Ch. 1321Looking Up at the Moon is More Rewarding

Wizet decided that he and the others would leave the Paris Region to avoid being studied, while Percy stayed behind to manage the visitors and build connections. The group discussed who would travel with them, and Lupin declined because of the full moon and his work at M.S.C.

  • Wizet proposed leaving the Paris Region, and Fred and George persuaded Percy to stay behind and handle the visitors; Percy hurried off to speak with Mr. Crouch.
  • Wizet told Rita Skeeter he was planning the travel route and said the visitors would gain more by wondering what was on the moon.
  • Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny tried to persuade Mrs. Weasley to stay and travel with them, but she pointed out that Arthur was at home.
  • Sirius invited Remus Lupin to travel, but Lupin declined because the full moon would leave him weak and M.S.C. needed him to prepare for a possible sales surge.
  • Lupin promised to attend Harry and the others' award ceremony, while Sirius observed that Xenophilius and Luna were staying behind.

Ch. 1322Two Small Fish Chasing and Testing Each Other in the Water

Wizet’s group prepared to leave Pierre Bonaccord Village as Fleur Delacour rejoined them and the French Ministry chose Rita Skeeter to report on the incident. At dinner, Luna and Wizet secretly played footsie beneath the table, unaware that Fred and George had noticed.

  • Remus Lupin returned to England, and Mrs. Weasley, the Grangers, and Xenophilius Lovegood joined Wizet’s travelling party.
  • Fleur Delacour arrived, agreed to continue guiding the group, and asked Wizet to keep her informed of their plans.
  • Wizet’s group planned to leave Pierre Bonaccord Village the next morning, and Charlotte Bonaccord arranged a farewell dinner.
  • The French Ministry of Magic chose a cautious press strategy, and Charlotte Bonaccord accepted Rita Skeeter as a potential writer for its report.
  • At dinner, Luna and Wizet playfully touched feet beneath the table while Xenophilius listened to Luna’s story.
  • Fred spotted Luna and Wizet’s game and alerted George, but neither Luna nor Wizet noticed them watching.

Ch. 1323How Do You Plan to Pronounce Sentence?

After Barty Crouch Sr. arrived to discuss Charlotte Bonaccord's interview with Xenophilius and Rita Skeeter, Wizet and Luna spent time together in the courtyard and tested the crown forged by Ritual Magic. Fred and George teased them about holding hands, then hurried away with inspiration for a prank.

  • Barty Crouch Sr. arrived with Percy and, after learning Charlotte Bonaccord had accepted Rita Skeeter's interview, sought a detailed discussion with Xenophilius and Rita Skeeter.
  • Wizet and Luna went to the courtyard, where Luna noticed something extra on Wizet's head and he discovered the crown forged by Ritual Magic.
  • Wizet placed the crown on Luna, but it remained visible; when she returned it to his head, it disappeared again and blocked the torrent-like consciousness as before.
  • Fred and George proposed turning the invisible accessory into a prank by hiding someone's head and adding a Confundus Charm.
  • Fred and George teased Wizet and Luna about holding hands, but the pair openly displayed their interlaced fingers and asked the twins to pass judgment.
  • Fred and George struggled to pronounce a sentence, then claimed they had found prank inspiration and hurried off to write it down.

Ch. 1324Mrs. Weasley Finds Her Quidditch

Wizet and his companions arrived in Lyon, where they realized reporters were tracking them and changed their travel plans to avoid being followed. During a visit to Bellecour Square, the women’s enthusiastic shopping spree left the men overwhelmed.

  • Wizet detected reporters following the group into a Lyon restaurant, and he used a Confundus Charm to send them away.
  • Wizet explained how he had trained to evade pursuers, and the group decided to avoid Portkeys and rely less on magic.
  • Fleur suggested visiting Bellecour Square, and the group agreed to blend in among Muggles while testing whether the reporters could track them.
  • Mrs. Granger and the other women turned a clothes-shopping trip into an extended browse through the shops, prompting Fred and George to joke that Molly had found her Quidditch.
  • Harry recalled how Dudley dreaded shopping trips and was relieved that he and Ron had avoided them.

Ch. 1325Molly, it should be your turn now!

Mrs. Weasley and the others helped the children finish shopping, then persuaded Mrs. Weasley to pick out new clothes for herself. While the women shopped, Mr. Granger questioned Harry about Skele-Gro and the bone Gilderoy Lockhart had removed from his arm.

  • Ron used Wizet’s advice to praise Mrs. Weasley’s clothing choices, and the boys finished shopping more quickly.
  • Mrs. Granger, Ginny, Fleur Delacour, Fred, and George persuaded Mrs. Weasley to go try on clothes for herself.
  • Sirius Black paid for the clothes, and he and the boys met Mr. Granger and Xenophilius at a café.
  • Harry told Mr. Granger that Skele-Gro had painfully regrown the bone Gilderoy Lockhart had removed from his arm.
  • Mr. Granger asked Harry whether he knew which spell removed bones.

Ch. 1326A Thrilling Chase

Mr. Granger discussed dental care with the group and examined Frank Longbottom’s teeth, then Wizet returned and explained his delay with a dubious story about hand soap. The chapter ended with Fred and George teasing Wizet about his red ears and wrinkled hands.

  • Mr. Granger explained dentistry and asked Frank Longbottom about his teeth and care while Frank let him examine them.
  • Mr. Granger found Frank’s teeth free of cavities and questioned how that was possible when the wizarding group rarely cared for their teeth.
  • Wizet returned without Luna and told Xenophilius that she had gone to help Mrs. Weasley pick out clothes.
  • Wizet claimed he and Luna had been delayed because the restroom had run out of hand soap, while recalling that they had rubbed soap over each other’s hands.
  • Fred and George teased Wizet about his red ears and wrinkled hands, and Xenophilius offered him something to drink.

Ch. 1327Scouring Charm and Dental Plaque

Mr. Granger questioned Wizet about magical healing and why wizards seemed to have healthy teeth. Wizet explained the Scouring Charm could remove dental plaque, then reflected on the shared understanding between wizards and Muggles as he recalled My Lord’s attack on him in the Otherworld.

  • Mr. Granger asked Wizet to explain how Gilderoy Lockhart had removed Harry’s arm bones without causing pain, and Wizet said Lockhart had meant to eliminate the pain but had made the bones disappear instead.
  • Mr. Granger compared Lockhart’s method to pulling out a painful tooth and asked whether magic prevented cavities and other oral diseases.
  • Wizet suggested that healers used the Scouring Charm to clean patients, including removing dental plaque, and explained that the spell treated different kinds of dirt as rubbish.
  • Wizet considered how magic recognized dental plaque as rubbish and remembered that My Lord had attacked him with a meteorite when he entered the Otherworld in New York.

Ch. 1328Sirius Black, Shouldn't You Come Over and Help?

Wizet, Luna, and their companions settled into a Muggle countryside inn, where the adults joked about Muggle inventions and Mrs. Weasley made Harry and the Weasley children work on their homework. Later, Wizet and Luna shared a private moment after sorting their newly bought clothes.

  • Mr. Granger, Sirius Black, and the others discussed Muggle inventions, and Sirius praised Mr. Granger while complaining about Harry's aunt and uncle.
  • Wizet and the others chose a Muggle countryside inn after nightfall and ate at the owners' restaurant.
  • Mrs. Weasley ordered Fred, George, Ron, and Harry to work on their homework, then pulled Sirius into helping Harry study.
  • Wizet and Luna finished sorting the clothes and talked about how they had avoided being noticed earlier.
  • Wizet gently held Luna's hand and kissed her cheek.

Ch. 1329A More Thrilling Assault

Wizet and Luna shared an affectionate exchange that grew into a playful kissing contest before Neville and Hannah interrupted them. After the visitors left, the pair finished sorting clothes and quietly savored the lingering excitement together.

  • Wizet repeatedly pecked Luna, and she teased him before kissing him back and starting a contest of her own.
  • Wizet and Luna's playful battle was interrupted by the corridor creaking as Neville and Hannah approached.
  • Neville offered to help with the clothes, but Hannah realized what she had interrupted and hurriedly dragged him downstairs.
  • Wizet and Luna carried the clothes into another room, then sat together and exchanged smiles as their racing hearts slowly settled.

Ch. 1330Each Other's Smiling Faces

Wizet and Luna created a secret magical bond by tracing matching smiling faces on each other’s palms, which appeared whenever they called one another’s names. Mrs. Weasley then came upstairs, unaware of their secret, and brought them downstairs for warm biscuits.

  • Wizet kissed Luna’s hand and suggested they hide any marks by clenching their fists, while Luna proposed drawing a mark instead of biting him.
  • Luna traced a smiling face made from the letters “W” and “L” on Wizet’s palm, and Wizet drew the same pattern on hers.
  • Wizet’s Obscurus Core and Luna’s Mistletoe bracelet glowed, causing the matching faces to appear in their palms as a form of Ritual Magic.
  • Wizet and Luna discovered that calling each other’s names made the smiling face appear in the other person’s palm, no matter how far apart they were.
  • Mrs. Weasley entered without noticing anything unusual, praised their folded clothes, and took them downstairs for biscuits.
  • Wizet and Luna found Ron and Ginny doing homework while Fred and George hurriedly hid something from Mrs. Weasley.

Ch. 1331Stimulation as a Seasoning

Wizet, Luna, and their companions boarded a French high-speed train, where Wizet and Luna quietly enjoyed each other’s company while keeping Xenophilius from noticing. Ahead of them, two Muggle passengers discussed reports of a strange new crater on the moon and rumors that an unexploded nuclear bomb lay at its center.

  • Wizet and Luna took the little Thunderbird for a walk, then avoided waking Xenophilius and shared a laugh together.
  • Mr. Granger explained that a French high-speed train would travel the Hogwarts route much faster than the Hogwarts Express, and the group boarded it.
  • Wizet sat beside Luna while Xenophilius sat behind them, and Luna traced patterns on the window as the train accelerated.
  • Wizet overheard Matthias tell Fabio that several French newspapers had reported a new lunar crater and an unidentified object inside it.
  • Matthias said the newspapers had spread rumors that the crater had been caused by a nuclear bomb that had not exploded and remained at its center.

Ch. 1332Global Mirages

Matthias and Fabio argued over reports of a nuclear bomb appearing on the moon and a global mirage, with Matthias dismissing both as hoaxes and Fabio insisting that people he knew had witnessed the strange phenomena. The chapter ended with Fabio accusing Matthias of blind faith in science, and Matthias insisting that such events could not happen.

  • Matthias told Fabio that an unexploded nuclear bomb had caused a new crater to appear on the moon, and Fabio questioned whether Matthias was speaking seriously.
  • Matthias criticized newspapers for publishing pictures and reports about the bomb, while Fabio teased him for having believed the images himself.
  • Matthias described reports of a global mirage and blamed a theme park for inventing the story to attract visitors.
  • Fabio said Emma and her family had seen the same eye-shaped mirage, but Matthias rejected their account as impossible.
  • Fabio called blind faith in science a kind of superstition, and Matthias angrily insisted that the events could not have happened.

Ch. 1333Twisted Muggle World

On the train, Wizet read French newspapers about the Paris Region Incident and considered how Muggles might react to magic. The reports suggested Muggle governments were gradually revealing magic while monitoring the public response.

  • Wizet collected several newspapers and returned to find Xenophilius asleep and Luna yawning.
  • Wizet invited Luna to rest against his shoulder, and she settled beside him as he read the French papers.
  • Wizet read clear photographs and reports in Canard Enchaîné and France-Soir, while Matthias and Fabio stopped arguing because they could not reconcile their views.
  • Wizet reflected on how Matthias and Fabio represented different Muggle attitudes toward magic and considered how contact with magic might change them.
  • Wizet read that newspapers were reporting follow-up developments from the Paris Region Incident, with some presenting genuine stories and others obscuring details.
  • Wizet concluded that Muggle governments were revealing magic gradually to manage public reactions and buy time.

Ch. 1334My Selfishness is Immense

In Nurmengard, Gellert Grindelwald and Selina Pendragon discussed the Muggle explanation for the Paris Region incident and the danger the Isaiah Society posed to wizards. Grindelwald compared its failed plan to Voldemort’s, noting that Hogwarts students had thwarted both.

  • Selina Pendragon read a Daily Telegraph report describing the Paris Region incident as an enormous weather phenomenon, then vanished the newspaper.
  • Grindelwald reflected that Muggles had developed their own spells and warned that unchecked conflict could lead to a Witch-Hunting War and wizards being treated as experimental subjects.
  • Grindelwald admitted that selfish motives had partly driven his past actions and argued that the Isaiah Society’s desire to impress its Lord had pushed it toward disaster.
  • Grindelwald compared the Isaiah Society to Tom Riddle, or Voldemort, whose plans also failed after he chose to challenge Hogwarts under Albus Dumbledore.
  • Selina observed that Hogwarts students had thwarted both Voldemort’s plans and the Isaiah Society’s Paris Region plot, which Wizet had disrupted.

Ch. 1335Stepping Onto One's Own Path

Selina Pendragon and Gellert Grindelwald discussed how the Isaiah Society followed a prophecy about 'Our Lord' and how Wizet had chosen a path of his own. They then considered whether Muggles might intervene in the postponed International Confederation of Wizards Conference, and Grindelwald began to explain his differing view.

  • Selina Pendragon realized that the Isaiah Society had acted in response to a prophecy, much as Voldemort had after hearing one.
  • Gellert Grindelwald explained that the Isaiah Society followed the complete prophecy about 'Our Lord's' arrival, while Wizet had chosen his own path.
  • Selina Pendragon and Gellert Grindelwald discussed how reckless use of prophecy had harmed the Isaiah Society and 'Our Lord.'
  • Selina Pendragon suggested that Muggles might intervene in the International Confederation of Wizards Conference because of recent Muggle newspaper coverage.
  • Gellert Grindelwald said he held a different view about the possibility of Muggle intervention.

Ch. 1336Sword of Damocles

Gellert Grindelwald explained to Selina Pendragon how the nuclear bomb on the moon had become a Sword of Damocles that deterred Muggles from attacking wizards after the Isaiah Society’s plot was exposed. He argued that Wizet’s restoration of Paris helped the magical world form a necessary alliance with Muggles, while Selina learned the Isaiah Society had not recruited Voldemort because she had kept them occupied.

  • Selina Pendragon asked Gellert Grindelwald whether his different view came from trusting Dumbledore, and he stressed that Dumbledore was uniquely capable of managing the crisis.
  • Gellert Grindelwald explained that the Isaiah Society’s plan to sacrifice the Paris Region had exposed them as enemies of both Muggles and wizards, changing the outcome Wizet had predicted.
  • Gellert Grindelwald described how the nuclear bomb on the moon deterred Muggles from treating wizards as vulnerable subjects and helped establish a balance between the two worlds.
  • Gellert Grindelwald said Wizet’s restoration of Paris showed Muggles that most wizards were not threats and made cooperation with them necessary.
  • Selina Pendragon asked whether Voldemort had helped unintentionally by finding the nuclear bomb, and Gellert Grindelwald said the Isaiah Society had not contacted him because Selina’s hunts had kept them too busy to recruit.

Ch. 1337The Next Step Is Communication

Gellert Grindelwald explained how a wizard-Muggle exchange could begin through education and why the Isaiah Society might lose faith after its failed meteorite attack. He warned Selina Pendragon that the Society’s next moves remained difficult to predict.

  • Gellert Grindelwald said Muggles and wizards could begin exchanging ideas through education, with Albus Dumbledore leading discussions about magical education at Hogwarts.
  • Selina Pendragon asked about the Isaiah Society, and Gellert Grindelwald said its members might question 'my lord' after the failed meteorite attack led by Wizet.
  • Selina Pendragon reasoned that Society members who had expected divine might would consider escaping after seeing 'my lord' fail against Wizet.
  • Gellert Grindelwald said the Society’s core members would likely become disillusioned and scheme against one another, though they might use new recruits to hide future operations.
  • Gellert Grindelwald cautioned that the Society’s Horcrux-damaged members were unpredictable, citing the Paris Region Incident as an operation whose scale had surprised him.

Ch. 1338The Difference Between Sunrise and Sunrise

On the final day of the International Confederation of Wizards Conference, Wizet invited his anxious friends to watch the sunrise before the awards ceremony at Beauxbatons. He reminded them that their accomplishments came from their own actions, not from receiving medals, and the group welcomed the morning together.

  • Wizet woke before sunrise and found Harry and Neville awake with anxiety about the upcoming ceremony and their medals.
  • Wizet invited Harry and Neville to watch the sunrise, and Hermione, Luna, and the others joined them.
  • The group found Ron downstairs, where he explained that he had been unable to sleep while Fred and George slept soundly.
  • Wizet led everyone up a hill, where they watched the morning light spread across the forest.
  • Wizet told his friends that the sunrise was much like one at Hogwarts and that their achievements came from themselves, not the ceremony.

Ch. 1339Changes in the Magic World

Wizet and the others discussed how Muggles had learned about the Paris incident and the uncertain future of the International Statute of Secrecy. Mr. Weasley arrived with news of Ministry patrols and arrests, while the Ministry struggled to understand Muggle technology.

  • Fred and George told Wizet that Mrs. Weasley had woken them by clanging a frying pan and spatula together.
  • Wizet reassured Mrs. Weasley that the Ministry was unlikely to investigate him if he avoided contacting the Muggles who admired him.
  • Frank Longbottom and Mr. Granger wondered why Muggles remembered the Paris incident, and Mr. Granger suggested some might see its evidence as a miracle.
  • Mrs. Weasley welcomed Mr. Weasley, Remus Lupin, Bill, and Fleur Delacour to the cottage.
  • Mr. Weasley explained that Aurors were patrolling the French border, the Ministry was relying on him to explain Muggle technology, and Scrimgeour's team had arrested wizards who used magic in public.

Ch. 1340Diricawl Barry

Wizet and the others arrived at Beauxbatons, where they reunited with Hagrid and Diricawl Barry. Hagrid hinted that he was helping Dumbledore with a confidential matter, then explained how Barry had accidentally traveled with him.

  • Fleur Delacour proudly introduced Beauxbatons Castle and its gardens as the group arrived.
  • A Diricawl appeared in Wizet's arms, and he recognized it as Barry, a bird he had healed years earlier.
  • Barry led the group to Hagrid, who discreetly signaled Wizet to help conceal his mission for Dumbledore.
  • Wizet suggested that Dumbledore had asked Hagrid for help, and Hagrid agreed before bringing the group into a room.
  • Hagrid said Barry had been sleeping in his coat and refused to return to the Forbidden Forest.
  • Granger asked whether Barry was a dodo, and Hagrid explained that the bird was a Diricawl.
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