Chapter Summaries

Edward attended the Hall Family’s dinner party, where nobles gathered amid the political turmoil following Duke Negan’s assassination. After Hazel recognized Lilith and questioned Edward about her missing teacher, Edward avoided answering, leaving their encounter unresolved.

• Edward arrived at the Hall Family manor and spotted Xio and Fors working at the party, while Fors and Viscount Glaint exchanged teasing remarks.
• Edward saw Hazel with an army officer and used divination to confirm that her Marauder demigod teacher had not parasitized her.
• Earl Hall welcomed Prince Edessak and other guests, then gave a toast honoring the gods, the kingdom, and the late Duke Negan before the banquet began.
• Audrey drew the attention of the young men, and Hibbert took her onto the dance floor for the first dance.
• Lilith joined Edward in her Persian cat form, and Hazel recognized her despite her changed appearance.
• Hazel pressed Edward for an explanation about her missing teacher, but he denied understanding and tried to leave before a beautiful figure approached.

Audrey took Edward away from Hazel and danced with him at the banquet, where they discussed Hazel’s recognition of him and the Tarot cards left at the docks. After Audrey introduced Edward to Fors and Xio, the pair congratulated them, predicting that society gossip would report on their relationship.

• Audrey linked arms with Edward, led him away from Hazel, and tested his dancing on the floor.
• Edward told Audrey that Hazel had recognized Lilith and might have been seeking information about the Marauder Half-God; Audrey asked when he planned to get revenge.
• Earl Hall avoided answering Councilman Macht’s questions about Edward and led the nobles upstairs for a business meeting that Prince Edessak joined.
• Audrey told Edward that Glaint had reported tarot cards at the scene of the docks incident, and they discussed whether the Tarot Club should leave cards behind in future.
• Audrey and Edward met Fors and Xio by the entrance, offered them drinks, and received their congratulations.

Edward and Emlyn saved Earl Hall and the other victims of carbon monoxide poisoning after the Hall family banquet, but several New Party members died. The group suspected the blocked chimney was sabotage and realized the maid who screamed had disappeared.

• A maid's scream led Edward, Audrey, and Hibbert upstairs, where they found Earl Hall and many guests unconscious in a room filled with carbon monoxide.
• Edward opened the windows and found the fireplace chimney blocked, while guards reported that Earl Windsor, Chris, and Viscount Mountbatten had died.
• Edward fetched Emlyn, who treated the surviving victims with a potion and said his father could provide an antidote.
• Hibbert learned that the chimney had been swept the day before, and the guards said no one had approached the roof or second floor unnoticed.
• Audrey asked where the maid who had raised the alarm had gone, and everyone realized she had disappeared.

After the deadly gathering at Earl Hall’s villa, Edward and Audrey considered whether the deaths had been an accident or the work of the missing Quill. The New Party sought to avoid a split, while Audrey planned to ask the Tarot Club to help find the mysterious maid.

• Earl Hall and the other survivors learned that two birds had blocked the chimney, but the deaths left them suspicious and worried about political fallout.
• Audrey and Edward escorted Mr. White and Emlyn home, then returned to speak with Earl Hall and his family.
• Earl Hall asked Edward to protect Audrey and, if possible, the rest of the family, and said he would visit the four bereaved families to prevent a split in the New Party.
• Susie and Lilith told Audrey and Edward that Earl Hall planned to surrender some interests to appease the bereaved families and preserve the New Party’s unity.
• Edward suspected the missing Quill might have caused the apparent accident, while Audrey wondered about the maid who had been disguised as a Demoness.
• Audrey asked Edward to consult Arrodes and planned to commission the Tarot Club to help find the maid.

Edward asked Will to watch over the Hall Family, then met Bernadette and her brother Bornova in Backlund. He translated Roselle’s diary pages for Bernadette, ending on a startling entry about the senior transmigrator still being alive, though the remaining pages were lost.

• Edward asked Will to protect the Hall Family from future accidents, and Will agreed in exchange for a payment Edward could owe later.
• Bernadette arrived with Bornova, who showed no change in response to meeting Edward and said he had never forgotten him.
• Bernadette gave Edward several of Roselle’s diary pages to translate.
• Edward read Roselle’s entries about Bornova’s fading humanity, his suspicions of Zaratul, and a voyage that became lost at sea.
• Edward reached Roselle’s final entry stating that the senior transmigrator was still alive, but Bernadette said the rest of the diary had been lost.

Edward’s changes to Derrick’s past led him to join Lovia’s expedition into the temple, where the True Creator’s corruption left him in danger. At the Tarot Club, Derrick asked for help resisting the corrupted team, and Alger began proposing a solution that required Edward’s and the Fool’s assistance.

• Edward recorded four abilities from Bernadette, then asked Arrodes about the previous night’s incident and passed its findings to Audrey.
• At the Tarot Club meeting, Derrick said he was in trouble, while Priscilla asked to find someone who could help her.
• Derrick explained that Lovia’s expedition found murals about the Fallen Creator and that the team became lost and hungry in the temple.
• Derrick said the team ate mushrooms that were actually dead people’s flesh and blood, and that the corrupted members then tried to force him to eat them too.
• Edward explained that the True Creator’s power had corrupted the team, while Derrick asked the Tarot Club for help resisting the hunger.
• Alger said he had a method that might help Derrick, but it required assistance from Edward and the Fool.

Derrick proposed using Mr. Fool’s sacrifices to bring people out of the City of Silver, and the Tarot Club agreed to test the idea. Members also discussed Priscilla’s sleepwalking, Alger’s stolen Sealed Artifact, and Audrey’s request to find a missing maid, leaving that search unresolved.

• Alger suggested that Derrick might enter a sacrificed Suitcase and reach the outside world through Mr. Fool, and Edward agreed to provide one for a trial.
• Priscilla told the gathering that three evil spirits took control of her body while she slept, and Edward accepted her commission to investigate for 200 pounds.
• Alger revealed that the Secret Order had stolen the Sealed Artifact and the 7,800 pounds from his deal, then taken the artifact back to Intis.
• Alger said the Vice Admiral of Ailment wanted to meet Edward, and Edward asked her to pass any message through Alger.
• Audrey commissioned the Tarot Club to find the maid who disappeared after witnessing the incident at the Hall Family Villa.

At the Tarot Club, Audrey revealed her identity while commissioning the members to investigate a missing maid, and Klein shared what he knew about the Secret Order. Edward contributed Roselle’s diary pages, whose account of a living transmigrator left Klein desperate for the missing continuation; the gathering then turned to trades and potion formulas.

• Audrey offered five hundred pounds for definite information about the missing maid and five thousand pounds for help finding her, and Klein, Fors, and Priscilla accepted the commission.
• Klein explained the Secret Order to the Tarot Club using information from Roselle’s diary.
• Edward gave Klein fresh diary pages, and Roselle’s entry about a still-living transmigrator startled Klein before the pages ended on a cliffhanger.
• Fors agreed to buy the Astrologer potion formula from Edward and asked about the Arbiter Pathway’s Sequence 7 formula, which Edward identified as Interrogator.
• Fors asked the group for ways to make money, then Audrey requested Mirror Dragon eyes, Elder Tree Fruit, and the Spectator Pathway’s Sequence 6 formula; the Hanged Man offered to buy the first two ingredients.

At a Tarot Club meeting, Klein learned that Edward could direct him to Emlyn for a Beyonder ingredient, while Derrick received food from Mr. World in the Forsaken Land of the Gods. As Derrick attempted to escape through a sacrificial ritual, a mysterious intruder trapped him and followed the ritual toward Above the Gray Fog, where Klein spotted him.

• Edward told Klein that Emlyn at the Harvest Church could help him obtain a Thousand-Faced Hunter's mutated pituitary gland and blood, and Alger asked The Tower to find a man named Baelen.
• Klein confirmed to Audrey that his Chosen had caused the Harbor Borough incident and had left tarot cards at the scene.
• Dack tried to tempt Derrick with human fingers, but Lovia gave Derrick black-faced grass to resist his hunger.
• An illusory gate delivered food from Mr. World to Derrick, who shared it with Lovia and then began a ritual to escape in a suitcase.
• A mysterious figure immobilized Derrick and entered the ritual as Klein drew the suitcase toward Above the Gray Fog; Klein saw the intruder wearing a crystal Monocle.

Klein used a Paper Angel to stop a dangerous figure from entering Above the Gray Fog through Derrick, then sent the City of Silver group back into the darkness. Edward tested the evolved Hufflepuff's Cup and a Picture Frame that created a separate space, while Klein was left shaken by the encounter and resolved to grow stronger.

• Klein used the Black Emperor Card, the Red Priest Card, and a Paper Angel to drive the eerie figure away from Derrick and close the Illusory Door.
• Derrick thanked Mr. Fool, then followed Lovia and the others toward the City of Silver after she said it still had a future.
• Klein recovered at 13 Minsk Street, wondered what the figure had wanted, and concluded that he needed to advance faster.
• Edward discovered that Hufflepuff's Cup could produce filling delicacies and wine that restored spirituality, though prolonged use would make tastes picky.
• Edward found that the Picture Frame had gained the [Painting World] ability and tested its range, duration, and resistance to attacks with Lilith.

Edward and Audrey tested Hufflepuff’s Cup, discovering that it turned Beyonder characteristics into delicious wine that restored spirituality and bread into filling fine food. Edward then considered how to help Miss Death and decided to ask the Medici Trinity directly about their predicament.

• Edward told Audrey about the Emperor’s diary entry claiming that another transmigrator was still alive, and they speculated about why the person had left no trace.
• Audrey dropped an Apprentice characteristic into Hufflepuff’s Cup, and Edward confirmed through divination that its wine restored spirituality without giving him the characteristic.
• Edward tested wine made from Sequence 8 and Sequence 7 characteristics, concluding that each produced the same amount and strength of wine, while higher-Sequence wine would restore more spirituality per drink.
• Edward and Audrey tried the cup’s fine food ability, which turned bread into a much larger and extraordinarily delicious meal.
• Edward decided to ask the Medici Trinity directly how to help Miss Death, since he believed scheming against the ancient Conspirers would be futile.

Edward questioned Medici about his plans with Priscilla and learned they intended to seek the True Creator’s help to gain freedom and help Priscilla advance. He joined Priscilla on her Gravedigger rounds, while Klein met Old Kohler at a bar and asked about news in the Harbor Borough.

• Edward visited Priscilla and heard Medici complain that she made him and the other spirits tell her bedtime stories.
• Medici told Edward that he planned to use the True Creator’s Church to find help against the arrangements controlling him, Sauron, and Einhorn.
• Edward used a coin divination to check Medici’s assurance that their plans would not endanger Priscilla, then advised her to seek Mr. Fool’s help if problems arose.
• Priscilla told Edward that Mr. Azik had left after following her during one of her sleepwalking episodes, and Edward suspected Medici had sent him away to prevent interference.
• Priscilla explained that she moved hastily buried dead people to proper cemeteries, and Edward went with her to work as a Gravedigger.
• At Lime Bar, Klein met Old Kohler, who thanked him for helping him find steady dock work, and Klein asked whether he had heard any news in the Harbor Borough.

Klein hired Old Kohler to gather information about Cynthia and identified the man Mr. Hanged Man was seeking. Edward told Klein he could reveal his survival to trusted people and explained that Leonard was host to an injured Angel, whom Edward wanted to recruit to hunt a Marauder Half-God.

• Klein asked Old Kohler to gather information about Cynthia, a former maid who might have come from Harbor Borough.
• Klein recognized Baelen as the man Mr. Hanged Man wanted located and left without investigating further.
• Baelen pressured One-Eyed Kedge and the remaining Iron Hook members to transport goods for him.
• Edward told Klein he could let Leonard, Benson, and Melissa know he had survived.
• Edward explained that an injured Angel was parasitizing Leonard and said he wanted to work with him to hunt a Marauder Half-God.
• Klein agreed to visit the captain with Edward before seeing Leonard.

Edward, Klein, and Dunn arranged to reunite with Leonard, while Pallez secretly kept Leonard believing that his friends were dead to motivate him. After Pallez confronted Edward about his knowledge, Edward said a mysterious great existence had told him about Pallez.

• Edward told Dunn he planned to visit Leonard, and Daly offered to bring Leonard to East Borough.
• After the operation against the Desire Apostle failed, Pallez criticized Leonard for neglecting his Nightmare training and urged him to keep improving.
• Daly took Leonard in a carriage, claiming a Beyonder incident required his help, but Pallez sensed an ambush.
• Edward, Klein, and Dunn appeared before Leonard, who calmly greeted them and asked to speak with Edward alone.
• Pallez admitted to Edward that he had kept the truth from Leonard to sustain his hatred and motivate him until he advanced to Sequence 5.
• Edward told Pallez that a mysterious great existence had revealed what he knew about him.

Edward and Pallez agreed to hide Pallez’s existence from Leonard while arranging for Leonard to grow stronger, and staged an attack that made Leonard believe Edward had betrayed him. Edward then heard that Audrey might join the Psychology Alchemists and learned Danitz had not replied because he needed his captain’s approval.

• Edward asked Pallez to help kill an injured Jacob Family Marauder Half-God, but Pallez refused to act directly for fear of attracting Amon’s attention.
• Pallez agreed that Edward could reveal his existence to Klein, Dunn, and Daly, while Leonard remained unaware until he had grown stronger.
• Edward explained the plan to Klein, Dunn, and Daly, who agreed to pose as victims of his betrayal and help Leonard believe Edward had attacked them.
• Leonard regained consciousness beside the wrecked carriage and was told by Pallez that Edward had been among the attackers.
• Lilith told Edward that Audrey had met a possible teacher and that Susie had advanced to Sequence 7.
• Edward learned from Phoenix that Danitz had to show his letter to his captain before replying, and realized Danitz was no longer on his former ship.

Edward postponed exploring Groselle's Travels after Edwina said she was occupied fighting Vice Admiral Dusk, and he planned to seek Audrey’s help entering the sea of the collective subconscious. He then asked Emlyn to connect him with an influential Sanguine, leaving Emlyn reluctantly agreeing to make an inquiry.

• Edward considered the dangers of entering the sea of the collective subconscious and the risks of reaching the ending of Groselle's Travels.
• Phoenix delivered Edwina's reply saying she was fighting Vice Admiral Dusk in the Sonia Sea and could not join Edward yet.
• Edward asked Lilith to summon Audrey after her teacher left, then went to the Harvest Church.
• Edward found Emlyn playing with his dolls and asked him to introduce him to a Sanguine Marquis or Duke.
• Emlyn said he had only met a Viscount, and reluctantly agreed to ask that Sanguine after Edward reminded him of his debt over Alicia.

Edward sought the Sanguine’s help in eliminating a Marauder Half-God who had threatened Lilith, and Akasha agreed to discuss the matter. Akasha revealed her own grudge against the Rose School, while Edward realized the Sanguine may have been prompted by someone powerful to help him.

• Edward and Emlyn visited the Crimson Bar to find Viscount Ernes, but encountered Rallard and Akasha instead.
• Rallard recognized Edward as the person who had received the Sanguine’s apology gift and tried to leave, but Edward asked him for an introduction.
• In a VIP room, Edward accused Rallard of helping cause Lilith’s danger and asked the Sanguine to eliminate the Marauder Half-God.
• Akasha explained the difference between a request, commission, and exchange of favors, then said those above wanted Edward to choose a request.
• Akasha revealed that her family had been killed by Artificial Vampires led by Shaman King Kalaman, giving her a grudge against the Rose School.

Edward considered Akasha’s offer of an alliance against the Rose School, then agreed to sign after returning home. He asked Audrey to help him explore the sea of collective subconscious for his final Special Coordinates, but when she questioned what he would do if it failed, he named the Abyss.

• Akasha offered to help Edward kill a Marauder Half-God if he signed an alliance to fight the Rose School, but Edward asked for time to consider.
• Emlyn explained that Akasha had protected her family’s Marquis Beyonder Characteristic despite others coveting it, and Akasha privately said she enjoyed making clever people overthink.
• Edward returned to the villa, told Audrey about the Sanguine offer, and agreed to sign the contract.
• Audrey told Edward that Ms. Escalante Osisleka had become her tutor and might soon invite her to join the Psychology Alchemists.
• Edward explained that he wanted Audrey’s help entering the sea of collective subconscious to set his final Special Coordinates, and said he would try the Abyss if that failed.

After learning Audrey had forgotten Anna at Hedrak Village, Edward and Audrey went to find her and discovered that Anna was meeting with a grayish-white dragon in a dream. The dragon recognized the scent of Liveseyd on Edward, leaving him alarmed.

• Edward asked Audrey about Anna and learned she had forgotten to contact her while dealing with the aftermath of the poisoning incident.
• On the Sonia Sea, Edwina's crew drove off Vice Admiral Dusk and rescued a woman named Christine, who said she could not die.
• Edward and Audrey traveled to Hedrak Village and found Anna's hidden Suitcase empty.
• Edward and Audrey followed a roar into the forest and found themselves back in Hedrak Village, where a grayish-white dragon had appeared.
• The grayish-white dragon told Edward the encounter was a dream and said he smelled of Liveseyd.

Edward and Audrey met the ancient dragon Ariehogg in the sea of the collective subconscious, where he asked them to take Anna to the vanished City of Miracles, Liveseyd, in exchange for Spectator Pathway formulas. After returning home, they learned the formulas and Lilith revealed that she knew how to reach Liveseyd.

• Ariehogg identified himself as an ancient dragon and said Anna carried the power of a Mind Dragon, then asked Edward and Audrey to take her to Liveseyd in exchange for pathway formulas.
• Edward set a successful coordinate in Hedrak Village before Ariehogg sent them back to the mountain forest, where a white-haired old man appeared and lamented that he had missed Edward again.
• Audrey recalled Ariehogg's Sequence 6 through Sequence 4 formulas, and she and Edward wondered why the ingredients involved Mind Dragons and what Ariehogg wanted with Anna.
• Edward and Audrey returned to their villa with Lilith, who said Ariehogg had frightened her and revealed that she knew Liveseyd and how to get there.