Chapter Summaries

The Eastern Witch fled after Rhine and Aurora took one of her Silver Shoes, leaving her unable to control her teleportation or return to the Land of Oz. Rhine and Aurora prepared for the Queen’s return, while the awakened Queen arrived at the palace and was welcomed by her ministers.

• Aurora drove the Eastern Witch to retreat, and the Witch used her remaining Silver Shoe to teleport away, vowing revenge on Rhine, Aurora, and the Queen.
• The Eastern Witch landed in the sea and realized she could no longer return to the Land of Oz.
• Rhine used the Crystal Ball to learn that one Silver Shoe allowed only short, random teleports, and Aurora recognized that their goal of limiting the Witch’s mobility had been achieved.
• Aurora reflected on her struggle against the Witch’s dragon form, gained new insight into dragon-fighting swordsmanship, and broke her sword while practicing.
• Rhine and Aurora decided to visit the awakened Queen, who returned to the Royal City and was greeted with joy by the nobles and ministers.

The Queen woke after more than two months to find that everyone believed she had reformed the White Kingdom with Rhine’s help and had won the King’s devotion. Rhine privately revealed that he had made the kingdom’s achievements appear to be hers, then asked whether she was satisfied with this ending.

• The ministers thanked the Queen for transforming the White Kingdom and credited Sage Rhine with assisting her.
• The King embraced the Queen and declared that he and the kingdom needed her, prompting her to realize she had achieved the power and devotion she had long sought.
• The Queen returned to her room, where the Magic Mirror praised her and she found Rhine waiting beside her bed.
• Rhine created a soundproof barrier and explained that the Magic Mirror and everyone else believed the Queen had led the reforms and defeated the kingdom’s enemies.
• The Queen reflected on her fear of losing her beauty, the King, and her power, while Rhine asked whether she was satisfied with this ending.

Rhine revealed to the Queen how he and his companions had secretly helped rule the White Kingdom in her place, then prepared her to govern it herself. As the Queen reconciled with Snow White, Rhine warned Aurora that the Eastern Witch remained a threat they needed to handle before traveling to the Land of Oz.

• Rhine told the Queen that Aurora had impersonated her and that he would stay for another week or two to help with the transition and reforms.
• The Queen asked the Magic Mirror who was the most beautiful woman, and it praised her after Rhine had persuaded it to change its answer.
• Snow White visited the Queen, who embraced her and heard her say that she loved her mother most.
• Rhine told Aurora that the Eastern Witch was still nearby and that they needed to defeat or weaken her before setting out for the Land of Oz.
• Aurora said she had always wanted to ask Rhine a question.

Aurora asked Rhine what he wished for himself, leading him to reveal that he longed to return to his past life’s world and see his parents again. As Rhine felt his own Power of Wishes awaken, Aurora vowed to help him find a way home and suggested he use divination.

• Aurora reminded Rhine how he had helped others fulfill their wishes and asked what he wanted for himself.
• Rhine realized he felt little belonging in this world and admitted that his deepest wish was to go home to another world.
• Rhine told Aurora that he remembered his past life, when he had been frail and spent much of his childhood in hospitals, and that he hoped to reunite with his parents.
• Aurora became emotional and promised to help Rhine return to his original world.
• Rhine sensed his own blazing Power of Wishes for the first time, and Aurora suggested he divine a way home.

Rhine used the Sea King's Crystal Ball to learn that finding the Witch Council Founder could reveal a way back to Earth, then planned with Aurora and the Queen to capture the Eastern Witch, Slave Owner. He and Aurora obtained a legendary sword from the Seven Dwarfs in exchange for gold and birds to help with their chores.

• Rhine's divination revealed that he must find the mysterious Witch Council Founder, but the Crystal Ball cracked and triggered a dangerous backlash when he tried to learn more.
• Aurora promised to help Rhine find the Founder, and Rhine realized he had gained a personal goal for his journey.
• Rhine learned from the Queen that the Founder did not avenge dead Witch Council members and warned her that Slave Owner was still a threat near the White Kingdom.
• Rhine and the Queen agreed to prepare a trap for Slave Owner, beginning by asking the Magic Mirror where to find a weapon for Aurora.
• Rhine traded gold to the Seven Dwarfs for a razor-sharp sword, then gave them birds to help with household chores.

Magridore allied with the Eastern Witch to target Rhine, the Queen of the White Kingdom, and Oz, while securing Engeland’s military support. After completing the transfer of governing duties to the Queen, Rhine prepared to travel east as she set sail to meet the West Asia Kingdom’s rulers.

• The Eastern Witch encountered Magridore, Engeland’s Chief Court Magician, who used the enslaved ghost of the former Chief Magician to prove his knowledge of the Witch Council.
• Magridore offered the Eastern Witch Engeland’s fleet and soldiers in exchange for helping him overthrow Oz and seize the Land of Oz for the Emperor.
• The Eastern Witch agreed to join Magridore in killing Rhine and the Queen before overthrowing Oz’s rule.
• The Emperor approved Magridore’s request to send twenty warships toward the White Kingdom after hearing that the Magic Lamp’s Treasure Vault lay near the Land of Oz.
• After two weeks of handing over the kingdom’s affairs, Rhine completed the Queen’s training in using the Magic Mirror and prepared to travel east.
• The White Kingdom announced that Rhine would leave on a journey eastward while the Queen sailed to meet the King and Crown Prince of the West Asia Kingdom.

Rhine and Aurora left the White Kingdom as the Eastern Witch and Magridore prepared separate attacks against them and the Queen. Rhine carried three powerful fate-substitution scarecrows, while the witches believed their plans could not fail, unaware that birds were witnessing their meeting.

• Rhine and Aurora departed the Royal City under military escort as Geppetto and Angus wondered whether the murderous Witch had been caught and learned that Pinocchio had been summoned to perform for the Queen.
• Rhine examined three Substitute of Fate scarecrows and reflected that the White Kingdom’s wishes had greatly increased his magic, bringing him close to a new realm.
• An Engeland scout reported Rhine and Aurora’s movements to Magridore, who met the Eastern Witch in the forest.
• The Eastern Witch and Magridore discussed their plan to kill Rhine and the Queen, confirmed that an unnamed ally might help, and exchanged a treasured gourd for Magridore’s mission.
• Magridore set out to attack Rhine and Aurora while the Eastern Witch flew toward the Queen’s ship, unaware that the singing birds had witnessed their conversation.

The White Kingdom’s Queen sailed toward the West Asia Kingdom as Engeland’s concealed warships prepared to attack her, while mermaids watched them from below. Rhine and Aurora continued toward the border, where a hooded stranger stopped their escort and asked to meet Rhine.

• The Queen’s Flower Boat set sail with Pinocchio aboard, and the short soldier guarding her reassured her that she and the White Kingdom would soon be safe.
• As fog thickened around the ship, Engeland’s hidden fleet prepared to begin its hunt, unaware that mermaid scouts were tracking them underwater.
• A mermaid officer confirmed that the plan was proceeding smoothly, and an elderly figure vowed to settle matters with the Witch Council.
• Rhine received a message from a bird and told Aurora that everything was going according to plan.
• A hooded man stopped Rhine and Aurora’s escort and asked to meet Rhine, leaving the soldiers unsure how to respond.

Magridore captured Rhine with a magical gourd that would turn him into bloody water, while Aurora remained behind after completing her mission. Inside the gourd, Rhine calmly examined his prison as Magridore guarded it and waited for him to escape.

• Magridore tricked Rhine into responding to his call, then sucked him into the gourd and escaped in a cloud of black mist.
• Aurora watched Magridore flee without panic and breathed a relieved sigh because her mission was complete.
• Magridore recalled how the Eastern Witch had obtained the one-use gourd and learned that its victim would dissolve within two hours.
• Rhine explored the gourd, estimated he had a little over an hour before he turned into bloody water, and stayed calm.
• Magridore surrounded the gourd with more than a hundred Engeland soldiers and waited for Rhine to attempt an escape.
• Magridore expected the Eastern Witch's hunt to have begun on the sea covered in white mist.

Magridore believed Rhine had been captured and the Eastern Witch was about to kill the Queen, but the Witch’s attack on the Flower Boat was disrupted by mysterious sinking magic. A spreading shadow engulfed the sea beneath Engeland’s warships, leaving their crews unaware of the danger.

• Magridore reflected that his plan had separated Rhine, Aurora, and the Queen, and he believed the Queen was already doomed while Rhine remained trapped in the gourd.
• Engeland warships emerged from the mist and opened fire on the Flower Boat, whose Royal Guard soldiers returned fire.
• The Eastern Witch learned Rhine had been captured, transformed into a dragon, and flew toward the Queen’s ship while the Old Witch’s resentful spirit waited nearby.
• The dragon searched for the Queen and threatened to destroy the ship, but Water of Inevitable Sinking pulled it down into the sea.
• A vast dark shadow spread beneath Engeland’s warships while avoiding the Flower Boat, and their soldiers watched it approach without recognizing the danger.

The Sea Hag used her home-ground magic to sink Engeland warships and trap the Eastern Witch beneath the sea, revealing that she and the Queen had prepared a plan with Rhine to lure and kill the Slave Owner. As the remaining fleet battered the Queen’s Flower Boat, a petite soldier kicked an incoming cannonball away, revealing extraordinary speed and strength.

• The Sea Hag watched several Engeland warships and the Eastern Witch sink into dark water that prevented their occupants from surfacing.
• The Sea Hag confronted the Eastern Witch on the seabed and recalled how Rhine had brought her a Silver Shoe and proposed trapping the Slave Owner at sea.
• The Eastern Witch tore through the seafloor plants binding her and charged at the Sea Hag, insisting that Engeland’s ships and the resentful spirit would still kill the Queen.
• The remaining Engeland warships kept their distance from the dark water and bombarded the Queen’s Flower Boat, leaving it close to sinking.
• A petite soldier leaped from the cabin and kicked an incoming cannonball away before landing on the Flower Boat’s deck.

Aurora revealed herself aboard the Queen’s ship, transformed into a mermaid, and attacked the Eastern Witch’s dragon form underwater. As Aurora gained the upper hand, the Eastern Witch realized she was trapped and silently called for Maleficent.

• Aurora revealed her disguise, drank the medicinal liquor, and transformed into a mermaid before confronting the Eastern Witch underwater.
• A flashback showed Rhine and the Queen planning to disguise Aurora while a grieving White Kingdom girl took her place traveling with Rhine.
• Aurora stabbed the Eastern Witch with the Holy Sword and pressed her attack, interrupting her attempts to cast magic.
• The Eastern Witch, wounded and running out of air, realized she could neither escape in dragon form nor safely transform back into a human.
• The desperate Eastern Witch called for Maleficent in her mind.

Aurora and the Sea Hag defeated the Eastern Witch’s forces, and the White Kingdom’s fleet celebrated its victory. Aurora returned with the wounded Eastern Witch in custody, while the Queen and Sea Hag subdued an Old Witch’s wraith aboard the ship; Rhine was expected to question the prisoner.

• Rhine had explained that the Eastern Witch might escape again with her remaining Silver Shoe unless she was forced to stay in dragon form.
• The Sea Hag expanded the shadowy waters, sinking four more Engeland warships and forcing the surviving ships to retreat.
• The Queen and the Sea Hag captured the Old Witch’s wraith after it tried to kill the Queen aboard the Flower Boat.
• Aurora returned from the sea carrying the unconscious Eastern Witch and the Witch’s last Silver Shoe, saying Rhine needed to question her.
• The Queen and Sea Hag watched as Aurora warned the wounded Eastern Witch to answer Rhine honestly, but the prisoner smiled.

Aurora confronted the captured Eastern Witch, whose laughter heralded Maleficent’s arrival and a massive thorn barrier trapping the ship. Maleficent accused the Queen and Sea Witch of betraying the Witch Council, while Aurora faced the Black Witch, who found her strangely familiar.

• Aurora demanded to know why the Eastern Witch was laughing, and the Witch warned that bringing her to the surface had cost Aurora her only chance to kill her.
• The Eastern Witch revealed that someone was interested in Aurora and Rhine, then called on that person as a violent gale and enormous thorny vines surrounded the ship.
• Maleficent appeared, and the Queen and Sea Witch recognized her as one of the Witch Council’s most powerful members.
• Maleficent accused the Queen and Sea Witch of betrayal and threatened to kill them, while the Queen panicked and the Sea Witch defended their actions.
• Aurora pressed her sword against Maleficent’s back, but Maleficent expressed interest in Aurora and said she felt an inexplicable familiarity with her.

Aurora battled Maleficent in dragon form, using her experience against the Eastern Witch to wound the Black Witch and make her suspect Aurora was the cursed child from her past. Meanwhile, trapped in a deadly gourd, Rhine activated a Substitute of Fate linked to a corpse and vanished, leaving a phantom behind.

• Maleficent transformed into a dragon and attacked Aurora, while the Queen, the Sea Hag, and the soldiers prepared to assist.
• Surrounded by Magridore and Engeland’s elite warriors, Rhine used a corpse’s hair to activate his Substitute of Fate as the gourd’s magic reached its peak.
• Aurora used what she had learned fighting the Eastern Witch to predict Maleficent’s attacks and withstand her emerald flames.
• Aurora pierced Maleficent’s chest with her sword, drawing green blood and forcing the dragon to wonder whether Aurora was the girl connected to her curse.
• The Queen and the Sea Hag helped Aurora press her advantage as Maleficent recognized the name Aurora and recoiled in shock and disbelief.

Maleficent recognized Aurora as the Rose Kingdom’s princess and revealed that the blessings of the 12 Witches had made her resistant to blades and magic. Maleficent trapped Aurora with thorny plants and powerful curses, leaving her near defeat as she fought to kill the Witch.

• Maleficent recalled cursing the infant Aurora and threatening the Rose Kingdom with disaster after her death.
• Maleficent dismissed reports of Aurora’s military victories and later heard that a sage from the Rose Kingdom was traveling with a capable attendant.
• During their battle, Maleficent recognized Aurora as the princess she had cursed and learned that the 12 Witches’ blessings protected her from blades, fire, and water.
• Maleficent bound Aurora with Thorns and Tribulus, then cast curses that caused pain, dizziness, bleeding, weakness, and difficulty breathing.
• The Sea Hag, the Queen, and the soldiers tried to help Aurora, but the curses weakened her as she fought on and hoped her teacher would return.
• Aurora used her remaining strength to thrust her sword at Maleficent, declaring that killing the Witch was the only way to reach a happy ending.

Rhine returned to the Flower Boat during a magically summoned storm, confronting Maleficent and the Eastern Witch after they had cornered Aurora and the others. The Old Witch’s resentful spirit was destroyed inside Magridore’s gourd, while Rhine’s arrival left the battle poised to resume.

• Aurora collapsed after her final sword thrust failed, and the Sea Hag tried to sink the Flower Boat and trap Maleficent underwater, but Maleficent’s plants held the ship above the sea.
• The Eastern Witch revealed she had freed the Old Witch’s resentful spirit, recovered the silver shoes, and urged Maleficent to kill Aurora, the Queen, and everyone else aboard.
• Maleficent prepared to unleash her final spell, but a sudden unnatural storm swept over the sea and Rhine appeared on deck holding the Scepter of the Sea.
• Rhine told Maleficent and the Eastern Witch that a dead person had taken his place in Magridore’s gourd, where the Old Witch’s resentful spirit was destroyed by the darkness.
• Magridore celebrated Rhine’s apparent death and his plan to gain the Eastern Witch’s help, then realized that the resentful spirit he controlled had been destroyed.

Rhine confronted Maleficent and the Eastern Witch at sea, where his azure staff let him command a kingdom-spanning storm. He injured Maleficent with lightning, leaving the battle unresolved as the witches faced him.

• Rhine realized his substitute had taken the place of the Old Witch’s resentful spirit, then healed Aurora and promised to question the witches about the Witch Council Head.
• The Eastern Witch doubted Rhine could defeat Maleficent, but Maleficent’s grave expression made her suspect the Black Witch feared him.
• Several weeks earlier, Rhine had explained to Aurora that the sea would give him his greatest power and make it the ideal place to trap the witches.
• Rhine tried to use Maleficent’s spilled blood to create a voodoo substitute, but Maleficent burned the blood to ash before he could claim it.
• Maleficent flew into the clouds to curse Rhine, but Rhine summoned lightning that struck and slowed her.

Rhine overwhelmed Maleficent in a sea storm and demanded information about the Witch Council Head, while the Eastern Witch used the paired silver shoes to open an escape route. Maleficent grabbed the Eastern Witch and vanished with her toward the Land of Oz, leaving Rhine and Aurora behind.

• Rhine used wind, rain, and lightning to batter Maleficent, while the Sea Hag, Queen, and soldiers blocked the injured Eastern Witch from joining the fight.
• Rhine taunted Maleficent about her injuries and questioned her about her castle and the Witch Council Head, but Maleficent refused to answer.
• The Eastern Witch realized the silver shoes could resonate and teleport their wearers, broke free from her guards, and flew toward Rhine.
• The Eastern Witch activated the shoes to escape to the Land of Oz, and Maleficent seized her as the silver whirlwind enveloped them both.

Aurora, Rhine, Maleficent, the Eastern Witch, and Pinocchio were swept toward the Land of Oz, where the teleportation whirlwind exploded and scattered them. Aurora landed in the east, fought the injured Eastern Witch, and watched her flee into the sky—only for a house to fall toward her.

• Aurora and Rhine dragged Maleficent and the Eastern Witch into the silver whirlwind, while Pinocchio was accidentally caught as it launched toward Oz.
• The overloaded whirlwind exploded over the Land of Oz, scattering Aurora, Rhine, Maleficent, the Eastern Witch, and Pinocchio in different directions.
• Aurora landed in eastern Oz and attacked the injured Eastern Witch, who transformed into a dragon and was pierced by Aurora's sword.
• Munchkins cheered Aurora on because the Eastern Witch had enslaved them, but the Witch escaped by flying away.
• The Eastern Witch spotted a house falling from the sky above her.