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    After being hit with the killing curse on that final walk through the Forbidden Forest, Harry awakes to find himself in unfamiliar territory with all too familiar faces. Follow him along to another world where he must learn what it means to live again after being told to die.

    This here is a helpful guide for any prospective AU parent. With every AU family, there’s ups, there’s downs, there’s evil megalomaniacs traumatizing your son. Don’t worry! We’re here to help you navigate all these obstacles and more.

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    22 Jun 2026

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    The dizziness comes next, causing him to sway to the side, the knife slipping and slicing into his palm. Pain blooms, blood splatters against the wood of the cutting board, and drips after him as he drops the knife and flees. Tearing through the atelier like a hurricane, his apprentice's worried calls of his name are distant and muted in his ears.

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    18 Jun 2026

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    They'd only just ambled into the Kalhn textile shop when Qifrey caught sight of the short young woman working. She had a round face, rosy cheeks, flaxen hair. Her eyes had locked on Olruggio as soon as they’d entered.

    Olruggio, for his part, thumbed through dyed wool samples as though he hadn't noticed. He likely wouldn't.

    But Qifrey always noticed. Sometimes this left him as a voyeur: staring at someone staring at someone else. But other times, like today, his fixed presence at Olruggio’s side made him an involved party. There was always a delay, then a moment in which Qifrey became visible and the women realized he might be of help. Some of them were too scared to approach Olruggio outright—they’d built up a more intimidating version of him in their heads, had never heard him laugh wildly or watched dimples form when he smiled. Instead, they’d set their sights on Qifrey. Talk to him, or at least look at him imploringly, as though getting in his good graces might earn them the Torch’s attention.

    He never felt like helping them.

    or: Qifrey gets jealous.

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    14 Jun 2026

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    Akechi meets a mysterious being chained to a door after death and gains a second chance.

     

    Translation to Chinese:
    Chapter 1-29 by Cloudd: http://cloud-yunchangde.lofter.com/post/1e2d1c46_1cd01d3b0
    Chapter 53 onwards by 乐乌: https://www.lofter.com/front/blog/collection/share?collectionId=23790157
    (Visit 乐乌's lofter profile for news on where the middle chapters are!)

    Translation to Spanish:
    1st Translation by LoveAllTheShips853: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43105491/chapters/108326403
    2nd Translation by buyobuyoyo:
    https://archiveofourown.org/works/76968921

    Podfic by psiodynes
    https://archiveofourown.org/works/64522453/chapters/165699772

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    09 Jun 2026

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    “We’re rich?” Tetia exclaimed. She had been sitting with this information for approximately thirty seconds, which was about her limit. “We’ve been rich?” She pushed back from the table. “Master Olly.” She pointed at him, scandalized. “Last month, when I asked if I could have that embroidered skirt from the market in Kalhn, you said—”

    “I said you didn’t need any new clothes. Which is true.”

    “You said we had a budget.”

    “We do have a budget. A budget is just—” But he had already lost control of the conversation.

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    Olruggio never made a big deal about the money his specialized commissions got him. They got what they needed, and some extra at that. To the others, however, it is quite a revelation.

    OR: everyone gets a shopping episode to themselves <3

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    08 Jun 2026