diff --git a/userscript/novel-bookmark.user.js b/userscript/novel-bookmark.user.js
index 07480f5..3d4884d 100644
--- a/userscript/novel-bookmark.user.js
+++ b/userscript/novel-bookmark.user.js
@@ -132,26 +132,30 @@
     },
   };
 
+  // The host shape this adapter owns. One definition so the pointer validator
+  // and `matches` cannot drift apart (a leading subdomain is allowed).
+  const lnwHostRe = /(^|\.)lightnovelworld\.net$/;
+
   // A chapter page's pointer is its own link back to its Series. The href is
-  // page markup, so validate before trusting: the host must be this Site's (a
-  // leading subdomain is allowed, as in `matches`) and the path the
-  // /novel/<slug>/ Series shape. Anything else is not a pointer.
-  function seriesIdFromLnwPointer(href) {
+  // page markup, so validate before trusting: resolve it against the page
+  // address, require the host above and the /novel/<slug>/ Series path.
+  // Anything else is not a pointer.
+  function seriesIdFromLnwPointer(href, base) {
     if (!href) return null;
     let u;
     try {
-      u = new URL(href);
+      u = new URL(href, base);
     } catch (e) {
       return null;
     }
-    if (!/(^|\.)lightnovelworld\.net$/.test(u.hostname)) return null;
+    if (!lnwHostRe.test(u.hostname)) return null;
     const m = u.pathname.match(/^\/novel\/([^/]+)\/?$/);
     return m ? m[1] : null;
   }
 
   const lightnovelworld = {
     site: "lightnovelworld",
-    matches: (loc) => /(^|\.)lightnovelworld\.net$/.test(loc.hostname),
+    matches: (loc) => lnwHostRe.test(loc.hostname),
     detect(loc) {
       const path = loc.pathname;
       // /<slug>-chapter-<n>/ — flat, at the site root, not under /novel/. The
@@ -166,7 +170,7 @@
         // this replaced, not a safety net.
         const chapterSlug = m[1];
         const pointer = document.querySelector("a[aria-label='All Chapter']");
-        let seriesId = pointer ? seriesIdFromLnwPointer(pointer.getAttribute("href")) : null;
+        let seriesId = pointer ? seriesIdFromLnwPointer(pointer.getAttribute("href"), loc.href) : null;
         if (!seriesId) {
           // Fallback: the microdata breadcrumb's second crumb is the Series.
           // Scoped to the BreadcrumbList because itemprop="item" is not
@@ -174,7 +178,7 @@
           const crumb = document.querySelector(
             '[itemtype="http://schema.org/BreadcrumbList"] a[itemprop="item"][href*="/novel/"]'
           );
-          seriesId = crumb ? seriesIdFromLnwPointer(crumb.getAttribute("href")) : null;
+          seriesId = crumb ? seriesIdFromLnwPointer(crumb.getAttribute("href"), loc.href) : null;
         }
         // Neither pointer present, nor either pointing at a /novel/<slug>/
         // address on this host: not a page the script understands, so no
diff --git a/userscript/test/novel-logic.test.js b/userscript/test/novel-logic.test.js
index 86d5173..9b8ef5b 100644
--- a/userscript/test/novel-logic.test.js
+++ b/userscript/test/novel-logic.test.js
@@ -165,19 +165,63 @@ test("lightnovelworld.detect reads the Series identity from the page pointer on
 test("lightnovelworld.detect falls back to the breadcrumb when the pointer is absent", () => {
   reset();
   elements = { "h1.entry-title": "My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1" };
+  const url = "https://lightnovelworld.net/my-longevity-simulation-chapter-1/";
+  // Same divergent page, both pointers from the real markup (research note
+  // §3): breadcrumb position 2 must say what the All Chapter anchor says.
+  attrEls = {
+    "a[aria-label='All Chapter']": {
+      getAttribute: () => "https://lightnovelworld.net/novel/immortality-simulator/",
+    },
+  };
+  const viaPointer = lightnovelworld.detect(loc(url));
   attrEls = {
-    // Verbatim from the real page (research note §3): position 2 of the
-    // microdata BreadcrumbList is the Series.
     '[itemtype="http://schema.org/BreadcrumbList"] a[itemprop="item"][href*="/novel/"]': {
       getAttribute: () => "https://lightnovelworld.net/novel/immortality-simulator/",
     },
   };
-  const url = "https://lightnovelworld.net/my-longevity-simulation-chapter-1/";
-  const p = lightnovelworld.detect(loc(url));
+  const viaBreadcrumb = lightnovelworld.detect(loc(url));
+  assert.equal(viaBreadcrumb.type, "chapter");
+  assert.equal(viaBreadcrumb.seriesId, viaPointer.seriesId);
+  assert.equal(viaBreadcrumb.seriesUrl, viaPointer.seriesUrl);
+  assert.equal(viaBreadcrumb.seriesId, "immortality-simulator");
+  assert.equal(viaBreadcrumb.chapterSlug, "my-longevity-simulation");
+});
+
+test("lightnovelworld.detect resolves a relative pointer against the page address", () => {
+  // Defensive: every measured page ships an absolute pointer href, but a
+  // theme change could go relative — the pointer is still this page's own
+  // link back to its Series.
+  reset();
+  elements = { "h1.entry-title": "A Will Eternal Chapter 1298" };
+  attrEls = {
+    "a[aria-label='All Chapter']": { getAttribute: () => "/novel/a-will-eternal/" },
+  };
+  const p = lightnovelworld.detect(loc("https://lightnovelworld.net/a-will-eternal-chapter-1298/"));
   assert.equal(p.type, "chapter");
-  assert.equal(p.seriesId, "immortality-simulator");
-  assert.equal(p.seriesUrl, "https://lightnovelworld.net/novel/immortality-simulator/");
-  assert.equal(p.chapterSlug, "my-longevity-simulation");
+  assert.equal(p.seriesId, "a-will-eternal");
+  assert.equal(p.seriesUrl, "https://lightnovelworld.net/novel/a-will-eternal/");
+});
+
+test("lightnovelworld.detect rejects a pointer that is not a /novel/ address on its own host", () => {
+  // Counterfactual pointers, exercising the criterion that a pointer "present
+  // but not parseable as /novel/<slug>/ on lightnovelworld.net" must not
+  // become a seriesUrl the backend is later asked to Poll: off-host, and
+  // on-host but the wrong path shape.
+  reset();
+  elements = { "h1.entry-title": "My Longevity Simulation Chapter 1" };
+  const url = "https://lightnovelworld.net/my-longevity-simulation-chapter-1/";
+  attrEls = {
+    "a[aria-label='All Chapter']": {
+      getAttribute: () => "https://evil.example/novel/immortality-simulator/",
+    },
+  };
+  assert.equal(lightnovelworld.detect(loc(url)).type, "other");
+  attrEls = {
+    "a[aria-label='All Chapter']": {
+      getAttribute: () => "https://lightnovelworld.net/fiction/immortality-simulator/",
+    },
+  };
+  assert.equal(lightnovelworld.detect(loc(url)).type, "other");
 });
 
 test("lightnovelworld.detect resolves to other when the page carries no pointer", () => {