Chapter Summaries

Edward visited Roselle’s villa to observe the young Bernadette, who noticed his footprints despite his Invisibility Cloak. After leaving her with a Pinocchio Doll and a magically enforced promise to keep quiet, Edward refined his Secrets Sorcerer acting rules and left the story considering how to maintain an air of mystery.

• Bernadette spotted Edward’s footprints in the grass and ran to get help, while Edward realized that acting mysteriously might help digest his Secrets Sorcerer potion.
• Edward used magic to pull Bernadette back, concealed the area, and introduced himself while she tried to shout for help.
• Edward gave Bernadette a Pinocchio Doll and used [False Reality] to make her nose grow whenever she considered telling anyone about him.
• Edward left Roselle’s villa without meeting Roselle, then wrote down two Secrets Sorcerer acting rules: keep secrets and be mysterious.

Edward realized that the Secrets Sorcerer potion required a target for his secrecy, then recognized Lilith as the transmigrator described in Roselle’s notes. He began searching for a way to find her in this era without exposing himself to Cheek.

• Edward considered acting mysterious around Medici, Mr. Door, Azik, Pallez, or Roselle to digest his potion, but decided a suitable and interested target mattered more than strength.
• Alone in the dark, Edward grieved his separation from Lilith and Audrey across time.
• Edward connected Roselle’s account of a childlike Chinese diary and a living transmigrator to Lilith, realizing she had survived into the future and had a history with Cheek.
• Edward worried that Lilith had challenged Cheek as a Sequence 2 and wondered whether she sought a Conqueror Beyonder characteristic to switch to the Hunter Pathway.
• Edward decided to search for Lilith in the present, considering whether Medici, Azik, Pallez, or someone who claimed to know everything could provide information.

Edward considered using the Twilight Hermit Order cross to attend a gathering in the past, while Roselle discovered that Bernadette had received a Pinocchio doll from Green. Edward’s Secrets Sorcerer potion loosened again, apparently because of his interaction with Bernadette.

• Edward realized the cross the Russian Priest gave him could let him attend Twilight Hermit Order gatherings in the past, but he hesitated to use it.
• Edward wondered whether Roselle’s mysterious predecessor might refer to him, then Roselle spent dinner with Matilda before retreating to rest.
• Bernadette showed Roselle the Pinocchio doll Green had given her and revealed that Green had warned her not to tell anyone.
• Roselle pretended the doll had been a surprise present he made for Bernadette, then privately wondered how it had come about.
• Edward noticed that his Secrets Sorcerer potion had loosened again and suspected his interaction with Bernadette was responsible.

At Priscilla’s first gathering as host, Emlyn sought information about the Tarot Club and said he wanted to join to save the world. Audrey recognized him and prayed to Mr. Fool to report his request, leaving his admission undecided.

• Bernadette gazed over the Fog Sea and lamented that Edward had broken his promise again.
• Priscilla hosted the Aurora Order’s Backlund gathering with support from Fors, Xio, Audrey, and Glaint, while Edward did not appear.
• A participant posted a reward for information about the organization symbolized by tarot cards, and Priscilla later invited the interested Emlyn to speak privately.
• Emlyn told Priscilla he wanted to join the organization to save the world, prompting her to consult Audrey and Fors.
• Audrey recognized Emlyn as a Sanguine who had helped treat her family and prayed to Mr. Fool to report his request to join the Tarot Club.

Edward realized Roselle had used a newspaper reward notice to invite him to meet, after recognizing the Pinocchio doll as a clue that another transmigrator existed. Bernadette recounted how Roselle had discovered Edward’s visit, while Edward concluded that he was the living transmigrator mentioned in Roselle’s diary.

• Audrey told Mr. Fool that Emlyn wanted to join the organization, and Mr. Fool instructed her to give him the Three-Part Prayer.
• Miss D gave Emlyn the prayer, and he feared that joining the tarot-card organization meant serving an evil god.
• Klein learned that Amyrius’s mistress had disappeared and remained at the Governor’s Mansion while organizing relief efforts.
• Edward found a Trier newspaper notice offering a reward to name Roselle’s new blue cat mascot and suspected it was meant for him.
• Bernadette woke from a nightmare and told Edward that Roselle had questioned her about his visit.
• Edward realized Roselle had recognized the Pinocchio doll, placed the notice as an invitation, and identified Edward as the transmigrator mentioned in Roselle’s diary.

Edward gave Bernadette a magical Little Beautiful Merpeople doll in exchange for keeping his identity secret, then traveled to Backlund to question the sealed Medici Trinity about Lilith. Medici claimed Lilith had died when Cheek achieved apotheosis, leaving Edward shaken and uncertain about the Lilith he had met in the future.

• Edward gave Bernadette a doll that let her see and touch the Little Beautiful Merpeople, then warned her to hide it and keep his secret.
• Edward teleported to the Underground Palace at 8 Williams Street to seek information from the sealed Medici Trinity.
• Medici mistook Edward for Amon and offered to grant him a wish if he freed him; Edward asked about Lilith.
• Medici claimed that Edward, Adam, and Cheek had joined forces to kill Lilith, but Edward insisted he was not Amon.
• Medici said Lilith had died when Cheek achieved apotheosis and claimed he had witnessed it, leaving Edward to question how that could fit with the Lilith he had met.

Edward entered the ownerless Sefirah Castle and found that his imagined Tarot Club palace included a Bronze Chair matching the Fool’s. He claimed the seat for himself, leaving the castle’s future and his connection to Mr. Fool uncertain.

• Edward’s conversation with Medici digested nearly a quarter of his Secrets Sorcerer potion, and he wondered how to act as a Spirit Mage.
• While eating in Backlund, Edward overheard Krus Hall criticize Loen’s officials and considered the history of Lilith, Cheek, and the Russian Priest.
• Edward realized that Sefirah Castle was probably ownerless and that he knew the incantation to enter it.
• Edward performed the entering ritual and reached the gray fog and crimson stars of Sefirah Castle.
• Edward imagined the Tarot Club palace, sat in a Bronze Chair opposite the Fool’s seat, and joked that he had stolen Mr. Fool’s home.

Edward failed to locate Lilith through Sefirah Castle, while the Tarot Club learned that he and Lilith could not attend the gathering. Audrey grew concerned when she could not summon Edward’s messenger and set out to ask an angel who might know where he was.

• Klein told the Tarot Club that Edward and Lilith were safe but unable to attend, then read Roselle’s diary pages about an invitation to another transmigrator and Roselle’s later life.
• Audrey tried and failed to summon Edward’s messenger, then found that the Vanishing Cabinet could not help her reach him.
• Audrey reassured herself that Edward was merely trapped somewhere, then left to seek an angel who might know his whereabouts.
• Edward searched Sefirah Castle for Lilith and tried divining Azik, Pallez, and others, but found no trace of them.
• Edward confirmed that Arrodes was in Trier Cathedral and discovered he could travel from Sefirah Castle directly to other places as a spirit body.

After exploring Sefirah Castle and finding Zhou Mingrui in a cocoon, Edward considered how to use the castle and devised a three-part prayer formula to identify himself. He planned to test it on someone, while Bernadette unexpectedly began sneezing.

• Edward learned that Sefirah Castle could absorb much of the cost of [Lunatic on the Right] when he used it on targets inside the castle.
• Edward found Zhou Mingrui hanging in a transparent cocoon and decided not to release him, saying they would meet in two hundred years.
• Edward considered bringing people into Sefirah Castle and worked out the prayer formula, “The Eternal Ruler above dimensions, the Deconstructor of Endless Stories, the Transcender of Past and Future.”
• Edward decided to find a “lucky spectator” to test whether the formula would point to him.
• Bernadette sneezed repeatedly while eating, and Matilda checked whether she had a fever.

Roselle wondered whether the suspected transmigrator would appear, while Bernadette hid her encounters with Edward from her father. Edward then gave Bernadette a three-line invocation to contact him, leaving her with a way to call on him in the future.

• Roselle asked Bernadette whether Uncle Green had visited, and she denied it under the influence of her [Confidentiality] ability.
• Bernadette returned to her room and used Little Beautiful Merpeople's doll to arrive on the island, where Edward appeared.
• Bernadette accused Edward of plotting against Roselle, but he said he had no intention of hurting her father and was more interested in her.
• Edward asked Bernadette to repeat three lines in Hermes, explaining that the words would let her contact him.
• Bernadette repeated the three lines but admitted she had not remembered them, so Edward recited the invocation again.

Edward used Sefirah Castle to hear Bernadette’s prayer and planned to find a way into the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery to locate Arrodes. After Roselle’s attempt to divine Edward’s identity backfired, Edward spent the night in Trier and prepared for his forced return to the Harry Potter World.

• Bernadette found herself back in her bedroom after reciting Edward’s prayer and decided to ask Uncle Edwards what the words meant.
• Edward entered Sefirah Castle, heard Bernadette’s prayer, and realized he could use the Castle to receive and answer prayers directed at him.
• Edward decided to seek a way into the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery and find Arrodes.
• Adolf’s Dream Divination of Edward’s Pinocchio doll showed him a frightening vision and caused a nosebleed; he warned Roselle that the doll’s owner was at least a half-god.
• Roselle’s Pinocchio doll turned into a wooden stick, so he ordered Green to find a carpenter and set off for Trier Cathedral.
• Edward briefly recreated life with Lilith, Audrey, and Susie through [False Reality], then returned to his room and awaited his forced return to the Harry Potter World.

Edward realized he was still trapped in the year 1160 and began settling in Trier while searching for Lilith and the ingredients needed to advance. After renting a villa at 7 Rose Street, he prepared to test [Homecoming] by traveling to Calderón City in the Spirit World.

• Audrey learned from Will that Edward had vanished in a way unlike death, and she hoped he had used [Homecoming] to return to Hogwarts.
• Edward accepted that he remained trapped in the past and planned to digest his potion, find Lilith, and seek two Sequence 3 Beyonder Characteristics.
• Edward traveled to the Opera Borough and rented a supposedly haunted villa at 7 Rose Street after confirming it was safe.
• Edward cleaned and redecorated the villa, then decided to test [Homecoming] by going to Calderón City in the Spirit World.

Edward searched for Phoenix in the Spirit World and left a Wand at the collapsed wall, where Phoenix later found it and transformed into an egg before disappearing. Back in Trier, Edward failed to get a response to his newspaper notices, learned Elvish and gained Tyrant Pathway abilities, then went looking for a butler and learned that his villa had been the site of a gruesome mass killing; Ailand began arranging introductions to other homes and butlers.

• Edward visited Calderón City in spirit form, found no Phoenix, and left a Wand beside the collapsed wall before returning to Trier.
• After Edward departed, Phoenix emerged from the tributary of the River of Eternal Darkness, found the Wand, became a black egg, then turned to liquid and vanished into the ground.
• Edward placed notices seeking a small black female cat in Trier and Backlund, but received no information; he studied Elvish and absorbed Sequence 2 Tyrant Pathway abilities from the Book of Calamity.
• Edward went to Trier’s hiring district seeking a butler and told Ailand that he wanted access to the city’s aristocratic circles.
• Ailand recognized Edward’s address as the villa where more than a dozen residents had killed one another, and Edward suspected Beyonder forces had caused the deaths.
• Ailand advised Edward to rent a different home and promised to introduce him to nobles and suitable butlers; a man brought Edward coffee and praised Southville beans.

Edward met Dubois de Lorraine, a disgraced noble and former priest who offered to become his butler, and hired him to find two workers for the house at 7 Rose Street. Edward’s divination revealed that Dubois was mainly seeking money and had considered sneaking into the basement to steal its valuables, leaving Edward to inspect the basement himself.

• Dubois introduced himself to Edward and offered to work as his butler in exchange for a new suit.
• Eiland told Edward that Dubois had been expelled from Trier Cathedral after sleeping with a noblewoman who had come to confess.
• Edward hired Dubois to find two workers and suspected he could help him approach Trier’s aristocratic circles and the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery.
• Edward divined that hiring Dubois would not harm him, then saw in a dream that Dubois had sought work because he was broke and hoped to steal valuables from the basement.
• Edward returned to 7 Rose Street and found bottles and jars among the items stored in its basement.

Edward hired two slaves and discussed Dubois’s past with him, including his former friendship with Roselle. After Dubois confessed he had planned to steal antiques and asked to become a Beyonder, Edward made him a butler and tasked him with arranging a meeting with Roselle.

• Dubois brought Endili and Aosain to Edward’s villa, and Edward accepted them as household slaves and told them to tidy the garden.
• Edward asked Dubois to choose a housekeeper, then learned that Dubois had been expelled from Trier Cathedral after sleeping with a woman Roselle wanted.
• Dubois explained that he and Roselle had once been friends, but he refused to ask Roselle for help because he would not bow his head to him.
• Dubois confessed that he had intended to steal antiques from the basement and revealed that he wanted to become a Beyonder.
• Edward agreed to make Dubois his butler and told him to arrange a chance for Edward to meet Roselle, while letting him keep the proceeds from selling the antiques as his first year's salary.

Roselle advanced to Sequence 6 Artisan and began preparing to investigate the Mysterious Silver Medallion, while Edward visited Trier Cathedral and met the young Roselle. After Bernadette recited Edward’s honorific name and asked whether he was an evil god, Edward answered her through Sefirah Castle.

• Roselle advanced to Sequence 6 Artisan, learned he could make the Mysterious Silver Medallion, and heard that the wooden stick was now ordinary.
• Edward visited Trier Cathedral, donated money, and saw Roselle Gustav leave after Roselle waved to him.
• Roselle told his subordinates to watch for progress on the Mascot matter and entered seclusion, then blamed Green for taking Bernadette’s Pinocchio doll.
• Bernadette recalled Edward’s warning about incantations, recited his three-part honorific name, and asked whether he was an evil god.
• Edward sensed Bernadette’s prayer, entered Sefirah Castle, and answered that he was not an evil god.

Edward rescued Reinette Tinekerr from corruption by the Mother Tree of Desire and brought her to the gray fog, where he invited her to join a future gathering. The chapter left Reinette accepting his summons and receiving the nickname Headless.

• Bernadette panicked after Edward answered her invocation, then decided to protect her parents while investigating him and admired the mermaid doll he had given her.
• Edward noticed a crimson star showing Reinette Tinekerr suffering from corruption and used Theft to remove the corruption from her body.
• Edward summoned Reinette to the gray-fog gathering place and confirmed that he had helped her because he opposed the Mother Tree of Desire.
• Reinette introduced herself as leader of the Rose School's Temperance Faction and considered whether Edward could help her fight the Mother Tree of Desire.
• Edward invited Reinette to a future gathering, called himself President, and gave her the nickname Headless.

Edward took Reinette as his messenger in the future, while in the past he answered Bernadette’s prayer by bringing her to see beautiful merpeople. He flew east over the Sonia Sea, unsure where to find them.

• Reinette reflected on Edward’s mysterious nature and his remarks about fate, then ordered Sharron to help unite the Temperance Faction after the Indulgence Faction’s leaders suffered a devastating blow.
• Reinette emerged from the Spirit World to meet Klein, agreed to become his messenger, and set her fee at one gold coin per delivery.
• In 1160, Edward heard Bernadette pray to see beautiful merpeople and decided to visit her in secret.
• Edward revealed himself in Bernadette’s room and transported her into a vivid fairy-tale-like scene, which delighted her.
• Edward carried Bernadette east over the Sonia Sea, admitting that he did not know the merpeople’s exact location.

Edward took Bernadette on a fairy-tale voyage to search for merpeople, then returned with her to Trier. The next morning, Dubois said he was ready to try another way to reach his goal, while Edward put Endili to work as a cook and assigned Dubois to hire staff and find a new house.

• Edward brought Bernadette aboard the Black Tulip, conjured fairy-tale characters as its crew, and renamed the ship the Fairy-Tale.
• Bernadette fell asleep before they reached the War of the Gods Relic, so Edward returned her to Trier and put the ship away; he later noticed that his Spirit Mage potion had been slightly digested.
• Dubois told Edward he had decided to try another way to achieve his aim, rather than telling Roselle.
• Edward tasted Endili's cooking and hired her as a villa cook, instructing her to prepare food for Aosain as well.
• Edward asked Dubois to hire the villa's remaining staff and find them a new house.

Edward used the cross to enter a gathering of the Twilight Hermit Order, where he learned how its members operated and that Roselle had attracted the Russian Priest’s attention. The gathering turned to business when Hermes announced he had sensed an ancient Mind Dragon in the Sea of Collective Subconscious.

• Edward entered the Twilight Hermit Order’s gathering through the cross while protected by Sefirah Castle, and saw the Russian Priest and seven other members.
• The Russian Priest gave no instructions and left Hermes to preside, while a Hunter and a Demoness questioned Edward about joining.
• Hermes explained the Order’s purpose, its monthly gatherings, and members’ annual opportunity to view the Blasphemy Slate; Edward chose the alias Number Eight.
• A member reported that Roselle Gustav had applied to join the Army, and Hermes ordered the Order to keep watching him without intervening.
• The Hunter offered to split the spoils from a fight with the Iron and Blood Cross Order, and the Demoness mentioned a lead on an Unaging Demoness characteristic.
• Hermes said he had briefly sensed an ancient Mind Dragon in the Sea of Collective Subconscious and asked the members to discuss his commission.