Chapter Summaries

Erice rejected becoming Poimandres and chose to keep moving forward on her own path, defeating the Bird of Hermes as she faced Novia. Novia then asked her to close her eyes and imagine the universe before beginning to tell her about her birth and the war that followed.

• Erice drew on her other self’s resolve and stood up despite the overwhelming power of Novia and the Bird of Hermes.
• Erice declared that humanity would keep advancing and challenging the unknown rather than accept Poimandres’s definition of correctness.
• Erice summoned the Wicked Spirit Medium Demon King and the Alder Tree to bind the Bird of Hermes, then destroyed it with the Magic Bullet Shooter’s final bullet.
• Erice refused both Poimandres and the Great Lord of the East, choosing to keep moving forward as Utsumi Erice.
• Novia rose and told Erice to close her eyes and imagine the universe, then began describing her birth in 2011 and the Third World War.

Novia showed Erice the truth of her birth and Tokyo’s destruction, then helped her accept responsibility for the dead and affirm her chosen path as a weak human. He sent her back to Kanda Shrine in Underworld Tokyo to face Cleopatra, whose power manifested Hermes Trismegistus.

• Novia explained that Erice was born as the hoped-for divine heir of Japan and that John Dee and Baal had plotted to use her for their own ends.
• Novia showed Erice her childhood memories of the 2015 attack that destroyed Tokyo, including her mother’s death, her friend’s death, and her escape across the sea.
• Erice recalled feeling responsible for Tokyo’s 521,471 deaths and accepted responsibility for her mother’s death, her friend’s death, and her own death.
• Novia affirmed Erice’s choice to remain weak and promised to oppose anyone who rejected her, then told her to face the approaching Cleopatra.
• Novia returned Erice to Kanda Shrine, where Cleopatra’s approach revealed the power of Hermes Trismegistus.

Rushana accepted that she was not Buddha but admitted she still wanted to pursue her path and live, even if doing so was selfish. Novia encouraged her to choose for herself and sent her to Erice alone, where she resolved to carry out his will and protect his name.

• Novia found Rushana sitting near Kanda Shrine and spoke with her about Gautama’s teachings and the path he had chosen.
• Rushana said she hated the plan to make her a sacrifice for Erice and feared that staying near her could lead to losing control.
• Novia asked Rushana whether she truly wanted to give up her pursuit, and she confessed she did not want to disappear, even if that wish was selfish.
• Novia told Rushana that a choice made from her heart was enough and encouraged her to pursue her own desires.
• Novia ordered Rushana to go to Erice alone, and Rushana resolved to carry out his will and protect his name and glory.

Erice confronted Cleopatra, who used the Pluto Drug to impose a death fixed in Erice’s past, but Erice awakened her Poimandres authority and exposed Cleopatra as Hermes the Thrice-Great. Hermes argued that the planet itself was responsible for their predetermined lives and should be destroyed, leaving Erice facing the scale of his goal.

• Rushana, the Savior, and Dainichi Nyorai discussed Rushana’s unknown younger sister, and Dainichi privately worried that he had created her through alchemy.
• Erice emerged from Kanda Shrine and confronted Cleopatra, who explained that she had used the Pluto Drug to make Erice destined to die within minutes.
• Erice attacked Cleopatra with the power of the Great Lord of the East, but Cleopatra’s defenses stopped her and Erice began to weaken.
• Erice drew on the land’s leylines and alchemical knowledge to overcome Cleopatra’s flames and identify her as Hermes the Thrice-Great.
• Hermes claimed that he, John Dee, Manazuru Chitose, Ouroboros, Little Mher, and Erice were victims of lives fixed by the planet, and declared that the planet should be destroyed.

Erice confronted Hermes Trismegistus in Tokyo ten years in the past, but his curse left her unable to move before a distant voice called her name. Meanwhile, Novia challenged John Dee’s attempt to recreate the past and forced him to confront the limits of his ideals, leaving Dee stunned by the truth about the Church’s changing worth.

• Hermes Trismegistus explained his plan to destroy Earth and create another planet, and Erice refused to yield unless he killed her.
• Hermes Trismegistus sent Erice to Tokyo ten years earlier and used poisonous dust to immobilize her while identifying the gods whose powers she held.
• John Dee knelt in Underworld Tokyo, lamenting his failure and remembering the man whose deeds had inspired his dream of healing divisions among believers.
• Novia told John Dee that he had deceived himself by believing he could restore the past and revealed that he was Avia, the man Dee had revered.
• John Dee demanded to know why Avia had not purified the Church, and Avia explained that its corruption could not simply be undone and that its worth had changed with time.

Rushana arrived in the past and used Buddhist prayers to resist Hermes Trismegistus, but her brief deception could not turn the battle. As Erice fought Hermes, Rushana discovered that accepting herself as an imitation and disciple might let her support Erice.

• Rushana stepped between Erice and Hermes Trismegistus and resisted his influence by reciting the Avatamsaka Sutra.
• Hermes Trismegistus saw through Rushana's lotus-summoning magecraft and crushed it, while Erice told Rushana to flee.
• Erice fought Hermes Trismegistus, who used poisonous dust and pressed his advantage over her.
• Rushana remembered the instruction to bow east when the sun returned and bowed toward Erice, whom Hermes had called the Great Lord of the East.
• A voice asked Rushana whether she wanted to become herself, and Rushana said she accepted her identity as an imitation and disciple who hoped to become something like Buddha.
• Rushana reached out toward Erice as she continued fighting Hermes Trismegistus.

Erice defeated Hermes Trismegistus, returned with A Xiu to the former Demon Gate, and said goodbye as A Xiu's life resumed its course and she walked into the sea. The story then shifted to the last Sasun's confrontation with God, where she challenged his convictions and was struck down after insisting her actions had meaning.

• Erice analyzed and countered the Thrice-Great One's alchemy, then destroyed Hermes Trismegistus with her strongest attack.
• Erice brought A Xiu to the former Demon Gate and accepted responsibility for Tokyo's destruction when A Xiu asked whether she had regrets.
• Erice and A Xiu thanked each other, clasped hands, and A Xiu's body grew to an age-appropriate form.
• A Xiu walked into the sea after urging Erice to hold on to the person she might find, and Erice watched her friend depart.
• The last Sasun challenged God over the meaning of the Sasun line and the injustice he allowed in the world.
• God unleashed his power against the last Sasun, who fell after declaring that her actions had meaning.

Little Mher woke in Luce’s care after the Underworld Tokyo incident and questioned why she had let Novia have his way, while Erice condemned him as a pervert. In AD 62, Lucius addressed the people of Armenia as Tiridates I sought to establish Christianity there, and he recalled the principles that shaped his approach to missionary work.

• Little Mher woke beside Luce and Tiamat, learned about them, and wondered whether she was still too weak to confront God.
• Erice explained that Dee’s death had ended the threats from Ouroboros and Perun, while Rushana’s disappearance continued to trouble her.
• Little Mher called Novia the worst, and Erice agreed before asking why Little Mher had quietly let him have his way.
• Tiridates I announced that Armenia would convert to Christianity and asked the Holy Church to establish a branch there.
• Lucius addressed the people of Yerevan, promising to bear responsibility and affirming that their courage and worth were recognized.
• Lucius recalled a conversation in which Novia had urged him to understand people’s circumstances, question his own sense of justice, and treat all people as equals.

Lucius met Novia again in Tokyo and discovered that Novia had been the Demon King who once inhabited Erice. Their reunion brought back memories of their first meeting and left Lucius laughing as he reflected on the life he had lived.

• Lucius recalled how the Church had placed its incomplete Holy Scripture under the guidance of the saints and how a young Cardinal had earned its approval.
• Lucius arrived at Erice's hospital room and found her arguing with Little Mher while two other girls tried to intervene.
• Novia appeared behind Lucius, and they went to a private beach as Lucius changed into a formal suit.
• Novia confronted Lucius about the joke video he had made of him and revealed that he knew Lucius had lied about his stolen clothes.
• Lucius realized Novia had been the Demon King connected to Erice and wondered why Erice now seemed indifferent to him.
• Novia challenged Lucius with a wooden sword, repeated a question about whether Lucius's life had formed a beautiful pattern, and Lucius dropped his lance and laughed.

Novia and Lucius reflected on the Church’s bloody decline before Lucius returned to the present. In the hospital, Novia spoke with Little Mher about his past and the anger between them, leaving Little Mher flustered and Novia reconsidering his place in the Trinity.

• Lucius apologized to Novia for what the Church became, and Novia urged him to listen to people and preserve the ideals they had once shared.
• Lucius realized that Novia’s remarks about Tera Ding revealed the identity of the King of the Huns, then teased Novia about having a child.
• Erice questioned Lucius’s closeness with Novia, while Tiamat, Luce, and the others left the hospital room with them.
• Novia acknowledged Little Mher’s anger and said he would not deny responsibility if he had hurt him, even though he had no memory of it.
• Novia explained that his actions in Rome had been what he wanted, and Little Mher became upset as Novia wondered whether changing would make him no longer himself.
• Little Mher shouted that Novia was the only person he knew, and Novia wondered whether he could refuse the Holy Spirit’s position in the Trinity.

Yumina pushed Alice to acknowledge the wish she had buried fourteen years earlier, and wrote a poem revealing her feelings for Utsumi Erice. Alice recognized the memories behind the words but insisted Yumina had not described what truly happened.

• Novia asked Little Mher about the Sea Goddess of Armenia, and Little Mher recalled seeing the title “Storm Maiden” in a dream.
• Vairocana acknowledged the blue-haired Rushana as his little sister, and the Savior said he had acted because his Father would not intervene directly.
• Aoko Aozaki confronted Yumina as Yumina urged Alice to admit she had a wish.
• Yumina controlled Alice’s body and wrote a poem about Alice’s longing for Utsumi Erice.
• Alice stopped Yumina and denied that her poem accurately described the events, while Yumina teased her about her feelings.

Alice resisted Yumina’s attempts to make her confess her wish to Novia, and Yumina took control of her body to go out in Akihabara. Novia and the others arrived in Akihabara, where Erice was stunned to find Aoko Aozaki waiting for them in a penguin coat.

• Alice admitted that she had no right to interfere in Erice and Novia’s relationship, but Yumina urged her to confess her wish to Novia.
• Yumina threatened to take over Alice’s body and use the Fairy-Tale Monster Wishing Star Box, but Alice refused both proposals.
• Yumina took control of Alice’s body and decided to change clothes before going out in Akihabara.
• Novia, Erice, Tiamat, and Luce traveled by train from Marseille Mosaic City to Tokyo, while Novia wondered whether Lilitu or another goddess could be the Storm Maiden.
• Erice criticized Novia for being a womanizer, and Novia joked that she was his wife.
• The group arrived in Akihabara, where Aoko Aozaki greeted Erice and Novia wearing a penguin coat.

Yumina trapped Novia in a mirror world and then hid with him inside Alice’s penguin costume, pretending to be Alice as they rejoined Erice. As Yumina teased Novia and argued that Alice was losing her way as a Witch, Novia called her adorable, leaving her convinced that his affection was a lie.

• Alice said she had waited at the station to welcome Novia and the others, then walked with them toward the Kuonji mansion.
• Aoko asked Novia to escort her to a restroom, where Yumina revealed that she had lured him into a mirror world.
• Novia raised his hand to break the mirror world, and Yumina switched tactics by hiding with him inside the penguin costume.
• Erice met the apparent Alice in Akihabara and continued toward the mansion with her, unaware that Novia was concealed inside the costume.
• Yumina teased Novia and said Alice no longer deserved to be a Witch, but Novia whispered that Yumina was adorable.
• Yumina decided that Novia’s words were a lie and that his friendliness was not unique to her.

Yumina used Novia’s shattered Mirror World to analyze him, then controlled Alice’s body for a day while growing closer to Novia. Meanwhile, Mot tried to claim the Himalayas and remake the planet, but a mysterious force attacked him as the mountains resisted.

• Yumina sensed Novia’s hardships and became determined to occupy his heart, even if she had to make him hate her.
• Yumina provoked Novia and kissed him while walking beside Erice, then asserted that he belonged to her.
• Aoko woke in the mansion bathroom and found marks on her body, while Alice resolved not to let Yumina hurt her without her knowledge again.
• Mot declared that he would not submit to Anat and sought to make the Himalayas submit to his authority over death.
• Mot’s attempt to ascend toward heaven revealed a pillar-like view of the universe, and a mysterious force attacked him as the Himalayas resisted.

El struck down Mot and seized his death authority, while Anat's history revealed how she became devoted to the silver-haired man who crushed her and made her his weapon. Anat remained unable to understand what he loved about the sea, and her search for that answer continued.

• El appeared beside Mot, declared that he would help kill him, and fatally struck him before tearing out his authority over death.
• Anat first met the silver-haired man, who crushed her, but she resurrected and confessed that he had taken her love.
• Anat repeatedly fought and died at the silver-haired man's hands, then accepted his command to die for him.
• Anat crippled El, killed Yam, forced Mot to submit, and arranged for Baal to become god-king before beheading him at his ascension ceremony.
• Anat returned to the silver-haired man and continued serving as his weapon, while wondering what he saw in the sea.

Novia met Zagreus in Akihabara and prepared to confront El at Cape Canaveral, where El had chosen to challenge the New Covenant. As El restored his strength and faced Novia, he asked whether Novia sought the Canaanite throne or intended to kill him.

• Anat transformed herself into Lilith, the first human woman in the Garden of Eden, and begged W (Vey) Y (Ya) to love her.
• Novia met Zagreus in Akihabara, where Zagreus said he sensed Mot had left the Himalayas and was at Cape Canaveral.
• Novia confirmed he was heading to Cape Canaveral to confront El and end the Old Testament's attempt to replace the New Covenant.
• El reflected on Canaan's violent past and believed he would eventually regain his status as the Eternal Exalted One.
• El restored his crippled body and confronted Novia, asking whether Novia wanted his recognition as god-king or wanted to kill him.

Novia and Tiamat traveled to Tallahassee to confront El, where they met Daybit Zem Voiv, a former Cape Canaveral researcher. Daybit revealed that a mysterious spacesuited creature had destroyed Cape Canaveral fourteen years earlier and might still be sealed inside.

• El recalled how a silver-haired man had annihilated him and the gods of Canaan, then explained that he had blurred the Old Testament to claim its powers and intended to kill every living thing.
• Novia and Tiamat explored Tallahassee, where the subdued residents and El’s choice of location led Novia to consider it a new Canaan.
• Novia and Tiamat reached a planetarium where Manazuru Chitose had arranged for them to meet Daybit Zem Voiv.
• Daybit explained that Cape Canaveral had been sealed after something in a spacesuit began destroying it during a Holy Grail War fourteen years earlier.
• Daybit warned that the creature might still be inside Cape Canaveral, waiting for the seal to be opened.

Daybit told Tiamat that he had only months to live and still intended to go to Cape Canaveral, where a mysterious voice was drawing him. At Yayauqui, Tezcatlipoca revealed that an entity called Apollo awaited there, and Novia agreed to travel with Daybit and Tiamat.

• Daybit told Tiamat and Novia that he had only a few months left to live and planned to visit someone in Cape Canaveral.
• Daybit arrived at the Yayauqui chocolate factory with Tiamat and Novia, where he reunited with his Servant, Jaguar Man Navarro.
• Novia and Tezcatlipoca joked about the unsold chocolate, while Tiamat defended Daybit when Tezcatlipoca questioned his journey.
• Daybit explained that a voice in his mind urged him to remember a result and stop wasting time, though he did not know whom he would meet.
• Tezcatlipoca revealed that Cape Canaveral held Apollo, a being formed from humanity's concepts of the Apollo spacecraft and their technology.
• Novia agreed to go to Cape Canaveral with Daybit and gave Tiamat hot chocolate.

Tezcatlipoca and Daybit discussed their plans to leave for Cape Canaveral and the companions Daybit remembered from a dream. That night, Tiamat tried to seduce Novia, but he woke and drew her into his arms, telling her she could have simply asked him directly.

• Tezcatlipoca returned to the planetarium and spoke with Daybit about their trip to Cape Canaveral and the growing threat from Apollo.
• Daybit recalled a dream of Pepe and Wodime, whose friendship had first sparked his interest in astronomy and India.
• Tiamat reflected on her love for Novia and decided to make the first move before they left Tallahassee.
• Tiamat entered Novia's room wearing a revealing outfit and tried to imitate Alice's confident manner.
• Novia woke to Tiamat's advances, pulled her close, and reassured her that she could have spoken to him directly.

Metatron Jeanne d'Arc rejected Ras's doubts and declared that her will represented the Lord's, then took her place on the Throne in Cape Canaveral as the angels fought against the Crown's control. She prepared to reveal her full power as the King of Angels and face the force routing the angelic armies.

• Ras challenged Metatron's claim that humanity's destruction was the Lord's will, then left the court without waiting for her answer.
• Metatron revealed her hatred of humanity and resolved to deliver its final verdict, believing the Lord had entrusted humanity's future to her.
• The chapter described the Kingdom of Heaven, the Throne, and Metatron's history as the King of Angels, including her punishment for sitting on God's seat.
• In the transformed Cape Canaveral, Metatron saw that vast numbers of angels were being routed while resisting her Crown's control.
• Metatron invoked the Lord and prepared to unleash her true form, convinced that no opponent could defeat her.