Chapter Summaries

Lin Nai and his companions teamed up with Sampo Koski to reach Belobog, then found themselves blocked from entering through the front gate. Lin Nai blasted open Sampo’s hidden passage, leaving their arrival in the city in chaos.

• Sampo Koski introduced himself and offered to guide Lin Nai, Stelle, March Seven, and Dan Heng to Belobog in exchange for Winter City Coins.
• Lin Nai accepted the deal but bound Sampo with an exploding trinket to keep him from betraying them.
• Sampo led the group across the snowfield and around Belobog’s walls, where they saw the city for the first time.
• Sampo showed them a narrow passage beneath the wall, but Lin Nai chose to blast the opening wider with Nebast Light Ray.

Lin Nai and the Astral Express crew broke into Belobog, fought Abyss Creatures, and found their way to the Overworld. They reached the city proper and turned their attention to finding lodging.

• Lin Nai blasted a hole through Belobog's wall, then used Miracle Realization to restore it, accidentally erasing Sampo's dog hole as well.
• Lin Nai freed the others from their restraints, reclaimed the Winter City Shields from Sampo, and fled with Stelle, March Seven, and Dan Heng.
• The group encountered Abyss Creatures in the alley, and Lin Nai defeated them with Multiple Guillotine.
• After getting lost and doubling back, the group spotted Silvermane Guards and found the iron gate leading to the Overworld.
• Lin Nai opened the gate, led the others through, and restored it behind them as they arrived in Belobog and looked toward the Goethe Hotel for lodging.

Lin Nai and the Express Crew checked into the Goethe Hotel in Belobog and decided to investigate the Stellaron quietly rather than approach Supreme Guardian Cocolia. After agreeing to take their time and explore, the group went to rest for the night.

• Lin Nai led the Express Crew into the Goethe Hotel, where he booked four rooms for a month.
• March Seven and Stelle celebrated their stay and planned a pillow fight while Dan Heng kept watch.
• Lin Nai told the others to gather information about the Stellaron in secret and avoid contacting Cocolia for now.
• Lin Nai explained that he could not separate Cocolia from the Stellaron with his current abilities and wanted to let Stelle grow while they explored Belobog.
• The others returned to their rooms, and Lin Nai fell asleep, planning to explore Belobog the next day.

Lin Nai went out for a late-night walk, soothed Dan Heng after his nightmare, and discovered Serval playing guitar in her workshop. The chapter left Lin Nai frozen with embarrassment after Serval caught him looking through the window and noticed how cold he was.

• Lin Nai encountered Dan Heng outside their rooms, learned he had a nightmare, and used a comforting light to ease his gloom.
• Lin Nai went out alone for fresh air while Dan Heng returned to his room to rest.
• Lin Nai wandered Belobog and decided to leave exploring the way to the Underworld for later.
• Lin Nai spotted Serval playing guitar in her Perpetual Motion workshop and received a random guitar-shaped greatsword.
• Serval caught Lin Nai outside her window, reassured him, and noticed that he was very cold.

Lin Nai visited Serval’s workshop, played “Hero” on her electric guitar, and was invited to join Serval’s band. Pela arrived with late-night snacks and caught Serval trying to recruit him.

• Serval brought Lin Nai into her workshop, gave him hot cocoa, and asked why he had been wandering outside at night.
• Serval offered Lin Nai her electric guitar, and he played “Hero,” impressing her.
• Serval invited Lin Nai to join her band and teach him more, but Pela interrupted and accused her of abducting him.
• Pela explained that she had come to bring Serval late-night snacks, and Serval immediately asked where the food was.

Lin Nai met Silva and Pela at the workshop, declined Silva’s invitation to join her band, and gave her the song “Wildfire” as thanks for the hot cocoa. Silva played the score after Lin Nai disappeared, while Pela listened beside her.

• Pela questioned Lin Nai about being at the workshop, and Silva explained that she had found him outside and brought him in.
• Silva invited Lin Nai to join her band, then played a song with Pela to try to persuade him.
• Lin Nai praised their performance but declined to join the band, saying perhaps he would consider it later.
• Lin Nai wrote out “Wildfire” and gave the score to Silva as thanks for the hot cocoa before leaving the workshop.
• Silva tried to follow Lin Nai but could not find him, then played the song from the score while Pela listened.

Serval kept Pela’s sheet music secret as the Astral Express crew began exploring Belobog, but Stelle’s obsession with trash cans derailed their investigation. After touring the Administrative District and finding no clues, the group rested by the Belobog Museum fountain.

• Serval changed the subject when Pela asked about the song, declined to show her the lyrics, and put away the sheet music after Pela left.
• Lin Nai stopped Stelle from rummaging through several trash cans as the Astral Express crew tried to investigate Belobog discreetly.
• Stelle tried to convince Lin Nai that a trash can looked like a treasure chest, then hinted that she wanted him to serve her for the night.
• Lin Nai tied an energy rope to Stelle to keep her from running off, then untied her and led her by the hand through the streets.
• The four crew members rested near the Belobog Museum fountain after touring the Administrative District without finding clues, and Lin Nai, March Seven, and Dan Heng tossed their cans and bottle into a trash can for points.

Lin Nai and the others encountered Pela leading a Belobog history tour, then compared notes about his meeting with her and Serval the previous night. They investigated the city’s heating and learned that its heaters ran on Geomarrow.

• Lin Nai and March Seven found Stelle joining Pela’s history tour at the Eternal Winter Monument, where Pela explained the monument to the children.
• Lin Nai introduced March Seven and Dan Heng to Pela, and the group returned to the hotel to discuss Lin Nai’s meeting with Pela and Serval.
• Dan Heng warned that Pela’s Silvermane Guard role might affect the group, while March Seven vowed they would defeat any soldiers who came after them.
• Lin Nai and the others discussed the Stellaron, the city’s heating units, and why the area where they had arrived lacked them.
• Lin Nai returned with a copy of Seven Hundred Years of Belobog and explained that the city’s heating units were powered by Geomarrow.

Lin Nai and his companions learned about Belobog’s divided districts and uncovered evidence that Cocolia had abandoned the Underworld and prohibited contact between it and the Overworld. They decided to investigate Cocolia through Serval, and Lin Nai accepted the task of contacting her.

• Lin Nai explained Belobog’s Overworld and Underworld to Stelle, March Seven, and Dan Heng using a history book.
• Lin Nai read that Cocolia Rand had once attended military academy and formed a rock band with Serval Landau.
• Lin Nai shared an old newspaper reporting that Cocolia withdrew the Silvermane Guard from the Underworld and imposed a lockdown between the districts.
• Lin Nai argued that Cocolia’s actions and ban on discussing the Underworld were suspicious and proposed investigating her.
• March Seven, Stelle, and Dan Heng assigned Lin Nai to contact Serval, and Lin Nai agreed.

Lin Nai met Serval at her workshop, where she mistook his song “Wildfire” for a resistance anthem and warned him not to rebel. Pela arrived and misread the locked workshop and closed curtains as evidence of a secret romantic encounter.

• Lin Nai planned to contact Serval about Cocolia’s past while Dan Heng investigated the Underworld and March Seven took Stelle sightseeing.
• Serval brought Lin Nai into her workshop, secured the doors and windows, and showed him the sheet music for “Wildfire.”
• Serval asked whether Lin Nai belonged to a resistance group and warned him that Silvermane Guards were outside.
• Lin Nai denied planning a rebellion, though he privately considered the idea and wondered about guiding Bronya later.
• Serval explained that the song had seemed like a resistance message, then recommended asking Pela for novels.
• Pela arrived at the workshop and, seeing its locked door and shut curtains, suspected Serval and Lin Nai had been hiding a romantic encounter.