Chapter Summaries

Sordil sent the Erus Empire’s forces to conquer the Leshade Islands and Aursdai Ice Field, while Lucy investigated a mysterious request at Fairy Tail’s girls’ dormitory. The chapter ended when an unexpected visitor greeted Granny Hilda, freezing Lucy and the others.

• Sordil rallied the troops at Philiers Airport, promised land and titles to those who served well, and handed command tokens to seven generals before the army set out.
• Gajeel accompanied Sonia through Magnolia, suppressing his doubts as she led him onward.
• Lucy and Nabu examined an unpaid request, and Mirajane explained that its listed location, Fairy Hills, was Fairy Tail’s girls’ dormitory.
• Sonia sensed an interesting presence to the west, then left Gajeel with the request letter and disappeared.
• Lucy arrived at the dormitory, where Granny Hilda tested whether she was a girl and identified herself as the job’s client and dorm manager.
• Someone greeted Granny Hilda from the mountain path, leaving Lucy, Hilda, and the others frozen in surprise.

Sonia and Lucy took Matron Grandma Hilda’s secret commission to find a glowing treasure hidden in the dorm, dressing as “Princess Meow” to keep the other girls from discovering the plan. Sonia guided Lucy toward the attic, where the treasure was waiting, while Hilda vanished after hoping the child it was meant for would no longer suffer alone.

• Sonia learned that Hilda had a commission and persuaded her to let Lucy join, despite the job having no reward.
• Hilda dressed Lucy and Sonia in kitty outfits and told them to add “meow” to every sentence as they searched for a glowing treasure in the dorm.
• Erza came downstairs in a matching kitty outfit, and Sonia sent Lucy to tour the dorm while she went upstairs.
• Erza led Lucy around the dorm, where Levy was hung from her door, Bisca’s tiger cubs teased her, and Juvia treated her differently because of a love rival.
• Hilda reminded Lucy that Sonia’s voice had reached them through Mind Magic, and Lucy hurried to the attic after Sonia called her there.
• Hilda vanished from the hallway, hoping the child would be protected and would never again hide alone and cry in the darkness.

Lucy discovered a buried treasure chest after following clues in the attic, but learned that Matron Grandma Hilda had died six years earlier. Sonia explained that special crystal discs let Erza see Hilda’s spirit, and Erza opened Hilda’s gift as the group recalled her care for the dormitory; Lucy put on the colored discs and saw Hilda too, then screamed and hid behind Sonia.

• Lucy followed the attic’s light clue to a pattern, then dug beneath a tree and uncovered an ornate treasure chest.
• Erza told Lucy that Hilda had died six years earlier, leaving Lucy shocked that she had seen Hilda.
• Sonia revealed that her crystal discs let her see Hilda and that the Emperor had placed her in the dormitory to protect Erza.
• Erza opened Hilda’s chest of treasured gemstones as Sonia and Crimson recounted Hilda’s affection and her promise to give Erza the real gems one day.
• Crimson gave Erza the Seven-Colored Crystal Discs, which let her see Hilda’s spirit; Lucy tried them on too and screamed when Hilda appeared.

Lucy left Sonia after hearing how Erza’s Seven-Colored Pupil Crystal had led to similar gifts for the others. At South Gate Park, Laxus attacked Gajeel, but a green-haired figure stopped him from fighting Natsu, while Negus and Happy argued over a bet whose terms were deliberately left vague.

• Sonia told Lucy that Erza’s Seven-Colored Pupil Crystal had prompted the Young Master to make crystals for the others, though only Erza’s and Kana’s had the full abilities.
• Jade and Troy confronted Gajeel at South Gate Park and demanded that he apologize to them and Levy, but Gajeel refused and tried to leave.
• Laxus appeared and struck Gajeel down, then prepared to attack again as Gajeel resisted.
• Natsu arrived and challenged Laxus, while Negus, Viola, and Happy placed bets on how long Natsu would last.
• A green-haired figure warned Laxus that fighting Natsu would expose their plan, so Laxus left without engaging him.
• Negus claimed the bet could apply to a later fight because its timing had not been specified, and Viola agreed that Natsu would likely give them another chance to collect.

The New Council arranged a joint trial and security for the prisoner while reports of coordinated dark-guild train attacks reached King Toma. Meanwhile, Irene and Athena intercepted the Emperor and Mystogan, and Irene demanded to know what threatened Erza.

• The New Council formed and assigned Herder to handle the extradition dispute before discussing the joint trial and prisoner transport.
• Herder sent a cloaked agent away with a dark golden token, then Solva and Tang Di arrived and hurried after Yukino.
• Colonel Arcadius reported that Soul of the Corpse and Black Unicorn had attacked supply trains as part of an organized operation linked to Grimoire Heart, so King Toma sought help from the Magic Council and Sordil.
• Irene and Athena stopped the Emperor's ship as he and Mystogan traveled toward Fairy Tail, and Irene learned Mystogan was Jellal from Edolas.
• After the Emperor said their urgent business concerned Erza's safety, Irene released terrifying pressure and demanded to know what had happened.

Sonia returned to Fairy Hills and heard the guild’s latest gossip, including Erza’s reunion with her former lover and Levy’s romance with Gajeel. Elsewhere, Angel learned that Yukino Aguria wanted to meet her, while two members of the War God Guard arrived to protect Yukino before an unknown threat approached.

• Laxus admitted he had supported the guild purge despite knowing Erza could be caught up in it, and the Empress punished him with the Kaba Symphony.
• Sonia asked about recent guild events, learned about Levy and Gajeel, and revealed she had joined the guild because of her connection to Erza and the young master.
• The Gas Sea guild master ordered his subordinates to prepare their plan and avoid drawing Erus’s attention while coordinating with other groups.
• Angel’s mysterious contact told her Yukino Aguria had requested a meeting and gave her a token directing her to Croba.
• Solva and Tang Di identified themselves to Yukino as members of the War God Guard sent to protect her, then heard something whistling through the distant sky.

Angel reunited with her younger sister Yukino and shared intelligence about Grimoire Heart’s planned prison break, while Albares reacted to Erus’s attacks and Fairy Tail’s members settled a wager. Above Magnolia, the Emperor chose to let Laxus confront his unresolved feelings rather than intervene.

• Angel and Yukino recognized each other when their matching tokens joined, then Angel told Yukino that Grimoire Heart was gathering funds to buy magical weapons for a plan to break Jellal out of prison.
• Selene and Albares’s leaders discussed Erus’s attacks on the Leshade Islands and the Aursdai Ice Field, then General Winter sent Dolke and Wall to investigate.
• Natsu challenged Laxus and was knocked out with one punch, while Happy used the wager’s wording to avoid paying up and made Negus treat them instead.
• The Emperor and Mystogan watched Laxus from above Magnolia, and the Emperor explained that Laxus needed to resolve his inner conflict to keep Fairy Tail from splitting apart.

Wendy and Charuru were sent to deliver letters to nearby guilds, while the Magic Council discussed raids by Grimoire Heart subsidiaries and accepted help from Erus. At Fairy Tail, Lucy searched for solo work but lost a teaching job to Gajeel, then erupted into a fight after Natsu insulted her.

• Robinsru asked Wendy and Charuru to deliver letters to nearby guilds and told them to visit Fairy Tail last, hinting that something unexpected might happen there.
• The Magic Council learned that Grimoire Heart subsidiaries had raided Fiore's transportation routes and taken large sums of cash, suggesting preparations for a major transaction.
• Crimson appeared through Herder's Communication Magic Crystal and offered Erus's limited military support, so the Council decided to seek help from the regional guild alliance.
• Lucy looked for a job she could do alone because Gray, Erza, and Natsu were unavailable, and Gajeel took the children's magic teacher request before she could claim it.
• Natsu insulted Lucy while she asked him to confront Gajeel, and Lucy erupted at him.

Lucy struggled to find work and worried about paying rent, then discovered Natsu had spent the night in her bed because he was sick. Happy brought her news of the Harvest Festival’s Miss Fairy Tail contest, and Lucy decided to compete for the prize money.

• Lucy failed to find a suitable job, returned home, and realized she had grown unaccustomed to the peace of an empty room.
• Lucy found Natsu and Happy asleep in her bed; Happy explained Natsu’s illness and why he treasured the scarf Igneel had left him.
• Happy described the guild’s powerful members, including Mira, Erza, Laxus, and Mystogan, while Lucy listened in surprise.
• Happy told Lucy that the Harvest Festival would feature a Miss Fairy Tail contest with a 500,000 J prize, and Lucy learned Sonia was banned from competing.
• Lucy resolved to win the contest, and Happy accepted fish while claiming it was a symbol of friendship rather than a bribe.

Albares leaders decided to secretly disrupt Erus's campaign, while Empress Irene arranged for General Athena to assist Fiore. The Lazy God rushed to Magnolia for the Fairy Tail Miss Beauty Pageant, which opened with Kana's performance.

• General Winter and Inbel agreed to form a small unit with Poseidon's navy and Brandish's, Ajeel's, and Dolke's squads to sabotage Erus's operations.
• Crimson ordered her intelligence officers to monitor suspected infiltrators and warned Ace and Swann that Albares's agents were coming.
• Empress Irene told Arcadius that General Athena would be sent to protect Fiore, and Athena arrived after Arcadius asked when she could depart.
• The Lazy God learned from Mystogan that the Fairy Tail Miss Beauty Pageant was beginning and hurried to Magnolia.
• Max opened the pageant, and Kana Alberona performed a card trick before revealing herself in a swimsuit.

During Fairy Tail’s festival swimsuit competition, Evergreen turned the contestants into stone and Laxus announced a two-hour challenge against the Thunder God Tribe. Makarov and the guild members rushed out to save the captives, while Makarov was abruptly stopped by an invisible barrier at the guild’s exit.

• Kana, Juvia, Mirajane, Erza, Levy, Bisca, and Lucy performed in the swimsuit competition as the audience reacted to their acts.
• Evergreen interrupted Lucy’s cheerleading performance, turned Lucy into stone, and revealed six more petrified guild members behind the stage curtain.
• Laxus appeared and declared that the festival had begun, giving the guild two hours to defeat him and the Thunder God Tribe before the statues turned to dust.
• Alzack and the other Fairy Tail members rushed out to pursue Laxus, while Makarov found a note telling him to have fun.
• Makarov hurried toward the exit but suddenly struck an invisible barrier and could not leave.

Makarov and the others tried to respond to Laxus’s spell formulas, which trapped people under strict rules, while searching for help to reverse the petrification. The chapter ended with three newly arrived men turned to stone inside the guild.

• Makarov, Gray, and Lidas discovered that Fried’s barrier barred people over eighty and stone statues from entering or leaving, and they sent Lidas with Gray and Leena to seek Porlyusica in East Forest.
• Leena said Lyra and Sonia were asleep after drinking all night, so they could not be reached for help before noon.
• Alzack fought Jade and Troy inside another spell formula and won, while Raji defeated Onihime’s group.
• Makarov sent Natsu to confront Laxus, but the spell formula blocked him from leaving the guild.
• Natsu and Iron Block began arguing as a drunken voice sounded, and three men who entered the hall were turned to stone.

Makarov and the guild discovered that Erza and the others were still protected despite being turned to stone, but a countdown meant they had to defeat Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe before the statues crumbled. Meanwhile, Elfman unleashed his beastly power against Evergreen, and Sordil left to visit a friend.

• Natsu tried to melt Erza’s statue, but Sordil’s protective magic blasted him away and revealed safeguards around the petrified guild members.
• Mirajane and Kana explained that their Seven-Colored Pupil Crystals had protected them, while Makarov realized the statues would soon turn to dust and sent the women to find Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe.
• Makarov and the others found themselves trapped behind a magical barrier as Mirajane and Kana hurried out to free Erza and the others.
• Evergreen provoked Elfman into unleashing his Beast Arm, but he seized her ankle and battered her after she thought she had defeated him.
• Sordil told Mystogan he was going to visit a friend and vanished in a streak of silver light.

Evergreen’s petrification spell was undone, and Mirajane defeated her before helping Elfman return to normal. Laxus escalated the battle by invoking 265 Raijin's Hall, while Gray and Natsu fought Fried near Magnolia’s eastern exit and discovered Lidas was in danger.

• Bickslow teased Ebba before leaving her to defeat a beast king, and Evergreen later learned that Mirajane had transformed into Satan Soul.
• Mirajane defeated Evergreen and freed Elfman from the beast king’s form by reminding him of their promise to wait for Lisanna.
• Laxus added a new rule after Ebba’s defeat, and Makarov ordered Erza and the others to find and stop him.
• At Magnolia’s eastern exit, Gray and Natsu fought Fried while Fried used his Dark Text magic to counter their attacks.
• Fried toppled Lidas’s drawing board, prompting Gray and Natsu to realize that Lidas was in danger.

Fried, Leena, Gray, and Lidas all lost their fight, while the guild learned that Laxus's Raijin's Hall was protected by a deadly life-linking magic. The battle continued as Mystogan entered the arena and the remaining fighters prepared to face Laxus.

• Fried transformed into a black demon and fought Leena, Gray, and Lidas; all four were declared unable to fight.
• The guild reacted to the battle results, and new messages announced wins for Evergreen, Mirajane, and Kana, who had defeated Bickslow using her staff and crystal.
• Mystogan returned to Prince Jellal's windship, then Jellal sent him into the arena and made the ship invisible.
• Makarov warned the guild that attacking Raijin's Hall would trigger its life-linking magic, which Sordil had modified to unleash all its lightning energy.
• The enchantment announced that Laxus's side had one fighter left and Makarov's side had three; Levy identified Mystogan as another contender for the strongest man.

The guild members moved to confront Laxus while Mystogan fought him at the church and revealed that he was not the Jellal Erza knew. Mystogan left Laxus to Natsu and Erza, but after Natsu was struck down, Gajeel joined him against Laxus.

• The bartender girl forced Bickslow to lead her to Laxus, while Mirajane reassured her injured younger brother and headed toward the fight.
• The guild members prepared to leave, but the Master asked Levy to analyze the transparent wall and find a way through it.
• Mystogan confronted Laxus at the church, countered his magic, and revealed that he had prepared specifically for the battle.
• Natsu and Erza arrived, and Laxus exposed Mystogan's face; Mystogan explained that he was not the Jellal Erza knew, then left Laxus to them.
• Laxus attacked Natsu and knocked him down, but Gajeel arrived and joined Natsu in challenging him.

Laxus battled Natsu and Gajeel in the cathedral while Sordil prevented Makarov from interfering, hoping the fight would make Laxus reconsider his path. After defeating the Dragon Slayers, Laxus unleashed Fairy Law across Magnolia, leaving the town engulfed in golden light.

• Laxus charged Natsu and Gajeel, knocked Gajeel aside, and fought both Dragon Slayers through the cathedral.
• Sordil arrived with Bartender Girl and other injured people, then stopped Makarov from stepping in to confront Laxus.
• Natsu and Gajeel pinned Laxus briefly and struck him with a combined attack, but he emerged unharmed and revealed his powerful Dragon Slayer magic.
• Laxus defeated Natsu and Gajeel with Exploding Thunder Dragon's Rock Shatter and declared that Erza, Mystogan, Makarov's guild, and Magnolia's residents should die.
• Laxus activated Fairy Law, and golden light spread across Magnolia while Sordil's viewing area remained untouched.

Laxus fought Natsu and Gajeel after his magic failed to defeat the guild, but the two Dragon Slayers eventually exhausted themselves and Sordil intervened. Sordil punished Laxus for the damage and revealed that he had destroyed Raijin's Hall without triggering its lightning, though the guild members watched the act on a recording crystal.

• Fried told Laxus that his magic had failed to bring down Natsu, Erza, Makarov, or the residents, but Laxus attacked him and continued the fight.
• Natsu and Gajeel challenged Laxus, but he struck them both down with the Exploding Lightning Dragon's Roar.
• Natsu and Gajeel resumed fighting Laxus, and Natsu landed a Dragon Slayer Secret Art that left all three fighters exhausted.
• Sordil appeared, scolded Laxus for damaging buildings, and sentenced him to clean every restroom in the guild and dormitories for two years.
• Sordil fired a silver-white streak at Raijin's Hall and shattered its protective bubble, while three Meow Meows showed the scene on a Record Magic Crystal.

After Sordil helped prevent Laxus from being expelled over the prank, he prepared with the guild for the Fantasy Parade. Elsewhere, Grimoire Heart tested a mechanical Dragon Slayer weapon, while Wendy watched the parade and Fairy Tail members performed in it.

• Sordil persuaded Makarov to treat the prank as a joke, and the Thunder God Tribe backed him up by taking responsibility.
• Makarov and Sordil privately agreed on a debt repayment, while Sordil arranged to give the white-haired big sister information the following evening.
• Grimoire Heart’s leader showed his followers a metal creature that used Dragon Slayer Magic, and explained that the machines could be mass-produced.
• Sordil left the infirmary to check on Laxus after Natsu and Gajeel asked him to handle an unspecified matter.
• Byakko took Wendy above the crowd to watch the Fantasy Parade, where a sniper’s fireworks and the guild members’ dancing entertained the spectators.

Makarov learned that Guild Master Ivan had been located, while King Toma arranged support from Irene’s envoys and prepared to meet two powerful visitors. At the Heartfilia Mansion, Jude worried about attacks on the railway and Duke Savaru, as a gang prepared to rob a valuable Heartfilia shipment for Grimoire Heart.

• Iron Block gave Makarov a note with Guild Master Ivan’s whereabouts, and Gajeel and a silver-white figure left the parade float.
• Arcadius told King Toma that Irene had sent Athena and that two other lords had joined her party; Toma decided to visit them at the embassy.
• Jude rejected asking Lucy and Fairy Tail for help with railway attacks and told his maid to keep watching Duke Savaru.
• A gang outside Rubinas City learned that a valuable Heartfilia shipment was approaching and agreed to rob it rather than face Grimoire Heart’s punishment.
• A train whistle sounded as the red-scarved gang waited in the valley for the shipment.