Recaps

The Tarot Club met after the Great smog in Backlund, and Klein introduced Sno as Mr. Moon while reading new diary pages. Perrdax’s diary raised the possibility that a transmigrator called The Writer had shaped the world’s history, leaving Klein alarmed by the Sunset Shut-in Group’s connection to that figure.

• Audrey thanked Mr. Fool, Devil, and The World for their roles in the Great smog, then said the cleanup in Backlund had prevented her from finding more of Roselle’s Diary.
• Fors and Sno presented diary pages, and Klein introduced Sno as the Tarot Club’s new member, Mr. Moon.
• Klein read Roselle’s notes about the Twilight Hermit Society, the Spectator pathway, and The Writer.
• Klein read Perrdax’s account of outsmarting a Reader pathway woman and his theory that the world’s history followed his former world’s history unusually closely.
• Perrdax speculated that The Writer might be a transmigrator conducting a ritual to become a god and warned that Roselle’s death might have a hidden cause.
• Klein connected Perrdax’s suspicions to the Sunset Shut-in Group and recalled that its leader appeared to be a The Writer.

After reading Roselle’s diary, Klein concluded that a transmigrator known as the Writer was steering history toward wars and resolved to protect Melissa and Benson by making them Beyonders. At the Tarot Club, Derrick reported that the City of Silver had escaped its cycle of fate and identified Ouroboros as the Fate Angel, while Sno warned that the names of Kings of Angels were dangerous knowledge.

• Klein connected the Writer’s historical manipulation to the Sunset Shut-in Group, Duke Negan’s death, and the possibility of a coming world war.
• Klein decided to make Melissa and Benson Beyonders, then invited the Tarot Club members to begin.
• Derrick thanked the Fool for his advice and reported that he had helped the Chief break the City of Silver’s cycle of fate by finding the Fate Angel in a mural.
• Sno said the Angel was Ouroboros and warned Derrick that speaking his name could be dangerous.
• Derrick recounted the City of Silver’s discoveries, including the eight Kings of Angels, and Sno cautioned Audrey against seeking their names.

At the Tarot Club, Emlyn asked how Sanguines could grow stronger, while members completed several transactions, including Klein selling a Faceless Beyonder Characteristic to Sno. Audrey asked Mr. Fool about the Backlund Great smog, and Sno revealed the Aurora Society’s secret accommodation with the Loen royal family, leaving Derrick reconsidering whether Elder Lovia had truly betrayed the City of Silver.

• Derrick told Fors that unexpected delays meant she would have to wait another day or two for the Spirit Devourer's stomach pouch, and Fors said she could wait.
• Emlyn revealed that he was a pure-blooded Sanguine and asked how Sanguines could increase their strength without help from their elders, prompting Fors and Audrey to question him about Sanguine ranks.
• Klein sold Sno an unprocessed Faceless Beyonder Characteristic for 3,800 pounds, and Sno offered Audrey an Extraordinary Item that could alter her appearance and figure.
• Audrey asked Mr. Fool about the cause of Backlund's Great smog and Prince Edsac's cooperation with the cultists; Mr. Fool replied that the root remained unknown but clues existed.
• Sno revealed that the Aurora Society in Backlund had received secret royal support and reached a tacit understanding with the Loen authorities, then said Jack's father was likely a member.
• Derrick recalled Sno's earlier suggestion that Elder Lovia might never have betrayed the City of Silver and reconsidered the exploration team's fate.

Audrey presented Grellint with a mysterious Stand Arrow at his ball, while Sno completed digesting the Baron of Corruption potion and learned the ritual required for his next advancement. The chapter left Grellint puzzled by Audrey’s reaction and Sno needing to create a sufficiently intense coincidence without using Beyonder Abilities.

• Audrey attended Viscount Grellint’s ball and arranged to meet him in the study, where she gave him a mysterious item she called a Stand Arrow.
• Grellint recognized references to Sno’s Stardust Fighter and asked Audrey which Stand the arrow would grant, but her expression turned strange.
• Sno completed digesting the Baron of Corruption potion and determined that he needed a ritual before advancing to Sequence V.
• Sno learned that the ritual required him to designate a target and coincidentally achieve his goal without using Beyonder Abilities or investigating the target’s whereabouts.
• Sno considered winning the lottery an easy way to fulfill the ritual, but Roselle had not introduced lotteries.

Klein stored Sno’s piano Above the Gray Fog while Sno prepared to leave Lily behind and travel by sea. To fulfill his Sequence V potion ritual, Sno set out for Pritz Harbor hoping to encounter a Pirate General by chance, without deliberately steering fate.

• Klein answered Sno’s prayer, accepted the sacrificed piano, and stored it in an empty corner Above the Gray Fog.
• Sno told Lily to stay home with a month’s supply of dried fish and instructions to pray if customers arrived.
• Sno reasoned that his Destiny Path ritual required accumulated coincidences and could not be faked through deliberate investigation or trivial random choices.
• Sno chose to travel the Sunia Sea and set his target as encountering a Pirate General by chance.
• Sno took the sea route to Pritz Harbor, using a ticket Jana had bought and hoping to keep his fate from becoming entangled with Klein’s.

Leonard discovered that Klein’s coffin was empty after a vivid dream made him suspect Sherlock Moriarty’s identity, while Klein sensed a spiritual warning and decided to leave his siblings for a while. Meanwhile, Sno left Pritz Harbor aboard the Black Pearl, letting dice decide his journey, as fate kept him from boarding the White Agate.

• Leonard dreamed of Klein and recognized similarities between him, Sherlock Moriarty, and figures from his past.
• Leonard opened Klein’s coffin and found it empty.
• Klein saw a vision of gravestones through the fog, then decided he could no longer delay dealing with the problem surrounding his Sherlock identity.
• Klein told Benson he had to leave, and Benson encouraged him to protect himself while he was away.
• Sno used a die to choose the Black Pearl and bought a first-class ticket after the White Agate was delayed.

On January 8, 1350, Sno boarded the Black Pearl with his piano and explored the luxury liner, using coins and dice to choose where to go. On the promenade deck, he met Sera, who recognized him as the author of Phantom Blood and Battle Trend and rushed off to fetch her books for an autograph.

• Sno brought his piano aboard the Black Pearl, where he had booked passage to Bayram as a musician.
• Sno flipped a coin to choose the regular restaurant, prayed to Mr. Fool, and ate a simple meal while listening to the passengers.
• Sno rolled a die and went to the promenade deck, where he removed An Zhi Yu and drew the attention of the other passengers.
• Sera approached Sno, learned he was traveling to Bayram, and recognized him as the author of Phantom Blood and Battle Trend.
• Sera asked Sno for an autograph and hurried away to fetch her books.

Sera told Sno about Emperor Roselle’s Great Secret Treasure and her plan to find one of its Stone Tablets. Sno recognized the legend as genuine, wished her luck, and left without asking why she had approached him.

• Sno warned Sera that traveling alone across the seas was dangerous, but she said she could defend herself.
• Sera explained that Roselle had hidden a Great Secret Treasure on the Sunia Sea, with four Stone Tablets pointing to its location.
• Sno believed her account when she described how the Stone Tablets’ coordinates could be used to locate the treasure.
• Sera said she hoped to find just one Stone Tablet and planned to try her luck using the coordinates.
• Sno wished Sera success, paid for their drinks, and went to his room, leaving her puzzled by his response.

Sno followed the dice’s directions aboard the Black Pearl, then returned to his room when the captain warned of an approaching storm. As Sno played piano through the storm, he heard something strange in the corridor and let the dice decide to ignore it and keep playing.

• Sno entered the first-class lounge, where he overheard a passenger complain that a thief had stolen something aboard the ship.
• The captain warned the passengers that a storm was coming, and Sno used a coin toss to decide to return to his room.
• As the storm rocked the Black Pearl, Sno put Heavenly Punishment into his piano and improvised music to match the waves and rain.
• Sno heard a wet, slapping sound in the corridor, and the All-Nuo Council rolled a die that chose to ignore it and keep playing.

Sno obeyed the die’s command to ignore strange wet footsteps outside his cabin and go to sleep. By morning, the ship’s crew were waking the passengers and directing them to the second-deck ballroom after a serious incident.

• Sno reflected on the benefits of unifying the All-Nuo Council and prepared to pray to Mr. Fool.
• Wet footsteps approached Sno’s cabin, but the die landed on six, so he went to bed without investigating.
• Sno woke at dawn, prayed, and completed his morning training while wondering whether Klein would still get to eat merman cheek meat.
• Sailors hurried through the corridor, knocking on cabin doors as passengers gathered and demanded answers.
• A distorted announcement apologized for a serious incident and told passengers to proceed to the large ballroom on the second deck.

Sno encountered the corpse of a passenger aboard the Black Pearl and heard Sera’s suspicion that a creature had come aboard during the rain. After the captain ordered patrols and a Requiem ritual, Sno agreed to hear what Sera knew about the ship over drinks.

• Sno recognized the dead passenger as the man who had listened to a theft story the previous day.
• Sera told Sno that she had heard wet footsteps during the rain and spotted water stains, leading her to suspect something aboard had killed the man.
• Captain Salazar announced the murder, requested help from doctors and Detectives, and ordered more patrols while passengers avoided being alone.
• Sno noticed that no children were among the passengers and wondered whether their absence was deliberate.
• Sno asked Sera what she knew about the Black Pearl, and she invited him to talk over a drink at the first-class bar.

Sno met Sera aboard the Black Pearl and agreed to help her investigate Roselle’s secret treasure after she shared a chart-based lead. Before discussing the ship’s suspicious circumstances, they began drafting another contract.

• Sera identified Sno as a Seer and introduced herself as a Detective who preferred the title Knowledge Keeper.
• Sera described the Black Pearl and its captain, Salazar, then offered rarer information in exchange for Sno’s help searching for sea treasures.
• Sera revealed that charts and symbols in the Grand Library of Lenburg pointed to a possible location connected to Roselle’s secret treasure.
• Sno used a coin toss to decide whether to accept Sera’s invitation, and the coin landed heads.
• Sno agreed to help explore the treasure lead but insisted they first discuss the Black Pearl’s problem, so Sera began writing another contract.
• The author’s note explained Sno’s plan to become a King of Angels and hinted that his godhood ritual involved a familiar meme or set of images.

Sera told Sno why she suspected the Black Pearl was a Ghost Ship and connected its unusual winter voyage to the thief Jack and the Storm Church’s interest in him. The chapter left Sno deciding whether to share what he had heard about Jack.

• Sera explained that the Black Pearl sailed in winter for the first time and had sped into a storm instead of avoiding it.
• Sno and Sera considered whether the Black Pearl was a Ghost Ship built to withstand harsh seas, possibly bound for a dangerous region tied to a powerful being’s remains.
• Sera revealed that she had boarded the Black Pearl while following Jack, a street painter and petty thief from Pritz Harbor.
• Sera said Jack had targeted only Black Pearl passengers before vanishing shortly before the Storm Church’s Mandated Punishers began searching the harbor.
• Sera suspected Jack’s secret was connected to the Black Pearl, while Sno weighed whether to tell her the information he had heard about Jack.

Sno and Sera used clues about Jack’s thefts to deduce that he was concealing a bloodline-linked Extraordinary pathway, and their hidden rolls pointed them toward the same origin. They suspected Jack, Salazar, and the ship’s recent death were connected to several possible treasures, leaving Sno wary of how well his hidden rolls had gone.

• Sno flipped a coin to decide what to tell Sera and described the deceased man and the merchant discussing a thief.
• Sera deduced that Jack might be disguising his true pathway with a Mysterious Item, whose side effect forced him to steal aboard the ship.
• Sno reasoned that Jack’s true pathway was tied to an ancient Angel bloodline and considered which families could fit the clues.
• Sno and Sera independently wrote down their guesses, revealed matching answers, and concealed them again.
• Sera wondered whether the previous night’s arrival and the deceased man were coincidences, while Sno suggested Jack might have learned of Salazar’s plan and sought a ride.
• Sera saw two possible treasures before them, and Sno suspected there might be three, then worried about his two great hidden-roll results.

Sno investigated the circumstances surrounding Barbosa’s death while gambling aboard the Black Pearl, where he learned that the ship’s passengers and cargo were unusually suspicious. After three hours at the table, he realized the ship carried an extraordinary number of Beyonders.

• Sno suspected a third party had murdered Barbosa, then went to the recreation room to gamble and listen for gossip.
• Gamblers said Barbosa had ties to pirates and speculated that Salazar might have killed him, while Sno found no sign that his own luck had changed.
• A gambler pointed out that Salazar rarely sailed in winter and that the first-class passengers seemed unusual.
• After Sno bought the table beer, a gambler revealed that passengers had brought almost no cargo and that Salazar’s private goods filled the ship’s holds.
• A blue-eyed middle-aged man suggested that the gamblers had boarded because they suspected something was wrong with the Black Pearl, and one gambler admitted it.
• After three hours of gambling, Sno realized he had encountered six Beyonders aboard the ship.

Sno ignored the dice tower's other prompts, ate dinner, and received an unexpected prayer from Lily. Meanwhile, Leonard investigated Klein's connections and went to Sno's house seeking answers, where Lily let him in and he smelled grilled fish.

• Sno followed the dice tower's instruction to eat, thanked the Fool, and ordered extra fish dishes to take back to his room.
• Lily's prayer reached Sno, so he arranged for another serving of fish to bring home.
• Leonard connected Klein's identities as Sherlock Moriarty and the Black Emperor, then postponed reporting his findings while investigating further.
• Leonard traced the Moretti siblings' home to Sno von Pandax and discovered Sno's file was classified at Archbishop level or higher.
• Leonard went to Sno's house, where Lily opened the door and ushered him inside; he noticed the smell of grilled fish.

Leonard visited Sno to learn what Klein Moretti and Sherlock Moriarty wanted, paying for information and agreeing to take on missions. Sno revealed that Sherlock had been resurrected, leaving Leonard stunned.

• Leonard met Sno in a room where Lily ate fish and asked about Klein Moretti and Sherlock Moriarty.
• Sno explained that Klein and Sherlock were the same person but had different objectives, and Leonard paid ten pounds to learn Klein wanted his family to live well.
• Leonard negotiated to pay three hundred pounds in cash and cover the remaining seven hundred with seven missions, then carefully read and signed Sno's contract.
• Sno told Leonard that Sherlock's objectives after being resurrected were revenge and returning home.
• Leonard seized on Sno's mention of resurrection and asked what it meant.

Leonard questioned Sno about Klein’s resurrection and his connections to the Fool, but Sno’s answers left Leonard more confused about Klein’s role and the Church of Evernight. Sno gave Leonard a way to contact him and asked him to guide the Moretti siblings as they entered the Beyonder world.

• Sno told Leonard that Klein had genuinely died and been resurrected, possibly more than once, prompting Leonard to recall Klein’s survival during the Antigonus Family Notebook incident.
• Leonard asked whether Sherlock was the Black Emperor, belonged to an organization worshiping the Fool, and had a connection to the Antigonus Family Notebook; Sno answered, “This is a secret.”
• Sno revealed the Church of Evernight’s holy emblem, leading Leonard to suspect Klein might be an undercover agent before Sno advised him to pray to the Fool if he faced trouble.
• Sno gave Leonard a card with the method for summoning Dodo and said he would send him assignments through the messenger.
• Sno asked Leonard to guide the Moretti siblings as they encountered the Beyonder world and cautioned him that Miss Moretti was underage.

Leonard questioned Pallez about Sno, Klein, and the Gods, but Pallez offered few answers. Aboard the ship, Sno returned from a brief separation of his soul and used piano music to bribe listeners, while Sera wondered why no first-class passenger had brought cargo besides Sno’s piano.

• Leonard teased Pallez for being frightened by Sno, and Pallez said Sno carried the auras of at least three, possibly four, great existences.
• Leonard asked Pallez about Klein’s resurrection, Sno’s blessings, his monocle, and the relationship between the Fool and the Goddess, but Pallez only said it was a secret.
• Sno returned to his ship’s cabin through a Gate of Light after temporarily storing part of his split soul in a substitute.
• Sno played Heavenly Punishment on the piano and used the music to bribe listeners who enjoyed it, hoping to collect favors later.
• Heavenly Punishment scolded Sno for playing absentmindedly, and Sno focused on the performance.
• Sera listened from a nearby cabin and wondered why Sno was the only first-class passenger to have brought cargo, a piano.

Sno investigated a strange noise outside his cabin and collected a sample of the pale-red mucus left behind. He gave it to Sera to identify, while she warned that the creature’s tracks seemed to have been mystically erased.

• Sno rolled a four, then used Unlock to prepare an ambush at his cabin door.
• Sno shoved the door open when the wet slapping sound reached him, but the creature vanished and left only mucus and faint traces.
• Sno checked his traps and belongings in the morning, then collected the remaining mucus in a sealed test tube.
• Sera told Sno that the creature’s physical traces remained while its mystical imprint had been erased, suggesting outside help or control.
• Sno handed Sera the mucus, and she agreed to study it and report back that night.

Sno and Sera investigated the Black Pearl’s dwindling staff and examined mysterious mucus, concluding it came from a non-marine creature. Sera prepared to pray to the God of Knowledge for more information while Sno waited outside with Heavenly Punishment.

• Sno spotted a gray-haired man and four Storm Church believers at breakfast, then Sera noticed that the ship had unusually few waiters.
• Sno and Sera suspected the missing staff were connected to the captain and examined a sample of mucus in Sera’s room.
• Sera found that the mucus came from a non-marine creature with residual spirituality, but ordinary equipment could not identify it.
• Sera said the creature likely had not killed Barbosa, whose death appeared to result from blood loss.
• Sera prepared a ritual and asked Sno for an Extraordinary Item from the Sun or Storm Pathways; Sno left with Heavenly Punishment and waited outside.

At a Tarot Club meeting, Klein read Perrdax’s diary and learned that the Seer Sequence Three advancement ritual required three hundred years. The diary revealed Perrdax had abandoned advancing because he could not bear to lose his home and loved ones, leaving Klein to wonder what choice he would make when he faced the ritual.

• Justice and Magician each offered three pages of Roselle’s Diary, Sun offered legends about ancient gods and a list of local Monsters, and Devil provided one page of Perrdax’s diary.
• Klein read that Perrdax had obtained the Scholar of Yore potion formula but considered other advancement paths and censored the name of an existence he feared.
• Klein learned that the Seer Sequence Three ritual required three hundred years and considered how that obstacle might explain Perrdax’s disappearance.
• Klein read that Perrdax had given up advancing because he did not want to abandon his home and familiar people, though he considered advancing to Deceiver Tutor before returning to Miracle Invoker.
• Klein wondered how he would handle the ritual, then took comfort in the possibility that the Gray Fog staircase might offer a solution and turned to Roselle’s Diary.

Klein reviewed Roselle’s diary and the City of Silver’s legends about the ancient gods before overseeing Tarot Club members’ transactions. The meeting ended with the members exchanging little news, while Sno wondered whether the White Agate had reached Bansy Harbor.

• Klein found little useful information in Roselle’s diary and studied the ancient god legends from the City of Silver.
• Audrey bought Elder Tree Fruit and Mirror Dragon blood from Mr. Moon for 750 pounds, while the Hanged Man offered Mr. Moon a Vampire Baron’s inheritance for 4,500 pounds.
• Sno offered Audrey a processed Faceless characteristic for 6,000 pounds, and she agreed to pay after receiving it.
• Fors arranged to buy a Spirit Devourer stomach pouch for 300 pounds, while Mr. Sun and the Hanged Man exchanged a formula and a list of materials.
• Klein bought the remaining supplementary materials for the Marionettist and opened the free exchange, but the members had little news to share.
• Sno noticed that The World had not reported on Bansy and wondered whether the White Agate had reached Bansy Harbor.

Sno discovered that Sera’s rituals and prayers had been screened, then confirmed that his own prayers to the True Creator could no longer reach him. Sera feared Jack possessed a powerful Sealed Artifact and might be a demigod or Angel, leaving Sno to reconsider the threat they faced.

• Sno left Heavenly Punishment in the cabin and went to check on Sera, whom he found exhausted and alarmed.
• Sera told Sno that sixteen rituals had failed, including divine prayers, secret covenants, and attempts to borrow another Reader’s authority.
• Sno confirmed that he could still communicate through White Horse is Not a Horse but received no response when he recited the True Creator’s honorific name.
• Sera explained that prayer screening suggested Jack might possess a Grade 0 or Grade 1 Sealed Artifact, and Sno wondered whether Jack was a demigod or Angel.

Sno and Sera investigated the deserted ship and encountered Light Peter, who led them to the prayer hall, now covered in strange moss. After seeing the fungal growth, they decided to check the lifeboat deck.

• Sno rolled the die and took Sera to inspect the ship before dark.
• Sno and Sera found the third deck eerily deserted and noticed the smell of blood growing stronger.
• On the promenade deck, Sno and Sera met Light Peter, who said the ship's facilities were open but their staff were in a troubling condition.
• Light led Sno and Sera toward the prayer hall, where Sera collected a sample of the moss spreading along the walls.
• Sno, Sera, and Light found the prayer hall completely overrun by slick, gray moss, and Sera suggested checking the lifeboat deck.