Chapter Summaries

Riyao bound Gray to an operating table and carved emerald magic patterns into his back to give him a temporary boost. Afterward, Riyao rushed Mirajane into the main building when she saw Gray’s back and could not hold back her laughter.

• Riyao tied Gray to the operating table and explained that he planned to give him a boost by carving magic into his body.
• Gray panicked when Riyao picked up a scalpel, then complained as Riyao used a glowing carving knife on him.
• Juvia worried about Gray’s screams while Mirajane and Lisanna tried to reassure her; Mirajane sneaked to a window and exchanged teasing faces with Riyao.
• Riyao spent over an hour carving emerald patterns across Gray’s back and said the work would also cure Gray’s habit of stripping at random.
• Gray woke up after the procedure, and Riyao told him to test the magic elsewhere and trust his instincts.
• Mirajane saw the design on Gray’s back and began to laugh, so Riyao scooped her up and ran into the main building, telling her to laugh when they got back.

Riyao trained Gray to use his ice magic to freeze opponents, leaving Gray exhausted and puzzled when Juvia said his back tattoo had disappeared. Riyao and Mirajane watched Gray and Juvia’s awkward exchange from the manor, and Riyao looked forward to Gray fighting Natsu the next day.

• Gray froze the forest and formed an ice Tang saber after Riyao planted an ice attribute in his body.
• Riyao taught Gray to use ice to slow and freeze opponents, then pushed him through training until his magic ran out.
• Gray pretended to be exhausted when he thought Riyao had returned, but Juvia found him and praised his strength.
• Juvia told Gray that his back tattoo appeared only when he used its power, and Gray went home with her following him.
• Mirajane laughed as Riyao told her Gray would fight Natsu the next day, and Riyao admitted he had arranged the spectacle on purpose.

Natsu shook off his despair about the black dragon after Happy told him Gray had challenged him to a fight. Gray defeated Natsu with his new ice magic, but the crowd’s laughter at his pink hair-dryer tattoo sent him after Riyao.

• Happy told the dejected Natsu that Gray wanted to test the mysterious power he had received from Riyao, and Natsu eagerly accepted the challenge.
• Riyao gave Gildarts rose-scented potions to help restore his injured arm and leg, then took him to watch Gray and Natsu fight.
• Natsu charged Gray with Fire Dragon's Iron Fist, but Gray used Ice-Make: Fallen Leaves and Ice-Make: Thorns to control the ground and trap him.
• Natsu melted the thorns and attacked with Fire Dragon's Roar, but Gray used Ice-Make: Tang Dao and Last Breath to freeze him inside a huge block of ice.
• The spectators laughed at the pink tattoo on Gray’s back, and Gray recognized its hair-dryer design in an ice mirror.
• Gray shouted at Riyao, who ran away laughing.

Natsu accidentally triggered Riyao’s unfinished potion, turning everyone in the infirmary into children and throwing the guild into chaos. Riyao and Mirajane returned to find the transformed guild members, while Mirajane eagerly cuddled Little Erza and Riyao made Little Makarov cry.

• Natsu and Happy searched Riyao’s infirmary for a potion, and Natsu found an unlabeled milky-white bottle.
• Erza startled Natsu, the bottle fell but survived, then the gathered guild members accidentally shattered it beneath Erza’s foot.
• The potion released a burst of white light that transformed everyone in the infirmary, including Makarov and Gildarts, into children.
• Riyao and Mirajane returned to a chaotic guild hall, where Macao explained that Natsu had set off the potion.
• Riyao recognized the potion as an unfinished experiment and told Macao the transformation would probably wear off soon.
• Mirajane picked up Little Erza and cuddled her, while Riyao teased Little Makarov until he burst into tears.

Riyao and the Fairy Tail members enjoyed the guildmates’ childlike forms, playing with them and dressing the little girls in costumes. The chapter ended with Riyao and Mirajane deciding to develop a photo of little Juvia and little Gray in wedding clothes for them to see after they changed back.

• Riyao teased little Natsu, Gajeel, Wendy, Cana, Gray, and Juvia as the guild members played with the transformed children.
• Mirajane gathered seven little girls on a bench and had them call her their big boss, while Bisca pulled Alzack away from Riyao’s Kidney Treasure sales pitch.
• Little Natsu chased Macao for fire, then collided with little Gajeel and started a brawl that drew in little Gray and little Elfman.
• Mirajane dressed the little girls in costumes, and Riyao took pictures as the adults admired them.
• Mirajane and Riyao dressed little Juvia and little Gray as a bride and groom, then agreed to develop their picture for after they changed back.

Riyao observed the guild members as the potion that had turned them into children began to wear off, while he considered developing a safer version. Wendy returned to normal first but worried that her child-sized clothes still fit, so Mirajane took the girls to the infirmary and left Riyao to guard the entrance.

• Mirajane dressed little Erza in several outfits and teased her, while Riyao dressed little Makarov and little Gildarts in girls' dresses and took pictures.
• Riyao noticed the children were gradually growing and began recording the potion's duration, recovery rate, and effects on their magic.
• Mirajane asked whether researching the potion could cause trouble, and Riyao promised to add safeguards and proceed carefully.
• Wendy returned to normal while still wearing tight, child-sized clothes and worried that she was really that small.
• Mirajane led the girls into the infirmary and told Riyao to keep anyone from peeking, while he stayed outside to continue his notes.

Riyao was chased by Makarov and Gildarts over embarrassing photos, but Porlyusica recovered the real crystal ball and laughed at its contents. After seeing Wendy in the images, Porlyusica visited Riyao’s estate to speak with her, leaving Riyao and the others wondering about their connection.

• Riyao fled through Magnolia with a crystal ball as Makarov and Gildarts chased him for the photos he had taken.
• Riyao hid the real crystal ball near Porlyusica’s treehouse, but she struck him with her broom before Makarov and Gildarts carried him away.
• Porlyusica found the real crystal ball, viewed its images, and went to Riyao’s estate after recognizing Wendy.
• Porlyusica told Riyao she had come to see Wendy and took her aside for a private conversation.
• Riyao joked that Porlyusica wanted Wendy as a sister, so Porlyusica hit him with a broom and threatened to give the crystal ball to Makarov.

Riyao learned the Dragon Slayer technique from Wendy’s scroll and created a powerful wind spell called Rasengan, then offered to teach it to her. After dinner, Mirajane discovered that Riyao had known Porlyusica was a Sky Dragon and hurried him toward the bath after he promised to tell her a secret.

• Wendy told Riyao that Grandine had left her the Dragon Slayer Secret Arts scroll, and he studied it before demonstrating its attack spell.
• Riyao showed Wendy his Rasengan variation, then promised to teach her how to use it the next day.
• Wendy told Mirajane that Porlyusica had visited, and Mirajane realized Riyao had already known Porlyusica was a Sky Dragon.
• Riyao promised to tell Mirajane a secret later, so she pulled him toward the bathroom and called for Lisanna to wash the dishes.

Riyao confessed his otherworldly origins to Mirajane, and the two talked through the night before sleeping in. While they rested, the guild treated Riyao’s manor as a gathering place, and the chapter ended with Natsu, Gajeel, and Gray bound in a tree while Mirajane and the others ate below.

• Riyao told Mirajane about his original world after she promised to keep his secret, and they talked until morning before falling asleep together.
• Wendy waited for Riyao while Erza picked strawberries, Natsu and Happy raided the orchard, and Gildarts joined them for fruit.
• Makarov and Cana snuck into the wine cellar as Juvia, Ur, Gray, Levy, and Gajeel also arrived at the manor, turning it into a lively guild gathering.
• Riyao woke at sunset and joined the feast, where Mirajane explained that she had tied up Natsu, Gajeel, and Gray after they fought and trampled her flower bed.
• Mirajane offered Riyao the chance to whip Gajeel, but Riyao declined, and she teased the three bound men by enjoying the food in front of them.

Riyao treated Gildarts in his laboratory, preparing his wounds and using life energy and medicinal herbs to begin regrowing his severed limbs. Gildarts fell asleep in the healing tub, and Riyao left him to recover overnight.

• Gildarts found Riyao lounging in a tree and persuaded him to treat his poorly functioning prosthetics.
• Riyao brought Gildarts to the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and carefully cut away the scar tissue around his wounds.
• Riyao accidentally stabbed Gildarts in the thigh with a scalpel, then healed the wound with emerald-green magic.
• Riyao infused Gildarts with life energy and created a seed inside him to help regrow his limbs.
• Riyao put Gildarts in a tub of medicinal liquid, where he quickly fell asleep, and left a warning sign on the door.

Riyao gave Erza the Fire Poker, reshaping it into an enchanted wooden sword she named Edgeless, then helped Mirajane gain a stronger Demon Form by giving her the demon seed extracted from his own form. Mirajane transformed successfully and ended the chapter by challenging Riyao to spar.

• Gildarts tested his restored arm and leg, while Riyao demanded payment for the medicinal herbs and the damage to the clubhouse wall.
• Riyao transformed the Fire Poker into an enchanted wooden sword for Erza, who named it Edgeless.
• Mirajane asked Riyao for a way to improve, and he proposed that she take over the Demon Form inside him.
• Riyao spent several hours condensing his Demon Form into a seed, then sent it into Mirajane.
• Mirajane transformed into a powerful black Demon Form, and she challenged Riyao to spar.

Riyao explained to Wendy that the Jellal she knew was Mystogan from Edolas, not the Earth-land Jellal Erza had known since childhood. Wendy wanted to see Mystogan, and the chapter ended with everyone heading inside for Mirajane’s strawberry cake.

• Erza and Mirajane fought in the reinforced training ground, and Riyao scolded Mirajane for nearly damaging it.
• Mirajane offered everyone strawberry cake, while Riyao teased Erza and she chased him around Mirajane.
• Riyao told Wendy that Earth-land and Edolas were parallel worlds and that the Jellal she had met was Mystogan from Edolas.
• Wendy felt upset that she had saved the wrong person, but Riyao comforted her and agreed to help her see Mystogan.
• Mirajane announced that the strawberry cake was ready, and Riyao urged everyone to hurry before Erza ate it all.

Riyao brought Mystogan to see Wendy after she learned he was Edolas's Jellal, and they talked privately in the infirmary. Wendy was comforted by learning that Jellal had not abandoned her on purpose, while the guild members woke and resumed their usual antics.

• Mystogan used layered sleep magic to knock out the guild members, and Riyao told him Wendy wanted to see him because she knew he was Edolas's Jellal.
• Riyao woke Wendy and left her alone with Mystogan in the infirmary; afterward, Mystogan quietly departed the guild.
• Gildarts asked who Mystogan was, and Makarov revealed Gildarts had spent much of his 100-Year Quest sightseeing and accumulating compensation bills.
• Natsu woke up, challenged Gildarts, and was knocked out with a casual punch; Lucy and Happy reacted to his sudden nap.
• Wendy told Riyao and Mirajane that she had been thinking of everyone in Cait Shelter and now understood Jellal had reasons for leaving; Mirajane comforted her.

Mystogan sent Riyao, Lucy, and Gajeel to Edolas to rescue the Fairy Tail members turned into Magic Crystal by Anima. Riyao arrived alone on a floating island and headed toward the city to find his friends and guildmates.

• Anima tore open a rift above Magnolia and pulled the city away as particles of magic while Mystogan rushed back too late to stop it.
• Mystogan found Riyao, Lucy, and Gajeel in the space between worlds and explained that Magnolia's guild members had become Magic Crystal in Edolas.
• Mystogan gave the three X-Balls so they could use magic in Edolas and sent them there, but forgot to tell them to stay together.
• Riyao arrived alone on a floating island, collected samples of its rocks and plants, and decided to search for Natsu and the others.
• Riyao leaped from the island toward the distant city, hoping to find his friends and learn where Lucy and Gajeel had landed.

Riyao entered town, robbed three thugs after they tried to rob him, and hurried off after overhearing that the kingdom’s army was heading to wipe out Fairy Tail. He left the restaurant before its owner realized Riyao had paid too little.

• Riyao lured three thugs into an alley, smashed a stone pillar with one punch, and took their money.
• Riyao mistook a clinic for a restaurant, then found a restaurant and ordered its specialties.
• Riyao overheard customers say the kingdom’s army was marching west to wipe out Fairy Tail.
• Riyao ate quickly, left the money on the table, and rushed off toward the army’s destination.
• The restaurant owner counted the money and discovered Riyao had not paid enough.

Natsu, Wendy, Happy, and Carla entered the Edolas Fairy Tail guild and found their companions behaving in ways opposite to their Earth-land personalities. Natsu ended the chapter pinned beneath Lucy after she beat him in a fight.

• Natsu and the others arrived at the Edolas guild and were startled by the members’ reversed personalities.
• Edolas Lucy recognized Natsu, grabbed him, and used a headlock on him while Max and Warren praised her technique.
• Happy and the others saw ladylike Cana, crying Elfman, heavily dressed Gray, and a hostile Lisanna, while Juvia rejected Gray.
• Levy and Edolas Wendy questioned why Exceed were there, and Mirajane innocently thought Happy merely looked like one.
• Natsu, Happy, and Wendy imagined how Riyao and Erza might act with reversed personalities.
• Lucy found Natsu hiding under a table, struck him with an elbow, and pinned him to the floor.

Natsu, Happy, Wendy, and Carla encountered the strange versions of their friends in Edolas, then discovered that Mirajane had named a golden retriever Riyao. Their laughter was cut short when a guild member announced that the Fairy Hunter had arrived.

• Gray helped Natsu up, while Natsu asked him to take off his clothes.
• Happy and Natsu were shocked to find Reedus thin and menacing and Laxus gentle and scholarly; Laxus served Happy fish.
• Little Wendy questioned big Wendy about her food, while Lisanna stopped Levy and Lucy from fighting.
• Mirajane explained that her golden retriever Riyao had led her to Lisanna two years earlier, and Natsu, Happy, Wendy, and Carla laughed at the name.
• A terrified guild member burst in and warned that the Fairy Hunter was there.

Riyao helped Fairy Tail escape the Royal Army by holding off Erza while Levy finished activating the guild’s underground evacuation device. Afterward, he discovered that Edolas’s Riyao was a golden retriever.

• Levy struggled to repair the old device while Lisanna ordered the guild members to prepare for the Royal Army’s arrival.
• Edolas’s Erza charged Fairy Tail on Legion, but Riyao raised an earthen wall to stop her attack.
• Riyao dodged Erza’s spear strikes, taunted her, and flung her away when she tried to kick him.
• Riyao returned to the guild as it sank underground, escaping the Royal Army with everyone inside.
• Riyao met Edolas’s golden retriever Riyao, while Natsu, Happy, Mirajane, and Lisanna reacted to the strange double.

Riyao told Edolas’s Fairy Tail that their Earth-land companions had been captured and turned into Magic Crystals, then asked for directions to the royal capital. Lisanna recognized him as the person who had saved her two years earlier and insisted on going with him, while Riyao called himself Mirajane’s brother-in-law and left everyone stunned.

• Riyao introduced himself and his companions as Fairy Tail from Earth-land and explained that their friends had been taken and turned into Magic Crystals.
• Natsu panicked about rescuing Erza, Mirajane, and Gray, but Riyao calmed him and said they still had time.
• Lucy refused to help Riyao reach the royal capital, warning him about the kingdom’s troops and Exceed; Riyao showed off his magic and claimed he could handle it alone.
• Lisanna asked whether Riyao had saved her two years ago, and he recalled firing an arrow through the opening Anima had torn.
• Lisanna vowed to accompany Riyao to repay him, but he called her his sister-in-law, prompting Edolas’s guild members to stare at Mirajane as Natsu and Happy plotted to tease him later.

Riyao led Natsu, Wendy, Happy, and Carla toward the royal capital, where Edolas's Lucy and Lisanna joined them despite his protests. They encountered Earth-land's Lucy fighting soldiers, and Riyao revealed himself after attempting a poor disguise.

• Riyao gave Natsu and Wendy X-Balls so they could use magic, then jokingly convinced Natsu and Happy that Happy was a dragon.
• The group reached a town, where Edolas's Lucy and Lisanna insisted on accompanying them to meet Earth-land's Lucy.
• Lisanna asked whether Riyao had money, and he claimed he would get her a dowry; she punched him after he ruffled her hair.
• Earth-land's Lucy summoned Virgo to defeat the kingdom's soldiers, while a masked Riyao posed as a villain.
• Edolas's Lucy recognized Riyao, who removed Natsu's scarf and admitted the disguise was his.