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Hogwarts: I Never Wanted to Be the Dark Lord
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Vol. 4Silan’s Summer and Sirius’s Return

Silan advanced his studies, helped Sirius prove his innocence, and strengthened his relationships at Hogwarts. The volume left him negotiating a potion business partnership with Lucius, who demanded most of the profits.

  • Silan studied at Hogwarts and with Nicolas Flamel, refined a Moonshadow Stone, and learned Fiendfyre before traveling to Devon with Nicolas.
  • Arthur won 700 Galleons with Silan’s loan, while Silan declined the Weasleys’ invitation to Egypt to study Alchemy with Nicolas.
  • Silan captured Sirius and helped him plan to clear his name and protect Harry, then drove off a Dementor with his silver phoenix Patronus.
  • Pippin summoned Silan to Honeydukes with urgent news about his shop.
  • Silan introduced Harry to Sirius and used the Marauder’s Map to expose Peter Pettigrew as the Potters’ betrayer.
  • Dumbledore believed Sirius was innocent but hesitated to support a public plan, so Silan adjusted their approach and continued helping Sirius.
  • Silan helped Snape develop a cheaper Wolfsbane Potion and delivered it to Lupin, while celebrating Hermione’s birthday with a moonlit ride and fireworks.
  • Silan met Lucius as Hilan Prewett to discuss a potion partnership, and challenged Lucius’s demand for eighty percent of the profits.
Chapters 301–400 Read from Ch. 301

Arc 13Summer Studies and Fiendfyre

Silan explored Slytherin’s Soul Library, earned recognition at Hogwarts, and spent the summer studying with Nicolas Flamel. After refining a Moonshadow Stone, he learned Fiendfyre and traveled with Nicolas to Devon, where two Beauxbatons guests awaited them.

  • Silan entered Slytherin’s Soul Library, outsmarted Tom, and discovered he could study its books while Tom was barred from entering.
  • At the end-of-year feast, Dumbledore awarded Hermione fifty points and Silan one hundred points, giving Slytherin the House Cup and honoring Silan for his role in the Chamber of Secrets crisis.
  • Arthur borrowed five Galleons from Silan to enter The Daily Prophet drawing, won 700 Galleons, and the Weasleys invited Silan to Egypt, but he declined to study Alchemy with Nicolas Flamel.
  • Silan asked Nicolas to teach him Fiendfyre and began studying Ancient Runes, Alchemical Runes, and Soul Magic while practicing his Dragon-Phoenix Twin Flames.
  • Silan’s Wizard’s Eye revealed the runes in the Soul Space, allowing him to brighten its dark sky and deepen his control over it.
  • After Spell Inspiration improved his magical control, Silan refined a Moonshadow Stone into a Crystal Core Tier crystal, and Nicolas agreed to teach him Fiendfyre.
  • Silan learned Fiendfyre and its counter-spell, continued his studies through half the summer, then traveled with Nicolas to Devon and found two Beauxbatons guests at the house.
Chapters 301–32525 summaries Read

Arc 14Sirius and the Silver Phoenix

Silan reunited with Hermione, discovered Sirius Black was hiding near Harry, and captured him to help clear his name and protect Harry. After driving off a Dementor with his Patronus at Hogwarts, Silan secured Sirius’s cooperation and received an urgent business summons from Pippin.

  • Nicolas Flamel praised Hilan’s Alchemy potential, while Hilan donated five hundred Galleons to the orphanage and asked James if he wanted to be Prime Minister.
  • Hermione visited Silan, and they shared a picnic, took a photograph together, and exchanged affectionate goodbyes before he gave her magical hair clips and a Mokeskin Pouch.
  • Silan spotted Lupin being fired from a job and suggested he apply to teach at Hogwarts, while Dumbledore later persuaded Lupin to accept the Defense Against the Dark Arts position.
  • Silan suspected the black dog in Diagon Alley was Sirius Black, followed Crookshanks to meet him, and trapped Sirius inside his Suitcase after Sirius tried to flee.
  • Silan told Harry that Sirius would not hurt him, then arranged for Sirius to be treated well inside the Suitcase while he investigated the fire in Diagon Alley and traveled back to Hogwarts.
  • A Dementor attacked the Hogwarts Express, and Silan cast a silver phoenix Patronus that drove it away, and Lupin joined the students as their new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and Snape warned Silan that Lupin was a werewolf.
  • Silan told Sirius he would help clear his name so Sirius could take Harry in, and Sirius agreed to follow his lead after hearing how the Dursleys treated Harry.
  • Pippin sent Silan a letter asking him to visit his Hogsmeade shop, and Silan reached Honeydukes through a secret passage to hear Pippin’s incredible news.
Chapters 326–35025 summaries Read

Arc 15Sirius’s Return

Silan helped Clop’s family find a home in his Suitcase, then brought Harry and Sirius together and exposed Peter Pettigrew as the Potters’ betrayer. With Dumbledore persuaded of Sirius’s innocence but unwilling to risk a public capture, Silan adjusted their plan and continued building ties at Hogwarts.

  • Silan and Hermione brewed a Draught of Living Death to help Jinky sleep, and Silan offered the unicorn family a home in his Suitcase.
  • Silan introduced Harry to Sirius, who explained how Peter Pettigrew betrayed the Potters and framed him, while the Marauder’s Map showed Peter hiding as Scabbers.
  • Silan proposed that Sirius seek a public trial, and he used Sirius’s key to withdraw money and buy him a Firebolt.
  • Silan improved George and Fred’s Wooden Bird with runes, while Hermione received matching unicorn-horn rings from Silan and wore one herself.
  • Silan and Harry brought Sirius before Dumbledore, who believed Sirius after seeing the Marauder’s Map but hesitated to support a plan that could endanger him.
  • Dumbledore proposed that Silan pretend to defeat Sirius to attract attention, and Sirius gave Harry a Firebolt before asking Silan to look after him.
  • Sirius advised Silan on becoming an Animagus, while Lucius investigated who had made the Hemostatic Healing Potions.
  • Snape let Silan take ingredients from his storeroom for Dumbledore to replace, while Dumbledore expected the replenishment to cost little.
Chapters 351–37525 summaries Read

Arc 16Potions and Negotiations

Silan advanced his potion-making under Snape’s guidance, helped develop a cheaper Wolfsbane Potion, and grew closer to Hermione. After Lucius traced Silan’s potions to Pippin, Silan met him to negotiate a business partnership and challenged Lucius’s proposed profit split.

  • Lucius traced the potions sold by Pippin to their mysterious brewer and tried to pressure Pippin into revealing the supplier, but Pippin refused to betray Mr. Prewett.
  • Silan studied Soul Magic, then helped Snape test a revised Wolfsbane Potion process that succeeded and reduced the potion’s cost.
  • Silan apologized for forgetting Hermione’s birthday, gave her a moonlit ride on Clop, and set off fireworks spelling out a birthday wish.
  • Silan told Snape about Lucius’s proposed partnership, and Snape authorized him to sell potions under Snape’s name while warning him to negotiate carefully.
  • Silan delivered Wolfsbane Potion to Lupin, who drank it and thanked him, then left Hogwarts to meet Lucius at Pippin’s Potions.
  • Silan introduced himself to Lucius as Hilan Prewett and said Fabian Prewett had been his father before they began discussing business.
  • Lucius demanded eighty percent of the profits and argued that sales events required a high minimum volume, while Silan asked what share he would receive for supplying fifty sets.
Chapters 376–40025 summaries Read
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