Recaps

Harry and Hermione followed Shawn into the Forbidden Forest, where they got lost and stumbled upon a fight involving giant spiders. An Acromantula captured them, but Shawn’s green spell shot toward it as they were dragged away.

• Harry and Hermione practiced spells by the Black Lake, then followed Shawn into the Forbidden Forest.
• They became lost in the dark woods and found a dead Augurey before hearing fighting nearby.
• They crept toward the sounds and discovered giant spider corpses and flashes of green light.
• An Acromantula caught Harry and Hermione in a web cocoon and dragged them away.
• As they were about to lose consciousness, a green beam of Avada Kedavra shot toward the Acromantula.

Shawn rescued Harry and Hermione from an Acromantula in the Forbidden Forest, rebuked them for following him, and demonstrated his magical-energy cards and the Killing Curse. As the three left the forest, a centaur confronted them and ordered them out of centaur territory.

• Shawn killed the Acromantula that had trapped Harry and Hermione, then absorbed its magical energy into a playing card.
• Harry and Hermione offered to follow Shawn in exchange for cards, but he refused, saying they were not qualified and explaining Draco's special treatment.
• Shawn revealed that he had used the Killing Curse, warned Hermione that it was an Unforgivable Curse, and told Harry that the curse had caused his scar.
• A centaur shot an arrow into the ground before Shawn and the children, then ordered them to leave the forest.

Shawn fought a centaur in the Forbidden Forest, tortured him despite Hermione and Harry’s objections, and left before the centaur’s companions arrived. Back at Hogwarts, he accepted Theodore as a loyal subordinate and gave him a playing card, then turned to hear what Draco wanted.

• Shawn trapped the attacking centaur with electrified water, bound him, and tortured him with spells until he passed out.
• Hermione pleaded with Shawn to stop and later condemned his cruelty, while Harry also said defeating the centaur would have been enough.
• Shawn cast an imperfect Memory Charm on the centaur and left the Forbidden Forest with Harry and Hermione as centaur hoofbeats approached.
• Shawn dismissed Hermione’s arguments about lawful change and said she and Harry were not qualified to follow him.
• Shawn asked Theodore whether he would kill an innocent person on his orders, and Theodore pledged absolute loyalty.
• Shawn gave Theodore the nine of spades and sent him to find Alice before asking Draco what he wanted.

After Shawn explained his use of violence, Draco chose to follow him while Harry and Hermione struggled to process what had happened. A month later, Shawn held the first throne meeting with Alice, Theodore, and Draco, whose unfinished report concerned Harry.

• Shawn told Hermione that reason could not work with unreasonable people and that he had chosen violence to achieve his ambitions.
• Draco decided Shawn still believed in him, restored his proud bearing, and followed him, while Harry and Hermione remained troubled.
• A month later, Shawn convened his first throne meeting in the Room of Requirement and urged his followers to study and seek out talent.
• Alice reported on promising students and her grandfather's loss of access to Pure-blood Association secrets.
• Theodore reported that eight Pure-blood Association families were targeting Shawn and that he had dealt with troublemakers in their House.
• Draco began to report about Harry, surprising Shawn.

Over the past month, Harry, Hermione, Dumbledore, and Quirrell each struggled with setbacks caused by Shawn’s influence, while several others benefited from the changes around them. The chapter ended with Draco pleading with Shawn in the Room of Requirement.

• Harry lost his footing in Quidditch and his popularity, while Snape repeatedly punished him and Harry secretly practiced spells to become stronger.
• Hermione studied wizarding law and history, discovered how deeply the system discriminated against Muggle-borns, and began to question her opposition to Shawn.
• Dumbledore struggled to steer Harry toward the role he expected, investigated Shawn’s past, and dealt with the Acolytes’ failed attempt to abduct the New Zealand Quidditch Team’s mascot.
• Quirrell endured Voldemort’s punishments and the loss of his life force, but hesitated to kill unicorns for their blood.
• McGonagall, Snape, Ron, Seamus, Percy, and Montague each enjoyed gains or advantages amid the upheaval.
• Draco pleaded with Shawn in the Room of Requirement.

Draco asked Shawn to help Harry and Hermione, but Shawn told him they had to face hardship themselves. Shawn then began putting plans in motion to reform Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, leaving off as the house-elves welcomed him to the kitchen.

• Draco asked Shawn to accept Harry again and help Hermione, but Shawn said they needed to grow through their own struggles.
• Alice reported that the initial Slytherin and Gryffindor reforms were complete, and Shawn told her to prepare the Etiquette Team and arrange the houses’ duel.
• Shawn secretly visited Ravenclaw Tower and taught the Bronze Door Knocker mathematics, arranging for it to quiz students starting the next night.
• After leaving Ravenclaw Tower, Shawn went to the kitchen to plan how to influence Hufflepuff through food.
• A house-elf recognized Shawn and welcomed him, setting off a commotion among the kitchen’s house-elves.

Shawn instructed the House-elves to gradually reduce the amount of food they served and gave them recipes for Chinese imperial cuisine, while continuing his plan to win over Hogwarts’s houses. He discovered Harry practicing nonverbal Disarming Charms and left him undisturbed; the next morning, the unusually delicious breakfast drew loud praise from Hufflepuff.

• Shawn told the House-elves to begin serving China Cuisine while gradually reducing its quantity, and gave them Chinese imperial recipes to study.
• Shawn gained Faith Value from the House-elves and reflected on his different strategies for conquering Slytherin, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff.
• Shawn spotted Neville watching Harry practice the Disarming Charm without speaking and quietly left without interrupting.
• At breakfast the next morning, the students found the food exceptionally delicious, and the Hufflepuffs loudly praised Merlin.

Shawn shared his Chinese breakfast with the other Hogwarts houses, winning their praise while quietly expecting them to repay his generosity with loyalty. After Alice reported that potion supplies were running low and Theodore warned of a possible plot against Shawn, Shawn told his followers to focus on growing stronger for greater threats.

• Shawn, Alice, Draco, and Theodore ate Chinese breakfast at the Slytherin table as students from the other houses arrived and tried the unfamiliar food.
• The Hufflepuffs, Ravenclaws, and Gryffindors enjoyed the dishes, and many praised Shawn for sharing them.
• Alice told Shawn that the afternoon duels were arranged but the weekly Charms coaching sessions had depleted their potion supplies.
• Shawn decided to ask their Head of House to contribute more potions.
• Theodore reported that troublemakers were practicing an advanced Freezing Charm with several Gryffindors and offered to injure them before they could act.
• Shawn dismissed the threat and urged Theodore to grow stronger, while Draco said they should keep up with Shawn's increasing strength.

Shawn teased Snape and left him chamomile pastries that brought back memories of Lily. At Ravenclaw Tower, a math-obsessed door knocker trapped the students outside their common room, and Hermione sent for Shawn to help.

• Shawn told Snape that Harry would be beaten up that night and teased him about watching, then collected potions from the shelves.
• Shawn left Snape chamomile pastries, and Snape tasted one and remembered Lily showing him her first magic.
• The Ravenclaw door knocker barred students from their common room with math problems, defeating the students and even Hermione.
• Flitwick failed to persuade the door knocker to let the students in, and Hermione suggested asking Shawn for help.
• Flitwick agreed with Hermione and sent her to fetch Shawn from Slytherin.

Shawn tested the new Lightning Charm he had developed from books sent by Grindelwald, then went with Draco to help Ravenclaw students answer their door knocker’s question. After explaining how Muggle steam trains worked, Shawn entered Ravenclaw Tower with Professor Flitwick, who asked him to help resolve the door knocker’s questions.

• Shawn practiced his improved Lightning Blade, creating a lightning sword and a net of blades that cut through a stone wall.
• Draco told Shawn that Hermione had sought his help because Ravenclaw students were stuck outside their tower.
• Shawn and Draco went to Ravenclaw Tower, where Professor Flitwick welcomed Shawn and asked him to answer the door knocker’s question.
• Shawn explained that Muggle trains moved by steam power, and the door knocker opened the entrance.
• Professor Flitwick invited Shawn to his office to discuss Muggle mathematics and help solve the door knocker problem.

Professor Flitwick welcomed Shawn to his office, taught him how ordinary charms could become dangerous in a duel, and challenged his use of corporal punishment. He refused to let Shawn impose such punishments on Ravenclaw and said he would ask the headmaster to abolish them in the other houses.

• Professor Flitwick treated Shawn to matcha pudding and warned him against relying on powerful, flashy spells.
• Flitwick demonstrated how a cleaning charm could be turned into a lethal spell and shared his dueling advice.
• Flitwick revealed that he had advised students on countering Shawn's water and lightning magic.
• Flitwick confronted Shawn about teaching the door knocker new knowledge and preventing students from entering Ravenclaw.
• Flitwick explained how corporal punishment could damage students and said he would not allow Shawn to use it on Ravenclaw.
• Flitwick told Shawn he would speak to the headmaster about abolishing corporal punishments in the other houses.

Shawn negotiated with Flitwick for a place in Ravenclaw, agreed to stop using electrotherapy as punishment, and provided Muggle science textbooks for the professor to introduce to students. As Shawn left, he reflected on his conduct and encountered Hermione.

• Flitwick offered to let Shawn into Ravenclaw if he agreed to conditions, and Shawn realized the professor had been steering his emotions.
• Shawn agreed to stop using electrotherapy as corporal punishment, but only promised that he had lines he would not cross.
• Shawn gave Flitwick English mathematics, physics, and chemistry textbooks and explained the destructive power of Muggle technology.
• Flitwick decided to introduce the textbooks to Ravenclaw students and consider recommending science lessons throughout Hogwarts.
• Shawn reflected on his past behavior and the need to be more humble, then found Hermione standing in his path.

Hermione apologized to Shawn, accepted his methods while insisting she would keep his kindness alive, and became his follower. As the Gryffindor-Slytherin dueling showdown gathered its participants, Shawn arrived at the pitch.

• Hermione apologized to Shawn and said she would support him while serving as a moral boundary against tyranny.
• Shawn accepted Hermione as a follower, gave her a ten of clubs, and ordered her to rest and meet Alice the next day.
• Hermione asked to compete in the duels, but Shawn ordered her not to take part.
• Gryffindor and Slytherin gathered at the dueling platform, where Kenneth checked that George and Fred's plan was ready.
• Harry and Draco exchanged a friendly challenge across the rival groups as the appointed time approached.
• Shawn strolled over from the Castle as the crowd waited for the duels to begin.

Shawn opened Hogwarts’ dueling competition, where Harry Potter defeated Draco Malfoy after revealing he could cast a spell nonverbally. The next match began as Ron watched Harry’s victory sourly.

• Shawn welcomed the students and declared the dueling competition open, and Alice organized the matches.
• Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy faced each other in the first duel and exchanged Disarming Charms before Draco summoned a snake.
• Harry dodged Draco’s Levicorpus and cast a powerful nonverbal Disarming Charm that knocked Draco down and disarmed him.
• Harry defeated the snake, helped Draco up, and celebrated his discovery of nonverbal spellcasting while Draco congratulated him.
• The announcer awarded Gryffindor one point, and Harry helped Draco leave the platform as the Gryffindors cheered.
• The announcer called Seamus Finnigan and Theodore Nott for the second match, while Ron muttered that he could have beaten Draco.

Theodore defeated Seamus in the second duel with a clever Shield Charm and a Disarming Charm, giving Slytherin a point. The chapter ended as Parvati Patil and Pansy Parkinson began the third match.

• Seamus boasted to the Gryffindor crowd, while Theodore quietly accepted Alice's encouragement and faced him on the platform.
• Theodore intercepted Seamus's Exploding Charm with a Shield Charm placed in the arena, impressing the spectators with his skill.
• Theodore obscured Seamus's aim with a flock of golden birds, then disarmed him as Seamus fired blindly.
• Seamus returned to Gryffindor embarrassed, and Harry comforted him before Ron mocked them; Theodore left to practice spells after Shawn praised him.
• The announcer named Parvati Patil and Pansy Parkinson as the next duelists, and they took their places on the platform.
• Parvati greeted Pansy warmly, but Pansy responded coldly; the duel began.

Parvati defeated Pansy, who broke the rules by attacking her with the Reductor Curse, and Shawn intervened before she could hurt anyone. With Gryffindor leading Slytherin seven to five, Alice challenged all three of Gryffindor’s fifth-year duelists at once.

• Parvati knocked Pansy off the platform with a powerful Disarming Charm, and Gryffindor cheered her victory.
• Pansy attacked Parvati from behind with the forbidden Reductor Curse, but Shawn blocked it and trapped Pansy in a Water Prison.
• Shawn declared Gryffindor the winner and warned the students against breaking the rules; the matches continued with Gryffindor taking a seven-to-five lead.
• Alice encouraged the defeated Jiexini, then announced that she would face Percy, Wood, and Milia together.

Alice challenged the Gryffindors to a three-on-one duel, with the winner earning three points, and decisively defeated Percy, Wood, and Milia. She left the platform poised and victorious, surveying the stunned crowd.

• Wood and Milia challenged Alice after she dismissed the crowd, and Alice demonstrated her strength with a nonverbal Disarming Charm.
• Percy argued that the three-on-one match was unfair, so Alice made it worth three points for either side; Shawn let the duel proceed and told Alice to apologize and compensate the Slytherin duelists afterward.
• Alice and the three Gryffindors began the duel, and Alice concealed herself in black mist while Percy, Wood, and Milia formed a defensive team.
• The Gryffindors attacked a stone decoy, and Alice struck Milia with a Disarming Charm, then knocked Percy and Wood down with repeated spells.
• Alice deflected a spell with Spell Reversal and overwhelmed Percy and Wood, then stood victorious before the stunned crowd.

Alice defeated Milia and won three points for Slytherin, but later losses tied the score at ten to ten. Kenneth revealed a plan to use Montague and other students against Shawn, who entered the arena and told Kenneth to call up all his people.

• Alice returned to Slytherin after defeating Milia, while the injured Milia received help from Percy and others.
• Kenneth rallied the Gryffindors by claiming he had a plan to guarantee victory, and Percy questioned whether he had neglected his own strength.
• Victor and a half-blood student won for Slytherin, but Gloria and two seventh-year students lost, tying the score at ten to ten.
• Kenneth and Montague faced each other in the final match, and Montague admitted he had agreed to challenge Shawn because of his debts and desire for a rematch.
• Kenneth proposed that Shawn fight him and additional students, while Shawn descended into the arena and told Kenneth to call up all his people.

Shawn faced a challenge from Kenneth and ten other students, demanding a month of hand-washing both houses’ socks if they lost. After the challengers armed themselves with potions and supplies, Shawn formed his wand into a lightning sword and waited for their first attack.

• Kenneth gathered five students from each house to challenge Shawn, and the Twins distributed their alchemical gadgets.
• Shawn demanded that the challengers wash everyone’s socks by hand for a month if they lost, prompting cheers from the crowd.
• The challengers shared Felix Felicis and other valuable potions before taking their positions again.
• Shawn transformed Kunikuzushi into a lightning sword, alarming Kenneth and the other challengers.
• The Gryffindors sent transfigured beasts charging at Shawn while the Slytherins fired spells, and Shawn swept his sword forward with a crescent slash.

Shawn overwhelmed Kenneth and the other rebels with a lightning net and Water Pythons, then left them defeated in the arena. The Slytherins and Gryffindors cheered for him, while Dumbledore heard the uproar from his office and frowned.

• Shawn expanded a lightning net that cut apart the transfigured animals and blocked the rebels’ spells.
• Kenneth ordered the teams to blast a hole in the net and charge, but Shawn trapped them with three Water Pythons.
• Shawn pierced the captives’ lightning-proof outfits with purple daggers, electrocuted all twelve students, and released them onto the arena floor.
• The Slytherins and Gryffindors joined in competing cheers for Shawn as Draco shouted with the crowd.
• Dumbledore heard the distant cheering, went to the window, and frowned when he understood what the students were shouting.

After the dueling competition, Shawn checked on Theodore and urged him to find some happiness despite his painful past. Theodore asked whether Shawn had a task for him, leaving their conversation poised to continue.

• Dumbledore prepared to visit Grindelwald after his summoning interrupted plans to speak with Shawn.
• Shawn left the defeated students at the dueling arena and watched McGonagall and Snape discipline their houses, including Draco.
• Shawn learned that Theodore practiced spells by the Black Lake and went to find him.
• Theodore accidentally fired a Disarming Charm at Shawn, who deflected it and praised Theodore's vigilance.
• Shawn acknowledged Theodore's painful childhood and encouraged him to be happier, promising that he had support.
• Theodore thanked Shawn and asked if he had a task for him.

Abernathy heard the Acolytes’ complaints about Grindelwald’s silence while Grindelwald and Dumbledore bickered over a sugary health supplement. At Hogwarts, Quirrell enjoyed unfamiliar dishes in the Great Hall and noticed that the atmosphere was strange.

• Abernathy listened as veteran Acolytes discussed Grindelwald’s lack of orders, their activities, and Shawn’s exceptional talent.
• Dumbledore fed Grindelwald a cloyingly sweet health supplement while questioning him about his Muggle reading and the Acolytes.
• Grindelwald rushed to the bathroom after drinking the supplement, and Dumbledore wondered whether it had been meant to harm him.
• Quirrell went to the Great Hall to enjoy its food because his money was running low and he expected to buy a dragon egg in Knockturn Alley.
• Quirrell tasted two unfamiliar dishes and noticed the Great Hall’s atmosphere was strange.

At dinner, Shawn rewarded Slytherin duel winners while the other Houses reacted uneasily to the Chinese food and their own troubles. After dinner, he sent Harry to help Draco in Snape’s office and found another fan letter waiting in his dormitory.

• Quirrell watched the Houses at dinner, worried that Shawn might be strong enough to challenge him and that Shawn had received his dark-magic notebook.
• Shawn told Alice to have Montague work under her before he could be considered for the outer circle, while Theodore left to carry out Shawn’s task.
• Shawn observed the other Houses’ reactions, exchanged a threatening smile with Quirrell, and left the Great Hall.
• Harry caught up with Shawn to ask about Draco, and Shawn persuaded him to go help Draco deal with slugs in Snape’s office.
• Shawn returned to his dormitory and found another fan letter from his accommodating admirer.

Shawn read Grindelwald’s letter praising the First Emperor of China and offering advice on elemental magic, then prepared to lead another group of Slytherins to Ravenclaw. Draco complained about Harry’s well-meant help with flobberworms, and the chapter ended with Draco deciding to practice harder after being left out again.

• Shawn read Grindelwald’s letter, reflected on how he had persuaded the old wizard to study Chinese, and wrote him a reply.
• Shawn examined Grindelwald’s advice about the elements while supervising evening study and realized that the missing students were suffering after their punishment.
• Draco arrived covered in slime and told Shawn that Harry had spent two hours helping him deal with flobberworms.
• The next morning, Shawn selected ten Slytherins to accompany him to Ravenclaw, choosing those with a level-four Disarming Charm and asking Alice to select the rest.
• Draco was left out again and told his followers they would stay up an extra hour each night to practice.

Shawn arrived at Ravenclaw Tower with Hermione and ten young snakes to bring the house under his authority, but the curious Ravenclaws proved difficult to control. He tried to quiet them with a display of magic and strict rules, leaving him unsure how to manage their enthusiasm.

• Hermione greeted Shawn at Ravenclaw Tower after transforming her appearance, then took Theodore’s place as Shawn’s guide.
• Shawn entered the Ravenclaw Common Room, where Professor Flitwick introduced him to the assembled young eagles and gave him leave to set things in order.
• The Ravenclaws surrounded Shawn with questions about his habits, their mathematics books, and magic, prompting him to raise a Water Flow Barrier for protection.
• A sixth-year girl touched the barrier and was knocked down by an electric shock, while the other Ravenclaws eagerly analyzed the spell.
• Hermione advised Shawn to offer the students more advanced knowledge, and Shawn used fireworks to demand silence and declare that they must not speak unless asked.
• The Ravenclaws continued teasing Shawn and promising to listen, leaving him exasperated and uncertain how to establish authority over them.