Recaps

Klein received instructions to be cautious when writing to Nimrod and asked him about their next meeting and the wanted Instigator Tris. Nimrod and the Celestial Worthy discussed the Evernight Goddess’s suspicions, and Nimrod resolved not to trust the mercy of gods.

• Daly and Dunn warned Klein not to trust Nimrod too readily and told him to undergo an examination after communicating with him.
• Dunn told Klein to attend a lesson with Daly the following morning to catch up on Beyonder knowledge.
• Klein weighed what to disclose, then wrote Nimrod asking about their next gathering and the Instigator on a Church wanted notice.
• Nimrod considered Klein’s letter while the Celestial Worthy discussed the Evernight Goddess’s uncertainty about Nimrod’s identity.
• Nimrod agreed that he should make the Evernight Goddess recognize him as the Lord of the Mysteries and declared that he did not trust the mercy of gods.

Nimrod investigated Lanevus’s involvement in the ritual to bring the True Creator’s incarnation into the world and enlisted the Celestial Worthy to help him contact Ouroboros. Ouroboros sensed Nimrod’s call from Tingen City and saw the gray fog around him.

• Nimrod arranged a Saturday meeting with Klein and asked Mr. Z to book a private restaurant.
• Mr. Z reported that Sirius Arapis had told Lanevus about the ritual to summon the True Creator and had arranged for an uninformed lamb to conceive the Lord’s incarnation.
• Nimrod ordered Mr. Z to keep gathering Aurora Order members and watching Lanevus while he sought help from the Angels.
• Nimrod asked the Celestial Worthy to assist him in praying to Ouroboros, hoping to gain the Wheel of Fortune pathway’s support.
• Nimrod performed a ritual and called on Ouroboros to discuss a matter concerning the True Creator.
• Ouroboros sensed Nimrod’s call while tallying fate and saw the gray fog surrounding him.

Nimrod summoned Ouroboros and asked him to help the True Creator gain the advantage in his struggle with God Almighty. With Ouroboros’s charm in hand, Nimrod prepared to deal with Ince Zangwill and Lanevus.

• Ouroboros recognized that the figure praying to him had Amon’s appearance but was an alien presence steeped in Sefirah Castle’s aura.
• Nimrod asked Ouroboros to help the True Creator’s will prevail against God Almighty, and Ouroboros agreed.
• Ouroboros promised misfortune for Ince Zangwill and Lanevus and gave Nimrod a charm to extract the Lord’s divinity intact.
• Ouroboros explained that the Lord was consumed by madness and could not be awakened, then vanished.
• Nimrod warned Ouroboros not to answer prayers for love, collected the charm, and called Mr. Z.
• Nimrod told Mr. Z that Ouroboros had helped and set out to dispose of the blasphemous opportunist.

Lanevus tried to escape with the money he had swindled, but Nimrod and the Aurora Order captured him. The group planned to take Lanevus into custody and then search for Megose, while avoiding the Storm heretics.

• Lanevus left his lodgings with the money he had swindled, but Aurora Order members surrounded him outside.
• Nimrod ordered the group to attack Lanevus and struck him with his Walking Stick before Lanevus could finish speaking.
• Lanevus used illusions to interfere with his attackers, but Nimrod revealed he was a Mystery Pryer and dispelled the tricks.
• Mr. Z knocked Lanevus unconscious, and Nimrod ordered the Aurora Order to take him back and keep him confined.
• Mr. Z asked Nimrod whether they should go find the Lamb named Megose.

Nimrod refused to bring Megose to the group yet, while ordering Mr. Z to protect her and arranging for Lanevus to be beaten in a mock trial. After falling asleep, Nimrod unexpectedly became lucid in the gray fog and discovered that his will had taken root in his digested Beyonder characteristics, though he could not tell what had brought him there.

• Nimrod rejected Mr. Z's proposal to bring Megose in, saying they should wait until she sought their help, but ordered him to protect her from their enemies.
• Nimrod considered seeking the True Creator's support and helping him regain his sanity to oppose God Almighty.
• Mr. Z locked Lanevus in the dungeon and assigned four devout Listeners to put him on trial for Nimrod's amusement.
• Nimrod fell asleep exhausted, then became lucid in a dream surrounded by gray fog, cocoons, and the bluish-black door of light.
• Nimrod realized his will had split across his three fully digested Beyonder characteristics and could awaken through them even after his death.
• Nimrod concluded that finishing his Mystery Pryer potion had not caused his sudden arrival in the gray fog and wondered what had.

Nimrod used Sefirah Castle to take on an imitation of the Celestial Worthy and spy on Ince Zangwill as he wrote a script to kill Mr. L. The script was transformed by the gray fog, leaving Ince bleeding and sprouting pale yellow feathers as Nimrod returned to rest.

• Nimrod instinctively wielded Sefirah Castle's power and fashioned an intimidating imitation of the Celestial Worthy above the gray fog.
• Nimrod opened a screen in the mist and watched Ince Zangwill write a script targeting Mr. L.
• Ince recalled how Mr. L had disrupted his plans by helping expose and capture Lanevus, and he prepared wide-ranging disasters to kill him.
• Ince completed his script, but its words began to change and twist under the influence of the gray fog.
• Ince saw a god above the gray fog, bled from his eye, and sprouted pale yellow feathers as Nimrod returned to rest.

Nimrod oversaw efforts to improve the Aurora Order’s image and recruit workers at its Tingen City branch, while worrying about the cost of feeding its growing membership. He planned to establish a front company and began making food, thinking of Frank and Klein.

• A Secrets Suppliant accepted a delivery in the Aurora Order’s new matching clothes and explained the improved work conditions to the driver.
• The Secrets Suppliant urged the driver, a believer in the Lord of Storms, to consider finding work and learning about the god worshipped by Mr. Z.
• Nimrod visited the kitchen, where believers prepared fish and wheat cakes for the order’s members.
• Nimrod considered the branch’s rising food expenses and planned to use the Aurora Order’s workforce to establish a front company.
• Nimrod kneaded dough and thought about asking Frank to make affordable, good-quality food and about winning Klein’s affection with food.

Nimrod met Klein for dinner, and the two discussed their shared transmigration and the gray fog. Nimrod then surprised Klein with familiar Chinese dishes, leaving Klein excited to taste a reminder of home.

• Nimrod prepared Xiaolongbao, Zongzi, and pan-fried dumplings and kept them warm above Sefirah Castle.
• Klein met Nimrod at a lavish restaurant, where Nimrod raised a wall of spirituality resembling the gray fog.
• Klein shared his theory that transmigrators on the Seer, Apprentice, or Marauder pathways could access the gray fog's power.
• Nimrod brought out a wooden box of familiar foods he had cooked for the Dragon Boat Festival and handed Klein a pair of chopsticks.