Chapter Summaries

Eleven brought Mira, Elfman, and Lisanna back to Magnolia, where Lisanna's gratitude delighted him and Mira's Take Over was confirmed as magic rather than possession. Makarov offered to let the siblings stay at the guild and arrange a teacher for Mira, leaving them hopeful that she could master the magic and restore her arm.

• Eleven brought the group safely to a hillside near Magnolia, and Lisanna called him “Big brother Eleven,” making him ecstatic until Mira kicked him away from her sister.
• Eleven doted on Lisanna during the trip home, while Mira worried about his excitement whenever Lisanna called him big brother.
• Eleven and the others returned to the guild, where Erza scolded him and he used Telekinesis to set her aside so he could speak with Makarov.
• Makarov examined Mira's demon arm and explained that she had Take Over Magic, not a demon possessing her.
• Makarov said Mira could restore her arm by mastering Take Over Magic and offered to let the siblings stay at the guild and arrange a teacher, prompting them to embrace and cry with relief.

Eleven dealt with Erza’s challenge by repeatedly smashing her into the guild floor, then fled from Makarov’s anger. A month later, Mira mastered Satan Soul and revealed her fierce act was meant to protect her siblings; after she and Erza traded insults, they punched Eleven and left him with black eyes.

• Erza challenged Eleven to a duel, but he knocked her unconscious with a Telekinetic Hammer and wrecked the guild floor.
• Makarov yelled at Eleven and Erza for destroying the guild, and Eleven ran away.
• Mira mastered Satan Soul and restored her arm, while Lisanna and Elfman learned their own Take Over Magic forms.
• Mira confronted Gray in her demon form and defeated him after he challenged her.
• Eleven realized Mira had been acting tough to protect her siblings, but Erza misunderstood Mira’s appearance and began arguing with her.
• Mira and Erza turned on Eleven when he tried to separate them, punching him and giving him two black eyes.

Eleven challenged Erza after she and Mira accidentally punched him, then angrily called Mira into the fight as well. The duel ended with Erza and Mira fighting each other while edging away from Eleven, who realized they were trying to escape.

• Eleven accused Erza and Mira of hitting him and challenged Erza to a spar.
• Erza reluctantly followed Eleven outside, and he called Mira to join them after she smugly thought she had been spared.
• Makarov refereed as Erza equipped her armor and Mira transformed into her demon form.
• Erza and Mira charged Eleven together but collided when he dodged, then began fighting each other instead.
• Eleven noticed the girls were moving away from him and called out as he realized they were trying to escape.

Eleven overpowered Mira and Erza during their fight, but both girls kept getting back up and attacking him. Lisanna joined the battle by using Take Over Magic to become a catgirl.

• Eleven caught Mira and Erza with telekinesis, spun them around, and set them down, leaving both girls dizzy.
• Mira and Erza recovered and attacked Eleven together, but he knocked aside Erza’s sword and slammed both girls into the ground twice.
• Makarov tried to announce the match’s result, but Mira and Erza stood back up and refused to give in.
• Lisanna jumped in to help Mira and transformed into a catgirl with Take Over Magic—Animal Soul: Cat.

Eleven fought off six Fairy Tail members in a guild brawl and won, earning the title Great Demon King. The new nickname made him a frequent target for Erza and Mira, while jealous Laxus vowed to defeat him.

• Lisanna, Mira, Elfman, Gray, and Cana joined forces to attack Eleven, who challenged them all to fight together.
• Eleven defeated all six opponents, and Makarov declared him the winner of the brawl.
• The guild members dubbed Eleven the Great Demon King, making him the new generation's target to beat.
• Mira and Erza began teaming up to challenge Eleven, while Gray struggled to find an opponent he could beat.
• Laxus grew jealous of Eleven's title, demanded a chance to defeat him, and Eleven refused his challenge.

During Magnolia’s Harvest Festival, Eleven returned to the orphanage and learned that Doug was preparing to leave after turning fifteen. Maria then asked Eleven to investigate reports of a werewolf roaming the orphanage courtyard at night, and he wondered why the legendary creature had appeared there.

• Eleven found that the Harvest Festival’s cheerful atmosphere no longer strengthened him, so he returned to the orphanage.
• Eleven reunited with Maria and Doug, who had renamed himself but was still called Gouzi or Brother Gou by the children.
• Eleven realized Doug would soon have to leave the orphanage because he had turned fifteen, and he felt sad about losing someone he saw as an older brother.
• Maria asked Eleven to investigate a werewolf that several children had reportedly seen wandering the orphanage courtyard at night.
• Eleven learned that no one had been hurt and wondered why a legendary werewolf was lurking around an orphanage.

Eleven agreed to investigate the werewolf troubling Maria’s orphanage, but learned that Mest had already taken the request. Their introduction went badly when Mest bit Eleven’s hand, and Makarov ended their tense standoff by punching Eleven through the floor.

• Eleven promised Maria he would investigate the werewolf and accepted her request on Fairy Tail’s behalf.
• Makarov told Eleven the request had already been taken by Mest, a new guild member.
• Eleven greeted Mest, but Mest became fixated on the legendary great demon king and bit Eleven’s hand.
• Eleven blasted Mest through the guild wall with Telekinesis, then learned Mest instinctively bit things when consumed by curiosity.
• Eleven warily faced Mest as Makarov grew frustrated and punched Eleven through the floor.

Eleven and Mest investigated a werewolf sighting, while Gray, Lisanna, and Elfman joined the search. Eleven became convinced Mest was the werewolf and confronted him in an alley, but Mest denied it.

• Mest agreed to investigate the werewolf job with Eleven.
• Gray, Lisanna, and Elfman asked to join, and Mest agreed to let them come along.
• Eleven sent Gray, Lisanna, and Elfman to question people around Magnolia while he and Mest headed off separately.
• Eleven led Mest into a deserted alley and accused him of being the werewolf.
• Eleven cited Mest's recent arrival, his habit of biting people, and his agreement to Lisanna joining as evidence, while Mest denied the accusation.

Eleven confronted Mest after detecting powerful Spiritual Power protecting his thoughts, and demanded to know what mental magic he was hiding. Mest refused to reveal his secret, so Eleven attacked him; after Mest’s Teleportation failed to evade Eleven’s counter, he lay injured in a crater as Eleven demanded an answer again.

• Eleven tried to convince Mest that he might be a werewolf, but Mest denied it and claimed his only magic was Teleportation.
• Eleven realized Mest had powerful Spiritual Power and had blocked Eleven’s attempt to use Telepathy, then accused him of hiding mental magic.
• Mest refused to explain his secret despite Eleven warning that he needed to protect the guild.
• Eleven rose into the air and used Telekinesis to pressure Mest, who teleported behind him and attempted to kick him.
• Eleven anticipated Mest’s attack and struck him down, leaving him in a crater before demanding that he reveal his magic.

Eleven chased Mest across the ruins after Mest escaped while pretending to reveal his plans. Meanwhile, Lisanna, Elfman, Gray, and Doug pursued a supposed werewolf lead that ended at a circus, where Gray and Lisanna argued over wasted ticket money.

• Eleven pinned Mest with Telekinesis and demanded to know what he was doing, but Mest teleported away mid-sentence.
• Eleven pursued Mest through the ruins, smashing walls and buildings as Mest repeatedly teleported toward downtown Magnolia.
• Lisanna and Elfman went to the orphanage to help investigate a werewolf, and Lisanna accidentally told Doug their secret.
• Gray interrupted them with a claim that a circus director had revealed a werewolf at the circus, so Lisanna and Elfman followed him while Doug tagged along.
• Gray led the group to buy circus tickets, but the supposed werewolf turned out to be a person in costume, prompting Gray and Lisanna to argue over the wasted money.

Doug tried to explain the werewolf hunt to Gray, Lisanna, and Elfman, but the children ran off to investigate reports of monsters. They found Mira and Erza fighting in the cathedral square, and the chapter ended as a cathedral spire crashed down nearby.

• Doug tried to stop Gray and Lisanna from fighting and began explaining that the werewolf hunt had started because of him.
• A panicked passerby warned Doug and the children about two monsters in the town center, and Gray, Lisanna, and Elfman hurried to investigate.
• Gray and Lisanna discovered that the apparent monsters were Mira and Erza fighting in the square while Cana watched in embarrassment.
• After Cana explained that she had brought Mira and Erza on a job to improve their relationship, a pointed cathedral spire crashed into the ground, leaving Doug convinced they were in trouble.

Eleven chased Mest across Magnolia and destroyed the cathedral’s spire before catching him. When Erza and the others demanded an explanation, Eleven called Mest a werewolf, and the group’s confusion was interrupted by an angry old man arriving to scold them.

• Eleven pinned the exhausted Mest beneath him amid the cathedral’s rubble, and Erza and Mira discovered the damage.
• Erza helped Mest up and questioned him, and Mest said Eleven had been trying to kill him.
• Erza scolded Eleven for attacking a guildmate, while Eleven struggled to explain why he had chased Mest.
• Eleven claimed Mest was a werewolf, prompting Gray and Lisanna to question Mest as Doug tried to correct the misunderstanding.
• A short old man arrived and shouted at the group to stop causing trouble during the Harvest Festival.

Makarov stopped the children’s destruction in Magnolia, punished them, and lectured them about living freely as Fairy Tail wizards. Eleven then privately told Makarov that Mest could use mental-attribute magic.

• Makarov used Giant Magic to stop the children and make them kneel after the cross outside Fairy Tail’s guild was destroyed.
• Makarov beat Eleven and the other boys, then warned the children against wrecking their home and urged them to follow their chosen paths as wizards.
• Erza was moved by Makarov’s words, while Mira tried to stop Eleven from speaking up.
• Makarov asked Eleven what had happened, and Eleven opened a Telepathy channel to reveal that Mest could use mental-attribute magic.

Makarov revealed that Mest’s second magic was Memory Magic, which could alter memories, and the Fairy Tail children accepted it without fear or much interest. Mest remembered how his magic had made his village turn against him, but Makarov’s welcome renewed his faith in the guild, just as Eleven asked him to teach the magic.

• Makarov told the children that Mest’s second magic could alter other people’s memories.
• Gray, Mira, Erza, Cana, and Lisanna reacted casually to the revelation, leaving Mest stunned by their lack of fear.
• Mest recalled how his magic had frightened the villagers, who tried to kill him before he erased their memories and left.
• Mest remembered Makarov inviting him to join Fairy Tail, and he felt reassured that the guild accepted him.
• Eleven asked Mest to teach him Memory Magic, and Mest warned him against using it for evil before realizing Eleven had meant no harm.

Doug revealed that the supposed werewolf was the result of his canine transformation magic, but declined Eleven’s invitation to join Fairy Tail and left to see the world. Eleven performed illusion magic in Fairy Tail’s Harvest Festival parade, and the chapter ended on July 7, 777, when he noticed a shooting star while reminding Maria about boiling water.

• Makarov followed the old priest into the church, while Erza apologized to Mira and the group continued the werewolf search.
• Doug revealed that his transformation magic had made the children mistake him for a werewolf, then refused Eleven’s invitation to join Fairy Tail.
• Eleven took part in the Harvest Festival parade and used illusions to create fairies, a unicorn, and a werewolf above the floats.
• Doug watched the parade, smiled at Eleven’s performance, and left to explore the world.
• After time passed into X777, Eleven noticed the date was July 7 and turned toward a shooting star while Maria tended boiling water.

After spending six months learning how Mest’s Spiritual Power worked, Eleven discovered he could implant vivid, convincing memories into other people’s minds, though his pranks drove Mest away. The next morning, Makarov took Eleven to investigate a strange magical power that had landed in a forest north of Magnolia, and Eleven began searching with his Spiritual Power after Makarov lost the trail.

• Eleven struggled to learn Mest’s Memory magic but learned to alter memories through Spiritual Power, even adding sensory details that made the mind fill in the gaps.
• Eleven implanted a memory of eating a fly into Mest, whose vivid reaction amused Eleven until Mest avoided him for a month after learning the truth.
• On July 8, Makarov asked Eleven to accompany him to a forest north of Magnolia to investigate a strange magical power he had sensed the night before.
• Makarov could no longer sense the magical power in the forest, so Eleven sent out his Spiritual Power to search for it.

Eleven and Makarov found Natsu Dragneel in the forest while searching for a magical treasure, and learned that he was a Fire Dragon Slayer raised by the dragon Igneel. The chapter ended with Natsu explaining that Igneel had adopted him and disappeared that morning.

• Eleven found no trace of the treasure and suggested that the pink-haired boy might have found it, so Makarov agreed to investigate.
• Natsu searched the forest for Igneel, who had vanished after raising him since he was little.
• Natsu greeted Eleven and Makarov with flames around his fist and introduced himself as a Fire Dragon Slayer Mage.
• Makarov recognized Natsu as a possible true Dragon Slayer and realized the boy himself was a treasure.
• Natsu said Igneel was a dragon, and explained that he was human, adopted by Igneel, and taught Dragon Slayer Magic.

Makarov invited Natsu to stay at the guild while he searched for Igneel, and Eleven and Makarov escorted him toward Magnolia. They met Gildarts on the way and entered the town as it rearranged itself into Gildarts Mode.

• Makarov offered Natsu a temporary place at the guild, and Natsu accepted because he had no idea where to find Igneel.
• Eleven realized that Natsu was a Dragon Slayer like Laxus as the group traveled toward Magnolia.
• Gildarts emerged from the roadside bushes, greeted Makarov and Eleven, and teased Natsu before learning he was a dragon's child.
• Magnolia activated Gildarts Mode, rearranging its streets and buildings as Eleven and Natsu marveled at the spectacle.
• Gildarts led the group down the new avenue and hurried ahead to distance himself from the excited Eleven and Natsu.

Eleven and Gildarts talked past each other while Gildarts mistook Eleven’s remarks about growing up and Cana’s fighting ability for sexual boasting. The exchange ended with Gildarts telling Eleven to treat Cana well, while Cana remained too shy to acknowledge Gildarts as her father.

• Natsu struggled to read the Fairy Tail sign as Makarov welcomed him, while Eleven followed Gildarts into the guild hall.
• Eleven tried to act mature around Gildarts, who misunderstood his claims about growing up and asked whether he had a partner.
• Cana nervously approached Gildarts, and Eleven praised her recent growth and fighting ability.
• Gildarts misread Eleven’s praise as a sexual reference and told him to treat Cana well.

Gray and Natsu met in the guild and fought for hours, giving Gray the equal rival he had long wanted. As the fight continued into the evening, Laxus watched from the sidelines and dismissed Natsu as too weak to interest him.

• Eleven and Cana left Gildarts to check on Gray, who was arguing with the newly arrived Natsu.
• Gray and Natsu traded insults and began fighting while Makarov watched without intervening.
• Eleven sensed Gray’s happiness at finally finding an opponent who could match him and stopped Erza from breaking up the fight.
• Gray and Natsu continued fighting until evening, while Erza cheered them on and Laxus quietly watched.
• Eleven teased Laxus that Natsu was like him, and Laxus replied that Natsu was too weak to interest him.