Chapter Summaries

Edward, Lilith, and Klein boarded the White Agate, where they encountered a security-company head recruiting help for an escort assignment. Bernadette joined Edward and Lilith in their cramped cabin, shared her findings about Amon, and asked Edward to translate Roselle’s notes.

• Edward, Lilith, and Klein boarded the White Agate, and Aldrich approached Klein to ask for help guarding clients bound for Desi Bay.
• Edward suggested that Aldrich might be testing Klein rather than simply seeking extra guards, and Klein went to his cabin to nap.
• Edward told Lilith to keep practicing magic and using her Witch abilities to digest her potion, prompting her to look forward to encountering pirates.
• Bernadette visited Edward and Lilith, confirmed that Lilith had advanced to Sequence 7, and noted Edward’s affection for her.
• Bernadette told Edward she had found little information about Amon beyond references to an Amon family and Zaratul’s wary notes, then asked Edward to translate Roselle’s remaining pages.

Edward read diary pages revealing that a fellow transmigrant had met and helped Cheek before she became the Primordial Demoness, then told Bernadette that he too came from their shared “home.” After Bernadette invited him to Emerald City and departed, Edward sailed with Klein and asked him to decide by coin flip whether he should disembark at Damir Port.

• Edward recognized Cheek in the diary as the future Primordial Demoness and learned that the diary’s owner had given her the formula for Sequence 4.
• Edward told Bernadette that the diary’s author and Roselle came from the same place, and admitted that he came from there too.
• Bernadette said there was no misunderstanding, invited Edward to visit her retreat near Emerald City, and asked him to keep teaching her Rosellean.
• The White Agate departed, and Edward and Klein enjoyed lunch on deck while Lilith explored the ship.
• Edward asked Klein whether he should disembark at Damir Port, then offered him a gold coin to flip instead of attempting a divination.

Edward and Klein encountered familiar women aboard the White Agate while traveling toward Bayam, as Audrey stayed in Backlund and discussed the kingdom’s instability with Earl Hall. The chapter left Audrey preparing to attend Glaint’s salon and the Hall family waiting for Alfred to help decide whether to stay or leave Loen.

• Klein and Edward flipped a coin, then met Olivia and Sophia, two women they had encountered at Madam Akasha’s bathhouse, who invited them to dinner and said they were traveling to Desi Bay via Damir Port.
• Edward noticed Bernadette on deck and declined the women’s invitation; Klein teased him for giving Olivia his name, while Lilith complained that the women had hugged and kissed her.
• Audrey and Earl Hall discussed the King’s efforts to stabilize Loen, the Great Smog Incident, and the Hall family’s decision to wait for Alfred’s return before choosing whether to stay or leave.
• Audrey received an invitation from Viscount Glaint to a salon at 13 Sleep Street and decided to attend to hear news from Backlund’s young aristocrats.
• Klein found shipboard life dull and tedious on his second day aboard.

Aboard the White Agate, Klein met the captain and crew while learning that the name Gehrman Sparrow was already famous among sailors as a pirate hunter. He decided to investigate the notorious namesake before choosing whether to keep the identity, while Captain Elland resolved to get him safely to Bayam without alerting Admiral Amyrius.

• Klein joined Edward, Lilith, Captain Elland, and the crew on deck, where they ate grilled Fish Monster and discussed pirates.
• Edward asked First Mate Benjamin about the late Admiral of Blood, Seniors, and Benjamin said an old friend might know where Seniors's fleets were.
• When Klein introduced himself as Gehrman Sparrow, the crew reacted with shock because they knew of a famous pirate hunter with that name.
• Klein realized the name might complicate his new identity, noticed his Faceless potion stir after the crew recognized him, and decided to learn more about the famous Gehrman Sparrow.
• After Klein left, Elland and Benjamin discussed whether he was the wanted pirate hunter and agreed to get him to Bayam without incident, despite Amyrius's hostility toward Gehrman Sparrow.

Derrick confronted the corrupted Dack and used the All-Black Eye to escape the immediate attack, leaving the City of Silver’s authorities to investigate. Meanwhile, Klein heard stories of legendary treasures at sea aboard the White Agate.

• Derrick hid the Suitcase and refused Dack’s invitation to join a private gathering.
• Dack transformed into a monster and attacked Derrick, who summoned a pillar of light with the Hurricane Axe at hand.
• Derrick threw the All-Black Eye through an illusory door, then collapsed as a Worm of Time fell from his hand.
• Klein saw the Worm of Time and hoped the City of Silver would learn of Amon and reassess the corrupted team members.
• Klein and Edward explored the White Agate’s entertainment venues, then Klein asked Elland about sea legends.
• Elland described Death’s Key, the Fountain of Youth, and the Sunken Laurel, while Klein imagined the fortune it could bring.

Edward and his companions encountered the Queen Mystic’s ship, the Dawn, which delivered a crew of captured pirates as a gift. Bernadette revealed she had staged the dramatic delivery to make Edward the center of attention, then returned to the Emerald City and reminded him to visit.

• Benjamin boasted that the White Agate could handle pirates, but he panicked when he recognized the approaching Dawn as the Queen Mystic’s ship.
• Captain Elland ordered the White Agate to offer no resistance, and the Dawn’s first mate asked for Edward before announcing that the Queen Mystic had sent gifts for him.
• The first mate presented a pirate ship carrying more than fifty captured pirates and relayed the Dawn crew’s elaborate wishes for Edward’s voyage and advancement.
• Edward used the Imperius Curse to order the pirates to follow the White Agate, then returned aboard with Lilith.
• Bernadette explained that she had arranged the grand delivery to give Edward a dramatic, attention-grabbing scene, then left for the Emerald City after reminding him of his promise to visit.

Edward taught a group of pirates Beyonder knowledge to digest his potion, then killed them after they followed his instructions to draw blood. Later, he discovered Aldrich and Elland secretly removing twelve women from the White Agate, and he redirected their boat back toward the ship.

• Edward restrained the pirates and taught them about potion pathways, formulas, and the Forsaken Land of the Gods, gaining slight potion digestion progress.
• Edward named two pirates class representatives, then used Amplification and Distortion to turn the pirates’ shallow cuts into fatal wounds and sank their bodies as stones.
• Edward woke at 3:26 a.m., turned Lilith into a cat, and went outside to investigate a disturbance near the White Agate.
• Edward followed Aldrich onto a small passenger boat and discovered twelve women wrapped in quilts and placed in separate rooms.
• Edward saw Elland on the White Agate as the boat departed, then distorted its course and sent it speeding back toward the ship.

Klein and Edward discovered that Aldrich's crew had secretly transferred twelve women from the White Agate, then learned that the women were being hunted because they had been mistresses of assassinated dignitaries. After Edward warned Olivia that Bansy Harbor was dangerous, she and the others faced choosing a safer destination.

• Klein attacked Aldrich's crew after mistaking their transfer of the women for human trafficking, and Edward revealed himself and turned the crew's guns into snakes.
• Aldrich explained that his security company was escorting the twelve women away from pursuers who wanted them dead, and Edward let the ship sail again.
• Olivia told Edward and Klein that she and the other women had been mistresses of dignitaries killed in Backlund's assassination incident.
• Olivia explained that Akasha had helped them escape Backlund and that they were secretly heading for Bansy Harbor.
• Edward warned Olivia that Bansy Harbor was dangerous because its residents worshiped an evil god and suggested Bayam as a safer destination.
• Olivia said Akasha had offered to send them to Feynapotter, but the women had wanted to live somewhere different.

Edward and Klein were caught in a pirate attack while escorting several women, but Edward subdued the pirates and left Klein aboard the passenger ship to earn money. Aboard the captured pirate ship, Edward learned that its captain was impersonating Fire Fist Ace and that the attack followed information shared by an unknown pirate.

• Aldrich offered Edward and Klein 1,000 pounds to escort the women to Bansy Harbor, but both declined before a pirate ship attacked.
• Edward deflected the pirates’ cannonballs, then turned the weapons of the pirates and bodyguards into ropes and bound the attackers.
• Edward took the pirate ship and departed, while Klein stayed with Aldrich’s party and demanded 1,500 pounds, introducing himself as Gehrman Sparrow.
• Edward questioned the pirate captain under the Imperius Curse and learned his real name was Callens Dale, his boss was Aaron of the Red Crow, and he had been ordered to impersonate Fire Fist Ace.
• Callens told Edward the pirates had heard about the women’s escape plans from an unknown pirate at a Damir Island bar four days earlier.

Azik and Priscilla searched for a hidden woman while Medici argued with Priscilla, and Azik spotted a mysterious ship that stirred an important memory. Meanwhile, Edward and Lilith reached Cecil Port, where Lilith’s changing taste for rats hinted at how becoming human was affecting her.

• Azik helped Priscilla search for a woman with Medici, who complained that Priscilla was holding him back as Sauron and Einhorn mocked him.
• Azik saw a black sailing ship with a black tulip on its sails, sensed that something aboard was extremely important to him, and let it pass while he stayed with Priscilla.
• Edward arrived at Cecil Port after killing more than a hundred pirates, then slept until afternoon while Lilith roasted rats in their inn room.
• Edward ate Lilith’s roasted rat, but Lilith found that rat meat no longer tasted as good to her and secretly suspected her transformation into a human was the cause.
• Lilith decided to pretend that rats still tasted good so Edward would not worry, then told him she had not been seasick during their voyage.

Edward and Lilith visited a bar to gather information, where a young Beyonder protected a server boy from pirates and provoked the pirates into seeking revenge. Edward followed the young people and the boy, offering help as the group prepared to leave the island.

• Edward learned that the bartender was an informant for the Dawn and asked him to gather the island's most heinous pirates in one place.
• A server boy declared that pirates deserved to die, and a young man in a black trench coat broke a pirate's wrist and drove several pirates away.
• The bartender warned that the pirates would return for revenge and that the young people were in danger.
• Edward and Lilith followed the young people and the boy; Edward offered to help, but the young man said they planned to board a ship and leave.

Edward and Lilith boarded the Crimea with a group of covert naval operatives, who revealed they had lured pirates into a trap. As the ships prepared to engage, someone transformed the Crimea’s cannons into balloons.

• Edward and Lilith waited at Cecil Port, then pretended to be frightened so the man in the black trench coat would let them travel with his group to Bayam.
• The group boarded the Crimea, which sailed into the Berserk Sea with three pirate ships following behind.
• The man in the black trench coat’s companions spotted more pirates, including the Iron Blood and its captain, Fire Fist Ace, and revealed their plan to capture the fleet.
• Three warships appeared, and the Crimea moved to block the fleeing pirates, but all six of its cannons suddenly turned into balloons and floated away.

Edward subdued the naval officer Alfred and his companions aboard the Crimea, then captured the pirates from five ships and brought them onto the Iron Blood. He discovered that one pirate was impersonating Fire Fist Ace, but the man knew little about his supposed boss and Edward left him terrified after firing a shot that did not kill him.

• Edward bound Alfred and the others, stripped Alfred of his Beyonder abilities, and left after revealing that he needed the pirates alive.
• Alfred recognized Edward as Gehrman Sparrow and returned to Bayam with his companions after the chains released them.
• Edward subdued the pirates aboard five ships, gathered them on the Iron Blood, and enlarged the vessel so it could carry them.
• Edward questioned a red-haired pirate who claimed to be Fire Fist Ace and learned that his boss had ordered him to impersonate the pirate.
• Edward released the red-haired pirate from the Imperius Curse, then fired a revolver at his forehead; the pirate survived and gasped as if he were drowning.

Edward made a red-haired pirate navigate toward the Rorsted Archipelago while he taught his captives Beyonder secrets and sent Phoenix to find Danitz. On Tiana Island, Danitz had risen to bishop of the Sea God Church and struggled to stop a planned human sacrifice; the chapter ended when the archbishop reported that the Numinous Episcopate had found a Spirit World messenger trying to get in.

• Edward forced the red-haired pirate to sail him toward the Rorsted Archipelago and sent Phoenix to investigate Danitz.
• Edward lectured the captured pirates on potion pathways and the First Blasphemy Slate, terrifying the red-haired pirate with the value of the secrets.
• Danitz recounted how a series of deaths and promotions had made him bishop of a Sea God Church branch on Tiana Island.
• Danitz learned that the Sea God Church planned to sacrifice its congregation with the Numinous Episcopate, and he tried to divert the Church of Storms by sending troublemakers out under Gehrman Sparrow's and Fire Fist Ace's names.
• The archbishop told Danitz that Ralfa of the Numinous Episcopate had discovered a Spirit World messenger attempting to break in.

Klein learned that Edward had once used the famous pirate identity Gehrman Sparrow and confronted him through the gray fog. Edward proposed that the Tarot Club share the identity, and Klein decided to use it to help digest his Faceless potion while keeping Edward as backup.

• Aldrich told Klein that the passengers still planned to visit Bansy Harbor, and the Nameless stopped at Cecil Island to resupply.
• Klein found a bounty poster identifying Gehrman Sparrow as the pirate responsible for Edward's notorious exploits and realized Edward had used that identity.
• Edward taught Red Hair and the other pirates Hunter Pathway formulas, then answered Klein's request to speak through Mr. Fool.
• Klein challenged Edward about Gehrman Sparrow, and Edward explained that he had invented the identity and suggested the Tarot Club share it.
• Edward explained how Gehrman's fame could help Klein digest his Faceless potion, and Klein decided to use the identity and call Edward if he faced an enemy he could not handle.

Edward warned Klein that the Quill’s unknown owner might be manipulating events, then tested the corruption caused by knowledge of the Outer Deities on pirates. He returned to the ship planning to offer more forbidden lessons, despite three volunteers dying from the first one.

• Edward and Klein discussed the Quill’s new owner and agreed that Klein could seek Mr. Fool’s protection if necessary.
• Edward returned to the pirate ship, where Lilith had watched over the pirates.
• Edward took three volunteers to a deserted island and explained that the Outer Deities would bring about the apocalypse.
• The three pirates were corrupted by hearing the Outer Deities’ names, and Edward burned the resulting monsters to death.
• Edward returned with Lilith and told the pirates that the three volunteers had died from the forbidden knowledge.
• Edward invited more pirates to volunteer the next day and singled out Red Hair.

Edward learned that Danitz was alive on Tiana Island, where Phoenix had sensed a Half-God preparing a ritual with an Evil God’s presence. After discovering that the Sea God Church had framed him as a rising pirate leader, Edward ordered Red Hair to lure nearby pirates to the ship.

• Phoenix returned from Tiana Island after encountering a Half-God and told Edward that Danitz was alive but unreachable through the unstable space.
• Edward asked Phoenix to inform Edwina about Danitz, then promised Lilith he would take her places once he could teleport.
• Red Hair admitted that the Sea God Church had ordered him to claim he served Gehrman Sparrow or Fire Fist Ace and spread rumors that Edward was building a fleet.
• Red Hair confessed that he had signaled nearby Sea God Church pirate ships and could use sacrifices and fish to communicate and locate them.
• Edward told Red Hair to remain with him and lure as many nearby pirates as possible to the ship, using the pirates already aboard as sacrifices.

Klein investigated Adelaide’s murder aboard the Nameless and used divination to identify Olivia as the killer. Meanwhile, Edward continued luring pirate ships to his vessel, hoping to speed up his potion digestion.

• Klein found Adelaide dead with her blood drained and learned from Aldrich that she had been discovered by Olivia.
• Klein used divination and saw Olivia attack Adelaide, then told Aldrich that Olivia was the killer.
• Aldrich revealed that Olivia had hired him and decided to confront her before resorting to force.
• Edward and Lilith killed pirates who resisted being taken away, frightening the remaining crew.
• Red told Edward that eight ships were on their way, and Edward considered giving the pirates Outer Deity Knowledge to accelerate his potion digestion.

Edward erased the pirates’ memories after Arianna warned him against spreading knowledge of the Outer Deities, then prepared to teach them again. Before he could begin, the Admiral of Hell’s Black Tulip emerged from a Bronze Gate and destroyed one of three approaching pirate ships.

• Edward questioned five pirates about the Outer Deities, and their corruption caused them to mutate before Arianna made them vanish.
• Arianna warned Edward that discussing the Outer Deities could draw their attention and told him the Goddess wanted him to stop.
• Edward taught Arianna basic astronomy, then returned to the ship with Lilith and erased the pirates’ memories of the past three days.
• Edward told Red Hair to quiet the confused pirates and prepared to resume teaching them as three pirate ships approached.
• The Admiral of Hell’s Black Tulip sailed through a Bronze Gate and rammed one of the three ships, killing its red-haired captain and many pirates.

Edward defeated Ludwell after Ludwell attacked his ship, and Phoenix took control of Ludwell through the Death God's Ring. Edward suspected that the Russian Priest had arranged the encounter to accelerate the Goddess's plan to obtain the Grim Reaper's Uniqueness, leaving him frustrated by how little control he had over events.

• Ludwell discovered that the supposed ruins of the ancient Grim Reaper were fake and sent his undead to slaughter the pirates around the Black Tulip.
• Edward attacked Ludwell with Fiendfyre and repeated spells, but Ludwell used the Death God's Ring to summon the Bronze Gate and overwhelm him with undead.
• Edward summoned Phoenix, which dispersed the undead and returned Ludwell's Death God's Ring to him.
• Phoenix explained that holding the ring gave it absolute control over Ludwell, so Edward spared Ludwell and left him in Phoenix's care.
• Edward connected Ludwell's arrival to the Goddess's plan to obtain the Grim Reaper's Uniqueness and suspected the Russian Priest had manipulated events.