Recaps

Riyao visited Porlyusica to have her check the impure life force he had absorbed from a forest, and she gave him herbs and advice to prevent it from harming his magic. He decided to save up for land where he could cultivate plants with clean life force, then returned to Fairy Tail and joined the guild’s celebration.

• Riyao told Porlyusica that he had drawn on the forest’s life force during his mission, and she found impurities in his body that his Hundred Battles markings could only suppress for now.
• Porlyusica gave Riyao purifying herbs to take for seven days and warned him to filter outside power through his own magic before using it again.
• Riyao realized that growing special plants on his own land could provide pure life force and help replenish his magic.
• Riyao visited Magnolia Land House, found a suitable plot near Fairy Tail but could not afford its high price, and rejected a cheaper remote wasteland.
• Riyao returned to the guild, told Makarov he planned to save money for land, and joined the celebration with Cana and the others.

In X776, Riyao’s reputation as a healer kept him busy with medical commissions until a plague in Gelesa led him to uncover a dark guild’s plot. After capturing its members, he headed for their hidden base.

• Riyao used his specially cultivated purification trees to stabilize Gelesa’s plague and learned from Magic Council personnel that similar outbreaks had occurred in three other towns.
• Riyao followed the line of affected towns into the woods, where he found a magic circle designed to spread the plague.
• Riyao overheard black-robed wizards discussing their plague experiment and a ritual dedicated to Zeref.
• Riyao defeated and interrogated the wizards, learning that they belonged to the Black Light Society.
• Riyao tied up the Black Light Society members, signaled the Magic Council to collect them, and headed toward their hidden base.

Riyao was ambushed by Nildo Longra and the Black Light Society, who planned to capture him as a vessel for Lord Zeref. Riyao fought through the mages with his strength and healing magic, then charged at Nildo as the chapter ended.

• Riyao detected a large, organized group near the abandoned mine and decided to retreat for backup.
• Hidden vines sprang from the ground, and Nildo Longra revealed that he and the Black Light Society had lured Riyao into a trap to seize his body for Lord Zeref.
• Nildo ordered his mages to attack, and Riyao activated Healing Magic: Hundred Battles before charging into the crowd without using magic or plants.
• Riyao battered the black-robed mages with powerful strikes, healing rapidly as they attacked him.
• Nildo watched greedily as the mages fell, praising Riyao's body as a perfect vessel for Lord Zeref.
• After nearly defeating the crowd, Riyao charged at Nildo Longra, who gathered dark magic around himself.

Riyao fought Nildo Longra, a cyborg with black and purple wings, but struggled against his feather attacks and powerful magic. When Nildo threatened the residents of three southern towns, Riyao stopped trying to flee and continued fighting despite his injuries.

• Nildo Longra revealed his feathered wings and attacked Riyao with a barrage of explosive feathers.
• Riyao survived the blast with help from Healing Magic: Hundred Battles, then tried to escape the valley.
• Nildo Longra threatened to kill the residents of three towns if Riyao left, forcing him to turn back.
• Nildo Longra cast Dark Wing Storm, and Riyao endured the storm while taunting him.
• Nildo Longra dodged Riyao's thrown rock and demanded that he surrender to become Lord Zeref's vessel.

Riyao tricked Nildo Longra into lowering his guard, then teamed up with Laxus to capture him for the Magic Council. As they headed to the temporary camp, Riyao and Laxus traded insults, and Laxus noticed Riyao’s sunflower-patterned long johns.

• Riyao pretended to have exhausted his magic and taunted Nildo Longra into descending to capture him.
• Laxus attacked Nildo Longra from behind with Lightning Dragon's Roar, blasting apart one of his wings.
• Riyao seized the falling Nildo Longra and swung him into the ground until Laxus told him to stop because the Magic Council needed him alive.
• Riyao healed Nildo Longra enough to keep him alive, tied him up, and dragged him toward the Magic Council's temporary camp with Laxus.
• Riyao and Laxus bickered about the fight and Riyao's need for better ranged attacks, then Laxus laughed at Riyao's sunflower-patterned long johns.

Riyao captured Nildo Longra and helped the Magic Council eradicate the plague, then exchanged a tax exemption for rare seeds. Back at his Magnolia garden, he cooked river snail rice noodles while considering how to improve his combat abilities.

• Riyao delivered the concussed Nildo Longra to Raymond for interrogation and joked that the Council would have to pay for treatment.
• After the Black Light Society's base was destroyed, Riyao stayed three days to help develop medicine, and the plague was eradicated within a week.
• Raymond gave Riyao his bounty and a permanent tax-exemption certificate, but Riyao exchanged the benefit for snowfield edelweiss seeds for Porlyusica.
• On the train to Magnolia, Riyao considered learning Enchantment Magic or Take Over Magic, or acquiring a weapon to make up for his lack of offensive ability.
• Riyao returned to his garden instead of visiting Fairy Tail and cooked river snail rice noodles at home.

Riyao analyzed a sample from Nildo Longra and concluded that the modified human’s wings had grown from his body, then began exploring whether Healing Magic could mimic life. When Gray summoned him to see a new red-haired guild member with an eye problem, Riyao took eye drops and headed to the guild, expecting Erza.

• Riyao worried that Tartaros might target him, then used a magic detector to analyze the sample he had collected from Nildo Longra.
• Riyao concluded that Nildo was a different life-form whose wings had grown naturally, and he began writing about using Healing Magic for Life Mimicry.
• Gray told Riyao that Makarov wanted him to meet a new red-haired member who had an eye problem.
• Riyao took a vial of eye drops he had prepared for Erza, then left for the guild with Gray.

Riyao began treating Erza’s injured left eye after she joined the guild, using healing magic to revive the damaged tissue. As Erza felt the procedure begin without pain, Riyao remained focused on the delicate work.

• Riyao and Gray kicked in the guild doors, and Makarov threatened to deduct the repair costs from their rewards.
• Riyao met Erza and led her to the reception room to examine her eye after learning Granny Porlyusica could only offer an artificial replacement.
• Riyao removed Erza’s eyepatch, reassured her that the injury could be treated, and secretly took a photograph while she cried.
• Erza lay on the sofa as Riyao cleaned her eye socket and used healing magic to revive its optic nerve and tissue.
• Erza felt only a faint coolness, and Riyao told her to stay still while he continued the treatment.

Riyao treated Erza’s injured eye with a regenerative potion and Healing Magic, letting her sleep while it worked. As she rested, Riyao and Makarov ate noodles, but a guild brawl soon pulled Riyao into the chaos.

• Riyao poured regenerative potion into Erza’s eye socket and used Healing Magic to treat it.
• Riyao teased Erza about changing her eye color or giving her special abilities, then helped her fall asleep.
• Riyao and Makarov ate braised beef noodles while Erza slept through the treatment.
• A guild brawl erupted, and a glass mug struck Riyao, sending his face into his bowl.
• Riyao charged into the crowd to fight the two who had started the brawl while Makarov prepared to intervene if guild property was threatened.

After the guild brawl, Riyao was blamed for joining in while pretending to be innocent, and Erza thanked him for helping her. He showed Erza that one of her eyes had turned turquoise like his, and she accepted the change as pretty.

• Makarov scolded the guild members for wrecking the hall, while Gray, Macao, Wakaba, Cana, Levy, Laxus, and Warren accused Riyao of causing trouble during the brawl.
• Makarov knocked Riyao on the head for acting innocent and taking advantage of the others.
• Erza thanked Riyao, and he teased her into calling him her big brother before she punched him in the stomach.
• Riyao traded more jokes with Gray, Cana, and Levy as the guild laughed.
• Riyao showed Erza in a mirror that one of her eyes had turned turquoise, and she said the mismatched eyes looked nice.

Riyao suffered a string of humiliating accidents as the guild celebrated Gildarts's return to Magnolia. The chapter ended with Riyao slipping into a wine barrel while Gildarts tried to reassure him that good luck would follow bad.

• Riyao explained that Erza's eye had turned green because he had used too much concentrated life force to heal it, then Makarov slapped him into a wine barrel.
• Magnolia's Gildarts Mode alarm sounded, and Gildarts returned to town as Cana called out to her father.
• Gildarts ran into Riyao and sent him crashing into the bar before embracing Cana, while the guild laughed at Riyao's misfortune.
• Riyao slipped into spilled wine, fell into pastries, sneezed crumbs onto Cana, and crashed into the floor after Gray dodged him.
• Riyao tried to get water, but falling glasses and a wine bottle struck his foot, and Gildarts told him that good luck would come after bad.
• Riyao slipped again and plunged headfirst into a wine barrel as the guild roared with laughter.

Riyao escorted Erza on her first Fairy Tail job, trying to protect her while a string of mishaps kept striking him. They reached the abandoned mine, where Shadow Spiders and Ore-Devouring Giant Rats awaited.

• Riyao persuaded Makarov to let him take Erza on her first job, and Makarov approved her chosen request.
• Riyao bickered with Gildarts and Cana at the guild before leaving with Erza to clear monsters from an abandoned mine.
• On the way, Riyao narrowly avoided several mishaps, and Erza teased him about his bad luck.
• Erza's battered longsword struck Riyao in a vital spot, but he used Healing Magic to recover while Erza apologized.
• Riyao and Erza reached the pitch-black entrance of the abandoned mine.

Riyao and Erza fought through a mine full of monsters, escaped a collapse, and cleaned up at a stream before returning to the guild. After Gray accidentally knocked Riyao over at the entrance, Riyao fled home while Erza went inside to report to Makarov.

• Riyao ran from the Ore-Devouring Giant Rats and Shadow Spiders while Erza fought them, but the beasts swarmed him after Erza accidentally threw her sword past his head.
• Riyao activated the Hundred Battles Spell Formula and stomped the monsters apart, splattering himself and Erza with green fluid and triggering a cave-in that buried him under rocks.
• Erza freed Riyao from the rubble, and they laughed together before stumbling out of the mine and washing at a nearby stream.
• Riyao slipped and struck his face on a rock, giving himself a nosebleed, while Erza tried to hold back her laughter.
• Gray flew out of the guild and knocked Riyao down, prompting Riyao to run home while Erza went inside to report the request to Makarov.

After a week of strange bad luck, Riyao suspected his room was haunted, but Cana realized his misfortune had ended once he left home. The guild tried to punish him for the trouble he had caused, until Riyao retaliated with a modified spell that made everyone suffer the pain of their own beating, with Gray taking double damage.

• Riyao heard mocking laughter in his room, then rushed to the guild to ask Makarov about the apparent haunting.
• Riyao burst through the guild doors and accidentally hit Gray, spilled Erza’s strawberry cake, and disrupted Gildarts and Cana.
• Cana noticed Riyao’s bad luck had stopped since he left home, and her card reading prompted the guild members to attack him for the trouble he had caused.
• Makarov secretly helped the guild pin Riyao down, and Riyao used Healing Magic: Life Link: Modified to reflect the beating onto everyone, while Gray took double damage.

Riyao asked the guild about his unexplained bad luck, and Gildarts connected it to an ancient legend about Kainoshia, a god who governed fate. The guild realized Riyao’s misfortune had begun after he noticed strange laughter seven days earlier, then turned to Erza for an explanation of what he had done.

• Riyao showed off his modified Life Link magic, which made the guild members hurt themselves, before gathering the guild’s medical requests.
• Riyao asked Makarov whether he knew why he was suffering such bad luck, and Gildarts recalled an ancient account of a prophecy mage who was cursed after changing the future.
• Gildarts said the mage had seen a deity called Kainoshia, who governed the law of fate, and had suffered a string of accidents before dying.
• Makarov remembered that Riyao had noticed the same strange laughter seven days earlier, just before a flying mug knocked him into his noodles.
• Riyao wondered whether his bad luck was ending, while Erza suggested his healing ability had kept him alive; the guild then looked to Erza as they tried to remember what Riyao had done seven days ago.

Erza thanked Riyao for helping her eye, and the guild debated the curse that followed changes to the future while she gave him a strawberry cake. Riyao left Magnolia to handle medical requests, still unsure what triggered the curse and wary of the goddess behind it.

• Erza bowed to Riyao in thanks, and Levy reasoned that the severity of the curse depended on how much a changed future affected people.
• Riyao proposed calling the curse the “Aha Moment,” while Makarov kept quiet about what he knew and Erza offered Riyao her strawberry cake.
• Riyao pretended to have a toothache so Erza would take the cake back, and she happily ate it while Gray and Cana tried not to laugh.
• Riyao wondered whether the curse had another trigger and privately prayed to the goddess, who angrily confronted an office worker for nearly calling her “bratty.”
• Makarov screened out many minor medical requests for Riyao, who packed his luggage, tended his garden, and left for the train station to treat patients along the way.

Riyao arrived in Crocus for a medical commission from the Fiore royal family and spent time exploring the city and its food stalls. After an awkward encounter with Ichiya, he met Jura, who warned him about monsters in the western alleys and then continued on his own commission.

• Riyao arrived in Crocus to examine an ill member of the royal family, but decided to explore and sample the city's food first.
• Ichiya clung to Riyao and asked for advice on mixing Life Magic with perfume until his disciples pulled him away.
• Riyao continued through Crocus, eating snacks as he walked through its streets.
• Riyao bumped into Jura, who thanked him for treating Lamia Scale's injured guildmates and said they had recovered.
• Jura warned Riyao to avoid the western alleys after dark because of lingering monster activity.
• Riyao said he would bring Jura food after finishing his royal commission, then went to buy honey pies and look for berry pies.

Arcadios escorted Riyao through the lavish palace to meet the king, who had summoned him to treat a mysterious, bedridden patient. Riyao remained more interested in the palace treasures than in proper etiquette as they approached the main hall.

• Arcadios summoned Riyao to the king, and Riyao hurriedly finished his pie and gathered snacks before following him.
• Riyao marveled at the palace's luxury and tried to pry gems and inspect valuable decorations while Arcadios urged him onward.
• Riyao asked who he would treat, and Arcadios said the patient had been bedridden for days despite Healing Magic and medicine.
• Arcadios reassured Riyao that the high-status patient was gentle but warned that the illness was unusual.
• Riyao boasted that he could cure nearly anything and continued eyeing and touching palace ornaments as Arcadios led him toward the main hall.

Riyao examined Prince Leo and discovered that a contagious curse and slow-acting toxin were consuming him. He suspected the attack came from a dark guild or remnants of the Magic Development Bureau, leaving King Toma pleading for a cure.

• King Toma asked Riyao to help his nephew Leo, who had been wasting away from a mysterious illness.
• Riyao used Healing Magic to examine Leo and identified a powerful curse intertwined with a slow-acting toxin.
• Riyao warned Toma and Arcadios that the curse spread through contact, and he found a faint mark on a maid who cared for Leo.
• Toma begged Riyao to cure Leo and everyone exposed to the curse, promising any price.
• Riyao suspected forbidden experimentation by a dark guild or remnants of the Magic Development Bureau.

Riyao healed Leo’s maid and suppressed the curse and poison afflicting Leo, explaining that a full cure required three treatments and rare ingredients. After the palace arranged the ingredients, Princess Hisui visited Riyao, offered help from her Celestial Spirits, and asked to observe the first treatment the next morning.

• Riyao used Healing Magic to remove the lingering poison and curse from Leo’s maid, then suppressed the curse and sealed the poison in Leo’s meridians.
• Riyao told Toma and Arcadios that Leo needed three treatments using moonlight flower petals, stardew grass juice, and obsidian powder, and Arcadios arranged to obtain them before dawn.
• Toma invited Riyao to stay at the palace and ordered a feast, which Riyao eagerly ate in a side hall.
• Princess Hisui visited Riyao and asked whether he could cure Leo; Riyao assured her that he could treat him once the ingredients arrived.
• Hisui offered her Celestial Spirits’ support, but Riyao declined and agreed to let her watch the treatment the next morning if she stayed quiet.

Riyao prepared a grape-sweet healing potion for Leo, but its eerie appearance frightened the boy until Hisui and Arcadios reassured him. Leo drank the potion, and Riyao revealed that a booger had accidentally fallen into it.

• Riyao stirred a thick purple healing potion while Arcadios watched warily and Hisui opened the curtains to brighten the room.
• Leo entered, saw the potion, and began crying in fear, so Hisui comforted him and Arcadios confirmed that it could cure him.
• Riyao teased Leo by claiming the potion could turn him into a goblin, then admitted it tasted like grapes and encouraged him to drink.
• Hisui offered to drink alongside Leo, and Leo drank the potion after tasting it.
• Riyao said a booger had accidentally fallen into the potion, prompting Hisui to shout at him.

After curing Leo, Riyao received treasure and a complete basic Enchantment Magic book from King Toma, then hurried to leave Crocus for the guild. Leo hoped to join Fairy Tail someday, while Hisui admitted Riyao had made an impression on her.

• Riyao fully healed Leo, and King Toma thanked him by offering both gold and gems and a rare Enchantment Magic book.
• Riyao accepted both rewards and imagined developing powerful new enchantments, which he named the Great Mercy and Compassion Fist.
• King Toma invited Riyao to stay for a feast, but Riyao insisted he needed to return to the guild and its sweet bread.
• Riyao demonstrated his new magic pose, nearly crashed into a bookshelf, and promised Leo, Hisui, and Arcadios future lessons and gifts.
• Riyao left with the treasure and magic book after asking King Toma to direct him to the city's honeyed berries shop.
• Leo said he wanted to join Fairy Tail someday, and Hisui smiled as she reflected on Riyao.

After finishing the king’s commission, Riyao was lured out of Crocus by Aris El, who claimed his family’s elder needed urgent healing. Riyao recognized the signs of an ambush and followed Aris toward the outskirts, unaware that a third figure planned to attack them both.

• Riyao ate at a skewer stall in Crocus when Aris El asked him to save an unconscious elder in his family.
• Riyao agreed to help, and Aris led him away from the city while secretly planning to rob him with accomplices at an abandoned mill.
• Riyao noticed the route was remote and suspected Aris was leading him into an ambush, but he continued toward the stone bridge.
• A dark figure watched Riyao and Aris from a locust tree, intending to avenge his elder brother after they had fought each other.

Riyao was ambushed by Aris and the Buried Love Family, who demanded his treasure and magic books and tried to recruit him. He activated the Hundred Battles Spell Formula and defeated the gang, leaving its members fleeing or begging for mercy.

• Aris stopped on the forest road and revealed that more than a dozen Buried Love Family members had surrounded Riyao.
• Aris demanded Riyao’s treasure and magic books and offered to recruit him into the family.
• Riyao activated the Hundred Battles Spell Formula and attacked the gang with powerful magic and fists.
• Riyao knocked down Aris and several underlings, while the rest of the Buried Love Family fled or begged for mercy.
• Riyao laughed in his own strange “geh heh heh” style as the forest filled with the gang’s screams and pleas.

Riyao was ambushed by delinquents who exploded, leaving him badly wounded and weakened by poison gas. Nibu Longra revealed himself, attacked Riyao, and transformed into a beast as Riyao prepared to face his next strike; meanwhile, Arcadios mobilized troops in the royal capital.

• The delinquents' bodies swelled and exploded, injuring Riyao and spreading poison gas that slowed his healing.
• Nibu Longra emerged from hiding, kicked Riyao into a tree, and took his Enchantment Magic book.
• Nibu explained that he wanted revenge because Riyao had beaten his brother Nildo Longra into an idiot, then attacked him with earth magic.
• Riyao used Modified Life Link on Nibu, but Nibu transformed into a fur-covered beast and charged at him.
• Nibu raised both hands to strike Riyao as Arcadios mobilized troops after the explosions near the royal city.