Recaps

Klein confronted Alice about her earlier joke and asked how she was doing, while Alice admitted that her search for the truth had become murkier. She offered to help with his Sequence 5 potion ingredients and agreed to visit her teacher, though she also asked Klein for religious texts and doctrines.

• Klein asked Alice to explain why she had joked about him being dead, and Alice insisted that she would never let him die.
• Alice revealed that Leonard knew about a Marauder Angel and offered to travel to Backlund to tell him Klein was alive and had become Gehrman Sparrow.
• Alice told Klein that her search for the truth had become more confusing, but said she could give an Angel-level response during the ritual and help with his Sequence 5 potion ingredients.
• Alice explained that Xiao Song had introduced her to the books Klein had seen, and Klein urged her to visit her teacher.
• Alice agreed to visit her teacher and asked Klein for the holy texts and doctrines the Hermit had mentioned.

Klein questioned Alice about her ability to reach Sefirah Castle and warned her not to cause trouble in Bayam. Alice then decided to sell copies of Roselle’s Diary and invented a fictional entry about Emperor Roselle becoming a woman, preparing to spread it at a Beyonder gathering.

• Klein asked Alice whether she could reach Sefirah Castle without his permission, and Alice explained that she was the Key of Light and might eventually open its doors.
• Klein warned Alice not to cause trouble in Bayam, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Alice reviewed Roselle’s Diary and decided to sell copies at Bayam’s frequent Beyonder gatherings.
• Alice invented a diary entry in which Roselle was cursed into becoming a woman and eventually declared, “The Taste of an Iron-Blooded Knight is Quite Good.”
• Alice made five copies each of the new entry and “The Taste of a Witch is Quite Good,” then prepared to find a Beyonder gathering.

Alice explored Bayam, discovered that Restart could refresh her physical state, and attended a local Beyonders' gathering. After selling pages of Roselle's Diary, she used Restart to erase everyone's trade requests from the blackboard and vanished when someone noticed her.

• Alice bought mint ice cream and ate grilled fish, then used Restart to remove the grease and considered whether it could affect her growth.
• Alice found a Beyonders' gathering in a casino and examined the ingredients and ritual for the Misfortune Mage potion.
• Alice attended the gathering, posted an offer to sell two pages of Roselle's Diary, and received 50 pounds.
• Alice erased everyone's trade requests from the blackboard with Restart and concealed herself after sensing someone watching her.
• Alice returned to her hotel room and wondered whether Klein would be angry about what she had done.

Alice arranged a fixed ritual procedure for answering prayers, wrote Amon a letter asking whether Worms of Time could be cooked and whether his Brother had a good temper, then went to Bayam to leave her name behind by altering a ship notice. She predicted the St. Folsen would sink but ensured everyone aboard would be rescued.

• Alice settled on herbs and hydrosols for her ritual and decided she needed a fixed procedure to answer prayers automatically.
• Alice wrote Amon a teasing letter about his past and asked whether Worms of Time could be eaten as ordinary food.
• Amon read the letter, considered experimenting with cooking Worms of Time, and wondered what Alice meant by asking about his Brother.
• Alice restored the table she had cracked, then left her room in Bayam after recalling Cattleya's advice to leave her name behind.
• Alice arranged Tarot Cards outside the Ticket Office and changed a notice to say the St. Folsen would sink, but everyone aboard would be rescued.

Alice discovered that the dangerous Fortune Accessory she had sold had been given to Evelyn as a birthday present, while Evelyn had also become a Beyonder. When Alice visited her without wearing Matilda, Evelyn failed to recognize her at first but guessed she was Briel.

• Alice returned to Backlund to sleep, then used divination to see Klein scrubbing toilets at the Medical Relief Fund.
• Alice's vision showed a dark-blue-haired man giving Evelyn the Fortune Accessory as a birthday present, and she realized its lethal effects might still be unknown to its owner.
• Alice read Evelyn's letter, which revealed that Evelyn had obtained a Potion Formula and planned to celebrate her birthday with Briel.
• Alice rushed to Evelyn's door and found her wearing the brooch, with a pair of familiar, cold black eyes visible behind her.
• Evelyn did not recognize Alice at first, but eventually guessed that she was Briel.

Alice confronted Evelyn about their friendship and the secrets she had kept, then used a controlled Misfortune Tide to enter Evelyn’s home. Evelyn broke down and begged Alice for help, so Alice knocked her unconscious and contacted Klein to ask where Miss Justice was.

• Alice apologized for hiding things from Evelyn, but Evelyn asked whether Alice had ever truly considered her a friend and questioned if Alice had saved her from the monster.
• Alice told Evelyn she could call her Alice and recalled Song Shu’s smiling face as she died, leaving Alice troubled by what the memory might mean.
• Evelyn said she was not angry and mentioned that Leonard had wanted to find Alice and ask her something.
• Alice used Misfortune Tide on Evelyn and entered the home after noticing Evelyn had been blocking the door.
• Evelyn fell to her knees, tearfully begged Alice for help, and hugged her while crying incoherently.
• Alice knocked Evelyn unconscious and contacted Klein to ask where Miss Justice was.

Alice brought the unconscious Evelyn to Audrey, woke her, and revealed the strained history between them as Evelyn recognized Alice’s status as a Goddess’s Blessed. Alice demanded that Evelyn either believe in her or die, and Evelyn chose belief.

• Alice found a moving blood-red eye in the lock of Evelyn’s bedroom door and avoided entering the room.
• After Audrey prayed, Alice took Evelyn to her and asked Audrey to find out what had happened without interrogating her.
• Alice woke Evelyn, who called her Briel, and Evelyn asked how she should address her.
• Alice told Evelyn and Audrey that Evernight had once been her Blessed, then playfully demonstrated the personality she had hidden from Evelyn.
• Alice told Evelyn to believe in her or die, and Evelyn agreed to become her believer.
• Alice asked Evelyn to recite her honorific name and leave behind her blood.

Alice and Audrey questioned Evelyn, who revealed that a swindler had tricked her into performing a ritual that made her a Beyonder and led to her mother’s death. Alice helped Evelyn begin a ritual to identify the swindler, Sylvia Maloney, and received a portrait of her.

• Alice took Evelyn’s blood and asked how she had become a Beyonder.
• Audrey soothed Evelyn as she explained that a swindler had given her a ritual, which worked but caused her mother to enter the room and die.
• Alice recognized that the ritual had connected Evelyn to the Hidden Sage, and Evelyn feared she had killed her mother.
• Evelyn identified the swindler as Sylvia Maloney and said she felt familiar and trustworthy.
• Alice taught Evelyn a ritual to draw a portrait of Sylvia, then examined the resulting image of a scarred woman with pinned-up black hair.

Alice sent Evelyn to the Church of Evernight, questioned Klein about his recent behavior and a Faceless’s abilities, then considered clues for finding Sylvia. She asked Amon what would happen if she divined the Lord of Storms, and the chapter ended with Amon appearing while looking for ingredients.

• Alice thanked Audrey, put away Sylvia’s portrait, and took Evelyn home before sending her to the Church of Evernight.
• Alice called Klein and asked why he had scrubbed a toilet, then asked whether a Faceless could change sex; Klein explained the limits of his transformations.
• Alice copied five pages of her book and wondered whether Ian could read Ancient Hermes, then asked Amon how to find a suspected swindler.
• Amon advised Alice that a swindler would keep committing crimes, and Alice asked what would happen if she divined the Lord of Storms.
• Amon appeared and said he was nearby looking for ingredients, prompting Alice to ask why he did not use his own Worms of Time.

Alice struggled to choose lunch after realizing that her control over Fate had stripped ordinary choices of their randomness. Remembering Song Shu’s cryptic words about luck being paid back, she postponed thinking about them until after eating.

• Amon invited Alice to the Forsaken Land of the Gods and revealed that he had taken the diary she copied, but Alice refused to go.
• Alice failed to choose lunch, finished an Ice Cream twice, and tried to decide by drawing lots.
• Alice reflected that, since taking the Dice of Probability, she could see Fate arranging seemingly random events and had gained authority over some outcomes.
• Alice remembered Song Shu encouraging her to make one last gacha pull and predicting that she would get the character she wanted.
• After Alice thanked Song Shu for lending her luck, Song Shu said it had to be paid back, and Alice recalled that smile as she gathered the lunch-choice slips.

Alice realized she could not remember her birthday and decided to give Klein a birthday present, while Klein uncovered her old doujinshi drawings and tried to prepare for the gift. The chapter ended with Klein teasing Alice that he might not need to give her a present because she did not know her birthday.

• Alice noticed she could not remember the date of her birthday and used Restart to restore her meal before sending it to Amon through a Sacrifice Ritual.
• Alice called Klein to ask when his birthday was so she could give him a present, and Klein remembered her illustrated fanfictions.
• Klein asked Alice whether she had drawn doujinshi about people he knew, and Alice admitted the two subjects were his fated lover and the person who understood him best.
• Alice told Klein her present would be two pages of Roselle's diary and joked about his birthday being April Fool's Day.
• Klein learned that Alice still did not know her birthday and joked that he might not have to give her a present.

Alice discussed her uncertain birthday, her abilities, and her advancement with Klein, then questioned whether their choices and memories were controlled by Fate. Her ritual became clear to her: she needed to find a turning point in misfortune and take control of what followed.

• Alice told Klein that she had cracked an inn table with her slap and praised Restart for letting her avoid overeating.
• Alice asked what authority Klein's abilities represented and wondered whether her teacher could help her find a Main Potion Ingredient and explain her Sequence 4 formula.
• Klein questioned whether Alice still needed to drink potions normally, and Alice said she wanted to test whether earlier potion knowledge had been altered.
• Alice warned Klein that Fate-pathway powers could arrange a person's life and wondered whether her memories and thoughts were controlled.
• Alice told Klein that knowing whether Fate controlled them would not change their situation, then realized her ritual required her to find a turning point in a powerhouse's misfortune and seize control of what came next.

Alice experienced a Prophetic Dream revealing a dangerous existence tied to childbirth and reproduction, one powerful enough to threaten her. After escaping to a church and calming down, she warned Klein not to divine the entity and left him with a joke about Amon.

• Alice asked Klein whether a ritual could be saved up, and they teased each other about their advancement and education.
• Alice fell asleep and dreamed of a dark region where flowers bloomed as she watched from a distance.
• Alice recognized the vision as a Prophetic Dream, severed the connection, and concealed herself in a church of the Lord of Storms.
• Alice lifted her Concealment in front of the bishop, adjusted the probabilities, and disappeared after the startled bishop saw her.
• Alice bought Sweet Iced Tea and sent Klein a warning that an unknown existence related to childbirth and reproduction had set its sights on them.
• Alice told Klein not to divine the entity, even from atop Castle of Origin, and joked that he might end up giving Amon 108 children.

Klein accepted Alice’s warning about a powerful being interfering with divination and invited her to act as his bodyguard. At the Sweet Lemon bar, he learned his target was Demigod Admiral Emlyn White, while Alice’s sudden appearance unsettled his employers as the mission details began.

• Klein refrained from further divination after Alice warned him and asked her to become his bodyguard.
• Klein met Bilt and Sotos at the Sweet Lemon bar and requested an advance before learning the target was Admiral Emlyn White, a Demigod.
• Alice appeared in the bar while eating pie, startled Bilt and Sotos, and said she wanted to meet the Demigod.
• Klein reassured Bilt that Alice was merely worried about him, and Alice vanished after glaring at Bilt.
• Bilt explained the mission to Klein, who transformed into Admiral Emlyn’s appearance before Alice asked how Bilt knew he could change faces.

Klein met Alice after she learned he had transformed into Helene to approach Tracy, and promised to transform for her once he could do so properly. Two days later, Klein and Alice accompanied Bilt to a banquet at the Oravi Governor's Mansion, where Alice began testing the limits of the event's etiquette.

• Bilt told Klein and Alice that Tracy had reported Gehrman Sparrow’s ability to transform into other people and that the admiral was holding a banquet.
• Alice teased Klein for posing as Helene to win Tracy’s favor, then accepted his promise to transform for her when he became capable of it.
• Two days later, Klein met Bilt at the Sweet Lemon bar, where Alice appeared in her school uniform and joined them for the banquet.
• Klein transformed into Sotos and entered the Oravi Governor’s Mansion with Bilt, who warned him to stay sober and observe the admiral.
• Alice appeared beside Klein with roast goose and champagne, then asked whether she could drink because minors were not allowed to drink alcohol.

At a dinner party, Alice reunited with Klein and used her powers to make Bilt’s hunger vanish while wondering how to apply a Fate Cycle. Klein warned her that such an ability could do far more than she imagined, but Alice’s idea was to trap someone in an endless loop of gnawing a chicken leg.

• Alice told Klein that she could be born again and grow up, then offered to send him back a few minutes so he would forget her suggestion that he become her parent.
• Alice left Klein and Bilt to enjoy the dinner party’s food, while Klein observed Admiral Emlyn and later prepared to eat.
• Bilt relayed Admiral Emlyn’s secret code, and Klein summoned Alice with her three-segment Honorific Name.
• Alice appeared and handed Klein a roasted chicken leg, then made Bilt’s hunger disappear with a snap of her fingers.
• Alice considered using a Fate Cycle to keep someone full forever, and Klein warned her about the ability’s potential uses.
• Alice proposed trapping someone in a loop of gnawing a chicken leg hundreds of times.

Klein brought Alice to meet Admiral Emlyn, disguising himself as a man resembling Amyrius Rieveldt while Alice's strange behavior unsettled everyone. The chapter ended with Alice introducing herself as Miss Fortune, claiming to represent Fate itself.

• Klein ate with Alice, then asked Bilt where they would meet Admiral Emlyn.
• Bilt led Klein into the garden and told him to disguise himself as the Vagrant who resembled Amyrius Rieveldt.
• Klein transformed his appearance and entered the storeroom, where Amyrius sensed Alice and demanded that she reveal herself.
• Alice appeared, corrected Amyrius for not addressing her as Your Majesty, and hid behind Klein when he tried to speak with her.
• Bilt explained that the Vagrant had died, while Alice startled him by asking why he had not knelt before her.
• After Klein urged her to speak, Alice introduced herself as Miss Fortune and said she represented Fate itself.

Alice visited Emlyn with Klein and confirmed that the Fate Pathway’s High-Sequence abilities were unreliable, while her rank terrified Bilt and unsettled Emlyn. After Alice briefly vanished and returned, Klein explained that she had followed him out of concern and had only appeared because Vagrant seemed capable of acting like a Demigod.

• Emlyn recognized Alice as a Soothsayer and changed his address to “Your Excellency” after recalling the prophecy concerning St. Folsen in Bayam's Ticket Office.
• Alice questioned Emlyn about the Fate Pathway’s High-Sequence Beyonders and realized their abilities might be concealed or misrepresented.
• Alice told Bilt he could stop kneeling, then vanished from the room and reappeared after Emlyn began criticizing Bilt’s mistakes.
• Alice admitted that Bilt had likely thought she was threatening him, and Klein reassured her with a smile.
• Klein told Emlyn that Alice had followed him because she was worried about him and had appeared after being surprised by Vagrant’s Demigod-like role.

Alice told Emlyn that the St. Folsen shipwreck had been caused by a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact and urged him to publish the Ticket Office prophecy. After Emlyn forgave Bilt and accepted his oath of loyalty, he drafted a contract for Klein to sign while impersonating him, and Alice asked whether she needed to sign one too.

• Alice told Emlyn to report the shipwreck as the result of a School of Life Grade 0 Sealed Artifact losing control and to publish the prophecy.
• Emlyn ordered Bilt to stand, then pointed out how carelessly Bilt had failed to question the coincidences surrounding Klein's arrival.
• Emlyn invoked his late father's advice to forgive a subordinate's first mistake, and Bilt swore loyalty to him.
• Emlyn said the plan would continue as usual but required a contract, then wrote terms restricting Klein's conduct while posing as Emlyn White.
• Alice read the contract and asked whether she needed to sign one as well.

Klein signed Emlyn’s contract to impersonate him and accepted Emlyn’s Ninth Law talisman for protection. After Alice left the room while Klein and Emlyn changed clothes, Emlyn and Bilt departed, and Alice asked for more desserts at the next banquet.

• Alice agreed to sign Emlyn’s contract, and Klein asked what would happen if Miss Cynthia tried to get intimate with him; Emlyn said the contract would suppress his desire or ability.
• Klein signed the contract as Gehrman Sparrow, and Emlyn explained that the Ninth Law talisman could project his aura and impose restrictions on targets.
• Emlyn started unfastening his belt to change clothes, so Klein ordered Alice out of the room; Alice slammed the door, restored it, and closed it gently.
• Emlyn and Klein changed clothes, then Emlyn led Bilt out of the storage room, where Alice was waiting.
• Alice waved goodbye to Emlyn and Bilt, then asked Emlyn to serve more desserts, such as ice cream, at his next banquet.

Klein confronted Alice about treating people like objects and learned that she might have been only a few years old when she transmigrated. Alice asked what Klein would do if the Apocalypse came and either he or Amon had to become the savior, but Klein said he could not answer that yet.

• Admiral Emlyn realized Alice was imitating human behavior without understanding it, then left after saying he would consider her suggestion.
• Alice saw Klein transformed to resemble Emlyn, praised his acting, and asked whether he and Emlyn had compared their bodies or whether Cynthia would recognize Klein.
• Klein told Alice that people were not objects and that she had to consider the wishes of people she knew before making decisions for them.
• Alice admitted she might have been only a few years old when she transmigrated and revealed that telling Klein something depended on whether he became an Angel.
• Alice asked Klein what he would do if an Apocalypse came and either he or Amon had to be its savior; Klein said he would try to act but could not answer who would save the world.

Klein attended a Governor's Mansion banquet while disguised as Admiral Emlyn, but Alice's pranks made his belt come loose and caused Emlyn's secretary Lü'er An to fall. Klein left the banquet with Lü'er An and maintained his composure despite suspecting Alice was still interfering.

• Alice offered to make Klein Sequence 1 Fate-pathway charms, and Klein said he would ask her if he needed them.
• As Klein walked through the Governor's Mansion, Alice caused his belt to come loose, leaving his pants precariously low.
• Auston White approached Klein with a question, but Klein had to pull up and fasten his pants before asking him to repeat it; Auston left without explaining.
• Klein ate dinner at the banquet while keeping up Admiral Emlyn's image, and Alice caused roast goose and grape juice to appear on his plate.
• After Klein left in a carriage with Lü'er An, the secretary sat down on empty air and fell to the carpet.

Klein arrived at the naval base with Alice and Lü'er An, then met Cynthia, Emlyn's fiancée. Alice saw a terrifying vision suggesting that an evil god wanted to have Klein's child, and she warned him that he was in deep trouble.

• Lü'er An gave Klein the naval base's 1349 accounts, and Klein told him to put the documents on his desk.
• Alice secretly unnerved Lü'er An during the carriage ride as Klein pretended to be deep in thought.
• Klein arrived at the house near the naval base, where Cynthia welcomed him.
• Alice saw Cynthia as a towering figure covered in tumors and flowers and witnessed a vision of her asking Klein for a child.
• Alice followed Klein into the washroom, set up a Spirituality Barrier, and warned him that an evil god wanted to have his child.

Alice warned Klein to keep his distance from Cynthia, then investigated a necklace Cynthia had hidden. She discovered Cynthia was praying to the Mother Tree of Desire to make Admiral Emlyn infatuated with her and give her a child.

• Alice explained that something was wrong with Cynthia and jokingly imitated her asking Mr. Fool to have a child with her.
• Klein dismissed Alice's act, and Alice warned him to stay away from Cynthia.
• After Klein told Alice to leave, she secretly watched Cynthia and noticed a strange necklace hidden beneath her pillow.
• Alice retrieved the necklace and used it to view Cynthia's past, seeing her add powder from it to hot water.
• Alice saw Cynthia pray to the Mother Tree of Desire for greater allure, Emlyn's devotion, and a child, and suspected desire was central to the matter.

Alice watched Klein deal with Cynthia and review documents while teasing him about Cynthia’s wish to have a child with him. Klein was left alarmed when Alice reminded him of her earlier joke about whether he or Cynthia would give birth.

• Alice wondered whether Cynthia’s wish to have a child with Klein meant that Klein might be the one to give birth.
• Klein told Cynthia to bring coffee to the study and promised to spend proper time with her in a few days, but avoided touching her.
• Alice followed Klein to the study and watched him pretend to review documents, writing instructions on some before signing them in the admiral’s handwriting.
• Alice promised Klein she would stop talking nonsense, then revealed that the words about having a child were Cynthia’s and asked who would give birth.
• Klein reacted in alarm as he remembered Alice’s earlier joke that she might someday call him Father or Mother.