Ch. 81The truth comes to light

Lucius learned that Hogwarts had begun investigating the Chamber of Secrets and planned to use the scare to pressure Dumbledore and frame Hagrid. Harry, Ron, and Hermione uncovered evidence pointing to a Basilisk, then Harry stood against the Ministry as it tried to take Hagrid away.

  • Lucius read Draco’s letter about Hogwarts’ Truth Chambers and decided to use the investigation to pressure Dumbledore and implicate Hagrid.
  • Harry, Ron, and Hermione examined Colin’s photograph and the deaths of Hagrid’s chickens, concluding that the monster was likely a Basilisk rather than an Acromantula.
  • Hermione found a keyhole on a tap in Moaning Myrtle’s Bathroom, and the three discovered the third Truth Chamber, containing snake-headed statues and a pool.
  • Neville told Harry that Ministry officials were taking Hagrid away, and Harry rushed to Hagrid’s Hut with the group’s evidence.
  • Harry identified the Basilisk as the monster that killed Moaning Myrtle and challenged Lucius, insisting that Hagrid could not be taken on speculation alone.

Ch. 82Leader

Lorne defended Hagrid and Hogwarts against Fudge and Lucius, while Harry and the students demanded the truth. After the Chamber of Secrets activities ended, Dumbledore told Lorne that Malfoy had been removed as chairman of the Board of Governors and asked him for the Magic Mobile Phone he had promised.

  • Lorne challenged Lucius's authority to dismiss him and argued that Hagrid should not be taken into custody on suspicion alone.
  • Lorne accused Lucius of being the Heir of Slytherin and called for the case against Hagrid to be reviewed as students signed a petition demanding the truth.
  • Hagrid stayed at Hogwarts, thanked the students, and offered them rock cakes.
  • Lorne praised Harry for stepping forward, and Harry realized he had wanted to remain in the spotlight.
  • Dumbledore told Lorne that the other School Governors had voted to remove Malfoy as chairman, and said he had destroyed Tom's diary.
  • Dumbledore reminded Lorne that he had promised him a Magic Mobile Phone at Christmas.

Ch. 83Etching Charm

Lorne claimed an improved Etching Charm from the system and reflected on the Wizarding World's limited job prospects as Hogwarts returned to normal after the Chamber of Secrets event. He was unable to help seventh-years directly, but a surprising new item appeared in the system's rare items shop.

  • Lorne claimed the system reward and learned the improved Etching Charm, which could carve through stone and shatter solid objects.
  • Hogwarts students continued adjusting to normal routines, while Harry relished his role in the Chamber of Secrets events and Lockhart planned a detective novel.
  • Seventh-years asked Lorne for help finding work beyond the Ministry of Magic, whose poor leadership and limited jobs had made them wary of joining.
  • Lorne asked Dumbledore to help students find work, but Dumbledore said he could not directly encourage them to seek positions elsewhere.
  • Lorne listed available jobs for the seventh-years and encouraged them to apply on their own, then noticed an unexpected item in the refreshed rare items section.

Ch. 84An introduction to the Magic Power Matrix

Lorne bought an introductory book on magic power matrices, hoping to industrialize Magic Mobile Phone production, but found it offered no phone-specific instructions. He encouraged Dobby to pursue becoming a famous performer, then delivered Christmas gifts from Dumbledore to the professors, including Snape.

  • Lorne bought “A Basic Introduction to the Magic Power Matrix” and realized it contained no instructions for making the matrix in a Magic Mobile Phone.
  • Lorne asked Dobby about his talents and hobbies, then encouraged him to study performance and become as popular as Yaoyao.
  • Lorne reminded Dobby of their agreement that Dobby would work for him and regain his freedom in the summer, then gave him three books about writing and rhythm.
  • Lorne delivered Magic Mobile Phones as Christmas goodwill gifts to Hogwarts professors on Dumbledore’s behalf.
  • Snape complained that Lorne had taken over purchasing Potions ingredients and threatened to make his final exam harder, but later thanked both Lorne and Dumbledore.

Ch. 85Lockhart goes to prison

Lorne took his exams alongside the Hogwarts students before Lockhart was arrested by Fudge for stealing memories. During the summer, Lorne introduced a new Magic Mobile Phone case and visited Malfoy Manor, where Lucius left him waiting in the drawing room.

  • Lorne asked Dumbledore to let him take the final exams while invigilating the students, and he sat the exams at the teacher's desk.
  • Fudge brought Aurors to Hogwarts and arrested Lockhart after three memory-theft victims agreed to testify.
  • Lorne secretly gave Lockhart a note and told him to pass a message to Sirius after reaching Azkaban.
  • Lorne returned to the Magic Mobile Phone shop and showed Quirrell temperature- and humidity-regulating phone cases, instructing him to price the ten cases highly.
  • Lorne visited Malfoy Manor, where Lucius made him wait in the drawing room while continuing his business.

Ch. 86A home visit to the Malfoy family

Lorne visited Malfoy Manor to confront Lucius and return a diary, but Lucius refused to take it. Lorne freed Dobby and left with him, while Lucius began planning a retaliation against the Magic Mobile Phone shop.

  • Lorne told Lucius that Hogwarts had sent him to investigate Draco's parents and traded insults with him.
  • Lorne presented Lucius with an imitation diary and warned him that Voldemort might punish him for losing the diary he had entrusted to him, but Lucius denied ownership and refused it.
  • Lorne gave Dobby transparent pajamas, revealing that they were clothing and freeing Dobby from Lucius.
  • Lucius tried to attack Lorne with his wand, but Lorne disarmed him and left Malfoy Manor with Dobby.
  • Lucius decided to join forces with other pure-blood families and launch a purge against the Magic Mobile Phone shop.

Ch. 87A home visit to Harry's

Lorne freed Dobby and took him and Harry from the Dursleys' home to the Magic Mobile Phone shop. Harry found his room arranged like his Wizard Legend carriage, with a sculpture of himself and his parents as the reward Lorne had promised.

  • Lorne gave Dobby clothing and confirmed that he was free, then suggested they visit Harry.
  • Lorne arrived at Harry's room and told him he could leave, explaining that the Dursleys had agreed to let him go.
  • Harry packed his belongings and left with Lorne after the Dursleys politely saw them off.
  • Lorne explained that he had bought land and equipment from Mr. Dursley and had given the family gifts, including a stone carving.
  • Lorne brought Harry and Dobby to the Magic Mobile Phone shop, where Quirrell had prepared rooms for them.
  • Harry found his room furnished like his Wizard Legend carriage and discovered Lorne's promised sculpture of himself and his parents.

Ch. 88Speaking, mimicking, joking, and singing

Harry joined the Magic Mobile Phone shop and was assigned to teach Dobby expressive speech, jokes, and mimicry. Lorne began planning a major Wizard Legend update while giving Sains a paid week off, and Sains took a Magic Mobile Phone to give his mother.

  • Harry woke in the shop, saw the lively arcade downstairs, and asked Lorne how he could help.
  • Lorne made Harry Dobby's teacher, and Harry recognized that Dobby's books would help him learn speaking, mimicking, joking, and singing.
  • Lorne planned new Wizard Legend story and minigame features with Sains and recorded their rewards for Firenze to implement.
  • Lorne gave Sains a paid week off and asked him to think about the Magic Mobile Phone's next game.
  • Sains persuaded Lorne to let him take a Magic Mobile Phone so he could give it to his mother.

Ch. 89Membership card service

Draco bought a preorder for another Magic Mobile Phone and visited Lorne’s store, where he ran into Harry and discovered Dobby had left the Malfoy family. Draco’s suggestion that the store accept deposits for redemption codes led Lorne to consider a membership-card service with deposits and withdrawals as an alternative to opening a bank.

  • Draco reflected on pure-blood ideology and decided he would continue supporting his father while avoiding a direct conflict with Lorne.
  • Draco used a paid-for preorder voucher to visit the Magic Mobile Phone store, where Harry was working for the summer.
  • Quirrell sent Harry and Draco to Lorne, and Draco was startled to see Dobby, who revealed that he no longer had to call Draco “Young Master Malfoy.”
  • Draco and Harry traded insults about Draco’s confiscated phone while Dobby recorded their exchange.
  • Draco suggested that customers leave money at the store and request redemption codes through Cuckoo, prompting Lorne to consider a membership-card service with deposits and withdrawals.

Ch. 90A battle of public opinion

After the Daily Prophet accused Magic Mobile Phones of exploding and injuring a wizard, Lorne organized a public response instead of directly challenging the newspaper. At the apology meeting, he offered refunds and compensation, questioned whether the reported victim existed, and began demonstrating the phones’ safety.

  • Harry brought Lorne a Daily Prophet article claiming a Magic Mobile Phone had exploded and permanently injured a wizard, and Lorne recognized it as a smear campaign by Lucius and the pure-blood families.
  • Lorne told Harry and Quirrell to avoid openly challenging the Daily Prophet, sent Dobby to investigate St Mungo’s, and arranged for The Quibbler to seek the alleged victim and announce an apology meeting.
  • Lorne asked Harry to sacrifice his alternate identity, while The Quibbler’s notice stirred public debate and drew accusations that the store should pay compensation.
  • Two days later, Lorne addressed a hostile crowd outside the Magic Mobile Phone Official Flagship Store, offered one day of full refunds, and promised compensation for anyone injured by an exploding phone.
  • Lorne noted that no one had come forward with information about the alleged victim and reported that St Mungo’s had admitted no patients with eye injuries in ten days.
  • Lorne explained three possible causes of a phone explosion and presented a phone that seven adult Aurors had tested continuously for three days without damaging it.

Ch. 91Fighting Rumors with Rumors

Lorne turned the Magic Mobile Phone explosion controversy into a public-relations campaign, with Harry defending the phones and Lorne accusing Death Eaters of trying to undermine them. The story ended with Lorne using a Daily Prophet interview to suggest that a former Death Eater in a senior Ministry position was behind the campaign against the shop.

  • Lorne offered one thousand Galleons to anyone who could make a Magic Mobile Phone explode onstage, prompting the crowd to question the allegations.
  • Harry defended the phones, citing his year of use and their benefits, and few customers pursued refunds after learning they would be barred from buying another phone.
  • At Malfoy Manor, Lucius berated his subordinate for failing to produce an injured victim, while the subordinate explained that there were no recent hospital cases to support the story.
  • Lorne praised Harry for understanding his public-opinion strategy and revealed that he, Harry, and Quirrell had staged a supposed Death Eater plot outside the shop.
  • Lorne told the Daily Prophet that Death Eaters feared the phones’ communication network and suggested that a former subordinate of You-Know-Who in a senior Ministry position was orchestrating the attacks.

Ch. 92A new game gets the green light

After the Magic Mobile Phone shop cleared its name, Lorne realized he needed a public platform to shape discussion and planned to expand Cuckoo Messaging. He then approved a new game based on capturing and battling fantastic beasts, leaving Sains eager to develop it.

  • The Ministry of Magic's testing department and Nicolas Flamel backed the Magic Mobile Phone, restoring public confidence and boosting the shop's sales.
  • Lorne decided to turn Cuckoo Messaging into a public information platform that could host broad discussions about current affairs and popular topics.
  • Sains returned from leave and learned that the phone rumors had already been resolved and that Wizard Legend would receive a storyline update and an anniversary event.
  • Sains proposed adapting fantastic beasts into a game after meeting Newt Scamander, and Lorne developed the idea into a game about capturing and battling magical creatures.
  • Lorne named the new game Suitcase Beasts, and Sains enthusiastically praised the concept.

Ch. 93Neville's parents

Lorne planned a new creature-collecting game and withdrew to write after assigning Firenze artwork and leaving Sains and Quirrell in charge. Meanwhile, Neville played Wizard Legend’s new story with his mother at St. Mungo’s, sharing the tale of the Witch of the Moon and ending with a message about love that remained even when unseen.

  • Lorne asked Sains to have Firenze design over a hundred Fantastic Beasts, then went to write and told Sains and Quirrell to handle matters in his absence.
  • Harry asked Lorne for time off, and Lorne sent him away with Dobby to keep him safe.
  • After Wizard Legend updated, Neville visited his parents and played the new story alongside his mother, Alice, while his grandmother rested nearby.
  • Neville and Alice followed Ozomuna’s quest, clearing corrupted Moonlight Grass and discovering that the forest’s water source was the cause of the trouble.
  • Neville completed Ozomuna’s diary quests and learned how Morgana’s henchman Thom had cursed her, separating her from her memories and loved ones.
  • Ozomuna briefly remembered her past and said that love remained like the moon, even when it could not be seen.

Ch. 94Lockhart's mission

Harry visited Neville at St. Mungo’s, and the two friends talked about their parents before heading back together. At Azkaban, Lockhart delivered a note to Sirius, then discovered Lorne’s advice offered no escape from prison.

  • Neville watched the game’s story sequence with Alice and, moved by its farewell, wondered whether his mother had understood it.
  • Harry visited Neville after Dobby told him he had found Neville at St. Mungo’s, and Neville introduced him to Augusta.
  • Harry invited Neville to visit the Magic Mobile Phone shop, and Augusta encouraged Neville to go with him.
  • Harry told Neville about Ron’s family trip to Egypt, and the boys shared their feelings about missing their parents.
  • Lockhart slipped a note to Sirius in Azkaban and then read Lorne’s advice: “Obey the law. Reform yourself properly.”

Ch. 95Soul-Healing Potion

Lorne welcomed Neville and took him home, where he met Augusta Longbottom and learned more about the Longbottom family’s situation. He considered using the Soul-Healing Potion to treat Neville’s parents but recognized the potion’s limitations and his lack of time, leaving their recovery uncertain.

  • Lorne hosted Neville at the shop and took him home after the gathering.
  • Augusta thanked Lorne for supporting Neville and offered the Longbottom family’s help.
  • Lorne asked Augusta about Ministry regulations that could threaten his shop, and she explained relevant cases and requirements.
  • Lorne asked Hagrid to search for unicorns or possible suppliers, then told Quirrell to apply for the shop’s necessary licences.
  • Lorne questioned Quirrell about the Soul-Healing Potion and learned Quirrell had needed to guide its effects, making Lorne doubt it could heal the Longbottoms.
  • Lorne decided to study Potions next term, while Quirrell promised to support him through the shop’s coming anniversary celebration.

Ch. 96First anniversary celebration

Cedric traveled to Diagon Alley for the Magic Mobile Phone’s first anniversary sale and joined an elderly woman in the enormous crowd. As Lorne realized the crowd might exceed his stock, he changed the event’s sales plan and prepared membership cards for customers who could not buy a phone that day.

  • Cedric learned from Ron that the Weasley family was helping assemble Magic Mobile Phones and decided to buy one with his savings.
  • Cedric met an elderly woman at the Leaky Cauldron and helped her find the Magic Mobile Phone Official Flagship Store.
  • Cedric and the woman struggled through the packed Diagon Alley as crowds gathered for the anniversary sale.
  • Lorne learned from Quirrell that the shop had around three thousand phones and ordered a slower sales process with gifts and redemption codes.
  • Lorne prepared membership cards that would record customers’ addresses for phone deliveries within a month, then set off with Dobby in the promotional carriage.

Ch. 97Carriage Parade

Cedric watched the Magic Mobile Phone shop’s anniversary parade draw crowds and promote its phones, games, and Cuckoo Forum events. After helping Sains’s mother, Cedric secured a discounted phone and unexpectedly ran into Harry at the shop.

  • Lorne rode through Diagon Alley on a parade carriage, while Dobby performed as Yaoyao and Lorne advertised the shop’s phones, Cuckoo Messaging events, and new games.
  • The parade drew cheering crowds, and wizards began using Cuckoo Messaging’s new Shake feature and discussing the games along Diagon Alley.
  • Quirrell and Sains worked through the morning selling phones and taking orders for out-of-stock packages.
  • Sains’s mother arrived with Cedric, and Sains offered to reserve a discounted phone for each of them.
  • Cedric went upstairs with a phone secured and found Harry, whom he mistakenly asked whether he had relatives working at the shop.

Ch. 98Suitcase Beasts

Hagrid began playing Lorne’s new game, Suitcase Beasts, and became captivated by its world of wizards and Fantastic Beasts. After choosing a Salamander as his starter, he preferred the game’s Fantastic Beast-keeper path and wished its starter choices had included larger creatures.

  • Harry welcomed Cedric and Sains's mother to the shop while wishing he could play his new game.
  • Hagrid started Suitcase Beasts after waking up and was enthralled by its opening scenes and Fantastic Beasts.
  • Hagrid learned that creatures in the game could be befriended, cared for, and healed, and chose the path of becoming a master Fantastic Beast keeper.
  • Hagrid chose the Salamander starter and helped the professor fend off Gnomes, but wished he could have selected a dragon, an Erumpent, or a Kelpie instead.

Ch. 99Passing the Flame

After the Magic Mobile Phone launch and Suitcase Beasts spread rapidly among wizards, Lorne claimed a system reward that unlocked a rare-goods shop. He chose an advanced magic power matrix guide to help scale phone production and create work for Hogwarts graduates.

  • Hagrid struggled to gather materials and make room in his suitcase, then noticed that players could obtain materials by passing the flame.
  • Suitcase Beasts became popular, and players shared guides and reviews across Cuckoo.
  • Cedric received a Magic Mobile Phone and a redemption code, while Lorne thanked the exhausted staff and gave them three days off.
  • On August ninth, Lorne claimed his completed quest reward and opened the limited-time rare-goods shop.
  • Lorne selected A Complete Guide to Advanced Magic Power Matrices as a path toward mass-producing Magic Mobile Phones with help from Hogwarts graduates.

Ch. 100The Longbottom Family's Loyalty

Lorne bought two Soul-Healing Potions for the Longbottoms, then received Augusta’s help as the Pure-blood factions targeted his Magic Mobile Phone shop with legal restrictions. He offered to cure Neville’s parents in exchange for hiring Augusta as the shop’s legal adviser, and she offered the Longbottom family’s assets and loyalty.

  • Lorne spent 500 Power of Emotion on the Complete Guide to Advanced Magic Power Matrix and two Soul-Healing Potions before the limited-time rare goods shop closed.
  • Augusta visited Lorne and provided detailed legal guidance, explaining that the Longbottom family helped him out of friendship rather than for a reward.
  • After the shop’s anniversary celebration, Pure-blood factions used Ministry regulations to harass Lorne, and Augusta defended him at Wizengamot legal hearings.
  • Lorne asked Augusta to become the Magic Mobile Phone shop’s legal adviser and said he was ninety percent certain he could cure Neville’s parents.
  • Augusta offered the Longbottom family’s assets and loyalty, and Lorne proposed signing a contract for her to protect the shop within her duties.
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