Chapter Summaries

Ywen learned that Rob had promised Erik a favor in exchange for finding the Ophiuchus key, and Erik asked only to see Cubellios again. Ywen told Erik that Cubellios had become human and was now called Kinana, then decided to take him to see her.

• Ywen visited Jellal and Erik at the Magic Council to learn what promise Erik believed he had made.
• Rob explained that he had promised Erik a reasonable favor on Ywen’s behalf if Erik helped find the Celestial Spirit Keys.
• Erik asked to see Cubellios, and Ywen first teased him with a different snake before explaining that Cubellios’s curse had been lifted and she had become human.
• Erik said he already knew Cubellios was human because he could hear her voice, and he was relieved she had forgotten her painful memories as a snake.
• Ywen told Erik that Cubellios was now called Kinana and worked in logistics at Fairy Tail, then offered to take him to see her.

Kinana and Erik reunited after Ywen arranged for Erik to return her hat, and Erik began telling her about their past. The next morning, Sorano asked Ywen about a powerful Celestial Spirit Mage, hinting at why she had come to see him.

• Kinana lost her hat in a gust of wind, and Erik returned it to her before slipping away.
• Ywen’s absence and a spell that made Erik’s legs go limp left Erik with Kinana, who said he felt familiar and important to her.
• Erik called Kinana by her former name, Cubellios, and she agreed to hear his story; they talked until night and arranged to meet again.
• Ywen teased Erik for his bashful gratitude, then hurled him toward the Magic Council so he would not have to walk back.
• Rob brought Sorano Agria to Ywen, and Sorano asked whether he knew a powerful Celestial Spirit Mage.

Ywen arranged for Sorano to study Celestial Spirit Magic under Layla, but his effort to keep Sorano at a distance inspired her to plan to pursue him once she grew up. After returning home to sleep, Ywen woke with a bad feeling about Sorano’s promise to leave him alone only “during that time.”

• Sorano asked Ywen to introduce her to a Celestial Spirit Magic teacher, and he agreed to contact Layla if Sorano accepted one condition.
• Ywen arranged for Sorano to study with Layla at the Heartfilia Family and praised her talent.
• Ywen’s condition was that Sorano study properly and avoid bothering him unless necessary, while Rob teased him about keeping his distance from a cute girl.
• Ywen explained that he wanted to avoid causing trouble for his family and guildmates, and Sorano decided to grow up beautiful and pursue him later.
• Sorano promised to study under Layla without disturbing Ywen during that time, and Ywen returned home to sleep.
• Ywen woke an hour later and worried that Sorano’s promise meant she would pursue him after her studies ended.

Mirajane Strauss, Elfman Strauss, and Lisanna Strauss joined Fairy Tail, where Mirajane immediately clashed with Erza over seniority and an eventual fight. As Erza and Laxus headed to the ring, the Strauss siblings discovered that Gray and Lyon’s public stripping made the guild even stranger than they had expected.

• Mirajane challenged Erza over their ages and seniority, then asked to fight her for the S-Class Mage title once she qualified.
• Erza insulted Laxus as a defeated loser, and the two accepted the guild’s cheers to settle their dispute in the ring.
• The Fairy Tail members began betting on Erza and Laxus’s fight while Macao begged Cana to divine the winner.
• Mirajane and Elfman mistook Gray and Lyon for normal guild members until the boys stripped down and wandered around in Kuroko's Basketball.
• Cana told Gray and Lyon to put their clothes back on, and Gray panicked over missing underwear before remembering he had not been wearing any.

Erza defeated Laxus, inspiring Mirajane to seek a way to surpass her. After learning that Erza’s older brother Ywen was even stronger, Mirajane decided she could become Erza’s sister-in-law, just as Ywen returned to the guild from a successful mission.

• Erza blocked Laxus’s Lightning Dragon Halberd, then defeated him after he swallowed her Conqueror’s Haki and was knocked out of the arena.
• Erza told Mirajane she would accept her challenge after she passed the S-Class Mage Examination, and Mirajane resolved to earn her certification.
• Mirajane asked Makarov about Erza’s weaknesses, and he explained that Erza cared deeply about her older brother, Ywen Belserion.
• Makarov revealed that Ywen was Fairy Tail’s mysterious Ten Wizard Saints member known as “Starfall,” and Mirajane decided to win him over so Erza would have to call her sister-in-law.
• Ywen returned to the guild and told Makarov that he had completed his mission on the Western Continent.

Ywen met the newly arrived Strauss siblings and found Mirajane rude and hot-tempered, while Lisanna was kind and perceptive. Mirajane mocked the idea that Ywen was Erza’s brother, not realizing he was the famous Ten Wizard Saints mage Starfall.

• Ywen entered the guild and met Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna as Makarov introduced the new Strauss siblings.
• Lisanna apologized for Mirajane’s rude behavior, and Ywen went to check the mission board.
• Mirajane accused Ywen of being a lecherous flirt and warned Lisanna to avoid him because he had reddish-brown hair.
• Mirajane declared she would win over Erza’s brother, and Lisanna pointed out that Ywen was standing nearby.
• Mirajane laughed at the suggestion that Ywen was Erza’s brother and boasted that Erza’s brother, Starfall, had to be a towering powerhouse.

Ywen watched Mirajane search Fairy Tail for Erza’s brother without realizing he was standing nearby. After Ywen secretly introduced himself to Lisanna, he left on two A-rank quests, and Lisanna kept his identity from Mirajane.

• Mirajane mistook Gildarts for Ywen, then searched the guild and questioned Laxus about his identity.
• Lisanna asked Ywen whether he was Erza’s brother, and Ywen confirmed that he was Ywen Belserion.
• Mirajane rushed over to shield Lisanna from Ywen, while Ywen winked at Lisanna to keep his identity secret.
• Ywen took two A-rank subjugation quests and left the guild after waving goodbye to Lisanna.
• Lisanna chose not to tell Mirajane that Ywen was the brother she had been looking for.

After three months, Mirajane discovered that Ywen was Erza’s brother and confronted him about hiding his identity. She then asked him to train her for Fairy Tail’s upcoming S-Class Mage Examination, and Ywen agreed, considering how to help her grow stronger.

• Mirajane stopped Ywen from taking a job and challenged him about being Erza’s brother, while Ywen repeated the excuse she had used when they first met.
• The guild revealed that everyone except Ywen had joined a betting game about when Mirajane would identify him, and Macao announced that he had won.
• Mirajane pulled Ywen outside and asked him to train her so she could improve her chances in the guild’s S-Class Mage Examination and keep up with Erza.
• Ywen agreed to train Mirajane and thought about strengthening her body and magic, regretting that he had already destroyed Deliora’s soul.
• Ywen considered that Mirajane could eventually gain strength by taking over the demons of Zeref’s Tartaros.

Ywen agreed to train Mirajane, Lisanna, and Elfman, while Laxus told Erza that Mirajane was stealing her brother away. Erza and Kagura headed back to the guild, with Erza curious about Mirajane's intentions and Kagura determined to prove how strong she had become.

• Ywen told Mirajane he would train her, Lisanna, and Elfman together.
• Mirajane brought Lisanna and Elfman from the guild to begin training with Ywen, though Elfman hesitated until Lisanna reassured him.
• Laxus watched the siblings leave and contacted Erza, teasing that Ywen was being taken away from her.
• Erza received Laxus's message during a mission and called Kagura to return with her to the guild.
• Kagura rejoined Erza after slaying a magical beast and privately resolved that she had grown strong enough to protect herself.

Ywen defeated Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna, taught them the Six Powers, and assessed their combat weaknesses. He encouraged Elfman to trust the animal souls he had cared for, then ordered the three to keep practicing teamwork and training until the moon appeared.

• Lisanna and Elfman tried to ambush Ywen, but he pinned Elfman with gravity and stopped Lisanna by grabbing her tail and poking her forehead.
• Mirajane charged Ywen in Demon Soul form, but he used Soru to knock her out of her Take Over Magic.
• Ywen taught Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna the Six Powers and raised each of them by one level.
• Ywen told Lisanna to switch her partial Take Over into claws when attacking and advised Mirajane to coordinate with the others instead of acting alone.
• Ywen questioned Elfman about his inability to use partial Take Over, then encouraged him to trust the animal souls he had raised.
• Ywen ordered the three to attack him together one hundred times and then train in the Six Powers until the moon appeared.

Ywen continued training Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna to prepare them for Fairy Tail’s S-Class Mage Examination, pushing them to improve their Take Over Magic and Six Powers. The siblings began the next day’s training, with Mirajane left behind for an extra hour while Elfman and Lisanna went to breakfast.

• Ywen used the Gravity Fruit to return the sleeping Strauss siblings to their rest area and set a spell to wake them eight hours later.
• Ywen woke Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna and laid out different training goals for each sibling.
• The siblings used Take Over Magic and coordinated an attack on Ywen, with Elfman completing a partial Take Over and Lisanna showing improved control of her cat form.
• Ywen defeated the siblings and assigned Mirajane an extra hour of Six Powers training because she had disrupted the team’s attack.
• Ywen gave Elfman and Lisanna 100,000 J for breakfast, claiming that eating enough to spend that much would test their body control.
• Mirajane thanked Ywen for helping her siblings, but Ywen told her to stop slacking and continue training.

Mirajane trained under Ywen to prepare for Fairy Tail’s S-Class Mage Examination, while Erza decided to become an examiner so she could challenge Mirajane within the rules. After nearly four months of training, the examination arrived, and the guild gathered to hear Makarov announce the candidates.

• Ywen used Nutrition magic to restore Mirajane’s energy and urged her to train hard for the S-Class Mage Examination.
• Erza watched Mirajane train and decided to apply to become an examiner so she could fight her during the examination.
• Erza took Kagura to prepare for the examination, while Ywen noted Erza’s growing Conqueror’s Haki and continued considering how to combine his martial arts with swordsmanship.
• Over four months, Elfman reached Level 4 in all attributes, Lisanna reached Level 3 in her attributes and Level 4 in Take Over Magic, and Mirajane reached Level 5 in all attributes and Level 6 in magic power.
• The annual Fairy Tail S-Class Mage Examination arrived, and the guild’s mages gathered to hear Makarov announce the candidates.

Makarov announced the four candidates for Fairy Tail’s Year X776 S-Class Mage Examination and set the rules: each could challenge a current S-Class Mage and earn certification by defeating them. Mirajane chose Erza as her opponent, and Makarov declared their clash the first match.

• Makarov named Kirinu, Reis, and Kagura Mikazuchi as the first three candidates, provoking protests from guild members who challenged Kagura’s eligibility.
• Makarov announced Mirajane Strauss as the final candidate, and Mirajane celebrated with Elfman and Lisanna before thanking Ywen for supporting her training.
• Erza stopped Mirajane from approaching Ywen and warned her that she was far weaker than Fairy Tail’s current S-Class Mages, sparking a heated argument.
• Makarov announced that candidates could challenge any current S-Class Mage and receive certification if they won.
• Mirajane chose Erza as her opponent, and Makarov declared Erza Belserion versus Mirajane Strauss the first examination match.

Mirajane and Erza fought fiercely in Fairy Tail’s S-Class Mage Examination, while the guild members bet on who would win. Cana backed Mirajane while drunk, leaving Gray and Lyon fearing they would lose their savings.

• Erza and Mirajane transformed and clashed in midair, astonishing the guild with their strength.
• Ywen noticed Cana’s disappointment at being passed over for the examination and decided to help her improve.
• Macao, Wakaba, and most of the guild bet on Erza, while Cana, Gray, Lyon, and then several veteran gamblers bet on Mirajane.
• Macao found Cana drunk and asleep after she placed her bet, prompting Gray and Lyon to realize they had trusted her wager for nothing.

Erza and Ywen judged the S-Class Mage Examination challenges from Mirajane and Kagura, while Reis prepared to challenge Laxus. Kurnugi arrived to punish Gildarts, who suddenly appeared in the guild, and the two began fighting.

• Erza defeated Mirajane and judged that her temper needed more polishing before she could become an S-Class Mage.
• Kagura challenged Ywen with a Gravity Magic sword technique, but he effortlessly crushed her attack and told her to try again next year.
• Kagura said she would visit Simon at the Magic Council to show him how much she had improved.
• Makarov urged Reis to challenge Laxus, and Reis reluctantly agreed.
• Kurnugi entered the guild looking for Gildarts, who suddenly appeared on the arena, and the two clashed.

Gildarts and Kurnugi began fighting in the Fairy Tail arena after Ywen arranged for Gildarts to face a dragon before undertaking the Hundred-Year Mission. Their clash shook Magnolia, while Ywen protected the guild spectators from Kurnugi’s attacks.

• Kurnugi confronted Gildarts, and Gildarts accepted the fight after being unexpectedly teleported to the arena.
• Ywen explained that he wanted Gildarts to learn what dragons were like before the Hundred-Year Mission, which Gildarts would eventually pursue regardless.
• Gildarts and Kurnugi unleashed immense magic power, alarming Magnolia’s residents and prompting the mayor to plan a battle mode that would isolate Fairy Tail fights from the town.
• Gildarts shattered Kurnugi’s attack with Crush and punched him away, but Kurnugi quickly recovered and fired his Roar at Gildarts.
• Ywen raised a barrier around the arena, and Gildarts used Crush to break apart Kurnugi’s Roar as the battle continued.

Ywen stopped Kurnugi and Gildarts from wrecking Fairy Tail during Kurnugi’s S-Class Mage Examination, then took them to a deserted island so their fight could continue. The chapter ended with Kurnugi revealing his enormous dragon form and shocking Gildarts.

• Kurnugi and Gildarts’s battle threatened to destroy the guild, so Ywen stepped between them and blocked both attacks.
• Gildarts learned that Kurnugi was taking the S-Class Mage Examination and declared that Kurnugi had already passed, but Kurnugi insisted on defeating him fairly.
• Ywen proposed moving the fight to a deserted island, then used space transfer magic to take himself, Kurnugi, and Gildarts there.
• Ywen told Kurnugi to reveal his true form, and Kurnugi transformed into a massive dragon, leaving Gildarts stunned.

After Kurnugi showed Gildarts how badly outmatched he was against a dragon, Ywen returned to the guild and arranged for Erza and Laxus to face an unnamed Saint Ten-level opponent. Mirajane cried alone in the infirmary over her loss to Erza until someone entered and told her to pull herself together.

• Kurnugi resisted Gildarts's Crush magic, and Ywen explained that dragons were highly resistant to magic and that the Hundred-Year Mission held even stronger foes.
• Ywen returned to Fairy Tail, learned that Reis had defeated Laxus in the S-Class Mage Examination, and asked Erza and Laxus to wait outside so they could face a Saint Ten-level mage.
• Makarov announced that Reis had passed the S-Class Trial while Kirinu's result remained pending, and the examination ended.
• Mirajane sent Elfman and Lisanna out of the infirmary, then broke down crying because Erza had defeated her despite her months of effort.
• An unseen person entered Mirajane's room and told her to pull herself together after one defeat.

After Mirajane failed the S-Class Trial, Ywen reassured her and gathered her with Erza and Laxus for the next stage of their training. He revealed that they would face Zero, a powerful dark mage imprisoned in BLAKVOX, to test their ability to fight together.

• Ywen found Mirajane crying, told her to prepare for next year’s S-Class Examination, and took her to begin Training Plan B.
• Ywen threw Mirajane from a fourth-floor window, then caught her before she hit the ground and brought her to Erza and Laxus.
• Erza teased Mirajane about being frightened, and the two exchanged competitive remarks before Erza admitted she had worried about her.
• Ywen explained that the three mages would train together because none could handle a Saint Ten-level enemy alone.
• Ywen identified their opponent as Zero, Brain’s strongest personality and a former director of the Magic Development Bureau, who was imprisoned in BLAKVOX.

Ywen brought Erza, Laxus, and Mirajane to BLACKVOX to fight Zero so they could learn to face a dangerous enemy together. After Ywen stopped Zero’s finishing spell, the three began training against him, a punishment that continued through Year X777.

• Erza, Laxus, and Mirajane misunderstood Ywen’s advice about teamwork and argued until he punched them into settling down.
• Ywen took Erza, Laxus, and Mirajane to BLACKVOX, where Councilor Toki Andarba handed over Zero.
• Zero attacked the three mages, who coordinated their magic and Haki to wound and knock him down.
• Zero cast Genesis Zero, but Ywen separated the spell from him and told the others to keep attacking.
• Ywen made fighting Zero the trio’s ongoing training, and their beatings of him continued through Year X776 and into Year X777.