Chapter Summaries

Persephone escaped the false world where Nyarlathotep had trapped the Demon Gods and offered to return them according to Roy’s wishes. Beyond the worlds, Roy met Yog-Sothoth in his true form and discussed Azathoth’s spreading madness and the limits of reaching a higher level.

• Persephone reflected on how she had resisted Nyarlathotep’s influence across several eras and judged herself stronger than every Demon God except Niangniang.
• Persephone left the false world through the underworld gates, leaving the Demon Gods fighting inside and resolving to let Roy decide whether to rescue or imprison them.
• Roy appeared in the ocean of worlds as a vast cross-shaped radiance surrounded by the structures of his current concept.
• Yog-Sothoth warned Roy that Azathoth was spreading madness through every world and that the gods gaining sanity would destroy their only chance.
• Roy concluded that the 9=2 level had a positional limit and considered whether only one existence could occupy it.

Roy and Yog-Sothoth joined forces to prevent Azathoth from awakening and severed Nyarlathotep’s connection to his dream. In the deepest circle of Roy’s hell, Othinus and Persephone trapped Nyarlathotep in a cycle of freezing and burning, leaving her Roy’s prisoner.

• Roy and Yog-Sothoth agreed to ally against Azathoth and shared their knowledge and power.
• Yog-Sothoth severed Nyarlathotep’s connection to Azathoth while Roy’s hell kept her from escaping through the dream.
• Othinus attacked Nyarlathotep with crossbow bolts as Persephone unleashed the underworld’s freezing wind, trapping her between ice and hellfire.
• Persephone declared that Nyarlathotep would suffer in the Judecca Circle for the pain she had caused her.
• Roy watched Nyarlathotep imprisoned in his world and said that neither he nor Yog-Sothoth would let Azathoth awaken.

Roy sealed Nyarlathotep and kept Niangniang imprisoned while planning to build Little Garden, a system for connecting and exploring worlds. At Lake Avernus, Persephone agreed to follow Roy and proposed uniting the surviving Demon Gods under his leadership as Gremlin.

• Roy left Nyarlathotep imprisoned in his Mindscape World and said he might visit her again.
• Nephthys asked Roy to release Niangniang, but he kept her trapped until she understood her mistake.
• Roy planned to combine mythological worldviews into Little Garden, a system for observing and connecting worlds.
• At Lake Avernus, Persephone asked Roy what he would do next and offered to follow him as Gremlin's leader.
• Persephone proposed recruiting the remaining Demon Gods and imprisoning or killing those who refused, and Roy approved the idea.

Laura seized the Queen Elizabeth at a British military harbor and steered it to the Irish Sea, where she planned to begin the Mo. Aser ritual. Roy anticipated that the ritual would bring Kolozun an unexpected surprise, while Laura reached the site without yet knowing what awaited her.

• Nephthys declared her allegiance to Roy, and Othinus urged him to deal with Kolozun through the phases, but Roy insisted on letting events unfold through the ritual.
• Roy explained that Kolozun planned to use the Scottish Grand Ritual and the Queen Elizabeth to perform the Mo. Aser ritual on Halloween.
• Laura attacked the military harbor on Anglesey Island, swept aside its defenders, and threw a ship into the sea before approaching the Queen Elizabeth.
• The harbor guards fired guns, cannons, and missiles at Laura, who used her hair and Aether Incarnations to overwhelm them.
• Laura entered the Queen Elizabeth's captain's cabin, learned to operate the ship, and moved it to the Irish Sea ritual site.

After Laura seized the Queen Elizabeth, the Queen learned that she planned to perform a Scottish Grand Ritual in the Irish Sea and sent allies and foreign forces to stop her. Aboard the ship, Laura investigated her nausea and other bodily changes, then went to sleep before the ritual she intended to perform at noon.

• The wounded commander at Anglesey Port ordered a soldier to report that Laura had hijacked the Queen Elizabeth.
• Kerissa told the Queen that Laura had taken the ship, and the Queen deduced that she meant to use Scotland’s four treasures for a Grand Ritual to seize Cait Sith’s legitimacy and control Britain.
• The Queen learned that Crowley’s Disaster was under control but had drained Britain’s war potential, so she ordered Kerissa to summon Water Behind, Sylvia, Aururs, France, and the United States Atlantic Fleet.
• Aboard the Queen Elizabeth, Kolozun found herself nauseated and confused by changes in Laura’s body, though a magical examination found no illness or injury.
• Laura cooked and ate, then noticed that her menstruation had stopped and the food had become nauseating; exhausted, she decided to rest before the ritual at noon.
• Laura removed her habit and hairpin, went to bed, and fell asleep as dawn approached.

Laura prepared to face the coalition gathering against her in the Irish Sea, while Kamijou Touma and Accelerator were brought into Aleister’s plans to stop her. Roy stayed in Naples with Lilith and Mina Mathers, intending to surprise Laura with their daughter, the Incarnation of Halloween.

• Laura woke with nausea, chest soreness, and a swollen body, but assumed she was ill because she had not been with a man.
• Laura identified the approaching British, French, and United States Atlantic fleets and listed the religious, magical, and royal forces Queen Eliza had assembled against her.
• Laura remained confident that the Mo. Aseir Ritual would succeed, unaware that Roy had imprisoned Nyarlathotep in Hell.
• Aleister captured Kamijou Touma and Accelerator after they fled London and ordered them to accompany her to the Irish Sea, threatening Academy City if they refused.
• Aleister told Aiwass that she wanted to avenge Laura’s insult and might need Aiwass to act against the Great Demon.
• Roy toured Naples with Lilith and Mina Mathers while planning to surprise Laura with their daughter, the Incarnation of Halloween.

Laura Stuart faced a massive allied assault in the Irish Sea and used her Great Demon powers to devastate the attacking fleets. As a golden hand appeared on the horizon, she realized its wielder was Fiamma of the Right, not Roy.

• Laura Stuart watched British, French, American, Roman Orthodox, and magical forces converge on the Queen Elizabeth to stop her ritual.
• The allied commander ordered anti-ship missiles fired at Laura, but she pierced them with her hair and destroyed them in midair.
• Laura's hair shielded the Queen Elizabeth from magical ice and torpedoes, then formed towering Aether Incarnations that wrecked the allied fleet.
• A golden hand appeared over the western horizon, and Laura first feared Roy had arrived before recognizing Fiamma of the Right.

Laura’s battle with Fiamma of the Right was interrupted by Aururs, who challenged her while Sylvia went to rescue people. Laura’s power overwhelmed Aururs, but she suddenly discovered her abdomen had enlarged; Aleister then arrived in an angelic form and asked Aiwass for an assessment.

• Laura shattered Fiamma of the Right’s hand with the Sword of Flames and sent holy fire toward him.
• Aururs saved Fiamma of the Right with the Nordic Throne, while Sylvia restrained Fiamma and agreed to rescue the people.
• Aururs confronted Laura aboard the Queen Elizabeth, but her attack using Nut and Hathit began collapsing his defense and blasted him away.
• Laura retched and noticed that her abdomen had grown larger, while Roy watched from Naples.
• Aleister arrived with Accelerator and Kamijou Touma, and Aleister asked Aiwass what it thought of Laura.

Laura revealed that Kolozun was pregnant, then attacked Aleister and Aiwass with the Sword of Flames, killing Kamijou Touma when Imagine Breaker failed. Accelerator fought Laura and was defeated, while Roy realized Kamijou could not die and left Lilith with Nephthys as he headed to the Irish Sea.

• Aleister told Kolozun that she was pregnant, and Kolozun suspected Roy had used a technique on her.
• Laura summoned the Sword of Flames and killed Kamijou Touma despite his attempt to block it with Imagine Breaker.
• Accelerator attacked Laura with his Platinum Wings, but her expanded Enochian Magic shattered them and hurled him into the sea.
• Laura produced the spiritual armor Divine Power Confusion and prepared to use it against Aleister.
• Roy said Kamijou could not die without disrupting Divine Punishment to Exterminate Demons, arranged for Nephthys to accompany Lilith, and left for the Irish Sea.

Laura forced Kanzaki Kaori to use Divine Power Confusion against Aleister, but Roy intervened and broke the spell. Roy then calmed Accelerator and resurrected Kamijou Touma, leaving the survivors aboard the Queen Elizabeth.

• Laura threatened Kanzaki Kaori with the lives of the Amakusa Style Christian Cross Sect and made her unleash Divine Power Confusion against Aleister.
• Kanzaki Kaori’s confused Egyptian and Greek divine names severely injured Aleister and began to overwhelm Kanzaki herself.
• Roy appeared, shattered the Sorcery Equipment, and told Kanzaki that the Amakusa Style Christian Cross Sect had been rescued.
• Kanzaki collapsed unconscious, and Roy calmed Accelerator as he charged at Laura and fell onto the deck.
• Roy restored Kamijou Touma’s charred body, bringing him back to life.

Roy resurrected Kamijou Touma and revealed that Laura’s pregnancy was connected to a ritual meant to bring forth the Son of God and renew the world. Convinced that Roy would allow her to proceed, Laura began the Scottish Grand Ritual aboard the Queen Elizabeth.

• Roy resurrected Kamijou Touma, and Accelerator embraced him while crying.
• Roy explained Laura’s pregnancy and urged her to continue the ritual, claiming her child would bring salvation to a cleansed world.
• Laura suspected the ritual was meant to give birth to the Son of God, while Aleister recognized that Roy was deceiving her.
• Laura took out the Four Treasures of Scotland and arranged them in the Magic Circle aboard the Queen Elizabeth.
• Laura tentatively activated the Scottish Grand Ritual at the ship’s position in the Irish Sea.

As Laura’s Scottish Grand Ritual seized Britain and began spreading the Mo. Aser Ritual, Roy revealed that an uncontrollable factor had entered its pairing: the birth of his daughter. Kolozun went into labor while continuing the ritual, which Laura expanded to draw on Britain’s ley lines and fortune and collapse the phases.

• Queen Elizard explained to Kerissa that Laura had used the Scottish Grand Ritual to steal royal authority and that Cait Sith had lost its power.
• Laura declared that she would spread the Mo. Aser Ritual across every phase and annihilate the old world, but Roy said the ritual’s pairing contained an uncontrollable factor.
• Roy announced that the seventy-eight Arcana had been planted on the Tree of Life and that his daughter would be born on the eve of Halloween.
• Kolozun suffered the pain of childbirth and tried to strike Roy with a universe-shattering spell, but Roy redirected and destroyed it.
• Laura activated the Mo. Aser Grand Ritual, drawing on Britain’s ley lines and former colonies to magnify it and target the phases.
• Laura said she had originally chosen Lilith as her pairing target but would pair herself again so the ritual could still succeed.

Laura’s failed Mo. Aser ritual ended with the birth of the Halloween Queen, whose existence saved the world and united Kolozun with Laura. Roy and Laura welcomed their daughter, while Aleister began planning how to care for her.

• Laura’s Mo. Aser ritual failed when the newborn Halloween Queen became an unforeseen living counterpart, saving the world from annihilation.
• Laura recognized that the child’s birth had ruined her mission, but Kolozun and Laura fully merged as her consciousness awakened.
• Roy held the newborn, cleaned her, and heard her call him Father before Laura asked to hold her.
• Roy handed the child to Laura, who soothed her until she fell asleep.
• Aleister discussed feeding the baby and offered to use Academy City’s infant-care facilities and prepared formula.

Roy told Aleister that the Halloween Queen was effectively immortal, while Laura confronted Aleister over her abandonment and greeted her with scorn. Roy then revealed his plan to create a new cross-world hub called Little Garden, where he would combine beliefs and observe how worlds and their rules developed.

• Roy explained that the Halloween Queen drew magic and vitality from the Great Source and could resurrect as long as the Christian worldview existed.
• Laura told Aleister that meeting parents as unfit as her was the greatest misfortune of her life, while Aleister remained unable to answer.
• Aiwass praised Aleister's determination and said she planned to follow Roy through the wider worlds to seek and transmit knowledge.
• Roy said he would create a hub that connected worlds and brought different beliefs, mythologies, and religions together.
• Roy named the hub Little Garden and agreed with Aiwass that it would be a closed experimental field for observing worlds and the emergence of their rules.

Laura hesitated over how to face the United Fleet after her ritual failed, but Roy changed the world so its members stopped opposing them and arranged for Laura to return to London. Roy also revealed how Laura’s pregnancy and their daughter’s birth had been displaced in time, then spent time with Lilith and the infant Halloween Queen before an Egyptian goddess asked him when they would release Niangniang.

• Laura considered killing the United Fleet or seeking a peaceful solution until Roy reassured her and altered the fleet’s hostility, causing its British, French, and American forces to fight one another.
• Roy told Laura that Britain had forgotten her deeds, allowed her to remain Supreme Pontiff, and urged her to return to London with Aleister.
• Roy gave Kamijou Touma plane tickets and a helicopter so he and Accelerator could leave Britain safely.
• Roy explained that he had cut Laura’s pregnancy out of the world’s timeline and recently restored that missing period, then kissed Laura and sent her to rest in London.
• Lilith confronted Roy about having a child with Laura, while the infant Halloween Queen teased Lilith and fell asleep in Roy’s arms.
• An Egyptian Ennead goddess appeared, embraced Roy, and asked when they would release Niangniang.

Halloween Queen entered St. George's Cathedral and prayed beside Laura, addressing God as her beloved Father. The chapter left her prayerful and devoted beneath the cross.

• Halloween Queen entered the cathedral and playfully stepped across patches of sunlight.
• She stopped behind Laura, who stood praying beneath the cross.
• Halloween Queen closed her eyes and prayed, praising God and asking to walk beside Him and triumph in battles for sovereignty.

Halloween Queen returned to Laura after wiping out hostile Magic Societies and confronting Fiamma of the Right, then prepared to visit her father, Roy. She spotted Roy meeting Nuada beside the Thames as her carriage carried her toward him.

• Halloween Queen told Laura she had eliminated the Magic Societies that opposed the Puritan Church and had severed Fiamma of the Right’s hand.
• Laura cautioned Halloween Queen not to threaten the Roman Orthodox Church or the Russian Orthodox Church, and told her that Roy was waiting for her.
• Laura had obtained Windsor Castle from the Royal Faction and given it to Halloween Queen as her residence.
• Halloween Queen chose a red evening gown, then left Windsor Castle by carriage to visit Roy.
• Halloween Queen saw Roy sitting beside the Thames with Nuada, but told her carriage driver to continue forward.

After Nuada transferred his spiritual profile to Halloween Queen, Roy took her on a walk through London and said he would find her a teacher. Watching Vivian speak on a public screen, they discussed how Roy’s intervention had saved the British Royal Family from collapse.

• Nuada gave Halloween Queen his spiritual profile, allowing her to take the core position in Celtic Mythology while he remained its hidden pinnacle.
• After Nuada left, Roy invited Halloween Queen to walk with him and said he would find her a teacher.
• Roy and Halloween Queen walked along the River Thames, holding hands and enjoying the sights of London.
• They watched Vivian deliver a speech on a large screen, and Roy reflected on Queen Elizabeth, her daughters, and the Royal Family’s political position.
• Halloween Queen said that without Roy’s help, Kerissa would have killed Vivian and the resulting conflict would have ended the Windsor Dynasty’s power.

Roy brought Halloween Queen to the Shadow Land and asked his former teacher Scathach to train her. Scathach accepted, warning Halloween Queen that she would face harsh trials, while Dawn Light launched an attack on a manor near London.

• Roy warned Halloween Queen not to let her emotions drive her into conflict with a sister, then took her to meet her new teacher.
• Roy and Halloween Queen arrived in the Shadow Land, where they met Scathach, Queen of the Shadow Land and Roy's former teacher.
• Scathach recognized Halloween Queen's connection to Nuada and agreed to train her, declaring that she would teach only those with the makings of heroes.
• Roy gave Scathach permission to train Halloween Queen however she wished, and Halloween Queen faced Scathach's challenge with forced resolve.
• Levianna Baudelaire ordered Dawn Light magicians to set a manor outside London ablaze, trapping its occupants in the flames.

Levianna’s Dawn Light defeated foreign magicians trying to use London’s leyline, and she reported their plot to the Anglican Church. In Academy City, Halloween Queen was sent back to the Shadow Land to continue training with Scathach, leaving Lilith to celebrate her victory at a game.

• Levianna used the four elements to drive escaping magicians into the Star Spirit’s flames, destroying them in a massive explosion.
• Levianna told Stiyl, Kanzaki Kaori, and Index that Italian and American societies had planned a spell involving London’s leyline, and the three Anglican Church figures left to report it.
• Levianna and Dawn Light departed after calling the police to handle the aftermath.
• Halloween Queen lost a game to Lilith, then pleaded with Roy to let her avoid studying with Scathach.
• Roy sent Halloween Queen to the Shadow Land to resume training, and Lilith celebrated before Roy teased her about her gaming skills.