Recaps

Riyao recovered from Nibu’s blows by removing the toxin suppressing his healing, then fought Nibu after the creature mutated into a giant beast. He began draining Nibu’s vitality with his Weight of Life magic as Arcadios hurried toward the woods, leaving Hisui and Leo behind.

• Arcadios learned that Lord Riyao had left the city with a civilian and led troops toward the woods, while Hisui and Leo were kept from joining him.
• Riyao used Purification, Dispelling, and Strength enchantments to remove the toxin, restore his injuries, and send Nibu flying.
• Riyao provoked Nibu, who lost control and transformed into a giant beast before charging into a fierce hand-to-hand fight.
• Riyao combined two magic circles and cast Weight of Life, attaching his vitality to his punches and forcing Nibu’s vitality out through his wounds.
• Arcadios rode toward the woods with his hand tight on his sword, while Hisui and Leo remained behind.

Riyao defeated and paralyzed Nibu inside the poison gas zone, then emerged and asked Arcadios for a clean uniform. Arcadios ordered one brought and Riyao cheerfully thanked him.

• Riyao changed tactics and dodged Nibu's attacks before landing repeated blows on his vital spots.
• Arcadios arrived with the magic knights, withdrew them from the poison gas, and sent a knight to the capital for a poison-neutralizing unit.
• Riyao struck the back of Nibu's neck, shattered his cervical spine, and left him paralyzed in a crater.
• Riyao left the poison zone with his magic restored and walked over to Arcadios.
• Riyao asked Arcadios for a spare uniform, and Arcadios ordered one brought.
• Riyao called Arcadios a really nice guy, making the knights hide their laughter.

Riyao escaped the aftermath of Nibu Longra’s ambush and returned to Fairy Tail, where he was immediately swept into the guild’s usual brawl. He left the others fighting after warning them that the master had arrived, but nobody believed him.

• Arcadios asked Riyao what had happened, and Riyao explained that Nibu Longra had used scene kids to kidnap him and avenge Nildo Longra.
• Riyao told Arcadios that the scene kids were dead and the poison gas would dissipate, then hurried away to avoid paying for the damage.
• Riyao returned to Magnolia, caught Gray as he flew out of the guild hall, and threw him back inside.
• Riyao entered the brawling guild hall and joked with Gray, Wakaba, Levy, and Cana before being dragged into the fight.
• Riyao warned the guild that the master had arrived, but Gray and the others dismissed him as a liar, so Riyao slipped behind the bar and watched them fight.

Makarov returned to the guild and punished the members for wrecking the hall, then called out Riyao over the destruction he had caused on a job. After joking with the guild members and brawling with Gray, Riyao left with cola to relax at his manor.

• Makarov entered the rowdy guild hall, enlarged his hand, and scolded the members for damaging the building while he was away.
• Riyao tried to blame the others, but Makarov accused him of wiping out a forest during his royal capital job.
• Riyao bragged to Gray and Cana about defeating demons and claimed the first guild master had taught him Fairy Law in a dream.
• Levy tried to peek at Riyao's magic book, so he lent it to her and tied her hair into twin tails in exchange for keeping the style for a month.
• Riyao and Gray fought after sharing chicken soup, and Makarov hit them both before ordering Macao to give Riyao chilled cola.
• Riyao teased Gray and left the guild, planning to tidy his manor and spend the day relaxing.

On July 7, X777, Riyao searched for Dragon Slayers near Magnolia but instead found Mirajane’s village and introduced himself to her and her siblings. He left them bewildered by his jokes and boasts, while Mirajane remained suspicious of him.

• Riyao searched the outskirts of Magnolia for Dragon Slayers and wondered what had triggered the curse after helping Erza.
• Riyao decided to visit Mirajane’s village and crept toward her while she watched Lisanna and Elfman gather wild fruit.
• Mirajane confronted Riyao, who first claimed he was a pilgrim seeking scriptures and then said he had come to take a dump.
• Lisanna offered Riyao a tissue, and Elfman quietly asked him to go somewhere else.
• Riyao gave his name, claimed to be Fairy Tail’s super invincible badass healing mage, and offered Lisanna candy.
• Mirajane challenged Riyao about his pilgrim story, and he flirted with her until she lost her patience.

Riyao left the Strauss siblings after paying them for a meal, then returned to Magnolia when his search for a Dragon Slayer failed. He was caught by Makarov outside a women's clothing shop just as he planned to try on a dress.

• Riyao faked an injury to get Mirajane to take him home, where he ate the Strauss siblings’ meal.
• Riyao left most of a bag of gold coins with Mirajane, Lisanna, and Elfman before tricking them and slipping away.
• Mirajane decided the siblings would keep the money for now and repay Riyao when they visited Fairy Tail in Magnolia.
• Riyao searched the mountains and streams around Magnolia for a Dragon Slayer but found no sign of one, so he headed back to the guild.
• Riyao stopped outside a women's clothing shop and prepared to try on a dress, but Makarov grabbed him and confronted him after overhearing his plan.

Riyao asked Cana to get him a dress, then met Natsu, who came to Fairy Tail looking for his dragon father, Igneel. Makarov recruited Natsu, while Riyao’s attempt to claim him as a son ended with him crashing through a wall; the chapter left Natsu and Gray on the verge of a fight.

• Riyao asked Cana to get him a dress, and Cana called him a pervert after he explained that a shopkeeper had refused to sell him one.
• Natsu burst into the guild and asked whether anyone had seen Igneel, his dragon father.
• The guild members laughed at Natsu’s claim, but Natsu insisted that Igneel had disappeared only a few days earlier.
• Makarov told Natsu that dragons had vanished centuries ago and persuaded him to join Fairy Tail.
• Riyao rushed over and declared that Natsu should be his son, so Makarov punched him through a partition wall; a kitten then scratched Riyao’s face.
• After Riyao crawled free, Natsu and Gray began squabbling face-to-face as the guild members settled in to watch.

Riyao used magic to give Natsu and Gray twin tails, then teased them and Erza while taking pictures in the guild hall. After healing Natsu and Gray, he deliberately made them react with embarrassment and photographed them again, prompting their anger.

• Riyao magically grew Natsu's hair and tied it into twin tails, making Gray laugh at him.
• Riyao gave Gray matching twin tails and photographed both men as they threatened him.
• Erza entered and broke the guild door, mistook Natsu and Gray for girls, and let Riyao tie her hair into twin tails.
• Natsu bit Riyao's calf, and Riyao joked that dog dirt had transferred onto Gray, angering him.
• Riyao healed Natsu and Gray, then took another photo as the magic made them cry out and blush.

Riyao teased Natsu and Gray, then used a new spell and Cana’s old dress to transform himself into Fairy Tail’s self-proclaimed poster girl, leaving Cana and Erza stunned. He ended the chapter admiring his feminine appearance while Cana and Erza looked him over.

• Riyao dodged Natsu and Gray’s attacks until Erza knocked them both down for fighting in the guild.
• Cana strangled Riyao with his twin tails, and Natsu and Gray joined in before the three ended up asleep on the floor.
• Riyao teased Cana about becoming her big sister, and Cana told Erza he wanted to dress as a girl and be the guild’s poster girl.
• At Cana’s apartment, Riyao used a spell to shrink himself and chose an old pink dress from her trunk.
• Riyao emerged dressed as a girl, called himself Big Sister Tequila, and declared he would be the guild’s poster girl.
• Erza struggled to call Riyao big sister while Cana laughed, and the three compared their appearances in the mirror.

With Makarov and Erza away, a brawl led by Natsu and Gray wrecked the guild, while Riyao secretly healed the fighters to prolong the spectacle. Makarov returned, uncovered Riyao’s meddling, punished the guild members, and assigned them cleanup duties under Erza’s supervision.

• Gray provoked Natsu, who tripped over Gray’s clothes and spilled Cana’s juice, starting a fight that pulled the guild members into the chaos.
• Riyao joined the brawl, then secretly healed the fighters while hiding Levy behind the bar.
• Makarov returned to find the guild in ruins and strung up and thrashed the members, while Riyao tried to avoid being caught.
• Makarov discovered Riyao had been healing everyone to keep the fight going, and Riyao was dragged out by Erza.
• Makarov lectured the guild and assigned Gray and Natsu to mop, Cana to clean tables, Riyao to take out the trash, and Erza to supervise.

Makarov sent Riyao, Gray, and Natsu on a distant request for Star-Moon Grass, using Riyao’s hopes of taking the S-Class Exam to secure his agreement. On the train to Tidal Forest, Riyao cured Natsu’s motion sickness with Troia, and Natsu immediately resumed fighting with Gray.

• Makarov summoned Riyao, Gray, and Natsu and offered Riyao a chance at the S-Class Exam if he completed a request.
• Riyao learned the request was to find Star-Moon Grass in the distant, monster-filled Tidal Forest, and Makarov pressured him into accepting.
• Riyao packed for the trip, and Lao Wang stopped Gray for being half-dressed until Riyao explained the situation.
• Natsu became motion sick shortly after the train left, while Gray teased him.
• Riyao cast Troia on Natsu, who recovered quickly and started fighting with Gray.

Riyao, Natsu, and Gray stopped for a late-night feast, where a skewer-grilling spectacle turned into an eating contest that left everyone exhausted. Riyao took the two wizards to an inn, reflecting on Natsu’s unusual physical makeup and the mystery of why Natsu existed in Edolas.

• Riyao ordered fifty skewers of each kind, prompting the stall owner and his helper to show off their grilling skills as Natsu and Riyao enthusiastically played along.
• Townspeople gathered to cheer the grilling spectacle while the owner and his helper cooked a huge pile of skewers and collapsed from exhaustion.
• Natsu challenged Gray to an eating contest, and the two devoured the skewers as Riyao photographed them and the crowd cheered.
• Riyao dragged the overfull Natsu and Gray toward an inn, noting that contact with Natsu gave him a strange feeling and wondering why there was a Natsu in Edolas.
• Riyao took Natsu and Gray to check in for the night, and the three set out again the next day.

Riyao and Gray reached the Star-Moon Grass after Natsu ate a poisonous mushroom and was dragged along unconscious. They distracted a herd of spit-spewing alpacas with Natsu and began gathering the grass, worried he might eat it on the way back.

• Natsu ate a poisonous mushroom, so Riyao made him vomit it up, healed him, and carried him tied to his staff while he and Gray argued and chased each other through the forest.
• Natsu briefly woke, passed out again, and then fully recovered after Riyao healed him a second time.
• The three reached a clearing where a herd of alpaca-like creatures guarded the Star-Moon Grass.
• Riyao and Gray encouraged Natsu to drive off the herd, but the alpacas spat at him and chased him away.
• Riyao and Gray climbed down from an oak tree and hurriedly picked Star-Moon Grass, packing extra in case Natsu got hungry.

Riyao, Gray, and Natsu spent an evening joking around and catching fish in Tidal Forest. The next morning, they fought and killed a magic bear, which Natsu immediately began eating.

• Riyao, Gray, and Natsu teased one another and wrestled on the grassy slope until nightfall.
• Riyao used his life force to draw fish toward him, and the three caught and grilled several river fish.
• A magic bear startled Riyao, Gray, and Natsu the next morning and covered them in drool.
• Riyao, Gray, and Natsu combined their attacks to defeat the magic bear.
• Natsu bit into the bear's leg while Riyao and Gray commented on the cooked meat.

Riyao, Gray, and Natsu relaxed at a hot spring inn after returning from the Tidal Forest, where Gray learned how Riyao powered his magic. When they reached Fairy Tail, Riyao dodged Erza’s attention by making Gray and Natsu carry the Star-Moon Grass, and she promptly knocked them down.

• Riyao, Gray, and Natsu soaked in the inn’s hot spring, but stopped their rowdy play when the innkeeper warned them not to use magic to heat it.
• The three drank chilled soda, and Gray asked Riyao how he could cast so many spells; Riyao explained that he combined magic power with life force.
• Natsu begged to learn Riyao’s technique, but Gray and Riyao mocked him and refused.
• Riyao, Gray, and Natsu returned to Fairy Tail and found the guild’s entrance blasted and crooked.
• Riyao handed the Star-Moon Grass to Gray and Natsu and pretended to tie his shoelace while Erza seized them and knocked them to the floor.
• Riyao strolled into the guild grinning as he passed Gray and Natsu lying on the floor.

Riyao returned to the Fairy Tail guild after gathering Star-Moon Grass and learned Makarov wanted it for wine. At his estate, he used Life Magic to grow and harvest plants, fruit, and tea, then decided the guild members were too destructive to help with the work.

• Riyao told Makarov that Natsu had been trying to identify who destroyed the guild doors, then gave Makarov the Star-Moon Grass for his wine.
• Gray woke up and complained that the month-long grass-gathering effort had only been for Makarov's wine, while Natsu slept through the exchange.
• Riyao went to his estate and used Life Magic to age the medicinal herbs and bamboo, while collecting life energy in the Hundred Battles Spell Formula.
• Riyao ripened the orchard's fruit, harvested it, and roasted tea buds in the tea garden, relying on healing magic to protect his hands from the heat.
• Riyao considered recruiting guild members to help, but decided Erza, Natsu, and Gray would likely damage the estate's crops.

Riyao visited Porlyusica with fruit and tea, then went to mooch a meal at Mirajane’s house. He left after eating his fill, while Mirajane returned the gold coins he had left behind and Lisanna teased her about him.

• Riyao dodged Porlyusica’s broom while leaving fruit and a box of tea in her treehouse, then ran off as she yelled after him.
• Riyao went to Mirajane’s house to mooch a meal, where Lisanna called him the landlord’s idiot son who had come to poop.
• Riyao barged inside and demanded food, while Lisanna told him Elfman had gone out to play.
• Mirajane brought out the gold coins Riyao had left behind, but he told her to keep them as payment for future meals.
• Riyao called Mirajane a pretty-girl cook, prompting Lisanna to tease her, before Elfman returned and Riyao ate his fill.

Makarov selected Riyao and Laxus Dreyar for the S-Class Exam, and Riyao chose Erza as his partner. As they sailed toward Tenrou Island, Riyao retaliated against Laxus for smacking him and secretly swam ahead to the island.

• Makarov announced that Riyao and Laxus Dreyar had been selected for the S-Class Exam, and Riyao chose Erza as his partner.
• Riyao persuaded Makarov to hold the exam on Tenrou Island and asked for permission to take a piece of the Sacred Tree’s trunk.
• On the ship, Laxus smacked Riyao’s butt, and Riyao used Thousand Years of Death on him before jumping into the sea.
• Riyao activated Healing Magic underwater and swam toward Tenrou Island while Laxus clutched his injured butt.

Riyao faced Gildarts in the S-Class exam and linked Hundred Battles Spell Formula to Tenrou Island’s sacred tree, gaining a vast supply of life energy. He used Wild Growth to age his body by ten years and clashed with Gildarts in a devastating final attack, leaving the outcome unclear.

• Makarov announced that the candidates would have to fight either him or Gildarts, and Riyao realized he had been set up to face Gildarts.
• Riyao’s Hundred Battles Spell Formula resonated with the sacred tree, covering him in golden light as he fought alongside Erza and strengthened them with enchantments.
• Freed and Laxus attacked giant Makarov with flight spells and lightning magic in their separate match.
• Riyao used Healing Magic: Wild Growth to gain his ten-years-older physique and overpower Gildarts with a fierce close-range assault.
• Gildarts and Riyao met each other’s strongest attacks, unleashing a massive shock wave that left them standing fist to fist as Erza covered her eyes.

After Wild Growth shrank Riyao to a toddler, Erza carried him through the forest to find the first master's grave and retrieve a section of the guild's sacred tree. Makarov declared Riyao the S-Class Exam's promoted candidate, but the guild members spent the return trip teasing and fussing over him.

• Riyao's Wild Growth wore off after his fight with Gildarts, shrinking him to a toddler, and Erza and Makarov doted on him.
• Makarov explained that Riyao would pass the second round by finding the first master's grave, and Riyao asked Erza to carry him there.
• Guided by Riyao, Erza reached the grave, where they found a section of the sacred tree's trunk; Mavis appeared and exchanged a farewell glance with Riyao.
• Back at the beach, Makarov announced Riyao as the S-Class Exam's promoted candidate, while Laxus reacted with displeasure.
• On the ship home, Gildarts and Makarov teased toddler-sized Riyao, and Laxus kept glancing at him and blushing.

Riyao returned from the S-Class Exam in a pink princess dress and was declared the exam’s newest S-Class Mage. After the guild celebrated, he tried to escape being fussed over and planned to find a Celestial Spirit Key, hoping to reach Virgo before the duke who held her.

• Makarov, Gildarts, and Erza dressed Riyao in a pink princess dress, and Riyao used the outfit to embarrass Makarov in public.
• Erza kicked Ichiya away when he approached, and Bob mistook Riyao for Gildarts's child.
• Makarov announced that Riyao had passed the S-Class Exam, and the guild cheered for him.
• Cana, Levy, and Erza tried to dress up and style Riyao, while Gildarts caught him after he fled upstairs.
• Erza stopped Natsu and Gray from fighting, and Riyao asked Cana to look after him before deciding he would stay with Makarov and seek Virgo's key.

Riyao grew a Parasol Tree and crafted an enchanted, shape-changing staff he named the Fire Poker. After showing off its powers, he used it to tie up Gray and Natsu, then entered the guild with Cana as Erza took charge of the two troublemakers.

• Riyao used Life Magic and a potion to grow a Tenrou Tree branch into a waist-high Parasol Tree, then carved more than a hundred permanent enchantments into a wooden staff and named it the Fire Poker.
• Riyao demonstrated that the Fire Poker could change size and weight, impressing Cana and Gray, and promised to make Cana a lower-grade version.
• On the way to the guild, Riyao accidentally hit Gray with the staff, then tied him up after Gray attacked him; Natsu challenged Riyao and was tied up beside Gray.
• Cana photographed Riyao carrying Gray and Natsu through Magnolia, where Natsu vomited on Gray before Riyao flung them into the guild hall and cleaned the staff.
• Erza disciplined Gray and Natsu after they started fighting again, while Riyao watched from the bar with Cana.

Riyao found Mirajane, Lisanna, and Elfman hiding in an alley after Mirajane awakened Take Over Magic and the villagers drove them away. He teased them and brought them to the Fairy Tail guild, where the crowd’s attention made Mirajane retreat into her fear of being rejected.

• Riyao ran into the cloaked Mirajane, Lisanna, and Elfman in Magnolia and recognized that Mirajane had taken over a demon.
• Riyao grabbed Mirajane’s blackened hand and reassured her about the demon magic, while Lisanna clung to him and Elfman quietly greeted him.
• Riyao loudly pretended to kidnap the three siblings and pulled them toward the guild as the residents treated his antics as a joke.
• Lisanna teased that Riyao and Mirajane had a thing going on, and Mirajane shouted at her in embarrassment.
• Riyao brought the siblings into the guild and announced his mock kidnapping to Makarov, drawing the guild members’ attention.
• Mirajane tried to pull her hand away as everyone stared, her shoulders hunched and her eyes dimming.

Riyao helped Mirajane accept her demon hand by joking about the guild’s eccentric members, then healed the hand after a brawl broke out. The chapter ended with Mirajane, Riyao, Natsu, and Gray grappling again while Makarov tried to control the guild.

• Riyao teased Mirajane about her demon hand by pointing out the guild’s other unusual members, and Makarov welcomed her and the others into Fairy Tail.
• After receiving her guild mark, Mirajane asked if she could hit Riyao, but the guild members scattered and she instead asked whether her demon hand looked nice.
• Riyao praised Mirajane’s hand, threw her onto the padded floor, and sparked a guild-wide brawl that Makarov stopped with Giant Magic.
• Riyao healed Mirajane’s demon hand with emerald-green magic, restoring it to normal.
• Mirajane attacked Riyao again, and Natsu and Gray joined their renewed scuffle as the guild hall grew noisy once more.

Erza and Mirajane clashed over guild standards, then their argument turned into a chaotic tug-of-war over Riyao. After escaping and sealing away Life Link: Modified, Riyao used the Fire Poker to knock the guild members down, while Mirajane remained untouched.

• Erza returned from a job and criticized Mirajane's outfit, prompting Mirajane to mock Erza's prim attitude.
• Natsu and Gray brawled, and Erza knocked them down before Riyao teased Erza and Mirajane.
• Mirajane grabbed Riyao around the neck, and Erza, Natsu, Gray, Lisanna, and Elfman joined opposite sides in a tug-of-war as the guild cheered and Makarov placed bets.
• Riyao accidentally said Mirajane smelled nice, then spun free and flung Erza and Mirajane aside.
• Levy sealed Riyao's Life Link: Modified with a magic card, so he transformed his bracelet into the Fire Poker and knocked the guild members down one by one, leaving Mirajane unharmed.