Chapter Summaries

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.

Riyao bought the Virgo Zodiac Key, summoned Virgo, and signed a contract with her before taking Mirajane, Lisanna, and Elfman out. Lisanna and Riyao coaxed Mirajane into trying on a pink dress, and Riyao transformed his appearance so they could pose as three sisters.

• Riyao bargained with a merchant and bought the Virgo Zodiac Key, then explained its value to Lisanna and Elfman.
• At the inn, Riyao summoned Virgo and signed a contract with her; Virgo explained that time flowed at the same rate in the Celestial Spirit World and the human world.
• Virgo hinted that she wanted Riyao to punish her for misnaming him, prompting Mirajane to tease him before he sent Virgo back.
• Riyao agreed to treat Mirajane and Lisanna to dessert, then pulled Mirajane into a clothing store after Lisanna suggested she liked pink dresses.
• Riyao put on a fluffy pink dress and used Life Magic to soften his appearance, then persuaded Mirajane to wear a matching dress.
• Lisanna joined them in a blue dress, and Riyao used Transformation Magic to turn his hair white so the three could pose as sisters.

Riyao tested his Life Mimicry Magic on Virgo, using her Celestial Spirit body as a source of life information. After discovering that her magic served as the catalyst he needed, he joked about becoming a Celestial Spirit and finding Virgo a new home while Mirajane and Lisanna repeatedly interrupted.

• Riyao summoned Virgo to his laboratory and explained that Life Mimicry combined elements of Take Over, Enchantment, and Transformation Magic.
• Mirajane burst into the hut after overhearing Riyao mention Virgo's body, but Virgo explained that he only wanted to study her Celestial Spirit body.
• Mirajane examined Riyao's notes and accused him of copying Take Over Magic before she and Lisanna left the hut.
• Riyao infused Virgo's wrist with life magic and used Life Mimicry to draw out her Celestial Spirit life information.
• Riyao realized that Virgo's magic was the catalyst his Life Mimicry needed, then joked about becoming a Celestial Spirit and finding Virgo a new home.
• Mirajane and Lisanna barged in again, and Virgo remarked that Riyao seemed unusually happy.

Riyao accepted an S-Class request to defeat the Stone Statue Titan, promising Makarov he would retreat if he could not win. Back in the guild hall, he joined his friends in teasing Mirajane and sparking a string of comic misunderstandings.

• Riyao considered the 100-Year Quest and the wider continents before taking an S-Class request to defeat the Stone Statue Titan to Makarov.
• Makarov warned Riyao that his attack power might not be enough and approved the quest after Riyao promised to retreat if necessary.
• Happy flew to Riyao, while Natsu complained that Riyao had left him behind and Lisanna pretended to be heartbroken over Happy's affection.
• Riyao teased Mirajane by asking her on a date, interrupting the tense standoff between her and Erza and making them both blush.
• Lisanna and Happy joked that Riyao and Mirajane were having an affair, so Mirajane knocked them on the head and then did the same to Natsu when he rushed to their defense.

Riyao accepted an S-Class mission and persuaded Mirajane to accompany him, while the guild reacted to his plans and his teasing roll call. He left Lisanna, Happy, and Elfman to guard his orchard from Natsu and thieves.

• Natsu spotted Riyao's S-Class request and volunteered to join him, but Riyao knocked him out before Gray could offer as well.
• Mirajane agreed to accompany Riyao after he asked her for help, and he asked Lisanna and Elfman to tend and guard his orchard while he was away.
• Gray recalled that Natsu had once nearly burned down Riyao's orchard, and Cana remembered Riyao hanging Natsu from a tree afterward.
• Riyao called out Gray, Cana, Makarov, Erza, and Laxus for their mischief in his orchard, prompting each of them to avoid the accusations.
• Riyao whispered something to Mirajane that made her blush and pinch his arm as he surveyed the guild with satisfaction.

Riyao and Mirajane prepared to travel for Mirajane’s first S-Class job, a mission to confront a stone statue titan. They boarded a train toward a nearby town, with Mirajane accepting an apple pie from Riyao as their journey began.

• After Riyao was dragged outside by Mirajane, Natsu and Gray resumed fighting until Erza knocked them unconscious.
• Riyao teased Mirajane as they walked, and she pinched his arm when she caught him looking at another girl.
• Mirajane worried about the danger of her first S-Class job, but Riyao reassured her that he would protect her and said the mission was far from town.
• Riyao and Mirajane packed supplies, with Riyao bringing potions and camping gear while Mirajane brought only a small bag.
• Riyao and Mirajane boarded a train toward a town near the job site, and Mirajane accepted an apple pie from him.