Chapter Summaries

Edward concluded that the Evernight Goddess had concealed his existence and sent him to Tingen, where he rented a house on Tulip Street with Lilith. He then visited a circus to seek work as a magician.

• Anthony told Edward that he had joined the Church of Evernight and suggested he go to Tingen, while Edward declined to choose a church role yet.
• Edward decided the Goddess's payment was keeping others from discovering his ability to travel between worlds.
• Edward rented number five Tulip Street after meeting Melissa Moretti and inspecting the newly built house with Scart.
• Edward settled into the house with Lilith, then learned that a traveling circus had recently arrived in Tingen.
• At Civic Square, Edward introduced himself to a circus performer as a conjurer and asked whether the circus was hiring, producing a rose for her.

Edward joined the Blair Circus in Tingen after stepping in to perform when Miss Christine vanished, and he began considering how to improve his Trickmaster potion digestion. He used a Portkey to travel between Tingen and Backlund, then Audrey emerged from his Leather Pouch and asked him for help.

• Edward watched Miss Christine perform an apparent teleportation act, but she disappeared after noticing him.
• Edward took over the circus show, impressed the audience with his tricks, and wondered why his Trickmaster potion had digested so little.
• Edward accepted Ringmaster Evans's offer to perform with the Blair Circus in Tingen for half a month.
• Edward turned a piece of firewood into a Portkey and tested travel between his Tingen and Backlund apartments, complaining about the rough journey.
• Audrey climbed out of Edward's Leather Pouch, looked around his Tingen apartment, and asked him to give her a hand.

Edward traced Emlyn to the Harvest Church, where Father Utravsky had imprisoned him after mistaking the vampire’s stolen blood for a sign of danger. Utravsky refused to release Emlyn early, and Edward declined to take on the dangerous commission that might have earned him a reward.

• Audrey delivered Edward a newspaper advertising a Beyonder gathering near the Bravehearts Bar, and Edward planned to attend despite worrying he lacked enough money.
• Edward met his new neighbors, Steven Green and his daughter Priscilla, who brought him a cake; he made a flower appear for the girl.
• Edward found Emlyn’s family clinic abandoned and used Emlyn’s hair to trace his route to the Harvest Church.
• Emlyn told Edward he had gone to the church seeking a commission that offered the Apothecary potion formula, but Father Utravsky had locked him up after detecting blood from a believer of the Mother Goddess.
• Father Utravsky said Emlyn could leave after a month of church service and refused to free him early in exchange for Edward completing a dangerous commission.
• Edward declined the commission and left Emlyn in the church, promising to trade with him after his release.

Edward attended a Backlund Beyonder gathering, where he tried to sell magical storage items and medicines and learned about a powerful Sealed Artifact called the Taunting Doll. He left interested in buying the doll but lacked the money to bid on it.

• Edward joined the Eye of Wisdom's gathering and offered Hunter and Warrior potion formulas, but no one wanted them.
• Edward put forward a wallet and suitcase enchanted with Undetectable Extension Charms; attendees admired their weightless storage spaces but balked at the prices.
• Edward sold several medicines, earning nearly two hundred pounds, and asked attendees to find ingredients and a defensive Beyonder item for him.
• A hooded woman sold a Rending Great Axe and a Corrosive Dagger, which were bought by other attendees before Edward could act.
• Black Snake offered a Sealed Artifact called the Taunting Doll, which compelled nearby Beyonders to attack it but also affected its user.
• Edward considered using his Unrestrained ability to ignore the doll's control effect, but realized he did not have enough money to buy it.

After escaping Christine’s ambush, Edward learned she was an Abraham descendant seeking revenge for her younger brother’s death and discovered she had mistaken him for the killer. He freed her but kept her notebook, leaving their encounter unresolved.

• Black Snake offered Edward a strange item that could let its user hear a great existence, and Eye of Wisdom questioned how Edward had learned the gathering’s password.
• Christine ambushed Edward at home, but he resisted her attacks, stopped her from escaping through the Spirit World, and bound her after knocking her unconscious.
• Edward returned home with Christine and the notebook, then questioned her after she woke and said she wanted revenge for her younger brother.
• Christine revealed that her brother had died after losing control at 32 Wilde Street and that she was a Sequence 7 Astrologer who had identified Edward through divination and a strand of his hair.
• Edward explained that her brother had lost control and showed her the Master Key produced by the event; he then released Christine and handed her the notebook as she tried to leave.

Edward questioned Christine about the Apprentice Pathway and the abilities left in her notebook, while Klein and Leonard investigated a Beyonder fight on Tulip Street. Their search led them to Edward, who told them Klein’s potion divination had helped him choose a potion that nearly made him lose control.

• Edward demanded a price for returning Christine’s notebook and used Legilimency to deduce that she had exhausted the abilities recorded in it.
• Christine denied knowing higher-Sequence Apprentice formulas and left through a wall, while Edward hoped she would bring him into contact with the Abraham Family.
• At the Blackthorn Security Company, Klein learned that Beyonders had fought on Tulip Street and was sent there with Leonard to investigate.
• Klein spotted Edward’s name in the residents’ register, and he and Leonard went to Edward’s home at 5 Tulip Street.
• Edward recognized Klein and thanked him for divining which potion he should drink, then revealed that drinking it had nearly made him lose control.

Klein and Leonard investigated Edward, who claimed to be a Church of Evernight official from Backlund, while Klein secretly confirmed the claim with him through the gray fog. The chapter left Edward’s identity in doubt after Crestet Cesimir said no Nighthawk or Red Glove named Edward worked in Backlund.

• Edward questioned Klein and Leonard, then claimed he was a Church of Evernight official from Backlund on a secret mission.
• Klein and Leonard left Edward’s house, and Klein went to alert Dunn while Leonard stayed behind to keep watch.
• Klein contacted Edward through the gray fog and warned him that he was Mr. Fool’s Blessed; Edward affirmed that his claim was true.
• Klein returned to the Blackthorn Security Company and told Dunn about Edward before beginning his assessment with Crestet Cesimir.
• Crestet Cesimir said no Backlund Nighthawk or Red Glove named Edward existed, leading Klein to suspect Edward had lied to Mr. Fool.

Edward advanced his potion digestion by performing a coin trick for Leonard, accepted a hundred-pound asylum performance, and agreed to help Christine seek a book containing Apprentice Pathway formulas. He then went to Tulip Street to visit Priscilla but found her away.

• Edward used a coin trick to unsettle Leonard and provoke dread in Pallez, then learned that the asylum director would pay him a hundred pounds to perform.
• Christine asked Edward to give her the asylum performance opportunity, first claiming she wanted revenge before admitting she was seeking a lost book of Apprentice Pathway formulas.
• Edward agreed to help Christine obtain the book in exchange for the performance fee and an additional payment, though Christine left without settling the amount.
• Edward went to Tulip Street with a gift for Priscilla, but no one was home at number 4.

Edward defeated the Tingen Nighthawks when they mistakenly tried to arrest him, then learned that he had been assigned to their team. After Klein passed his advancement assessment and became a Sequence 8 Clown, Edward joined him and the others for a card game.

• Edward used spells to defeat Dunn Smith, Leonard Mitchell, and Royale Reideen, then surrendered when Crestet Cesimir emerged.
• Crestet confirmed Edward had recently joined the Church but had not yet entered an official organization, and revealed that Edward was being transferred to the Tingen Nighthawks.
• Dunn apologized for the mistaken arrest and welcomed Edward as a new teammate; Edward met the Nighthawks and introduced himself as a Sequence 8 Trickmaster.
• Klein passed his assessment and became a Sequence 8 Clown.
• Edward beat Leonard at Fight the Landlord... Fight Evil by playing all his cards at once.

Klein revealed his identity as Mr. Fool’s Blessed to Edward, then brought him home to meet Melissa. In Backlund, Xio told Fors that she had obtained Roselle’s notes and reflected on a mysterious masked man who had recruited her.

• Klein told Dunn he wanted to learn combat techniques so he could help during future missions, and Dunn agreed.
• In a carriage, Klein introduced himself to Edward as Mr. Fool’s Blessed, while Edward explained that the True Creator had targeted him.
• Klein and Edward met Melissa on the way home, and Edward joined them for dinner after showing her his cat, Lilith.
• Xio returned home and told Fors she had bought potion ingredients and acquired two pages of Emperor Roselle’s notes.
• Xio recalled meeting a golden-masked man who had arranged future contact after recruiting her to work for him.

Edward bought two pages of Emperor Roselle’s diary from Xio and read them with Audrey, while Xio prepared to take him to confront the person who had placed a bounty on him. The pages revealed Roselle’s early struggles as a transmigrator and left Edward and Audrey with the second page’s account of his loneliness and boredom.

• At dinner, Edward warned Klein that tensions between Loen and neighboring countries could lead to war, and Klein said he hoped his family would never learn about Beyonders.
• Xio sent Edward a message saying the bounty on him would expire in two days and that she had found two pages of Roselle’s notes.
• Edward visited Xio and Fors, paid fifteen pounds for the diary pages, and asked Xio to arrange a meeting with the person behind the bounty.
• Edward told Xio to send future letters to his new apartment at 88 Minsk Street, then went to Audrey’s Suitcase Space.
• Edward and Audrey read Roselle’s diary pages, which described his early efforts to invent a flush toilet and his boredom and homesickness.

Edward and his companions confronted Viscount Glaint’s bounty party, only to discover that Flame Danitz had arranged the commission. Danitz tried to seize Edward, but Edward and Audrey sprang an ambush, leaving Danitz conscious and armed.

• Edward told Audrey that a Roselle diary page seemed to have been written by another Chinese speaker and said he had met Mr. Fool’s newly advanced Blessed.
• Edward invited Audrey to join him and Xio in meeting Viscount Glaint, and the group switched carriages before being taken to an abandoned warehouse.
• Xio refused Viscount Glaint’s bounty payment until she could confirm Edward’s alleged crimes, prompting Glaint to reveal that someone else had placed the commission.
• Flame Danitz introduced himself as a boatswain of the Golden Dream under Vice Admiral Iceberg Edwina Edwards and said Edward had offended their captain.
• Danitz approached the carriage to take Edward, but Edward and Audrey appeared inside and stunned him; Danitz dodged Edward’s chain and drew a revolver.

Edward and his companions captured Danitz and learned he had come to Backlund because Vice Admiral Iceberg was connected to a portrait of Edward. The group settled their business and parted with gains, while Edward left Danitz a message to help him contact the captain.

• Edward disarmed Danitz, who surrendered and revealed he had placed a bounty on Edward through Viscount Glaint.
• Audrey emerged from hiding in the carriage and reunited with Xio, Fors, and Glaint.
• Edward used the Imperius Curse to question Danitz, who said he had come to find the man in a portrait his captain had been staring at.
• Danitz broke free of the curse, so Edward knocked him unconscious and left a message in his pocket for Vice Admiral Iceberg.
• Edward took Danitz's ingredients, Glaint received the Apothecary formula, and Xio collected her bounty.
• Audrey asked Glaint to keep her outing secret, and the group ended the night with each of them gaining something.

Edward returned to the Nighthawks and joined Klein at a shooting club, where they met asylum doctor Dast Guderian and learned that the mad Hood Eugen had asked to see a trick performance before losing his sanity. When Dast revealed that Hood had met Lanevus, Edward realized he had dangerously overlooked Ince Zangwill’s role in the coming crisis and resolved to prepare for an attack.

• Edward returned to Blackthorn Security Company, met Frye, and learned that Klein had spent the night guarding Chanis Gate.
• Edward accompanied Klein to Zouteland Shooting Club and practiced firing revolvers with him.
• Klein introduced Edward to asylum doctor Dast Guderian, who said Hood Eugen had gone mad after asking to see a trick performance.
• Dast revealed that Hood had met a visitor called Ail, whose real name was Lanevus, and that Lanevus had visited three times.
• Edward recognized that he had overlooked Ince Zangwill’s role in the plot and feared that Ince could manipulate his attention or arrange his death.
• Edward decided he could not passively wait for Ince to target him and resolved to prepare to protect himself.

Edward used two pages of Emperor Roselle’s Diary to ask Mr. Fool for a chance to perform tricks, then discovered his magic was unusually powerful above the gray fog. He ended his performance to the Tarot Club’s applause, leaving Edward wondering why his abilities had grown stronger.

• Audrey received a telegram from Alfred Hall saying he had found two Rainbow Lizard Dragons, giving her the final ingredient for the Telepathist potion.
• Audrey learned that Susie had finished digesting her potion and might also be ready to advance, though Susie misunderstood Audrey’s advice about modesty.
• At the Tarot Club, Edward told Alger he had nearly determined why Vice Admiral Hurricane Qilingus had come to Backlund and suspected an assassination plot against a high-ranking Loen noble.
• Alger said he expected to bring Emperor Roselle’s Diary pages to the next gathering, while Edward offered two pages of his own to Mr. Fool in exchange for an opportunity to perform tricks.
• Edward explained his acting experiment and performed a series of tricks and spells that delivered the diary pages to Mr. Fool and covered the gathering place in vines before making them vanish.
• Audrey, Alger, and Derrick applauded Edward’s performance, and Edward wondered why his magic was several times stronger above the gray fog.

At the Tarot Club, Klein was shocked by a diary page that appeared to belong to another transmigrator, while Edward reported nearly digesting his potion through acting before Mr. Fool. Edward offered two Beyonder items, and Klein prepared to use the City of Silver’s sacrificial ritual to send Derrick the Hand of Glory; the chapter ended with Edward returning to find Lilith trying to pat his face with her foot.

• Klein read a diary page whose writing and tone differed from Emperor Roselle’s, suggesting another transmigrator had written it.
• Edward told the Tarot Club that acting before Mr. Fool had nearly finished digesting his potion.
• Edward offered a storage item and a Hand of Glory, and Derrick asked for the latter because the City of Silver lived in endless darkness.
• Klein questioned Derrick about the City of Silver’s faith and sacrificial ritual, then instructed Edward to sacrifice the Hand of Glory to him when notified.
• Edward returned to his room after the meeting and found Lilith trying to pat his face with her foot.

Edward tested the Resurrection Stone’s new abilities and used its Wraith power to explore as a spirit, briefly encountering Klein before returning to his body. He also tested the Time-Turner and sparred verbally with Leonard, who questioned how Edward knew about the entity inside him.

• Edward learned that the Resurrection Stone had gained four abilities, including a one-time resurrection and the power to leave his body as a wraith.
• Edward left his body and flew through the house, but Lilith dragged his body and chair across the room, forcing him to return.
• Edward traveled outside as a spirit and encountered Klein, who was pulled back Above the Gray Fog when his spirituality ran low.
• Edward returned to his body nearly depleted and found that the Time-Turner could turn back time only twice before cracking.
• Leonard questioned Edward about his knowledge of the presence inside Leonard, and Edward told him to give that presence his regards before leaving.

Edward became acquainted with Steven Green and Priscilla, worried that the approaching full moon might trigger Mr. Door’s ravings, and helped Christine reach the asylum before warning the Nighthawks. The next morning, he questioned Christine and learned that her search for a family treasure map had been tangled up with the Psychology Alchemists and the mad Hood Eugen.

• Leonard asked Pallez Zoroast about Edward’s monocle, and Pallez said Edward had used it as a performance to speed up his digestion as a Trickmaster.
• Edward accepted Steven Green’s invitation to dinner, where he met Priscilla and learned about her family and her mother’s death.
• Seeing the crimson moon, Edward worried that he might hear Mr. Door’s ravings at the full moon and resolved to prepare by contacting Mr. Fool if necessary.
• Christine paid Edward and asked him to introduce her to Director Dape; after the director agreed to let her replace Edward as the asylum’s magician, Edward warned the captain that someone might cause trouble there.
• Edward wrote “A Cleric Friend of Mine: Ince Zangwill and His Quill” as a gift to Ince Zangwill.
• In the Nighthawks’ basement, Edward questioned Christine, who explained that she sought a hidden map to her family’s ancient treasure and that Hood Eugen had demanded she prove she was a Trickmaster.

Edward questioned Christine about Hood Eugen, Lanevus, and the Aurora Order, then left her in Nighthawk custody. At home, the little black bird demanded wand-like sticks and showed a strong interest in Edward’s Resurrection Stone, leading him to suspect it wanted phoenix feathers.

• Edward learned that Christine had received the book from Hood Eugen, who had passed it to Lanevus, and that Aurora Order subordinates had hunted her.
• Edward told Klein and Leonard that Christine seemed mostly truthful, and Dunn ordered that she remain in custody while he reported the matter to their superiors.
• Edward gave Christine his messenger-summoning method and said he would return her notebook to her elder if she regained her freedom.
• At home, Edward noticed Lilith cleaning her paws with a towel before getting onto the bed.
• The little black bird rejected two defective wands, then eagerly asked for Edward’s Resurrection Stone, which he refused to give it.
• Edward guessed that the bird wanted the phoenix feather in his wand and decided to obtain feathers from Fawkes.

Edward accompanied Audrey to Duke Negan’s ball, where Qilingus attempted to assassinate the duke and was killed while trying to escape. The chapter left Edward and Audrey safe as the Church of Evernight and Alger brought the attack to an end.

• Edward disguised himself as Audrey’s maid and accompanied her to Duke Negan’s ball after reporting Qilingus to the Church of Evernight.
• Audrey danced with Earl Hall, then joined Edward at the dining table while they watched the guests.
• Qilingus attacked by dropping a chandelier, but Crestet Cesimir confronted him and blocked his escape.
• Qilingus fled the ballroom wounded, but an unseen attacker thwarted his attempt to escape through a window.
• Alger appeared in the woods and shot Qilingus dead.