Chapter Summaries

As Kyle prepared to leave for Hogwarts, Mo Fei helped the orphanage’s children grow through work, study, and etiquette lessons. At King’s Cross, Kyle found the entrance to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters and prepared to board, while the others said goodbye.

• Kyle followed Mo Fei’s warning and studied his textbooks instead of practicing magic without a professor’s guidance.
• Miss Colleen arranged for Molly to teach Mia noble etiquette, and Mo Fei began teaching the children manners and practical skills as the orphanage improved.
• On September first, Mo Fei took the orphanage children to King’s Cross to see Kyle off, leaving the bread business with Manager Kalai and Stefan.
• Mo Fei led the group to platforms nine and ten and explained that Kyle should watch others to learn how to board.
• Kyle saw a family disappear through a pillar, identified the entrance to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, and heard Mo Fei’s final advice before setting off for Hogwarts.

After Kyle left to study magic, Mo Fei reassured the children that they could build better futures for themselves and led them to discuss their goals. Boer chose to learn therapeutic massage, and Mo Fei told him he would need to train hard; Boer showed no sign of changing his mind.

• Kyle said goodbye to Mo Fei and the children, then entered the pillar to leave for his wizard training.
• Mo Fei walked the children through the West End and encouraged them to believe they could work hard and live there someday.
• The children gained confidence and discussed their future ambitions as they walked home.
• At dinner, Mo Fei asked the older children to explain how they planned to make a living.
• Boer said he wanted to learn therapeutic massage, and Mo Fei told him to practice martial arts and prepare for the hard work.

Lina and Mia told Mo Fei what careers they wanted, and he set out plans to train them. Lina would learn the fundamentals of breadmaking, while Mia would prepare for acting through study and observation, leaving with a warning to keep a low profile at the theater.

• Lina told Mo Fei she wanted to become London's best baker, and he tested her knowledge of breadmaking before agreeing to teach her the core skills.
• Mo Fei told Lina to exercise with him and accompany him when he bought flour so she could learn the full breadmaking process.
• Mia told Mo Fei she wanted to pursue acting and become famous, despite the hardships and dangers he had warned her about.
• Mo Fei instructed Mia to observe people while selling bread and visiting with Miss Colleen, then report and imitate what she had seen.
• Mo Fei spent his last Belief Point to raise his Acting skill to beginner and warned Mia not to use Miss Colleen's name to cause trouble at the theater.

Mo Fei helped Zane and Aiwen consider their futures, offering Zane the chance to study finance and economics at grammar school. Zane accepted, while Aiwen chose to stay at Mo Orphanage and help Mo Fei care for it.

• Mo Fei asked Zane about his plans, and Zane said he wanted to study arithmetic and economics and eventually work at the chamber of commerce.
• Mo Fei offered to pay for Zane to attend grammar school, and Zane agreed to pursue the opportunity.
• Mo Fei asked Aiwen about his dreams, and Aiwen said he would inherit the orphanage and help Mo Fei.
• Mo Fei accepted Aiwen's offer, and the children celebrated as they considered their futures.

Mo Fei enrolled Zane in grammar school and bought books for the orphanage children, noticing signs that unrest was affecting book prices. As the orphanage’s finances dwindled, Miles’s resentment toward Aiwen and the others continued to grow.

• Mo Fei took Zane to the grammar school, where Zane passed the entrance tests and was admitted after Mo Fei invoked Miss Colleen Winter’s name.
• Mo Fei arranged for Zane to bring meals from the orphanage because the school’s dining hall was too expensive.
• Mo Fei bought books suited to each child’s interests and plans, spending much of the orphanage’s remaining money.
• Mo Fei noticed that book prices had risen and suspected that persecution of wizarding families and the approach of war were causing instability.
• Miles, forced to do dangerous work for the Black Snake Gang, watched Aiwen and the others sell bread and grew more resentful.

Miles became increasingly resentful of Mo Fei and plotted to use venomous snakes to kill everyone at the orphanage. Meanwhile, Kyle’s letter from Hogwarts brought the children together to write him a reply, which Boer sent by owl.

• Miles blamed Mo Fei for his misfortunes and, after hearing neighbors praise the orphanage’s progress, decided to make venomous snakes attack it during winter.
• Miles returned to Hei Shi and ingratiated himself with him so he could learn the Black Snake Gang’s Snake Control Technique.
• Kyle’s owl delivered his letter to the orphanage, and Mo Fei let the children read it and share their questions.
• Mo Fei asked Boer to write a reply, and the children asked Kyle about Hogwarts, Hufflepuff, his classes, and the food.
• Boer added that he planned to study medicine with Mo Fei, and the owl flew away with the reply addressed to Kyle King.

At the orphanage, Boer read aloud Kyle’s first letter describing his journey to Hogwarts, his new friend Martin Sawyer, and his Sorting into Hufflepuff. The letter ended with Kyle promising to write about his classes, while Boer took responsibility for keeping all of Kyle’s letters safe.

• Boer joked with Mo Fei and Aiwen about an owl seeming to look down on him, and the children laughed.
• Mo Fei asked Boer to read Kyle’s letter aloud so everyone could hear about the magical world.
• Kyle’s letter described being avoided by some students on the train because of his patched clothes, then befriending Martin Sawyer.
• Kyle recounted the journey to Hogwarts, the boat ride across the lake, and the Sorting Hat placing him in Hufflepuff.
• Kyle described his first week at school and promised to write about his classes in his next letter.
• Boer asked to keep Kyle’s letter, and Mo Fei agreed, asking him to preserve all of Kyle’s future letters too.

After the children ate bread made from wheat grown at the orphanage, Mo Fei collected the Light of Spirituality and unlocked the restrictions on his skills. The children showed clearer thinking and new inspiration, leaving Mo Fei to watch them closely and wonder whether the effect was harmless.

• Mo Fei struggled to advance his Cooking skill because the system required the mysterious Light of Spirituality, which he suspected might come from children.
• The children ate bread made from the orphanage's wheat and briefly experienced a shared vision of a field made entirely of bread.
• The system notified Mo Fei that he had collected the Light of Spirituality and lifted his skill restrictions.
• Zane found new inspiration and solved a problem, while Lina felt she understood kneading dough better and Aiwen said he was clearheaded.
• Mo Fei checked the children for signs of harm and decided to observe them, hoping the Light of Spirituality had no dangerous effects.

Mo Fei upgraded Cooking to master level and chose Cheap Ingredients, gaining the ability to use ordinary ingredients to make dishes with better effects. After absorbing cooking knowledge through a vivid dream, he woke and reflected that he would have to find his own path.

• Mo Fei upgraded Cooking from advanced to master, spending Belief Points and his last Light of Spirituality.
• The system offered Mo Fei the traits Best of the Best and Cheap Ingredients, and he chose Cheap Ingredients to better nourish the children without risking his freedom in the Wizarding World.
• Mo Fei experienced the lives and techniques of master chefs in a dream as their knowledge entered his mind.
• Mo Fei woke when he heard the children getting up and decided that he needed to develop his own cooking path.
• Mo Fei saw Aiwen come out to wash up and laughed, so Aiwen laughed along.

After reaching master level in cooking, Mo Fei prepared a feast for the children and used the meal to teach Lina advanced ways to understand ingredients and develop recipes. The children eagerly finished the delicious food, while Lina remained absorbed in what she had learned.

• Mo Fei cooked a feast with ordinary ingredients and had Lina assist him as usual.
• Mo Fei showed Lina how he adjusted the beef's fibers by touch and explained why his knife cuts were shallow.
• Mo Fei connected the preparation of meat and vegetables to breadmaking, prompting Lina to think about texture, temperature, and flavor.
• Lina realized breadmaking depended on imagination and experience as well as flour and heat, and she absorbed Mo Fei's lessons throughout dinner.
• The children devoured the unusually delicious meal, and Mo Fei was surprised by how tender the beef and sweet the carrots tasted.

During dinner, Mo Fei praised the children’s effort and set a standard of personal progress in exchange for meals. He encouraged Jimmy and Lucy by showing how even small acts of care and learning could count as progress.

• Boer praised the dinner and explained how he had studied massage with Mo Fei, while Aiwen complained about being his practice subject.
• Zane refused to let Boer practice on him, and Aiwen eventually indulged Boer despite their bickering.
• Mo Fei asked the children what they thought of dinner, then said he would cook meals like it every evening if they did their tasks and tried to improve each day.
• The children agreed to Mo Fei’s request, but Jimmy and Lucy worried that they had not accomplished enough.
• Mo Fei told Jimmy he could teach Tom stories and words, and advised Lucy to show Lina more care through small helpful actions.

Mo Fei’s Master-Level Cooking improved the children’s health and growth while helping them thrive in his care. As Christmas approached, he managed Aiwen’s growing pains and new clothes, restricted Boer’s diet, and saw Zane’s condition improve.

• Aiwen, Lina, Boer, Mia, Zane, Jimmy, and Lucy became more proactive and helpful, while Jimmy continued caring for Tom Riddle.
• Mo Fei remained wary of the snake from the previous winter but set the concern aside after none appeared during the year.
• Mo Fei used Master-Level Cooking to make nutritious supplementary foods for Tom, who eagerly ate them and sometimes fussed for more.
• Mo Fei discovered that his cooking skill greatly increased the nutrition in ordinary ingredients, improving his own health and the children’s development.
• Mo Fei helped Aiwen manage growing pains and took him to Mrs. Field for new clothes, where Aisha measured him and chose fabric.
• Mo Fei restricted Boer’s food and offered him exercise and bread-delivery work as alternatives; Boer chose exercise, while Zane’s health and complexion improved.

Mo Fei’s cooking and the neighbors’ monthly dinner parties helped the East End community prosper and grow closer. Miles, alarmed by their success, planned to use a high-grade venomous snake from the Black Snake Gang to kill everyone at Mo Fei’s orphanage.

• Mo Fei’s improved bread boosted sales, while he let former Bread Workshop cooks sell their own bread after the workshop closed.
• Aisha praised Mo Fei’s cooking, and Mrs. Field, Vil-V, and others arranged monthly dinner parties where neighbors shared meals and gifts.
• The gatherings strengthened local ties, and Kalai and Stefan joined the group as it became a mutual-aid organization.
• Miles returned from leave and worried that Mo Fei’s growing success would disrupt his plans.
• Miles recalled how Hei Shi used poisoned prisoners to breed venomous snakes and decided to steal a high-grade snake to attack Mo Fei’s orphanage.

On Christmas, Miles stole blood from the prisoner and used it to draw the venomous snake out of its cage. He escaped the Black Snake Gang with the snake and headed for the Mo Orphanage, where Mo Fei and the children were celebrating.

• Miles slipped away from the gang’s Christmas feast and entered the prisoner’s room to collect blood.
• The prisoner warned Miles that anyone who touched the snakes would have to run or face being imprisoned next.
• Miles entered the snake room, recognized its poisonous atmosphere, and lured the strange venomous snake into briefly falling unconscious with the blood.
• Miles carried the caged snake out of the gang’s territory and headed toward the Mo Orphanage.
• Mo Fei and the children shared a Christmas meal, and Boer was glad to eat a proper feast.

Mo Fei told the children a cautionary tale about a wizard who murdered others to steal their talents, while Miles secretly placed a venomous snake in the dormitory. Mo Fei found Tom Riddle facing the snake and discovered that Tom could speak Parseltongue, which made the snake stop threatening him.

• Mo Fei told the children about a potion-obsessed wizard who stole other wizards’ body parts and was eventually burned to ashes.
• Miles decided to put a venomous snake in the children’s bedroom and return later to retrieve it.
• Mo Fei heard a noise from the dormitory window and went upstairs because Tom Riddle was in the bedroom.
• Tom Riddle smiled at the snake and spoke Parseltongue before it could bite him.
• The snake responded to Tom’s hissing and moved its fangs away from his arm.

Mo Fei found a venomous snake in the dormitory, used Tom’s Parseltongue to keep it calm, and went to hunt down the intruder. He caught Miles, who attacked him with a poisoned blade, and left him injured and convinced Mo Fei served Earl Winter.

• Mo Fei watched Tom calm the venomous snake with Parseltongue, then locked the dormitory to protect the other children.
• Mo Fei upgraded his Combat skill to Advanced and quietly told Aiwen to keep the children calm while he searched for the intruder.
• Miles brooded in hiding and blamed others for his troubles as Mo Fei crept toward him.
• Miles noticed Mo Fei, drew a poisoned blade, and lunged at his neck.
• Mo Fei struck Miles’s wrist and swept his leg, disarming him and knocking him to the ground.
• Miles recognized Mo Fei’s fighting skill and accused him of being Earl Winter’s hidden agent.

Mo Fei subdued Miles and learned that he had come to the orphanage to take revenge after his schemes against Mo Fei failed. Miles died when the venomous snake he brought bit him, and the snake then appeared to ask Mo Fei to kill it with the poisoned blade.

• Mo Fei dislocated Miles's wrist, restrained him, and buried the poisoned blade while questioning him about the snake.
• Miles tried to threaten Mo Fei with the snake, but Mo Fei exposed his bluff and forced him to confess his schemes and motive for revenge.
• Mo Fei decided to postpone dealing with Miles until the next day, but the snake crawled toward them and bit Miles in the throat.
• After Miles died, the snake signaled to Mo Fei and brought its vulnerable spot to the poisoned blade.
• Mo Fei cut the snake in two with the blade, following what he believed was its request.

Mo Fei disposed of Miles’s body and the dead venomous snake in a sewer, then returned to the orphanage and comforted the children. He discovered that a scroll from the snake cage described venomous-snake taming and cultivation, and suspected the snake had killed Miles in revenge before taking its own life.

• Mo Fei wrapped the snake’s remains in Miles’s clothes, threw Miles’s body into a sewer, and retrieved a scroll from the snake cage before disposing of it.
• Mo Fei returned to the orphanage, reassured the worried children, and took Tom to sleep with him after telling him that Snakey had chosen to leave.
• After the children went to bed, Mo Fei read the scroll and learned it contained methods for taming and cultivating venomous snakes, along with poison recipes.
• Mo Fei concluded that the scroll’s owner had used people as poison bait, a cruel shortcut that harmed both victims and snakes.
• Mo Fei suspected Tom’s Parseltongue had restored the snake’s sanity, after which it took revenge on Miles and ended its own life to escape further suffering.
• Mo Fei decided to hide the scroll beneath the study floor because it was a dangerous treasure belonging to the Black Snake Gang.

After the Black Snake Gang stopped investigating Miles’s death, Mo Fei returned to his routine and learned that his skills could improve naturally, though further upgrades required rare light of spirituality. Mia chose to train at a West End theater, where she began three months of closed assessments, leaving Mo Fei outside to worry about her future.

• Mo Fei watched for signs of the Black Snake Gang’s investigation until they eventually gave up and he relaxed.
• Mo Fei checked his stats, realized some skills could improve through experience, and found he still lacked the light of spirituality needed for further upgrades.
• Mia decided to study and work at the West End theater, and Miss Colleen encouraged her choice.
• Mo Fei brought Mia to the theater, where the manager explained that she would undergo three months of training and assessments alongside other applicants aged eight to twelve.
• The theater staff took Mia inside, and Mo Fei left after looking back at the building and worrying about her unknown future.

Mo Fei reflected on how the orphanage children were growing and planned paths to help them build safe futures. Kyle’s letters described life and staff at Hogwarts, leaving Mo Fei with a clearer picture of the school and how it differed from the original story.

• Mo Fei saw Aiwen become a capable pillar of the orphanage and planned to introduce him to the chamber of commerce when he turned sixteen.
• Mo Fei guided Lina in cooking and expected her to take over the orphanage’s breadmaking as she worked toward her dream.
• Mo Fei planned Boer’s massage therapy training around nobles’ needs, hoping it would protect him from the dangers of future wars.
• Kyle regularly wrote to the orphanage from Hogwarts, and the children eagerly fed snacks to the owl that delivered his letters.
• Kyle’s letters described Hogwarts’ professors and staff, helping Mo Fei realize that many familiar figures had not yet appeared and that there was still time.