Chapter Summaries

Alice’s memories of chopsticks led the Tarot Club to discuss the Western Continent and elves before Alger assigned a search for the Wind Blessed Potion Formula. Derrick then asked for advice about exploring the underground section of a temple linked to the Fallen Creator, and the chapter ended as he described its age, murals, and connection to Redemption Rose.

• Alice showed the Tarot Club an image of chopsticks, and Alger identified them as utensils used by elves on the Western Continent.
• Alice explained how to use chopsticks, first giving Audrey a confusing explanation of their leverage principle and then demonstrating how they picked up food.
• Alger asked the Tarot Club members to help collect the Wind Blessed Potion Formula in exchange for satisfying rewards.
• Derrick told the Tarot Club that Elder Lovia would lead an upcoming expedition into the underground section of a Semi-Destroyed Temple linked to the Fallen Creator, and Alice solemnly told him to run.
• Alger said the group needed more information before it could advise Derrick, who described the temple’s murals, its ancient age, and the inscription “Redemption Rose.”

Alger helped Derrick find a way to avoid joining an expedition led by Shepherd Lovia, then persuaded him to accept the risk so he could protect the City of Silver. During the Tarot Club’s free chat, Alice asked Audrey about Viscount Glaint but withdrew when Audrey tried to probe her.

• Alice, Alger, and Audrey warned Derrick that the expedition to the True Creator’s temple was dangerous because Shepherd Lovia would lead it.
• Alger suggested that Derrick feign signs of losing control, but Derrick hesitated because he did not want to deceive the elders and believed others would go in his place.
• Alger asked Derrick whether Lovia might harm the City of Silver, and Derrick admitted that he thought she might before agreeing to take part in the mission.
• World requested a private conversation with Derrick to discuss a possible trade, and the Tarot Club later moved into free chat.
• Alice asked Audrey whether she knew Viscount Glaint, then denied being curious when Audrey tried to find out why.

Fors discovered that Bernadette was searching Backlund for followers of the Fool, while Klein reassured her and arranged a cash transaction for a Sun-domain Extraordinary Item. Alice later encountered Lady Daly, whose apparent misfortune culminated in a carriage crash, and realized she seemed to be fleeing an unknown pursuer.

• Fors saw a notice seeking followers and organizations of the Fool at Mr. A's gathering, then reported it to Mr. Fool and asked him to pass along news of a Sun-domain Extraordinary Item to The World.
• Klein recognized Bernadette's search, reassured Fors, and arranged for The World to make the purchase in cash rather than become a follower of the Sun.
• Alice learned that Bernadette had begun searching for the Church of The Fool in Backlund and wondered how she would react to discovering that it did not exist.
• Alice met Lady Daly at an ice cream stall, recommended a flavor, and watched her narrowly avoid a falling rack before following her carriage.
• The carriage crashed after turning into an alley, and Alice later concluded that Lady Daly seemed exhausted from fleeing an unknown pursuer.

Alice investigated why the owner of the Fortune Accessory had stopped attending the Bravehearts Bar gatherings and discovered that its three-month resale deadline had passed. Uneasy that she might know the owner, she dreamed of the place they first met and found herself at a Backlund dock, where a boy offered to guide her.

• Alice considered investigating the unknown existence but decided it was too dangerous, then prayed for the ice-cream stall owner and coachman.
• Alice attended Mr. Eye of Wisdom's gathering but did not see the Fortune Accessory's owner and used a coin divination to check whether it had been sold.
• Alice entered a dream and recalled the owner's warning that the accessory had to be resold within three months or its owner would lose all their wealth.
• Alice suspected the accessory's expired negative effect might endanger someone she knew, but divining Evelyn Greenland did not ease her unease.
• Alice dreamed of the place where she first met the owner and found herself at a Backlund dock, where a boy offered to be her guide.

Alice identified Charlie King as the owner of the Fortune Accessory and realized its side effect might threaten his life. Charlie planned to expose Alice’s survival to the Church of Evernight, while Alice attended a Literary Salon unaware of his plan.

• Alice connected the Fortune Accessory’s side effect and a coin landing on the King's Side to Charlie King, then wondered what counted as wealth.
• Charlie King recalled obtaining the ingredients for Sequence 5 and feared the Fortune Accessory’s deadline would cost him everything, possibly his life.
• Charlie King decided to leak the news that Alice was alive to the Church of Evernight.
• Alice arrived at Viscount Glaint’s Literary Salon and went to meet the host.

At Viscount Glaint’s banquet, Alice discovered that Audrey’s golden retriever Susie was a Beyonder and teased Audrey by showing she knew. In private, Alice introduced herself to Audrey as Fate, explaining that Briel Rose was both her pen name and her current name.

• Alice spotted Viscount Glaint, realized he was a Beyonder, and began observing the guests from a quiet corner.
• Alice approached Susie, recognized her as a Spectator, and wondered with her whether she could eat chocolate.
• Audrey joined them and confirmed that Susie was her dog, while Susie showed that she wanted Alice to pet her.
• Alice questioned Susie about human food and teased Audrey by calling her Miss Justice, making Audrey realize Alice had recognized her identity.
• Audrey invited Alice to speak privately, and Alice told her she was Fate and that Briel Rose was both her pen name and current name.

Audrey questioned Alice about the secrets behind her comic and discovered that Alice had known Mr. Fool before he became Mr. Fool. Alice revealed that she might come from the distant past and had lost most of her memories after being resurrected, leaving Audrey to wonder how someone so childlike could once have been a powerful Beyonder or God.

• Audrey asked Alice about Andre, the sealed Demon King, and the comic’s earlier volumes, and Alice confirmed Andre was the Great Sage while withholding the rest as spoilers.
• Alice accepted another serving of ice cream and admitted she was curious about what banquets in this era looked like, suggesting she came from the distant past.
• Audrey asked whether Alice had known Mr. Fool, and Alice said that when she knew him, he was not yet Mr. Fool.
• Alice told Audrey she had lost most of her memories and thought resurrection might be the cause or that her memories held danger.
• Alice suggested she might have been young even if she had once been a powerful Beyonder or God, and said that Fate could make apparently impossible things happen.

Audrey recalled Alice’s strange encounters with Fate, then hosted her for ice cream and learned firsthand that Alice was a powerful, secretive Beyonder who wanted to live as a human. Alice left after Audrey refused to give her a fifth serving, and the two exchanged addresses so Audrey could invite her to a future party.

• Audrey asked Alice whether Charlie King might die in an unlucky accident, and Alice said she expected Fate to kill him but hoped it would be more creative than making him fall.
• Audrey learned that Alice’s body was around fifteen or sixteen and gave her a third serving of ice cream, despite Viscount Glaint’s concern.
• Alice warned Audrey and Glaint not to tell anyone about her, frightening them with her spiritual pressure before accepting another serving of ice cream.
• Alice told Audrey that she liked living as a human, and Audrey’s awe of her gave way to treating her like a troublesome kid.
• Audrey refused Alice’s request for a fifth serving, exchanged addresses with her, and promised to invite her to a future party.

At the Tarot Club, Derrick asked whether a Mystical Item could detect his attendance, then mentioned Amon, triggering Alice's memories of Amon and Song Shu. Alice identified Amon by his Monocle, and Derrick revealed that an exploration team had encountered someone claiming to be Amon in the Depths of Darkness forty-two years earlier.

• Derrick told the Tarot Club that he had pretended to be sick and asked Mr. Fool whether a Mystical Item could discover his attendance.
• When Derrick mentioned Amon, Alice was overwhelmed by memories of a Monocle-wearing man and a school memory involving Song Shu.
• Alice identified Amon as the Son of the Creator, Blasphemer, Angel of Time, and God of Deceit and Mischief.
• Derrick explained that an exploration team had encountered someone claiming to be Amon in the Depths of Darkness forty-two years earlier, and the survivors had gone mad or lost control.
• Derrick revealed that the sole remaining survivor was imprisoned at the bottom of the Round Tower, next to him.
• Alice remembered Song Shu's advice that someone might survive Amon by piquing his interest, unless he had decided to kill them.

Alice and the Tarot Club members discussed Amon’s possible connection to the City of Silver and the mysterious Amon Family, then turned to exchanges and Fors’s search for a way to make money. The meeting ended with Alice warning the members to report anyone searching for Mr. Fool’s believers and telling Fors that money-making methods were written in the code of law.

• Alice asked Derrick whether the explorers who returned to the City of Silver had really been his original Exploration Team, and suggested they might have been an Exploration Team wearing monocles.
• World and Alger explained that the Amon Family had supported the Tudor Dynasty, was known as a Blasphemer family, and claimed descent from the Ancient Sun God.
• Derrick remembered that the exploration captain had invited Amon to visit the City of Silver and that Amon had agreed before disappearing near the city; Alice warned Derrick that Amon might already live next door.
• After Audrey made a private exchange with Mr. Fool, Alice told the Tarot Club members to report anyone searching for Mr. Fool’s believers, calling it Mr. Fool’s test.
• Fors asked the Tarot Club for ways to make money, and Alice replied that all ways of making money were written in the code of law.

At the Tarot Club, Alice warned Derrick about Amon’s identity and asked Alger for more details about a missing man named Baelen. After Derrick encountered a terrifying Monster in the City of Silver, Amon reacted to Alice’s warning and turned his attention toward Backlund.

• Alger asked the Tarot Club to help find Baelen, a man connected to the colonial slave disappearance case, and offered at least 100 pounds as a reward.
• Derrick returned to the City of Silver and found a split-headed Monster beside his bed; his prayer summoned a man of light who destroyed it, revealing a phantom wearing a Monocle over his right eye.
• Alice sketched Amon from memory and struggled to reconcile his identity with her thoughts about his relationship with Klein.
• Amon, playing cards in the Forsaken Land of the Gods, heard Alice’s warning through Derrick and smiled as he adjusted his Monocle.
• Amon sensed something and looked toward Backlund.

Alice learned that Charlie King had reported her survival to the Church of Evernight, and a Saint in her dream gave her his location. When Alice told Klein that she and Amon had appeared as characters in a book, her attempts to recall its details triggered repeated Spirituality Warnings, leaving her to suspect the book’s title represented forbidden knowledge.

• Alice read Roselle's diary, learned his real name was Huang Tao and that he had transmigrated because of a mysterious Silver Plate, then destroyed the diary.
• Archbishop Saint Anthony prayed beneath St. Samuel Church before returning underground.
• A Saint of the Church of Evernight told Alice that Charlie King had reported her and gave her his location; Alice later prayed to the Goddess.
• Alice woke Klein above the Gray Fog and told him about the Saint, then admitted that her friend Song Shu had said Klein and Amon were characters in a book.
• Alice's attempts to recall the book's title, plot, and setting triggered Spirituality Warnings, and she told Klein the title seemed to represent forbidden knowledge.

Alice and Klein discussed a mysterious book that named Klein as its protagonist, leaving Alice to wonder whether she had been inserted into its story by an unknown existence. After returning to the Real World, Alice remained troubled by the possibility that Fate was guiding Charlie King toward her.

• Klein asked Alice who the protagonist of the mysterious book was, and Alice told him it was Klein.
• Alice recalled that the book was called Lord of Mysteries and wondered whether she had been inserted into it by an unknown existence.
• Klein suggested that Alice might be the protagonist of a changed version of the book, and Alice considered showing him drawings from the Tarot Club before deciding to wait.
• Alice and Klein discussed why Charlie King had tried to report her to the Church of Evernight instead of fleeing or fighting.
• Alice worried that Fate might be leading Charlie King toward her just as it had led others before her, declined Klein's offer of help, and returned to the Real World.

After Alice went out before dawn and found Charlie King’s home, he opened the door after another nightmare about repeated deaths. He invited her inside, while Alice remained confused about why she had come and asked if he had ice cream.

• Alice failed to fall asleep, hired a night coachman, and traveled to Charlie King’s address.
• Charlie King woke from another nightmare in which he repeatedly fled and died, and wondered what Fate wanted him to do.
• Charlie King heard someone at his door and opened it to find Alice crouching outside.
• Charlie King invited Alice inside and offered coffee or black tea.
• Alice entered, closed the door, and asked Charlie King whether he had ice cream.

Alice visited Charlie King, who calmly asked her to choose a less painful way for him to die. After Charlie killed himself, Alice summoned Klein and asked him to keep Charlie’s Beyonder Characteristic.

• Charlie King offered Alice coffee, and she reconsidered whether she could trust him before asking what he wanted.
• Charlie asked Alice to hear his story, explaining his stalled progress on the Fate pathway and his attempt to resist by reporting her to the Church.
• Alice revealed that she was a Blessed of Evernight, and Charlie reflected that Fate was unfair to everyone.
• Charlie pulled a gun from beneath the coffee table and killed himself, leaving a gold coin for Alice to find.
• Alice prayed to the Fool and asked Klein to keep Charlie King’s Beyonder Characteristic for her, and Klein agreed.

After Alice took Charlie King's Fortune Accessory and spirit-channeled his Sequence 5 Potion Formula, she felt a terrifying presence following her through the night. A strange coachman took her home and hinted that they would meet again.

• Alice sacrificed the gold coin, searched Charlie King's body, and took his Fortune Accessory.
• Alice spirit-channeled Charlie King's Potion Formula, then left his home after drinking the cold coffee.
• While walking through the predawn streets, Alice sensed a monster closing in and fled to find a carriage.
• Alice spoke with the coachman about his card-playing hobby and was surprised when the ride ended quickly.
• The coachman said he thought they would meet again, then watched Alice leave and put a monocle over his right eye.

Alice suspected that the coachman who had unsettled her was Amon, then discovered that a Winner Beyonder Characteristic stirred an overwhelming longing in her. After examining the vision it evoked, she wondered whether she was drawn to Fate, whether Fate was drawn to her, or whether they had once been one.

• Alice connected the coachman’s habits and gestures to Amon, then decided to deal with the danger if it came.
• Alice noticed that her ice cream tasted different, and the stall owner put on a monocle before closing up and leaving.
• During a call, Klein showed Alice the gold coin Beyonder Characteristic, and she became obsessed with it until she told him to put it away.
• With Klein watching over her above the Gray Fog, Alice examined the pull she felt toward several Beyonder Characteristics and saw a dreamlike river of branching streams and glimmers in the Winner characteristic.
• Alice told Klein that she might be longing for Fate, that Fate might be longing for her, or that they might originally have been one.

Alice told Klein she had encountered someone from the Amon family and reflected on her own death, then spent the next day visiting an ice cream stall whose Boss seemed increasingly suspicious. The chapter left Alice wondering whether the Boss resembled Amon.

• Klein asked Alice how she would advance as a Winner, and Alice explained that she had to sense the right moment to drink the Potion.
• Alice told Klein she thought she had encountered someone from the Amon family and said she did not want an avatar to decide her death.
• Alice went to buy ice cream after dinner but found the stall closed and left disappointed.
• Alice returned to the stall the next day, and the Boss made her another ice cream while asking when she took her evening walks.
• Alice noticed the ice cream still tasted wrong and grew uneasy when the Boss pressed his right eye socket and told her to visit after dinner.
• Alice left the stall wondering whether the Boss looked like Amon.

Alice returned home knowing Amon was watching her, and she tried to keep him interested while figuring out what he wanted. At an ice cream stall, she finally met Amon in person, and he attempted to imitate an expression from the fanfic Alice remembered.

• Alice sensed that Amon had followed her home and realized he was warning her not to escape or seek help.
• Alice asked Amon whether his many avatars might fight and whether she still had to go out for ice cream.
• Amon urged Alice to recall what she remembered about him and Klein, then told her to go eat ice cream.
• Alice went to the stall and asked whether she was part of the play after another Amon told her she could eat.
• Amon appeared in person at the table, and Alice remembered Song Shu's fanfic before Amon tried to imitate its description of his expression.

Alice and Amon traded provocations over dinner as she tried to understand how to resist him, while Amon revealed that he could hear her thoughts. The chapter ended with Alice noticing a picture of a cute, girl-like Amon.

• Alice asked Amon how she could hurt him or escape, and he teased her about becoming a Provoker.
• Alice told Amon that his presence made her feel threatened and admitted she had not cared how his ice cream tasted.
• Amon told Alice to go back because his avatars were about to start fighting, then demonstrated that he could hear her thoughts.
• Alice tried to distract Amon by recalling old math test papers, and he finally told her to stop.
• Alice saw a picture depicting Amon as a girl in a white dress and thought that Girl Amon was cute.