Recaps

Audrey listened as Alfred warned her about the dangers of becoming a Beyonder, then learned he planned to return early to the Southern Continent to fight the rebels. In Backlund, Arianna told Luther that someone was secretly provoking a worldwide war and offered him a new assignment with a Trinity Templar reward.

• Hibbert left Audrey alone with Alfred, who warned her about the dangers of potions and losing control, unaware that she had already advanced to Sequence 6 Hypnotist.
• Audrey asked Alfred how long he would stay home, and he said he planned to return early to the Southern Continent to earn merit and suppress the rebels.
• Arianna told Luther that a new appointee would soon take over Backlund and that Saint Anthony had been loyal to the Goddess but subjected to psychological suggestion.
• Arianna revealed that someone was secretly steering world events toward a global war and that Anthony had helped stoke Loen's resentment toward Feysac.
• Arianna gave Luther a new assignment and offered the Potion formula and Beyonder Characteristic for Trinity Templar as its reward.

Luther accepted Arianna's mission to travel to Feysac and stop those fueling hostility toward Loen, including the suspected Ince Zangwill. Klein departed by Flying Ship for the Southern Continent while Leonard and Daly headed toward the Sonia Sea, leaving Klein curious about their destination.

• Arianna told Luther to lead a team to Feysac and eliminate the organizations and people stirring up trouble there, offering the Trinity Templar's Potion formula and characteristic as his reward.
• Arianna showed Luther a sketch of Ince Zangwill, and Luther recognized him as a possible mastermind behind the worsening tensions between Loen and Feysac.
• Luther accepted the mission and learned he could depart after handing his duties to the incoming head of the diocese; Arianna vanished without answering his question about the Goddess.
• Klein arrived at a military base near Backlund to board a Flying Ship bound for the Southern Continent under an agreement with the Military.
• Klein spotted Leonard and Daly boarding another Flying Ship bound for the Sonia Sea, then both vessels took off toward their destinations.

Leonard and Daly traveled toward the Sonia Sea under the cover of official business, intending to enter Feysac and hunt Ince Zangwill. Meanwhile, Luther purified a Beyonder Characteristic and considered how to counter 0-08 before the mission, while weighing the risks of relying on the Tide and other powerful items.

• Leonard and Daly kept their mission secret from an airship officer, who believed they were traveling on church business near the Sonia Sea.
• Luther used the Sunless Cross to purify the corruption from a Sequence 5 Apothecary Pathway Beyonder Characteristic.
• Luther reflected on the dangers of relying too much on the Tide and decided to practice Temperance.
• Luther prepared for the hunt for Ince Zangwill and worried about the reality-altering Sealed Artifact 0-08.
• Luther read Klein's letter warning that 0-08 tried to endanger its holder and could draw anyone who knew about it into its story.

Luther suspected that 0-08 might fear the Phantom Tide and planned to consult Groselle’s Travels before deciding how to draw out Ince Zangwill. In Constant City, Leonard decided to tell Klein that Ince was in Saint Millon, but a familiar hooded figure appeared as he searched for a secluded place to send the letter.

• Luther finished reading Klein’s warning and wondered whether 0-08 would notice him because of the Phantom Tide.
• Luther decided to borrow Groselle’s Travels from Klein and ask it about 0-08 and Ince Zangwill.
• Leonard and Daly arrived in Constant City after flying from Backlund and received charms from Leonard for language comprehension and changing their faces.
• Leonard wrote to Klein that Ince Zangwill had appeared in Saint Millon, Feysac, despite the risk of betraying the Goddess.
• Leonard left the church to find somewhere secluded to send the letter and spotted a hooded figure who seemed familiar.

Leonard and Daly traveled to Feysac in disguise while pursuing Ince Zangwill. In Saint Millon, Ince woke weakened and discovered a quill recording that he had made a dangerous choice in his sleep, though he could not remember it.

• Leonard sensed someone familiar in the crowd, then sent Klein's messenger his intelligence despite feeling guilty about betraying the Church.
• Leonard and Daly left through the local church's back door and used charms to learn Feysac and alter their appearances.
• Leonard and Daly arrived in Saint Millon disguised as Feysac siblings.
• Ince Zangwill woke in a hidden room feeling weak and found a quill writing that he had made a dangerous choice in his sleep but could not remember it.

Luther questioned Groselle's Travels in the Phantom Tide and learned that 0-08 would not help Ince Zangwill harm him, while the book's response to his questions about the Tide and Adam suggested a connection to the Sun. After handing over his diocese, Luther prepared to leave with Daly and Leonard, but sensed that the Flesh he had left with them was under attack.

• Luther entered Groselle's Travels and saw a mural showing 0-08 lowered and silent before a blood-red figure, confirming that the quill would not act against him or aid Ince Zangwill.
• Luther asked what the book knew about his sea, but the palace stayed blank, and he concluded that Groselle's Travels was afraid to reveal the answer.
• Luther asked about Adam, and the mural turned entirely gold, prompting him to suspect a link between the sea, the City of Silver's Creator, and the Sun.
• Luther returned to reality, confirmed that a bishop had taken over his diocese, and chose Daly and Leonard to accompany him.
• Luther sensed that the Flesh he had left with Daly and Leonard was under attack and turned north.

Leonard and Daly boarded the Pine Needle under disguises, facing discrimination against Feysac passengers as they traveled toward Saint Millon. Just before the ship departed, Leonard recognized a familiar presence among the passengers and rushed after it.

• Leonard and Daly boarded the Pine Needle at Superior Harbor, bound for Intis before continuing to Feysac.
• A ticket inspector demanded an extra pound from each of them because they were Feysac, and Leonard paid to avoid exposing their disguises.
• Leonard reflected on rising hostility toward Feysac people and hoped his mission with Ishmael to kill Ince Zangwill and his companions would help prevent war.
• Leonard spotted a black-robed passenger who gave him a familiar feeling and hurried out to follow them.

Leonard chased a familiar black-robed figure but lost them, then learned Pallez had concealed the figure’s dangerous aura. Later, Leonard and Daly entered a dining-room dispute between Loen and Feysac passengers that ended in the manager’s beheading.

• Leonard searched the stairs and deck for the familiar figure but found no trace of them.
• Leonard confronted Pallez, who admitted he had noticed the figure and warned that they carried a dangerous aura.
• Leonard stopped searching and rested as the Pine Needle sailed toward North Hornacis Province.
• Leonard and Daly went to the dining room, where Loen passengers mocked Feysac passengers by serving them haggis and black pudding.
• A fight broke out, and a burly Feysac man cut off the dining room manager’s head with a dinner knife.

Leonard and Daly tried to stop a supernatural incitement from turning the ship’s dining room into a massacre, then recognized Trissy as a Demoness and chased her toward the captain’s cabin. The chapter ended as the captain attacked Leonard and a burst of sword energy revealed a fight already underway inside the cabin.

• A Feysac man killed the head chef, and the sailors and Feysac diners prepared to attack each other until Leonard used Dream Infiltration to stop them.
• Daly tried to question the spirits of the dead men, but Plague interrupted her, and Leonard recalled that Trissy had caused the Clover tragedy.
• Leonard used Tranquility to calm the diners, and he and Daly left the dining room to find the Demoness.
• A cloaked Trissy attacked Daly, but an undead spirit blocked her dagger; Trissy then fled toward the captain’s cabin, evading Leonard’s Dream Infiltration.
• Leonard chased Trissy onto the bridge, where the captain charged at him and a burst of sword energy split the cabin wall.

Luther arrived aboard the ship after Leonard, Daly, and Trissy struggled against a Feysac Warrior Beyonder whose actions threatened to spark conflict between the two countries. He treated Leonard and attacked the Warrior, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Luther sensed that Leonard's charm had been destroyed and used Antiya to reach the ship.
• The Warrior Beyonder attacked Trissy with a greatsword that dispelled her magic, while Leonard recognized a Demoness-pathway Mirror at the man's waist.
• Leonard and Pallez briefly incapacitated the Warrior, letting Trissy and Daly attack, but the Warrior awakened and unleashed a storm of dawnlight.
• Luther arrived, removed infected tissue from Leonard's chest, and replaced it with healthy tissue.
• The Warrior attacked Luther with a short blade, and Luther threw Leonard's infected flesh at him, making it explode.

Luther and his companions defeated a Feysac Warrior Beyonder, then confronted Trissy, who sought the truth about Edessak’s death. Trissy escaped into the sea, and Luther had Daly examine the Warrior’s spirit, which revealed that he had acted for Prince Nicholas.

• Luther killed the Warrior Beyonder with his greatsword, and Daly recovered from the plague after the bone mirror stopped working.
• Leonard identified Trissy as the Demoness behind the Clover massacre, and Luther recognized her from their past connections.
• Trissy insisted Edessak had been driven to his death and said she wanted to learn the truth.
• Trissy explained that Alexander Gascoigne had thwarted her plan and that she had followed another lead to the Sonia Sea.
• Luther offered to bring Trissy to the Church of Evernight, but she refused and escaped by leaping into the sea.
• Luther asked Daly to channel the dead Warrior’s spirit, which said he had acted for Prince Nicholas.

Leonard, Daly, and Luther reached Feysac after foiling a plot to stir up conflict between Loen and Feysac, while Audrey explored a village legend about a dragon in dreams with protection from the Fool. Audrey encountered a mysterious red-haired woman beside the dragon in the collective subconscious.

• A Feysac warrior's spirit confessed that a Beyonder had planned to use a mirror to incite violence aboard the Pine Needle and provoke hostility toward Loen, but Leonard and the others had stopped the scheme.
• Luther, Leonard, and Daly left the ship, traveled to Feysac, and headed by train for Saint Millon; Luther placed a suggestion in Leonard and Daly's memories to keep them from recalling Ince Zangwill and 0-08.
• Audrey heard a local legend that a dragon lived in a palace within people's dreams and decided to explore the collective subconscious after asking the Fool for protection.
• Klein granted Audrey protection with a Paper Angel, allowing her to remain lucid as she ventured deep into the collective subconscious.
• Audrey saw a majestic dragon flying through the gray mist, then heard a red-haired, golden-eyed woman ask whether the dragon was beautiful.

Audrey encountered two Psychological Alchemists in the Sea of Collective Subconscious, but Mr. Fool’s protection kept them from fully reading her mind before they escaped the Mind Dragon. Meanwhile, Luther, Leonard, and Daly arrived in Saint Millon and prepared to search for Ince Zangwill by looking for suspicious coincidences.

• Audrey calmed herself and recognized that the red-haired lady was a powerful Beyonder who had intruded on her island of consciousness.
• A Mind Dragon spotted Audrey and the red-haired lady, and Hvin Rambis appeared wearing a strange mask.
• The red-haired lady, whom Hvin Rambis called [Greed], teleported herself, Hvin Rambis, and Audrey away from the dragon’s attack.
• Luther, Leonard, and Daly arrived in Saint Millon and checked into an inn under false identities.
• Luther instructed Leonard and Daly to investigate incidents involving too many coincidences, while Leonard struggled to recall the name of 0-08.

Luther sought Ince Zangwill’s location, but Klein’s divination gave contradictory answers, suggesting Ince both was and was not in Saint Millon. Meanwhile, Audrey awoke in the Garden of Eden and followed [Greed] toward its central church.

• Luther asked Luna to divine Ince Zangwill’s location, but Luna reacted with confusion.
• Luther asked Mr. Fool to have [The World] help with the divination, and Klein accepted.
• Klein’s pendulum first indicated Ince was in Saint Millon, then reversed and indicated he was not.
• Klein tried Dream Divination to find Ince, but saw only an illusory, dangerous mass of gray mist.
• Audrey awoke in the Garden of Eden, where [Greed] explained the city and led her toward its church.

Audrey was rescued by Lady Greed, who claimed her from Hvin Rambis and took control of her. In Saint Millon, Luther prepared to investigate Ince Zangwill and a royal woman, then encountered Feysac locals blaming Loen for their troubles.

• Lady Greed introduced herself to Audrey and asked Hvin Rambis to give Audrey to her.
• Hvin Rambis agreed, and Lady Greed reached for the helpless Audrey.
• M told Luther she had no memories of Miss M or Ivanova Einhorn and urged him to investigate Ince Zangwill.
• Luther explained that Ince Zangwill was somewhere in Saint Millon's vast sea of collective subconscious and decided to gather local information about a royal woman.
• Luther went to a restaurant with Luna and heard a drunk Feysac man blame Loenese people for stolen business and pirate attacks.

Luther investigated what ordinary people knew about the Feysac Royal Family and learned that no one had heard of Ivanova. After challenging a group of Feysac customers who blamed Loen people for their hardships, he silenced them and left the restaurant.

• Luther ordered breakfast in a Saint Millon restaurant and learned that a Loen ship had suffered a steam engine explosion, killing several Feysac passengers.
• Luther used his Spectator abilities to question the waiter and other customers about the Royal Family and Ivanova, but none recognized her name.
• While eating, Luther considered waiting for Leonard and the others to locate Ince Zangwill and approaching Sophia about Ivanova only if necessary.
• When the drunk dock porter and other customers called for killing Loen people, Luther challenged their hatred and asked whether they had considered the struggles of ordinary Loen citizens.
• The angry porter stood to confront Luther, so Luther froze everyone in the restaurant and left.

Audrey realized Lady Greed had attached an illusory projection to her and tried to endure until she could ask Mr. Fool for help. In Saint Millon, Leonard and Daly reported on the Feysac royal succession and the troubles surrounding Third Princess Sophia.

• Audrey recognized that Mr. Fool's protection let her see Lady Greed's projection and remember their encounter, though she concealed her fear from Earl Hall.
• Audrey decided to stay in her bedroom and wait until the afternoon Tarot Club gathering so she could seek Mr. Fool's help.
• Leonard told Luther that First Prince Nicholas Einhorn favored war and was suspected of ordering the Pine Needle massacre.
• Leonard reported that Second Prince Ivan Reis favored industrial development and supported using military threats to secure markets and resources.
• Leonard and Daly described rumors about Third Princess Sophia's abduction and reported that her guard and a noble ally had recently suffered misfortunes.

Luther awoke to a vivid dream in which his sister Cecilia was alive and cared for him as she had before. He recognized the world as a dream, watched Cecilia disappear into the gray fog, and called on the sea to wash it away.

• Luther heard Cecilia call him and woke to find her beside his bed, telling him to get up for work.
• Cecilia opened the curtains, prepared breakfast, and urged Luther to leave on time.
• Luther noticed the gray fog outside and realized that only the house existed in the dream.
• Luther ate breakfast with Cecilia and watched her leave for school with her cat, Luna.
• Luther called out to the sea, and a raging tide swept through the dream world.

Luther woke to a crimson mist covering Saint Millon and discovered that Luna, Daly, Leonard, and Antiya were trapped in pleasant dreams. He went out alone to investigate, determined to find and punish whoever had used his most precious memories against him.

• Luther found the inn and the streets outside engulfed in strange crimson mist, then discovered that Luna could not be awakened.
• Luther entered Luna’s dream and saw the giant cat contentedly holding him, Antiya, m, and the others among piles of treats.
• Luther entered Daly Simone’s dream and saw her dancing happily with Dunn Smith, then checked Leonard and found him sleeping without waking him.
• Luther realized that Antiya was also caught in a dream and decided to investigate alone rather than wait or wake the others.
• Luther placed Luna in his shadow and walked into the mist, sensing dreams throughout the city and vowing to kill whoever had fashioned a dream from what mattered most to him.

Luther entered a shared dream in Saint Millon, where a crowd celebrated Feysac’s new emperor, and fought the dream’s multiplying warriors. He shattered the dream with a phantom tide, but as the carriage fled, he sensed a cold, ruthless will within the tide.

• Luther entered a shared dream portraying a bright Saint Millon and learned that the crowd was celebrating Feysac’s new emperor.
• Luther walked against the procession toward a golden carriage, but the crowd and giant warriors identified him as an attacker.
• Luther fought the multiplying warriors with the Blade of Flesh and Spirit, repairing it after their corrosive flesh damaged the blade.
• Luther unleashed a phantom tide that erased the warriors and restored Saint Millon’s streets, prompting the carriage to flee.
• Luther prepared to pursue the carriage, then sensed a cold, ruthless will emerging within the tide.

Luther was overwhelmed by a hostile will rising from the phantom tide and prayed to Mr. Fool for help. The clash between the will and the gray fog knocked Luther unconscious and left Klein battered before he recovered.

• A cruel will in the phantom tide tormented Luther and began to assimilate his mind, while m warned that he had little time to stop it.
• Luther rejected m’s offer to help and prayed to Mr. Fool to save him from the corruption.
• The will lunged at the gray fog, and their collision caused Luther’s body to burst apart and left him comatose.
• Above the gray fog, Klein was badly injured by the collision but restored his body after the fog settled.
• Klein confirmed through residual spirituality that Luther had escaped the hostile state and complained about the exhaustion of being a god.

Luther questioned Leonard and Daly about their shared dream and learned that a voice had tried to draw them into it. After sending them to investigate the people of Saint Millon, he reflected on the dangerous will in the tide, confronted M, and decided to investigate the spreading dream while limiting his use of the tide.

• Leonard and Daly recalled little of their dreams but both remembered hearing a voice calling them toward something better.
• Luther sent Leonard and Daly to check whether anything was wrong with the ordinary people in Saint Millon.
• Luther recalled that Mr. Fool had redirected the tide’s hostile will, and confirmed that his controlled seawater and his younger sister’s soul remained unharmed.
• Luther questioned M about the will, strangled her, and watched her reappear after her body vanished.
• Luther considered what the will might be, decided to investigate the citywide dream and limit his use of the tide, then heard Leonard and Daly report no abnormalities.
• Luther sent Leonard and Daly away as the Tarot Club gathering approached.

Audrey sought help from the Tarot Club after Lady Greed possessed her, and Mr. Fool revealed the intruder’s presence to the members. Luther recognized the figure as a possible lead to Ivanova Einhorn and rushed to intervene as his ship approached through the Spirit World.

• Audrey pretended to read until three, then entered the Tarot Club and told Mr. Fool that she had been possessed.
• Mr. Fool used a mirror to show the Tarot Club Lady Greed standing beside Audrey’s sleeping body.
• Luther recognized the red-haired, golden-eyed figure as possibly Ivanova Einhorn and asked Mr. Fool for permission to take part.
• Luther learned Audrey’s location, returned to reality, and called for his flagship before charging into the Spirit World.
• Lady Greed noticed that Audrey’s deeper consciousness had been drawn away, then saw Luther’s ship emerge through a Spirit World gateway.

Luther captured the phantom possessing Audrey after preventing her from sending a message, escaping through dreams, and merging with Audrey. Audrey then explained that the phantom was an avatar of Lady [Greed], a member of the Psychological Alchemists' Council, and Luther suspected a connection to Adam.

• The red-haired phantom tried to alert her main body, but Mr. [Temperance] blocked the message and trapped her attempted escape through dreams.
• The phantom rushed toward the sleeping Audrey to deepen her possession, but Klein's power knocked her back into Luther's grasp.
• Luther and Antiya stopped the phantom from self-destructing, and Luther's shadow swallowed her.
• Luther reported completing the task to Mr. Fool, while Audrey thanked him for saving her and her family.
• Audrey told the Tarot Club that Lady [Greed]'s avatar had possessed her after she encountered [Greed] and [Pride] while exploring the Sea of Collective Subconscious.
• Luther recognized Ivanova Einhorn's connection to the Psychological Alchemists and thought of Adam.

Audrey recounted how she escaped Greed’s control, and the Tarot Club discussed how to keep the Psychology Alchemists from suspecting her ties to them. Klein read Roselle’s diary pages and was struck by the word “Homeland,” leaving him lost in memories of his wish to return.

• Audrey thanked Mr. Fool for protecting her from Greed, while Cattleya warned that Greed’s main body might come after her again.
• Temperance Luther said he had prevented Greed’s avatar from sending information and suggested he would welcome another chance to confront her.
• Alger advised Audrey to visit an Orthodox Church so the Psychology Alchemists would believe the Church had protected her.
• Cattleya gave Klein three of Roselle’s diary pages, and Luther offered to provide cash for one of Klein’s blessed instead of diary pages.
• Klein read Roselle’s entries about Feysac and his daughter, then realized the repeated word “Homeland” had stirred Roselle’s longing for home.
• Klein remembered his own hope of returning after transmigrating and wondered how far fate had carried him from it.