Chapter Summaries

Kyle gave gifts to everyone at the orphanage before saying goodbye, while they recalled the presents they had given him the day before. After Mo Fei embraced him and everyone offered their blessings, Kyle Disapparated, leaving the others to feel his absence despite knowing he would return.

• Tom showed off the fine clothes Kyle had made for him, and Boer teased Kyle about his gifts before Kyle brought out presents for everyone.
• Aiwen returned to the orphanage and admired Tom's outfit as Kyle handed out gifts, including a helpful plant for Aiwen and a fireproof baking glove for Lina.
• Kyle gave Boer a message-delivering owl, Zane Focus Potion, Mia protective flower tea, and Jimmy and Lucy pills that could each shield them from harm once.
• Kyle gave Mo Fei a volume of Herbology notes, and Mo Fei embraced him and told him his home would always be Kyle's home.
• After everyone shared their farewells, Kyle Disapparated in front of them for the first time, leaving the orphanage feeling bereft.

Mo Fei taught Tom human anatomy, emphasizing the value of life, while Tom’s questions about wizard biology slowed their lessons. As Grindelwald’s growing organization lost control of Dark wizards causing chaos in Britain, he asked Mo Fei whether such wizards represented the future, and Mo Fei argued that Tom might someday help bring Muggles and wizards together; trouble then came to Mo Fei’s door.

• After two years of groundwork, Mo Fei began teaching Tom human anatomy, and the lessons took a year as Tom raised questions about wizard biology.
• Grindelwald’s expanding organization lost control of some Dark wizards, who claimed his name while oppressing Muggles in Britain.
• The Ministry of Magic sent Aurors to purge the Dark wizards, but the turmoil damaged Grindelwald’s reputation and spread fear in London.
• Grindelwald asked Mo Fei whether the reckless Dark wizards were the future of the Wizarding World.
• Mo Fei said such wizards served no purpose and suggested that a capable person like Tom might eventually unite Muggles and wizards.
• Grindelwald smiled without giving his opinion, and trouble came knocking at Mo Fei’s door.

A group of dark wizards in Britain plotted to win the Acolytes’ attention by targeting an East End orphanage. They agreed to capture and kill Muggles there, and whoever killed one first would lead the group.

• The dark wizards argued over how to gain the Acolytes’ acceptance, while the woman explained that a Hogwarts professor had defeated the lord’s subordinates in London.
• The woman proposed targeting the Muggles at an East End orphanage after an earlier attack there had failed and drawn in the Hogwarts professor.
• She offered leadership of the group to whoever killed a Muggle first and would contact the Acolytes on their behalf.
• The dark wizards agreed and began preparing schemes against Mo Fei and the others.

Mo Fei realized that hostile wizards were watching him and let a fortune-telling witch approach him so he could learn their intentions. He resisted her weak spell and pretended to be affected, but the witch moved ahead with her plan to ensnare him.

• Mo Fei noticed malicious gazes following him and remembered Grindelwald's warning about unscrupulous wandering wizards.
• After two days of hesitation, a Gypsy witch approached Mo Fei at a fortune-telling table and offered to divine his future.
• Mo Fei recognized her as one of his watchers, sat down, and challenged her to prove she was a real witch.
• The witch used a chilling wind spell, but Mo Fei's protective Qi blocked it, so he faked a reaction to avoid suspicion.
• Mo Fei asked whether the last child at his orphanage would have a successful future, and the witch decided to use Divination and magic to control him.

Mo Fei went to a fortune-teller to learn about Tom’s future, but the woman’s attempt to hypnotize and control him backfired. They both became trapped in a mental space, where Mo Fei explained that their clashing minds had created the void.

• Mo Fei paid the woman ten pounds and chose her worn tarot cards to divine Tom’s future.
• The woman shuffled the cards and told Mo Fei that Tom might become an important figure who influenced the world.
• Hoofbeats shook the alley, breaking the table and scattering the cards, and Mo Fei caught one that the woman identified as Death.
• The woman decided Tom might bring death and resolved to eliminate him, then tried to hypnotize Mo Fei with her crystal ball.
• Mo Fei resisted the woman’s control, but their minds collided and pulled her consciousness into a void with him.
• Mo Fei told the furious woman that they were in their mental space, which their clashing minds had temporarily turned into a void.

Mo Fei listened as the woman revealed her brutal past, then used the Mo Orphanage in their mental space to strip away her magic and destroy her. He collected the black light of spirituality she left behind, learning it could enhance lethal skills, and went toward the study.

• The woman recounted how she killed the witch who raised her, escaped the Ministry of Magic, and later lost her luck and ability to learn magic.
• The woman attacked Mo Fei with zombie-like figures, but he summoned the Mo Orphanage and its open doorway.
• The orphanage drew the woman inside, where she lost her magic and could no longer fight or escape.
• The woman dissolved as points of light and a black bead emerged from her, and Mo Fei picked up the bead.
• Mo Fei learned the black light of spirituality could enhance skills into lethal arts, then walked toward the study.

Mo Fei explored the orphanage study and discovered the witch’s stolen knowledge, learning the truth of her past and gaining access to her Divination talent. He returned to the alley, where the woman remained alive but vacant after her consciousness had vanished.

• Mo Fei found three books in the orphanage study and realized the mental space had turned the witch’s skills into tangible books.
• Mo Fei read the books and learned that the woman had fled the Gypsy witch, mastered dark magic, and later killed her while she was injured.
• Mo Fei discovered that he could learn some of the woman’s Herbology knowledge, though the magical parts of her dark-magic books were illegible.
• Mo Fei found that he had inherited the woman’s spiritual talent for Divination and could use her mystical tools, though their effects weakened with each use.
• Mo Fei’s awareness blurred and he returned to the alley, where the woman lay breathing with no light in her eyes.

Mo Fei collected the remains of the witch’s ritual tools and left her to die after her magic stripped away her will. Meanwhile, a dark wizard broke into the orphanage to seize Tom, but Tom and his Horned Serpent were ready for him.

• Mo Fei found that the witch had lost all will and would eventually die, and he gathered the broken ritual objects she had left behind.
• Mo Fei compared the witch’s mind-affecting methods to Gilderoy’s magic, then left the alley as a homeless man later discovered her frozen corpse.
• A dark wizard planned to take Tom hostage at the orphanage, but the Horned Serpent detected the intruder as soon as he entered.
• Tom told the Horned Serpent to let him handle the intruder and silently went downstairs to confront him.
• The dark wizard cast Tarantallegra at Tom, expecting to make him dance, but the spell struck the Horned Serpent instead.

Tom easily dodged a wizard’s spells, drawing on the combat training Mo Fei and Grindelwald had given him. When the furious wizard set the room ablaze, Tom’s smile vanished and he faced the spreading fire with anger.

• Tom sidestepped the wizard’s spell and dodged a second attack as he came down the stairs.
• Mo Fei had trained Tom to dodge concealed sandbag attacks, teaching him to use all his senses and react to attacks from any direction.
• After Tom adapted to Mo Fei’s training, Grindelwald taught him to read spellcasters’ movements and anticipate where their spells would land.
• The wizard grew furious at Tom’s apparent distraction and cast Ground Fire Spreads, igniting a corner of the room.
• Tom watched the fire spread and cursed as his expression turned icy.

Tom defeated the Dark wizard threatening the orphanage by poisoning him and unleashing venomous snakes. The Horned Serpent extinguished the magical fire with Pure Water, but Mo Fei returned to find the room flooded.

• Tom attacked the wizard with a kick and a flying dagger, but the man's tattoos hardened his body and let him deflect both attacks.
• Tom recognized that his toxin had begun spreading through the wizard, then stalled him while stamping out the flames.
• Tom opened the back door and revealed venomous snakes in the yard, which bit the wizard when he tried to shut the door.
• The wizard's antidote herbs failed to stop Tom's toxin and the snake venom, and he died beneath the snakes.
• The Horned Serpent used Pure Water to extinguish the magical flames, but flooded the floor with its uncontrolled water magic.
• Mo Fei opened the door and saw the soaked room.

After a wizard attacked the orphanage, Mo Fei and Tom examined the dead man's body, and Tom began to think seriously about overcoming death. Mo Fei then confronted a gathering of dark wizards in London, prompting survivors to spread rumors of a wizard hunter.

• Tom told Mo Fei that he had killed the wizard who set fire to the orphanage, and Mo Fei reassured him that it had been self-defense.
• Mo Fei and Tom dissected the wizard and found that his organs and bones differed from a Muggle's; Tom resolved to seek a way to transcend death.
• Mo Fei and Tom cremated the remains and scattered the ashes in the backyard as fertilizer.
• Mo Fei tracked down a gathering of dark wizards, defeated them, snapped their wands, and killed those he sensed had murderous intent.
• The surviving dark wizards spread a rumor that a wizard hunter was operating in London, warning others to stay away.

After six months of hunting Dark wizards in London, Mo Fei had made the city safer while Tom trained under Grindelwald. Grindelwald taught Tom why wands mattered and introduced Finger Casting, but Tom’s first attempt at the Levitation Charm caused severe pain in his index finger.

• Mo Fei spent six months wiping out groups of Dark wizards in London, driving many others away and reducing their appearances before Muggles.
• Grindelwald criticized Tom’s fighting performance and asked him why wizards needed wands.
• Grindelwald explained that wands helped regulate magic, carried a unique mark, and could prevent young wizards from developing their own magic if they used one too early.
• Grindelwald introduced Finger Casting as a wandless-magic exercise and taught Tom to try the Levitation Charm with his index finger.
• Tom began casting Wingardium Leviosa, but Grindelwald stopped the spell when Tom’s index finger developed intense pain.

Tom continued learning Wandless Magic from Grindelwald, injuring his fingers before adjusting his practice to preserve some ability to defend himself. Meanwhile, Mo Fei’s campaign against violent wandering wizards drew the Ministry of Magic’s attention, and it sent Dumbledore to deal with the matter.

• Tom kept attempting Wandless Magic despite Grindelwald’s warning, injuring all ten fingers and learning that he needed to avoid leaving himself defenseless.
• Mo Fei ignored Tom’s struggles at dinner, allowing him to experience the consequences of overexerting himself.
• When Tom resumed practice, he used only his right hand so he could keep learning while retaining some fighting ability.
• Mo Fei eliminated London wizards who used magic to commit murder and arson, prompting objections within the Ministry of Magic.
• The Ministry debated how to handle Mo Fei, a Muggle known as the Wizard Hunter with connections to Hogwarts, the royal family, and Kyle.
• The Ministry passed the decision back to Hogwarts, and Dumbledore was sent to meet Mo Fei again.

Grindelwald left as Dumbledore arrived, and Dumbledore confronted Mo Fei about being the Wizard Hunter. Mo Fei proposed that the Wizard Hunter disappear only after he fought Dumbledore in a week, despite Dumbledore and Tom’s objections.

• Grindelwald sensed Dumbledore’s arrival, but Mo Fei challenged him about avoiding the professor, and Grindelwald promised to return before Apparating away.
• Dumbledore visited Mo Fei and asked whether Kyle was still traveling; Mo Fei said Kyle had gone to East Africa.
• Dumbledore asked whether Mo Fei was the Wizard Hunter, and Mo Fei admitted it while criticizing wizards for letting dark wizards terrorize London and violate the International Statute of Secrecy.
• Dumbledore suggested declaring the Wizard Hunter dead to end the controversy, but Mo Fei challenged the idea and questioned who would claim credit for his supposed death.
• Mo Fei offered to let the Wizard Hunter disappear if Dumbledore fought him outside the city in one week, and both Dumbledore and Tom refused out of concern for his safety.

Mo Fei prepared to duel Dumbledore and used the coming fight to make Tom consider the divide between wizards and Muggles. Grindelwald explained Dumbledore’s formidable Transfiguration and controlling style, leaving Mo Fei to face the duel with a clearer sense of the danger.

• Dumbledore accepted Mo Fei’s challenge and warned him not to let Tom teach himself magic before leaving the orphanage.
• Mo Fei told Tom that he was a Muggle and that wizards’ power did not make Muggles helpless, prompting Tom to wonder whether growing powerful might separate him from the director.
• At the duel, Tom watched openly while Grindelwald observed from hiding.
• Grindelwald described Dumbledore’s mastery of Transfiguration, his insistence on controlling every part of his magic, and his ability to make transfigured creatures retain their original properties.

Mo Fei and Dumbledore began their official duel, and Mo Fei’s overwhelming physical strength and martial arts put Dumbledore under pressure. Dumbledore hesitated to Apparate as Mo Fei’s Qi threatened to interfere with the spell.

• Mo Fei rejected Dumbledore’s suggestion to credit Kyle with defeating the Wizard Hunter, and Dumbledore prepared to duel him.
• Mo Fei charged Dumbledore at extraordinary speed, cracking the ground, and Dumbledore raised an earthen wall that sent transfigured leopards and hounds after him.
• Mo Fei exploited the moment the wall blocked Dumbledore’s view, closed in, and shattered Dumbledore’s Shield Charm with two punches.
• Mo Fei used a spinning martial technique to defend against the attacking animals and threaten Dumbledore from every direction.
• Dumbledore considered Apparition but feared Mo Fei’s Qi could disrupt his will and leave him injured or torn apart by spatial turbulence.

Mo Fei and Dumbledore resumed their duel, with Dumbledore escalating his attacks and Mo Fei drawing enchanted short blades. Mo Fei disrupted Dumbledore’s fire magic and became fascinated with dissecting the phoenix-shaped flames as Grindelwald watched in disbelief.

• Dumbledore used a sustained barrage of Impedimenta to counter Mo Fei’s Rotation and gradually retreat from its range.
• Mo Fei drew two short blades forged with Horned Serpent fragments, and Dumbledore decided to fight seriously without revealing his Magic Master level.
• Dumbledore sent a serpent of flame at Mo Fei, who stabbed its vital point and caused the flames to disperse and lose Dumbledore’s control.
• Dumbledore shaped his next fire spell into a phoenix, and Mo Fei attacked it while studying its anatomy rather than treating it as an enemy.
• Mo Fei cut through the phoenix’s wing and its base, while Dumbledore restored it with Transfiguration and Grindelwald watched in disbelief.

Mo Fei fought Dumbledore with phoenix-countering gear and poisoned bullets, but Dumbledore's mastery of Transfiguration made him impossible to reach. Mo Fei conceded, and Dumbledore invited him to discuss his poison.

• Dumbledore sent three flaming phoenixes down at Mo Fei, who used Kyle's special blindfold to withstand their light and dismantle them.
• Mo Fei fired poisoned bullets at Dumbledore, but Dumbledore stopped them with a Shield Charm and transfigured the remaining bullets into birds.
• Dumbledore examined the spectral green poison fire and identified its ingredients and magical influences.
• Mo Fei attacked Dumbledore with two short blades, but Dumbledore transfigured the space between them into an endless road.
• Mo Fei conceded defeat, and Dumbledore restored the space and invited him to discuss the poison.

After the battle, Mo Fei explained to Tom that the destruction would deter the Ministry of Magic from targeting him, while Dumbledore and Grindelwald considered the implications of his orphanage taking in wizarding children. Mo Fei returned home with Tom, and Ministry staff arrived to record the damage and restore the area.

• Mo Fei told Tom that the Ministry would hesitate to antagonize a wizard capable of causing such destruction, especially with Hogwarts backing him.
• Mo Fei offered to take in orphaned wizarding children, prompting Dumbledore and Grindelwald to consider how his orphanage could influence young wizards.
• Grindelwald decided he might send young wizards from Germany to Mo Fei's orphanage for training.
• Dumbledore and Grindelwald left, and Mo Fei took Tom home to rest after the battle.
• Ministry of Magic staff inspected the ruined outskirts of London, recorded the scene, and used magic to restore it.

After the battle, Tom pursued magic with greater intensity and began experimenting with the Levitation Charm, while Mo Fei started researching tarot Divination and recreating the Romani witch’s blanket. The chapter left Mo Fei confronting a huge delivery of Divination supplies from Kyle.

• The Ministry and the Daily Prophet credited Dumbledore with defeating the Wizard Hunter, while Mo Fei was satisfied that his own role went largely unnoticed.
• Tom became absorbed in magic after witnessing Mo Fei and Dumbledore’s battle, and Meditation and Wandless Magic helped him develop greater vitality and cast a simple Levitation Charm.
• Grindelwald urged Tom to explore new ways to develop the Levitation Charm, and Tom began researching it without telling Grindelwald which approach he chose.
• Mo Fei asked Grindelwald to assess the Romani witch’s belongings, kept the items he dismissed as rubbish, and began experimenting with tarot Divination rituals.
• Mo Fei used his master-level tailoring and Perfect Replication trait to make a black goat-hair blanket with silver-thread patterns based on the original.
• Kyle sent Mo Fei a supposedly accurate crystal ball and numerous other supplies, which arrived at the orphanage in three exhausted owls.