Recaps

Alice followed Caspars to a secret gathering of hooded Beyonders, where she recognized a fat Apothecary from Tingen and struggled with an unfamiliar urge to kill him. She left the gathering more determined to uncover her past, while listening as members offered potions, a Rune Steel Sword, and a luck-altering Beyonder item for sale.

• Caspars brought Alice to a secret gathering, where the Old Gentleman allowed her to stay after a masked man objected to her arrival.
• A fat Apothecary offered healing potions, and Alice recognized him as the man who had run away from her in Tingen City.
• Alice felt a sudden urge to kill the Apothecary, suppressed it, and resolved to investigate her past alongside pursuing advancement.
• A woman offered a Rune Steel Sword for five hundred pounds or a Sequence 8 Barbarian formula, but nobody responded.
• Another member offered a Fortune Accessory for two thousand pounds and disclosed that its owner would become penniless for half a month if they kept it beyond three months.

Alice gained the passphrase for Eye of Wisdom’s Beyonder gathering after proving her sincerity, then advised Klein on dealing with the Intis ambassador who might be targeting him. At the Tarot Club, Klein announced a task to assassinate the ambassador, while Alice realized her earlier advice had come from a troubling, unexplained disregard for life.

• Alice proved her sincerity to Eye of Wisdom, signed a one-time contract, and received the gathering’s passphrase.
• Alice left the gathering and returned to Bravehearts Bar, where she passed Caspars after changing her face back.
• Klein told Alice through the Gray Fog that an Intis ambassador might be targeting him, and Alice suggested he seek a bodyguard or kill the ambassador first.
• At the Monday Tarot Club gathering, Alger reported that the Hermit Order had a connection to the Republic of Intis.
• Klein assigned the Tarot Club members to assassinate Intis ambassador Baykalang Jean Martyn, and Alice recognized her earlier advice as an expression of inexplicable contempt for life.

Audrey and Alger accepted Mr. Fool’s task to assassinate Ambassador Beckland, while Alice declined and sought clues about the Monsters needed for her potion. The gathering ended with Alger offering information about Manova Snakes and Derrick saying he might have seen a Calamity Banshee.

• Alger explained that Ambassador Beckland was an Intis intelligence chief who had helped stir unrest, and Audrey agreed to attempt the assassination in exchange for the Psychiatrist formula.
• Alger also accepted the task, while Alice declined and Alger questioned whether she was in Backlund.
• Klein opened the gathering to free trade, and Alice asked for clues about Calamity Banshees and Manova Snakes.
• Alice described the two Monsters, and Alger revealed that he knew of a sea region inhabited by Manova Snakes.
• Derrick raised his hand and said he thought he had seen a Calamity Banshee.

Alice negotiated with Alger for passage to the waters where Charlie King could be hunted, revealing that an Angel of the Monster pathway had targeted her and might also threaten Alger. Alger agreed to discuss a voyage from Pritz Harbor in two weeks, while Alice learned the costs and rules for dividing a team’s gains.

• Alice asked Derrick whether he could kill the monsters and whether he could take her to the City of Silver, but he refused both requests.
• Alger offered to take Alice out to sea, and Alice warned him that an Angel had noticed her because of his earlier encounter with a Monster pathway Beyonder.
• Alice proposed that Alger join her in hunting Charlie King, a Sequence 6, and explained that she wanted his help because he was already exposed to the Angel’s gaze and she was a support type.
• Alger agreed to consider the hunt if the reward and timing suited him, then offered passage from Pritz Harbor in two weeks for 1,000 pounds and a share of the gains.
• Alice asked how a team divided its rewards, and Alger explained that the shares depended on contribution and need, with compensation afterward.

At the Tarot Club, Alice remembered she could not swim and asked Alger for help with traveling by sea, while Klein arranged a Potion Formula exchange for Derrick. After the meeting, Alice read Roselle’s Diary and realized the Angel who sent her Charlie King was a Sequence 1 Mercury Serpent, leaving her convinced Charlie King would eventually die before her.

• Audrey exchanged promises with Derrick about Dragon information and the Sequence 8 Bard Potion Formula, while Klein offered to pay for the Praying Light formula.
• Alice asked whether anyone had an Extraordinary Item for underwater movement, and Alger offered to handle the risks of her setting sail.
• Alger wondered about Alice’s unusual connection to Mr. Fool, her background, and her encounter with an Angel of the Fate pathway.
• After the Tarot Club ended, Alice received Roselle’s Diary from Klein and read that the Monster pathway represented fate and included the Sequence 1 Mercury Serpent.
• Alice connected the Mercury Serpent to the white snake in her dream and concluded that Charlie King was a prepaid deposit who would die before her someday.

Above the Gray Fog, Alice explained that a Mercury Serpent had given her a revelation about her death, and Klein told her how he had traced a charm ingredient to the blood of the Eternal Blazing Sun. Later, at a Beyonder gathering in Bravehearts Bar, the Fat Apothecary offered a commission to clear beasts from the sewers, and a man accepted it.

• Alice told Klein that a Mercury Serpent had revealed she needed to become powerful enough for her death to matter, and she suspected another force had once influenced her fate.
• Alice asked Klein about the charm he had given her during the Megose incident, and Klein confessed that he had traced a drop of golden liquid to the blood of the Eternal Blazing Sun.
• At the Bravehearts Bar gathering, the Fat Apothecary asked for help clearing beasts from the Backlund Bridge Area sewers and offered potions and 30 pounds.
• A man at the edge of the sofa accepted the commission, asking for two potions in advance with Eye of Wisdom as witness.

Klein sold a Beyonder Characteristic to Old Gentleman Eye of Wisdom and sought help against a powerful enemy. Black Snake offered him a dangerous Mystical Item that let its user hear a Great Being, and Klein agreed to buy it.

• Lady Daly sold a Rune Steel Sword and a mechanical Meat Saw, which two attendees bought.
• The seller again offered the Fortune Accessory, but Klein could not afford it.
• Klein presented a Beyonder Characteristic, and Old Gentleman Eye of Wisdom offered four hundred pounds after identifying it.
• Klein asked for a bodyguard against a possible Sequence 6 or Sequence 5 enemy, but Old Gentleman Eye of Wisdom warned that no one there was likely to accept the risk.
• Black Snake offered Klein a Mystical Item that could reveal useful information from a Great Being’s voice or harm its user, and Klein agreed to buy it.

Alice met Old Neil again at church, and her grief over the people she had left behind in Tingen City resurfaced. Old Neil shared how he had endured the loss of his lover, and Alice left comforted by the thought that those who loved her would want her to be happy.

• After Fat Apothecary's transaction with Klein was completed, he again asked about the Medullary Crystal of the Spring of Elves but left without it.
• Alice saw Old Neil praying in church and began crying as she remembered the people she had left behind in Tingen City.
• Old Neil told Alice about his former lover's illness and how he had once nearly harmed himself after losing her.
• Old Neil told Alice that those who loved her would want her to be happy, no matter where she was.
• Alice admitted that she might never see her loved ones again, then thanked Old Neil and bowed to him.

Alice tried to build a life in Tingen by befriending her neighbor Mrs. Greenland, writing under the name Briel Rose, and visiting Klein. After discovering that Miss Wraith had blocked Klein from replying to her, Alice learned he was safe and later saw Klein show off Dummy World as a new Tarot Club member.

• Alice visited Mrs. Greenland, introduced herself as Briel Rose, and learned about her daughter Evelyn Greenland.
• Alice returned home excited about making a neighborly connection, then grew lonely and decided to visit Klein.
• Alice prayed to Mr. Fool but received no reply, so she divined Klein's situation and discovered that someone had placed an Anti-Divination on him.
• Alice went to Klein's home claiming her manuscript was missing, understood his hint that he could not talk freely, and left after confirming he was safe.
• Klein brought Alice into a dream above the gray fog and introduced Dummy World as a new Tarot Club member, but Alice began touching Dummy World until Klein stopped her.

Klein told Alice about Rosago’s attempt to kill him and his plans to advance, then asked her to help investigate a man suffering from prolonged bad luck. At the Tarot Club meeting, Klein introduced the World as a new member, surprising Audrey.

• Klein recounted Rosago’s attack and told Alice about the Magician and higher Sequence potion formulas he had divined.
• Alice teased Klein about his Pathway’s circus-like Sequence names before hearing his concerns that his advancement seemed too conveniently arranged.
• Klein told Alice about an unusually unlucky man, and they agreed he would alert her if the man appeared at the Quelaag Club.
• Klein explained that he had made the World using the Beyonder Characteristic Rosago left behind.
• Klein introduced the World as a new Tarot Club member, and Audrey reacted with confusion.

At the Tarot Club gathering, Audrey proposed two potential members and received a task to assess them by investigating Lanlus in Backlund. Audrey also settled the outstanding payment for the Beckland assassination, while World asked to issue tasks and collect materials.

• Audrey asked Mr. Fool to let two discreet Beyonder women from Backlund join the Tarot Club, and he told her to test them with a task to investigate Lanlus.
• World asked whether he could issue tasks and collect materials at the gathering, and Audrey told him to wait until after Mr. Fool's reading.
• Alger delivered the remaining six pages of the diary and said he would bring the final page next time.
• Mr. Fool praised Audrey for resolving the Beckland matter, and Audrey offered to pay the Blessed 15,000 pounds in total, with 5,000 pounds still owed after the assassination fee.
• World asked if they could speak, and Audrey answered him on Mr. Fool's behalf.

At the Tarot Club gathering, World sought several Beyonder materials and information about impoverished nobles, offering weapons, formulas, and pathway knowledge in exchange. He left the story by privately asking Audrey what she knew about the Witch Sect, and learned she already knew about the Witch Potion.

• World requested the True Root and sap of a Mist Tree Man, the Medullary Crystal of the Spring of Elves, and the spinal fluid of an Evil Striped Black Panther.
• Derrick offered to help find Mist Tree Men after he advanced and joined a suitable patrol squad, asking for a weapon in return.
• Audrey requested the Psychiatrist potion formula and materials, while Alger asked World to find the Wind Blessed formula and Alice offered to help gather materials.
• World commissioned Audrey to compile detailed information on impoverished nobles in the Kingdom of Loen, and she asked for unknown information about Beyonder Pathways as compensation.
• In a private discussion, World asked Audrey about the Witch Sect, and Audrey said she already knew the effects of the Witch Potion.

At the Tarot Club, Audrey learned more about the Witch Pathway, while The World traded with Mr. Fool for information about the Sauron family. After the gathering, Alice read Roselle’s diary and learned about his children’s Beyonder inheritance, leaving her to wonder what fate awaited Bonaparte.

• The World explained that the Witch Pathway’s Sequence 6 was Joy and warned Audrey about its acting requirements and the Witch Sect’s twisted practices.
• Audrey asked Alice whether an animal drinking a Witch Potion would become human or simply more attractive to its own species, and Alice said she had never tested it.
• The World asked whether the Sauron family still had High-Sequence powerhouses in Intis, and Klein agreed to answer in exchange for a Sequence 7 formula.
• Alger invited Alice to meet in Bayam next Thursday, and she accepted.
• Alice read Roselle’s diary entries about Bernadette, Charles, and Bonaparte inheriting Beyonder characteristics, then wondered whether Bonaparte became an Angel.

Alice read Roselle's final diary entry and learned that Sequence 0 was the level of a True God, prompting her to fear she might not be human. After reassuring herself by examining her body, she met her new neighbor Evelyn Greenland and agreed to go for a stroll.

• Alice read Roselle's account of creating the Blasphemy Cards and learned that each Divine Pathway had a Sequence 0 corresponding to a True God.
• Alice wondered whether she was a Potion Ingredient for someone's advancement and feared she might not be human.
• Alice examined herself in the mirror and pinched her arm to reassure herself that she was human.
• Evelyn Greenland visited Alice, and they discovered they both preferred juice.
• Alice accepted Evelyn's invitation to go for a stroll among the crowds.

Alice spent time with Evelyn in Backlund and learned that a serial killer was still targeting women. Later, she met Klein above the Gray Fog, where they discussed her possible role in a Sequence 0 advancement before Alice raised a disturbing possibility about transmigrators and Klein cut off their connection.

• Evelyn took Alice to Aunt Jenny's ice cream shop, where Aunt Jenny warned them about the serial killer targeting women in Backlund.
• Alice suspected the killer's ritual had protections against spirit mediumship and divination, and hoped no one in Backlund would become part of its price.
• Klein met Alice above the Gray Fog and asked whether she was all right after she had left earlier.
• Alice suggested she might be a Potion Ingredient for someone's advancement to Sequence 0 and considered the Blasphemy Slate or Blasphemy Cards as clues.
• Alice speculated that a Mythical Creature might reincarnate within human consciousness as a supposed transmigrator, so Klein cut off her connection to the Gray Fog.
• Klein brooded over Alice's theory above the Gray Fog before descending to meditate.

At the Backlund gathering, Klein sold two Sun Pathway potion formulas while Alice considered how to investigate Fat Apothecary. Old Gentleman Eye of Wisdom used a strange ring, which triggered a memory from Alice’s past as Huanhuan before the chapter ended with the gem shining gold.

• Alice attended the gathering and watched Klein, disguised as a new participant, offer two potion formulas for sale.
• Fat Apothecary and a hooded man showed interest, and the man bought both formulas after bargaining with Klein.
• Klein required the buyer not to resell the formulas at the gathering, and Old Gentleman Eye of Wisdom agreed to witness the deal.
• Old Gentleman Eye of Wisdom took out a gem-studded ring, and Alice saw Huanhuan’s memory of sitting a math test.
• The ring’s green gemstone suddenly shone with brilliant golden light.

At Old Gentleman Eye of Wisdom’s gathering, Klein completed a notarized potion-formula sale and bought the Axe of Hurricane from Lady Daly. The mysterious Fortune Accessory remained unsold as the gathering continued.

• Old Gentleman Eye of Wisdom notarized Klein’s potion formula, completing the sale after Klein counted the money three times.
• The Fat Apothecary sought Medullary Crystals from the Spring of Elves but received no response.
• Lady Daly offered the Whip of Slowness and the Axe of Hurricane, explaining their effects and prices.
• Klein asked whether the Whip of Slowness could restrain Wraiths, and Lady Daly said it could not.
• Klein outbid another man for the Axe of Hurricane, which Old Gentleman Eye of Wisdom appraised before the attendant handed it over.
• Alice noticed that the seller of the Fortune Accessory still refused to lower the price, leaving it unsold.

Alice attended a Beyonder gathering, where her question about Black Snake revealed that the Fat Apothecary had survived and left the sewers. After locating his herb shop through a dream, she confronted him and left him with a warning not to reveal their meeting.

• Klein offered a reward for the complete Spinal Fluid of a Striped Black Panther, but no one responded.
• Alice startled the gathering by asking whether Black Snake had died, then told the others that Fate had shown her what happened.
• Alice bought two healing potions from the Fat Apothecary and learned that he had stopped going to the sewers after reporting the beast to the police.
• Alice dreamed of the Fat Apothecary's herb shop and visited it the next day in a changed appearance.
• Alice questioned the Fat Apothecary about contacting the School of Life and warned him to keep her visit secret.

After dreaming that Evelyn Greenland would be attacked by a monster, Alice used a strand of Evelyn’s hair to locate the danger in Backlund’s North District. The chapter ended with Alice unsure how to save Evelyn, as her divination failed.

• Alice suspected that Mercury Serpent had noticed her because of the Beyonder Characteristic she had swallowed or the disturbance she had caused in the River of Fate.
• Alice dreamed that Evelyn Greenland froze in terror as a huge dog approached her on a dark street.
• Alice learned from Mrs. Greenland that Evelyn was away and would sleep at her aunt’s house that night, and she suspected the dream’s danger would occur that evening.
• Alice searched her home for one of Evelyn’s hairs and used it to confirm that the danger was in Backlund’s North District.
• Alice considered preventing Evelyn from going out but failed to divine a clearer answer with a coin.

Alice followed Evelyn after suspecting someone had tampered with her fate, hoping to protect her from a looming disaster. When a Demon Hound attacked them, Alice confronted it as Evelyn fled toward the Church of Evernight, and Alice experienced a strange slowing of time accompanied by a distant rumble.

• Alice disguised herself and traveled to Cherwood District to find Evelyn, confirming that a novice had tampered with Evelyn's fate as a warning to her.
• Alice followed Evelyn through the evening streets, keeping her identity hidden and staying back when Evelyn grew uneasy.
• Evelyn spotted a Demon Hound and ran, knocking Alice down as the creature attacked them.
• Alice pressed Evelyn aside and evaded the Demon Hound's claws, then told Evelyn to run to the Church of Evernight.
• As Alice faced the Demon Hound, its movements appeared to slow into clear frames, and a distant rumble sounded again.

Alice rescued Evelyn from a Demon Hound, which fled before attacking her, and investigators later connected it to a serial murder case. Alice’s divination then showed Charlie King crossing paths with Evelyn, leading her to suspect he had advanced to Sequence 5 as a Winner.

• The Demon Hound abruptly stopped its pounce and Ran Away, and Alice told Evelyn to seek help at the Church of Evernight.
• Alice checked Evelyn’s injuries, explained that she used to be with the Church, and left without accompanying her.
• Investigators discussed Evelyn’s clue that the serial-murdering “Devil” was a dog and wondered why it had sensed danger from Alice.
• At an inn, Alice wrote down the person affecting Evelyn’s Fate and struggled to restrain her Desire for Destruction.
• Alice divined that Evelyn would bump into Charlie King and suspected he had become a Sequence 5 Winner capable of giving others bad luck.

Alice saw a vision of Klein killing Lanlus and arranging Tarot Cards around his corpse, then joined Klein in the sewers to witness Lanlus’s arrival. As Klein attacked, Alice stopped time to examine the moment, leaving the confrontation suspended.

• Alice saw visions of Lanlus fleeing through the sewers and Klein standing over his headless corpse beneath a spread of Tarot Cards.
• Alice told Klein to place the Wheel of Fortune and The Fool cards at the center of the scene, but a terrifying divine aura interrupted them.
• Alice and Klein entered the sewers, where she asked him to draw Lanlus’s attention while she confirmed something.
• Lanlus appeared, and Klein threw a Tarot Card that made him lean backward.
• Alice paused time as Lanlus dodged, observing the moment in a state similar to the one she had experienced with a Demon Hound.

Alice killed Lanlus after using her visions of possible outcomes to predict his movements, and she and Klein escaped with a mysterious gathering badge. Above the Gray Fog, Alice revealed that she had an ability resembling Klein’s and asked him to help her kill Charlie King, whom she intended to use as the main ingredient for her Sequence 5 potion.

• Alice shot Lanlus along his likely escape paths, then emptied her revolver into his head after he fell.
• Klein searched Lanlus’s belongings while Alice recovered her Tarot Cards, and they arranged the cards around his corpse before the Nighthawks arrived.
• Alice and Klein left before Lanlus’s Beyonder Characteristic could precipitate, taking only a badge inscribed with an invitation to join a gathering.
• Above the Gray Fog, Alice showed Klein the disturbing vision she had seen on Lanlus and said she had an ability similar to his.
• Alice told Klein that Charlie King had threatened her and asked him to help kill Charlie, who had reached Sequence 5 and could become her potion ingredient.

Audrey learned that Lanlus’s body had been marked with Tarot Cards, while the Tarot Club discussed the suffering of Backlund’s poor and arranged a private conversation about Alice and Alger’s secret code. The chapter ended with Alice preparing to explain that only people from her era could answer it.

• Glaint told Audrey that Lanlus had died with the Wheel of Fortune and The Fool cards placed on his body, and Audrey realized a Tarot Club member had done it.
• At the Tarot Club meeting, Audrey praised the completed task, and Klein reflected on how Backlund’s poverty made the city fertile ground for evil gods.
• The World described the harsh conditions faced by workers and families in Backlund, shocking Audrey and prompting Alice to recognize how little she understood about the era’s poor.
• Alger submitted the final page of Roselle’s Diary, and Klein invited the members to converse freely.
• Alice asked Klein for a private conversation and told Alger that their secret code could only be answered by someone from her era.

At the Tarot Club gathering, Alice taught Alger a Mandarin secret code, while the World sought materials and offered a rare Sun Pathway formula in trade. The chapter left Alger preparing to compare Top Sequence secrets with the World under Mr. Fool’s judgment.

• Alice taught Alger the secret code, and they agreed on a time and place.
• Derrick told the World he had earned enough merit to advance to Sequence 8 and planned to obtain materials for their trade.
• Alger reported that a major pirate gathering would soon take place on the Sonia Sea, where the requested materials might be available.
• The World offered an incomplete Sequence 4 Unshadowed Potion Formula for the materials and additional payment, but Alger refused it.
• The World proposed trading Top Sequence secrets instead, and Mr. Fool agreed to compare them and judge their value.