Chapters 28-31 and Appendix A Summary

In Chapter 28, Charles opens the panel of TOAD, removes the book and finds a groove in its side. It opens to page 201, where sees an envelope that looks like the picture of the envelope now displayed on page 201 of the actual novel. In the envelope he finds a key, literally proving that the book is the key. He sees Ed gnawing on the wrapped box his mother gave him, and he unwraps it to find the Chrono-Adventurer Survival Kit he had coveted as a child. He realizes his father bought it for him, despite the family's poverty. Inside, he finds the advertised items and a smaller box, which has a keyhole. In Chapter 29, the key from the book fits the keyhole in the box, revealing a small scene of the kitchen in Charles's boyhood home...