Chapter Summaries

Edward told Audrey about his visions of the future, including the coming apocalypse, and predicted that she would become an angel serving Mr. Fool. After Audrey questioned the suspicious coincidence that gave Edward a lead to new potion formulas, he considered whether hidden forces or Beyonder characteristic convergence were responsible.

• Audrey found that Hermes incantations did not let her cast magic, while Edward could still use spirituality to do so.
• Audrey revealed that her dragon bone wand had become a Beyonder item with Dragon Might, Dragon Scales, and Dragon Breath, and offered to lend it to Edward.
• Edward claimed his Beyonder ability showed him fragments of the past and future, then warned Audrey about an apocalypse and predicted her future as an angel serving Mr. Fool.
• Edward explained that the Spectator formulas were held by a secret organization and that the Abraham Family possessed the Apprentice formulas; he showed Audrey the Master Key he had obtained from Emlyn.
• Audrey questioned how Emlyn and the Master Key had conveniently come to Edward, and Edward considered hidden arrangements or the Law of Beyonder Characteristic Convergence.

Edward explained the laws of Beyonder Characteristics to Audrey and arranged to visit a Vampire named Emlyn, then learned where Emlyn had obtained the Master Key. He left with the address of a house connected to the key and promised Emlyn better dolls in exchange for the Apothecary formula.

• Edward explained the laws of Beyonder Characteristics to Audrey and told her that Xio and Fors had attacked him after taking a bounty.
• Edward invited Audrey to visit Emlyn and planned to investigate the place where an Abraham descendant had lost control.
• Edward found Emlyn at his family’s clinic and persuaded him to reveal that a thief had stolen the Master Key from 32 Wilde Street.
• Edward offered Emlyn better dolls in exchange for the Apothecary formula, and Emlyn agreed to consider the trade.
• Edward promised to bring Emlyn the dolls in a week.

Edward and Audrey investigated a house haunted by a wraith spirit, defeated it, and recovered a Brown Notebook containing Beyonder potion formulas and secrets from the Fourth Epoch. They planned to seek the ingredients and investigate Qilingus, while Edward told Audrey that Qilingus would target Duke Negan.

• Edward bought a custom high-powered revolver and twelve purification bullets from the Bravehearts Bar.
• Edward and Audrey entered the haunted house wearing wizard robes, where Audrey destroyed a dead thief controlled by the wraith spirit.
• Edward revealed the wraith spirit’s true form, and Audrey burned it to nothing with her dragon ability.
• Edward and Audrey searched the house, found the Brown Notebook, and took the page with the Sequence 8 and Sequence 7 formulas.
• Edward proposed asking Tarot Club members and their contacts for potion ingredients, then told Audrey that Qilingus would target Duke Negan and asked her to alert him if she received a ball invitation.

Edward discovered Megose at his door and alerted Backlund’s three churches, inadvertently earning the title “Blasphemer” after smashing their windows. He later hired Xio and Fors to collect ingredients in exchange for the Trickmaster formula, while Fors resolved to earn the money to advance.

• Edward recognized Megose outside his home and fled to alert the churches, leaving reports at all three and breaking windows to draw attention.
• The churches responded to the disturbance in Empress Borough, and a bounty was placed on the unknown “Blasphemer.”
• Edward returned to his villa and learned from Susie that Audrey was confined at home and that the churches had been provoked overnight.
• Edward visited Xio and Fors and offered them a commission to collect ingredients, with the Trickmaster formula as payment.
• Fors questioned whether the formula was genuine, but Xio accepted the commission, and Fors began writing to earn money for her advancement.

Edward sought a Beyonder gathering and negotiated with Sharron for ingredients, a messenger-summoning method, and future help. After returning home, he found Megose waiting at his door again and decided to report her to the churches.

• Edward visited the Bravehearts Bar, used Legilimency on Kaspars to learn about Beyonder gatherings, and gave him two pounds to pass along the name Reinette Tinekerr.
• Sharron appeared through a gas lamp, and Edward told her that her teacher Reinette had survived and become a spirit world creature.
• Maric brought Edward some requested ingredients and explained the messenger-summoning ritual, while Sharron offered to help him once against an opponent no stronger than a demigod.
• Edward checked the Backlund Morning Post for an advertisement from the Ernst Trading Company, then returned to his villa after finding none.
• Edward saw Megose knocking at his front door again and decided to report her to the churches.

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.