Chapter Summaries

Edward tried to escape Audrey Hall’s villa after discovering he was in the world of Lord of the Mysteries, but Susie caught him and the household raised the alarm. Earl Hall confronted the invisible intruder and offered him safe passage, while Hibbert Hall slipped away to get help.

• Edward disguised the petrified maid and unconscious Susie as furniture, but two maids discovered them and raised the alarm.
• Susie recovered, saw through Edward’s Disillusionment Charm, and grabbed his leg despite his Stunning Spells.
• Edward freed himself and ran outside, dragging Susie as the maids shouted that Miss’s dog had been kidnapped.
• Earl Hall arrived with servants and guards, asked Edward who he was, and offered him safe passage if he said what he wanted.
• Hibbert Hall withdrew from the crowd and disappeared.

Edward escaped the Hall family’s villa by disguising himself as Audrey and hiding her in his enchanted pouch, then faked being unconscious after destroying her bedroom. The family believed Audrey was safe, while the churches had yet to report whether the bandit had been caught.

• Edward broke into Audrey’s bedroom, explained that he had wandered into the villa by accident, and used Quietus to stop anyone outside from hearing them.
• Edward took a strand of Audrey’s hair, asked her to change clothes, and used Polyjuice Potion to transform himself into her.
• Edward hid Audrey inside his enchanted pouch and blasted the bedroom wall with Confringo before pretending to have passed out.
• Two Red Gloves entered the room and concluded that the bandit had escaped, while Earl Hall carried the unconscious Edward away, believing him to be Audrey.
• Ace Snake arrived at the ruined bedroom, searched the area, and flew off to pursue the bandit.
• A doctor told Earl Hall and Hibbert Hall that Audrey had no injuries, and Hibbert went to ask the churches for news of the bandit.

Edward returned from the world of Lord of the Mysteries to Hogwarts, bringing Audrey with him and discovering that a mark would force him to travel between worlds every fifteen days. After Audrey questioned him about their new surroundings, Edward decided to tell her they were in another world.

• Audrey's dog Susie confronted Edward about Audrey, but Edward was abruptly transported from her room to the Room of Requirement.
• Edward learned that the Square Mark on his hand enabled travel between worlds every fifteen days, with time continuing normally at Hogwarts while time stopped in Lord of the Mysteries.
• Edward discovered Audrey asleep inside his leather pouch and welcomed her to Hogwarts after the Polyjuice Potion wore off.
• Audrey questioned Edward about their location and noticed that his Chinese book used the same writing as Emperor Roselle's scripts.
• Edward weighed how to handle Audrey and decided to tell her that they had entered another world.

Edward returned to Hogwarts after bringing Audrey from another world and sought Dumbledore’s help with learning Apparition early. He told Dumbledore that a friend from a remote country wanted to study at Hogwarts, leaving her true origins unexplained.

• Edward returned to Hogwarts and brushed off Filch’s complaint that Lilith had been tormenting Mrs. Norris.
• Edward visited Dumbledore, who had been arguing with Snape about Hogwarts’ Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers.
• Edward asked to learn Apparition within two weeks, and Dumbledore agreed to teach him after two days.
• Edward asked Dumbledore about his failure to cast a Patronus, and Dumbledore said he had no solution yet.
• Edward claimed that a friend from an ancient, isolated country wanted to attend Hogwarts, and Dumbledore asked him to continue.

Edward introduced Audrey Hall to Dumbledore, who welcomed her to Hogwarts and agreed to witness their Unbreakable Vow. After Dumbledore left on urgent business, Edward took Audrey to the kitchen to get dinner and planned to arrange her accommodation with Professor McGonagall.

• Dumbledore revealed that he had noticed Edward vanish and accepted his explanation that he had traveled to another world.
• Edward brought Audrey Hall out of his leather pouch, and Dumbledore welcomed her to Hogwarts as a witch with powerful magical ancestry.
• Edward and Audrey made a mutual Unbreakable Vow, promising to protect each other and keep Edward’s secrets.
• Fawkes arrived, and Dumbledore left Edward in charge of Audrey while asking that she be taught English and given accommodation.
• Edward took Audrey to the Hogwarts Kitchen, where a House-elf agreed to prepare dinner for them.

Edward introduced Audrey to Hogwarts and arranged her lodging before teaching her English and taking her to Diagon Alley to buy school supplies. As Audrey was fitted for her uniform, Edward remained uncertain which potion pathway to pursue.

• Edward shared dinner with Audrey in the Hufflepuff Common Room, introduced her to his cat Lilith, and told her his name.
• Edward took Audrey to Professor McGonagall, who arranged her Gryffindor lodging and asked him to teach Audrey English and help her shop.
• Edward and Audrey spent three days studying English and Hermes before traveling with Dumbledore's help to Diagon Alley.
• Edward gave Audrey her Hogwarts acceptance letter and led her to Madam Malkin's shop for a uniform.
• Madam Malkin spent nearly two hours fitting Audrey's uniform and praised it as her best work.

Audrey found a wand made from dragon bone and heartstring that suited her perfectly, just as a dragon escaped from Gringotts and caused chaos in Diagon Alley. Edward avoided Harry Potter and learned that Quirinus Quirrell had been crushed during the escape, leaving the reason for the dragon’s apparent interest in Audrey uncertain.

• Ollivander tested Audrey with numerous wands before finding that his dragon-bone wand matched her unusually well, and Edward paid ninety-eight Galleons for it.
• A dragon escaped from Gringotts, damaged Diagon Alley, and fled after Aurors attacked it; Audrey said she felt it had been looking for her.
• Edward speculated that Audrey’s Spectator abilities and her dragon-made wand might have provoked the dragon, but told her not to worry.
• Edward used a Disillusionment Charm to avoid Hagrid and Harry Potter, then explained that he wanted to avoid disrupting the story before he grew stronger.
• Edward overheard Warlocks say Quirinus Quirrell had released the dragon from Gringotts and been crushed beneath it.

Edward studied Hermes and considered which Beyonder pathway to pursue while Audrey began learning magic. Dumbledore taught them Apparition, and after Audrey was Splinched, Edward mastered the spell; as their return to the mystery world approached, they sat together watching the Forbidden Forest.

• Edward studied Hermes and weighed possible potion pathways, keeping Apprentice as an alternative.
• Dumbledore taught Edward and Audrey Apparition, but Audrey Apparated too hastily and left her arm and leg behind.
• Dumbledore healed Audrey, and Edward overcame his hesitation and successfully Apparated.
• Edward practiced until he mastered Apparition and selectively shared information about the mystery world with Dumbledore.
• The day before returning to the mystery world, Edward and Audrey lost interest in studying and sat in the Quidditch stands watching the Forbidden Forest.

Edward and Audrey returned from the Harry Potter world to Backlund, where Audrey reunited with Susie and prepared to help Edward leave her home. The chapter ended with Susie checking whether any Beyonders were nearby.

• Edward and Audrey discussed returning to Backlund, his potion, and how Audrey would help him leave her house without drawing suspicion.
• Edward told Audrey that he had accidentally blown up her room, and they discussed repairing it and explaining the damage to her parents.
• Edward used Polyjuice Potion to look like Audrey, and Audrey packed her wand, books, and Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans before entering the leather pouch.
• At five o'clock, Edward crossed back to Backlund and faced a wary Susie, who demanded to know where Audrey was.
• Audrey emerged from the leather pouch, reassured Susie that Edward was her friend, and asked Susie to check for nearby Beyonders.

Edward escaped Earl Hall’s villa with Susie’s help and began setting himself up in Backlund. Audrey secretly helped protect him while he planned to choose a Pathway, obtain its formula, and drink the potion.

• Audrey found that Edward’s Repelling Charm had kept the maids away from her room and agreed to hide him in the Leather Pouch while the villa was watched.
• Edward suggested that Susie gradually roam farther from the villa, then carry the pouch away so he could escape without attracting suspicion.
• Three days later, Susie led Edward from Empress Borough to Cherwood Borough, where he left the pouch and thanked her before she returned home.
• Audrey gave Earl Hall a drawing of Edward, persuading him to end the Church of Evernight’s questioning, and her father allowed her to visit the church the next day.
• Edward rented a cheap room in Cherwood Borough and wrote down his goals: choose a Pathway, get its formula, and drink the potion.

After Xio and Fors’s failed attack forced Edward to flee and disguise himself, he arranged to meet Audrey at a Beyonder gathering and spent the next day exploring Backlund. The chapter ended with a poor boy offering to read Edward’s tarot cards in a café.

• A small attacker ambushed Edward at his inn, but he restrained her before Fors used Door to rescue her.
• Edward suspected a bounty had been placed on him, erased evidence of his presence, disguised himself with Polyjuice Potion, and moved to another inn.
• Fors and Xio realized Edward might track Xio through the dagger she had left behind, so they decided to move; Fors also told Xio that Glaint wanted them to bring him and Audrey to a Beyonder gathering.
• Edward received Audrey’s message that she would leave home at two, then considered the risks of attending Mr. A’s gathering.
• Edward helped a chased child escape some thugs and later gave the boy ice cream at a café.
• The boy offered to perform a tarot reading, and Edward agreed.

Edward avoided Will Auceptin and later joined Audrey, Viscount Glaint, Fors, and Xio at Mr. A’s Beyonder gathering. He requested several potion formulas while Audrey bought Roselle’s notes, and the gathering continued as they submitted their requests.

• Edward recognized Will Auceptin as the Snake of Mercury, refused his offer, and left the café, only to find a Paper Crane in his hat.
• Edward followed Audrey’s carriage to a masked gathering, where Audrey, with Susie’s help, met him and brought him along with Viscount Glaint.
• Viscount Glaint agreed to find Edward a small house in Empress Borough, and the group arrived at Mr. A’s secret gathering with Fors and Xio.
• Edward shielded Audrey from Mr. A’s stare as they entered, and Audrey assessed the members and their requests.
• Audrey bought three pages of Emperor Roselle’s notes, while Edward requested Hunter, Lawyer, Warrior, Mystery Pryer, and Apprentice formulas.

Edward acquired several potion formulas at a gathering, then revealed his appearance to Fors and Xio and learned that Xio had received a commission to capture him. Xio proposed turning him in for the bounty so he could discover who wanted him caught, and Edward challenged her claim that this would benefit them both.

• Edward received offers for several potion formulas, and Audrey warned him that his unusually good luck might be dangerous.
• Edward bought the Hunter, Lawyer, Warrior, Mystery Pryer, and Apprentice formulas and materials, spending nearly all the money Audrey had lent him.
• Mr. A gave Edward the Secrets Suppliant formula, and Fors and Xio escorted him safely back from the gathering.
• Fors gave Xio the Sheriff formula, while Edward went to the washroom to let his disguise wear off.
• Xio recognized Edward as the man from the hotel and told him that someone had commissioned her to capture him.
• Xio proposed capturing Edward to claim the bounty and identify the person behind it, and Edward objected that the deal only helped her.

Edward met the Snake of Mercury in a dream, but it refused to choose a pathway for him and suggested he ask someone else. After reviewing Roselle’s diary pages with Audrey, Edward realized he could seek guidance in Tingen City, where Klein was receiving another divination client.

• Fors and Xio discussed Edward’s offer, and Edward collected the Apprentice Formula before leaving to find its remaining ingredients.
• Edward dreamed of the Snake of Mercury, which declined to choose his pathway and told him to ask someone else.
• Edward obtained the last ingredient for the Apprentice Formula and rented a villa with help from Viscount Glaint.
• Susie delivered a thousand pounds from Audrey, and Edward Apparated to her room to interpret three pages of Roselle’s diary.
• Edward explained the diary’s information about changing pathways and hostile Churches, then decided to travel to Tingen City for guidance.
• Klein finished a divination for Elizabeth at the Divination Club, and Angelica told him another client had arrived.

Klein investigated why divination rejected every pathway Edward had been offered and found that the results had been interfered with. His further divination suggested Edward was especially suited to Secrets Suppliant, and Klein returned to tell him what he had learned.

• Edward asked Klein to divine which of six Beyonder pathways he should choose, including the Secrets Suppliant pathway he had accidentally revealed.
• Klein's divination rejected Hunter, Lawyer, Warrior, Mystery Pryer, and Apprentice, then reacted positively to Secrets Suppliant.
• Klein and Edward realized someone had interfered with the readings, likely Mr. A or someone connected to him.
• Klein went Above the Gray Fog and found Edward was somewhat compatible with Apprentice, but strongly suited to Secrets Suppliant.
• Klein returned to Edward and began explaining that he had repeated the divination.

Edward fled after Megose fixated on him, then prepared and drank the Apprentice potion. Mr. Door’s ravings nearly drove him to lose control, but a mysterious door restored his mind; meanwhile, Klein received a new prayer and saw Edward in distress.

• Edward chose the Apprentice formula for Edward and paid Klein, but Megose arrived and stared at Edward until terror left him unable to move.
• Klein’s intervention freed Edward, who fled with Apparition, destroyed the Secrets Suppliant formula, and returned to his villa fearing that powerful beings had discovered him.
• Edward rested, reviewed potion preparation with Audrey, brewed the Apprentice potion, and drank it after taking Felix Felicis.
• After becoming an Apprentice, Edward heard Mr. Door’s ravings and began losing control, but a burning sensation brought him before a mysterious door that cleared his mind.
• Klein heard a new man’s prayer, entered the ancient palace, and saw Edward convulsing in a disordered room before he abruptly calmed.

After Edward nearly lost control from Mr. Door’s ravings, Klein summoned him to Sefirah Castle and admitted him to the Tarot Club as the Tower. Edward returned to Backlund as a Sequence 9 Apprentice and discovered that he had already fully digested the potion.

• Klein established a connection with Edward and brought him to Sefirah Castle after Edward’s loss of control.
• Edward thanked Mr. Fool and offered information about Emperor Roselle’s Cards of Blasphemy in exchange.
• Klein allowed Edward to join the Tarot Club, set rules for him, and had him choose a tarot card as his code name.
• Edward randomly chose the Tower, then returned to his villa with a mysterious symbol briefly appearing on his hand.
• Klein divined that Edward joining the Tarot Club would not harm him and might benefit him.
• Edward examined his new spirituality and realized that he had already completely digested the Apprentice potion.

After becoming an Apprentice, Edward discovered that he had gained the unusual ability Dullness and reunited with Audrey, who explained potion digestion and revealed her magical experiments. At the Tarot Club’s next meeting, Klein introduced Edward and another newcomer, Sun, while Audrey and Klein noticed signs that she and Edward already knew each other.

• Edward regained memories of Outer Deities and other erased knowledge, then went to Audrey to compare their experiences.
• Audrey told Edward she had joined the Tarot Club and explained potion acting; Edward said he had already digested his Apprentice potion and described his Dullness ability.
• Audrey showed Edward the expanded space she had created inside her wardrobe and demonstrated her still-unstable Transfiguration before he left.
• Christina told Klein that her niece Megose had gone missing, while an unseen writer revised events surrounding Megose and the unborn baby.
• At the Tarot Club meeting, Klein introduced The Tower and Sun as new members, and Audrey and Klein each noticed clues about Audrey’s familiarity with Edward.

At the Tarot Club gathering, Derrick offered to obtain the Telepathist formula, while Klein arranged an exchange involving Audrey’s Roselle diary pages and a Bard formula. Edward asked about spirituality and considered whether it could power magic; afterward, Audrey and Edward accepted Alger’s commission to help locate pirate Qilingus in Backlund.

• Audrey offered three pages of Roselle’s Diary in exchange for a potion formula, and Derrick said he could obtain the Telepathist formula from the City of Silver.
• Edward described the ancient Kingdom of Silver, prompting Derrick to confirm the City of Silver’s history and Alger to suspect it was the Forsaken Land of the Gods.
• Klein gave Derrick the Bard formula and received Audrey’s diary pages, then Alger explained how Beyonders used spirituality and agreed that it might work like ammunition for their abilities.
• Audrey shared that the proposal to select civil servants through open examinations had gained approval, and the group discussed Mr. A and the Aurora Order.
• Alger asked Audrey and Edward to help locate Qilingus, a pirate admiral secretly in Backlund who carried the Sealed Artifact Creeping Hunger, and both accepted the commission.

Edward discovered that casting spells in Hermes let him power them with spirituality, then tested the magic on Emlyn White, a Sanguine who broke into his home. After Emlyn left, Edward told Audrey that spirituality-powered magic worked against Beyonders.

• At the Tarot Club, Edward asked Mr. Fool to make transactions between distant members more convenient, and Mr. Fool ended the meeting without answering.
• Edward found that using Hermes let him cast spells with spirituality, and he subdued Emlyn White with several spells after Emlyn entered his home.
• Edward offered Emlyn his Master Key in exchange for the Apothecary potion formula or help, but Emlyn left without it.
• Edward reflected that Emlyn might no longer meet Klein without the Master Key, then went to tell Audrey about spirituality magic.
• Edward appeared in Audrey's villa and told her that his magic had worked against a Beyonder.