Chapter Summaries

Cedric searched a shop’s Dragon Liver stock for jars from the same Hungarian Horntail so he could make a dish that granted him its abilities. He bought three jars for nine Galleons and decided he would sell dishes to recover the cost.

• Cedric analyzed a jar of Hungarian Horntail Dragon Liver and learned that one jar held too little to make a serving that granted its abilities.
• Cedric rejected a second jar after discovering it came from an Antipodean Opaleye rather than the same dragon.
• Cedric persuaded the old woman to bring out the shop’s Dragon Liver jars and sorted them by dragon.
• Cedric bought three jars of Hungarian Horntail Dragon Liver for nine Galleons.
• Cedric decided to sell dishes to recoup his expenses and thought that wizards competing with him for ingredients would pay dearly.

Cedric prepared fifty Biting Cabbages using a new method while Ron watched, then sent a warning to customers who had injured themselves trying to cook the ingredient. Cedric began drying the cabbages for a sweet dish called Rock Sugar Biting Cabbage.

• Cedric prepared fifty Biting Cabbages and soaked them in sugar water while Ron watched.
• Cedric asked Ron to tell customers not to compete with the cook for ingredients.
• Hawke showed Ron his bandaged hand and complained that a Biting Cabbage he had tried to cook had bitten him and tasted awful.
• Ron saw that several other customers had also been injured while trying to cook Biting Cabbage, and they promised not to try again.
• Cedric laid the sugar-soaked cabbages on a baking tray to dry and told Ron he was making Rock Sugar Biting Cabbage.

Cedric made Rock Sugar Biting Cabbage, whose enhanced recipe granted a stronger magical boost, and set Ron to sell it. The crowd balked at the price of one Galleon for three pieces until Quirinus Quirrell was forced to buy a serving.

• Cedric roasted Biting Cabbage seedlings, coated them in hard sugar, and received an Ultimate appraisal with a stronger enhancement effect.
• Cedric decided to sell the dish for three pieces per Galleon and gave Ron a plate to sell.
• A crowd gathered around Ron, but the wizards fell silent and hesitated when he named the price.
• Quirinus Quirrell reluctantly paid one Galleon because the snake wrapped around his neck forced him to buy the Biting Cabbage.

Quirrell bought Cedric’s Rock Sugar Biting Cabbage and discovered that its delicious taste came with a boost to his magic. His tearful reaction drew a crowd of eager buyers, and word of Cedric’s cooking began to spread among the wizards.

• Quirrell bought six pieces of Biting Cabbage, ate three at Ron’s counter, and praised the candy as the best he had ever tasted.
• Hawke ordered three servings, but paused when Quirrell stared at his hands and realized his magic had grown stronger.
• Quirrell broke down crying, then assured the crowd the candy had moved him and left for upstairs.
• Wizards bought the Rock Sugar Biting Cabbage, discovered it strengthened their spells, and began spreading news of Cedric.

Cedric’s Rock Sugar Biting Cabbage sold out immediately, bringing him a large profit and customers willing to buy everything he cooked. Meanwhile, Voldemort ate some of the cabbage and discovered that it had greatly increased his Magic.

• Ron told Cedric that the Biting Cabbage had sold out and gave him thirteen Galleons.
• Cedric paid Ron a share, then learned that the customers would buy all his future cooking, so he decided to experiment with Dragon Liver.
• Voldemort threatened Quirrell for keeping the cabbage and warned that he could make Quirrell his next vessel.
• Voldemort ate a cabbage and found that it had increased his Magic by at least fifteen percent.

Voldemort learned that Cedric’s food temporarily increased his strength and ordered Quirrell to win Cedric’s favor, while keeping the Philosopher’s Stone as their main goal. A week later, Cedric recorded his dragon-liver cooking notes and checked his accumulated Enhancement Points, which were enough to improve most of his abilities.

• Voldemort’s boost from Cedric’s dish wore off, and Quirrell explained that the effect had a time limit.
• Voldemort ordered Quirrell to get on Cedric’s good side, then reaffirmed that the Philosopher’s Stone was their priority.
• Cedric compared Hungarian Horntail and Antipodean Opaleye liver in his notebook and described how he prepared each.
• Cedric reflected on the rising cost of Dragon Liver and dreamed of hunting or raising Fire-Dragons for their livers.
• Cedric checked his savings and found he had 1,300 Enhancement Points, enough to enhance most of his abilities.

Cedric tested his fused Fire-Dragon Breath, then spent Enhancement Points improving his body, reflexes, magic mastery, and Niffler abilities. He ended the chapter stronger, with Matter Traversal upgraded enough to let his entire body pass through objects.

• Cedric tested his Fire-Dragon Breath on a Doxy, blasted a hole in the wall, repaired it, and swatted the creature away.
• Cedric upgraded Physique Enhancement and Neural Reflex Enhancement to D-, enduring intense physical pain as his abilities increased.
• Cedric raised his hunting level from 21 to 25 after upgrading his physical enhancements.
• Cedric upgraded Basic Magic Mastery to D-, suffering alternating waves of cold and heat before his hunting level reached 31.
• Cedric upgraded Aura Concealment and Matter Traversal, discovering that Matter Traversal D- could cover his entire body.

Cedric tested Spatial Shift, counted his growing earnings, and decided to take a day off to shop for clothes and ingredients. Hawke caught him before he left Diagon Alley and proposed buying the Rock Sugar Biting Cabbage recipe to make magical candy.

• Cedric found that Spatial Shift let him pass through walls and avoid ordinary physical attacks, but using it consumed Magic, especially when objects moved quickly or carried Magic.
• Cedric counted his savings and sales earnings, totaling three hundred Galleons, ten Sickles, and twenty-eight Knuts.
• Cedric told Ron he would not serve special dishes that day, ignored the customers' protests, and headed out to browse Diagon Alley.
• Hawke stopped Cedric and clarified that he wanted to work with him, not hire him as a private chef.
• Hawke asked to buy the Rock Sugar Biting Cabbage recipe for magical candy, preferring the version that strengthened Magic but accepting an ordinary version if necessary.

Cedric persuaded Hawke to consider making candy from ordinary ingredients, then decided to experiment with Cheering Potion after seeing Professor McGonagall. He met Hermione Vance, a new Hogwarts student, and offered her a snack made from Biting Cabbage.

• Cedric told Hawke that his cooking skill, rather than expensive Biting Cabbage, could make excellent candy, and Hawke asked what kind he would make.
• Cedric remembered the Cheering Potion Professor McGonagall had once given him and told Hawke to fetch a bottle so he could try making potion candy.
• Cedric greeted Professor McGonagall at the Leaky Cauldron, and she introduced him to Muggle-born student Hermione Vance and her father.
• Hermione introduced herself to Cedric and blushed as he smiled and offered her a homemade snack.
• Cedric served Hermione savory Biting Cabbage seedlings that he had roasted, fried, and seasoned.

Cedric warned Mr. Fawkes not to eat his Biting Cabbage snack after Professor McGonagall explained that magical food could harm Muggles. After sharing the snack with Hermione and Professor McGonagall, Cedric continued through Diagon Alley and entered the Spirit Feather Tailor Shop.

• Cedric offered his fried Biting Cabbage snacks to Professor McGonagall, Hermione Vance, and Mr. Fawkes.
• Professor McGonagall stopped Mr. Fawkes from eating the snack and warned Cedric that magical food could seriously harm Muggles.
• Hermione and Professor McGonagall enjoyed the snacks while Mr. Fawkes watched, and Cedric kept the rest for himself.
• Professor McGonagall left with Hermione and Mr. Fawkes to go to Diagon Alley, while Cedric continued on his own.
• Cedric passed the shops and Quidditch crowds, then entered the Spirit Feather Tailor Shop to look for clothes.

Cedric ordered a dust-, odor-, and oil-resistant outfit from Lia, who gave him a discount after tasting his Rock Sugar Biting Cabbage. He left with the outfit due in three days, while Lia regretted not finding an excuse to keep him around.

• Cedric asked Lia about ordering an enchanted outfit and agreed to pay sixty Galleons for one custom set.
• Lia measured Cedric and learned he was the young cook Cedric Gray whose cooking her customers praised.
• Cedric gave Lia Rock Sugar Biting Cabbage to taste and reminded her she had promised him a discount.
• Lia returned his deposit and agreed to charge him fifty Galleons when he picked up the outfit in three days.
• Cedric left, and Lia admitted she wanted to take him home and raise him.

Xuanling spotted genuine but heavily diluted Dragon Blood at a suspiciously powerful wizard’s stall and asked to buy the pure kind. The scarred giant led him away to where the real goods were kept, while nearby stallholders scrambled to claim his abandoned fakes.

• Xuanling browsed the alley stalls using the Eye of Insight to inspect their dubious wares.
• Xuanling recognized that a cheap bottle labeled Dragon Blood contained real blood mixed with impurities and noticed the stallholder had a Hunting Level of 85.
• Xuanling offered gold and asked the scarred stallholder to sell him genuine Dragon Blood.
• The stallholder stood, revealed his towering frame and dragon-breath scars, and told Xuanling to follow him to the real goods.
• The scarred wizard left his fake wares behind, and the other stallholders rushed to claim them.

Cedric Grey negotiated with Douglas Savile to buy Dragon Blood and revealed his identity after Douglas angrily rejected his offer. The chapter ended with Cedric paying ninety Galleons and warning Douglas that he would recognize the name.

• Douglas Savile led Cedric through the alleys to his shack and showed him three bottles of Dragon Blood.
• Douglas demanded 450 Galleons, but Cedric offered 70 and proposed becoming a regular customer.
• Douglas rejected the offer and ordered Cedric out after realizing he was a Hogwarts student.
• Cedric put ninety Galleons on the table, introduced himself as Cedric Grey, and warned Douglas not to dismiss him.

Cedric tried to persuade Douglas Savile to become a long-term supplier of rare ingredients, but Douglas mistook him for a naive child. After Douglas rejected Skeg’s attempt to sell Cedric as merchandise and gave Cedric Dragon Blood, Cedric left determined to prove he could afford a lasting business partnership.

• Douglas Savile failed to recognize Cedric and questioned why he should know his name.
• Skeg barged in and offered to find a buyer for Cedric, prompting Douglas to insist Cedric was not merchandise.
• Cedric prepared a Dragon’s Breath Fireball, but Douglas grabbed Skeg and threw him across the room.
• Douglas gave Cedric the Galleons and a bottle of Dragon Blood, then told him to keep quiet about the encounter.
• Cedric left with the Dragon Blood and resolved to prove that he could buy it regularly.

Cedric Gray learned that a Black Market bounty offered fifty thousand Galleons for him alive, but Abner refused to capture him. After Cedric Gray stopped Skeg’s attempt to seize him, he and Abner settled on a continuing Dragon Blood deal, though Abner asked for a higher price.

• Skeg told Cedric Gray that the Black Market offered fifty thousand Galleons to capture him alive, and Abner struggled with the temptation.
• Abner told Cedric Gray to leave and warned him not to wander carelessly, refusing to betray him for the bounty.
• Skeg tried to grab Cedric Gray, but Cedric Gray dodged him and slapped him to the ground.
• Cedric Gray offered to keep buying Dragon Blood from Abner for ninety Galleons per pint and urged him not to get involved with people like Skeg.
• Abner asked Cedric Gray to raise the price, and Cedric Gray politely told him to dream on.

Cedric bought Norwegian Ridgeback Dragon Blood through Abner and tested its resistance to extreme heat while considering how to use it. Abner threw Skeg out after confronting him over his attempt to rob Cedric.

• Cedric left Abner's shack with the Dragon Blood and noticed Auror Leo keeping watch nearby.
• Abner grabbed Skeg and confronted him for trying to rob Cedric, then ordered him to leave Diagon Alley.
• Skeg reminded Abner that he had once helped him, and Abner hesitated before throwing him out.
• Leo's presence frightened Skeg into leaving without lingering.
• Cedric examined the Dragon Blood's properties and learned it came from a rare Norwegian Ridgeback.
• Cedric tested a drop with blue fire and found that ordinary cooking methods would not affect the heat-resistant blood.

Cedric made a blood sausage using Dragon Blood and flour, then fried it in butter and served a slice to Xuanling. Xuanling suddenly went rigid after eating it, and Cedric discovered that he seemed ready to evolve from taking in so many good things.

• Cedric mixed Dragon Blood with seasoned flour, stuffed the batter into sausage casings, and simmered the sausages until set.
• Cedric sliced and fried the blood sausages in butter, filling the Kitchen and pub with their aroma.
• Ron tasted a slice and eagerly reached for another, but Cedric moved the plate away and offered one to Xuanling.
• Xuanling swallowed the sausage, went rigid, and fell from Cedric’s shoulder.
• Cedric used the Eye of Discernment and learned that Xuanling seemed ready to evolve after consuming so many good things.

Cedric cooked Dragon Blood sausages, gained Magic Resistance E by eating one, and sold the rest through Ron for twenty Galleons each. After the sausages sold well, Cedric returned to his room to work on his enhancements.

• Xuanling’s Blood Hunting Level rose to level 15 after he ate the Dragon Blood sausage and other good food.
• Cedric identified the sausage’s effects, ate the remaining portion, and gained Magic Resistance E.
• Cedric made the rest of the Dragon Blood into sausages and gave most of them to Ron to sell for twenty Galleons each.
• Ron objected to the price, but accepted Cedric’s explanation and took the sausages out to sell.
• The wizards bought the sausages enthusiastically, and Cedric returned to his room to work on his enhancements.

Cedric improved his Magic Resistance and went to buy more Dragon Blood from Abner, learning that Abner refused to kill Fire-Dragons. When Cedric asked why Abner was still poor despite selling the blood, Abner fell silent, leaving the reason unexplained.

• Cedric spent Enhancement Points to raise Magic Resistance to D- and saw his remaining points were insufficient for most other upgrades.
• Cedric activated Aura Concealment to avoid attention from people seeking the bounty and visited Abner.
• Abner sold Cedric his last three bottles of Dragon Blood and explained that he only knocked down Fire-Dragons to draw a little blood.
• Abner refused Cedric's suggestion to bring back dragon liver or tenderloin, saying killing Fire-Dragons was illegal.
• Cedric asked why Abner remained poor despite earning money from Dragon Blood, and Abner said it was nothing while looking troubled.

Cedric gave Abner money to improve his gear and secure his Dragon Blood supply before returning to work at the bar. At Lia’s tailor shop, he learned that customers had changed their opinions of his food and tried on his new clothes as Lia offered to help him dress.

• Cedric offered Abner three hundred Galleons, and Abner accepted the money to upgrade his equipment for hunting Fantastic Beasts.
• Cedric returned to the bar and spent the next two days cooking and earning money.
• Cedric visited Lia’s shop to collect his clothes, and Lia told him customers had praised his blood sausage after tasting it.
• Cedric admired the tailored outfit and agreed to try it on as Lia offered to help him dress.