Vol. 5Fate and Will’s Birth

Alice returned from the Forsaken Land, became a Misfortune Mage, and confronted her past while investigating Amon, Mr. Door, and Will Auceptin. Will escaped during his birth, Aaron’s child was stillborn, and the churches began investigating the strange effects spreading through the city.

  • Alice entered the Forsaken Land, claimed to be Ouroboros, and escaped his Sanctuary after seeing a dream of a white Great Serpent swallowing her.
  • Amon caught Alice, but she fled through the land’s chaotic power and emerged before Moon City’s residents.
  • Klein returned Alice’s body from the Forsaken Land, and she became a Misfortune Mage after returning to Backlund.
  • Alice returned to Tingen, visited her and Klein Moretti’s graves, proved her identity to Dunn, and asked to do her team entry mission.
  • Alice opened 0-34, saw its Quill Pen depict her shared dream, and arranged for the Church of Evernight to store the artifact.
  • Alice learned Hazel’s teacher was a Marauder Demigod, warned her about the Monocle, and heard Aaron describe Velma’s dream of Will’s premature birth.
  • Alice confronted Rejoice in Aulavy for his Chaos Walker characteristic, and his loss of control and death taught her how to obtain prophecy fragments.
  • Will escaped during Velma’s labor after Allen recited an Honorific Name, and Alice stopped the doctor from spilling his Mythical Creature Blood.
Chapters 408–513 Read from Ch. 408

Arc 17Fate in the Forsaken Land

Alice entered the Forsaken Land of the Gods, encountered Ouroboros and the City of Silver, and was thrown through the gray fog to Moon City after fleeing Amon. She reunited with Klein Above the Gray Fog, then continued exploring the land while Klein considered returning to Backlund and Amon reappeared from a coffin.

  • Alice entered the Forsaken Land of the Gods and claimed to be Ouroboros before the City of Silver's Exploration Team, but the real Ouroboros appeared and told her to come with him.
  • Alice followed Ouroboros to the Sanctuary, saw a dream of a white Great Serpent swallowing her, and escaped before he could take her further.
  • Alice reunited with Leomaster and the City of Silver explorers, discussed their discoveries in Afternoon Town, and learned that the Giant King's Court might hold a way out of the land.
  • Klein lent Anderson a luck-accumulating monocle, while Alice visited Ouroboros's Sanctuary and refused to pray to the True Creator for help using its murals.
  • Amon caught Alice and offered to take her anywhere in exchange for something, so she fled into the chaotic power of the land and emerged before Moon City's residents.
  • Alice met Klein Above the Gray Fog, told him about Amon and the Western Continent, and agreed to help spread the Fool's faith among Moon City residents when necessary.
  • Alice foretold a miracle for Moon City, refused its Sealed Artifact, and later told Klein that Bernadette had given him the Wheel of Fortune Card of Blasphemy as he considered returning to Backlund.
  • Alice found a coffin while exploring, fled from a hand that grabbed her ankle, and discovered Amon among the Worms of Time inside it.
Chapters 408–43325 summaries Read

Arc 18Alice Returns to Tingen

Alice became a Misfortune Mage, returned to Tingen City to face her past, and offered Ademisaul a chance to become a Beyonder. As she settled into her role with the Church of Evernight, she and Klein investigated Roselle’s writings and considered the mysteries surrounding the Apocalypse and Amon.

  • Amon let Alice go, and Alice told the Tarot Club that Bernadette might become her mother in a future life before deciding to ask Evernight instead.
  • The Tarot Club discussed the City of Silver, the Western Continent’s seal, and Alice’s ties to the fate of the world, while she asked the Chief to help return her body if Ouroboros would not.
  • Klein returned Alice’s body from the Forsaken Land of the Gods and gave her a Notary’s contract for a messenger, after which she returned to Backlund and became a Misfortune Mage.
  • Alice captured an intruder, introduced herself as Briel Rose, and was arrested over unpaid rent before Archbishop Anthony invited her to St. Samuel’s Church.
  • A Rose School Demigod attacked Klein, and Alice killed him before Klein made the nearby Vengeful Spirit Sennior his Marionette.
  • Alice returned to Tingen City, visited her own and Klein Moretti’s graves, proved her identity to Dunn, and asked to do her team entry mission.
  • Alice offered Ademisaul a chance to become a Lucky One, Calamity Star, or Winner, then prayed for Evernight to become her mother and received a questioning refusal.
  • At the Tarot Club, Alice discussed her possible role as a Saint of the Church of Evernight, and she later read Roselle’s diary with Klein and identified Amon as the friendly King of Angels she knew.
Chapters 434–46025 summaries Read

Arc 19The Saint and the Monocle

Alice pursued her role as a Misfortune Mage while investigating 0-34, Mr. Door’s ravings, and the danger surrounding Will Auceptin. She uncovered Hazel Macht’s link to a Marauder Demigod and ended the arc anticipating Will’s premature birth.

  • Alice reclaimed the Monocle from Anderson, joked that she was Amon, and learned from Klein that explicitly claiming the identity might have drawn Amon’s attention.
  • Alice opened 0-34 and saw its Quill Pen paint a scene from her shared dream, then burned the image and arranged for the Church of Evernight to store the artifact.
  • Alice met Leonard, revealed that she had been Briel Rose, and told him to ask the Fool questions through her Star card.
  • At the Tarot Club, Alice warned Cattleya that Mr. Door’s apparent plea for help could draw a threat from the moon, and Klein showed Alice Roselle’s diary.
  • Alice contracted a seven-colored crow as her messenger Caw-Caw and traded plans with Klein to exchange the Puppet’s Beyonder Characteristic for Backlund Bicycle Company shares.
  • Alice saw Mori Macht and Liana as rats wearing monocles, warned Bishop Electra about Will inside Velma, and later witnessed Velma give birth before she lost consciousness and awoke.
  • Alice visited Hazel Macht, reversed the injury caused by Hazel’s necklace, and warned her about an approaching High-Sequence conflict before following her into the sewers.
  • Alice learned Hazel’s teacher was a Marauder Demigod, warned Hazel about the Monocle, and then heard Aaron describe Velma’s dream of Will’s premature birth as she wondered whether she could obtain the blood.
Chapters 461–48725 summaries Read

Arc 20Will Auceptin’s Birth

Alice sought the Chaos Walker characteristic needed for her potion while trying to steer events around Will Auceptin’s birth. Will escaped during Velma’s delivery, leaving Aaron’s baby stillborn and several women affected by the unfolding events.

  • At Councilman Mori Macht’s ball, Alice met Flora Jacob, a weakened demigod hiding in a mouse, and warned Klein that Hazel Macht was searching for a Jacob family treasure.
  • At the Tarot Club, Alice said she needed a Fragment of Prophecy for her Chaos Walker potion, then found Rejoice in Aulavy and demanded his Chaos Walker characteristic.
  • Alice’s encounter with Rejoice ended with his loss of control and death, and Arrodes explained that she needed to destroy a prophecy’s carrier to obtain its fragments.
  • Alice learned Roselle’s warning about adjacent Pathways and told Klein that the Diviner Pathway’s Sequence 0 was the Fool, while she investigated the Honorific Name Selina had used in her mirror divination.
  • Alice recited Ouroboros’s Honorific Name in Aaron’s dream and helped him learn it, while agreeing with Archbishop Anthony not to make Ouroboros and Will fight in the city.
  • As Velma went into labor, Allen recited an Honorific Name that drew Ouroboros’s attention, and Alice stopped the doctor from spilling Will Auceptin’s Mythical Creature Blood after Will escaped.
  • Alice carried away the blood in a temporary container, while Aaron later learned that Velma was safe but their baby had been stillborn.
  • Hazel fainted at Dwayne Dantès’s ball and Winifred Grigori began bleeding from her eyes, prompting the Church of Evernight to contact the other churches as Alice failed to divine Will’s whereabouts.
Chapters 488–51325 summaries Read
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