Reading the Emperor's Last Will at Hogwarts

Liu Bei dies clutching his emperor's final decree—only to wake as a first-year at Hogwarts with no memory of magic and a Sorting Hat that rejects him three times. Pretending to be mute seems like the safest option, until Professor McGonagall forces him to speak during Charms class. In a panic, he recites the ancient words seared into his soul: the White Emperor's dying command. The classroom freezes. McGonagall's eyes blaze with recognition. "That runic incantation—who is Zhuge Liang to you?" Liu Bei's carefully constructed silence shatters. Now everyone wants answers about the Prime Minister,…