Recaps

Iver worked with Hai Na to uncover and kill the Demon Scholars at the Pelican Bar, then began his supernatural training under Bishop Mathers. The arc ended with Sherlock Holmes visiting Moriarty Manor as Iver prepared for his first advancement.

• Iver persuaded Hai Na that he was innocent, then revealed privately that he had survived a summoning ritual and intended to change Yulia’s fate.
• Iver swore not to sacrifice humans, made a Shadow Blade enchantment card, and set out with Hai Na to investigate the Pelican Bar.
• Iver and Hai Na confronted Ademar at the bar, where Hai Na killed the bartender and Iver shot the Demon Scholar Veronica.
• Iver searched Veronica’s belongings, destroyed a letter with his shadow demon, and let Hai Na retrieve the forbidden book Alchemical Cipher from the basement.
• Director Kent considered rewarding Iver, while Sherlock deduced his role in the case and Princess Isabel expressed eagerness to meet him.
• Bishop Mathers taught Iver Sacrificial Fire, and Iver saw the Illuminator, chose Flame Container, and advanced his Dedication Path to its First Layer.
• Iver learned Illumination Spell and Blessing Art, planned his next advancement, and returned to Moriarty Manor with Oswald.
• Iver recognized Sherlock Holmes reading the Void Clarity Codex and suspected Sherlock was preparing to advance his Path of Wisdom Mage profession.

Iver studied the Shepherd's Secret Covenant, then entered a full-moon Advancement Ritual where he protected Lu Lu and Little Iver while hunting the Curse Master. He advanced successfully and returned to Moriarty Manor, while the ritual's events and James Moriarty's connection to the killer left new questions unresolved.

• Iver read the Shepherd's Secret Covenant, learned the Art of Shepherding, and destroyed the book by offering his blood and mana to the Shadow Demon.
• Iver completed his Priest Promotion Ritual and joined eight other candidates in a dream scenario hosted by Erlini.
• Iver and Lu Lu protected Little Iver, escaped the capital's danger, and hid with Sherlock as participants began dying rapidly.
• Iver used his knowledge of Avalon and the criminal underworld to guide Lu Lu and Sherlock toward a chemical plant, where the Iron Hook Demon cursed Lu Lu.
• Iver left Sherlock and Lu Lu, used the Shepherding Method to summon the Iron Hook Demon, and reached Aziz, who named Professor James Moriarty as his employer.
• Iver ranked first in the ritual with 2900 points, received the Vessel of Burning and Radiance and Tainted Light traits, and advanced to Priest level ten.
• Isabel told Yanis that she had advanced and asked him to arrange an earlier meeting with Iver, while Sherlock asked Edward to investigate the Sweater Brotherhood.
• James ordered Edward to resolve the Pelican Bar matter and protect Iver and Yulia while he traveled, and Iver invited Lily to attend school with him.

Iver secured a place at Royal Law University, where his history lecture earned Professor Bard’s support and brought him closer to Isabel. As Yulia recovered from a dangerous flare of the Paradox Flame Butterfly, Iver began guiding Isabel toward greater confidence while preparing to investigate the White Shoes Club.

• Iver learned that the Ouroboros Ring Ritual could bring about disaster and decided he had to reach the Sixth Level with the help of university resources, then accepted an invitation to the Silver and Tin Palace with Lily.
• Edward and Sherlock uncovered the Sweater Brotherhood’s link to the Noble Red Society and found Alchemy Bombs in an abandoned chemical plant, while Isabel hosted Iver and Lily at dinner with Yanis.
• Yanis gave Iver her painting “Golden Dawn” on the condition that he advance alongside Isabel at a future Full Moon Ritual, and Iver began quietly encouraging Isabel to see him as Mr. Fox.
• Sherlock reported the bomb discovery, then Iver found Yulia bound and gravely weakened after the Paradox Flame Butterfly leaked Fire Essence and caused warehouse fires.
• Iver treated Yulia, made a Sun-card talisman using her True Fire Essence, and gave it to her before they traveled to the university district, where Edward returned Lady’s Grip and introduced Hai Na.
• Iver taught Professor Bard’s history class about the Herasul Empire’s fall and the founding of Stibium, impressing the students and earning a teaching-assistant position.
• Iver asked Professor Bard to mentor him, and Bard accepted Iver and Lily as students while offering academic support, and Isabel then invited Iver to her villa and asked to paint his portrait.
• Isabel joined the White Shoes Club and grew more comfortable with Iver’s encouragement, while Iver recognized her social withdrawal and began to suspect she did not want to be Princess of Avalon.

Iver exposed an assassin at the White Shoes Club, survived a demonic attack at his award ceremony, and gained the Shadow Demon’s loyalty after it killed Chloe. Lily entered the Path of Adaptation, and Iver revealed to Bishop Mathers that he had advanced to the Second Level in a day.

• Iver helped the inspectors identify Raff’s murder as part of a plot involving Minister Drost and the Iris assassin Chloe, who escaped after Iver exposed her hiding place.
• At the Holy Sword Medal ceremony, a Deformed Limb Demon attacked the crowd, and Iver and Gordon defeated it while Edward and Maya dealt with its accomplices.
• Iver lured Chloe to his room, where the Shadow Demon trapped and killed her, then claimed her shadow powers and left her belongings for Iver.
• Iver assessed Chloe’s equipment and planned to advance quickly, while the Shadow Demon promised it could fight a Fifth-Level assassin once he reached the third stage of Shadow Affinity.
• Iver arranged for Lily to choose a Grimoire from the Bureau of Supervision, and the Silken Grimoire drew her into a cocoon and awakened her Path of Adaptation abilities.
• Iver created the Shadow Cloak Spell Card using the Shadow Demon’s power and discovered that Constant Self had drawn part of that power into the card through his Ritual of Sin.
• Lily became Iver’s nearly invisible bodyguard and received Sneaker in the Shadows before accompanying him to Bishop Mathers’s home.
• Iver told Mathers he had reached the Second Level in one day, and Mathers warned that rapid advancement could let the Path of Dedication influence his mind.