Chapter Summaries

George agreed to join the Curiosity Unit as Misaka 9981 in exchange for benefits and freedom over his schedule, hoping to use the Board of Directors’ resources to reach Level 5. In the Fairy Tail world, he practiced Transformation Magic and learned that Makarov was away arranging upgrades to the Mobile Castle.

• George shocked Kihara Suru for laughing at him, then heard Kihara offer help advancing from Level 4 to Level 5.
• George accepted Kihara’s offer to join the Curiosity Unit after securing salary and benefits, control over his schedule, and the right to refuse missions that violated his morals.
• Kihara took George to the unit’s headquarters to plan his advancement to Level 5.
• In the Fairy Tail guild hall, George practiced Transformation Magic, turning into a human in appearance but remaining palm-sized.
• Mirajane told George that Makarov had gone to arrange modifications to the Mobile Castle, and George noticed that Natsu, Gray, and the others were absent.

Mirajane told George that Loke was the Celestial Spirit Leo, then Councilor Warrod warned Fairy Tail that Erza and the others were in danger of being destroyed by the Magic Council’s Magic of the Spirit. George traveled to the island where Jellal was building the R System and began searching for them.

• Mirajane explained that Lucy had freed Loke from his punishment and made him her Celestial Spirit.
• Councilor Warrod told Mirajane that Jellal had kidnapped Erza and was building an R System on an island near Caelum to revive Zeref.
• Warrod warned that the Magic Council would fire the Magic of the Spirit in twenty-five minutes, and Mirajane asked George to rescue Erza and the others.
• George learned about the R System and the Magic of the Spirit, then used Apparition to reach Caelum and flew toward the island.
• George arrived at the island, turned invisible, and followed tracks toward the tower where Erza and the others might be held.

George entered the Tower of Paradise after discovering that Natsu and Gray had defeated its guards, then heard Jellal announce a deadly game and his plan to use Erza to resurrect Zeref. On the sixth floor, George rescued Lucy from Juvia’s control by attacking the Guitar Mage, who recovered and prepared to strike back.

• George found traces of Natsu and Gray’s magic on the defeated guards and flew into the tower to find his guildmates.
• Jellal announced that Erza would be used to resurrect Zeref and that three S-Class mages would hunt the intruders before the Magic Council destroyed the tower with Magic of the Spirit.
• George suspected Jellal had a hidden scheme and used the Tracking Charm to search for Erza, but he heard Lucy screaming on the sixth floor.
• George found Juvia attacking Lucy under the Guitar Mage’s mind control and struck the mage with a Supersonic Railgun.
• The Railgun broke through the Guitar Mage’s hair barrier and hit him, freeing Juvia from control; the enraged mage rose and prepared to use his guitar again.

George defeated the Guitar Mage with the Overlord Hair Loss Curse and reunited with Lucy and Juvia, who explained Erza’s history and the group’s split in the Tower of Paradise. He hurried them toward Natsu, but the Tracking Charm led them to a strange owl-headed creature with hair resembling Natsu’s.

• George disarmed the Guitar Mage, made his hair fall out with the Overlord Hair Loss Curse, and electrocuted him unconscious before storing him in his Requip Space.
• George repaired Lucy’s clothes, and Lucy explained how Erza had been captured, how Jellal had deceived their childhood companions, and where the others had gone.
• George decided to regroup with Natsu and the others before leaving the island, then used the Tracking Charm to locate Natsu.
• Jellal dismissed the Guitar Mage’s defeat and waited for the Magic of the Spirit to arrive and complete the R System.
• George carried Lucy and Juvia out of the tower, blasted through its wall to reach Natsu’s floor, and found an owl-headed creature whose location matched the Tracking Charm’s target.

George and the others rescued Natsu from Fukurou and reached Erza near the top of the Tower of Paradise, where she defeated Ikaruga. Erza insisted on confronting Jellal before Magic of the Spirit fired, and George secretly cast Stupefy on her as she turned away.

• Gray and Juvia defeated Fukurou, who vomited Natsu out after swallowing him.
• George sent Lucy and Simon to the sea and led Natsu, Gray, and Juvia toward Erza.
• George blasted through the tower wall and found Erza fighting Ikaruga on the bridge to the top floor.
• Erza defeated Ikaruga with a decisive attack and refused to leave before confronting Jellal.
• George cast Stupefy on Erza as she turned away.

George evacuated Erza and the others before the Magic of the Spirit struck the Tower of Paradise, but Jellal used its power to transform the tower into a giant magic crystal and complete the R System. Seeing the crystal’s potential to boost meditation, George decided to defeat Jellal and claim it.

• George stunned Erza, put her and the others in an expanded box, and fled with them to the sea beyond the island.
• George repaired a shattered kingdom ship, gathered Lucy’s group aboard, and released Erza from the Stunning Spell as the Magic of the Spirit prepared to fire.
• Jellal revealed that his Thought Body, Zikrain, had arranged for the Magic of the Spirit to supply the power needed to complete the R System.
• The Magic of the Spirit struck the Tower of Paradise, which transformed into a colossal magic crystal instead of being destroyed.
• Erza realized the tower had needed the Magic of the Spirit’s power to complete the R System, while George saw the crystal as a way to greatly improve meditation and resolved to take it from Jellal.

George, Erza, and the others fought Jellal, whose strength far surpassed Jose’s, but he overwhelmed their attacks with Darkness Paradise. As Jellal unleashed True Celestial Magic—Star Collapse, George fed Natsu Fiendfyre in hopes of giving them a chance to fight back.

• Erza charged Jellal, and George, Natsu, Gray, and Juvia joined the attack while Lucy summoned Aquarius.
• Jellal used Meteor to dodge Erza and knock down Natsu and Gray, then struck Juvia into the sea with Seven Star Sword.
• George transformed into a giant electrically strengthened cat and knocked Jellal back, while Aquarius’s tsunami, Erza’s spear, and their allies’ attacks converged on him.
• Jellal swallowed the attacks with Darkness Paradise and revealed that his Thought Body, Zikrain, had ranked above Jose among the Saint Ten.
• George used Telepathy to call Natsu over and fed him Fiendfyre as Jellal began casting True Celestial Magic—Star Collapse.
• Jellal summoned a flaming meteor that threatened to destroy everyone below.

George hid the group in the Mirror World to escape Jellal’s Celestial Magic, then led them into a fight while he prepared an Ancient Magic spell. The chapter left George summoning a Thunder Giant amid a thunderstorm to test whether it could absorb the lightning and grow stronger.

• George used Natsu’s Brilliant Flame and Mirror Magic to shelter everyone from Jellal’s meteorite and tsunami.
• Erza and the others chose to stay and fight while George prepared a powerful spell that needed at least seven minutes to cast.
• Jellal detected and broke into the Mirror World, forcing George to lead everyone back to the Real World near the magic crystal.
• Erza, Natsu, Gray, Juvia, Lucy, and the others attacked Jellal while George completed his incantation.
• George cast Thunderstorm Descends: Thunder Giant and formed a towering giant from iron sand and rocks to absorb the storm’s lightning.

Jellal overwhelmed Erza and her allies, but George revealed his enormous Thunder Giant and prepared a decisive attack against Jellal’s Forbidden Magic. The chapter ended as George fired his Ultimate Railgun into Jellal’s Purgatory Shatter.

• Jellal battered Erza and her allies while insisting that any sacrifice was justified for his vision of a land of freedom.
• George struck Jellal with an unending lightning barrage and an enlarged Railgun, but Jellal blocked both attacks.
• George gathered lightning, earth, iron sand, and seawater to expand his Thunder Giant to two hundred meters.
• Jellal cast the Forbidden Magic Purgatory Shatter, deciding to risk destroying the magic crystal tower.
• George concentrated the Thunder Giant’s electricity into its right hand and fired the Ultimate Railgun at Jellal’s attack.

George defeated Jellal and discovered that Ultear had controlled him with psychic magic. He healed Jellal and considered bringing him and his companions into Fairy Tail, while Ultear remained at large.

• George survived the magical clash, gathered the Magic Crystals left on the ruined island, and reunited with Erza and the others.
• Erza prepared to kill the unconscious Jellal, but George stopped her because Jellal's sudden change in personality seemed suspicious.
• George used Telepathy and Legilimency to find and expose Ultear's psychic energy inside Jellal's mind.
• Ultear revealed herself, admitted her plan had failed, and dissipated; George told everyone that she had controlled Jellal.
• George healed Jellal, and after learning the truth, considered inviting Jellal, Simon, and the others to join Fairy Tail.

After Fairy Tail rescued Jellal and the others, Makarov helped clear Jellal’s name and welcomed them into the guild, which moved into its remodeled mobile castle. George then focused on meditation and magic crystals until he reached level 500 and became immortal.

• George brought Erza and the others back to Fairy Tail, where Mirajane confirmed that the Magic Council Headquarters had been destroyed by Ultear.
• Jellal woke with his memories restored and was comforted by Erza, Simon, and the others over what he had done.
• Makarov returned, accepted Jellal and the other four into Fairy Tail, and sought support to clear Jellal’s name.
• The Magic Council Headquarters pardoned Jellal and issued a nationwide warrant for Ultear as Fairy Tail moved into its remodeled mobile castle.
• George meditated with magic crystals until he reached level 500, transforming his body so it would no longer age.

George returned to Knockturn Alley before term, reflecting on the magic he still needed to learn and Sirius Black’s escape. When Hermione and the others visited, he took them to Diagon Alley, where the local dark wizards fled at the sight of him.

• George returned to Knockturn Alley with Amy and considered how much he still needed to learn about magic.
• George read the Daily Prophet’s report on Sirius Black’s escape and mused about Animagus Transformation.
• Hermione, Ginny, Harry, Ron, and the Weasley twins arrived to ask George to buy school textbooks with them.
• George joined the group on their walk to Diagon Alley, and Ron noticed the Knockturn Alley wizards were now afraid of them.
• George revealed that he had intimidated the local shop owners and dark wizards to keep his shop safe while he was at school.

George impressed Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny with his account of fighting dark wizards and his effortless handling of the vicious Monsters Book of Monsters at Flourish and Blotts. He helped the shop clerk subdue every book in the cage and left his friends marveling at how outstanding he was.

• Ginny asked George about his Medal of Valour, and George modestly described his battle against dark wizards after his friends pressed him for details.
• George and his friends visited Flourish and Blotts to buy their schoolbooks and found a cage full of fighting Monsters Book of Monsters.
• George quickly caught and tied up four Monsters Book of Monsters while the clerk struggled with the cage.
• The clerk offered George twenty percent off their books if he subdued the rest, and George climbed into the cage and restrained more than a hundred books in thirty seconds.
• Ron and Harry envied George's abilities, while Hermione said his hard work and constant practice explained his success.

George met Arthur Weasley in Diagon Alley and spent the afternoon learning alchemy from him. The next day, George joined the Weasleys and their friends on their way to the station, where Hermione hurried him outside while Ron worried about his rat, Scabbers.

• Hermione bought a ginger cat, and George met Arthur Weasley at the Leaky Cauldron.
• George and Arthur discussed alchemy for much of the afternoon, and George learned a great deal from him.
• George learned that the Ministry had arranged Magic Cars to escort Harry and the Weasleys because Fudge feared Sirius might attack Harry.
• Ron complained about Percy, while Ginny changed her tone when she heard George greeting Ron and Harry.
• Hermione brought Crookshanks downstairs, ignored Ron's protests about Scabbers, and took George outside to wait for the cars.

George reunited with Hermione and Tonks before boarding the Hogwarts Express with Ginny, Colin, and Luna. When a Dementor entered their compartment during a sudden stop, George tested his Light Magic and destroyed it.

• George greeted Tonks outside the Leaky Cauldron and traveled with the others to the station.
• George boarded the Hogwarts Express with Ginny, then Colin and Luna joined them in the compartment.
• The train stopped in darkness and cold, and a Dementor appeared at their compartment door.
• George fired Light Arrows at the Dementor, which shrieked and crumbled into ashes.

George killed a Dementor with his Light Magic during the Ministry’s unauthorized search of the Hogwarts Express, then tried to explain that he had acted in self-defense. After hearing the Aurors’ report, Umbridge accused him of helping Sirius escape.

• George killed a Dementor with Light Magic, and the other Dementors fled when he cast Domain of Light.
• Scrimgeour and Umbridge argued over the Ministry’s decision to search the train despite Dumbledore’s objections.
• An Auror reported that a second-year wizard had killed a Dementor, so Scrimgeour and Umbridge went to investigate.
• George greeted Scrimgeour and claimed he had attacked the Dementor because he thought it was about to harm his compartment.
• Umbridge rejected George’s explanation and accused him of conspiring with Sirius.

George defended himself after killing a Dementor on the Hogwarts Express, and Scrimgeour stopped Umbridge from pursuing the matter. At Hogwarts, Dumbledore summoned George to discuss the train incident while McGonagall separately called Hermione, leading George to suspect she would receive a Time-Turner.

• George told Umbridge that he had invented the spell that killed the Dementor and refused to help Sirius.
• Scrimgeour dismissed the incident and warned Umbridge that further trouble would worsen the Ministry's conflict with Dumbledore.
• The Hogwarts Express resumed its journey, and George learned that Harry had not been attacked by the Dementors.
• Dumbledore announced that Dementors would guard Hogwarts and introduced Remus John Lupin and Rubeus Hagrid as new professors.
• Snape told George that Dumbledore wanted to hear about the train incident, while McGonagall took Hermione aside for a separate discussion.
• George guessed that McGonagall was about to give Hermione a Time-Turner and reflected on the dangers of Time Magic.

George went with Snape to Dumbledore’s office after killing a Dementor on the train, while Dumbledore and Snape questioned him about the magic he had used. George decided to stop pretending and began to reveal that his explanation was not the whole truth.

• George reflected on the dangers of Time-Turners and his desire to learn Time Magic despite the Ministry’s restrictions.
• Snape defended George to Dumbledore, arguing that he had killed the Dementor while protecting his classmates.
• Dumbledore assured Snape that he did not blame George and said he wanted to see the magic that had killed the Dementor.
• Snape asked whether George had created a new spell, and George admitted that this was not entirely true.
• George chose not to claim that he had created the spell from the Patronus Charm, since he expected Dumbledore and Snape to see through that explanation.

George told Snape and Dumbledore that a deity had taught him magic in his dreams and bestowed strange powers on him. After George demonstrated his electricity and metal control, the skeptical pair took him to an open space by the Forbidden Forest to test his abilities further.

• George explained that a deity had taught him Flight Magic, the spell that killed Dementors, and other powers in his dreams.
• Snape dismissed George’s story as a clumsy lie, while Dumbledore also appeared unconvinced.
• George released electricity without a wand or incantation and made the room’s metal objects circle around him.
• Snape and Dumbledore recognized that George’s display did not seem to be magic and decided to investigate further.
• Snape, Dumbledore, and George flew to an open area near the Forbidden Forest, where George prepared to begin his demonstration.

George demonstrated an array of wandless magic and abilities to Dumbledore and Snape, convincing them that his powers came from a deity. He then claimed that an alien invasion would threaten all humanity in twenty years, leaving the two wizards stunned by his story.

• George displayed Holy Light, Giant, Runic, Transformation, Requip, and other forms of magic, then demonstrated his Super Electromagnetic Cannon.
• George began forming a Thunder Giant and preparing an enlarged cannon, but Dumbledore stopped him to avoid causing more damage and attention in the Forbidden Forest.
• Back in Dumbledore's office, George offered to demonstrate more powers, but Dumbledore and Snape refused and asked about the deity who had taught him.
• George claimed the deity had chosen him to stop a disaster that would wipe out humanity in twenty years.
• George told Dumbledore and Snape a lengthy story about alien civilizations and Thanos's coming invasion, and Snape struggled to process it.