Chapter Summaries

Little Treasure delivered a letter from Uriel to his grandfather, Glaimo, at Night Mountain Castle. Glaimo read the letter and discovered that it described a harp score Uriel claimed to have received in a dream.

• Butler Prang brought Little Treasure to Night Mountain Castle, where Aunt Sim led them to Glaimo's study.
• Glaimo warmly welcomed Little Treasure, asked about his life, and accepted the letter from his classmate.
• After Little Treasure left with Aunt Sim, Glaimo questioned Butler Prang about bringing Uriel's second letter and agreed to read it for Little Treasure's sake.
• Glaimo read Uriel's letter and found that it described a harp score Uriel said he had obtained in a dream.

Glaimo examined the harp score Uriel had sent and discovered it was rare anti-religious music, though it did not directly oppose the Radiant Church. After performing it, he sent Uriel a letter through Butler Prang, hoping to learn why Uriel had chosen to share the score.

• Glaimo dismissed the score as a likely excuse until Butler Prang persuaded him that Uriel must have had a reason to send it.
• Glaimo recognized that Black Sheep Confession Song used religious notes in a rebellious, anti-religious arrangement and ordered the castle floors cleared before playing it.
• Angel sensed a disturbance in the Dreamwalking Wonderland Authority, but he and Laplace found no sign that Uriel's Instance had changed.
• After finishing the performance, Glaimo assured Butler Prang that the score would not cause trouble and asked him to deliver a sealed letter to Uriel the next day.

Glaimo entered a dreamlike Star-Climbing Challenge and chose Muluoyi as its witness, while Luigi received a quest to challenge Glaimo in the Uriel Instance. The chapter ended as Luigi approached Glaimo with his harp and the duel was about to begin.

• Glaimo studied the score for "Black Sheep Confession Song," then went to sleep beside Little Treasure.
• In a dream, Glaimo recognized his missing sister among five possible witnesses, but the dream altered her into Muluoyi and erased his memory of her.
• Glaimo chose Muluoyi as the witness and learned that Luigi was challenging him in a Star-Climbing Challenge.
• Outside the Uriel Instance, Angel showed Laplace the live feed and the Wonderland prompt ordering Luigi to issue his challenge within five minutes.
• Luigi approached Glaimo and Muluoyi at the courtyard gate, and Glaimo recognized him as a master harpist and the likely challenger.

Luigi began the qualification stage of his Star-Climbing Challenge against Glaimo, whose approval and the witness Muluoyi’s judgment were required. After Uriel arrived and took part in an oath ceremony with them, Luigi prepared to perform in the courtyard with only fifteen minutes left to qualify.

• Luigi introduced himself to Glaimo as a bard and issued a Star-Climbing Challenge.
• Glaimo explained that Luigi had to prove his skill, while Angel told Laplace that both Glaimo and witness Muluoyi had to approve his qualification.
• Muluoyi delayed the proceedings until Uriel arrived, and Uriel and Glaimo briefly reacted to an unresolved history before their thoughts cleared.
• Luigi, Glaimo, Uriel, and Muluoyi swore oaths to preserve art, fairness, and Birmingham Eden Academy’s name.
• Muluoyi designated the courtyard as the stage, and Luigi prepared to perform with fifteen minutes remaining to complete the qualification step.

Luigi’s performance with Wind’s Grace, Flower’s Language earned him the qualification certificate for the Star-Climbing Challenge against Glaimo. After they agreed on the contest rules, Luigi won the draw and chose to have Glaimo perform first.

• Angel and Laplace concluded that Wind’s Language had transformed Luigi’s performance of The Thirty-Two Variations of Wind and left the listeners immersed in its wind effects.
• Muluoyi and Glaimo approved Luigi’s performance, qualifying him for the Star-Climbing Challenge, though Glaimo warned him not to rely on shortcuts.
• Luigi received the qualification certificate and entered the third stage of main quest five, which required him to earn the title of Star of the Green Fields before Glaimo and Uriel’s Dreamseeing state ended.
• Muluoyi explained the challenge’s rounds, and Glaimo declared that a tie would count as his loss, removing the need for a third round.
• Luigi and Glaimo agreed to the rules, drew lots to determine the performance order, and Luigi chose to have Glaimo go first.

Ms. Moon, Mr. Sun, and Juanjuan arrived at Night Mountain to investigate an anomaly mentioned by Teacher Late Sleeper. Mr. Sun explained that their friend Heinrich had gone to the Southern Region to seek a chance at Peach Heart Theater, and the trio began searching near the lit castle.

• Ms. Moon and Juanjuan reached Night Mountain on a cloud pulled by flocks of ravens, and Juanjuan complained about being kept awake.
• Juanjuan agreed to stay awake and help after Ms. Moon said Teacher Late Sleeper needed its excellent sense of direction.
• Mr. Sun arrived, reunited affectionately with Ms. Moon, and explained that Heinrich had asked him for a route through the Soul Plane to the Southern Region.
• Ms. Moon learned that Heinrich hoped to become an actor at Peach Heart Theater to escape the vortex threatening him, and she worried for him.
• Mr. Sun confirmed that Night Mountain was the place Teacher Late Sleeper had identified and spotted the mountain's only lit castle while searching for the anomaly.

Ms. Moon, Mr. Sun, and Juanjuan investigated a suspected anomaly at a castle on Night Mountain, but their initial search revealed nothing unusual. After learning that guests had arrived at the castle, Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun went to investigate the humans while Juanjuan questioned the cats, and they wondered whether the anomaly might involve something connected to a miracle.

• Mr. Sun and Ms. Moon discussed how difficult it could be to identify an anomaly and decided to investigate the Night Mountain castle together.
• Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun entered the Moon-Shaped Realm to observe without being noticed, while Juanjuan stayed outside and entered the castle as a cat.
• Juanjuan questioned the castle cats and learned that recent changes included new strays, kittens, and guests staying on the third floor.
• Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun found no obvious anomaly in the castle grounds and went upstairs to investigate the human residents.
• Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun speculated that Late-Sleeping Prophet had sent them because the anomaly might be linked to a miraculous existence.

Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun searched Glaimo’s castle for anomalies, finding nothing among the living beings they inspected. Mr. Sun discovered sheet music linked to the Nightmare Realm, and they planned to investigate its origin after learning it had been mailed to Glaimo.

• Ms. Moon inspected the living beings on the second floor while Mr. Sun searched for anomalous objects, and neither found anything unusual there.
• Ms. Moon recognized the castle’s owner, Glaimo, as an artist she had admired at the Stage of the Nations, and she and Mr. Sun decided to visit him during the day.
• On the third floor, Ms. Moon found no anomaly in Glaimo’s attendant or young grandson and began inspecting Glaimo.
• Mr. Sun interrupted Ms. Moon to show her sheet music he had found in Glaimo’s study, which she determined carried a strong aura of the Nightmare Realm.
• Mr. Sun told Ms. Moon that the sheet music had been mailed to Glaimo and handed her the accompanying letter.

Ms. Moon, Mr. Sun, and Juanjuan traced the anomalous score Black Sheep Confession Song to Uriel’s home in Dawn City. They found Uriel asleep, but he woke and hurriedly wrote down another score, leaving them to wonder whether he had received it in a dream.

• Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun identified Uriel’s letter and Black Sheep Confession Song as the likely source of the anomaly, then copied the score and set out to find him.
• Juanjuan sensed that the score carried traces resembling both the Dream Realm and the Nightmare Realm, and used the ink’s scent to lead them to Uriel’s loft.
• Ms. Moon, Mr. Sun, and Juanjuan entered the loft and found Uriel asleep in the bedroom beside an expensive piano.
• Uriel suddenly woke and urgently wrote a harp score titled The Thirty-Two Variations of Wind, then began recording another piece.

Ms. Moon, Mr. Sun, and Juanjuan found traces of the Nightmare Realm and Dream Realm in Uriel’s three new piano scores, though Juanjuan judged them less abnormal than “Black Sheep Confession Song.” They approached Uriel under a noble-family disguise, and the chapter ended with Ms. Moon revealing that she too had once dreamed of music as Uriel admitted his scores came from dreams.

• Juanjuan investigated Uriel’s three scores and sensed traces of both the Nightmare Realm and Dream Realm, while finding “Black Sheep Confession Song” more abnormal.
• Ms. Moon decided to speak with Uriel directly rather than risk using supernatural abilities on him.
• Ms. Moon transformed Juanjuan into a girl called Crescent Moon, and the group disguised themselves as a noble family visiting Dawn City.
• The group knocked on Uriel’s door, praised his piano playing, and persuaded him to let them inside by claiming Crescent Moon needed piano help before they left town.
• Uriel told Full Moon that he had obtained his three piano pieces from dreams, and she said she had once dreamed of a piece of music too.

Luigi and Glaimo completed their two-round Star-Climbing Challenge, with Luigi relying on Flower's Language in the first duel and proving his own musical strength in the second. Muluoyi received the final scores, leaving the challenge's outcome about to be announced.

• Luigi used Flower's Language to perform "Grand Court Garden," immersing the audience in an illusory garden of flowers.
• Luigi challenged Glaimo to perform delicate emotions, while Glaimo gave Luigi the theme of miracles of nature.
• Glaimo performed "The Woman Who Sells Camellias," moving Luigi to tears with its sorrowful story.
• Luigi answered with "Ode to the Starry River," weaving in an excerpt from Glaimo's piece and earning Glaimo's recognition of his skill.
• Luigi and Glaimo gave each other's performances high scores and submitted their score slips to Muluoyi, who prepared to announce the result.

Outside the Instance, Angel and Laplace discussed Luigi and Glaimo’s performances before the second-round mutual evaluations revealed their opinions of each other’s music. Glaimo gave Luigi’s independently created “Ode to the Starry River” a perfect score, and Muluoyi prepared to give his own evaluation.

• Angel judged Luigi’s chances of claiming the star to be high, while Laplace said she preferred Glaimo’s performance.
• Luigi chose to reveal the second-round results first so he could learn Glaimo’s opinion of “Ode to the Starry River.”
• Muluoyi read Luigi’s perfect score and appreciative evaluation of Glaimo’s “The Woman Who Sells Camellias.”
• Glaimo praised Luigi’s ingenuity, identified flaws in his technique, and offered guidance in his evaluation of “Ode to the Starry River.”
• Glaimo gave Luigi’s piece five points, explaining that he valued Luigi’s independent accomplishment, and Luigi thanked him.
• Muluoyi turned toward another person present as he prepared to give his own evaluation.

Uriel and Muluoyi assessed the duel between Glaimo and Luigi, and Muluoyi declared Luigi the winner of the Star-Climbing Challenge by a narrow margin. Glaimo accepted the result without challenging it and passed the title of Star of the Green Fields to Luigi.

• Uriel praised Luigi’s rendition for its satisfying performance and Glaimo’s for leaving the audience wanting more.
• Muluoyi gave both performers 4.8 points for the second round, citing Glaimo’s lack of novelty and Luigi’s slight shortcomings in technique and experience.
• Luigi acknowledged Glaimo’s exceptional technique in the first round, while Glaimo accepted that Luigi’s external assistance had strengthened his performance.
• Muluoyi scored Luigi’s first-round performance at 4.9 and Glaimo’s at 4.8, giving Luigi the lead in the challenge.
• Glaimo declined to challenge Muluoyi’s score, acknowledged Luigi’s performance, and granted him the title of Star of the Green Fields.

Luigi questioned Glaimo about the Myriad Heavens Stage and learned that it was a real, deadly competition beyond their world, though Glaimo’s Dreamseeing state ended before he could explain how to reach it. After Uriel’s Dreamseeing state unexpectedly lingered long enough for him to ask permission to publish Luigi’s music, the Wonderland declared Main Quest 5 complete and awarded Luigi two classes.

• Luigi asked Glaimo what Dream Stage was, and Glaimo described the Myriad Heavens Stage as a competition among countless worlds where defeated artists died.
• Glaimo told Luigi that Chief Charlotte had declined to participate because the Imperial Music Troupe needed her, and that the stage lay in another world.
• Luigi asked who the great being was and how to reach the stage, but Glaimo’s Dreamseeing state ended before he could finish answering.
• Uriel asked Luigi for permission to publish his three performances in Birmingham Eden Academy’s school journal, and Luigi agreed before Uriel’s Dreamseeing state ended.
• The Wonderland declared Main Quest 5 successful and awarded Luigi Muluoyi’s Conducting Class and Glaimo’s Teaching Class, the latter carrying a chance of summoning Glaimo in Dreamseeing state after 8 p.m.

Luigi claimed rewards for Muluoyi's Conducting Class and Glaimo's Teaching Class through the Text Panel, then explored the Uriel Instance for a new quest. After Angel explained that the mist and Radiant Cathedral were currently inaccessible scenery, Luigi returned to the attic and found Uriel waiting there.

• Angel considered whether Glaimo might become a recurring Dreamseeing visitor and noted the communication limits of Dreamseeing NPCs.
• Luigi claimed both class rewards through the Text Panel but chose not to activate either one yet.
• Luigi walked into the mist toward the Radiant Cathedral, but the instance boundary redirected him back to the attic courtyard.
• Angel confirmed that the mist contained nothing and that Luigi had no new quest or instance-clearing prompt.
• Luigi searched the courtyard and attic for a hidden clue, then approached Uriel, who raised his head and said, "You're here."

After winning the Star of the Green Fields, Luigi learned that he would have to defend the title against challengers before earning Charlotte's recognition. A temporary passage let him leave Uriel's Instance, but Luigi returned at once to prepare for the coming quest.

• Uriel told Luigi that the Star of the Green Fields was a rare and prestigious crown that would bring him fame across the Great Sman Empire.
• Uriel warned that Charlotte might not recognize Luigi until he defended the star crown, and Fairyland announced Main Quest 6, requiring him to face randomly selected Dreamseeing Challengers.
• Luigi realized that losing could damage Glaimo's reputation as well as his own, and resolved to train with Glaimo before the quest began.
• Angel directed Luigi to a glowing passage in the fog, where a Fairyland notification explained that one route led outside the Instance and another was reserved for challengers.
• Luigi used the passage to leave Uriel's Instance, then activated it through his Text Panel and returned to begin preparing for his challengers.

Angel watched Luigi summon Glaimo, but the harpist was not in a Dreamseeing state, so Angel logged off to research magic patterns. In Dawn City, Mrs. Moon fabricated a dream melody to learn about Luigi from Uriel, who began describing the mysterious musician and his unusually vivid dreams.

• Angel watched Luigi summon Glaimo and heard him perform "The Poem of War," then ended his observation when he saw Glaimo was not Dreamseeing.
• Mr. Sun brightened Uriel's attic, while Mrs. Moon chatted warmly with Uriel and arranged to hum music supposedly received in a dream.
• Mrs. Moon secretly asked Juanjuan to compose a melody through divination, then used sound-type cantrips to make her humming sound more polished.
• Uriel recognized the melody's style as resembling music he had received in dreams and wondered whether Luigi had composed it.
• Mrs. Moon steered Uriel into describing Luigi, then suggested the man in her supposed dream might be the same person.
• Uriel agreed to tell Mrs. Moon more about Luigi and began explaining his vivid dream.

Uriel recounted his recurring dream about Luigi, leaving Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun uncertain whether the anomaly was the dream or Luigi. They decided to check whether it could spread by asking Glaimo about his dream.

• Uriel described how Luigi visited his dreams and improved until he met the standard for challenging for a place in the Imperial Music Troupe.
• Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun realized they lacked the Dream Reading ability needed to alter Uriel’s dream, but Juanjuan reminded them that Late-Sleeping Prophet had only told them to investigate the anomaly.
• After hearing Uriel’s full account, Ms. Moon suspected Luigi might be connected to the anomaly because he was the dream’s central figure.
• Mr. Sun proposed checking whether the anomaly spread by finding out if Glaimo had dreamed of his duel with Luigi.

After Uriel fell asleep, Juanjuan used the Aura-Absorbing Devil Konjac to check whether reading his dream would trigger an anomaly, and Mr. Sun found only an ordinary dream. Ms. Moon and Mr. Sun then headed to Night Mountain to investigate Glaimo, while Glaimo wrote letters announcing that Luigi had taken his title as Star of the Green Fields.

• Uriel returned to bed after deciding to finish organizing Luigi's scores later and submit them to the academy's magazine.
• Juanjuan recorded Uriel's, Ms. Moon's, and Mr. Sun's auras on the Aura-Absorbing Devil Konjac and divined that reading Uriel's dream was safe.
• Mr. Sun read Uriel's dream and saw him burn down the Church of Holy Radiance before playing piano in the ruined church.
• Ms. Moon left a Moon-Shaped Eye to watch Uriel's home, and she, Mr. Sun, and Juanjuan went to Night Mountain to visit Glaimo.
• Ms. Moon created a cover story in which she and Mr. Sun were foreign aristocrats visiting Glaimo, with Juanjuan posing as their daughter.
• Glaimo wrote to Birmingham Eden Academy and Eden Arts magazine to announce that Luigi had defeated him and taken the Star of the Green Fields title.

Glaimo explained why he recognized Luigi’s dream victory and sent letters announcing that he was giving up the title of Star of the Green Fields. He hoped Luigi would emerge as the title’s new bearer, while foreign nobles arrived at Glaimo’s castle to hear him play the harp.

• Glaimo gave Butler Prang letters addressed to Birmingham Eden Academy and Eden Arts, explaining that one declared Luigi the winner of their Star-Climbing Challenge.
• Glaimo told Butler Prang that the unfamiliar music Luigi played convinced him Luigi existed, and he argued that mysterious contestants at the previous Stage of the Nations had likely been wizards.
• Glaimo said he had cleared Luigi’s name and hoped Luigi would step forward to accept the Star of the Green Fields and face future challengers.
• Butler Prang left with the young master to return to Dawn City and mail the letters, then learned that foreign nobles had come to visit Glaimo.
• Aunt Sim arranged for the visitors’ guards to remain at the second gate, and Glaimo agreed to receive the noble who wanted to hear him play the harp.