Recaps

Alice asked Klein to let her pull someone into the next Tarot Club gathering so she could investigate the past relationship between the Lord of Mysteries and the Key of Light, while Klein traveled to Dixi and brought her local food. Meanwhile, Alger discovered that the Artisan Sharpe was being drawn into a dangerous situation, and Selwyn relocated before resuming her search for victims through Wish Witch flyers.

• Alice asked Klein to let her try pulling someone up at the next Tarot Club gathering, and Klein said he was leaving for Dixi that night.
• Police officers linked a missing mother to the disappearance of her child and suspected the people behind a Wish Witch flyer; Selwyn learned the police were watching her and agreed to move.
• Klein bought Dixi pie and sweet iced tea and sent them to Alice above the gray fog.
• Alger visited Sharpe, noticed rare Southern Continent ingredients, and overheard Sharpe agreeing to abandon his commissions and move in with others.
• Alger decided to ask Cattleya for help and asked Alice to witness the matter; Alice said she might come watch.
• Selwyn moved to another city with Cassandra and began printing Wish Witch flyers again.

Klein discovered that Ince Zangwill was aboard his ship and warned Leonard through Alice, who observed how a ghost handled Leonard’s mail. Pallez urged Leonard to cooperate with Klein and contact The Fool, then hinted that The Fool and the Goddess of the Night might have a child.

• Klein divined that the suspicious passenger was Ince Zangwill and asked Alice to tell Leonard that Dwayne Dantès had found traces of him on Mid-Journey Island.
• Alice delivered Klein’s message to Leonard’s mailbox and watched a ghost sort, open, and destroy the mail inside his home.
• Pallez told Leonard not to alert the Church to Ince Zangwill’s location yet, since 0-08 could learn of the pursuit and prepare for it.
• Leonard wrote a warning for Klein that learning about the threat would let it learn about them, and considered asking Alice whether she could block it.
• Pallez advised Leonard to use The Fool’s Honorific Name to contact Alice, then suggested that The Fool and the Goddess of the Night might already have a child, leaving Leonard pale.

Leonard prayed to the Fool after learning that Dwayne Dantès had found traces of Ince Zangwill, and Klein brought him above the Gray Fog. Leonard met the Fool and Alice, but their reunion left him confused as he began to ask about his friend Klein Moretti.

• Leonard hesitated over how to contact the Fool, then decided to pray directly to him.
• Klein recognized Leonard’s new crimson star and questioned Alice about what she had told him; Alice repeated the message about Ince Zangwill on Mid-Journey Island.
• Alice tried to reach Leonard through the prayer and accidentally touched the concealed Pallez, then withdrew and let Klein handle the meeting.
• Klein summoned Leonard above the Gray Fog, where Leonard recognized Alice and addressed Klein as Mr. Fool.
• After Alice’s laughter disrupted the meeting, Leonard began asking whether the Fool knew his friend Klein Moretti.

Leonard met Mr. Fool above the Gray Fog, learned he could join the regular gatherings, and reported what he knew about Ince Zangwill. Meanwhile, the official Beyonder organizations found an Honorific Name at the Wish Witch’s abandoned address, Selwyn lured a visitor inside, and Klein began planning how to handle Ince before spotting a figure onshore as his ship left Port Harman.

• Leonard asked Mr. Fool about the regular gatherings, learned that Klein’s Tarot card was The World, and was invited to join the meetings held every Monday.
• Leonard told Mr. Fool what he knew about Ince Zangwill, and Alice said Ince probably knew even more before sending Leonard back.
• Leonard wondered whether the Fool’s pathway was connected to fate, and Pallez suggested that Alice was the child of Evernight and the Fool.
• The Machinery Hivemind, Mandated Punishers, and Nighthawks searched the Wish Witch’s address, found she had escaped, and discovered a three-part Honorific Name.
• Selwyn welcomed a frightened man who had come seeking help from the Wish Witch, then led him inside under the guise of granting his wish.
• Klein decided to find the person hunting Ince Zangwill and acquire Marionettes, then saw a figure appear onshore as his passenger ship departed Port Harman.

Klein reached Gurain after Ince Zangwill evaded an Intisian Demigod aboard the passenger ship. Alice arrived in the city, saved a girl from an attacker, and arranged to ride in a coffin with the girl's help.

• Klein watched an Intisian Demigod board the passenger ship, question a man disguised as Ince Zangwill, and leave without finding Ince.
• Klein reached Gurain and noticed locals using coffins as transportation, so he sent Alice a message showing her the custom.
• Alice arrived in Gurain and killed a man who was attacking a Little Girl by causing a falling brick to strike him.
• Alice entered the Little Girl's dream and asked her to help arrange a coffin ride in exchange for payment.
• The Little Girl led Alice to an empty coffin, and Alice handed her a gold coin as the coffin bearers approached.

Klein showed Alice the scene she saw around him Above the Gray Fog, and they realized his Mythical Creature Form would be a mass of Worms. The next day, Alice took Klein and Mr. Azik to Ludwig, whose ring and Death pathway made him submit to Azik and surrender the ring.

• Klein asked Alice what she saw around him, and Alice materialized the Gray Fog, the Door of Light, and the Worms while concealing the symbols and patterns.
• Alice and Klein concluded that Klein's Mythical Creature Form would be a pile of transparent Worms, then discussed locating Ludwig, the Admiral of Hell.
• Klein met Mr. Azik and summoned Alice, who confirmed that Ludwig's location was safe and transported them to the Black Tulip.
• Ludwig prostrated himself before Azik, explained the progress of the Artificial Death Project, and handed over his square black ring.
• Alice asked why Ludwig submitted to Azik but not to her, and Azik explained that higher-sequence members of the God of Death pathway strongly suppressed lower-sequence members.

Azik made Ludwig serve as Klein’s marionette for a year, while Alice glimpsed a terrifying woman and fled to pray to the Goddess. Later, Alice joined Alger and Cattleya’s operation in Bayam, where they captured Artisan Sharpe after poisonous mushrooms attacked his hosts, and Alice asked whether gouging out his eyes would hinder his work.

• Azik put on the ring, commanded Ludwig to serve as Klein’s marionette for a year, and opened a Bronze Gate that entered the Admiral of Hell’s forehead.
• Alice saw a mysterious woman emerge from darkness, said goodbye to Klein and Azik, and went to St. Samuel Church to pray and promise the Goddess not to pinch her face without permission.
• Azik told Klein they were going to the Berserk Sea and asked for his Copper Whistle.
• In Bayam, Heath Doyle reported that Sharpe’s guests had eaten Frank Lee’s mushrooms, and Cattleya and Alger entered the house with Alice.
• Cattleya bound the mushroom-infected Primordial Moon believers and burned them, while Sharpe surrendered without resisting.
• Alice asked Alger whether gouging out Sharpe’s eyes would affect his ability to make Mystical Items, and Alger said it would.

Alice and Cattleya interrogated Sharpe, an Artisan who had been coerced into serving believers of the Primordial Moon, and divided up his Mystical Items. The chapter ended with Cattleya deciding that taking Sharpe with them would bring her no benefit because he was already a believer.

• Alice told Alger to handle Sharpe and said she would ask Klein about crafting Mystical Items after he became a Demigod.
• Sharpe recognized Alice as Miss Fortune and tried to gouge out his eyes; Alice repeatedly restored him, then stopped the punishment and said to wait for The World to become a Demigod.
• Cattleya asked why Sharpe had stayed with the Primordial Moon believers, and Sharpe explained that they had weakened him with a strange illness before persuading him to believe in the Primordial Moon.
• Sharpe revealed that he had dreamed of a bloody moon and asked Alice for help, but she refused and said she was angry about the way he had looked at her.
• Cattleya and Alger inspected Sharpe's Mystical Items; Alger took the Gargoyle Glasses and the Scepter of the Sea's Whisper, which Alice tested and sent to The World.
• Sharpe said the Primordial Moon believers needed an Artisan for an unfinished plan, and Cattleya concluded that taking him away would bring her no benefit.

Alice secured Sharpe as bait for a future deal while Klein asked her to help prepare for his exploration of the City of Calderón. They also discussed whether a strange story about Klein and Leonard might be a prophecy, and Alice suggested that a prophecy could come true through an unexpected or deliberately staged event.

• Alice agreed to give Sharpe to The World once he reached Sequence 4, and Cattleya took a few drops of his blood to track him for a lasting partnership.
• Alice learned that Frank had stopped making the mushrooms after beginning a new experiment, then asked Cattleya to have him tell her about it.
• Klein told Alice about the City of Calderón, and she offered him a Restart charm, good luck, and the suggestion that his messenger Reinette Tinekerr might know why higher beings could not enter.
• Alice teased Klein about attending the captain and Madam Daly's wedding with her or Leonard, then warned him that the book predicting his relationship with Leonard might be a prophecy.
• Alice explained that a prophecy could come true through an unusual means, including a staged death, and agreed to seal the Scepter of the Sea's Whisper before Klein explored Calderón's outskirts.

Selwyn learned that drawing official Beyonders’ attention could help her, while “Cassandra” urged her to flee before she was captured. Klein used the Wheel of Fortune card to reach the outskirts of the City of Calderón and began exploring, but his spirituality warned him of danger after he entered the City of the Dead.

• “Cassandra” explained that the coded message was meant to attract official Beyonders and promised Selwyn that her destined helper would arrive, then warned her to leave.
• Klein prepared to scout the City of Calderón, borrowed the Wheel of Fortune card from Alice for eight ice creams, and noticed its influence pushing him to rely on intuition and travel light.
• Klein reached the city through the Spirit World and saw its rings of strange buildings descending into a dark underground abyss.
• Klein tested abilities with Enzo the Winner and Ludwig the Admiral of Hell, discovering that Ludwig’s Bronze Gate led to the City of Calderón’s deepest region instead of the Underworld.
• Klein led the Marionettes into Calderón, the City of the Dead, where his spirituality warned him of an abnormal presence, so he hid in the shadows and had them guard him.

Klein escaped Ouroboros in Calderón City but left Enzo behind, prompting Alice to propose that he ask Ouroboros for a Spirit World Plunderer’s true soul body. While Klein planned to recover his marionette and warn Dunn, Dunn suddenly asked Anderson about painting murals.

• Klein explored a blacksmith’s workshop in Calderón City, but Ouroboros appeared and controlled his Spirituality Thread; Klein escaped with Ludwig, leaving Enzo behind.
• Above the Gray Fog, Alice suggested Klein pray to Ouroboros for a Spirit World Plunderer’s true soul body and offer mural-painting tools, while reassuring him that Ouroboros was not his enemy.
• Klein ordered lunch, invited Alice to share it, and summoned Reinette Tinekerr to send Anderson Hood a letter asking about mural materials.
• Klein decided to warn Dunn about Ouroboros and planned to have Dunn ask Anderson about mural supplies to avoid paying for a messenger.
• In Cookawa City, Dunn stopped eating and asked Anderson whether he knew how to paint murals.

Dunn asked Anderson for advice on a gift related to mural painting before asking whether he had heard of the Aurora Order. At the Tarot Club, Leonard joined as The Star, sought a powerful offensive Mystical Item, and learned he could use Mr. Fool’s rituals to arrange its delivery; The World ended by warning Cattleya about investigations by the Aurora Order and the Spirit Lodge.

• Dunn asked Anderson what gift to give someone who liked painting murals, and Anderson advised him on painting materials before Dunn asked about the Aurora Order.
• Leonard appeared at the Tarot Club as The Star, searched for The World, and exchanged an awkward greeting with Alice.
• The Sun told The Moon that he had obtained the Vampire Beyonder Characteristic, and The World and The Sun completed their transaction for the Priest of Light potion formula.
• Leonard asked the Tarot Club to help him find a powerful, discreet offensive Mystical Item with mild negative effects, and Alger agreed to watch for one.
• Alice suggested that Mr. Fool deliver the item, and Audrey explained that Leonard could use the Sacrifice Ritual and the Ritual of Bestowal to arrange payment and delivery.
• The World warned Cattleya to be careful of investigations by the Aurora Order and the Spirit Lodge.

Klein received Leonard’s warning that Ince Zangwill had contacted the Spirit Lodge and learned through divination that Ince was possessed by an evil spirit and needed exorcism. Alice took charge of investigating the Wish Witch incidents, while Klein obtained a Spirit World Plunderer’s True Soul Body from Ouroboros.

• At the Tarot Club, Alice explained that Derrick came from the Land Abandoned by God and teased Leonard about writing a poem for Mr. Fool before Klein ended the gathering.
• Klein received Leonard’s letter reporting that Ince Zangwill had appeared in East Balam and possibly met with Palenque. Tassib of the Spirit Lodge’s Artificial Death Faction.
• Klein prayed to the Artificial Death for the purpose behind Ince’s contact with the Spirit Lodge, and the response said, “Possessed by an evil spirit. Exorcism required.”
• Anthony told Alice that the Church had assigned her to investigate the Wish Witch incidents, and she agreed to collect the files from St. Samuel Cathedral the next day.
• Ouroboros delivered a Spirit World Plunderer’s True Soul Body to Klein in exchange for mural materials, and Klein celebrated the prospect of finding marionettes.

Amon and Will Auceptin discussed their failure to find a woman in the City of Calderón, while Klein and Leonard exchanged information about Evil Spirits. At the investigation site, Alice confronted the deranged Selwyn, who claimed she had burned Cassandra to death before leaping from a window.

• Amon surveyed the empty City of Calderón, and Will Auceptin explained that the woman's accumulated luck kept them from finding or catching her.
• Leonard burned Klein's letter, then sought advice about Evil Spirits from Madam Daly and other Nighthawks; Klein later read Leonard's reply.
• Alice reviewed the case files at St. Samuel Church and learned that Selwyn had lured people to her as a supposed wish-granting witch, after which they disappeared.
• Anthony told Alice that the Machinery Hivemind had consulted Arrodes and withdrawn, while the Mandated Punishers had favored more direct methods; Alice arranged to visit Selwyn's last known site.
• Alice found Selwyn at the cordoned building, where Selwyn accused Cassandra and other Soothsayers of lying and said she had burned Cassandra to death.
• Selwyn threatened to kill Alice and jumped from the window; Alice teleported away and ensured Selwyn struck the ground headfirst.

Alice questioned the intelligent Book of Answers about Selwyn and learned that it had manipulated Selwyn with dangerous omissions and may be a sacrificial offering for Alice’s advancement to Soothsayer. The book hinted that its mysterious honorific name held the key to its purpose, leaving Alice waiting for its explanation.

• Alice told the Nighthawks that the Book of Answers was a highly active, intelligent Sequence 2 artifact with prophetic abilities, then took it away.
• The Book of Answers admitted that it had withheld potion digestion and loss-of-control information from Selwyn and falsely told her that reaching Sequence 4 would make her male again.
• Alice learned Selwyn had been destined to die before her and questioned the book’s claim that it knew her past selves.
• The Book of Answers proposed that Alice kill it and use it as the potion ingredient for advancing to Soothsayer, becoming the new intersection point where Fate converged.
• Alice asked what the book’s mysterious honorific name meant, and the Book of Answers said she had finally asked the right question.

Alice learned that Cassandra had been manipulated into seeing her own death and wanted Alice to end the cycle of Soothsayers being used as gifts. After turning Cassandra into a Beyonder Characteristic, Alice sought Audrey’s help and asked whether her trust would burden her.

• Alice questioned Cassandra about her prophecy, and Cassandra explained that believing a prophecy could affect its outcome and that she had been promised advancement through death.
• Cassandra told Alice she wanted her to end the cycle, then asked Alice to kill her; Alice agreed, but her prayer to the Goddess received no response.
• Alice checked that ordinary rituals still worked, contacted Klein about the Goddess, and used a ritual to destroy Cassandra’s Mystical Item and reform it as a Beyonder Characteristic.
• Alice took the new characteristic to Archbishop Anthony to prevent its attraction from making her eat it, then contacted Audrey for psychological counseling.
• Alice met Audrey and admitted she had chosen her because Mr. Fool had once offered to call a Psychiatrist for her; she asked whether that trust would put pressure on Audrey.

Audrey comforted Alice about her nature and her doubts, while Alice watched Klein kill Ince Zangwill and confront Adam. Klein advanced to demigod, and the chapter left him and Alice discussing how he could attend the captain’s wedding with Leonard as his date.

• Audrey reassured Alice that luck might help her do more, and Alice asked for ice cream.
• After Klein told her Ince Zangwill had appeared, Alice sent him luck and watched the battle from afar.
• Klein killed Ince Zangwill with Death Knell and placed a reversed Star card on his corpse.
• Alice challenged Adam about whether they had met before, and he said he knew of her but had never met her and did not know the answer she sought.
• Klein drank his potion and advanced to demigod while Alice watched over him.
• Alice told Leonard that Klein could attend the captain’s wedding as his date, then suggested Leonard should bring a man as his date.

After Ince Zangwill’s death, Klein left Leonard and questioned Alice about her origins and Adam’s cryptic answer. Klein and Alice examined the cocoons above the Door of Light, then spoke about Klein’s past, Alice’s unease at being treated as a god, and their plans to consult Miss Justice.

• Klein asked Leonard whether he was with the Red Gloves and told him he could leave without being investigated, but Leonard said he was used to staying with the Church.
• Above the Gray Fog, Alice said she believed she had transmigrated into the world of a book, while Klein questioned whether her memories meant she had been very young in that world.
• Klein and Alice discussed Alice’s anger at Adam and Klein’s Trickmaster abilities, then went up the Stairs to inspect the Door of Light.
• Alice saw empty cocoons hanging above the Door of Light and realized Klein was shaken by the sight, so she pulled his attention back to her.
• Klein revealed his original appearance and said he would speak with Miss Justice, while Alice admitted she felt unaccustomed to being someone’s only hope and asked him to remain himself with her.
• Alice asked to see Klein’s Mythical Creature Form and touch a worm; Klein told her to get lost.

Alice warned Klein that Medici might trace the fate of his marionette Ludwig, then gave him advice and discussed finding him another marionette. She drank the Chaoswalker potion, rejected the chance to retreat into a dream of her former life, and awakened as an Angel, ending the chapter by restoring a broken windowsill with her new power.

• Alice retrieved her painting from Ian and learned that he had displayed it to everyone at the billiards room.
• Klein attended Captain Dunn and Madam Daly's wedding in disguise, and Alice warned him that Medici might follow the fate linking Ludwig to him.
• Alice offered Klein an Artisan as a potential marionette, explaining that the Tarot Club might need him for an investigation and promising to seek another if necessary.
• Alice drank the Chaoswalker potion and faced a choice between sleeping in a dream of her former life and confronting the truth of the Key of Light.
• Alice rejected the dream, affirmed that she was Alice, and completed her advancement to Angel.
• Alice accidentally crushed part of her windowsill, then used a silver river to restore it.

Alice considered using Will Auceptin’s blood as River Water of the River of Fate for her eventual advancement, then attended a Tarot Club meeting where Klein introduced Judgment Xio. The gathering ended with Judgment warning that MI9 was investigating Gehrman Sparrow, while Leonard learned that Klein also used the identity Dwayne Dantès and wondered what Pallez had said about Alice.

• Alice reasoned that Snake of Mercury blood might substitute for River Water of the River of Fate and decided to ask Arrodes about Will Auceptin’s blood.
• Klein introduced Judgment Xio to the Tarot Club, and Alice asked whether Xio was an adult and would grow taller.
• Fors asked about having an Artisan make a Mystical Item, while Cattleya explained that the Artisan’s situation was complicated and Alice offered to let the World handle the matter.
• Derrick reported that the City of Silver planned to explore the Giant King’s Court, and Alger urged him to prepare to face the Shepherd elder.
• Judgment told the Tarot Club that MI9 had traced Gehrman Sparrow’s fabricated identity to Backlund, and Alice asked about the bounty before the World silenced her.
• Audrey asked whether the World would return to Backlund as Dwayne Dantès, and Leonard realized that Klein used that identity and recalled Pallez’s claim about Alice.

At the Tarot Club, Alice and Leonard discussed a blasphemous remark about Alice, then the members learned that Adam had obtained 0-08 and was closer to the divine throne. The World revealed that he had become a Demigod, while the club began to suspect Mr. Fool had gained power through the same events; Alice ended by asking why nobody wondered what she had gained.

• Alice pressed Leonard to explain what someone had said about her, but he refused because he dared not repeat the remark in front of either Alice or The Fool.
• Klein explained that Dwayne Dantès was a shared public identity and said the group might need to help with future plans in Backlund.
• Alger reported that Ince Zangwill had been killed and that the stolen Sealed Artifact 0-08 was missing, and Alice revealed that Adam had it.
• The Fool said the era had changed and Adam was closer to the divine throne, while Alice explained Adam's identity and connection to the Ancient Sun God and Amon.
• The World implied that he had become a Demigod, shocking the Tarot Club members and leading Alger to infer that Mr. Fool had also gained power.
• Alice asked why nobody was concerned about what she had gained from the events.

At the Tarot Club, Alice asked the members to find the River of Fate and its water, which she needed as an ingredient for her Soothsayer potion. After the meeting, she told Klein that the river might be made of light and proposed Will Auceptin’s blood as a substitute, then answered his questions about the Castle of Origin and Medici.

• The World explained that Medici’s remnant spirit had fused with the souls of Sauron and Einhorn ancestors to become the Evil Spirit that appeared when Ince Zangwill died.
• Emlyn told the club that a Sanguine Angel had requested to see him, and Alger advised him to act normally and expect tests or assignments.
• Alice asked the members to find the River of Fate and learn how to preserve or obtain its water, explaining that the river she had seen was made of rippling light.
• Fors reported that the abandoned castle had a door sealing powerful fallen energy, and Emlyn promised to investigate the source of her faulty information.
• After the meeting, Alice told Klein that Will Auceptin’s blood might substitute for River Water of the River of Fate, though she admitted her confidence was zero from Klein’s perspective.
• Alice told Klein that the three opened Light Cocoons belonged to Roselle, Klein, and the Goddess, and said she expected Medici to come looking for him soon.

After the Tarot Club, Alice and the others sought information about the River of Fate, while Leonard and Pallez discussed rumors about Alice’s connection to Fate. When Alice asked Arrodes what it saw in her, it showed her entering the River of Fate and slowly dissolving within it.

• Alice warned Klein that Medici was dangerous and advised him not to get involved, while explaining that she did not know which side Medici supported.
• Leonard told Pallez about Adam and Medici, then wondered whether Alice was the illegitimate daughter of the Fool and the Goddess; Pallez dismissed his reasoning and discussed rumors about Fate’s chosen incarnation.
• Leonard told Pallez that Alice had entered and slept in the River of Fate but did not know where it was, and Pallez explained that Fate-pathway Beyonders could not identify its location.
• Fors, Cattleya, Derrick, Emlyn, and Alger each considered how to learn about the River of Fate, and Fors and Cattleya decided to write to their respective mentors.
• Alice summoned Arrodes and asked where the River of Fate was; Arrodes said it did not know its exact location but showed Alice a vision of her entering the river and dissolving within it.

Alice questioned Arrodes about the River of Fate and learned how to contact the Seven Lights, while Hazel’s unexplained illness continued and Emlyn met Duke Olmer. The chapter left Emlyn asking Olmer about River Water of the River of Fate as he began a mission to find the Rose School in Backlund.

• Alice learned from Arrodes that the River Water of the River of Fate was fate itself and chose a Spirit Channeling ritual to contact the Seven Lights.
• Alice considered visiting the River of Fate and asking Reinette Tinekerr about what she had seen in it.
• Hazel told her mother that the family doctor had found no cause for her ongoing stomach problems, and Lady Lyanna planned to take her to a hospital.
• Cosmi Odora introduced Emlyn to Duke Olmer, who offered to purify his contaminated Artificial Vampire Beyonder Characteristic.
• Duke Olmer tasked Emlyn with finding important Rose School members in Backlund and retrieving a holy item left by the Sanguine progenitor.
• Emlyn asked Duke Olmer whether he knew of the River Water of the River of Fate.

Emlyn learned from Duke Olmer that the River of Fate was an elusive presence in the Spirit World, and that an Angel who had seen it engulf him later died. Klein considered obtaining a Reaper Marionette, while Alice asked Reinette Tinekerr about the river and ended up angering her with an unusual payment.

• Duke Olmer told Emlyn that the River of Fate was difficult to touch and recalled an Angel who had seen it engulf him before dying.
• After Emlyn left, Duke Olmer ordered Casimir to investigate Emlyn’s connection to the Fool, the School of Life, and the Abandoned Castle in Dreyer Forest.
• Klein weighed the benefits of a Reaper Marionette against a Winner Marionette and chose the Reaper as the better replacement for Death Knell.
• Alice summoned Reinette Tinekerr and asked whether she had seen or sensed the River of Fate in the Spirit World.
• Reinette offered to ask around, but Alice tossed her a gold coin as payment, prompting Reinette to exclaim Alice’s name in distress.