought the leprechauns in the stands, and Adam changed the venue’s noise into meowing while the match continued.
• Krum caught the Golden Snitch, but the Irish Team still won by ten points.
• Adam told his companions not to change out of their clothes, and they left to meet the others after noisy footsteps and shouting woke them that night.

Death Eaters attacked the campsite, and the Dark Mark appeared in the sky before they retreated from the Ministry of Magic. The group returned to their tent, where they discussed the attack and worried that the coming year would be dangerous.

• Kelly led Adam, Bernard, Uther, Klon, and the others away from the campsite and concealed them in the forest.
• Adam secretly killed a Death Eater who had been tormenting a Muggle, and the Muggle fled.
• Madam Lauren identified the enormous green skull and snake above the campsite as the Dark Mark, a sign associated with the Dark Lord and his followers.
• Madam Lauren spoke with Eddie and learned that the Death Eaters had retreated after the Dark Mark appeared, leaving the reason unclear.
• Bernard, Adam, Klon, and Uther discussed Apparition, ways to stop fleeing criminals, and the limits of anti-Apparition magic.
• Eugene predicted that next year would be troubled, and Klon feared the prediction after recalling the group's past school years.

Adam reunited with his friends on the Hogwarts Express, arrived at Hogwarts, and dealt with Peeves’s prank. At the feast, Dumbledore announced that the Quidditch Cup was canceled for a major school-wide event, but a dramatic entrance interrupted him before he could explain.

• Adam met Bernard at King's Cross, where Bernard thanked him for helping the Lancelots move to a safe house.
• Adam’s dorm mates discussed the formal clothes required for the ball, and Adam said he had plenty of potential dance partners among his Clow Cards.
• Peeves attacked students with water balloons, but Adam’s Shield Card blocked one and an unseen force erased Peeves and the remaining balloons.
• Adam and his friends arrived at Hogwarts, where Hagrid had replaced Professor Scamander at the teachers’ table.
• Dumbledore announced that the Quidditch Cup would not be held because a major event would run through the school year, but someone burst into the Great Hall before he could explain further.

Professor Dumbledore announced that Hogwarts would host the Triwizard Tournament and introduced Moody and Hagrid as new professors. After Amon warned Adam that disaster was approaching, Adam considered how Voldemort’s rise could help advance his plans and returned to the dormitory.

• Professor Dumbledore introduced Professor Moody as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor and Professor Hagrid as the new Care of Magical Creatures professor.
• Eugene told Bernard and Adam that his grandmother had once led the Auror Command.
• Professor Dumbledore announced the Triwizard Tournament, explained its dangers and rules, and asked Adam to prepare a banquet for the visiting schools.
• Amon summoned Adam to the Astronomy Tower, warned him that disaster was approaching, and flew away as a raven.
• Adam reflected that letting Voldemort weaken the old powers could help him pursue his plans and make him appear heroic afterward.
• Adam returned to the dormitory, told the others that Eugene’s premonition had come true, and went to sleep with them.

Professor Moody introduced the Unforgivable Curses to the Defense Against the Dark Arts class and demonstrated their effects on spiders. He began demonstrating the Killing Curse, leaving the class horrified.

• Adam and Eugene arrived at Defense Against the Dark Arts and heard students discuss Moody turning Malfoy into a ferret.
• Moody told the class he would teach them how wizards fought and how to deal with dark magic.
• Moody named the three Unforgivable Curses and selected Bernard Lancelot to answer his question about them.
• Moody used the Cruciatus Curse on a spider, causing it to writhe in pain.
• Moody used the Imperius Curse to control another spider and warned the class about its dangers.
• Moody cast Avada Kedavra on the third spider as Cologne protested and Eugene watched tensely.

Professor Moody demonstrated the Unforgivable Curses and taught the students how to defend against them. Eugene and his roommates considered whether Moody was an impostor, but Adam urged them to let him keep teaching as the Triwizard Tournament approached.

• Professor Moody demonstrated the Killing Curse on a spider, explained that the Unforgivable Curses had no defense and could earn a life sentence, and began teaching the class how to resist them.
• Adam stopped Bernard from trying the Killing Curse on Professor Moody when Moody invited the students to test his claim that the spell would barely affect him.
• Eugene wrote to his grandmother about Moody's behavior, but Madam Lauren replied that Moody's use of Unforgivable Curses on spiders was consistent with his reputation.
• Uther, Klon, Bernard, and Eugene discussed whether Professor Moody was really Alastor Moody, but found no clear proof that anything was wrong.
• Adam told Eugene that Moody might be suspicious but was teaching well, and Eugene agreed to stop investigating for the time being.

Adam fed Ares and Hedwig as Hogwarts prepared to welcome Beauxbatons and Durmstrang for the Triwizard Tournament. Both schools arrived and joined the students in the Great Hall, where the guests awaited the next part of the evening.

• Adam fed Ares and Hedwig in the Owlery and promised to bring Hedwig food regularly.
• Hogwarts professors cleaned the school and inspected students before the guests arrived.
• Adam rejoined the Hufflepuff line and discussed Hermione's house-elf organization with Uther.
• Beauxbatons arrived, greeted Professor Dumbledore, and sat among the Ravenclaws.
• Durmstrang entered with a loud performance, and its students sat among the Slytherins.
• Klon noted that Krum could rival Cedric in the tournament, while Adam and Eugene waited for Professor Dumbledore to open a wooden box.

Professor Dumbledore explained the Triwizard Tournament rules, and Adam discovered time magic in the Age Line. As the Champions' selection approached during the Halloween feast, Cedric had entered his name and Adam chose to support him.

• Professor Dumbledore introduced Barty Crouch and Ludo Bagman, explained the Goblet of Fire's selection process, and warned that Champions could die in the tournament.
• Madame Maxime watched the Beauxbatons students enjoy Adam's food while she questioned Professor Dumbledore about the tournament tasks.
• Cedric submitted his name to the Goblet of Fire, and Adam studied the Age Line while Ernie warned him about attempts to bypass it.
• Adam realized the Age Line contained time magic, then passed through it and decided not to enter his name.
• Adam encouraged Cedric to represent Hogwarts, and Cho Chang arrived as Cedric blushed and led everyone toward the Great Hall.
• At the Halloween feast, everyone watched expectantly as the Goblet of Fire was brought into the Great Hall.

The Goblet of Fire chose Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, and Cedric Diggory as Champions, then unexpectedly named Harry Potter as a fourth Champion. In the Hufflepuff common room, Adam and the others speculated that someone had tampered with the Goblet to enter Harry's name, leaving Harry facing suspicion and the dangers of the Tournament.

• Professor Dumbledore announced Viktor Krum, Fleur Delacour, and Cedric Diggory as the three Champions.
• The Goblet of Fire produced a fourth parchment naming Harry Potter, and Dumbledore sent him to the antechamber before ending the feast.
• Ernie accused Harry of cheating, and Hufflepuff students asked Adam how someone might fool the Age Line.
• Adam suggested that a Confundus Charm had made the Goblet believe a fourth school had entered, then speculated that someone other than Harry had submitted his name.
• Klon suspected the fake Professor Moody was targeting Harry, while Bernard and the others discussed the suspicion Harry would face and the Tournament's dangers.
• Adam went to bed with Kero and Suppi, hoping Harry was prepared for the Tournament.

Adam secretly learned that dragons would be used in the first task and urged Cedric to prepare, while Hagrid introduced the students to Blast-Ended Skrewts. The chapter ended with Cedric overwhelmed by attention as Hogwarts’s Champion, and Adam asked him to recount his troubles.

• Adam told Cedric that the first task would involve taking a Golden Egg from one of four dragons kept in the Forbidden Forest, and warned him not to share the information.
• Adam said Madame Maxime was seeking information from Hagrid and revealed that Karkaroff had been a Death Eater, then encouraged Cedric to prepare for the task.
• Hagrid brought Blast-Ended Skrewts to class and assigned the students to care for them.
• Klon complained to Adam that the Skrewts were unpleasant and seemingly impossible to tame, and Adam judged them to be failed creatures with little value.
• Cedric told Adam that Hogwarts students kept asking him for autographs and surrounding him, making it difficult to eat lunch.
• Adam conjured pastries and cola for Cedric and asked him to tell the story of his past two days.

Adam captured Rita Skeeter in her Animagus form and frightened her into reporting the truth about Cedric, then joined the Hogwarts crowd for the Triwizard Tournament’s first task. As Cedric prepared to face a Fire Dragon, Adam conjured elaborate Hufflepuff decorations over the stands, drawing Grindelwald’s attention.

• Adam caught Rita Skeeter as a ladybug and used a bottle of Acromantulas to frighten her into promising a truthful report and another flattering photo of Cedric.
• Bernard asked whether Adam would open shop branches in Germany and France, and Adam left the possibility open.
• Cedric prepared for the first task, explaining that he had practiced the Eye-Blurring Curse to use against the Fire Dragon, and wondered whether Harry Potter had entered the tournament without cheating.
• Adam, Bernard, and Eugene discussed the possibility of an attack during the second or third task and noted that Dumbledore did not know Professor Moody was an impostor.
• Adam conjured reflective Hufflepuff-patterned fabric over the stands, prompting cheers from Hogwarts students and attracting Grindelwald’s attention.

Cedric used grilled meat to lure a Welsh Green Dragon away from its nest, then blinded it and took the Golden Egg. After the judges scored him, he joined Adam and the others, who discovered the protective talismans Adam had secretly attached to him.

• Cedric distracted the Welsh Green Dragon with explosions and transfigured rubble, then used the scent of grilled meat to lure it away from its nest.
• Cedric blinded the dragon when it began eating and retrieved the Golden Egg without being injured.
• Karkaroff gave Cedric a low score, but Madame Maxime accepted his explanation that the grilled meat had not been prepared specially for the task and awarded him a 10.
• Adam and the others congratulated Cedric in the Champions' tent, where Cedric thanked Adam for the seasonings and banners.
• Cedric found the talismans Adam had attached to his back, and Adam explained that they provided protection and other enhancements.

Adam told Cedric how to prepare for the Black Lake task, then rejected Pheobe’s invitation to the Christmas Ball. His roommates speculated that Pheobe had ulterior motives, but Eugene suggested Adam’s affinity with magical creatures might have attracted the Veela in her.

• At the celebration feast, Adam explained that Cedric would need to rescue a hostage from the merpeople and advised him to use Gillyweed or the Bubblehead Charm.
• Adam said he had befriended the merpeople by practicing Mermish with them, and promised to greet them before the task.
• While discussing Christmas Ball partners, Adam said he had chosen Mirror because she could match his dance steps.
• Pheobe approached Adam under the influence of her Veela magic, asked him to change dance partners, and Adam refused before leaving.
• Adam’s roommates discussed Pheobe’s motives, and Eugene suggested Adam’s magical-creature affinity might have attracted her Veela side.