Chapter Summaries

Number 11, a psychic test subject, survived a catastrophic experiment and awoke as a child in Magnolia Town in the Kingdom of Fiore. After receiving the boy's memories, he discovered his name was Eleven Brain and embraced his life as a new beginning.

• Researchers injected Number 11 with the spirit liberation drug and subjected him to an experiment designed to expand his brain domain.
• As Number 11's psychic readings surged and his vital signs failed, the director ordered the experiment to continue until an explosion erupted.
• Burning and believing he was near death, Number 11 wished that heaven would let him talk to people and make friends.
• Eleven awoke in the mud near an orphanage in Magnolia Town and absorbed the memories of the boy whose body he inhabited.
• Eleven experienced emotions and sunlight for the first time, realized he was still alive, and called it a new life.

Maria found Eleven injured and used a water spell to clean him, then promised to stop the other children from bullying him. She chased the fleeing children while Eleven waited alone, and returned at sunset with a group of older children.

• Maria rushed to Eleven, treated his cuts and bruises with Water Therapy Technique, and apologized for not protecting him.
• Maria and Eleven sensed each other’s sadness and cried together in an embrace.
• Maria promised to make Gouzi and the other children apologize and warned Eleven that she would stop them from bullying him.
• Maria shouted at the children near the orphanage gate and chased those who fled, leaving Eleven behind.
• Eleven waited alone in the sunshine until Maria returned at sunset with a group of half-grown children.

Eleven tried to understand what it meant to be family and decided to apologize to Gouzi, but a gang of debtors broke into the orphanage and tied everyone up. When the boss tried to kill Maria, Eleven used his Spiritual Power to knock the knife away, and the boss identified him as the one responsible.

• Maria urged Gouzi to apologize to Eleven, but Gouzi cried and ran off after accusing Eleven of insulting the orphanage children.
• Eleven reflected on Maria’s disappointment, decided to apologize to Gouzi, and used Spiritual Perception to find him asleep.
• A gang of men entered the orphanage to kidnap children and settle a debt, and Eleven’s sudden appearance startled Number Two into screaming.
• The boss ordered the children taken and Maria killed after the intruders were discovered, while Eleven sensed the boss’s killing intent.
• Eleven knocked aside the boss’s knife with his Spiritual Power, and the boss turned toward him and recognized him as the cause.

Eleven overcame his fear of being sent back to the research institute when Maria and the orphanage children stood together to protect him, and he used his psychic powers to defeat the attackers. Back at the orphanage, he and Gouzi apologized to each other, and Eleven became Gouzi’s little brother as the children made peace.

• Maria charged the boss to protect Eleven, and the orphanage children piled onto the men attacking her.
• Maria told Eleven that they were family, helping him draw strength from their feelings and resolve to protect them.
• Eleven broke his ropes and used his psychic power to hurl the men into the wall without harming any of the children.
• City guards questioned the group and escorted Eleven and the others back to the orphanage.
• Eleven apologized to Gouzi, who apologized in return and asked Eleven to become his little brother.
• Gouzi led the children in celebrating and apologizing to Eleven, and Maria later found them asleep together in the dormitory.

Maria took Eleven to join a wizard guild so he could become a wizard and earn money to help the orphanage. Eleven joined Fairy Tail in year X773 and found himself smiling with his new guildmates.

• Maria asked Eleven to join a guild, and he agreed after she explained that his earnings could support the orphanage.
• Maria washed and dressed Eleven in a suit, then took him through Magnolia to Fairy Tail.
• Makarov examined Eleven’s magic and approved his admission to the guild.
• Makarov brought Eleven inside and started a welcome party, where Eleven tasted beer and joined in the celebration.

After joining Fairy Tail, Eleven tried to make friends with Laxus and Cana, then asked Makarov to let him take a job. Makarov helped him discover his magic power, triggering a fusion with his Spiritual Power that spread his perception across a ten-kilometer radius around Magnolia Town.

• Eleven met Laxus at the guild celebration, but Laxus dismissed him and told him to stop interrupting his training.
• Eleven approached Cana, mistook her tarot cards for playing cards, and tried to befriend her.
• Eleven told Maria he had gotten dumber, then went to the guild the next morning to ask Makarov for work.
• Makarov refused to let Eleven take a job until he could use magic and helped him search for his magic source.
• Eleven's Spiritual Power fused with magic power, fell silent across the guild, and expanded until he could perceive everything within ten kilometers.

Eleven feared being returned to the institute until Makarov reassured him that Fairy Tail would protect him and that he could rely on his companions. When Makarov refused to let him take a job without more training, he set Laxus as the standard, and Laxus challenged Eleven to a fight.

• Eleven asked Makarov whether his unusual ability was strange, then revealed that the institute had called it a superpower and subjected him to experiments.
• Makarov comforted Eleven, promised that Fairy Tail would protect him, and told him to trust his guildmates; Eleven wept and hugged him.
• Eleven demonstrated his powers by levitating furniture, pouring liquor with telekinesis, and creating an illusion, but Makarov said his magic was too unrefined for a job.
• Makarov told Eleven he would need to reach Laxus's level before taking jobs, and introduced Laxus as his grandson.
• Laxus challenged Eleven to a fight after learning that he had released the immense magic power felt across town, while Eleven looked on in confusion.

Eleven’s first fight with Laxus ended in defeat, but Makarov explained what guildmates’ clashes meant, and Eleven began training with Laxus. Three months later, Eleven was eager to test two new moves on Laxus, while Cana remained secretive about her father.

• Eleven copied Laxus’s taunting gesture, and Laxus attacked him while Makarov watched from the sidelines.
• Eleven fought back with a telekinetic blast, but Laxus dodged it and knocked him down with a punch.
• Makarov apologized to Eleven and explained that guildmates’ scuffles could show respect, but should not come from hatred or resentment.
• Over the next three months, Eleven trained and exercised with Laxus daily, often returning to the orphanage bruised and battered.
• Eleven asked Cana when her father would return, then announced that he had developed two new moves and believed he could beat Laxus.

Eleven challenged Laxus with a telekinetic barrier and fought him outside the Fairy Tail guild, using flight and an illusion to escape being pinned down. The battle continued as Makarov praised Eleven’s developing illusion technique.

• Eleven taunted Laxus with a secret weapon, and his telekinetic barrier stopped Laxus’s lightning-powered punches.
• Laxus and Eleven were thrown out of the guild and continued fighting outside as the guild members cheered and placed bets.
• Eleven used telekinesis to stop his fall and kick Laxus in the stomach, sending him flying.
• Laxus knocked Eleven down, pinned his barrier with his foot, and struck it repeatedly, preventing Eleven from counterattacking.
• Eleven told Laxus to look into his eyes, then used an illusion to vanish before Laxus could land another punch.
• Makarov watched the fight and admired how far Eleven had developed his illusion technique.

Eleven used invisibility and telekinesis to fight Laxus, and Makarov stopped their match before either could land a decisive attack. After Makarov accepted Eleven as strong enough to take jobs, he began looking for someone to guide him and chose Gildarts.

• Eleven tricked Laxus with invisibility and telekinetic attacks, but Laxus countered with a powerful Lightning Dragon's Roar.
• Makarov blocked both attacks and declared the fight a draw, warning Laxus for using a dangerous move against a comrade.
• Eleven recalled that Makarov had asked him three months earlier to become friends with Laxus, and he had agreed.
• The next day, Makarov told Eleven he could take jobs if he teamed up with someone experienced at first.
• Makarov spotted Gildarts and began to call on him to guide Eleven.

Makarov sent Gildarts to take Eleven on his first mission, and Gildarts chose an S-Class mission to destroy the dark guild Fangs of the Teng Snake. After learning the guild trafficked children and committed numerous crimes, Eleven confronted the danger of the world, while Gildarts reminded him to uphold Fairy Tail’s principles.

• Makarov introduced Eleven to Gildarts and ordered Gildarts to take him on a mission.
• Gildarts struck Eleven for repeatedly calling him Uncle, then chose a mission connected to Eleven’s orphanage background.
• Makarov learned that Gildarts and Eleven had accepted an S-Class mission and angrily called Gildarts an idiot.
• As they traveled through snowy mountains, Gildarts explained that their mission was to destroy the dark guild Fangs of the Teng Snake and hand its members over to the Magic Council.
• Eleven read that the guild was responsible for many crimes, including nearly a thousand cases of missing and kidnapped children.
• Gildarts warned Eleven not to pursue money through evil deeds and urged him to remain true to Fairy Tail and his comrades.

Eleven and Gildarts destroyed the Fangs of the Teng Snake guild and Mount Magir Snow Mountain during an S-Class Mission, leaving Fairy Tail with only 20,000 J after compensation. Eleven gave Maria one coin from his earnings, and a year later Makarov panicked when Eleven and Laxus went on a mission to the royal capital.

• Eleven used his Spiritual Power to find the dark guild hidden inside Mount Magir Snow Mountain, and Gildarts smashed through the mountain to reach it.
• Gildarts defeated the Fangs of the Teng Snake wizards and destroyed their guild along with the mountain peak.
• Makarov scolded Gildarts for the destruction, while Eleven embraced Gildarts’s advice about going all out as a Fairy Tail wizard.
• The Magic Council demanded compensation, so Gildarts split the remaining 20,000 J with Eleven, who brought his 10,000 J earnings to Maria.
• Maria accepted one J from Eleven and praised him, and Eleven excitedly recounted his mission to her.
• In X774, Makarov learned that Eleven and Laxus had gone on a mission to the royal capital and urgently ordered them brought back.

After a year of reckless jobs, Eleven found a call to arms mission in the northern region and decided to take it to strengthen his Spiritual Power. Makarov warned him about the unexplained monster attacks, and Eleven set off after promising to return safely.

• Makarov reprimanded Eleven and Laxus for causing damage while catching a thief, and Laxus left complaining about him.
• Eleven met Cana at the job board, where she showed him a call to arms mission to defend cities near Brago from attacking beasts and monsters.
• Makarov warned Eleven that the attacks had no clear cause and might conceal danger.
• Eleven explained that he wanted the fights to refine his Spiritual Power, and Makarov let him choose his own path while urging him to value his life.
• Cana worried over Eleven, and he promised her and Makarov he would return safely before setting off north.

Eleven traveled to Brago City for a job, only to find it already completed, and ventured into the forest, where he discovered Deliora, a demon from the Book of Zeref. He fled as Deliora broke free and unleashed a devastating attack on Brago City.

• Eleven arrived in Brago City and learned that nearby mages had already completed the job.
• Eleven searched the forest for three days and discovered troops surrounding an area his Spiritual Power could not penetrate.
• Eleven overheard an old mage and a knight identify the monster as Deliora, a demon from the Book of Zeref.
• When Deliora stirred, Eleven fled, and its roar nearly knocked him from the sky.
• Eleven reached Brago City and tried to hurry its citizens, but Deliora broke free and fired a laser that split the city in two.

Eleven survived Deliora’s attack by using Telekinesis to propel himself out of the monster’s path, but he awoke badly injured in a ruined town filled with silent, vacant people. Nearby, Gray left Ur’s home to confront Deliora, while the town’s fate remained unclear.

• Eleven’s Spiritual Power reached its limit under Deliora’s attack, letting him perceive the world as if it had slowed down.
• Eleven used Telekinesis to hurl himself toward the ground and escape Deliora’s strike, and Deliora charged toward the city.
• Gray left Ur’s home, determined to avenge his parents despite Ur’s warnings and threat to expel him from her tutelage.
• Eleven emerged from the scorched earth badly injured and searched the surrounding ruins for Deliora.
• Eleven found the streets burning and discovered people floating in midair with vacant eyes and expressionless faces.

Eleven discovered that the floating figures around the ruined city were the souls of the dead and found Deliora sealed inside a huge ice garden. He met Gray, learned that Ur had turned herself into ice to defeat the monster, and invited Gray to join Fairy Tail before collapsing from his injuries.

• Eleven realized the floating figures were souls and bowed to them after noticing the bodies beneath many of them.
• Eleven spotted Deliora trapped inside a vast ice crystal in a garden of crystal roses and sensed that Gray was alive nearby.
• Gray mistook the bloodied, injured Eleven for a ghost and ran from him until Eleven caught up and convinced him he was alive.
• Gray told Eleven that Ur had turned into ice and that Deliora had killed his family.
• Eleven invited Gray to come with him to Fairy Tail, and Gray agreed because he wanted to meet stronger mages.
• Eleven collapsed and passed out as his injuries and blood loss overwhelmed his body.

After recovering from his battle with Deliora, Eleven struggled with the sight of the dead souls he had seen and asked Makarov what became of them. Makarov comforted him, and an unseen voice asked Eleven to look after Gray.

• Cana told Eleven that Makarov had come to rescue him, though Deliora had already been defeated, and Gray had brought him back.
• After nearly seven days in bed, Eleven visited Deliora's ice sculpture with Makarov and admitted he had fled instead of trying to save the people in the city.
• Eleven told Makarov that the souls he had seen after waking had vanished, and questioned where they went and what their weight meant.
• Makarov said the souls had already carried their cherished memories and that a soul's weight reflected how splendidly its owner had lived, calming Eleven.
• Makarov and Eleven headed back to eat, and an unseen voice asked Eleven to look after Gray.

Eleven was ordered to wear a cast and stay off missions for six months, but used the time to study and train his magic. After Gray thanked him for bringing him into the guild, the two clashed over Gray’s Ice-Make Magic and Eleven’s invisible telekinetic constructs, until a blond youth arrived and mocked Eleven for bullying a child.

• Porlyusica ordered Eleven to wear a cast and rest for six months, and Eleven suspected the guild master had arranged the extended treatment.
• Eleven planned to use his recovery to train his Spiritual Power and magic power and read more, but Gray interrupted him to thank him for inviting Gray into the guild.
• Gray accidentally stripped down to his underwear, and Eleven and Cana called him a pervert before Gray charged at Eleven.
• Gray attacked with Ice-Make: Hammer, but Eleven stopped the ice hammer with Telekinesis and asked Gray to explain his Molding Magic.
• Eleven demonstrated an invisible Telekinetic Hammer, struck Gray to the floor, and decided that molding his Telekinesis into elaborate shapes was pointless.
• A blond youth wearing ugly headphones arrived and laughed at Eleven for bullying Gray.

Eleven provoked Laxus at the Fairy Tail guild, sparking a fight after his teasing caused rumors that Laxus had suffered a heartbreak. Eleven defeated Laxus with a single strike but collapsed from the effort and severe pain.

• Laxus electrocuted Gray after insulting him, and Eleven warned Laxus that wearing headphones could get him hit by a train.
• Eleven teased Laxus about seeming heartbroken, prompting the guild members and Makarov to assume he had been dumped.
• Laxus denied having a girlfriend, then challenged Eleven to a duel outside the guild.
• Eleven used a brief burst of accelerated mental processing to unleash three powerful telekinetic attacks and knock Laxus unconscious.
• Eleven collapsed with his plaster-cast leg jammed against his thigh, suffering severe pain and nearly exhausting his Spiritual Power.

Laxus woke after losing to Eleven and vowed to win next time, while Eleven experienced Magnolia’s Harvest Festival and absorbed its collective joy. The celebration strengthened Eleven’s soul and more than doubled the source of magic power in his mind.

• Laxus woke in Fairy Tail’s infirmary, learned he had lost, and vowed to defeat Eleven next time.
• Cana explained the Harvest Festival to Eleven, who grew excited by Magnolia’s festive atmosphere as they shopped for decorations.
• Eleven attended the festival with the orphanage children, wandered through Magnolia, and accidentally struck Gray with a stone he had deflected.
• As Fairy Tail’s parade reached the city center, Eleven absorbed Magnolia’s joyful emotions and sensed energy filling and strengthening his soul.
• After the celebration ended, Eleven’s Spiritual Power returned to him, and the source of magic power in his mind had more than doubled.