Chapter Summaries

Chen Fan healed Macao, then later sang for Mira and asked her to be his girlfriend, but Bucktooth Bro exposed that he had sung the same song for Erza before Mira could answer.

• Chen Fan healed Macao's wounds and urged him to rest and treat Romeo well.
• Romeo thanked Natsu, Lucy, and Chen Fan, then promised to keep their secret safe.
• Mira asked Chen Fan to sing, and he performed "Hair Like Snow" for the guild.
• Chen Fan took Mira's hand and asked her to be his girlfriend.
• Bucktooth Bro recognized the song as the one Chen Fan had sung for Erza, interrupting Mira before she answered.

Chen Fan beat Bucktooth for spreading gossip about Mira, then tried unsuccessfully to make peace with her and tease Levy. When the guild heard that Erza would soon return, Mira’s expression briefly changed, though Chen Fan did not notice.

• Chen Fan led Bucktooth outside and beat him badly after Bucktooth’s gossip angered Mira.
• Chen Fan apologized to Mira, but she ignored him, while Makarov said Elfman and Gray had fled.
• Makarov told Levy that a job’s reward had risen tenfold to 2 million J, and Chen Fan tried to approach Levy before Salsuk and Draer stopped him.
• Chen Fan heard that Erza would return soon, and Mira’s expression briefly froze as Makarov noticed her reaction.

Lucy searched for a suitable job and was asked to choose the next mission for Natsu, Happy, and their team. As Natsu and Gray argued, Rocky tried to recruit Lucy for a date.

• Mira transformed into a plump woman to tease Wakaba after he asked her on a date, and Wakaba begged Macao not to tell Chen Fan.
• Lucy worried about money and searched the job board while Mira explained the guild masters’ meetings and Natsu warned her about dark guilds.
• Natsu and Happy asked Lucy to pick their next job, and Lucy insisted their previous team had disbanded.
• Gray and Natsu began trading insults, while Kana pointed out that Gray had lost his clothes.
• Rocky appeared beside Lucy and invited her to join his team of love for a date.

Lucy watched Rocky flee after he learned she was a Celestial Spirit Mage, then saw the guild fall silent when Erza returned. Erza scolded the guild members for their behavior and asked whether the Master was there.

• Rocky noticed Lucy's keys, realized she was a Celestial Spirit Mage, and ran from the guild.
• Natsu crashed into Lucy, while Natsu and Gray resumed their argument as the guild members watched.
• Rocky burst back into the guild and warned everyone that Erza had returned.
• Erza entered carrying a massive horn and learned from Mira that the Master was away at a routine meeting.
• Erza criticized Kana, Bishida, Wakaba, Nab, and Macao, prompting Lucy to ask Mira if Erza was a disciplinary committee member.

Erza asked Natsu and Gray to join her on a mission after hearing troubling news at work, while Chen Fan attended a gathering of guild leaders with Makarov. The chapter left Chen Fan at the gathering, enduring Bob’s unwanted advances.

• Erza asked Natsu and Gray to accompany her on a mission, and they agreed to prepare to leave the next day.
• Mira reflected that Erza, Natsu, and Gray might make Fairy Tail’s strongest team.
• Makarov introduced Chen Fan to the leaders of the guilds gathered at a villa and praised him as Fairy Tail’s pride.
• The guild leaders recognized Chen Fan as the Hand of God and raised their glasses to him.
• Bob approached Chen Fan and tried to touch him, but Chen Fan avoided his hand and endured Bob’s flirtation.

At the guild masters’ regular meeting, Goldman teased Makarov about recruiting Chen Fan and warned him that Fairy Tail’s destructive mages had caught the Council’s attention. Mira’s letter revealed that Erza had formed a team with Natsu and Gray, leaving Makarov desperate to get Chen Fan to help control them.

• Goldman invited Chen Fan to join Four Beasts Hound Guild, but Makarov insisted Fairy Tail was better, and Chen Fan called the offer a joke.
• Bob brought up Fairy Tail’s recent destruction, while Goldman warned Makarov that the Council feared his mages might destroy a town.
• A little blue bird delivered Mira’s letter, and her projection told Makarov that Erza had formed a team with Natsu and Gray.
• Makarov collapsed in shock, then grabbed Chen Fan and begged him for help.
• Goldman and Bob reminded Makarov that Chen Fan had to keep his promise, and Chen Fan refused to intervene as the guild masters laughed.

Chen Fan learned that Makarov had arranged to bring him to the room so they could discuss his feelings for Mira and Erza. Makarov revealed that their relationship was only an incidental concern, leaving Chen Fan wondering what the meeting was really about.

• Makarov returned to his room, where Chen Fan tied him to the bed and tickled his feet until he begged for mercy.
• Makarov admitted that he had drugged Chen Fan with Hyluushika's medicine, mixed into food Mira had given him.
• Chen Fan asked why Makarov had brought him there, and Makarov asked whether he liked Mira or Erza.
• Chen Fan reflected on how his insecurity and flirtation had kept him from confessing, while Mira and Erza had each distanced themselves from him.
• Makarov reassured Chen Fan that he understood his love for Fairy Tail and said the matter between him, Mira, and Erza was only incidental.
• Chen Fan raised his head in confusion as Makarov prepared to explain the real reason for bringing him there.

Makarov told Chen Fan he wanted him to inherit Fairy Tail as the next guild master, but Chen Fan left without giving him an answer. Outside the villa, Chen Fan confronted a group of Magic Council attackers and killed one of them with his magic.

• Makarov restrained Chen Fan and said he wanted him to become Fairy Tail's next guild master, though not yet.
• Chen Fan broke Makarov's binding spell and promised that Fairy Tail would remain strong and its members would be happy.
• Chen Fan left the villa and went into the forest to clear his head.
• Several silent attackers ambushed Chen Fan with magic, but he deflected their spells unharmed.
• Chen Fan recognized the attackers as agents of the Magic Council and charged one of them.
• Chen Fan patted the attacker's shoulder, causing the man's body to swell and explode.

Chen Fan killed the attackers and destroyed Lala Bai with a coin, ending the Curse Song crisis. As Fairy Tail returned to the villa, he ran toward Erza, who shuddered at the sight of his smile.

• Chen Fan ignored the earth spikes, killed the Modeling Magic user with a snapped-off spike, and blasted the fleeing attackers apart with shattered stones.
• Chen Fan worried that his power’s compensation effect was eroding his humanity because killing the attackers had stirred no emotion in him.
• Lala Bai appeared through a purple magic circle and threatened to devour souls, but Chen Fan fired a coin that destroyed its head and body.
• Natsu mistook the streak of light for a shooting star, Gray corrected him, and Lucy made a wish.
• Makarov told the guild that Lala Bai was destroyed and the Curse Song crisis was over, then led everyone back to the villa.
• Erza felt a chill when she saw Chen Fan smiling and calling to her as he ran toward her.

Chen Fan traveled back toward Magnolia with Makarov and the others, hoarding the banquet leftovers and refusing to share most of his food. After Lucy coaxed a chicken leg from him, Erza became jealous and ignored his attempts to appease her.

• Erza knocked Chen Fan unconscious and dragged him back to the villa, sending everyone else to their rooms.
• The next morning, Chen Fan packed leftover banquet food and a bottle of red wine before setting off with Makarov and the others.
• Lucy complained that Happy had gotten the group lost, while Chen Fan refused Natsu’s request for food and offered bread to Erza.
• Makarov reminded Chen Fan that he had once given him bread, prompting Chen Fan to accuse him of dragging out their journey and pawning him off.
• Lucy asked Chen Fan for food as his little sister, and he gave her a chicken leg, making Erza jealous.
• Chen Fan offered Erza a pile of food, but she turned away and ignored him.

Chen Fan and the others found a village, ate his food, and continued toward home after he warned that he would kill anyone who harmed Fairy Tail. He teased Erza on the way, while Makarov and the others laughed; the chapter then shifted to Lucy’s room, where Gray startled her.

• Natsu spotted a village, and Makarov and the others ran there for food while Chen Fan followed at his own pace.
• Chen Fan found everyone ignoring him, so he sat by the village cliff and eventually fell asleep.
• Chen Fan woke to find that the others had eaten all his food, then suggested they head home.
• Chen Fan warned that he would kill anyone who harmed Fairy Tail, then chased after Erza while teasing her with unwanted nicknames.
• Gray entered Lucy’s room, startling her, and explained that he had taken off his clothes before coming in.

Lucy and Gray arrived to watch Natsu and Erza duel, but a Magic Council envoy interrupted the fight and arrested Erza for the Forest of Iron incident. The guild fell silent, and Gray demanded to know where Chen Fan was.

• Gray reminded Lucy about Natsu and Erza's duel, and they hurried to watch it.
• Lucy learned that Chen Fan was considered one of Fairy Tail's strongest members, while Mira wondered what he had done to Lucy.
• Erza and Natsu began their duel, with Erza changing into her Flame Emperor Armor and Natsu setting his hands ablaze.
• A Magic Council envoy accused Erza of property damage and eleven other charges related to the Forest of Iron incident and took her away in handcuffs.
• The guild grew quiet, and Gray demanded to know where Chen Fan was.

Makarov released Macao from the bottle while Erza confronted Jigrein before her trial, where Chen Fan appeared. The trial began with Erza accused of damaging Obana Station and the Thornwood Canyon Railway, and Chen Fan interrupted the charges.

• Makarov freed Macao from the bottle, revealing that Natsu was not inside it.
• Jigrein told Erza that the Council members were Thought Bodies and claimed he was defending Fairy Tail, but he stopped when an unseen voice warned him not to touch her.
• Erza entered the courtroom, saw Chen Fan among the Council members, and ignored his greeting.
• The frog-faced man opened Erza's trial and began listing the damage attributed to the Forest of Iron incident.
• Chen Fan interrupted the charges against Erza and said he had something to say.

Chen Fan confronted the Magic Council during Erza’s trial, then arranged for Erza and Natsu to be imprisoned in different conditions. Later, he met secretly with an infiltrator and concluded that the Magic Council had acted against him.

• Chen Fan threatened a new council member and brushed off the veteran members’ objections during Erza’s trial.
• Natsu burst into the council chamber in disguise, and Chen Fan ordered him arrested while Erza was acquitted.
• Erza insisted on taking responsibility, so Chen Fan ordered her placed in a first-class cell and Natsu in an ordinary one.
• A council member met Chen Fan secretly and reported that he had entered the Magic Council’s center of power, though Jigrein and Urutia still suspected him.
• Chen Fan told the infiltrator to avoid Jigrein and conceal his involvement, then concluded the Magic Council had acted against him.

Natsu returned to Fairy Tail with Erza and celebrated his freedom before losing their unfinished duel in one punch. Mystogan then entered the guild, where Chen Fan greeted him and asked about the song he had written for him.

• Natsu returned to the guild with Erza and thanked Chen Fan for helping them.
• Erza reported to Makarov that she had been treated well, and Chen Fan joked that he would not help Makarov if the master were arrested.
• Natsu challenged Erza to their unfinished duel, but Erza knocked him out with a single punch.
• Makarov sensed that Mystogan had arrived, and most of the guild members collapsed while Makarov and Chen Fan remained standing.
• Mystogan entered the guild, and Chen Fan greeted him warmly and asked what he thought of the song “Twilight.”

Mystogan visited Fairy Tail, left Chen Fan a song, and departed after putting the guild to sleep. When Laxus challenged Chen Fan and claimed to be the guild’s strongest mage, Natsu interrupted to challenge him instead.

• Chen Fan gave Mystogan a song called “JiMo Sandbar Cold,” and Mystogan took a job request before leaving.
• Mystogan’s sleep spell wore off, and Gray and Elfman explained to Lucy that Mystogan hid his face and put the guild to sleep when he visited.
• Laxus appeared and told Chen Fan not to pry into Mystogan, then attacked him with lightning after Chen Fan pretended not to recognize him.
• Laxus challenged Chen Fan to a duel and declared himself Fairy Tail’s strongest mage.
• Natsu woke up, challenged Laxus, and shouted at him to come down.

After explaining the dangers of S-Class quests to Lucy, Chen Fan left the guild and returned home to Sister Lily. Watching her prepare dinner reminded him of his mother and the life he had lost in the apocalypse.

• Makarov stopped Natsu from chasing Laxus to the second floor, and Mira explained that only guild-approved mages could take the dangerous S-Class quests.
• Mira told Lucy that Chen Fan could influence the Magic Council's decisions, leaving Lucy astonished by his power.
• Chen Fan left the guild after greeting Erza, Mira, and Makarov, then went home to Sister Lily.
• Sister Lily welcomed Chen Fan and coaxed him inside to eat by pretending to cry when he asked her not to call him master.
• As Lily prepared dinner, Chen Fan thought of his mother and his old home before teasing Lily by calling her beautiful.

Chen Fan tried to persuade Sister Lily to build a life beyond caring for him, but her distress made him promise she could stay. Meanwhile, Happy stole an S-Class request form, and the guild realized Natsu and Lucy might be involved.

• Chen Fan asked Sister Lily about their past and whether she was happy living with him.
• Sister Lily broke down when Chen Fan suggested she could leave, and he comforted her by saying they could discuss it another time.
• Chen Fan recalled taking in Sister Lily, teaching her Lightning magic, and worrying that he might someday depend on her.
• Happy slipped out of Fairy Tail with a request form from the second floor.
• Mira reported the missing request, and Laxus said he had seen Happy take one the day before.
• The guild members suspected Natsu and Lucy were behind the missing S-Class request.

After Natsu and Happy took an S-Class job to Galuna Island without permission, Makarov sent Chen Fan and Gray to bring them back. Gray volunteered to go, while Chen Fan reluctantly agreed to the mission.

• Laxus revealed that Natsu and Happy had taken an S-Class request for Galuna Island, prompting alarm from the guild.
• Makarov ordered Laxus to retrieve them, but Laxus refused and pointed out Chen Fan instead.
• Chen Fan tried to slip away, but Makarov stopped him and the guild argued that he could not fight demons.
• Gray volunteered to accompany Chen Fan and promised to protect him while they brought back Natsu.
• Makarov assigned Chen Fan and Gray to retrieve Natsu.

Makarov reassured Mira that Chen Fan was powerful enough to protect his companions. Meanwhile, Gray led Chen Fan to a clothing store, where the staff greeted Chen Fan as their boss.

• Makarov teased Mira about worrying over Chen Fan and reassured her that nothing would happen to him.
• Makarov told Mira that Chen Fan was so powerful that even he did not know the extent of his strength.
• Gray and Chen Fan traveled west by train and walked into the streets, where Chen Fan worried that his outfit made him stand out.
• Gray tried to lend Chen Fan his clothes, but Chen Fan kicked him after Gray drew attention by undressing in public.
• Chen Fan led Gray into a Nike store, where the attendants lined up and greeted him as their boss.