Recaps

Edward tried to summon a messenger, but a black bird ate his wand and negotiated a contract requiring one wand for every five summons. Megose found him at the warehouse and said the baby in her belly wanted to find him.

• Edward summoned a silver-white otter-like creature, but an unknown shadow frightened it away.
• Edward summoned again, and a black bird emerged, ate his wand, and agreed to become his messenger in exchange for one wand every five summons.
• Edward signed a contract with the bird, which demanded payment in advance before vanishing into the candle flame.
• Megose entered the warehouse, immobilized Edward, and said the baby in her belly wanted to find him.

Edward escaped Megose and the True Creator’s monstrous infant, only for the one-eyed baby to follow him to his villa and speak through the True Creator’s regained consciousness. After receiving pathway formulas and a warning that the True Creator would try to kill him, Edward sought answers from Will Auceptin but woke without getting any.

• Edward fought Megose with spells, cut her in half with Sectumsempra, and fled the warehouse as explosions and flames engulfed it.
• Edward Apparated to his villa, where the one-eyed baby appeared on his shoulders and spoke to him through the True Creator.
• The True Creator explained that Edward’s presence briefly restored his sanity and warned that he would try to stop the True Creator from ordering Edward’s death.
• The True Creator gave Edward formulas for the Hanged Man pathway, but Edward asked instead for the Door pathway formulas before the baby vanished.
• Edward wrote to Will Auceptin for a conversation, then dreamed of the giant snake and woke after Will’s voice said he could not answer Edward’s question.

Edward told the Tarot Club that the True Creator had targeted him and asked Mr. Fool for protection, while Klein tried to maintain his composure. Edward then raised a new discovery about the Card of Blasphemy and requested a private conversation, leaving the details unrevealed.

• Anthony Stevenson, Ace Snake, and Horamick Haydn discussed the destroyed docks and the missing child of the evil god as a worshipper of the True Creator rejoiced nearby.
• Edward visited Audrey, described surviving the evil god’s child, and considered fleeing Backlund; he gave her instructions for contacting his messenger.
• At the Tarot Club, Audrey obtained the Telepathist formula for Derrick, and Klein translated its ingredients.
• Edward told the Tarot Club that the True Creator had targeted him and asked Mr. Fool for protection, claiming Mr. Fool had secretly saved him.
• Alger advised Edward not to flee to sea, and Klein offered to contact his Blessed for help.
• Edward mentioned a new discovery about the Card of Blasphemy and asked Mr. Fool for a private conversation.

Edward learned that Viscount Glaint had placed a bounty on him, then prepared and drank the Trickmaster potion, successfully advancing to Sequence 8. He discovered that his new abilities strengthened corresponding spells, and found the potion was already half digested.

• At the Tarot Club, Edward reported that a Card of Blasphemy might be among Emperor Roselle’s belongings and saved his reward for later.
• Alger warned that Vice Admiral Hurricane Qilingus was in Backlund seeking an item that could help him become a high-sequence powerhouse, and Audrey said she was tracking him.
• Audrey’s letter told Edward that Xio had found the main ingredients for his Trickmaster potion, and Xio revealed that Viscount Glaint had posted a bounty on him.
• Edward returned to his hotel and drank the Trickmaster potion, advancing to Sequence 8 and gaining new Beyonder abilities, including [Unrestrained].
• Edward tested his new abilities and discovered they increased the power of related spells; he then noticed that his potion was already half digested.

Klein’s divination of Megose revealed a terrifying presence, and he received a warning that Old Neil was about to lose control. Edward and Audrey returned to Hogwarts, where Professor McGonagall explained Lilith’s latest mischief.

• Klein’s dream divination showed Megose knocking at a villa and entering an abandoned warehouse before a terrifying presence attacked him.
• Klein recovered from the ordeal and received a letter warning that Old Neil was about to lose control.
• Edward and Audrey returned to Hogwarts and learned that their time in each world would now last eighteen days.
• Edward and Audrey went to Professor McGonagall’s office and found Lilith fleeing with dried fish.
• Professor McGonagall transformed back from a tabby cat, and Edward apologized for Lilith’s mischief.

Edward bought a replacement wand and experimental wands in Diagon Alley, then showed Audrey the modern city outside the Leaky Cauldron. Audrey was stunned by how far London had advanced beyond the city she knew.

• Professor McGonagall confirmed Audrey’s school arrangements and invited her to ask questions about Transfiguration.
• Edward appeased Lilith, then used spirituality-powered Apparition to take Audrey from Hogwarts to Ollivander’s shop despite the castle’s anti-Apparition enchantment.
• Edward bought a new blackthorn wand with a phoenix feather core and acquired five experimental wands, three intact spares, and ingredients and a flask of Polyjuice Potion.
• Edward took Audrey to the Leaky Cauldron and revealed the modern London street outside.
• Audrey stared in shock at London’s towering buildings and traffic as Edward explained that it was like Backlund centuries in the future.

Audrey explored modern London with Edward, then joined him on the Hogwarts Express to experience the traditional first-year journey to Hogwarts. After Audrey left with the first-years, Edward reunited with Cedric in the crowded Great Hall.

• Edward showed Audrey around London, where she marveled at its technology and architecture and asked questions about the unfamiliar world.
• Audrey persuaded Edward to take her on the Hogwarts Express journey, and she observed the passengers while they waited at King's Cross Station.
• Draco Malfoy bragged about his pure-blood status and insulted the Weasleys, prompting Ron and his brothers to confront him before Edward intervened.
• Edward recognized Peter Pettigrew hiding in Ron's pocket and decided he would report him to Dumbledore.
• At the station, Hagrid gathered the first-years, and Audrey followed them down the path to see Hogwarts Castle across the lake.
• Edward arrived at the Great Hall, where Cedric called him over to the Hufflepuff table.

Audrey joined Hogwarts as a transfer student and was sorted into Slytherin after the Sorting Hat offered her a choice between Gryffindor and Slytherin. At the feast, Malfoy questioned her about her family and began insulting the Weasleys and Muggle-borns.

• Edward reunited with Cedric and explained that Audrey was a newcomer who had never had the chance to attend school.
• Audrey joked that the first-years had to survive the Killing Curse to enroll, frightening many of them until she admitted it was a prank.
• The Sorting Hat discussed Audrey’s qualities and offered her a gift for choosing Gryffindor or a secret for choosing Slytherin; it sorted her into Slytherin before she could finish saying she wanted to grow stronger for the coming apocalypse.
• Edward told Cedric that he would probably be away from school often, while Audrey observed the Slytherins and drew curious speculation about her background.
• Malfoy sat beside Audrey, asked whether she came from a family more ancient than the Sacred Twenty-Eight, and began disparaging her association with the Weasleys and Muggle-borns.

Edward told Dumbledore, Snape, and Lupin that Peter Pettigrew was alive and hiding as the Weasleys’ rat, Scabbers, prompting them to search for him. Pettigrew vanished before they could catch him, and the chapter ended with Edward and Audrey settling into Hogwarts while Edward began trying to become an Animagus.

• Audrey silenced Malfoy after he insulted her, then joined the Slytherins in welcoming Professor Lupin as their new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
• Edward told Dumbledore, Snape, and Lupin that Peter Pettigrew was alive, had betrayed the Potters, and was hiding in rat form as Ron Weasley’s pet Scabbers.
• Dumbledore went with Snape and Lupin to find Scabbers in Ron’s dormitory, but the rat had disappeared; Dumbledore erased Ron’s memory and warned that Pettigrew’s disappearance might mean Voldemort had returned.
• Edward and Audrey attended classes, Edward began practicing the difficult Animagus transformation method, and Audrey studied Chinese with him in the evenings.
• Malfoy continued avoiding Audrey after she repeatedly hexed him, though their shared Slytherin classes made it impossible for him to stay away.

Audrey dealt with Snape’s unfair treatment of Harry during Potions class and frightened Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle after they ambushed her. On Saturday, Edward found the three boys running errands for Audrey and showed her a mandrake leaf he had been keeping under his tongue.

• Snape took points from Ron and Harry, then awarded Slytherin points when Audrey admitted she did not know his Potions questions.
• Audrey and Hermione successfully brewed the Boil-Cure Potion while Seamus caused an explosion that ended the lesson.
• Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle ambushed Audrey, but she unleashed the Dragon Bone Wand’s power and terrified them into submission.
• Edward found Audrey giving orders to Malfoy and his friends, then showed her the mandrake leaf under his tongue.

Edward and Audrey visited Knockturn Alley, where Edward bought a Vanishing Cabinet and several Dark Magic items from Borgin. Borgin’s staged Basilisk Eye trap revealed an ambush, but Edward Apparated away with Audrey, leaving their pursuers arguing over the failed Anti-Apparition Charm.

• Edward and Audrey went to Knockturn Alley, where Borgin sold Edward a Hand of Glory, a werewolf-blood potion, and other Dark Magic items.
• Edward negotiated to buy Borgin’s broken Vanishing Cabinet and the other items, intending to test whether Mr. Fool’s fog would mutate them.
• Borgin smashed an empty Basilisk Eye box to frighten Edward, while several ragged warlocks surrounded the shop.
• Edward grabbed Audrey and Apparated away despite the Anti-Apparition Charm.
• The old warlocks argued over why Edward had escaped, and a witch blamed Carrow for causing the misunderstanding.

Edward learned that Grindelwald’s followers mistakenly believed he was their master’s heir, while Dumbledore revealed that Grindelwald had once suggested Edward might belong to the Dumbledore family. Edward received new spells and a Time-Turner, and left with Audrey teasing him about being younger than her.

• Edward questioned the six followers after defeating them, learned they believed Grindelwald had named him his heir, and took back his money before leaving them behind.
• Audrey welcomed Edward back to Hogwarts, and he told her about the followers and his uncertain origins.
• Dumbledore told Edward he was not Grindelwald’s heir but that Grindelwald had known him and once suggested his surname might be Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore gave Edward notes on new spells and a Time-Turner, while saying there was still no news of Peter.
• Audrey learned Edward was sixteen and teased him by calling herself his big sister.

Edward took Audrey to Akihabara, where she explored Japanese shops, food, games, and electronics before they returned to Hogwarts. Back at school, Audrey advanced in Transfiguration and Edward continued practicing Grindelwald’s spells, then had Audrey give Harry a revolver and Purification Bullets.

• Edward and Audrey flew to Japan and traveled to Akihabara, where Edward explained the local culture and Audrey explored the shops.
• Edward bought life-size dolls, electronics, and anime discs, and the two sampled local food and visited several attractions.
• Edward suggested they enter a hospital-themed haunted house, but Audrey studied him suspiciously; when Akihabara’s neon lights came on, Edward photographed her.
• Two days later, Edward and Audrey returned to Hogwarts, where Audrey continued her studies and began mastering Transfiguration.
• Edward practiced Grindelwald’s spells, struggled to control the Lightning Charm and Fire Dragon Spell, and watched Hogwarts classes with Audrey.
• Edward asked Audrey to give Harry the revolver and Purification Bullets he had bought.

Edward and Audrey returned to the other world with two of Voldemort’s soul-bearing artifacts, while Lilith came along and settled into life with Susie. Edward rented a home on Minsk Street as a base, but an unexpected visit from the Church of Evernight left him fearing that they had discovered his past offense.

• Edward retrieved Ravenclaw’s Diadem and the Resurrection Stone Ring, then returned to the other world with Audrey and Lilith.
• Lilith met Susie at Audrey’s home, and Edward left a Vanishing Cabinet there so Audrey could contact him.
• Edward rented 88 Minsk Street in Cherwood Borough and chose a piece of firewood to serve as a Portkey anchor.
• Lilith woke Edward by licking and jumping on his face, and he struggled through the night in the hard bed.
• A visitor from the Church of Evernight arrived to discuss an important matter, and Edward feared they had identified him as a blasphemer.

Edward learned that the Evernight Goddess knew about his ability to travel between worlds and wanted him to shop for products from his world. After delivering her requested goods through a ritual, he received a message that she had already paid him and expected him to continue.

• Edward summoned his messenger, confirmed there was no ambush outside, and learned the visitor was too powerful for it to defeat.
• Anthony Stevenson introduced himself as an Archbishop of the Church of Evernight and delivered Edward a shopping list on behalf of a great existence.
• Edward discovered that the list came from the Evernight Goddess and asked Audrey to give him half of the goods she had bought in his world.
• Edward brought the goods to Saint Samuel Church, where Anthony guided him to a library and explained how to perform a ritual for the Goddess.
• Edward completed the ritual and sent the goods away, then received a message saying the Goddess had already paid and he should continue next time.

Edward concluded that the Evernight Goddess had concealed his existence and sent him to Tingen, where he rented a house on Tulip Street with Lilith. He then visited a circus to seek work as a magician.

• Anthony told Edward that he had joined the Church of Evernight and suggested he go to Tingen, while Edward declined to choose a church role yet.
• Edward decided the Goddess's payment was keeping others from discovering his ability to travel between worlds.
• Edward rented number five Tulip Street after meeting Melissa Moretti and inspecting the newly built house with Scart.
• Edward settled into the house with Lilith, then learned that a traveling circus had recently arrived in Tingen.
• At Civic Square, Edward introduced himself to a circus performer as a conjurer and asked whether the circus was hiring, producing a rose for her.

Edward joined the Blair Circus in Tingen after stepping in to perform when Miss Christine vanished, and he began considering how to improve his Trickmaster potion digestion. He used a Portkey to travel between Tingen and Backlund, then Audrey emerged from his Leather Pouch and asked him for help.

• Edward watched Miss Christine perform an apparent teleportation act, but she disappeared after noticing him.
• Edward took over the circus show, impressed the audience with his tricks, and wondered why his Trickmaster potion had digested so little.
• Edward accepted Ringmaster Evans's offer to perform with the Blair Circus in Tingen for half a month.
• Edward turned a piece of firewood into a Portkey and tested travel between his Tingen and Backlund apartments, complaining about the rough journey.
• Audrey climbed out of Edward's Leather Pouch, looked around his Tingen apartment, and asked him to give her a hand.

Edward traced Emlyn to the Harvest Church, where Father Utravsky had imprisoned him after mistaking the vampire’s stolen blood for a sign of danger. Utravsky refused to release Emlyn early, and Edward declined to take on the dangerous commission that might have earned him a reward.

• Audrey delivered Edward a newspaper advertising a Beyonder gathering near the Bravehearts Bar, and Edward planned to attend despite worrying he lacked enough money.
• Edward met his new neighbors, Steven Green and his daughter Priscilla, who brought him a cake; he made a flower appear for the girl.
• Edward found Emlyn’s family clinic abandoned and used Emlyn’s hair to trace his route to the Harvest Church.
• Emlyn told Edward he had gone to the church seeking a commission that offered the Apothecary potion formula, but Father Utravsky had locked him up after detecting blood from a believer of the Mother Goddess.
• Father Utravsky said Emlyn could leave after a month of church service and refused to free him early in exchange for Edward completing a dangerous commission.
• Edward declined the commission and left Emlyn in the church, promising to trade with him after his release.

Edward attended a Backlund Beyonder gathering, where he tried to sell magical storage items and medicines and learned about a powerful Sealed Artifact called the Taunting Doll. He left interested in buying the doll but lacked the money to bid on it.

• Edward joined the Eye of Wisdom's gathering and offered Hunter and Warrior potion formulas, but no one wanted them.
• Edward put forward a wallet and suitcase enchanted with Undetectable Extension Charms; attendees admired their weightless storage spaces but balked at the prices.
• Edward sold several medicines, earning nearly two hundred pounds, and asked attendees to find ingredients and a defensive Beyonder item for him.
• A hooded woman sold a Rending Great Axe and a Corrosive Dagger, which were bought by other attendees before Edward could act.
• Black Snake offered a Sealed Artifact called the Taunting Doll, which compelled nearby Beyonders to attack it but also affected its user.
• Edward considered using his Unrestrained ability to ignore the doll's control effect, but realized he did not have enough money to buy it.

After escaping Christine’s ambush, Edward learned she was an Abraham descendant seeking revenge for her younger brother’s death and discovered she had mistaken him for the killer. He freed her but kept her notebook, leaving their encounter unresolved.

• Black Snake offered Edward a strange item that could let its user hear a great existence, and Eye of Wisdom questioned how Edward had learned the gathering’s password.
• Christine ambushed Edward at home, but he resisted her attacks, stopped her from escaping through the Spirit World, and bound her after knocking her unconscious.
• Edward returned home with Christine and the notebook, then questioned her after she woke and said she wanted revenge for her younger brother.
• Christine revealed that her brother had died after losing control at 32 Wilde Street and that she was a Sequence 7 Astrologer who had identified Edward through divination and a strand of his hair.
• Edward explained that her brother had lost control and showed her the Master Key produced by the event; he then released Christine and handed her the notebook as she tried to leave.

Edward questioned Christine about the Apprentice Pathway and the abilities left in her notebook, while Klein and Leonard investigated a Beyonder fight on Tulip Street. Their search led them to Edward, who told them Klein’s potion divination had helped him choose a potion that nearly made him lose control.

• Edward demanded a price for returning Christine’s notebook and used Legilimency to deduce that she had exhausted the abilities recorded in it.
• Christine denied knowing higher-Sequence Apprentice formulas and left through a wall, while Edward hoped she would bring him into contact with the Abraham Family.
• At the Blackthorn Security Company, Klein learned that Beyonders had fought on Tulip Street and was sent there with Leonard to investigate.
• Klein spotted Edward’s name in the residents’ register, and he and Leonard went to Edward’s home at 5 Tulip Street.
• Edward recognized Klein and thanked him for divining which potion he should drink, then revealed that drinking it had nearly made him lose control.

Klein and Leonard investigated Edward, who claimed to be a Church of Evernight official from Backlund, while Klein secretly confirmed the claim with him through the gray fog. The chapter left Edward’s identity in doubt after Crestet Cesimir said no Nighthawk or Red Glove named Edward worked in Backlund.

• Edward questioned Klein and Leonard, then claimed he was a Church of Evernight official from Backlund on a secret mission.
• Klein and Leonard left Edward’s house, and Klein went to alert Dunn while Leonard stayed behind to keep watch.
• Klein contacted Edward through the gray fog and warned him that he was Mr. Fool’s Blessed; Edward affirmed that his claim was true.
• Klein returned to the Blackthorn Security Company and told Dunn about Edward before beginning his assessment with Crestet Cesimir.
• Crestet Cesimir said no Backlund Nighthawk or Red Glove named Edward existed, leading Klein to suspect Edward had lied to Mr. Fool.

Edward advanced his potion digestion by performing a coin trick for Leonard, accepted a hundred-pound asylum performance, and agreed to help Christine seek a book containing Apprentice Pathway formulas. He then went to Tulip Street to visit Priscilla but found her away.

• Edward used a coin trick to unsettle Leonard and provoke dread in Pallez, then learned that the asylum director would pay him a hundred pounds to perform.
• Christine asked Edward to give her the asylum performance opportunity, first claiming she wanted revenge before admitting she was seeking a lost book of Apprentice Pathway formulas.
• Edward agreed to help Christine obtain the book in exchange for the performance fee and an additional payment, though Christine left without settling the amount.
• Edward went to Tulip Street with a gift for Priscilla, but no one was home at number 4.

Edward defeated the Tingen Nighthawks when they mistakenly tried to arrest him, then learned that he had been assigned to their team. After Klein passed his advancement assessment and became a Sequence 8 Clown, Edward joined him and the others for a card game.

• Edward used spells to defeat Dunn Smith, Leonard Mitchell, and Royale Reideen, then surrendered when Crestet Cesimir emerged.
• Crestet confirmed Edward had recently joined the Church but had not yet entered an official organization, and revealed that Edward was being transferred to the Tingen Nighthawks.
• Dunn apologized for the mistaken arrest and welcomed Edward as a new teammate; Edward met the Nighthawks and introduced himself as a Sequence 8 Trickmaster.
• Klein passed his assessment and became a Sequence 8 Clown.
• Edward beat Leonard at Fight the Landlord... Fight Evil by playing all his cards at once.

Klein revealed his identity as Mr. Fool’s Blessed to Edward, then brought him home to meet Melissa. In Backlund, Xio told Fors that she had obtained Roselle’s notes and reflected on a mysterious masked man who had recruited her.

• Klein told Dunn he wanted to learn combat techniques so he could help during future missions, and Dunn agreed.
• In a carriage, Klein introduced himself to Edward as Mr. Fool’s Blessed, while Edward explained that the True Creator had targeted him.
• Klein and Edward met Melissa on the way home, and Edward joined them for dinner after showing her his cat, Lilith.
• Xio returned home and told Fors she had bought potion ingredients and acquired two pages of Emperor Roselle’s notes.
• Xio recalled meeting a golden-masked man who had arranged future contact after recruiting her to work for him.