Chapter Summaries

Ywen explained that Precht created the Dark Guild Grimoire Heart and may be pursuing the Great Magic Era to make Zeref infinitely powerful without taking Mavis’s Fairy Heart. Warrod realized Precht’s extreme plan might be driven by his oath to protect Mavis, while Ywen left the theory unconfirmed.

• Ywen told Warrod how Precht created Grimoire Heart as an external source of magic and stamina, and explained that Precht had founded the unregistered Dark Guild Grimoire Heart.
• Ywen described the Great Magic Era as a plan to eliminate people unable to use magic so Zeref could master the original magic, One, and become ruler of the world.
• Ywen connected Precht’s plan to Zeref’s pursuit of Fairy Heart, suggesting Precht wanted Zeref to gain infinite power by sacrificing most of the world’s population instead of killing Mavis.
• Warrod realized Precht might have chosen this extreme path to protect Mavis and lamented that he could not condemn his old friend.
• Ywen speculated that Precht opposed Makarov’s Fairy Tail because he believed the guild should prioritize Mavis’s safety, but acknowledged that this was only a hypothesis.

Ywen persuaded Warrod to come out of retirement after telling him about Precht and the Western Continent. A week later, Warrod arrived at the Magic Council, where Yajima welcomed him and led him into a council meeting.

• Warrod told Ywen he would step in for Mavis and report to the Magic Council in a week, while Ywen left to continue studying his resistance.
• A week later, Warrod arrived at the Magic Council gates and confused the guards by forgetting which councilor he had come to see.
• Yajima recognized Warrod, ordered the guards to let him in, and escorted him toward the Council meeting.
• Warrod entered the meeting chamber and greeted the councilors as his vast magic power filled the room.

Warrod joined the Magic Council and used his overwhelming power and seniority to silence the councilors and secure a seat. He left the council under Fairy Tail’s growing influence, while the displaced councilor departed and the others accepted Warrod’s promise to involve himself in all their affairs.

• Rob cited the Alvarez Empire’s threat to justify inviting Warrod to join the Magic Council, then asked the councilors who agreed or objected.
• Warrod intimidated the councilors, took Chairman Crawford Seam’s seat, and Crawford seized another councilor’s chair.
• The councilor who lost his seat realized he had lost his position and left the meeting dejectedly.
• Warrod said he could handle any work, and the councilors reluctantly accepted his involvement in the Council’s affairs.
• The councilors regretted targeting Fairy Tail as the guild’s influence within the Magic Council grew stronger.

Warrod’s return to the Magic Council alarmed Precht, who suspected that someone had uncovered his plans. He sent Ultear undercover in Fairy Tail to investigate, especially Ywen Belserion, and reunite with her mother Ul.

• Warrod’s appointment as a councilor gave him unusual influence in the Magic Council and drew attention across Ishgar.
• Precht worried that Warrod’s return was connected to someone discovering his plans, and recalled Ywen Belserion’s role in destroying Paradise.
• Precht ordered Ultear to infiltrate Fairy Tail, investigate what Makarov and others knew about his plans, and focus on Ywen.
• Ultear accepted the mission, struggled with her feelings about seeing her mother Ul, and left Grimoire Heart for Fairy Tail.

Ultear arrived at Fairy Tail hoping to meet her mother, but the guild’s chaotic antics initially horrified her. After seeing Ul, Ultear decided to leave, until Ul caught up with her and embraced her, and mother and daughter reunited.

• Ultear opened Fairy Tail’s doors and saw Natsu, Gray, and Lyon brawling over Gray’s missing clothes.
• Ultear shut the doors, then reopened them and found Gray and Lyon still fighting with powerful ice magic.
• Ul appeared in her underwear to scold Gray and Lyon, and Ultear recognized her mother.
• Ultear turned to leave, relieved that seeing Ul had erased her resentment, but Ul embraced her and asked if she was Ultear.
• Ultear confirmed that Ul was her mother and broke down in tears.

Ul reunited with her daughter Ultear, who joined Fairy Tail after years apart. The chapter ended with mother and daughter embracing as Ultear reassured Ul that she did not blame her for their separation.

• Fairy Tail's members reacted to Ul's reunion with Ultear, while Gildarts encouraged their lewd jokes until a scarlet-haired figure knocked him unconscious with one punch.
• Gray and Lyon made a doll of Ultear with Ice-Make Magic, and Macao fainted after seeing it.
• Ul introduced Ultear to Fairy Tail, and Makarov stamped the guild mark onto her arm.
• Ultear comforted Ul, explaining that she knew Ul was not to blame for what happened with Brain and was simply happy to be reunited.

Ultear joined Fairy Tail and reunited with her mother, Ul, while the guild welcomed her with a party. She met Ul’s students Gray and Lyon, and the chapter ended with an unidentified red-haired boy on the second floor suspecting the Second Guild Master had a new plan.

• Ultear demonstrated Ice-Make Magic identical to Ul’s and said she had wandered across the continent before joining the guild.
• Makarov welcomed Ultear into Fairy Tail and started a celebration, while Ul reassured her that the guild’s lively behavior was normal.
• Ul introduced Gray and Lyon as Ultear’s junior disciples, and they stripped naked to greet their senior sister.
• Ul scolded Gray and Lyon for stripping, while Ultear said she had seen them and Ul walking around partly undressed and promised to correct their behavior.
• A short reddish-brown-haired boy watched the group from the guild’s second floor and suspected the Second Guild Master had a new plan.

Ultear reunited with Ul and tried to hide her mission as Precht’s undercover agent in Fairy Tail. Ywen recognized her connection to Precht and privately confronted her, leaving her convinced that her mission had already been exposed.

• Ultear resolved to delay Precht’s mission so she could protect Ul and avoid harming Fairy Tail.
• Ywen accompanied Ul as she celebrated finding Ultear, and Ultear recognized Ywen as one of Precht’s targets.
• Ultear accidentally revealed she knew Ywen had destroyed the Tower of Heaven, but Ywen mistook her slip for a fan’s knowledge and signed her kimono.
• Ywen used Thought Projection Magic to tell Ultear he wanted to discuss Precht, and Ultear realized she had been exposed.

Ywen confronted Ultear about her connection to Precht and arranged to meet her that night, while Erza and Mirajane became suspicious of their interaction. Laxus led Freed, Evergreen, and Bickslow out on a mission, assembling the Thunder God Tribe, and Ywen returned to Aileen’s shop without Erza.

• Ywen told Ultear he knew Precht had sent her to infiltrate Fairy Tail and asked her to meet him in the woods at nine that night.
• Ultear hid the conversation from Ul, while Erza watched her and Mirajane decided to investigate the connection between her and Ywen.
• Laxus recruited Freed for an S-Class mission and agreed to let him bring Evergreen and Bickslow along.
• Freed, Evergreen, and Bickslow joined Laxus as the Thunder God Tribe and followed him out of the guild.
• Ywen returned to Aileen’s shop, and Aileen asked why Erza had not come back with him.

Ywen met Ultear to discuss her mission as Precht’s spy and told her to keep reporting truthfully while they waited for Precht to reveal his location. Erza and Mirajane overheard them, and Ywen agreed to take both girls along when he eventually confronted Precht.

• Ywen found Ultear waiting in the forest behind Fairy Tail and learned that Precht had sent her to investigate the guild.
• Ywen told Ultear to keep her cover intact, report truthfully to Precht, and wait until Precht summoned her back.
• Ywen admitted that he planned to beat Precht up, startling Ultear.
• Erza and Mirajane emerged from hiding after overhearing the conversation and asked to join Ywen when he went after Precht.
• Ywen agreed to take Erza and Mirajane, then reassured Ultear that she was a companion of Fairy Tail and would not be exposed.

Ultear settled into Fairy Tail while trying to manage Gray and Lyon’s clothing habits and Erza’s watchful attention. On the guild’s back mountain, Natsu and Lisanna’s sparring led to Natsu discovering a giant blue-and-white egg, which Gildarts planned to have Kurnugi identify.

• Ultear praised Gray and Lyon for wearing underwear while noticing Erza watching her from the guild’s second floor.
• Lisanna used her Cat Soul form and speed to evade Natsu as they sparred in the forest.
• Natsu unleashed repeated Dragon’s Roars, forcing Lisanna to switch to Bird form and fly out of reach.
• Natsu crashed into a tree, causing it to break at the roots and drop a giant blue-and-white egg toward him.
• Gildarts arrived and used Crush Magic to destroy the falling tree before it hit Natsu.
• Natsu showed Gildarts the egg, and Gildarts decided to take it to the guild for Kurnugi to inspect.

Natsu brought a living blue-and-white egg to the Fairy Tail guild, convinced it was a Dragon Egg. Kurnugi judged it was not one, but the argument—and the bets—remained unsettled because the egg had yet to hatch.

• Natsu showed the egg to the guild, while Erza used Observation Haki to confirm that it had a heartbeat.
• The guild members argued and placed bets on whether the egg was a Dragon Egg, then called Kurnugi to judge it.
• Kurnugi sniffed the egg and declared that it was not a Dragon Egg, saying it was too small and smelled wrong.
• Kurnugi tried to eat the egg, but Natsu refused, so Kurnugi returned it and went back to sleep.
• Wakaba's group disputed the result, and Natsu insisted he would hatch and raise the egg whether or not it was a Dragon Egg.

Ywen returned to Fairy Tail and used magic to hatch Natsu’s supposed Dragon Egg, revealing a winged blue kitten. Natsu named the kitten Happy after Ywen intervened, and the guild celebrated the new arrival.

• Erza and Mirajane greeted Ywen after he returned to the guild, and Natsu asked him how to hatch the egg.
• Ywen used Attach: Accelerated Growth on the egg, causing it to crack and hatch into a blue kitten with white wings.
• The guild members debated whether the kitten was a dragon while Macao confronted Wakaba over a lost bet.
• Lisanna asked Natsu to name the kitten, and Natsu first chose Felicity before Ywen suggested Happy.
• Natsu named the kitten Happy and called him a child of the dragon as Reedus painted the scene.

Ultear gathered information for Precht while secretly relying on Ywen to give him answers that revealed nothing, then feigned sleep when a blue-haired boy used Sleep Magic on Fairy Tail. Ul blocked the boy from entering until Makarov allowed him into the guild.

• Precht repeatedly questioned Ultear, who reported ordinary guild information while asking Ywen to craft evasive answers about Fairy Tail's core secrets.
• Ultear watched Fairy Tail members brawl over comparisons between her figure and Ul's, then decided to keep a low profile when Sleep Magic felled the guild.
• Ultear recognized the tattooed blue-haired boy at the entrance as Jellal and pretended to be asleep rather than draw attention to herself.
• Ul confronted Jellal for casting Sleep Magic and refused to let him enter without a better reason or a challenge.
• Makarov told Ul to let Jellal come in.

Edolas's Jellal joined Fairy Tail under the name Mystogan and tried to conceal his identity because of his feelings for his world's Erza. His disguise failed as soon as he met Earth-land's Erza, who knocked him unconscious for making the guild members pass out.

• Makarov allowed Edolas's Jellal to join Fairy Tail after Jellal explained where he came from.
• Jellal asked Makarov to conceal his identity and chose the name Mystogan for the guild to use.
• Makarov learned Mystogan wanted to hide from Erza because he had a relationship with the Erza in his world.
• Erza spotted Mystogan and questioned him about knocking the guild members unconscious.
• Erza unleashed Conqueror's Haki, and Mystogan collapsed unconscious.

Ywen questioned Mystogan about Edolas’s dwindling magic and learned that Mystogan had come to stop his father from draining other worlds. Ywen proposed solving the crisis by crossing into Edolas and destroying the Anima device, leaving Mystogan stunned by his blunt approach.

• Mystogan woke in the hospital after Erza defeated him and realized his attempt to conceal his identity had failed.
• Ywen visited Mystogan, gave him an apple, and pressed him to explain his situation.
• Mystogan revealed that Edolas was running out of magic and that his father, the king, wanted to steal magic from other worlds.
• Mystogan asked Ywen for advice, and Ywen proposed going to Edolas immediately to destroy the Anima device.
• Mystogan warned that this would make Ywen an enemy of the entire kingdom, but Ywen dismissed the threat of its army.

Ywen convinced Mystogan that they could use the Celestial Spirit World as a route to reach and destroy Edolas's Anima, then brought him to the Heartfilia estate to ask Layla for help contacting the Celestial Spirit King. They arrived at the mansion and waited for Layla while Grammi went to find her.

• Ywen explained that the Celestial Spirit World could serve as a passage between worlds and said Layla could help secure the Celestial Spirit King's cooperation.
• Ywen immediately pulled Mystogan from bed and flew with him from Fairy Tail toward the Heartfilia estate.
• Ywen met Grammi at the estate and learned she had stayed with Layla while Brandish lived and studied on the Western Continent under August's guidance.
• Ywen asked Grammi to fetch Layla and have apple juice brought for Mystogan, then entered the mansion with him.

Ywen brought Mystogan to the Heartfilia estate to ask Layla for help traveling between Earth-land and Edolas through the Celestial Spirit World. After learning that Edolas’s king planned to use Anima to seize Earth-land’s magic, Layla heard Ywen’s reasons, but the chapter ended before she answered his request.

• Ywen and Mystogan met Layla, and Ywen explained that he had spoken privately with Anna after the Eclipse Gate brought her and five children into the present era.
• Mystogan learned that people had traveled four hundred years through time and worried about the dangers his father’s plan could bring to Edolas.
• Ywen introduced Mystogan as the prince of Edolas, and Mystogan gave his name as Jellal while asking to be called Mystogan.
• Ywen asked Layla to seek the Celestial Spirit King’s permission for him and Mystogan to travel between worlds through the Celestial Spirit World.
• Ywen explained that Edolas was running out of magic and that Mystogan’s father planned to use Anima to take magic from Earth-land, so they needed to destroy the device and find a way back.

Layla summoned Loke and asked the Celestial Spirit King to let the Celestial Spirit World serve as a bridge between Earthland and Edolas. The king agreed to provide the bridge but said the group would need to find their own way there because they lacked sufficient Bonds.

• Layla summoned Loke, who agreed to seek the Celestial Spirit King's permission to take her, Ywen, and Mystogan to the Celestial Spirit World.
• The Celestial Spirit King approved their entry, and Loke opened a gate for Layla, Ywen, and Mystogan to follow him through.
• Layla reunited with the Celestial Spirit King and explained that Edolas was targeting Earthland because it was running out of magic power.
• The Celestial Spirit King agreed to let the Celestial Spirit World connect Earthland and Edolas but said the group lacked the Bonds needed to travel between them.
• The gathered Celestial Spirits complained when they realized the king's hesitation had come from his inability to help, not from concern that Layla had broken their laws.

Layla, Ywen, and Mystogan obtained keys from the Celestial Spirit King that could take them to Edolas, then returned to Earth-land after discovering that time passed differently in the Celestial Spirit World. Ywen used his key to reach Edolas, where he was confronted by an obsessive version of Erza.

• The Celestial Spirit King let Layla travel between worlds on the condition that she form no new Celestial Spirit contracts, and gave Ywen, Layla, and Mystogan keys to Edolas.
• Layla refused her key, and the Celestial Spirit King kept it for someone who would need it in the future.
• Layla, Ywen, and Mystogan returned to Earth-land, where Layla carried the sleeping Lucy and Michelle to bed while Ywen and Mystogan left.
• Ywen and Mystogan noticed that more than ten hours had passed in Earth-land during their brief visit to the Celestial Spirit World.
• Ywen activated his key and vanished to Edolas, where he found that he could barely use his magic.
• Erza appeared behind Ywen and threatened to break his legs so he could never escape her again.