Chapter Summaries

Noah collected two diamond rings and teased Mira and Lisanna that they were for proposing to his future brides. Mira and Lisanna fought him for the rings and won, leaving them together on Noah’s bed until the middle of the night.

• Noah collected the finished diamond rings from the shopkeeper, while Levy claimed a leftover diamond and hung it around her neck on a red cord.
• Mira and Lisanna visited Noah’s room that night after a busy day at the guild.
• Lisanna and Mira noticed the rings, and Noah told them he would use them to propose to his future brides.
• Noah tried to hide the rings until a future proposal, but Mira and Lisanna lunged for the boxes and won the struggle by midnight.

Mira and Lisanna announced that they had accepted Noah’s proposal, and the Fairy Tail guild reacted with shock and celebration. Makarov planned a grand wedding for his grandson, while Noah waited for Elfman to return so he could tell him the news.

• Mira and Lisanna revealed to the Fairy Tail guild that Noah had proposed and they had accepted, making them his fiancées.
• Noah clarified that they would get engaged first and decide on the wedding later, while Makarov tearfully celebrated his grandson starting a family.
• Makarov announced that the guild would hold a banquet and promised Noah the grandest wedding in the Kingdom of Fiore.
• Natsu, Gray, and the other guild members congratulated Noah, while Erza froze at the thought of marriage and several male wizards mourned losing Mira.
• Noah asked Makarov whether Elfman had returned from his job, and Makarov said Elfman was already on his way back.

Elfman learned that Mira and Lisanna planned to marry Noah, and accepted his request to protect them. As Fairy Tail celebrated, Laxus watched from above and grew furious at the prospect of Noah becoming the next Guild Master.

• Elfman was stunned to hear that both Mira and Lisanna would become Noah's brides.
• Noah told Elfman he was serious about marrying them and explained his determination to face the Strauss family honestly.
• Elfman asked Noah to protect his sisters with his life, and Noah answered that Elfman already knew him well.
• Elfman joked about whether to call Noah his older sister's husband or younger sister's husband, leaving Noah, Mira, and Lisanna speechless.
• Fairy Tail celebrated while Laxus and the Thunder Legion watched from the second floor.
• Laxus grew enraged at Makarov's suggestion that Noah might inherit the guild and vowed to show them what the guild needed.

After Fairy Tail's celebrations left Noah drunk, Mira and Lisanna stayed to care for him. Noah pulled them onto the bed and began kissing and fondling them, leaving the sisters caught in an intimate situation as the chapter ended.

• Fairy Tail's members spent the day toasting Noah until he became extremely drunk.
• Mira and Lisanna brought Noah to his room and cared for him, then decided to stay and watch over him.
• Noah suddenly pulled Mira and Lisanna onto the bed and pinned them beneath him.
• Noah kissed Mira and began fondling both sisters, while they protested and panicked.
• Mira and Lisanna's clothes fell to the floor as their panting filled the room.

Noah woke beside Mira and Lisanna after spending the night with them, remembering how their passionate evening had unfolded. He comforted Mira over the years she had waited for him, and the three fiancées remained together in a quiet, affectionate moment.

• Noah woke with Mira and Lisanna sleeping naked beside him and recalled their night of lovemaking.
• Mira woke, teased Noah about being bad, and settled into his arms as he affectionately touched her.
• Mira recalled how she had fallen for Noah after he helped her and her siblings, and admitted she had once wanted him to praise her as a woman.
• Noah apologized for making Mira wait, and she smiled at the engagement ring on her finger, saying she had no regrets.
• Lisanna murmured Noah's name in her sleep as Noah and Mira held her close and kissed both fiancées on the forehead.

Noah found Erza secretly studying wedding-dress magazines and teased her about her interest in marriage. As he and Erza noticed that many guild members were missing after the party, Laxus appeared on the second floor and drew everyone’s attention.

• Guild members complained that Mira and Lisanna had not shown up, and Noah told them the two were taking the day off.
• Noah found Erza reading a magazine of wedding dresses and questioned her about it, making her visibly nervous.
• Lucy arrived alone and said Natsu and Gray were still sleeping off the party.
• Noah and Erza noticed that many guild members were absent and wondered where they had gone.
• Laxus appeared on the second-floor railing, silencing the guild and making Erza and Lucy tense.

Laxus insulted Fairy Tail’s weaker members and declared that the guild had no need for them, leaving Noah and Erza uneasy about his intentions. The next day, as Noah, Mira, and Lisanna discussed wedding dresses, Erza burst into his room with news that something had happened.

• Laxus confronted Noah and Erza, calling weaker guild members trash and saying Fairy Tail had no need for weaklings.
• Noah, Erza, and Lucy heard guild members criticize Laxus, while Erza and Noah shared a bad feeling about his behavior.
• The next day, Noah discussed wedding dresses with Mira and Lisanna in his room.
• Erza rushed into Noah’s room and announced that something had happened.

Noah and Makarov discovered that more Fairy Tail members, including Elfman, had vanished without a trace, leaving only a dozen or so people in the guild. Noah suspected Laxus, who neither denied involvement nor explained himself before walking away.

• Noah arrived at the guild with Mira, Lisanna, and Erza and found Makarov surrounded by oppressive magic power as only a small group of members remained.
• Mira and Lisanna reported that Elfman was missing, and Makarov explained that searches had found none of the absent guild members at home.
• Lisanna worried about Elfman and the others, while Erza demanded to know who was targeting Fairy Tail.
• Laxus appeared on the second floor, mocked the missing members, and told Makarov to leave them alone.
• Noah asked Laxus whether he was behind the disappearances, and Laxus refused to deny it before walking away without explanation.

Noah organized a search after several Fairy Tail members disappeared and warned the guild not to investigate alone. He and Erza headed to Lucy’s home for clues while Mira and Lisanna searched their own home for Elfman, leaving Laxus’s possible involvement unresolved.

• The guild members suspected Laxus, but Noah said he had no proof, though he still considered Laxus suspicious.
• Noah sent the guild members to search Magnolia in teams of at least five, while Makarov stayed behind to protect the guild hall.
• Juvia volunteered to contact Gajeel and transformed into water to leave the guild.
• Noah, Mira, Lisanna, and Erza split up, with Mira and Lisanna going home to look for clues about Elfman.
• Noah and Erza chose to investigate Lucy’s home first because she had disappeared more recently than Natsu and Gray.

Noah and Erza searched Lucy’s home and found traces of dark, evil magic from an unknown attacker who had abducted her. Meanwhile, the Thunder Legion cornered Mira and Lisanna and demanded that they come with them, revealing that Laxus wanted to become Fairy Tail’s next Guild Master.

• Noah sensed evil, dark magic in Lucy’s room and concluded that it did not belong to Lucy or anyone he knew.
• Noah told Erza that the attacker had left traces of magic but that he could not locate them; he memorized the magic’s aura before they searched the room.
• The Thunder Legion intercepted Mira and Lisanna on their way home and ordered them to come with them.
• Freed warned Mira that resisting could put Lisanna in danger, and Mira stopped fighting back.
• Freed revealed that Laxus’s goal was to become Fairy Tail’s next Guild Master.

After Laxus kidnapped Mira and Lisanna and challenged Noah over Fairy Tail’s next Guild Master and strongest wizard titles, Noah unleashed overwhelming magic before calming down and accepting Makarov’s permission to decide how to deal with Laxus. Noah and Erza left to find him, and Noah appeared before Laxus on a hill near Magnolia.

• Makarov and the guild members learned from Laxus’s letter that he had kidnapped Mira and Lisanna and challenged Noah to a contest for Fairy Tail’s Guild Master position and strongest wizard title.
• Noah erupted with immense magic power that swept through the guild and forced its members to their knees.
• Erza urged Noah to calm down by reminding him that Mira and Lisanna were still safe, and his magic gradually subsided.
• Makarov told Noah that he was Fairy Tail’s next Guild Master and could decide how to deal with Laxus.
• Noah left the guild with Erza, and a figure appeared before Laxus as he waited on a hill near Magnolia.

Noah and Laxus began their duel over Fairy Tail’s Guild Master position and the title of strongest mage, unleashing their magic in a fierce battle. The chapter ended with Laxus’s Thunder Dragon Halberd crashing into Noah’s white light in a massive explosion.

• Laxus challenged Noah to settle who was Fairy Tail’s true Guild Master and strongest mage, and Noah agreed to fight.
• Noah released his white flame-like magic power and told Laxus he had finally made him angry.
• Laxus wrapped himself in lightning and attacked Noah with Thunder Dragon’s Crushing Fist.
• Noah countered Laxus’s blows and used Ultra-Class Destruction Magic ‘Crush’ to destroy the fist shadows of Thunder Dragon’s Jaw.
• Laxus formed a lightning halberd and hurled Thunder Dragon Halberd at Noah, whose white light met it in a blinding explosion.

Noah and Laxus fought at high speed, with Noah using Reinforcement Sorcery to match Laxus’s Dragon Slayer Magic in close combat. After Noah stopped using his techniques, Laxus mistook it for contempt and gathered lightning into his fist, ready to escalate the fight.

• Noah used Annihilation Strike and Leap to keep pace with Laxus’s lightning transformation and trade blows with him.
• Laxus grew irritated when he believed Noah was matching him without magic, and Noah exploited a brief flaw to punch him flying.
• Noah judged that the blow would not seriously injure Laxus and told him to stop playing dead and get up.
• Noah let the airflow around his fists and feet dissipate, while Laxus took the change as an insult and roared at him.
• Laxus’s magic power surged as he gathered violent lightning into his raised fist.

Noah shattered Laxus's Dragon Slayer Secret Art with Crush Magic and sent him crashing into a rock wall. Laxus then unleashed Fairy Law, whose expanding light swallowed Noah and the entire hill.

• Laxus used his Dragon Slayer Secret Art, Roaring Thunder, against Noah.
• Noah halted Laxus with a shockwave and destroyed the lightning around his fist with Crush Magic.
• Noah kicked Laxus into a distant rock wall, leaving Laxus furious.
• Laxus summoned Fairy Law and unleashed its radiant magic across the hill, engulfing Noah.

Noah survived Laxus’s Fairy Law by countering it with his own, then defeated the exhausted Laxus. He told Laxus that beneath his ambition, he only wanted others to recognize him.

• Laxus unleashed Fairy Law, and Noah let the wave of light engulf him.
• After the magic faded, Laxus laughed and asked Noah if he would still oppose him.
• Noah emerged unharmed and revealed that his Fairy Law had canceled out Laxus’s.
• Laxus collapsed from exhaustion, and Noah declared that he had lost the duel.
• Noah told Laxus that he did not truly want power or control of the guild, but the recognition of others.
• Laxus fell back onto the ground, staring blankly at the sky.

Noah defeated Laxus and urged him to prove himself by surpassing Makarov rather than following the wrong path. After reuniting with Mira and Lisanna, Noah asked Laxus where the rest of the guild members were, and Laxus denied capturing them.

• Noah reflected on how being Makarov's grandson had shaped both his and Laxus's lives, then told Laxus that surpassing a Ten Wizard Saint could free them from others' expectations.
• Mira, Lisanna, and Erza arrived, and Erza explained that she had found Mira and Lisanna guarded by the Thunder Legion and rescued them.
• Lisanna praised Erza for defeating the Thunder Legion, while Noah recognized that Erza's strength was nearing that of a Ten Wizard Saint.
• Noah asked Laxus where the guild's other companions were, and Laxus said they had not been captured by him.

After Laxus denied capturing the missing guild members, Freed arrived badly injured and revealed that unknown attackers had captured Bickslow and Evergreen. Noah took Bickslow’s doll and set out alone to find the attackers, leaving the others to return to the guild and protect it.

• Laxus insisted that he had only taken Mira and Lisanna and had not captured the other guild members, and Noah believed him.
• Mira urged everyone to return to the guild, but the injured Freed collapsed before they could leave.
• Freed told Laxus that unknown attackers had captured Bickslow and Evergreen after attacking the Thunder Legion, then passed out.
• Noah recognized Bickslow’s wooden doll and proposed using it to track the attackers’ hideout.
• Noah told the others to take Laxus and Freed back to the guild and report to Makarov, then chose to pursue the attackers alone.

Noah followed Bickslow’s doll to a hill, where he fought off Ultear’s crystal-ball attack and found the missing Fairy Tail wizards captured. Ultear revealed that someone else had arranged the trap, and as a magic airship descended, a whip-like attack struck toward Noah.

• Noah followed Bickslow’s flying doll toward a nearby hill after the others left with Laxus and Freed.
• Ultear attacked the doll with crystal balls, and Noah destroyed them with lasers from his floating cannons.
• Noah blasted apart a boulder and revealed Ultear hiding behind it.
• Ultear showed Noah that the missing Fairy Tail wizards, including Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Happy, Bickslow, and Evergreen, were unconscious nearby.
• Ultear said another person had captured the wizards and used her plan to lure Noah out.
• A massive magic airship descended, and a whip-like shadow lashed down toward Noah.

Noah was ambushed and dragged onto a magic airship, where he confronted Hades, the Guild Master of Grimoire Heart. After learning that Hades had kidnapped his companions to lure him out and wanted to recruit him, Noah rejected him and prepared to fight.

• A magic chain shot from the airship and caught Noah, but he shattered it and flew up to confront his attacker.
• Noah recognized the old man's magic as the dark power left in Lucy's room and sensed that he was exceptionally strong.
• The old man introduced himself as Hades, Guild Master of Grimoire Heart, one of the Balam Alliance's Dark Guilds.
• Hades explained that he had come to investigate Noah after Ultear reported him and that he had kidnapped Noah's companions to lure him out.
• Hades offered Noah a place in Grimoire Heart, but Noah rejected him and released his magic power.

Noah unleashed his full power against Hades aboard Grimoire Heart’s magic airship, dodging the Guild Master’s magic chains and then breaking one with his Knight Sword. Hades recognized Noah as Makarov’s grandson and prepared to reveal his true magic as his strength surged.

• Noah released a vast wave of magic power, startling Hades, who praised his potential before attacking with a magic chain.
• Noah used Death Transformation Wings to evade the pursuing chain while summoning his Knight Sword and preparing to fight at full strength.
• Hades created a second chain and trapped Noah between the two, but Noah empowered his sword’s runes and shattered a chain with a powerful strike.
• Noah told Hades that he was Makarov’s grandson and declared Hades an enemy of Fairy Tail.
• Hades decided to end the fight quickly, raised black mist-like magic, and unleashed an eerie ripple as his power surged.