Recaps

Klein learned from Roselle’s diary that Blood Emperor Alistar Tudor and the Primordial Demoness Cheek had a daughter, Krismona, who died alongside her father. At the Tarot Club, members arranged a mission to investigate Bansy Harbor and a hunt for a Trickery Monster, while Cattleya asked Angel whether Hell Admiral was dead.

• Klein read Roselle’s diary entries revealing that Alistar Tudor and Cheek had a daughter named Krismona, who died with her father in the Four Emperors War.
• Hermit Cattleya asked whether the diary mentioned the Emperor’s descendant, and Klein revealed that it mentioned a daughter of the Blood Emperor and the Primordial Demoness.
• World Klein commissioned Hanged Man Alger to investigate the ruins of Bansy Harbor for 500 pounds.
• Sun Derrick told World that the City of Silver would send an expedition to hunt Trickery Monsters, and Alger explained that Chief Colin Iliad might be trying to aid Mr. Fool.
• Cattleya said the Artisan Sharff had recovered and asked Angel whether Hell Admiral had died and his ship had sunk.

At the Tarot Club meeting, Angel confirmed that Hell Admiral Ludwell had been defeated and agreed to help Audrey handle the Psychology Alchemists’ next move. Back in Backlund, Angel received a letter from Trissy and questioned Wensa about the Demoness Sect, while an unknown man arrived near Berens Harbor and vanished into the night.

• Cattleya recounted how Angel, Gehrman Sparrow, and a Death Consul had captured Ludwell and destroyed the Black Tulip; Angel said Ludwell was alive but in poor condition.
• Audrey apologized to Angel for nearly exposing her secrets and offered compensation, which Angel accepted as a favor for later.
• Audrey told Angel that Stephen Hampres would visit her psychology salon on Hvin Rambis’s orders, and Angel agreed to work with her.
• Back in her Backlund mansion, Angel received Trissy’s letter through Wensa and asked what the Demoness Sect intended to do about Trissy; Wensa said the Sect was watching and assessing both Trissy and Angel.
• Angel asked Wensa whether it knew that the Primordial Demoness had a daughter, and Wensa reacted with surprise.
• A man carrying a black suitcase appeared on a beach near Berens Harbor, looked southwest, and disappeared into the darkness.

Alger found a new Rose Redemption mural in Bansy Harbor, while Klein connected the evil spirit possessing Ince Zangwill to the Red Angel and the Hunter Pathway. As Leonard and Daly prepared to investigate together, Angel decided to use two Hunter Pathway items as bait for Ince.

• Alger searched Bansy Harbor and found a newly carved image of the Rose Redemption's distorted Lord of Storms in the ruined telegraph office.
• Klein reviewed the clues and realized that the Red Angel, also known as the Angel of War, might explain the evil spirit's strange behavior.
• Leonard asked Daly about evil spirits, then told her that Ince Zangwill was likely possessed by a Hunter Pathway evil spirit, and she agreed to work with him.
• Danitz asked Anderson why he remained in Cookawa City, and Anderson said he felt there might be undiscovered treasure nearby.
• Angel took out the Iron-Blooded Knight characteristic and the Reaper Legion, considering them as bait for Ince.

Angel reflected on the Demoness Sect and her doubts about her past before visiting newborn Will Auceptin to ask about Ouroboros’s encounter with her and Klein. Will explained that Ouroboros had taken Angel’s blood charms and that fate powers had little effect on Klein, but an arriving figure interrupted him.

• Angel read Trissy’s report that Shermane’s approach had made Viscount Stratford pursue her more eagerly, then burned the letter.
• Angel learned from Wensa that a Primordial Demoness’s child had survived into the present and that the Demoness Sect was divided over outsiders like her and Trissy.
• Angel visited Dr. Aaron Ceres’s home and secretly spoke with his newborn son, Will Auceptin, in the nursery.
• Will told Angel that Ouroboros’s Reboot would fail against Klein and that Ouroboros had taken away the charms made from Angel’s blood.
• Will began explaining why fate powers had little effect on Klein, but three figures appeared and one activated a Charm, interrupting him.

Angel visited Will Auceptin and Klein in Backlund, where Klein obtained Will’s blood before returning to the Southern Continent to prepare for the coming battle. Klein sought advice from Arrodes about digesting his potion and learned that Arrodes had seen a Pillar and dominion within him, then quietly opened a small box.

• Angel arrived with ice cream and listened as Klein negotiated with Will Auceptin for the baby’s umbilical cord blood in exchange for a cane-head item.
• Will gave Klein two drops of silver blood, and Angel realized their power could trap people in repeating cycles.
• Angel asked Will about helping in a future battle and about Sealed Artifact '0-08,' but Will began wailing before he could answer.
• Klein returned to Cookawa City, bestowed one drop of Will’s blood on Cattleya, and considered the materials and timing needed to advance to Trick Sorcerer.
• Klein contacted Arrodes, which said his current method was the only way to digest the Marionettist Potion and revealed that it had seen a Pillar and dominion within him.
• Klein ended the conversation and opened a small box, smiling faintly at what was inside.

Angel prepared to support Klein’s hunt for Ince Zangwill while the Nighthawks investigated the renegade Archbishop’s trail. Klein spotted Adam in West Bayam and, realizing the plan was nearing its end, ordered Angel to go to Cookawa City.

• Angel canceled most of her social engagements, prepared Beyonder items, and prayed for the Nighthawks seeking revenge.
• Captain Soest told the Red Gloves that Ince Zangwill was likely possessed by a Hunter Pathway evil spirit and ordered them to gather intelligence without investigating further; Daly asked Leonard to take her along when the time came.
• Danitz finished copying reports in West Bayam while Anderson mentioned an ancient tomb near Cookawa City, unaware that Adam was following them.
• Klein saw Adam beside Danitz and concluded that the Angel of Imagination was pursuing Sealed Artifact 0-08.
• Klein sent Angel the prepared scene and ordered her to leave for Cookawa City, Northern State, West Bayam.

Klein began the plan to lure Ince Zangwill into a confrontation, while Adam and Ouroboros appeared at Resurrection Square and trapped Ince between them. The chapter ended with the battle about to begin inside the Corpse Cathedral.

• Ince Zangwill’s notebook laid out his plan to kill Daly Simone and Leonard Mitchell before hunting Iliya for her Beyonder Characteristic.
• Anderson sensed danger as a black-robed cleric approached him and Danitz in Resurrection Square, and Klein heard Danitz’s prayer from his hotel.
• Klein sent Enzo to alert the Churches of Night and dispatched Reinette Tinekerr with a letter for Leonard Mitchell.
• Klein entered the Grey Fog, saw the Corpse Cathedral appear in Resurrection Square, and used a tornado to clear the area while telling Danitz to flee.
• Adam and Ouroboros confronted Ince Zangwill inside the cathedral, leaving him trapped between the two Kings of Angels.

Ince Zangwill escaped the Corpse Cathedral but was trapped by a divine misfortune curse, allowing Ludwell and the Red Angel evil spirit to fight over him. Sauron Einhorn Medici seized the Quill of Alzuhod and fled through the Spirit World, only to find himself back in Cookawa City facing a mysterious crowned figure.

• Ince Zangwill escaped the Corpse Cathedral through a breach created during the battle between Adam and Ouroboros, then fled into Resurrection Square.
• Ince discovered that a misfortune curse had disrupted the evil spirit within him and left him unable to use Spirit World Shuttle or find nearby Nature Spirits.
• Ince tried to summon Palenke Tasib, but Ludwell arrived first and attempted to pull the evil spirit from Ince's body.
• The Red Angel evil spirit revealed that he meant to take the Quill of Alzuhod, then used a Card of Blasphemy to seize it and escape into the Spirit World.
• After searching for Beyonder Characteristics, Sauron Einhorn Medici emerged back in Cookawa City and encountered a mysterious figure in a black dress and crown.

Ince Zangwill realized the Red Angel had tricked him and lost the Quill of Alzuhod, while Klein, Daly Simone, and Leonard Mitchell moved against him at Resurrection Square. Angel fought the Red Angel evil spirit elsewhere, and the chapter ended as Ince unleashed his Mythical Creature Form and Angel’s Reaper Legion charged.

• Ince Zangwill realized the Red Angel had escaped with the Quill of Alzuhod and faced Ludwell, Daly Simone, and Leonard Mitchell at Resurrection Square.
• Daly used the Lady of the Lake to trap Ince in a dream, while Leonard’s Luck Stealer attack was also interrupted by the dream.
• Klein controlled Ludwell, prayed to the Fool, and prepared a lightning strike against Ince, then noticed another power countering Ince’s Nightmare ability.
• Angel evaded the Red Angel evil spirit’s flames and rejected his offer to exchange the Red Priest card for her Iron-Blooded Knight characteristic.
• Angel summoned her Reaper Legion and invoked deathly power as Ince’s Mythical Creature Form spread across the battlefield, leaving the Red Angel rigid while the Reapers charged.

Klein used the Sea God's Scepter to bombard Ince Zangwill with lightning while Leonard sought help from the Fool, but Ince broke out of the storm's reach. Meanwhile, Angel and the Reapers weakened the Red Angel evil spirit, but it reunited with the Red Priest and recovered the Card of Blasphemy.

• Ince Zangwill fought off Daly Simone, the Underworld Gate, and a Nightwatcher while lightning repeatedly blocked his escape; Pale Hand Palenke Tasib summoned a terrifying Spirit World Creature and then abandoned the battle.
• Ince Zangwill realized Hell Admiral's position served as a beacon for the lightning, shattered the Underworld Gate, and charged through two bolts to escape the square, sacrificing two of his legs.
• Leonard Mitchell called on the Fool after Pales Zoroaster failed to respond, and Klein used Leonard's prayer to locate Ince and unleash a stronger Lightning Storm.
• Angel and the Reapers attacked the Red Angel evil spirit, but it split from the Red Priest, evaded their attacks, and reunited with the Card of Blasphemy in its chest.

Angel defeated the Red Angel evil spirit with the Calamity Charm and learned that Adam had arranged events to obtain 0-08. Klein killed Ince Zangwill, then faced Angel as she appeared at Resurrection Square.

• Angel used mist and vapor to conceal herself while the Red Angel tried to escape through the Spirit World, but a vast black castle blocked his path.
• The Red Angel offered a truce, then attacked Angel; she revealed her mirror doubles, imprisoned him, and destroyed his Spirit Body with the Calamity Charm.
• Adam collected the Quill of Alzuhod and Red Priest card, admitted arranging events to exhaust 0-08, and told Angel to go to Klein.
• Klein shot Ince Zangwill repeatedly, rejecting his claim that Angel was Cole Granger, and killed him with the final bullet.
• Klein tossed the reversed Star onto Ince's corpse and saw Adam and a pale-faced Angel standing nearby.

Klein confronted the truth about Angel Granger’s identity as she feared losing his trust, but he drew strength from their shared memories and successfully advanced to Trick Sorcerer. He proposed to Angel in Resurrection Square, and she accepted.

• Klein remembered the doubts he had long held about Angel’s forged identity and realized Ince Zangwill’s revelation had affected him despite his earlier confidence.
• Angel despaired as Daly Simone, Leonard Mitchell, and the apparently resurrected Dunn Smith arrived and heard Ince’s words; Adam narrated Klein’s revenge and questioned whether his turmoil would affect his advancement.
• Angel embraced Klein and urged him to focus on advancing, and Klein drank the Trick Sorcerer Potion.
• Klein nearly lost himself among fragmented identities, but memories of Angel and their life together helped him regain control and complete his advancement.
• As Angel tried to slip away, Klein stopped her and proposed marriage before their teammates and the watching Adam; Angel accepted the ring.

After Klein proposed to Angel and the Nighthawks reunited with Dunn, Angel returned to the City of Calamity and discovered a new area. The chapter ended when she found the body of Angel Gray, who had already died.

• Klein and Angel left the battle site after Klein declined to return to the Church, while Dunn told Leonard and Daly that he belonged to a new team called Goddess Heart.
• Klein and Angel returned to their hotel, where Klein explained his proposal and Angel accepted him as her fiancé.
• Angel woke in the City of Calamity and explored its streets, finding a fog-shrouded area and a modern district.
• Angel discovered Angel Gray's burned body lying at an intersection.

Nighthawks investigated a series of ritualistic murders of East Borough gang leaders, while Trissy warned Shermane to stay cautious as she pursued Viscount Stratford. After returning to Backlund, Angel reflected on her engagement to Klein, her encounter with the Red Angel, and the mystery of the City of Calamity and her past.

• Two Nighthawks examined the charred body of the Salin Gang boss and found no clues, learning that Spirit Channeling and Divination had been obstructed.
• A Nighthawk noted that the murders of East Borough gang leaders formed a third similar case and recommended seeking help from the Red Gloves.
• Trissy questioned Shermane about her feelings for Viscount Stratford and instructed her to act naturally while pursuing him.
• Angel returned to Backlund, admired the engagement ring from Klein, and reviewed her battle with the Red Angel's evil spirit.
• Angel examined the Red Priest Card and wondered whether Emperor Roselle had created two identical sets of Cards of Blasphemy.
• Angel recalled the City of Calamity and questioned whether she had ever crossed into this world, since she had seen her former self's corpse there.

Angel concluded that her world might be Earth transformed after its destruction, and the revelation helped her digest the Despair Potion. She summoned Arrodes to ask about the City of Calamity and learned that it was one of nine Sefirot before asking whether it could reveal events from the First Epoch or earlier.

• Angel connected the world's geography and history to Earth and wondered whether her corpse had been preserved until she possessed Cole Granger.
• Angel calmed herself, digested the Despair Potion, and considered seeking answers after resolving the danger of Ince Zangwill and 0-08.
• Angel summoned Arrodes through a mirror and asked what it knew about the City of Calamity.
• Arrodes explained that the City of Calamity was one of nine Sefirot and named several others, including Sefirah Castle, the Chaos Sea, and the River of Eternal Darkness.
• Angel asked Arrodes whether it could use divination or spirit channeling to glimpse events from the First Epoch or earlier.

Angel learned that the Spirit World held no information from before the Chaos Era, then rushed to help Klein after Arrodes warned her he needed her. Klein reflected on the truth of his transmigration and how his attachments to this world had changed, and he reunited with Angel, hiding what he had discovered above the Gray Fog.

• Arrodes explained that divination drew on information in the Spirit World, which held nothing from before the Chaos Era, and suggested Angel ask the Seven Lights about an ancient civilization.
• Angel memorized the ritual for contacting the Seven Lights, then learned from Arrodes that Klein needed help and hurried to him.
• After returning from the Gray Mist, Klein recalled the cocoons above the door of light and concluded that people from Earth had been released into the world at different times.
• Klein realized that family, friends, compassion for the poor, and his love for Angel had replaced returning to Earth as his ultimate goal.
• Angel arrived injured after crossing the Berserk Sea, and Klein embraced her, reassured her, and kept his discovery secret before offering to show her his new abilities.

Klein demonstrated his new Trick Sorcerer abilities to Angel, who then told him about the City of Calamity and Medici’s full name. In Cookawa, Dunn, Leonard, and Daly’s account of the battle was accepted, but Leonard was left with unanswered questions before a crimson light enveloped him.

• Klein showed Angel that he could let his Marionettes use his Beyonder abilities and swap places with them over a distance, confusing her about which figure was the real Klein.
• Angel told Klein about the Gray Fog blocking her way into the city and shared the seven Sefirah names, while withholding her discovery about her identity and the world beneath them.
• Klein and Angel discussed the City of Calamity and learned that the Red Angel spirit called himself Sauron Einhorn Medici; Klein burned the list of Sefirah names after studying it.
• In Cookawa, Dunn told Leonard and Daly that he had survived Tingen and had secretly investigated Ince Zangwill on Arianna’s orders; he refused to explain the Goddess Heart.
• Leonard returned to his room, found that Old Man still did not answer, and was suddenly enveloped by crimson light.

Leonard met Mr. Fool above the Gray Fog, joined the Tarot Club as the Star, and learned that Pales Zoroaster was an Angel parasitizing him. Meanwhile, Angel considered using her fabricated identity to plan a public future with Klein, who was summoned above the Gray Fog by Miss Magician’s prayer.

• Mr. Fool summoned Leonard, explained the Tarot Club, and invited him to join while telling him to inform Pales Zoroaster.
• Leonard chose the Star card as his code name, and Klein revealed that every remaining card was also the Star as he considered how the club could help protect Leonard from Pales.
• Angel heard her servants speculate about her relationship with Dwayne Dantès and considered using her and Klein’s fabricated identities to start a family safely.
• Angel asked Ribak for her schedule, while Klein answered Miss Magician’s prayer by going above the Gray Fog.

Klein cleansed Xio and Fors’s Spirit Bodies and welcomed Xio into the Tarot Club as Judgment. Angel settled her social plans in Backlund, then traveled to the Beluga Whale Sea to inspect an arms deal and tell Helene they would search for the Fountain of Youth; someone overheard them.

• Klein brought Xio and Fors above the Gray Fog, cleansed their Spirit Bodies, and explained the Tarot Club to Xio.
• Xio joined the gatherings and chose Judgment as her code name, then prepared to tell Klein how she and Fors had encountered the contamination.
• Angel declined invitations from unmarried gentlemen, arranged a visit to Iris Flower Winery with Audrey Hall, and traveled through the Mirror World to Toscarter Island.
• Angel met Helene aboard the Red Haired Woman and heard that the arms had been loaded for delivery near Nass under a false pirate identity.
• Angel told Helene she would need the ship and crew to search the Sonia Sea for the Fountain of Youth, and an unseen speaker overheard her.

Angel investigated the Fountain of Youth legend while inspecting a weapons shipment from Helene, and she planned to help Helene advance. In Backlund, Crestet Cesimir arrived to discuss dealing with Ince Zangwill.

• Angel told Lucky William that she sought the Fountain of Youth as a Potion ingredient, and William explained what Edwina had taught him about the sea’s legends.
• William revealed that he had left the Golden Dream after mistaking Edwina’s attention to his studies for romantic interest.
• Angel approved Helene’s shipment of firearms and ammunition and urged her to deliver it to Nass, promising further support for her advancement.
• Angel considered building a fleet under the Golden Queen’s name and thought of a target for Helene’s Reaper ritual.
• Crestet Cesimir met Archbishop Anthony in Backlund after advancing and said he had come to deal with Ince Zangwill.

Archbishop Anthony learned more about the people who took revenge on Ince Zangwill, while Cesimir entrusted him with the Unaging Demoness Beyonder Characteristic and joined the search for a royal-family ruin. At Audrey's salon, Angel identified Stephen Hampres as a Spectator and watched Audrey meet him, where he ordered her to report her investigation.

• Cesimir told Anthony that Dunn Smith and Angel Granger had survived the Tingen Incident, Klein Moretti had truly died and later returned, and the Holy See had concealed their secret unit's hunt for Ince Zangwill and '0-08.'
• Cesimir explained that Ince Zangwill's spirit had revealed clues about a royal-family ruin near Backlund, and Anthony assigned teams, including Soest's, to help search for it.
• Cesimir handed Anthony the Unaging Demoness Beyonder Characteristic and warned him to store it securely behind Chanis Gate with at least two people inspecting it together.
• Angel attended Audrey Hall's psychology salon, recognized Stephen Hampres as a Spectator connected to Hvin Rambis, and noticed Audrey leave the hall after him.
• Hampres sat opposite Audrey in a reception room and coldly ordered her to report the results of her investigation.

Audrey pretended to remain under Hampres’s Hypnosis while steering him toward the conclusions she and Angel had prepared. Hampres reported back to Hvin Rambis, who identified Christine Teresa as likely being a Demoness of Pleasure.

• Audrey reported that Christine Teresa was a Beyonder with ties to the underworld and claimed she felt drawn to her, prompting Hampres to order Audrey to stop investigating Christine and look into Baron Cinderas’s dealings with Earl Hall.
• Audrey played along as Hampres erased their conversation from her memory, while Angel watched through Magic Mirror Divination and confirmed Hvin Rambis was not at the villa.
• Angel intercepted Hampres after his meeting with Audrey, and a trace of pale red blood vanished into his glass of sparkling wine.
• Hampres returned home and found Hvin Rambis waiting in his sitting room, then reported Audrey’s investigation and said Christine Teresa was likely a Demoness of Pleasure.

Angel used a curse and Mirror Magic to spy on Hvin Rambis questioning Stephen Hampres, learning that the Psychology Alchemists wanted Audrey to investigate Baron Cinderas’s defection to the New Party. After reporting the successful operation to Audrey, she joined the Tarot Club gathering above the Gray Fog, where two newcomers appeared.

• Hvin Rambis searched Stephen Hampres’s memories and confirmed that Hampres had told him the truth about Christine Teresa and Audrey Hall.
• Hvin checked Hampres for a curse, ordered Audrey to investigate Baron Cinderas’s defection discreetly, and used subconscious manipulation to make Hampres forget their conversation.
• Angel revealed that she had used a Bribe, Hampres’s blood, and a Curse Doll to eavesdrop on Hvin and Hampres through the Mirror World.
• Angel recited the Fool’s Honorific Name to tell Justice Audrey that the operation had succeeded.
• At three o’clock on Monday, the Tarot Club gathered above the Gray Fog with two newcomers present.

Angel sensed that the gray fog had changed, then watched the Tarot Club welcome Leonard and Xio as new members. As the gathering turned to commissions, Leonard sought a Mystical Item.

• Angel noticed Mr. Fool seemed more integrated with the gray fog and recognized Leonard and Xio among the two newcomers.
• Audrey greeted the members, and Leonard and Xio introduced themselves as the Star and Judgment.
• Leonard realized that Roselle's Diary pages served as a special offering to Mr. Fool and remembered the pages kept in Saint Samuel Cathedral's archives.
• Angel asked the members to find leads on the Fountain of Youth, and the Hanged Man and Hermit agreed to search for her.
• Leonard announced that he wanted to buy a Mystical Item.

At the Tarot Club meeting, Leonard sought a powerful Mystical Item and learned more about the members’ resources and connections as they discussed Angelica Zaki, Ince Zangwill, and Adam’s move toward godhood. The chapter ended with Daly finding Dunn Smith outside Leonard’s unanswered cabin aboard a passenger ship.

• Leonard asked the Tarot Club members for an offensive Mystical Item, but no one offered a suitable one.
• Derrick described exploring the Ancient City of Noss, and Xio told Angel that MI9 planned to raise the Golden Queen’s bounty to four hundred and fifty thousand pounds.
• Leonard mentioned the death of a defected Evernight Archbishop, and Alger identified the deceased as Ince Zangwill and noted that the whereabouts of '0-08' were unknown.
• The Fool revealed that Adam had drawn closer to godhood, and the World and Angel explained Adam’s connection to Ince Zangwill and his seizure of '0-08.'
• Daly knocked on Leonard’s cabin door aboard a northbound passenger ship, then encountered Dunn Smith in the corridor.