Recaps

Iver planned to use Royal Law University’s resources to advance quickly enough to face the Fallen Angel, whose descent would unleash a world-ending crisis in about a year and a half. With Professor Moriarty away in the Theocracy, Iver accepted an invitation to a royal banquet and chose Lily to accompany him.

• Iver reviewed the languages, courses, and books at Royal Law University that could help him deepen his knowledge and advance his Path.
• Iver recalled how the Rosy Cross Society’s Ouroboros Ring Ritual would summon the Fallen Angel, whose arrival would lead to the destruction of the Society, the Stibium royal family, and much of the world.
• Iver realized he had only a year and a half to two years to reach the Sixth Level, and that university resources would be essential to his progress.
• Oswald told Iver that Professor Moriarty had gone to the Theocracy and that Master Edward might be away with Sherlock.
• Oswald informed Iver that the Silver and Tin Palace had invited him to a private banquet, and Iver asked Lily to accompany him.

Sherlock and Edward reached the Sweater Brotherhood’s hidden base at an abandoned chemical plant, where Edward uncovered a link to the Noble Red Society and smuggled Alchemy Bombs. After they captured and searched an assassin, Edward confirmed that a batch of bombs was stored at the plant.

• Sherlock led Edward through a garbage heap concealing traps and showed him the route to the Sweater Brotherhood’s base.
• Edward privately considered the Noble Red Society’s political ties and his loyalty to his adoptive father, Professor Moriarty.
• Edward told Sherlock about the Inspectorate’s Redstone investigation into Alchemy Bombs smuggled from the Pelican Bar.
• Sherlock and Edward sensed an assassin nearby, restrained him, and Edward used the Soul Searching Spell to search his memories.
• Edward learned that the Sweater Brotherhood had ties to the Noble Red Society and that a batch of Alchemy Bombs was stored in the abandoned chemical plant.

Iver visited Princess Isabel at the Silver and Tin Palace, where she welcomed him with a dinner chosen to suit his tastes. Master Yanis appeared through her painting ability and joined them, leaving Iver to speak with the renowned artist.

• Oswald sent Lily with Iver across Avalon Bridge to the royal side palace.
• Iver and Lily admired the lake and griffins as they crossed the bridge.
• Princess Isabel welcomed Iver and served dishes selected because she had learned what he liked.
• Isabel invited her teacher Yanis to join the dinner after remembering her teacher’s reminder.
• Yanis appeared beside the table using Reflection in the Painting, and Iver recognized her ability.
• Iver told Yanis that he liked Visiting the Acropolis Temple, Golden Dawn, and Crystal Sea.

Iver explained Yanis's paintings and the dangerous history behind her work, then began interpreting her first magic painting, “Visiting the Akropolis Temple.” He left off describing the painting's story as Yanis listened, promising a reward if his interpretation had substance.

• Isabel praised Yanis's “Crystal Sea,” and Yanis explained how its magical effects changed with the light and cooled the Silver and Tin Palace.
• Isabel asked Yanis about her more powerful paintings, and Yanis described works tied to the Nine Pillar Gods, Angels, Apostles, and alternate histories.
• Iver recalled how creating “Skull in Amber” with the Amber Angel's essence had made Yanis lose control and become a phantom demon whose paintings transformed the world around her.
• Yanis asked Iver to interpret her three paintings, offering him a reward, and Iver confidently accepted.
• Iver began describing “Visiting the Akropolis Temple,” recounting how Hippocrates climbed the mountain to seek medical knowledge from the Apostle Akropolis.

Yanis recognized Iver’s talent for the Path of Beauty and offered him her treasured painting, “Golden Dawn,” after he declined to change Paths. In return, she asked him to accompany Isabel during a future advancement ritual, leaving Iver wondering whether he should reveal that he was Isabel’s “Mr. Fox” before they advanced together.

• Yanis praised Iver’s balanced understanding of art and suggested that he walk the Path of Beauty, but Iver politely refused.
• Isabel felt proud that Yanis had recognized Iver, while Yanis recalled her friendship with Queen Sophia and explained why Isabel had become her student.
• Yanis offered Iver her masterpiece, “Golden Dawn,” and Iver was relieved when she attached a condition to the gift.
• Yanis asked Iver to wait for Isabel and advance alongside her during a future Full Moon Ritual if their progress allowed it.
• Iver wondered whether he should tell Isabel that he was Mr. Fox before they entered a ritual together.

Iver planned to guide Isabel’s growth and help her overcome her fear of the unknown without repeating the losses of her original history. At a banquet, he began preparing her to discover that he was Fox, hoping the truth would give her confidence and keep their relationship free of suspicion.

• Iver decided Isabel was a trustworthy future teammate and that he would help shape her growth rather than wait until her next advancement.
• Iver recognized that Isabel’s anxiety and tendency to avoid the unknown made a sudden confession likely to frighten her away, so he planned a gentler approach.
• At the banquet, Iver chatted with Isabel and Yanis, deliberately showing similarities between himself and Mr. Fox so Isabel might suspect their identities were the same.
• Iver reasoned that Isabel would feel safer if Fox were someone she could openly trust and introduce to her family, rather than a mysterious figure who could remain only a secret friend.
• Iver planned to reveal his identity himself before Isabel could catch him in the deception, hoping that her own wish for Fox to be Iver would build her confidence.

Iver, Isabel, Yanis, and Lily shared a long dinner at the Silver and Tin Palace, where Isabel agreed to give Lily student status and Yanis discussed living arrangements and Iver’s old reputation. The evening ended with news that Sherlock Holmes had come to take Iver home, while Iver was left wondering about a possible older sister.

• Isabel invited Lily to sit and eat with her, Iver, and Yanis, and Iver asked for Lily to be admitted as a student at the Royal Law University.
• Isabel agreed to arrange Lily’s student status after Yanis assured her she had the authority to do so.
• Yanis proposed that Iver and Lily live in a separate dormitory room, while Iver rejected moving out because Yulia needed care and protection.
• Yanis teased Iver about his reputation as a popular playboy and revealed that the Moriartys’ adopted children, including Iver, drew attention and affection.
• A servant reported that Edward Moriarty could not come because of a warehouse fire and that Sherlock Holmes had arrived to pick up Iver.

Sherlock joined Isabel, Agnes, and Iver after investigating the Sweater Brotherhood and reported a major lead in the Pelican Bar case. Isabel ordered him to pursue Bone Carver and postpone investigating Fox, while Agnes revealed that she had given Iver the national treasure painting “Golden Dawn.”

• Sherlock greeted Isabel, Agnes, and Iver and realized that Isabel had been drinking with them, signaling her favor toward Iver.
• Sherlock told the group that he and Edward had found the Sweater Brotherhood’s gathering place and Alchemy Bombs, and that the bombs had passed through Customs with proper paperwork.
• Sherlock asked Isabel whether to investigate Bone Carver or Fox first, and Isabel chose Bone Carver while setting Fox aside.
• Agnes asked Sherlock to watch out for Iver and said she would have “Golden Dawn” delivered to his home.
• Iver told Sherlock that Agnes had given him “Golden Dawn” after they had a pleasant conversation, leaving Sherlock stunned.

Iver learned about Sherlock’s friendship with Edward and heard that the warehouse fires involved Flame Essence, then returned to Moriarty Manor to find Yulia severely injured and bound while Edward struggled to hold her together. The chapter left Iver facing Yulia’s unexplained, flame-like condition.

• Sherlock warned Iver to choose a Path he genuinely preferred and explained that talent without interest could lead to torment.
• Iver asked how Sherlock knew Edward, and Sherlock recounted their university friendship and how Edward rescued him after a griffin attack.
• Sherlock told Iver that a second warehouse fire resembled the first and explained how Flame Essence could make even stone burn.
• Iver recalled that he had killed Veronica, the suspected cause of the earlier fire, and left Sherlock unsure who was behind the new incident.
• Oswald took Iver to Yulia, where Iver found her bound in silver chains, barely conscious, and covered in glowing cracks that leaked flame and blood-like sweat.
• Edward used the chains to hold Yulia’s shattered body together as Iver arrived.

Iver and Edward discovered that Yulia’s uncontrolled Phantom Demon power had caused the warehouse fires, and Edward sealed the Paradox Flame Butterfly before Iver treated her. Yulia recovered and slept safely, while Iver was left with a burning sensation in his arm; Edward promised to monitor her and planned to take Iver to meet Dr. William Wayne Westcott about the Fire Essence.

• Iver realized that Yulia’s leaked Fire Essence had caused the warehouse fires, and Edward explained that he had forced the Paradox Flame Butterfly back inside her with a sealing spell.
• Iver used the Illumination Spell to treat Yulia, but a dangerous heat entered his left arm before he stopped the treatment.
• Iver and Oswald cleaned Yulia and removed the Fire Essence from her body, then replaced the contaminated bedding and put her to sleep.
• Edward explained that Yulia’s accumulated Phantom Demon power had been triggered by her worry over Iver and that she had gone alone to an abandoned warehouse to vent it.
• Edward said he had reinforced Yulia’s seal and would check on her daily, then told Iver they would visit Dr. William Wayne Westcott about the Fire Essence.

After treating Yulia, Iver concluded that the Paradox Flame Butterfly’s power was dangerous to him and decided to prepare a Blank Card in case her condition worsened. He petitioned Candle Holder for guidance and drew three Tarot Cards, leaving their meaning unresolved.

• Iver confirmed that the power swelling in his arms came from the Paradox Flame Butterfly and began to dissipate as Yulia slept.
• Iver reconsidered whether James’s departure from Avalon had contributed to Yulia’s premature loss of control, but concluded the crisis was probably a coincidence.
• Iver decided to prepare Blank Cards early and stored four points of mana in a Tarot Card as a prototype.
• Iver used a blood ritual to petition Candle Holder and ask about the essence of the phantom demon’s power in his blood.
• Iver drew the Lovers reversed, the Hanged Man upright, and the Sun reversed as Candle Holder’s three answers.

After an apostle of the Candle Holder answered Iver’s questions and healed him, Iver interpreted the Tarot reading to determine how to seal the Paradox Flame Butterfly inside Yulia. He crafted a warm pendant from the recommended cards and materials, planning to have Yulia wear it as a probationary period for the Phantom Demon.

• Iver ended the prayer ritual, burned the bloodstained cards, and thanked the apostle of the Candle Holder, who healed his hands and cleared the mana clogging his arms.
• Iver arranged the Lovers, the Hanged Man, and the Sun into a Holy Triangle spread and interpreted them as hints about Yulia and the Paradox Flame Butterfly’s past, present, and future.
• Iver chose the Sun as the base card to empower the Paradox Flame Butterfly and the Hanged Man as the signifier card to seal and suppress it through the Dedication Path.
• Iver mixed Yulia’s True Fire Essence with his blood, mana, cinnabar, and ruby, then prepared the Tarot Card inside a charcoal-filled red pouch as a warm pendant.
• Iver planned to give the pendant to Yulia the next day so she could wear it close to her body and help the Paradox Flame Butterfly adapt to being sealed.

Iver arrived at Royal Law University with Lily and Edward, learned that Princess Isabel had given him a villa until graduation, and received a pistol from Edward because the school’s atmosphere seemed suspicious. Edward left Iver in the care of Hai Na, who began showing him around.

• Yulia woke feeling better, and Iver gave her the unfinished Sun card as a warm talisman.
• Iver, Yulia, and Lily traveled to the university district with Edward’s red-haired manservant carrying their luggage.
• Edward told Iver that Princess Isabel had given him a villa on Ronin Street until he graduated.
• Edward secretly returned Lady’s Grip to Iver and warned him to keep it, saying the university’s atmosphere felt wrong.
• Edward introduced Hai Na as Iver’s upperclassman and told her to look after him.
• Hai Na arrived after rushing to change, and Iver greeted her warmly as she prepared to show him around.

Aiden dozed through Professor Bard’s history lecture while thinking about Dracula and the popular Hai Na Dane. When Hai Na passed the hall with a handsome boy in a wheelchair, Aiden recognized him as Iver.

• Aiden recalled the book Dracula and wondered whether its account of the Narcissus Duke and Stibium Kingdom reflected hidden history.
• Aiden noticed Hai Na Dane passing outside the lecture hall and reflected on her popularity, athletic skill, and the rumors about her.
• Aiden saw Hai Na watching a platinum-blond boy in a wheelchair with unusual concern as they exchanged smiles.
• Aiden recognized the boy as Iver and blurted out his name.

Iver Moriarty returned to the theology department in a wheelchair after recuperating at home, drawing the attention of his classmates and Professor Bard. Professor Bard invited him to introduce himself and teach a lesson about the founding of the Stibium Kingdom, and Iver accepted.

• Aiden recognized Iver as his former middle-school classmate and recalled Iver’s charm, reputation, and mysterious disappearance from university.
• Hai Na introduced Iver to Professor Bard, explaining that Iver had been ill and studying at home before returning as a transfer student.
• Professor Bard asked Iver whether he knew the four kingdoms that emerged after the Herasul Empire split, and Iver confidently said he did.
• Professor Bard handed Iver the lesson materials and asked him to introduce himself and teach about the founding of the Stibium Kingdom.
• Iver agreed to teach, while Hai Na stayed nearby, concerned about how the students might treat him.

Iver introduced himself to his classmates and turned a history lesson on the founding of the Stibium Kingdom into an account of conflicts between supernatural Paths and the secrets surrounding Avalon’s founders. He left the class buzzing with excitement, while Professor Bard silently approved of his knowledge.

• Lily wheeled Iver to the lectern, where he introduced himself and explained that she helped him get around.
• Iver asked about the fall of the Herasul Empire, then argued that conflicts between Paths were its fundamental cause.
• Iver described how different Paths clashed and linked those rivalries to the Nine Pillar Gods and their apostles.
• Iver recounted Merlin’s origins and death, the Lady of the Lake’s later role as Lancelot I’s foster mother, and the apostles’ continued rivalry in the Dream Realm.
• The students excitedly discussed Iver’s revelations, while Professor Bard praised his fluent explanation and left him to continue.

Iver taught Professor Bard’s history class about the Herasul Empire’s fall, impressing the professor with his knowledge and skill. The class ended with Professor Bard deciding to make Iver his teaching assistant, while Hai Na wondered about Iver’s late-night dinner with Princess Isabel.

• Iver explained how conflict between the Alchemy Association and the Art Association, the rise of the Twelve Keys, and the arrival of the Children of the Moon weakened the Demon Scholars.
• Aiden realized that the vampiric creatures described in Iver’s lecture matched the events in Dracula, while Professor Bard listened without correcting him.
• Professor Bard confirmed an important passage from the textbook and let Iver continue teaching, impressed by his command of the class.
• Professor Bard decided to hire Iver as his teaching assistant despite the usual rules for selecting assistants.
• Professor Bard told Hai Na that Princess Isabel had invited Iver to a private dinner, and Hai Na wondered what had happened during his late return.

Iver used a history lecture to captivate his classmates with the origins of the Stibium Kingdom and its alchemical philosophy. Their enthusiastic response convinced him he had earned their trust and could bypass the initial trust quests he remembered from the game.

• Iver arrived late to Professor Bard's history class, where the students eagerly listened as he explained how the Narcissus Duke sealed the Children of the Moon and how the postwar kingdoms formed.
• Iver described how Valentine I founded the Stibium Kingdom with alchemists, Demon Scholars, and necromancers, and how its practical alchemy helped it grow powerful enough to annex its rivals.
• Iver explained Valentine I's belief that mortals could become gods by refining their animal nature through stibium, and the hourglass bell rang as his lecture ended.
• The students urged Iver to continue, and he recognized their warm reaction as evidence that his performance had earned their trust and would help him skip the game's initial trust quests.

After impressing Professor Bard and winning over the students, Iver decided Bard would be an ideal mentor and asked whether he had room for another student. Lily was warmly accepted by her classmates, while Iver reconnected with Aiden and left him to entertain the crowd.

• Professor Bard joked with the students and promised to bring a larger hourglass next time, leading Iver to decide he would make a suitable mentor.
• The students crowded around Iver with invitations and questions, while Professor Bard and Hai Na waited nearby.
• Iver introduced Lily as his personal maid, and the students welcomed her without judgment.
• Aiden approached Iver, and Iver asked him to keep the students company while he spoke with Professor Bard.
• Iver asked Professor Bard whether he had room for another student.

Iver tried to persuade Professor Bard to take him as a student, impressing him with his views on the Stibium Kingdom and Avalon. Professor Bard initially refused because his archaeological work kept him away from campus, but Iver saw that arrangement as an opportunity to travel and explore ancient ruins.

• Iver explained why he did not want Professor Moriarty as his mentor and asked Professor Bard to take him instead.
• Iver and Professor Bard discussed Stibium’s practical alchemy and the political dangers facing Avalon.
• Professor Bard admitted that Avalon had fallen too far behind, then explained that his archaeological work took him abroad with graduate students every third semester.
• Professor Bard declined to mentor Iver, saying his absences would leave Iver without proper supervision.
• Iver was delighted by the prospect of enjoying more freedom and possibly joining Professor Bard’s archaeological expeditions.

Iver persuaded Professor Bard to take him on as a teaching assistant and bring him on future archaeological expeditions, with Lily also accepted as Bard’s student. The chapter ended with Princess Isabel arriving at Iver’s classroom and inviting him to lunch, leaving the watching students stunned.

• Iver demonstrated his right-handed Illumination Spell and explained that he had begun studying Sacred Art after a dangerous encounter.
• Professor Bard agreed to take Iver and Lily as students, then hired Iver as his teaching assistant and offered him generous academic support.
• Professor Bard described how friends and students had died on archaeological expeditions because they lacked timely treatment.
• Iver and Lily left the classroom and found Princess Isabel waiting outside among a crowd of students.
• Isabel greeted Iver by name and asked whether anyone had lunch plans with him, prompting John and the others to wonder if they were secretly dating.

Iver decided to accept John Aiden’s invitation to the White Shoes Club and planned to bring Isabel along, hoping she could make friends there. He asked Aiden whether two more people could join them after afternoon classes.

• Isabel told Iver that Yanis had helped her find him at Royal Law University, where she had missed his lecture.
• Isabel asked Iver to visit the house she had given him, and Iver turned to John Aiden, who had come looking for him.
• Aiden invited Iver to a fun place, and Iver recognized it as the White Shoes Club, where he could investigate the minister’s secret.
• Iver agreed to go with Aiden after afternoon classes and asked whether he could bring two more people, while Isabel watched expectantly.

Iver brought Princess Isabel into the White Shoes Club and encouraged her to pursue friendship on her own terms. Isabel asked to paint his portrait for her life-drawing exam, while both of them felt a growing connection to their respective Paths and Isabel wondered whether Iver was Mr. Fox.

• Iver arranged for Princess Isabel to join the White Shoes Club, and the students eagerly accepted her membership.
• Isabel told Iver that her teacher had arranged to have the precious painting preserved before it was sent to him, and Iver agreed to wait.
• Isabel admitted she had left the dining hall before because she felt uncomfortable around strangers, and Iver reassured her that she did not need to settle for unwanted friendships.
• Isabel asked to attend Iver's class and paint his portrait for her life-drawing exam, and Iver asked to keep the finished painting as his first portrait.
• Isabel felt a resonance with the Path of Beauty as she prepared to paint Iver, while Iver felt a new understanding of the Path of Dedication and Isabel suspected he might be Mr. Fox.

Isabel worried that students would crowd her, but Iver helped her see that she could set boundaries and decide how to treat people. She chose to trust him despite his warning that he lied, then returned with him and Lily to her villa, where she and Lily toured the house while Iver fell asleep listening to music.

• Isabel found that few students noticed her and none approached her or Iver in the cafeteria.
• Iver advised Isabel to judge others by their intentions, set boundaries, and become more willful as a princess.
• Isabel decided to trust Iver because she believed his motives and actions were kind, while keeping their secrets private.
• Isabel used her spare key to open the villa and joked that she might check whether Iver and Lily had dirtied her bed.
• Isabel played music for Iver, then showed Lily around the villa while Iver rested in his wheelchair and fell asleep.

Isabel learned that Minister Charles Drost had sent his illegitimate daughter Lily away to serve as a personal maid, and she grew angry with him. After attending class, Iver met Isabel at the White Shoes Club and realized that her social difficulties came from inexperience and pressure rather than social anxiety, leaving her true feelings about being a princess in doubt.

• Isabel learned Lily was Charles Drost’s illegitimate daughter and silently condemned Drost for sending her away as a personal maid.
• Isabel left Iver’s villa when Hai Na arrived to take him to class, and Lily accompanied him to his Elven Language lesson.
• Iver noticed that his memory and physical endurance had improved after entering the supernatural realm and following the Dedication Path.
• Iver walked with Aiden and the others to the White Shoes Club, where Isabel waited and spoke more comfortably with an upperclassman.
• Iver concluded that Isabel lacked social experience and had withdrawn under pressure because she did not truly want to be the Princess of Avalon.