Recaps

Draco paid Ginger generously for accompanying him at the casino, but refused her attempts to seduce him because he wanted an unused passage. He left after revealing that it was his first time, too, while Ginger remained behind with a 110,000 check.

• Ginger hugged Draco gratefully after he gave her a hundred thousand, but he made clear the money was payment for her help and pushed her away.
• Draco and Ginger left the VIP area, and Ginger tried to entice him to keep gambling and play with her, but he joked that he feared catching something and said he had a missus.
• After they exchanged their chips for checks, Ginger offered to show Draco the casino's private rooms and openly admitted she wanted to cling to him.
• Draco asked whether Ginger was a first-timer, then said he preferred taking an unused passage rather than sharing one.
• Draco handed Ginger another ten thousand and told her it was his first time, too, then left the casino.

Ginger gave up on winning Draco’s affection and accepted Sam’s invitation, while Draco left the casino and confronted Trillian after she collided with him. He accused her of stealing from him and used the accusation to keep her from calling ship security.

• Ginger realized Draco was devoted to someone else, accepted his check, and abandoned her hopes of seducing him.
• Sam offered Ginger ten thousand in chips and invited her for a drink, and she went with him toward the upper-level bar.
• Draco caught Trillian as she collided with him, but she accused him of groping her and demanded that he let go.
• Draco stopped Trillian from striking him and insisted that she owed him thanks and an apology for saving her from falling.
• Draco told Trillian she had stolen something from him, leaving her afraid that ship security would expose and detain her.

Draco pressured Trillian into returning the Star of the Ocean, then evaded her attempt to follow him and went back to Hermione. He gave Hermione the Heart of the Ocean, and she scolded him for using magic to win it at the casino.

• Draco teased Trillian and made her thank him and apologize before she handed over the Star of the Ocean.
• Trillian followed Draco to seek revenge, but he tripped her, caught her, and warned her not to follow him again.
• Draco removed his disguise and casino odors, then teleported to Hermione in the guest suite’s study.
• Draco embraced and kissed Hermione, then gave her the Heart of the Ocean necklace.
• Hermione asked where Draco got the necklace and warned him that using magic at the casino could bring trouble.

Draco tested his X-Ray Vision while Hermione posed in her necklace, causing a nosebleed when he saw through her clothes. He tricked Hermione into kissing him to supposedly turn the ability off, and the chapter ended with her asking whether it had worked.

• Draco fastened the Heart of the Ocean around Hermione’s neck and praised her appearance.
• Draco used X-Ray Vision while Hermione posed, and his nose began gushing blood.
• Hermione realized Draco had seen through her clothes, scolded him, and hid behind the sofa.
• Draco claimed that a French kiss was the only way to deactivate X-Ray Vision, and Hermione kissed him.
• Draco deepened the kiss, and Hermione asked whether the ability had turned off.

Hermione confronted Draco about using his see-through skill on her and at the casino, then threatened to castrate him if he continued. Draco claimed the skill only worked on a person for ten seconds and that he had saved its one use for Hermione, easing her suspicions as he headed to the bathroom.

• Hermione accused Draco of lying about turning off his see-through skill and demanded he never use it to look where he should not.
• Draco denied using the skill at the casino, but admitted he had seen through Hermione’s clothes and praised the experience.
• Draco tried to persuade Hermione to shower with him, and she threatened to castrate him to prevent further misbehavior.
• Draco claimed the skill could see through a person only once for ten seconds, and said he had saved that use for Hermione.
• Hermione reluctantly let Draco go to the bathroom after warning him she would punish him if she discovered he was lying.

Hermione teased Draco before they settled into bed, where she made him promise to stop his advances and they fell asleep together. Elsewhere, the woman Draco had accosted tracked down the false identity of Collard and realized he had been disguised, then vowed to find him.

• Hermione admired herself in the mirror after Draco went to shower, then teased him when he came out.
• Draco and Hermione got into bed, and Hermione rejected his advances and warned him to control himself.
• A woman asked a casino security guard for Collard's room number and went to room 326, but he was not there.
• The woman checked the register, stole casino surveillance footage, and developed photographs of Collard.
• When ship staff said they did not recognize Collard, the woman concluded that he had used a disguise and vowed to track him down.

Draco coaxed Hermione into making up her swimming lesson, teasing her while she changed and then trying to teach her freestyle in the pool. Hermione left the lesson flustered and unable to focus on swimming.

• Draco took Hermione's book and carried her toward the dressing room, insisting she come swimming with him.
• Hermione escaped into the dressing room and locked the door so she could change by herself.
• Draco teased Hermione about her swimsuit and his supposed massages, prompting her to flee to the pool.
• Draco demonstrated freestyle and then held Hermione close to guide her strokes.
• Hermione struggled out of Draco's embrace and said she would not learn anymore.

Draco taught Hermione to swim, and she finally managed to cross the pool on her own. After she attacked him underwater in anger, Draco pinned her down and kissed her, leaving her struggling for air.

• Draco guided Hermione through swimming lessons, but she sank when she tried to swim to the railing on her own.
• Draco corrected Hermione’s kicks and posture, and she soon gained enough confidence to swim steadily across the pool.
• Draco teased Hermione about his teaching, so she lunged at him and knocked them both underwater.
• Draco pinned Hermione beneath him underwater, and Hermione pinched him and held him down when he tried to surface.
• Draco kissed Hermione underwater, and she realized he was taking her air.

Hermione practiced swimming with Draco, learning breaststroke and backstroke after stopping him from using their lesson as an excuse to tease her. At lunch with their tennis friends, Draco’s extravagant Star of the Ocean necklace drew everyone’s attention.

• Draco teased Hermione in the pool, but she threatened him with a scissor gesture until he let her swim freely.
• Hermione practiced freestyle, then learned the leg movements and coordination for breaststroke from Draco.
• Draco demonstrated backstroke, and Hermione managed to imitate his floating posture and strokes.
• After resting, Draco put the Star of the Ocean necklace on Hermione before they went to lunch.
• Becky, Mary, and Susan admired Hermione’s necklace, and Draco casually said it had cost a few million euros, nearly making the men spit out their drinks.

Draco spent the day socializing and playing tennis with Hermione and their cruise companions, then went for a walk while Hermione read. On deck, a woman confronted him about his identity as Collard and threatened to tell Hermione he had groped her, but Draco only smiled.

• Draco and Hermione's companions joked about their wealth and jewelry over lunch, then played tennis together that afternoon.
• Draco and Hermione returned to their cabin, where Hermione read and Draco agreed not to interrupt her before going for a stroll.
• Draco met a woman on the observation deck who insisted he was Collard, citing his resemblance and the Star of the Ocean.
• Draco denied being Collard and suggested the woman had not found the right name or person.
• The woman threatened to tell Hermione that Draco had groped her, but Draco responded with a wider smile.

Draco confronted Trillian about her accusations and refused to give her the Star of the Ocean, then fought her when their argument escalated. He left her pinned against the railing with her own blade pressed to her cheek.

• Draco denied groping Trillian and revealed that he knew her name from a newspaper report about a female thief.
• Trillian demanded that Draco disguise her and give her the Star of the Ocean, but he refused to hand over the jewel because it belonged to his wife.
• Trillian threatened to accuse Draco of having an affair with her, and he warned that he could rape and kill her.
• Trillian attacked Draco, but he dodged her blows, teased her about her technique, and slapped her after catching her when she lost her balance.
• Trillian drew a dagger and tried to stab Draco, but he disarmed her, pinned her against the railing, and pressed the blade to her cheek.

Draco released Trillian after overpowering her and agreed to help disguise her if she chatted with him. A violent impact rocked the cruise ship, and after Draco rescued Trillian from falling overboard, a gigantic spined tentacle rose from the sea beside them.

• Draco restrained Trillian, then let her go when she warned that his wife might catch them.
• Draco asked Trillian to keep him company, and she said she had become a thief for the thrills.
• A tremendous impact shook the cruise ship, and Trillian slid toward the sea as Draco tried to hold on to her.
• Draco used magic to pull Trillian back, Apparated them onto the deck, and protected them both with a barrier.
• A huge, spined tentacle emerged from the sea, and Trillian hid behind Draco in terror.

Draco and Hermione discovered that the tentacle monster was still attacking the cruise ship from below and went underwater to stop it. They caught up with the beast, but ordinary spells barely hurt it, so Draco used ancient magic to blast through its tentacles.

• Draco blasted apart the tentacle that had attacked him and returned to the presidential suite with Trillian.
• Draco reunited with Hermione, but the ship began sinking again as the monster smashed through its hull.
• Draco used magic to locate the beast beneath the ship and explained that it was trying to sink the vessel.
• Hermione insisted on joining Draco, and they cast Bubble-Head Charms before heading underwater together.
• The monster recognized Draco and fled while lashing out at him and Hermione.
• Hermione's spells barely affected the beast, so Draco used ancient magic to blast apart the tentacles blocking their pursuit.

Draco pursued and killed the octopus monster that had attacked the cruise ship, then negotiated with its companions so they would not pursue the vessel. He and Hermione returned to find the ship sinking amid gunfire and began magically repairing its damaged hull.

• Draco teleported after the fleeing octopus monster, bound it with spells, and destroyed it with a powerful blast.
• Dozens of octopus monsters surrounded Draco and Hermione, but Draco spoke their language and explained that their companion had attacked first.
• The lead octopus monster blamed Liam for the attack and allowed Draco and Hermione to leave, promising not to attack their vessel.
• Draco and Hermione Apparated beneath the sinking cruise ship and saw that gunfire had broken out on deck.
• Draco and Hermione used Reparo from opposite sides of the ship to draw wreckage into place and repair breaches in the hull.

Draco transformed the seawater inside the cruise ship into aquatic creatures and guided it out, then used a powerful Reparo to restore the ship. After seeing the crew forbid men from boarding the remaining lifeboats, he appeared on deck and ordered everyone to bring the lifeboats back.

• Draco turned the floodwater into fish, snakes, and eels, then directed them through openings to drain the ship.
• Draco and Hermione returned to the presidential suite, where Draco repaired the entire cruise ship and collapsed from magical exhaustion.
• Draco drank a magic potion, recovered, and went with Hermione to look over the deck, where families were parting and armed crewmen blocked men from boarding lifeboats.
• Trillian spotted Draco and Hermione on the terrace, and Draco signaled her to stay quiet before teleporting with Hermione onto the deck.
• Draco told the crowd to bring everyone in the lifeboats back aboard, and the second officer angrily challenged him.

Draco noticed the cruise ship was rising and ordered the crew to bring the people in the lifeboats aboard. He then took Hermione and Trillian to the presidential suite, where he told Trillian that her memories of the magical world might have to be erased, and she tried to persuade them to spare her.

• Draco pointed out that the cruise ship had stopped sinking and was slowly rising, prompting the crowd to celebrate.
• Draco ordered the crew to bring the people in the lifeboats back aboard, then left with Hermione and Trillian for the presidential suite.
• Draco warned Trillian that people who knew too much could be killed, and Hermione explained that they would instead erase Trillian's memories of the incident.
• Trillian argued that she would keep magic secret and pleaded to be allowed to stay with them rather than lose her memories.
• Draco warned that knowing about magic might lead Trillian to risk her life for it, but she kept pleading and finally appealed to Hermione.

Trillian tried to persuade Hermione to let her stay by offering to guard Draco from women, then eavesdropped outside the couple’s suite after Hermione sent her away. After an hour of suggestive bickering and scuffling, Trillian left convinced Draco had not slept with Hermione.

• Trillian pleaded with Hermione to let her stay and offered to keep watch over women who approached Draco.
• Hermione sent Trillian out of the presidential suite, and Trillian quietly listened at the closed door.
• Draco defended himself to Hermione, then grabbed her and carried her onto the bed as they bickered and scuffled.
• Trillian overheard their conversation and waited outside for an hour, but heard no intimate sounds.
• Trillian tiptoed away, wondering whether Draco was Liuxia Hui reincarnated because he had not slept with his beautiful wife.

Trillian pursued Draco, learned that ordinary people could not become wizards, and tried to persuade him to take her into the magical world. She accidentally revealed that she had overheard him the previous night, and Draco caught her eavesdropping.

• Trillian visited Draco at the presidential suite, and he dragged her away after accusing her of setting him up.
• Trillian pressed herself against Draco, but Hermione spotted them from the terrace and warned Trillian not to steal a wizard's man.
• Draco reassured Hermione by pushing Trillian away, then took her to a secluded café.
• Draco explained that ordinary people could not awaken magic and warned Trillian that entering the wizarding world was dangerous.
• Trillian offered to become Draco's lover if he took her inside, but Draco refused and said he had Hermione.
• Trillian blurted out that she had heard Draco the previous night, and Draco realized she had been eavesdropping.

Draco resisted Trillian’s advances and reminded her that he was devoted to Hermione. After warning Trillian that Hermione could Apparate to them, he turned down her suggestions for ways to pass the time, but Trillian pushed her luck by touching his abs.

• Trillian confessed she wanted to become Draco’s woman, partly to get closer to magic, and tried to undo his trousers in public.
• Draco stopped Trillian and promised to look for ways she could become a witch, then warned her that Hermione could Apparate in unexpectedly.
• Trillian backed away, asked how to deal with her physical needs, and Draco told her to get a cucumber from the restaurant.
• Draco decided to return to Hermione, but Trillian suggested the spa and gym as alternatives.
• Trillian lifted Draco’s shirt and touched his abs, and Draco caught her hand and warned her that she was pushing her luck.

Trillian persuaded Draco to accompany her to a sportswear shop, where she chose a revealing workout outfit and flirted with him. She emerged from the changing room to show it off, leaving Draco struggling to hide his reaction.

• Trillian convinced Draco to go with her, then led him into a sportswear shop instead of the gym.
• Trillian pretended to be Draco's second wife and selected matching workout clothes while Draco reluctantly helped her.
• Trillian explained that she wanted a sexy style distinct from Hermione's intellectual elegance.
• Trillian teased Draco by inviting him into the changing room, but he refused to watch her change.
• Trillian emerged in a revealing outfit and asked Draco whether she looked good.

Draco accompanied Trillian to the gym, where her striking appearance drew a crowd of muscular men offering to train her. He stepped in and called her his woman, but the men dismissed him as no competition.

• Draco made Trillian change into a more conservative workout outfit before they entered the gym.
• Trillian hesitated after seeing the women working out, and Draco teased her about being afraid someone would steal him away.
• Draco and Trillian began warming up by the windows, and the men in the gym soon gathered around Trillian to offer their training services.
• Draco stood in front of Trillian and told the men she was his woman and that he would train her himself.
• Trillian felt flustered by Draco's public declaration, while the muscular men looked him over and scorned his slender build.

Draco accepted a gym challenge from a group of muscleheads who had been pursuing Trillian and stunned the crowd by lifting a 260-kilogram barbell one-handed with magic. The chapter left everyone wondering what he meant when he invited Trillian to get on the barbell.

• Muscleheads insulted Draco and challenged him to compete in barbell lifting, pull-ups, and planks for the right to stay and train Trillian.
• Draco agreed to the competition, and the gym’s strongest barbell lifter demonstrated his strength by squatting with the 140-kilogram weight.
• Draco used the Feather-Light Charm to hold the barbell overhead with one hand, then asked the referee to keep adding weight.
• Draco continued holding the barbell as its weight rose to 260 kilograms, leaving the gym crowd and Trillian astonished.
• Draco turned to Trillian and asked whether she wanted to get on, prompting the spectators to wonder if he meant the barbell.

Draco stunned the ship’s spectators by squatting with Trillian seated on a 260-kilogram barbell, then accepted a pull-up challenge from Iron Hook David. As David tired during the contest, Draco remained calm and seemingly unfatigued.

• Draco invited Trillian to sit on the barbell and completed more than a dozen squats while holding it with one hand.
• Trillian kissed Draco’s cheek, and Draco challenged the crowd to compete against him.
• Iron Hook David challenged Draco to a pull-up contest, and Draco confidently accepted.
• Draco secretly cast a Levitation Charm on himself before hanging from the pull-up bar beside David.
• David surpassed sixty-five pull-ups and showed clear signs of exhaustion, while Draco maintained a steady pace without appearing tired.

Draco Malfoy effortlessly outperformed David in a public pull-up contest and drew a crowd of admirers after they recognized him. At his ninety-fifth repetition, he asked Trillian to hang onto him so he could continue with added weight.

• David gave out after completing 80 pull-ups, while Draco remained steady and dismissed his effort.
• The crowd admired Draco, and Trillian fended off women who offered themselves to him after he was identified as Draco Malfoy.
• Draco continued toward 100 pull-ups while adding leg-raise crunches, stunning the spectators.
• At his ninety-fifth pull-up, Draco told Trillian to hold on to him so he could increase the difficulty.
• Trillian leaped up and wrapped her arms and legs around Draco's waist.

Draco won a hundred-pull-up challenge while carrying Trillian, then began a weighted plank contest with her sitting on his back. As five minutes passed, his opponent weakened while Draco remained motionless and composed.

• Draco finished one hundred pull-ups with Trillian clinging to him, and they discreetly noticed his arousal before he lowered her to the ground.
• The spectators praised Draco, his strength opponent apologized, and David acknowledged him from the floor.
• Draco agreed to compete in a plank contest and invited Trillian to sit on his back.
• Draco used Solid as a Rock Magic to hold himself rigid while Trillian rested on him and partly supported her weight with her toes.
• After five minutes, Draco remained steady and calm while his opponent trembled with aching, numb arms.