Chapter Summaries

Hermione won her first two duels at the competition with swift silent spells, defeating opponents who underestimated her. After Professor McGonagall praised her skill, Hermione advanced to the next round.

• Hermione stunned her Middle Eastern opponent in under five seconds after he mocked her age and challenged her to surrender.
• Professor Flitwick and Professor McGonagall praised Hermione’s silent casting, and Hermione credited Ye Ting with teaching her.
• Hermione faced a polite but patronizing Italian wizard and blasted his wand from his hand before he finished posing.
• The referee rejected the Italian wizard’s complaint about being ambushed and declared Hermione the victor.

Hermione defeated her opponents with rapid spellcasting and then overcame a Durmstrang duelist by using Transfiguration to overwhelm his defenses. Ye Ting and Professor McGonagall continued their debate about teaching Dark Magic as Hermione’s tournament challenge grew tougher.

• Hermione explained that she used fast Expelliarmus attacks to seize the initiative, and Ye Ting said she could cast the spell in 0.4 seconds.
• Professor Flitwick and the other professors began to believe Hermione could win the tournament championship.
• Professor Flitwick identified Hermione’s next opponent as a Durmstrang student, and Ye Ting argued with Professor McGonagall about the school’s teaching of Dark Magic.
• Hermione conjured a flock of birds to overwhelm the Durmstrang duelist, then used a Leg-Locker Curse and Levicorpus to defeat him.
• Ye Ting told Professor McGonagall that, apart from the Unforgivable Curses, he knew of no Dark Magic that corrupted the heart.

Ye Ting criticized Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic’s standards for defensive magic while deciding not to expose Barty Crouch Jr.’s impersonation of Moody. Hermione defeated her opponents on the second day of the dueling tournament and advanced to the final four, becoming a celebrated figure in the wizarding world.

• Ye Ting argued to Professor McGonagall that power, rather than Dark Magic, corrupted people and criticized Hogwarts’ approach to practical defense.
• Ye Ting complained that Ministry officials lacked basic defensive skills, and Dumbledore promised that the next Defense Against the Dark Arts professor would satisfy him.
• Ye Ting recognized that the future professor would be Barty Crouch Jr. disguised as Alastor Moody, but chose not to expose him because Voldemort’s return served his plans.
• Hermione used her knowledge, agility, magical strength, and Ye Ting’s Shield Charm variations to defeat experienced duelists throughout the second day of matches.
• Hermione defeated a huge Russian wizard with Petrificus Totalus and advanced to the final four, drawing cheers, media attention, and interest from foreign Ministries of Magic.

After winning her semifinal, Hermione embraced the crowd’s admiration and vowed to win the championship. The next morning, she faced Shrive Graves, who offered to recruit her before their duel began.

• Hermione realized how far she had come, thanked Ye Ting in her thoughts, and promised the cheering crowd she would win the final.
• Ye Ting praised Hermione, while Minerva McGonagall and Professor Flitwick admired her strength.
• Hermione’s opponent, Shrive Graves, introduced himself as the Director of Magical Security at the Magical Congress of the United States of America.
• Dumbledore recognized Shrive’s resemblance to Percival Graves, whom he had encountered when dealing with Gellert Grindelwald, and concluded Shrive was Percival’s descendant.
• Shrive offered to make Hermione his student and recruit her as an Auror, but she refused and said her teacher was Ye Ting.
• Shrive took Hermione’s boast as arrogance and prepared to teach her a lesson as their duel was about to begin.

Hermione faced top Auror Shrive Graves in a fierce duel, countering his defensive shield and terrain-changing Transfiguration before he attacked her with lightning. She struggled to find a way to counter the fast, wide-area strikes rather than rely on Shrive running out of magic.

• Shrive blocked Hermione's rapid spells with a Shield Charm, then seized a pause in her attack and countered with a barrage of spells.
• Hermione deflected and dodged Shrive's attacks while returning fire, keeping the duel evenly matched.
• Shrive raised stone spikes from the arena floor, but Hermione stopped their spread by hardening the ground.
• Shrive praised Hermione's skill and then fired a lightning attack that forced her to evade across the arena.
• Hermione realized she could not rely on Shrive exhausting his magic and began searching for a way to counterattack.

Hermione used Muggle science to turn Shilaifu’s lightning against him, winning their duel and advancing to the finals. After recovering from his injuries, Shilaifu visited her to ask how she had defeated him.

• Hermione recalled Ye Ting’s advice about Muggle science and used Transfiguration to turn a stone spike into a steel needle that grounded Shilaifu’s lightning.
• Hermione transformed another stone spike into a chain linking the needle to Shilaifu, and his own lightning struck him unconscious.
• The referee and spectators saw Hermione defeat Shilaifu, and she advanced to the finals before fleeing the crowd for the group’s tent.
• Shilaifu visited Hermione after recovering from his injuries and asked how she had made his lightning attack him.

Hermione learned that her final opponent, Emil Barebone, was a wizard descended from the Scourers who secretly hunted and killed wizards. She refused Shilaifu’s advice to surrender, and Ye Ting’s power convinced him that she would be protected.

• Hermione explained to Shilaifu that her trick relied on the elementary Muggle principle of metal conductivity, making him realize he had lost to children’s knowledge.
• Shilaifu warned Hermione that Emil Barebone was a dangerous Scourer descendant who had secretly killed more than ten wizards.
• Hermione and Ye Ting deduced that Shilaifu lacked enough evidence to arrest Emil and planned to capture him after defeating him in the tournament.
• Hermione refused to surrender, saying she intended to defeat Emil and prevent him from escaping justice.
• Ye Ting demonstrated his strength by immobilizing Shilaifu with pressure, and Shilaifu accepted that Emil would be no match for him.

Hermione faced Elwin Barrybone in the International Wizarding Duel Tournament final, where he requested permission to use Dark magic. Though she feared his strength and suspected he was a dangerous criminal, she accepted and resolved to fight him.

• Elwin asked the referee to lift the restrictions on Dark magic, and the crowd urged Hermione to agree.
• Professor McGonagall and Professor Flitwick warned Hermione against accepting, while Elwin threatened to concede and leave if she refused.
• Hermione suspected Elwin was probing her because he knew the Aurors were pursuing him, and she agreed to the request rather than risk letting him escape.
• Ye Ting reassured the professors that Hermione could handle Dark magic and promised to protect her if she was in danger.
• Hermione briefly considered withdrawing, then drew courage from her training and Ye Ting's support and resolved to defeat Elwin.

Hermione faced Elvin in the finals, survived his Fiendfyre and Killing Curse by transfiguring rubble into living creatures, and defeated him. Elvin lay unconscious as the duel ended.

• Hermione and Elvin traded spells, but Elvin escalated to powerful Dark magic that battered the arena and forced Hermione onto the defensive.
• Elvin unleashed Fiendfyre, and Hermione fled while the judges guarded against the flames spreading beyond the arena.
• Hermione transfigured rubble into doves to distract the Fiendfyre, then cast the Anti-Fiendfyre Curse until the flames vanished.
• Hermione declared Elvin defeated, but he angrily cast the Killing Curse at her.
• Hermione transfigured rubble into animals that absorbed the Killing Curse, then stunned Elvin and knocked him unconscious.

After Hermione became the youngest International Wizarding Duel Tournament champion and captured the murderer Emil Barebone, she retreated from the attention by returning to her Muggle home. Ye Ting found Penelope Clearwater after she ran away from home and took her to get dinner.

• Hermione defeated Emil Barebone in the tournament final, and Shrive Graves revealed Emil was a murderer wanted by the American Aurors.
• Hermione returned to her Muggle home after the tournament, overwhelmed by her sudden fame.
• Ye Ting received a letter from Penelope saying she had run away from home and used his modified tracking spells to locate her.
• Ye Ting found Penelope in a London park, confused a police officer who was questioning her, and comforted her without asking why she had left.
• Ye Ting shrank Penelope's luggage, hailed a taxi, and took her to get dinner.

Ye Ting took Penelope Clearwater to dinner, where she explained that she had run away after her parents opposed her plan to manage his alchemy shop instead of working for the Ministry of Magic. After she drank heavily and admitted she had nowhere else to go, Ye Ting promised she could live with him, and he took her home through the Leaky Cauldron.

• Ye Ting brought Penelope Clearwater to an upscale restaurant and reassured her that he could afford their meal.
• Penelope told Ye Ting that she had earned Outstanding in all ten of her N.E.W.T. exams, but her parents opposed her plan to manage his alchemy shop.
• Penelope said she had run away after days of arguments with her parents, and Ye Ting apologized for his part in the conflict.
• Penelope drank red wine as she shared her grief, and Ye Ting promised that his home would always be open to her.
• Ye Ting supported the drunk Penelope out of the restaurant and used Floo Powder at the Leaky Cauldron to take her home.

Penelope woke beside Ye Ting after their first night together, and he cared for her before they spent much of the day in bed. Later, they went to Diagon Alley to take possession of the shop Ye Ting had bought, leaving its renovation and connection to the Floo Network ahead.

• Penelope woke and worried Ye Ting had left, but he returned with breakfast and fed her porridge.
• Ye Ting healed Penelope with Episkey, and they spent the rest of the morning together in bed.
• Penelope and Ye Ting dressed and Apparated to Diagon Alley, where the shop's former owner handed it over after receiving the remaining payment.

Penelope ran Ye Ting’s crowded alchemical shop while learning to make items herself, and Ye Ting followed Cho Chang’s Irish team through the Quidditch World Cup. Cho’s success and Ye Ting’s broom design made them famous, forcing Penelope to close the shop temporarily as the final approached.

• Ye Ting renovated the shop and left Penelope to set its prices and hours, and she managed its busy trade while making alchemical products under his guidance.
• Ye Ting and Penelope watched Cho Chang’s Irish team advance through the World Cup, while Hermione avoided matches because of her fame.
• Cho Chang became the youngest World Cup player in history and led Ireland to the final with repeated Snitch catches.
• Ludo Bagman revealed that Ye Ting had designed Cho’s unusually powerful broomstick, drawing crowds to Penelope’s shop seeking broom orders.
• Penelope temporarily closed the shop as the Quidditch World Cup final approached.

Ye Ting, Hermione, and Penelope arrived at the Quidditch World Cup final, where Ye Ting placed a huge bet on Ireland and Cho Chang to win. After the girls bickered over their relationships with Ye Ting, the group set up camp at the stadium with help from Orianna.

• Ludo Bagman welcomed Ye Ting and offered him front-box tickets, then awkwardly called Cho Chang Ye Ting's girlfriend in front of Hermione and Penelope.
• Ye Ting bet 10,000 Galleons that Ireland would win, take the lead, and Cho Chang would catch the Golden Snitch first; Hermione and Penelope each bet on the same outcome.
• Ye Ting said he wanted to make Ludo lose money over revealing that Ye Ting had made Cho Chang's broom, while Penelope and Hermione assumed his bet was connected to the girls' jealousy.
• Hermione and Penelope argued over who knew Ye Ting first and who had moved into his house, but Ye Ting redirected them to setting up camp.
• Ye Ting, Hermione, and Penelope set up their tent at the Muggle campsite, with Orianna handling their needs despite the restrictions on magic.

Ye Ting and Hermione joined familiar friends and their families at the World Cup campsite, where Penelope revealed her relationship with Ye Ting and stunned Percy with her business income. As anticipation for the final grew, the trio browsed magical vendors, and their Cho Chang figurines gathered on Ye Ting’s shoulder.

• Ye Ting met Terry Boot, Michael Corner, Anthony Goldstein, and Rolf Scamander, while Hermione was asked for autographs by their classmates and parents.
• Sirius Black, Harry, Remus Lupin, and the Weasley family greeted Ye Ting and his companions.
• Penelope told Percy Weasley that Ye Ting was her boyfriend and that she ran his alchemical goods shop, earning more than ten thousand Galleons that month; Percy left embarrassed.
• Roger complained that Ye Ting had not played in the World Cup, and Ye Ting said Cho Chang’s success reflected the flying techniques and broom modifications he had taught her.
• As night fell, vendors sold magical team merchandise, and Penelope bought Irish items while all three bought Cho Chang figurines that gathered on Ye Ting’s shoulder.

Ye Ting attended the Quidditch World Cup final with Hermione and Penelope, while the Weasleys and Harry sat in the neighboring box. As Ludo Bagman introduced the Bulgarian team’s Veela mascots, their alluring dance bewitched most of the men in the stadium, including Harry and the Weasley brothers.

• Ye Ting and his companions walked through the woods with the Weasleys and reached the enormous stadium, where their tickets led them to a sparsely occupied top box.
• Cornelius Fudge greeted Harry and introduced him to the Bulgarian Minister for Magic, while Ye Ting explained that the Bulgarian minister was pretending not to understand English.
• Ludo Bagman opened the Quidditch World Cup final, and the scoreboard showed Bulgaria and Ireland tied at zero.
• A hundred Veela entered the pitch and danced, enchanting the crowd and leaving Harry, Ron, Fred, George, and Percy striking foolish poses.
• Hermione explained the Veela’s bewitching power to Penelope, and Ye Ting wondered whether he would encounter Fleur Delacour and her sisters at the final.

Ye Ting watched the Quidditch World Cup opening ceremony and the fierce match between Ireland and Bulgaria, where Cho Chang played for Ireland. Ireland took an early lead, but Bulgaria scored once before the chapter ended, making the score 30–10.

• Ye Ting explained that people could resist most of the Veela's influence by preparing beforehand and warned that the Leprechauns' gold would soon disappear.
• The Irish Leprechauns created a giant shamrock and scattered gold coins over the crowd before the teams entered the stadium.
• Cho Chang flew onto the field as part of Ireland's team, and referee Hassan Mostafa started the match.
• Toroi scored Ireland's first goal, and Ireland's Chasers added two more to take a 30–0 lead.
• Ivanov broke through Ireland's formation and scored Bulgaria's first goal after the Veela danced in celebration.

Cho Chang outmaneuvered Viktor Krum throughout the Quidditch final and caught the Golden Snitch, winning the match for Ireland. Ireland celebrated its 320–10 victory while Krum received medical attention.

• Cho Chang countered Krum’s Lonsky Feint, forcing him to crash and giving her time to search for the Snitch.
• After Krum recovered, Ireland extended its lead to 130–10 as fouls and fights broke out between the teams’ mascots and players.
• Cho Chang spotted the Golden Snitch and dived for it with Krum close behind.
• Cho Chang blocked Krum’s view and dodged away, causing him to crash again while she caught the Snitch.
• Ireland won 320–10, and Cho Chang raised the Snitch as Irish supporters celebrated.

After Ireland won the Quidditch World Cup final, Ye Ting brought the drunk Cho Chang back to his tent and cared for her. Cho Chang confessed that she liked him most, leaving Ye Ting with her in his arms.

• The Irish National Quidditch Team received the trophy after defeating Bulgaria, and Cho Chang drew the crowd's loudest cheers.
• Cho Chang winked at Ye Ting during the ceremony, then Ireland's team flew around the pitch as Ye Ting returned to the tent with Hermione and Penelope.
• Ye Ting waited by the campfire, and Mallet brought him a drunken Cho Chang from the Irish team's celebration party.
• Ye Ting led Cho Chang into the tent, helped her to bed, and fetched water and a towel when she clung to him and asked him to stay.
• Cho Chang told Ye Ting that she liked him most as he cared for her.

After winning the Quidditch World Cup, a drunken Cho Chang confessed her feelings to Ye Ting and tried to thank him with intimate magic. Her clumsy attempts led to an injury, which Ye Ting healed before the two continued through the night.

• Cho Chang told Ye Ting she liked him most and pounced on him, saying she wanted to thank him for helping her win the championship.
• Cho Chang revealed that Marietta had advised her to drink wine and take the initiative, then struggled to remove Ye Ting's clothes.
• Ye Ting took the initiative when Cho Chang's drunken attempt at kissing him went awry, and they experimented with kissing.
• Cho Chang repeatedly failed to cast the spell, then injured herself when she finally tried; Ye Ting healed her.
• Cho Chang kept practicing until she improved, and Ye Ting eventually turned the tables as they spent the night together.