Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

Sunday 31 May 1987

11:30 pm

Malfoy Manor

"Bounded Fields…" Kai mumbled, leaning against a wall in Darcie's enormous bathroom.

"It's astonishing, true," Petyr Baelish commented, holding his chin. "But if we think about it, it sounds reasonable as well."

Rintaro Okabe nodded.

"Ms. Virgin mentioned something like this, right?" he added. "Like, in the original Harry Potter timeline, many magical subjects and fields were pushed aside for the Main Storyline.

"Alchemy, Ancient Runes, and such topics were never given the depth they deserved."

Kai tapped his fingers on the floor rhythmically, his mind calculating hundreds of scenarios, along with the plausible pros and cons of such a thing.

Then his hazel pupils shone.

"If I were to nudge Darcie to learn the magic of Bounded Fields from those old fools," Kai said, "then I could use Dementor Progenitor Skill again."

Petyr smiled slyly.

"It won't be that easy, my lord," he counseled. "Manipulating them to learn such a Taboo magic is a fool's journey at the best.

"Madam Villanelle would never let them teach you anything about the Bounded Fields without knowing about it first.

"And, must I remind you that you need to learn Occlumency and Legilimency from them as well?"

Kai was worried about it as well.

There wasn't much he could do behind Madam Villanelle's back, other than to know some hidden secrets. \If he wanted to do more, then he would have to wait, letting the time take its course.

"Hahaha!"

Kai and Petyr's heads snapped toward the insane scientist.

"Now what?" they uttered together.

Rintaro had thrown his hands into his white lab coat pockets.

His eyes were closed, his head was drooping a little, and there was an extremely smug smile on his face as if he had figured out the crux of all problems.

"In the end," the Character drawled, chuckling, "it is I, the great Hououin Kyouma, who is brilliant enough…"

"Spit it out!" Kai snapped.

"Ahem!" Rintaro cleared his throat.

"Why does Madam Villanelle keep monitoring Darcie, Mr. Storm? Heh?" he asked, raising his eyebrows. "Well, because she has nothing else to do. What we need, or what she needs, is a distraction!"

Kai and Petyr looked at each other, their eyes flashing knowingly.

"Daphne's sudden resolve to pursue the study of magical creatures should do the trick," Kai said.

The corners of Rintaro Okabe's lips twitched as he heard Kai and Petyr coming at a plan.

He merely meant to say that it's time Madam Villanelle finds someone as handsome as him.

Marriage would have kept her busy for a long time. But he dare not speak out his thoughts now.

"Haha!" Rintaro laughed, throwing his hands. "Genius. I am such a genius!"

Petyr looked at Kai's journal in his hands and said, "Now that Darcie knows Lilith's special magical ability, that resembles Apparation, she will save much time in traveling.

"I, for a fact, am more interested in knowing the reason behind you creating that theatrical performance, my lord."

"What performance?" Kai frowned.

"Letting Narcissa see Darcie laugh, of course," Petyr smiled.

Rintaro, who was still laughing, choked, and gaped at Kai.

"That wasn't real?!" he blurted. "I thought you were just enjoying yourself, Mr. Storm —"

Kai observed Littlefinger and his smile but said nothing.

"I am sure it wasn't," Petyr answered Rintaro, rubbing the journal's coarse pages. "Forget? Darcie Malfoy, the prodigy only seen once in many generations, forgot her purse. Heh! How is that possible?

"It must have been quite a disastrous risk for you to nudge her to do that, right, my lord?

"Is that why you had increased her workload in the last week so that you could justify to yourself why Darcie forgot her purse? I can think of how, but I can't see the point."

"But there were so many possibilities…" Rintaro wondered, shocked. "For how long you were planning for that moment?"

Kai still didn't answer.

"I know," Petyr answered, smiling slyly. "Since day one, if I am not wrong. My lord, when you told us you wanted to plant a traitor in the enemy camp, who was supposed to be the enemy here? Dumbledore's side or Voldemort's?"

Kai gave a penetrating look to Petyr. "You think too much."

"Haha!" Petyr laughed, shut the journal, and bowed. "And that's the reason for you to devour my tale, my lord."

Kai stood up.

Hot red steam escaped his body, a scalding heat bubbling inside his chest.

His skin became blue, a blood-colored gem surfaced on his forehead, and a long, powerful tail lashed out, hacking at the water in the bathtub.

"Go back," Golduck-Kai commanded. "It's time."

Rintaro, stunned and stupefied, vanished into the Tales of Beedle the Bard.

Petyr bowed again and disappeared as well.

Kai put the Item into the Inventory and recalled the notification that had appeared two weeks ago.

…

[

Candidate Red, the third stage of the Tournament of Worth has been finalized.

Please refer to the following points:

 1. Theme of the Tournament: Survival

 2. Total Candidates: 333

 3. Candidate Red's ID: 1

 4. Local Time of Teleportation: 31 May 1987 - 11:45 pm

 5. The Auction of Candidates' services will precede the third stage of the Tournament of Worth

 6. Only the Sponsors and the sponsored Candidate will take part in the Auction

 7. The nature of the third stage will differ with each Candidate

 8. The Systems will take necessary measures to maintain the impartiality of the Tournament

 9. The Systems will share the details of the individual stages after the auction

WARNING: Once entered the 3rd Stage, the Contestant can't back out

NOTES:

 1. Only Contestants from the 2nd Set are chosen as Candidates for the Tournament

 2. Each Candidate can qualify as a Candidate only once for the Tournament of Worth

 3. The 3rd Stage of the Tournament of Worth will not be broadcast to anyone

]

…

Only 333 Contestants had passed the 2nd Stage of the Tournament of Worth successfully!

Meg, who had Survived the pursuit of Team Kakashi in the 2nd Stage, and Moraine, who had survived the attacks of the Main Character of the Kaiju No. 8 Random World, had both qualified for the 3rd Stage as well.

Spawn had only recently ascended to the 4th-floor, making her give up on this Tournament.

By the time her turn came next time, she would already be a Top-level 6th-floor legend, Kai believed.

The minute number of Contestants passing the 2nd Stage didn't shock Kai at all, though.

Meg had told him that Survival Theme was one such theme of the Tournament of Worth that forced the Contestants to their knees.

Once entered, the Contestant can't back out, Kai repeated, narrowing his eyes. Just… why would anyone back out?

A blinding blue flash answered Golduck-Kai.

In the next moment, he had already vanished.

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Volume 15 - The Dark Scroll - Ends!

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