Chapter Summaries

Lumian realized that Sallys might still recognize Julie and was pretending not to, so he planned to watch for contact between them. In Trier, Clarisse revealed the Witch Sect’s structure and history to Franca, including its claim over Mirror Worlds and its lost control of a special one.

• Lumian followed Julie back to the Carnivore bar and later concluded that Sallys had likely pretended not to recognize her.
• Lumian decided to see whether Sallys would secretly seek out Julie before making contact himself.
• Franca met Clarisse and told her she had advanced to Pain, explaining that Charles had become a Reaper using Gardner Martin’s Beyonder Characteristic.
• Clarisse explained that the Witch Sect began as descendants of the Primordial Witch and was now led by thirteen high-ranking Witches who answered to the Gray Witch.
• Clarisse told Franca that the Gray Witch and Krismona were twins, and that the Primordial Witch’s Divine Child had been male before becoming a Witch.
• Clarisse revealed that Witches once controlled a special Mirror World but had lost some control after the War of the Four Emperors and the Pale War.

Franca learned from Clarisse about witches’ People in the Mirror, the Primordial Witch’s possible mirror mutation, and the Mirror World’s importance. Later, Lumian waited at the Carnivore bar for Sallys to visit Julie, then sensed suggestive elements in the air.

• Franca asked Clarisse whether the black statue was evidence that the Primordial Witch’s mirror projection had mutated, and Clarisse confirmed that the statue’s existence was abnormal.
• Clarisse explained that witches’ powerful brands created enduring People in the Mirror, and that a true god’s mirror brand merged with the original body because true gods were unique.
• Clarisse told Franca to eliminate the People in the Mirror in Trier and thwart their plans, then agreed to provide items for Mirror Traversal and messaging.
• Franca asked whether a Witch of Pain could add new pathogens to her Disease ability, and Clarisse said only a Witch of Despair could create mystical pathogens unless the Primordial Witch changed the ability’s scope.
• Lumian waited in his room at the Carnivore bar for Sallys to visit Julie, then felt suggestive elements in the air and saw flashes of alluring scenes.

Lumian discovered that Sallys had secretly visited Julie through the Mirror World and sent a letter to Franca, who warned him that the Witches of Pain might receive revelations or divine power from the Primordial Witch. After Vanak failed to attack during the night, Lumian began preparing to reopen the Carnivore bar and deliberately named Albus Medici in front of Julie.

• Lumian inferred that Sallys had visited Julie through the Mirror World and left her an item connected to the Primordial Witch.
• Lumian used his Mirror Buckle to send a letter to Franca, Jenna, and Anthony, then found Sallys's faint scent in Julie's mirror.
• Franca received Lumian's letter and replied that Demonesses with color titles and possibly the Witches of Pain could receive divine revelations or blessings from the Primordial Witch.
• Lumian waited for Vanak to attack overnight, hoping to learn about Julie's items and Vanak's possible connection to 0-01, but Vanak did not appear.
• Lumian told Lies they could reopen the Carnivore bar at noon and listed dangerous people in Morola, including Albus Medici; Julie's footsteps paused when she heard the name.

Lumian warned Lies about Albus Medici and Vanak, then asked Heraberg how to reach the cemetery’s underground section safely and was told to study a large collection of books and tests. He returned to the Carnivore bar to read, while Julie went out on a secret errand, and he ended the chapter by asking Lies to hang red cloth by the entrance.

• Lumian described Albus Medici to Lies and gave him 200 Sasson Gold to restock the bar.
• Lumian confronted Julie about using Fascination, then tried to follow her when she left, but she vanished using concealment and Anti-Divination.
• Lumian asked Heraberg how to avoid danger in the underground cemetery, and Heraberg assigned him books to master and tests to pass.
• Lumian encountered Gei reading at the Church of Knowledge, spoke with him about finding work, and returned to the bar to study.
• Julie returned near noon, and Lumian asked Lies to hang a piece of red cloth by the entrance.

Lumian weighed Gusin’s rebellion against the Church of Knowledge and agreed to test the group by asking them to find Albus Medici. Gusin set Lumian his own test in the Fog of War, while a letter from Amandina reached Franca in Trier.

• Lumian learned that Beyonders controlled Morola’s resources and ordinary criminals worked for them, then remarked that the city resembled the Iron and Blood Cross Order’s ideal society.
• Gusin visited the Carnivore bar, and Lumian demanded that he prove his group’s prospects by finding Albus Medici.
• Gusin said the group aimed to seize an item beneath Morola’s cemetery that supported the Church of Knowledge’s rule, and challenged Lumian to reach a marked location in the Fog of War that night.
• Franca received a letter from Amandina, who said she had gained mysticism knowledge and was willing to help Lumian’s friend if he kept his promise.

Franca contacted Amandina on Lumian’s behalf, offered her mysticism knowledge, and began arranging a path for her to grow stronger. Meanwhile, Lumian left the Carnivore bar with Gusin to begin his trial.

• Franca decided to build goodwill with Amandina and wrote a report about the Witch Sect secrets she had learned.
• Amandina received a mirror from Lumian’s messenger and spoke with Franca, who explained that Lumian was busy and asked which pathway she wanted to pursue.
• Amandina chose the Darkness pathway, and Franca promised to find its potion formulas and ingredients in exchange for payment or tasks.
• Franca gave Amandina mysticism papers for free and introduced herself by name before ending the mirror call.
• After the Carnivore bar closed, Lumian met Gusin, who said he would take him to the place where he would undergo the trial.

Lumian followed Gusin into the fog-filled ruins to prove himself by reaching an underground cemetery site, but Gusin and Albus Medici turned the test into an ambush. Lumian escaped through the mirror world and arrived at Julie’s room, where he found her absent.

• Gusin led Lumian to a volcanic ruin and explained that he had to navigate the fog of war to light an oil lamp between four statues near the underground cemetery.
• Lumian entered the mist and attacked the approaching iron puppets, but Gusin hurled a blazing spear at him and tried to drive him toward an ambush.
• Albus Medici appeared with a flaming spear as Gusin attacked Lumian with a barrage of fireballs, revealing that the Iron and Blood Cross Order had used Lumian’s search for Albus as a trap.
• Lumian used his Contract Mark to evade Albus’s spear, then escaped the explosion by entering the mirror world with his Mirror Buckle.
• Lumian traversed the mirror world to a mirror in Julie’s room and saw that Julie was missing.

Lumian used Julie’s pursuit of Albus Medici to gauge the Witch Sect’s progress, then explored the fog-filled underground area and destroyed its mysterious statues. After discovering that the statues restored themselves and that their oil lamp resembled his Corpse Oil Candle, he wondered whether the candle could work in Morola’s Underground Mausoleum.

• Julie followed Albus Medici after he parted from Gusin, and later returned to her room with a faint scent of blood.
• Lumian realized Julie had overheard his conversation with Gusin and waited to see how the Witch would react to finding Albus.
• Lumian returned to the fog of war and followed Gusin’s map to four statues surrounding an oil lamp.
• Lumian set delayed explosions that destroyed the statues and platform, but they quickly restored themselves.
• Lumian confirmed that rubble taken from the statues became ordinary, then noticed the lamp resembled his Corpse Oil Candle and considered testing it in the Underground Mausoleum.

Lumian sabotaged the Iron and Blood Cross Order’s oil lamp, then discovered that the Knowledge Church books might reveal a way to approach 0-01 safely. The chapter ended with Franca receiving Madam Judgement’s news that Mr. Stars would help Amandina in exchange for her assistance.

• Lumian hid a mixture of dangerous materials inside the Iron and Blood Cross Order’s oil lamp and returned to the Carnivore bar without being detected.
• After no one attacked him overnight, Lumian began studying the Knowledge Church books and found detailed information related to 0-01’s seal, though he feared the knowledge could corrupt him.
• Lumian learned that Julie had cut off some of her own flesh for Lies to cook, and Julie said she wanted to learn cooking from him.
• Franca received Madam Judgement’s letter saying Mr. Stars would provide potion formulas and Beyonder ingredients for Amandina if Franca helped him with certain matters.

Franca and Lumian tested what could pass through Morola’s mirror seal and arranged for Franca to attend the Academy group’s gathering in his place. Lumian’s studying was interrupted by an attack on Vanak’s company, where an enormous Tin Soldier spotted him and charged.

• Franca received Madam Judgement’s letter urging her to remain undercover in the Witch Sect, then agreed to consider Mr. Stars’s request.
• Professor invited Franca, as Muggle, to an in-person Academy group gathering in Trier; Franca contacted Lumian to ask whether he would attend.
• Lumian retrieved Beatrice’s Necklace through the mirror but found the copper coin and Wraith dust could not pass through; he sent Franca the results and told her to attend the gathering in his place.
• Franca received Lumian’s reply and the Lie ear clip, while Lumian continued studying books about underground mausoleums.
• After explosions erupted nearby, Lumian went to investigate and found Vanak’s Dardus Agricultural Company half-collapsed, with two giant Tin Soldiers emerging from it.
• One Tin Soldier spotted Lumian hiding in the shadows and charged at him with its Giant’s Sword.

Lumian defeated the Tin Soldiers at the Dardus Agricultural Company and agreed to work temporarily with Julie against Albus Medici and Gusin's group. After returning to the Carnivore bar to study, he saw Vanak appear in his mirror and ask whether he wanted to kill Gusin and Albus Medici.

• Lumian destroyed one Tin Soldier by exploiting its weakness, while Julie used black flames to reduce the other to a toy.
• Lumian examined the company's ruins and concluded that the Iron and Blood Cross Order had tried to ambush Vanak, who escaped despite killing several attackers.
• Julie said Albus had allied with Gusin's group and proposed that she and Lumian work together; Lumian agreed to gain access to the Witch Sect's information and preparations.
• Lumian wondered whether Gusin had created soldiers through a Mysticism Ritual and suspected the oil lamp he had seasoned could affect the next ritual.
• Lumian returned to the Carnivore bar to study, but Vanak appeared in his mirror and asked whether he wanted to kill Gusin and Albus Medici.

Lumian agreed to work with the wounded Vanak against Albus and Gusin, then completed his first Knowledge Church exam and received a shorter reading list. In Trier, Franca prepared to attend an Occult Gathering in Lumian’s place while Jenna remained troubled by Julian’s plans.

• Vanak asked Lumian to help him lure out and attack Albus and Gusin, and Lumian accepted after learning about their abilities.
• Lumian dreamed of an undead army that filled him with fear, then woke and went to the Knowledge Church after finishing his assigned books.
• Heraberg gave Lumian an exam about his recent nightmares and, after reading his answers, assigned him only seven or eight more books.
• Lumian planned to use Vanak’s invitation to seek clues about Severed-Hand Brother’s hidden head and to investigate the Witch.
• In Trier, Jenna told Franca that Julian still intended to return to Trier, and Franca confirmed she would attend the Occult Gathering in Lumian’s place.

Franca used Lie to disguise herself as Aurora, advised Jenna on Witch potion digestion, and attended an offline gathering of the Curly-Haired Baboon Research Society as Muggle. The gathering ended with the Warlocks suffering another broadcast of the Hidden Sage’s knowledge, which Franca suspected might be linked to the opening of the Fourth Epoch Trier Seal.

• Franca transformed her appearance with Lie and suggested that Jenna use black magic in her Witch acting to help digest her potion.
• Franca arrived at the Curly-Haired Baboon Research Society gathering in Trier disguised as Muggle and warned the members that dangers were brewing underground.
• Franca joined the gathering’s conversation and explained her unusually lively behavior by saying that the company had made her feel as if she had returned to the past.
• Professor and the other Warlocks suffered intense pain as the Hidden Sage broadcast knowledge to them, while the non-Warlocks were unaffected.
• Franca wondered whether the increased knowledge instillations were connected to Celestial Master and the opening of the Fourth Epoch Trier Seal.

Franca learned that the Moses Ascetic Order had lost contact with its Trier Pillar and suspected deputy Nikila might be a Person in the Mirror. In Morola, Vanak warned Lumian that Gusin and Albus were approaching a trap and offered to reveal his hideout.

• Franca told Professor and the others that the Catacombs’ small Sacrificial Plaza could shield them from the Hidden Sage’s knowledge infusions, and they discussed ways to recover from the effects.
• Periodic Table revealed that he belonged to the Moses Ascetic Order and that its Trier Pillar, Kemolo, had stopped responding.
• Periodic Table suspected Kemolo’s deputy Nikila was Griffith, a Person in the Mirror, and agreed to give Franca his identity and possible address after they signed a Notarized Document.
• Vanak appeared to Lumian in a mirror and said Gusin and Albus were about to enter a trap before offering to disclose his hideout.

Lumian’s sabotage of the Calamity Lamp triggered a disastrous ritual for Gusin and Albus in the Fog of War cavern. As an explosion rocked the outskirts, Lumian left Vanak and teleported toward the disturbance, wary that it might be a trap.

• Lumian told Julie that Vanak had invited him to confront Gusin and Albus, then went to meet Vanak.
• Gusin and Albus prepared the Calamity Lamp ritual and summoned a giant Tin Soldier, believing they had gained an advantage over Vanak.
• During the ritual, Gusin saw himself covered in bark and spores, then awoke to find his hair growing, his body changing, and the Tin Soldier calling him “Mommy.”
• Albus backed away as Gusin’s belly swelled and his expression turned cold and evil.
• An enormous explosion shook the neighborhood near the volcanic crater, and Lumian suspected the sabotaged lamp had caused it.
• Lumian warned Vanak that the situation had changed and teleported toward the disturbance without choosing the cavern entrance as his destination.

Lumian watched Albus Medici battle the mutated Gusin and a powerful tin soldier, then joined the ambush when Vanak and Julie attacked Albus. Lumian discovered that Albus had hidden the Abscessed Severed Hand's head inside the Underground Mausoleum, and the chapter ended with Albus trapped amid the attackers' converging strikes.

• Lumian recognized that Gusin had transformed into a pregnant-looking woman after a mysticism ritual, while Gusin and the tin soldier fought Albus Medici.
• Albus damaged the tin soldier, but the soldier shared injuries with Gusin and both rapidly healed; Albus then tried to escape in a fog of war.
• Vanak summoned a hurricane that dispersed the fog, and Julie used a mirror to attack Albus, weakening him as he transformed into flames.
• Lumian attacked Albus and searched his destiny, learning that Albus had thrown the Abscessed Severed Hand's head into the Underground Mausoleum.
• Albus fled as a flame spear while the tin soldier, Julie, and Vanak moved to intercept him.

Lumian escaped Gusin and the Tin Soldier by teleporting to the Knowledge Church, while Vanak and Julie fought them in Morola. Albus hid in the underground hollow, and the chapter ended with Lumian back at the Carnivore bar as Julie hinted he might regret leaving the battle.

• Albus fell into the hollow beneath the ruined street after Vanak struck him, and Vanak chose not to pursue him through the Fog of War.
• Gusin attacked Lumian and Vanak, but Lumian teleported to the Knowledge Church and left Vanak and Julie to face Gusin and the Tin Soldier.
• Vanak summoned lightning that killed Gusin and destroyed the strange creature in his belly, while Julie set the Tin Soldier ablaze until it collapsed into scrap metal.
• Julie slipped away when the Law Enforcement Team arrived, and Albus waited alone in the underground hollow, disappointed that no one had followed him.
• Lumian returned to the Carnivore bar and resumed reading about 0-01; Julie later visited him and said she had not managed to cut off Vanak's blood-colored object.

Lumian considered Vanak’s strength and Julie’s distress over Sallys before warning Julie that the threat to Sallys would persist unless its cause was addressed. In Trier, Muggle’s allies prepared to rely on her help, and Franca learned that the operation against Nikila could proceed despite the Moses Ascetic Order’s response to Kemolo’s disappearance.

• Lumian judged that Julie wanted him to help kill Vanak, but he decided to focus on his studies and wait before making a move that could alter Morola’s balance of power.
• Julie returned from a nighttime outing visibly distressed, and Lumian guessed that she feared Sallys would enter the Underground Mausoleum and lose her remaining selfhood.
• Lumian warned Julie that Sallys’s danger would recur unless its root cause was resolved, leaving Julie silent and wondering how much he knew.
• After Muggle left their Trier home, Professor, Associate Professor, and Periodic Table admitted they hoped to awaken her sympathy and said they needed to survive the Moses Ascetic Order’s crisis.
• Franca received Madam Judgement’s reply that the operation against Nikila could begin soon, even though another of the Ten Pillars would come to Trier over Kemolo’s disappearance.

Franca, Jenna, and Anthony set a trap in Nikila’s apartment to test whether he was Griffith, a Person in the Mirror. After Nikila returned and used his Mystery-Prying Eye to inspect the area, Jenna launched the ambush, leaving the confrontation underway.

• Franca inspected Nikila’s apartment, found numerous mirrors, and hid inside the living room’s full-length mirror while Jenna and Anthony prepared outside.
• Jenna and Anthony spotted Nikila returning home and waited three minutes before taking their positions in the apartment building.
• Nikila used his Mystery-Prying Eye to inspect the apartment and nearby area, then suppressed its power with a Hermetic scroll and entered his home.
• Franca subtly caused Nikila’s throat to become dry and itchy while he read his newspaper, prompting him to cough and grow suspicious.
• Jenna emerged from the shadows, stabbed the Bloodsucker’s Arrow into her own heart, and sent dark chains toward Nikila.

Jenna and Anthony drove Nikila into the Mirror World, where Franca trapped him in a prepared Witch’s lair and repeatedly disrupted his attempts to fight back. Nikila briefly broke free of her influence and activated his stellar sand, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Jenna bound Nikila with Abyss Shackles, but he used Mirror Substitute to escape and revealed himself as a Person in the Mirror.
• Anthony threatened Nikila with Winter Is Coming while Jenna and Anthony’s attacks worsened his illness, prompting him to flee through a mirror.
• Anthony used Battle Hypnosis to redirect Nikila’s escape, but Nikila burned a scroll to blind his attackers and entered a different mirror; Jenna and Anthony teleported to the quarry cavern afterward.
• Franca’s spider silk bound Nikila in the Mirror World, where her Fascination and tickling kept him from using his abilities effectively.
• Nikila bit his tongue to overcome Franca’s influence, clenched his stellar sand, and lit the dark region with brilliant stars.