Chapter Summaries

Charle tested wands at Ollivander’s shop, but the holy power of his Eternal Blazing Sun Spell cracked every wand he tried. Ollivander brought out an ornate wand acquired from goblins, hoping it would finally suit Charle.

• Charle’s attempt to test the Beechwood and Dragon Heartstring wand cracked it, and Ollivander suspected the Eternal Blazing Sun Spell’s magic was exceptionally powerful and holy.
• Ollivander gave Charle a Birchwood wand with a Unicorn Mane core, but it also developed a crack when Charle tried to draw on the spell.
• Professor McGonagall’s worry about Charle’s nature eased when Ollivander called his magic holy and a nemesis of darkness.
• After nearly twenty wands shattered, Charle and Ollivander doubted that ordinary wands could suit him.
• Ollivander found an ornate goblin-style wand box and opened it to reveal a fifteen-inch silver wand covered in mysterious openwork patterns.

Charle tested Ollivander’s Goblin-made Mithril Wand and found it suited his powerful magic better than any wooden wand. After Ollivander asked two hundred Galleons, Charle agreed to buy it and demanded the eight hundred Galleons Ollivander still owed him.

• Ollivander explained that his ancestor had recreated a Goblin prototype wand from mithril, which conducted magic well but had no loyalty or bond with its user.
• Charle picked up the Mithril Wand and tested it with the Eternal Blazing Sun Spell and the Dust-Free Land Curse, finding that it handled both with ease.
• Ollivander named a price of two hundred Galleons and expected Charle to bargain for the wand.
• Charle agreed to the price and asked Ollivander whether he would transfer the eight hundred Galleons he owed through Gringotts or pay in cash.

Charle obtained a Mithril Wand and the broken Wands from Ollivander, then finished shopping for Hogwarts and went to stay at the Leaky Cauldron. He arranged for the Ministry to cover his lodging and eighty deluxe meals a day until school began.

• Charle persuaded Ollivander to give him the Mithril Wand and then asked to take the broken Wands, claiming he wanted to give them a proper resting place.
• Ollivander gave Charle the broken Wands, while Charle secretly anticipated gaining Deduction Points by eating their magical materials.
• Charle accompanied Professor McGonagall to buy robes, books, a cauldron, and other supplies, then told her he planned to stay at the Leaky Cauldron.
• Professor McGonagall left after offering to help if needed, and Charle went to the Leaky Cauldron.
• Charle ordered ten deluxe meals per sitting, eight times a day, charged to the Ministry of Magic, and Tom offered him a complimentary deluxe room.

Charle discovered that eating broken Wands with seasonings earned him Deduction Points, then used them to begin a second deduction of Apparition as a fast, precise combat spell. Meanwhile, Dumbledore planned to draw Voldemort to Hogwarts and quietly arrange for Charle to become Harry Potter’s close friend.

• Old Tom gave Charle a luxurious room and sent him a variety of seasonings.
• Charle ate a Phoenix Feather Wand dipped in chili powder and gained 2,200 Deduction Points.
• Dumbledore discussed Voldemort’s return, the Philosopher’s Stone, and his plans to test Harry Potter and bring him together with Charle.
• Charle ate the rest of his broken Wands with bean paste and cucumber, raising his Deduction Points above eighty thousand.
• Charle instructed the Deep Blue System to make Apparition a short-range, fast, precise spell for combat.

Charle used Deep Blue to deduce Flash Spell, a combat form of short-range Apparition, and discovered that Dust-Free Land could help him use it immediately. After testing it, he endured severe nausea and considered how to combine Flash Spell with spells in future deductions.

• Charle spent more than fifty thousand Deduction Points to learn the principles of combat Apparition and how Dust-Free Land could provide positioning beacons.
• Deep Blue completed the deduction and named Charle’s combat Apparition technique Flash Spell, which required an incantation to simulate Goblin magic.
• Charle rejected Killing Curse as Flash Spell’s incantation and chose, “Do you want to dance too?”
• Charle cast Dust-Free Land and repeatedly used Flash Spell around the room, then vomited from its intense side effects.
• Charle decided the strength boost outweighed the nausea and considered deducing a way to cast spells while using Flash Spell.

Charle abandoned plans for further Apparition deductions after learning how costly they were and mapped out ways to earn more Deduction Points. He decided to prepare for a possible raid on Gringotts during Quirrell’s attempt to steal the Philosopher’s Stone, then began harvesting knowledge from the enchanted brick wall to the bewilderment of nearby Muggle parents.

• Deep Blue warned Charle that combining Apparition with spells was dangerous and would cost at least five million Deduction Points to deduce.
• Charle considered pursuing Transfiguration, Potions, and Alchemy, but worried about the enormous Deduction Point costs and his limited magical power.
• Charle planned to gather points and spell records before following Quirrell into Gringotts during the Philosopher’s Stone theft.
• After eating the ten Deluxe Meals Old Tom had sent, Charle headed toward Diagon Alley and kissed the enchanted brick wall to gain Deduction Points.
• Nearby Muggle parents watched Charle repeatedly kiss the bricks and wondered whether Hogwarts freshmen were all so crazy.

Charle drained magic from the entrance to Diagon Alley, met Hermione Granger, and then went to Flourish and Blotts to gather reference materials for Deep Blue. He discovered that Dumbledore's writing on dragon blood could reduce the Deduction Points needed for future deductions related to dragons.

• Charle absorbed magic from the brick wall until he had gained roughly a thousand Deduction Points, then stopped before the entrance lost enough power to open.
• Hermione recognized Charle as a rival from Muggle competitions and invited him to explore Diagon Alley, but he declined and entered alone.
• Hermione tried to activate the entrance after Charle passed through, but the brick wall failed to respond, prompting her to blame the Ministry of Magic's maintenance.
• Charle went to Flourish and Blotts and bought advanced books and papers to use as reference materials for Deep Blue.
• Charle examined Dumbledore's "The Twelve Uses of Dragon's Blood," and Deep Blue confirmed that dragon-related materials would reduce the cost of future deductions.

Charle bought magical books and items across Diagon Alley, planning to use them to reduce deduction costs and gain Deduction Points, while charging the Ministry of Magic under his reimbursement agreement. Fudge approved Charle’s purchases without understanding their scale, then realized the latest bill was for 6,237 Galleons.

• Charle confirmed that magical books and papers reduced the Deduction Points needed for related deductions, then ordered a large collection delivered to the Leaky Cauldron on the Ministry of Magic’s tab.
• Charle swept through Diagon Alley’s magical item shops and returned to the Leaky Cauldron with twenty or thirty cases of goods to absorb for Deduction Points.
• Fudge read praise in the Daily Prophet for his reimbursement deal with Charle and congratulated himself on the political bargain.
• Fudge dismissed his aide’s warning about Charle’s reimbursement bills and told him to approve the expenses, assuming they were modest.
• Fudge learned that Charle’s bill totaled 6,237 Galleons and shouted in disbelief.

Fudge discovered that Charle had claimed more than six thousand Galleons in reimbursements and ordered Tonks to investigate him discreetly. Meanwhile, Charle devoured magical items for Deduction Points, finished studying a comprehensive Transfiguration tome, and began his initial deduction.

• Fudge examined Charle's extravagant food, wand, book, and magical-item bills and suspected the reimbursement agreement had a loophole.
• Fudge ordered Tonks to secretly investigate whether Charle had exploited the agreement and truly consumed the items he purchased.
• Charle chewed through Quick-Quotes Quills and other magical items while reading Transfiguration: From Introduction to Interment to gather material for Deep Blue.
• After Charle finished the book, Deep Blue lowered the initial Transfiguration deduction cost to 5,000 points.
• Charle told Deep Blue to run the Transfiguration deduction.

Charle mastered the foundations of Transfiguration and considered pursuing Animagus Transformation that could take the form of powerful magical creatures. While he looked for a way to meet Tonks as a research sample, Tonks received an assignment to investigate him and eagerly set out to prove herself.

• Charle spent five thousand Deduction Points to integrate basic Transfiguration knowledge and tested it by transforming a table into furniture, animals, and a winged creature.
• Charle judged that he had mastered Basic Transfiguration but still needed to choose a branch for further deduction, and he settled on Animagus Transformation because research materials were easier to obtain.
• After reading papers on Animagus Transformation, Charle reduced the cost of deducing a combat-capable magical-creature form from one hundred thousand points to fifty thousand, while Deep Blue suggested an innate Animagus as a valuable sample.
• Charle realized Tonks's inherited Metamorphmagus ability might meet Deep Blue's requirements and considered contacting her through Professor McGonagall or Dumbledore.
• Tonks received an assignment to investigate Charle for possible misuse of Ministry agreements and confidently promised to uncover his secrets within three days.

Tonks went to Diagon Alley to investigate Charle’s extravagant purchases and suspected he was involved in Magical Agreement fraud. Meanwhile, Knockturn Alley wizards planned to lure Charle out of the Leaky Cauldron and kidnap him, deciding to borrow money from Gringotts to buy bait.

• Tonks disguised herself as a man, arrived in Diagon Alley, and heard that shops were delivering large amounts of goods and meals to Charle.
• Tonks concluded that someone was exploiting a loophole in a Ministry agreement and headed to the Leaky Cauldron to watch Charle.
• Knockturn Alley wizards noticed Tonks and began following her while discussing their plan to rob Charle.
• The wizards decided to lure Charle to Knockturn Alley with a rare magical item or material, then kidnap him.
• The group chose to pool their money and take out a secured loan from Gringotts to buy the bait.

Dark wizards mortgaged their possessions at Gringotts and took out a heavily leveraged loan to fund a plan to lure Charle away from the Leaky Cauldron. Charle recognized their bait but pretended to accept the invitation, leaving with a Unicorn Horn while the wizard planned to ambush him in Knockturn Alley.

• A Gringotts goblin persuaded the dark wizards to max out a leverage loan so they could buy bait for Charle.
• Charle read magical books and swallowed ordinary Magical Items with a Transfiguration-made Assembly Line, building up his Deduction Points.
• Old Tom told Charle that a middle-aged wizard in the lobby had something he might like, and Charle went down to meet him.
• The wizard offered Charle a young Unicorn Horn, but Charle called it an Erumpent Horn and offered only three Galleons.
• The wizard invited Charle to his nearby home to see more inherited items, and Charle accepted after taking the Unicorn Horn.
• The dark wizard resolved to attack Charle once he entered Knockturn Alley.

Charle followed a Dark Wizard into Knockturn Alley to collect rare magical materials, only to find himself surrounded by four Dark Wizards. Tonks was captured while trying to rescue him, but Charle recognized her as a Metamorphmagus and celebrated the chance to obtain a valuable ingredient for his research.

• A middle-aged Dark Wizard lured Charle into Knockturn Alley, while Tonks watched and prepared to follow him.
• A Dark Wizard ambushed Tonks with a Binding Spell and dragged her into the alley.
• Charle found two Black-robed Wizards waiting with Acromantula venom and a Dragon Heart, then offered them only two Galleons for both.
• The middle-aged Dark Wizard revealed that the group had lured Charle there to rob him, and Tonks was brought in bound.
• The Dark Wizards threatened Tonks after her Metamorphmagus disguise fell away, but Charle recognized her as a valuable ingredient for his Animagus research and called it his lucky day.

Charle rescued Tonks from four Dark Wizards in Knockturn Alley and overwhelmed them with his magic. After learning they had powerful friends and family in the Alley, he ordered them to summon more Dark Wizards.

• Tonks offered money from the Black Family and the Lestrange Family in exchange for Charle's safety, but the Dark Wizards refused to let either of them go.
• Charle cast the Dust-Free Land Curse, stripping the Dark Wizards of their magic and freeing Tonks from her bindings.
• Charle transformed the ground into a swamp that trapped the Dark Wizards, then took their Wands and three Magical Items.
• The Dark Wizards tried to pressure Charle into returning their belongings by threatening to report him for robbery.
• Charle asked whether the law protected eleven-year-old minors who killed attackers in self-defense, then began sinking the Dark Wizards deeper into the swamp.
• When the Dark Wizards mentioned their powerful friends and family, Charle told them to summon every Dark Wizard they knew in Knockturn Alley.

Charle trapped Dark Wizards throughout Knockturn Alley and took their wands and magical items, then began searching the alley house by house. After finding a group hiding behind a bar counter, he cut through its defenses and confronted them.

• Tonks warned Charle that Knockturn Alley was dangerous, but he trapped her in the mud and ordered the Dark Wizards to summon others.
• Dark Wizards sent coded messages to lure more people to the alley, and Charle captured nearly thirty arrivals and collected their wands and magical items.
• Charle bound a middle-aged Dark Wizard and made him lead the way through Knockturn Alley to identify residents who had stayed inside.
• Charle cut through a reinforced door with the High-Frequency Laser Curse, captured the Dark Wizard inside, and continued searching house by house.
• A group of Dark Wizards hid behind a bar counter and debated whether to confront Charle, but he cut through the bar's defenses and found them.

Charle raided Knockturn Alley and forced Mr. Borgin to hand over several treasures without entering Borgin and Burkes. With his haul and Tonks as material, Charle anticipated a third deduction of Animagus Transformation as he left the alley.

• Charle reached Borgin and Burkes but held back, wary of the shop’s history and influence.
• Mr. Borgin warned Charle to leave, but Charle threatened to dump shit on the storefront and publicize it with photographs.
• Mr. Borgin panicked and tossed out a parcel containing the Hand of Glory and two other magical items.
• Charle recognized the Hand of Glory as useful material for deducing the Lumos spell and planned to absorb the other items for Deduction Points.
• Charle counted his haul of Wands, Dark Magic Items, and rare materials, then anticipated using it and Tonks for a third deduction of Animagus Transformation before hurrying toward Knockturn Alley’s entrance.

Charle left Knockturn Alley with Tonks and the Dark Wizards’ spoils after making the shaken locals agree to call the robbery a welcome celebration. After he departed, the Dark Wizards blamed the men who had brought him there, then turned on them when they proposed keeping Charle out of Hogwarts.

• Charle returned to the entrance of Knockturn Alley and released Tonks from the swamp, then bound her and silenced her when she objected to his robbery.
• Charle made the Dark Wizards promise not to report him and coached them into claiming that their damage and lost possessions were celebration performances and gifts.
• Charle put the muddy Tonks in a conjured garbage cart and left Knockturn Alley with her.
• After Charle left, the Dark Wizards recovered and confronted the men who had originally brought him to Diagon Alley.
• The middle-aged dark wizard urged the Dark Wizards to petition the Ministry, the Wizengamot, and Hogwarts to keep Charle from attending school, so they accused him of being an undercover agent and attacked him.

After fleeing Knockturn Alley, the defeated Dark Wizards set out to find a legendary necklace while Charle discovered Quirrell had been following him. Voldemort tried to lure Charle with advanced magic, but Charle provoked him by claiming Dumbledore had insulted Voldemort’s abilities.

• The Dark Wizards blamed their losses on Charle and decided to seek the legendary Magic Fang Necklace in the North Scottish Wilderness to pay their debts.
• Charle noticed Quirrell following his garbage cart after sensing his powerful magic and confronted him in the street.
• Quirrell praised Charle’s Transfiguration and demonstrated his skill by transforming a streetlamp into a python, giving Deep Blue material that reduced the cost of a future deduction.
• Voldemort, possessing Quirrell, offered to teach Charle powerful magic at Hogwarts, hoping to draw him into his plans.
• Charle feigned disappointment and claimed Dumbledore had called Voldemort’s magic plagiarized and said Voldemort was not fit to carry his shoes, leaving Voldemort furious.

Charle provoked Voldemort by repeating Dumbledore’s alleged insults, then accepted Voldemort’s offer to teach him dark magic. After Voldemort planned to use Charle against Dumbledore and seize the Philosopher’s Stone, Charle returned with Tonks to digest his Knockturn Alley spoils and advance his Transfiguration.

• Charle told Quirrell, who was possessed by Voldemort, that Dumbledore had invented the Killing Curse and Transfiguration and had saved Voldemort after a failed transformation.
• Charle said Dumbledore considered Grindelwald his only true rival, and Voldemort sensed that Charle was telling the truth.
• Voldemort offered to teach Charle powerful magic after term began, and Charle agreed to give him a chance.
• Voldemort told Quirrell he would use Charle to strike at Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix, then ordered Quirrell to prepare to steal the Philosopher’s Stone from Gringotts.
• Charle returned to the Leaky Cauldron with Tonks, poured out his Knockturn Alley spoils, and drank a bottle of Acromantula Venom to begin advancing his Transfiguration.

Charle devoured magical materials and items to amass 300,000 Deduction Points, then forced Tonks to demonstrate her Metamorphmagus ability so Deep Blue could reduce the cost of developing Animagus Transformation. After tying Tonks up again, he began a new deduction of Transfiguration in the Animagus direction.

• Charle ate Acromantula Venom, a Unicorn Horn, pieces of a Dragon Heart, wands, and other magical items, bringing his total to 300,000 Deduction Points.
• Charle went to Tonks, whom he had locked in a room, and threatened to release humiliating photographs unless she used her Metamorphmagus ability.
• Tonks repeatedly changed her appearance and physique while Deep Blue collected Metamorphmagus material and lowered the cost of later Animagus Transformation deductions.
• Charle checked that he had enough points for two deductions, then struck Tonks unconscious, tied her up, and locked her away again.
• Charle ordered Deep Blue to deduce Transfiguration in the Animagus direction.