A new chapter is up.
Come in, get comfortable, and let’s see what kind of trouble waits this time ❤️ ✦ “I should thank you, then,” Edmund said.
He stared at the system prompt, briefly at a loss for words.
He had a system now.
He had money.
By any reasonable standard, that should have been twice the happiness.
Somehow, it did not feel that simple.
“So much for pay-to-win.” There was nothing to do but accept it.
After a little testing, Edmund found that the Arcane Card System’s main function was exactly what the name promised.
Card Draw.
One draw cost 100 coins.
Cards were divided into four visible rarities: Common, Rare, Epic, and Legendary.
Common cards included basic charms, magical materials, and Galleons.
Rare cards were more likely to produce offensive or defensive spells, such as Expelliarmus, Levicorpus, and similar magic.
Epic cards covered rare, difficult spells: Occlumency, the Patronus Charm, Sectumsempra, and sometimes broader academic insight into entire subjects.
Potions knowledge, for example.
Transfiguration theory.
Legendary cards were different.
They were character cards.
Whenever he drew one, he could choose one piece of knowledge, one spell, or even one talent from the person on the card and strengthen himself with it.
Coins were earned through milestones.
Some milestones awarded coins directly; others gave card packs.
Once Edmund entered Hogwarts, a daily task function would unlock.
Completing small tasks would grant 100 coins per day.
The system would also provide one free daily draw.
The free draw could not produce Legendary cards; Epic seemed to be its highest possible result.
“System,” Edmund said, “do I have a profile?” [System] Generating user profile…
Please wait.
Name: Edmund Gaunt Birthday: October 31 Status: Hidden owner of Gaunt Investments; recent graduate of Garden Primary; incoming Hogwarts student Legacy: Gaunt Ancestral Magic, awakening Arcane Capacity: 3 Magical Items: None Charms Aptitude: 5 (Outstanding) Transfiguration Aptitude: 3 (Unremarkable) Divination Aptitude: 0 (Troll) Dark Arts Affinity: 8 (Azkaban Candidate) Coins: 5,000 Edmund stared.
“…” For a moment, he reconsidered Hogwarts entirely.
An eight-point Dark Arts affinity?
What was the Sorting Hat going to do, shout Azkaban before it even touched his head?
Would he become the first student in school history to be sentenced during the Sorting Ceremony?
[System] No need for concern.
Only this system can quantify user talents in detail.
External parties cannot view this information.
“Good,” Edmund said, exhaling slowly.
That at least meant he would not be dragged to Azkaban on September first.
He glanced at the 5,000 coins in his account and rubbed his hands together.
After being reborn, he had landed in an era when mobile phones were still bricks.
Mobile games did not exist yet.
Card draws had been off the table for eleven years.
“It has been far too long.
Let’s see whether reincarnation did anything for my luck.” Edmund opened the draw interface.
A new panel unfolded in front of him.
[System] Starlight converges.
Fate reveals its hand.
To celebrate successful system binding, a limited Legendary Character Pair pool is now open: Twin Kings of Light and Shadow – Albus Dumbledore, Wizard of Light.
Gellert Grindelwald, Dark Lord of the Old War.
Drawing either Albus Dumbledore or Gellert Grindelwald from this pool will grant the matching Legendary card.
This paired reward can trigger only once during this featured pool.
Afterward, the guaranteed pool will produce one random Legendary card within 50 draws.
Edmund’s eyes narrowed.
The system had layers.
Still, as beginner offers went, draw one and receive the other was difficult to complain about.
He looked at the 5,000 coins in his account.
Exactly enough for one guarantee.
Whether that was kindness or calculation remained to be seen.
Edmund went to the bathroom, scrubbed his face hard, and washed his hands twice for luck.
Then he returned to the interface.
“System.
Spend all 5,000 coins.” A pentagram-shaped magic circle flared across the panel.
Ten streams of light burst out from its center.
Five white.
Three blue.
Two purple.
[System] Common card acquired: 100 Galleons.
Common card acquired: Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans, large assorted pack.
Common card acquired: Charm – Lumos.
Epic card acquired: Occlumency.
Epic card acquired: Rare Potion – Draught of Inspiration.
For a first ten-draw, it was not bad.
One hundred Galleons was enough to cover a year of school expenses, and that had come from a Common card.
Money in the magical world would not be a problem.
The basic charms were useful too.
The moment a spell card entered his collection, the incantation, wand movement, and small casting details settled into his mind with clean precision.
Give him a wand, and he should be able to cast them.
He examined the Epic rewards next.
Occlumency was familiar.
With the system protecting the secret of his rebirth, perhaps even a master Legilimens would not see the truth.
But stray thoughts, sarcasm, and immediate reactions were another matter.
Dumbledore and Snape were dangerous enough that caution was not optional.
The other Epic reward was promising as well.
Draught of Inspiration An ancient potion created by a master brewer.
For one hour after consumption, mental activity increases sharply.
Reasoning, inspiration, and calculation speed are all enhanced.
That was the sort of reward that remained useful anywhere.
Studying key magic, surviving a crisis, solving a problem under pressure – the potion had obvious value.
He would keep it safe.
With a thought, the potion and the other items vanished from the visible interface.
Storage, apparently, was one of the system’s basic functions.
Anything drawn from a card could be stored safely.
“Continue.” The system obeyed.
The next rounds were broadly similar.
Every ten-draw produced one or two Epic flashes.
There seemed to be some kind of ten-draw protection.
More basic spells appeared, along with Galleons and potion ingredients.
Edmund’s expression, however, grew worse with each round.
Was this pool really going to withhold every Legendary card until the guarantee?
Forty draws.
Not one gold.
Had reincarnation failed to reroll his luck after all?
Just as despair began to settle over him, the final ten-draw erupted.
Gold.
Two gold.
Two purple, three blue, and three white lights followed after, but the twin golden beams drowned out everything else.
For one glorious second, the whole room seemed to shine.
Edmund’s eyes lit with it.
“Two Legendaries?
Finally.
I knew I could not be cursed forever.”
CREATORS’ THOUGHTS AuroraVale Thank you for reading.
I hope this chapter pulled you a little deeper into the story.
Stay close, because things are only getting more interesting.