Chapter Summaries

Klein received the Holy Scripture of Light, which Alice had commissioned the Sun to write, and questioned her about its claims concerning the Goddess, Fate, and the Apocalypse. Alice told him to be careful and revealed that her scripture described her as the Original Creator's child, leaving Klein to ponder how much of her talk about Fate was belief and how much was an excuse.

• Klein read the Holy Scripture of Light and learned that Alice had supplied the ideas while the Sun wrote it.
• Alice explained that the scripture presented her as the Goddess's Blessed and foretold that she would appear at the Apocalypse to bring hope and light.
• Klein asked how the Apocalypse would happen, and Alice said not to worry while warning him to be careful and asking about the Abraham family member studying Mysticism Knowledge.
• Alice claimed that the Gods could be considered her mothers because she was the Original Creator's child, then fell silent over whether the Goddess would accept that claim.
• Klein asked Alice how she regarded Fate, and she answered with a saying about twitching eyes and superstition.

Klein discussed Zaratul’s possible plans with Alice while continuing preparations for their anticipated confrontation. Alice then contacted Verdu Abraham in a dream, revealed herself as Miss Fortune, and offered to help him save his ancestor if he prayed to her.

• Klein and Alice discussed her Honorific Name and whether she should protect Zaratul, but Klein stopped her from getting involved.
• Klein checked his Marionettes in Utopia and reviewed the preparations he had made over six months to face Zaratul.
• Alice watched Verdu’s peaceful life in Bayam and decided to send him a dream, while also checking on Fors and finding her uninterested in advancing.
• In the dream, Verdu found a strange die and saw Alice’s immense form, which caused his skin to peel until his thoughts eased the pain.
• Alice appeared as Miss Fortune, offered to help Verdu save his ancestor if he prayed to her, and left him pondering why she had contacted him.

Klein used Restart to defeat Zaratul and began considering how to deal with Verdu Abraham and the danger posed by the Fallen Mother God's corruption. He then discussed his deification ritual with Alice, leaving her suspicious that he might already have fooled her.

• Verdu Abraham chose not to pray to Miss Fortune, while Alice turned her attention to Klein after sensing that something had happened to him.
• Klein revealed that he had used Restart to overcome a crisis and suppress Zaratul, then extracted Zaratul's Mystery Attendant Beyonder Characteristic.
• Klein and Alice discussed protecting Verdu and realized that interfering with Mr. Door's corruption might alert the Fallen Mother God and threaten the barrier.
• Alice suggested sending Verdu with the First Blasphemy Slate to save Mr. Door, but Klein objected and turned the conversation to his deification ritual.
• Klein asked whether fooling Alice would count as fooling fate, and Alice grew suspicious that he had already deceived her.

Klein advanced to Sequence 1 Mystery Attendant after Utopia was destroyed by a tsunami, and discovered that Amon and Zaratul were still present among the forces connected to Castle of Origin. He planned to retrieve water from the River of Eternal Darkness for the Goddess, but Alice insisted she needed to be born first.

• Alice questioned whether Klein was deceiving her about his ritual, and he denied it while discussing the dangers of accommodating Uniqueness and becoming a god.
• Klein told Alice he had considered using the Mystery Attendant Beyonder Characteristic to revive the Lord of Mysteries, but Alice warned him that it would leave his true-body problem unsolved.
• Klein asked Alger to watch Verdu Abraham, who remained in Bayam and appeared to be investigating traces of Alice.
• Klein focused on Utopia until a tsunami destroyed the city, then drank the Mystery Attendant potion amid its ruins.
• Klein reconstructed himself through Utopia's Spirit World projections and became a Sequence 1 Mystery Attendant, sensing Amon and the not-quite-dead Zaratul through Castle of Origin.
• Klein told Alice he intended to retrieve water from the River of Eternal Darkness for the Goddess, and Alice said she needed to be born before he went.

After advancing to Sequence 1, Klein discussed the River of Eternal Darkness and his new abilities with Alice, then prepared to travel there. He obtained a bird-shaped gold ornament from the Goddess of the Night and was left asking who would care for Alice after he gave birth to her.

• Alice warned Klein that deaths could leave traces in the River of Eternal Darkness, and Klein asked about her name and his advancement.
• Klein described his Sequence 1 abilities, while Alice reminded him that Amon had a powerful father and realized she had left potion knowledge and abilities incomplete.
• Alice disappeared to alter the knowledge and abilities, and Klein spent two days stabilizing his advancement before visiting St. Samuel's Church.
• Klein told the Goddess of the Night that he was ready to go to the River of Eternal Darkness and needed to give birth to Alice first.
• Klein performed the Ritual of Bestowal at an inn and received a bird-shaped gold ornament associated with the River of Eternal Darkness.
• Alice said she had molded a face and asked Klein to give birth to her before his journey, and Klein wondered who would look after her afterward.

Klein arranged for Alice to live as an infant under the Moretti name at Meager Manor, with Audrey overseeing her care. Audrey began to suspect that Alice’s surname was meant to hint at Klein’s connection to Melissa Moretti.

• Alice asked Klein for a caregiver who did not know her true identity, and Klein proposed presenting her as a Holy Maiden and his own child of God.
• Klein brought the infant Alice to Audrey and explained that he wanted her to be treated as an ordinary child, giving her the name Alice Moretti.
• Audrey took Alice to Meager Manor, where they left her in the care of the household staff.
• Klein told Audrey he was going to retrieve something, then described how Alice might use crying to get ice cream and win Audrey’s favor.
• Audrey connected Alice’s Moretti surname to Melissa Moretti and asked Klein whether he still remembered Melissa.

Audrey struggled to suppress her suspicions about Mr. World and his connection to Melissa Moretti, while Klein advised her on her conflict with her family and departed for the River of Eternal Darkness. After Klein entrusted Alice to Audrey’s care, Audrey reconsidered her fear of investigating the truth and decided to visit Melissa.

• Audrey questioned Dwayne Dantès about the Moretti surname and his interest in Melissa and Benson, then discussed the corruption of divinity and her difficulty relating to her family.
• Klein revealed that Melissa Moretti was his family and suggested Audrey might use her virtual personalities to form independent identities, perhaps seeking help from Miss Fortune later.
• Klein disappeared from Backlund, then returned from the Forsaken Land of the Gods and entrusted his businesses and Alice to Audrey, who arranged for Alice to be cared for at Meager Manor.
• Alice settled into life at Meager Manor while considering Will Auceptin’s fate and learning that the Evernight Goddess had sent his child to a Church school.
• Audrey asked after Melissa and decided to visit her, then told Susie she feared her curiosity would overcome her Psychological Suggestion.
• Susie said she was only a dog, prompting Audrey to consider that discovering the truth might not harm her and that she could simply forget it; the fear within her heart finally dissolved.

Klein spoke with the Goddess of the Night about her support, his choices ahead, and the ring tied to Alice and Amon. He then met Amon in the Ruins of the Divine War, where their banter revealed that the Error Uniqueness and Worm of Time characteristics were in the Land Abandoned by God, and Amon suspected Klein wanted to marry him.

• The Goddess of the Night explained that she had helped Klein partly because he carried the mark of their shared past, and told him he could choose whether to pursue becoming an Old Days.
• Klein discussed Alice's ring with the Goddess, learned Amon had shattered the original Rose's Oath rings, and agreed to pray to Her after meeting Amon.
• Klein wrote a letter to Mr. Azik and traveled to the golden sea in the Ruins of the Divine War to meet Amon.
• Klein teased Amon about his Monocle and the stories Alice had shown him, claiming they said Amon married him and they had 108 children.
• Amon denied having the Error Uniqueness or Worm of Time characteristics, but Klein stole the answer from his thoughts and learned they were in the Land Abandoned by God.
• Amon wondered whether Klein had come for a Deification Ritual and asked whether he really wanted to marry him.

Klein and Amon discussed using a supposed marriage proposal to fool Alice, and Klein accepted an invitation from the unseen master behind the barrier. Meanwhile, Audrey questioned baby Alice about her names and the Moretti family, and Alice left her wondering who her father was.

• Klein agreed to let Amon believe he wanted Alice to think they had married, while Amon offered to cooperate with his plan.
• Amon asked whether he could become the Angel of Time beneath Klein, then arranged for Klein to speak with the master of the place.
• At Dwayne Dantès's manor, maids Anna and Vanessa discussed the mysterious baby Alice while caring for her.
• Audrey asked Alice whether she had known Emperor Roselle, and Alice teased her instead of answering.
• Alice discussed the Moretti family and explained that Klein was her mother, then asked Audrey whether she had wondered who her father was.

Alice teased Audrey about Mr. World and Mr. Fool, then confronted Grischa Adam after joining Klein in a church. Grischa showed them the Second Blasphemy Slate, and Alice began asking about the Witch pathway's Deification Ritual.

• Alice startled Audrey by joking that Mr. World and Mr. Fool had a child, then compared Sasrir's connection to the Ancient Sun God to that of a child.
• Alice went to Grischa Adam's church, where Klein had been invited, and changed her appearance before speaking with Him.
• Grischa Adam told Klein that the Error Uniqueness and Worm of Time Beyonder Characteristic could not be given to him yet, and discussed possible help from Evernight regarding the Door pathway.
• Grischa Adam revealed the Second Blasphemy Slate, and Alice and Klein read its pathway formulas and sequences.
• Alice asked whether Grischa Adam had avoided accommodating adjacent pathways first because Primordial had awakened within him.
• Alice recalled the Witch pathway's ritual of enduring the Chaos Sea's corruption and began asking Grischa Adam about it.

Alice and Klein questioned Grischa Adam about his identities, the origins of his deception, and the nature of Sefirah and Old Days. Grischa Adam revealed that he had called himself Adam from the beginning and explained how the Fallen Mother God had lost the Mother Nest.

• Alice nervously asked Grischa Adam whether he had completed the Witch pathway's Deification Ritual, and he teased her with a thought she had tried to hide.
• Klein asked whether Adam had ever existed, and Grischa Adam explained how a Dream Weaver could separate genuine Sequence 1 Characteristics and use imagined ones to maintain his status.
• Grischa Adam said Alice's unusual existence might reflect traits beyond good luck, then explained that he had posed as a fanatic seeking his father's revival and had named himself Adam when he first left the Chaos Sea.
• Alice suspected Grischa Adam had believed himself to be God's son or had been influenced by the Sun pathway, but he denied both; he also said Medici's survival as an Evil Spirit had been a necessary sacrifice.
• Klein asked about Outer Gods and their Sefirah, and Alice recounted what the Seven Lights had told her about the Pillars' symbols; Grischa Adam explained that authorities alone did not determine an Old Day's strength.
• Grischa Adam said the Fallen Mother God had only one Sefirah, the Mother Nest, and that Sefirah could restore themselves after being split; Alice realized they could not tear them apart at will.

Alice questioned Grischa Adam about the Fourth Pillar, the Dark Angel Sasrir, and his missing right hand, while Klein visited Amon and learned how he survived the Lord of Mysteries' revival. Later, Klein and Alice discussed Alice's misleading explanation of the relationship between The Fool and The World, and Alice decided to ask her Lord about her scripture request.

• Grischa Adam explained that the River of Eternal Darkness and the City of Calamity formed the Fourth Pillar, and that Sleepless could switch to Witch but could not become an Old One without separating previously absorbed Beyonder Characteristics.
• Alice asked Grischa Adam why Sasrir was called his left hand and why he had no right hand, then Audrey escorted Alice away from their conversation.
• Klein found Amon on the sea above the Ruins of the Divine War, confirmed Amon had not parasitized him, and learned that Amon survived because one of his avatars was inside the Chaos Sea.
• Klein told Alice that Amon had changed and had asked to become the Angel of Time under him, and Alice remembered that she had kicked the surviving avatar into the Chaos Sea.
• Alice told Klein that she had suggested to Audrey that The World was The Fool's other half, and Klein warned her to avoid misleading people about their relationship.
• Alice decided to explain her scripture request to her Lord and ask him to discuss it with Evernight, while Klein planned to seek Antigonus for the remaining Mystery Attendant Beyonder Characteristic and The Fool's Uniqueness.

Alice struggled to accept that Klein seemed to have developed feelings for Amon after he brought her an ice cream truck and revealed the ring Amon had given him. Klein left Alice alone to process the shock, while their relationship with Amon remained unresolved.

• Klein became a King of Angels after accommodating a second Mystery Attendant Beyonder Characteristic, then visited Hermes with Audrey.
• Hermes helped separate Audrey’s innocent young personality from her, and both versions continued visiting Alice.
• Klein told Alice he planned to visit the main peak of the Hornacis Mountain Range and promised to bring her fresh ice cream.
• Klein arrived with an ice cream truck and a sapphire ring on his left middle finger, which Alice recognized as one half of Rose’s Oath.
• Alice learned that Amon had given Klein the ring and that Klein knew its name and side effect, but Klein said the ring’s effect could not influence him.
• Klein called Amon cute and suggested she might become Alice’s stepmother, prompting Alice to order him to leave.

Klein laughed over Alice’s reaction to his supposed relationship with Amon, then went to St. Samuel's Church before heading for the Main Peak of the Hornacis Mountain Range. Alice confided in Audrey, only to realize that Klein had used their conversation to complete his Fooling Fate ritual and reclaim his power, leaving Audrey stunned.

• Klein laughed in the Castle of Origin after recalling Alice’s reaction to his and Amon’s supposed romance, then reported at St. Samuel's Church that he would soon go to the Main Peak of the Hornacis Mountain Range.
• Alice summoned Audrey and complained that Klein and Amon were together, while Audrey struggled to process the revelation and tried to comfort her.
• Alice told Audrey she had warned Klein through a prophecy, and she admitted that Klein had already put on an engagement ring.
• After Alice fell asleep and later woke, she noticed everyone around her had stopped thinking normally and realized Klein had become the Fool.
• Alice concluded that Klein had fooled Fate as part of his Deification Ritual, then told Audrey that he had completed his resurrection and reclaimed all his power.

After becoming the Fool, Klein faced Alice’s anger over hiding his Deification Ritual, and they reconciled enough to plan their next steps together. The Evernight Goddess explained Mr. Door’s imprisonment and the dangers of bringing him back, so Klein asked Alice to help investigate in the Forsaken Land of the Gods.

• Alice hypnotized Audrey to make her forget what had happened, then sent a wave of doom toward Will Smith to vent her anger at Klein.
• Klein went to Meager Manor, where Alice transformed into a serpent and restrained him before he apologized and tried to appease her.
• Alice accepted Klein’s apology after making him change into an anime-style girl, then convinced him to name the Church of the Fool’s combat squads the Fatui and their senior teams the Harbingers.
• Klein agreed to help Alice persuade the Goddess and the Goddess in the Forsaken Land of the Gods, then asked the Evernight Goddess about Mr. Door.
• The Evernight Goddess told Klein that she and the Storm God had sealed Mr. Door away after the Mother Goddess of Depravity corrupted him, and warned that his return ritual required blocking the entrance against her descent.
• Klein asked Alice to help prepare for Mr. Door’s return without using her Divine Kingdom, and suggested they visit the Forsaken Land of the Gods before asking whether Storm knew who had stolen the Donation Box.

Alice and Klein discussed the danger of killing the three traitorous gods while the barrier against the Outer Gods remained vulnerable. Klein later revealed that he had trapped them in their Divine Kingdoms and had met Grischa over vodka, leaving Alice to go speak with him about borrowing the first Blasphemy Slate.

• Klein and Alice waited for a man to emerge from the Cross in the Land Abandoned by God, and Alice received a message telling Klein to seek the three Pathways the man still lacked.
• Alice warned Klein that killing Storm, Wisdom, and the Sun could weaken the barrier, since no one had filled the vacancy left by the God of Combat.
• Klein reassured Alice that he would not risk confronting the Outer Gods while he and God were still vulnerable, and Alice left him to help his father-in-law.
• Alice returned to Meager Manor, and later asked Klein why he seemed so familiar with Grischa.
• Klein explained that he and Grischa had bonded over vodka, and that Grischa wanted Alice to visit and discuss borrowing the first Blasphemy Slate.
• Alice complained that Grischa might invite her to drink, while Klein offered to make a substitute for her meeting.

Alice received the first Blasphemy Slate from Grischa Adam and agreed to investigate whether the Primordial had awakened within Pure White. She then helped Klein prepare a ritual to recall Mr. Door, which opened an illusory door and drew a voice from the darkness.

• Alice visited Grischa Adam, received the first Blasphemy Slate, and was asked to look into Pure White’s past and future in the Astral World.
• Grischa Adam explained that he suspected the Primordial had awakened within Pure White, and Alice agreed to investigate.
• Alice and Klein secretly planned a ritual to recall Mr. Door, with Alice arranging to use blood from ninety-nine Abraham Family Beyonders.
• Verdu Abraham brought the ritual plan to the Abraham Family, who sought confirmation from The Fool and prepared the required materials and ice cream.
• Alice used the Abrahams’ blood to draw Mr. Door’s symbol, opening an illusory door as a confused voice called out from beyond it.

Alice stopped Bethel Abraham from returning to reality, collected the Door pathway Beyonder Characteristics, and met Amon in Grischa Adam’s Divine Kingdom. Amon gave Alice his keepsake and departed to search the Cosmos, while Alice prepared to visit the Astral World with Grischa Adam.

• Alice used the first Blasphemy Slate and the True Gods’ help to force back the Crimson Veil and close the Door, leaving Bethel Abraham’s Door pathway Beyonder Characteristics behind.
• Alice collected the characteristics and brought the Blasphemy Slate to Grischa Adam’s Divine Kingdom, where she found Amon.
• Alice gave Amon a monocle made from a gift left by the former Key of Light, and Amon returned the Mythical Creature Blood he had kept as a key to deceiving Fate.
• Amon told Alice he was leaving to search the Cosmos, accepted her blessing, and left her his own monocle as a keepsake.
• Alice asked Grischa Adam to accompany her to the Astral World to check on Pure White, admitting she feared the Fallen Mother God.

Alice visited the Astral World with Grischa Adam, learned that he had deterred the Outer Gods, and discussed the strange Witch Pathway ritual. After making a bargain with Grischa Adam and examining the Eternal Blazing Sun’s fate, Alice returned to questions about her church and Ouroboros.

• Grischa Adam took Alice to the Astral World and explained that he had used his power to deter the Outer Gods while her father was unable to appear before them.
• Alice questioned Grischa Adam about the Witch Pathway’s deification ritual, and he offered to take her to see his failed experiments after she agreed to help in exchange for a future request.
• Grischa Adam asked Alice to return Bethel’s Uniqueness and Beyonder Characteristics to the Abraham Family, and Alice asked to use them to bargain for ice cream.
• Alice examined the Eternal Blazing Sun’s fate through his Divine Kingdom but saw no solution, and Grischa Adam outlined a path for her father to accommodate the Door and Error Pathways.
• Grischa Adam asked whether Alice wanted Ouroboros as the pope of her church, and Alice questioned what benefit there was in bringing him to her side.

Alice agreed to let Ouroboros come to her as a potential pope, while Grischa Adam and Klein discussed Alice’s strange prophecies and the arrival of people from the Western Continent. Alice gave Klein the Door Uniqueness, the Key of Stars, and a Monocle from Amon, then told him Ouroboros had asked to serve her because he believed Fate guided him.

• Alice accepted Ouroboros’s request to become her pope, though she said she might not keep him and preferred to cultivate her own Beyonders.
• Grischa Adam returned Alice to Klein and asked how Klein had first devised a way to fool Fate; their conversation exposed Alice’s imagined image of Grischa as her father.
• Klein said he planned to contact people in the Western Continent and bring more of them down, and Alice eagerly offered to recruit them into her faith.
• Alice gave Klein a pile of gems for the Abraham Family, the Door Uniqueness, and the Key of Stars, then showed him a Monocle that Amon had claimed was their token of love.
• Alice explained that Grischa had told her Storm, Pure White, and Ouroboros had once followed him from their weak beginnings, leaving Klein to remark that two had betrayed Grischa and the last was preparing to do so.