Chapter Summaries

Ifrit reported on the city’s search for a thief and proposed that the Fairy Tail members obtain magic before deciding whether to travel or settle down. The group agreed to stay in the forest while Ifrit investigated demon kidnappings and prepared to establish a Magic Staff factory.

• Ifrit told Gray to wait a few days before entering the city and reported that the searches were aimed at catching a thief, not the group.
• Laxus held a vote, and most members favored traveling while others preferred settling down; their ties to one another complicated the choice.
• Ifrit reassured Speed that Liv knew of his feelings and would wait for him, then teased Lucy about her affection for Natsu.
• Ifrit proposed rescuing kidnapped demons so the group could obtain Contract Demons, and Laxus agreed to follow his plan.
• Ifrit promised Happy a million J a month at his planned Magic Staff factory, explaining that alchemy would make production cheap and profitable.

After spending a restful day with the guild, Ifrit met the demon Isabelle, who asked him to rescue her friend Kyōka Suigetsu. Ifrit agreed to help and used Aza to locate Kyōka hiding in a noble’s manor, where she remained safe but trapped in the city.

• The guild members relaxed through the afternoon, then bathed in a hot spring and shared dinner before Ifrit set off alone for the city.
• Isabelle revealed herself as a demon and asked Ifrit to help save her friend, Kyōka Suigetsu, offering a contract or herself in return.
• Ifrit refused Isabelle’s offers but agreed to help Kyōka, telling Isabelle to stay put and avoid making matters worse.
• After Isabelle left, Ifrit asked Aza to find Kyōka, and Aza located her hiding in a noble’s manor.
• Aza explained that Kyōka hid in the manor’s warehouse by day and searched for food at night, leaving her safe but unable to escape the city.

Ifrit visited Sidrina in the hospital, entertained her, and accepted an invitation to her birthday banquet. Later, he tried to help Isabelle’s demon friend Kyōka Suigetsu escape; after she refused him and was wounded by pursuers, she hid with him, where he revealed that Isabelle’s promised price for saving her was Kyōka herself.

• Elena gave Ifrit a letter from Sidrina, who said she was recovering in the hospital and asked him to visit.
• Ifrit brought flowers and fruit to Sidrina, performed magic tricks, and entertained her with stories before accepting her invitation to her birthday banquet.
• On the day of the thief’s execution, Ifrit waited near the noble estate for Kyōka Suigetsu, whom Isabelle had asked him to rescue.
• Ifrit caught Kyōka by the tail and offered help, but she refused and ran off.
• Barry’s men pursued Kyōka as she tried to escape the city, and a crossbow bolt wounded her.
• Kyōka hid in a house with Ifrit, then learned that Isabelle’s promised price for saving her was Kyōka herself.

Ifrit rescued the injured demon Kyōka Suigetsu, learned why she and Isabelle had become thieves, and contracted with her to help recover what was stolen from their village. The next day, he left the city and reunited with the guild members, showing off his new Illusion Magic.

• Kyōka Suigetsu fainted while trying to remove the crossbow bolt, and Ifrit returned to treat her wound.
• Kyōka Suigetsu explained that she and Isabelle had stolen back goods taken from their village after a human betrayed its residents, and offered to contract with Ifrit if he helped recover everything.
• Kyōka Suigetsu became a curved sword at Ifrit's waist, granting him Illusion Magic that created visible flames and ice.
• The mayor ended the city operation, and Ifrit left town for the flower field while Barry continued investigating.
• Mirajane and Lisanna ambushed Ifrit with Bandage Magic, and Ifrit revealed his new magic and explained that he would help Kyōka Suigetsu and Isabelle when the time came.
• Ifrit transformed into Natsu to entertain the guild, prompting Natsu and Gray to start arguing again.

Ifrit attended Sidrina’s birthday banquet and surprised the guests by asking to perform magic instead of pursuing the first dance. When the dancing began, he invited Sidrina to dance, leaving the onlookers astonished.

• Ifrit arrived alone at Mayor Baz’s residence with a birthday gift for Sidrina, and her brothers mistakenly assumed he was her suitor.
• At the banquet, Ifrit met Dejie and later spoke with Anxia, who offered to be his dance companion before Sidrina interrupted them.
• Ifrit asked Sidrina to add a magic performance to the evening’s lineup, and she arranged for him to perform as the finale.
• After the birthday cake was served and the dancing began, Ifrit bowed to Sidrina and asked her to dance, shocking the guests.

Ifrit performed an elaborate magic show at the Shirashi family’s gathering, leaving the audience amazed and giving Sidrina a flower as part of his act. The performance ended with flower petals swirling around Sidrina like snow, while their uncertain relationship remained unresolved.

• While dancing with Sidrina, Ifrit said he would eventually leave for his home, and Sidrina kissed his cheek rather than hide her feelings.
• Baz agreed to let Ifrit perform, and Ifrit went backstage while the guests watched other acts.
• Ifrit used a red cloth and three household maids to make his entrance, then appeared onstage in Rika’s place and sent her to give Sidrina a flower.
• Ifrit turned a burning red cloth into a blue one, washed the soot from his hand, and appeared to eat the cloth before producing a chicken skeleton.
• Ifrit lifted a green cloth from Sidrina’s flowers, causing their petals to form a phoenix, circle her, and fall around her like snow.

Ifrit demonstrated and sold his magic staffs, using the excitement around them to secure Sidrina as a business partner and build a rapidly expanding fortune. After buying a viscount title and gathering information about demons, he learned of a powerful Demon God and arrived at the guild quarters, where Happy complained about Natsu criticizing his cooking.

• Ifrit demonstrated a magic staff at Sidrina’s banquet, and Sidrina tried its spells after receiving an exclusive staff as his gift.
• Ifrit offered Sidrina twenty percent of his Shirashi Town business, and she signed the contract to help manage the company.
• Ifrit attracted investors and support in Shirashi Town and Balder City, built factories without investing his own money, and expanded magic-staff production across the country.
• Ifrit used his earnings and connections to buy a viscount title and collected information about demons for the guild.
• Ifrit learned from the documents and Aza that a powerful Demon God was growing stronger by sacrificing demons.
• Happy complained to Ifrit that Natsu had said his fish tasted worse than Lucy’s cooking, and Ifrit agreed.

Ifrit gathered Fairy Tail’s members to plan raids on demon-transport stopovers and rescue captured demons so his companions could form contracts. The group began its first raid at a canyon rest stop, freed the imprisoned demons, and Natsu contracted with Yan Yan for fire-enhancing gloves.

• Lisanna brought Ifrit to see the women in their new outfits, and they explained that Gray’s gift to Juvia had inspired everyone to try different styles.
• Ifrit briefed the gathered guild members on the country’s capture of demons and proposed raiding transport stopovers to rescue them and help his companions find demons to contract with.
• Ifrit, Laxus, and Erza settled on a raid plan, and several nights later the group infiltrated a guarded canyon rest stop using Kyōka Suigetsu’s illusion magic.
• Ifrit secretly took down the dungeon guards, freed the imprisoned demons, and invited willing demons to form contracts with his companions.
• Natsu chose the red-scaled demon Yan Yan and formed a contract that gave him armor-like gloves capable of igniting with fire.

After the group escaped with the freed demons, their newly contracted powers helped them defeat the kingdom’s mages. The Fairy Tail members parted ways to pursue their own lives, leaving Ifrit with Mirajane, Banjou, Wendy, Charle, and Mavis as he planned to clear their wanted notices and deal with Kyōka Suigetsu and Isabelle.

• Makarov, Gildarts, Laxus, Gajeel, Wendy, Banjou, and Lily contracted demons, and Lily broke open the gate so the group could fight the kingdom’s mages.
• Natsu, Wendy, Gildarts, Laxus, and Ifrit used their new powers to defeat their opponents, and the group escaped with the freed demons before reinforcements arrived.
• Ifrit proposed that the group part ways, and Natsu, Lucy, Happy, Elfman, Evergreen, Gildarts, Cana, Levy, Gajeel, Lily, Fried, Bickslow, Gray, and Juvia left.
• Erza and Makarov departed, then Lisanna left with Laxus after saying goodbye to Mirajane and the others.
• Ifrit promised to have the wanted notices removed for the people staying behind and said Kyōka Suigetsu and Isabelle would give him what he wanted.

Ifrit reflected on cherishing the fleeting stages of first love while Mirajane encouraged him to accept Sidrina’s hunting invitation. He set out with Mirajane, Banjou, and Wendy to meet Sidrina, leaving the group preparing to begin their hunt.

• Ifrit read that Lucy and Natsu had caused major destruction and become targets for S-Class Mage guilds.
• Mirajane persuaded Ifrit to go hunting with Sidrina, and Ifrit decided that Mirajane and Banjou would come too.
• Charle explained to Wendy that Mirajane’s generosity would make Ifrit feel more devoted to her, while Mirajane assured Banjou she could stay by her side.
• Ifrit told Miko that he treasured the gradual closeness of first love because its earliest moments could never be repeated.
• After lunch, Ifrit and the others dressed for the hunt, met Sidrina, and helped Wendy get comfortable riding a horse.

During a winter hunt, Ifrit entertained Wendy and the others while the kingdom’s new magic staff system turned the tide of a northern battle. As Gray and Juvia traveled toward the royal capital to investigate dangers facing Ifrit, the Third Knight Order arrived in Shirashi Town with a royal order for him.

• Ifrit impressed Sidrina with his marksmanship, then made grass figurines for Wendy, Sidrina, Mirajane, and Banjou during a hunting break.
• Duke Bos’s thousand mages used magic staffs to crush an enemy army, and Bos and a marquis discussed the technology’s limits and whether to force Ifrit to hand it over.
• Gray told Juvia he was traveling toward the royal capital to scout for threats to Ifrit, and agreed to treat the journey as an outing with her.
• Commander Baska arrived in Shirashi Town with the Third Knight Order, showed Baz his identification, and demanded to know where Ifrit was, citing an order from the king.

Ifrit refused to be treated like a prisoner when the king summoned him, so he left with his companions after overpowering Baska and his knights with a magic staff. As they traveled, the kingdom’s officials and nobles began approaching him with caution and respect, leaving Sidrina to realize that his defiance had changed how they treated him.

• Baska ordered Ifrit to pack and travel to the royal capital under threat of force, but Ifrit prepared to leave with Mirajane, Banjou, Wendy, Charle, and Sidrina instead.
• Ifrit used his magic staff to knock Baska and his knights down, then sent them flying with an earth dragon as his carriages departed.
• A week later, Ifrit killed a group of more than thirty mages who attacked his party, crushing them beneath a fallen mountain.
• Duke Engil approached Ifrit while he rested, accepted Mirajane’s explanation that Ifrit did not like being disturbed, and returned to his carriage to nap.
• Sidrina realized that Duke Engil had shown Ifrit considerable respect.

Gray warned Mirajane and the others that a mind-controlling demon might be in the royal palace, so they went to find Ifrit. They found him apparently aligned with the king and attacking his friends, but Ifrit was secretly staging the betrayal as part of another game, while Wendy and Charle went to check on the group.

• Gray and Juvia entered Ifrit’s hotel room and warned Mirajane, Sidrina, Wendy, and Banjou that the demon in the palace could control minds.
• Mirajane split the group: Sidrina entered the banquet hall openly, while Mirajane, Gray, Juvia, and Banjou infiltrated the palace and Wendy stayed behind.
• Sidrina learned that the king had summoned Ifrit away, and Mirajane’s group found the king and prince emerging from the underground with Ifrit, who appeared to accept a betrothal to Anita.
• Banjou attacked, and Ifrit’s tentacles blocked her strike; he then declared that he would remain in this world and had nothing more to do with his friends.
• Ifrit blasted Mirajane, Gray, and Juvia as the palace guards surrounded them, forcing the group to retreat while Mirajane realized he was the real Ifrit.
• Ifrit revealed privately that he was staging the betrayal with Miko and Aza, while Sidrina slipped away and Wendy sent Charle to check on Mirajane and the others.

After Ifrit was captured and mentally controlled, Fairy Tail gathered to plan his rescue, while Sidrina independently tried to assemble an army. Mavis recognized Sidrina’s scheme and sent Laxus and Charle to save her; Sidrina’s plan was brought under control, and she resolved to become stronger.

• Mirajane, Gray, and Wendy failed to find Ifrit, then used a newspaper signal to summon Fairy Tail to Stadin Town.
• Mavis learned that Ifrit was in trouble and devised a rescue plan, while the guild agreed not to rush into the royal capital blindly.
• Sidrina read that Ifrit had been granted a dukedom and was engaged to Princess Anita, then hired Dark Mages and stole Magic Staffs to prepare a rescue.
• The Dark Mages exposed Sidrina’s identity and turned against her, intending to kidnap her and demand ransom.
• Laxus and Charle arrived; Laxus defeated the Dark Mages and forced them to obey, allowing Sidrina’s plan to continue under Fairy Tail’s protection.
• Sidrina admitted her weakness and resolved to prove herself and become stronger.

Anita revealed that she knew Ifrit was not mentally controlled and asked him to help her kill the king’s eldest son, while he was assigned to protect the royal family during the Sterbrown Festival. Their conversation exposed Anita’s tragic past and Ifrit’s ability to isolate people from others’ perception, leaving her begging him not to use it on her.

• Anita climbed into Ifrit’s room, provoked him, and demanded he drink tea containing her bloody toenail; after she threatened him, Ifrit slapped her.
• Anita told Ifrit to beat her in the carriage and promised to kill his eldest brother, who wanted to take his property, but Ifrit ignored her and made her balance a card on her head.
• At the royal council, Ifrit learned he had been nominated for a Sterbrown Festival award and was assigned part of the royal family’s security, including command of the X Knights.
• Anita told Ifrit she had resisted the demon’s mental control and that she and Ifrit were the only people from the basement who had not been controlled; she also described her sister’s death and denied wanting revenge.
• Anita guessed that Ifrit could control thoughts and make people imperceptible to others, then begged him not to use that power on her.

Ifrit performed at a grand magicians’ event, but Banjou and the Fairy Tail mages kidnapped him to break Anita’s control. Their escape was intercepted by powerful mages, and Ifrit chose to leave with Anita as she took him back to the royal capital.

• Ifrit performed magic at the arena and received the night’s loudest applause, while Banjou watched him in disguise.
• Banjou kidnapped Ifrit, and the Fairy Tail mages fought the guards and scattered with decoy sacks; Anita cut through Lucy’s mech with a powerful slash before allowing them to escape.
• At a cliffside hideout, Mirajane knocked out Ifrit after Mavis explained that they would take him to Tenrou Island to wake him from his mental control.
• Thirteen mages ambushed the group, defeated Natsu and the others, and reclaimed Ifrit.
• Anita arrived by carriage, ordered the attackers to let the Fairy Tail mages go, and took Ifrit back with her despite Natsu’s protests; Mavis warned him to be careful of Anita.

During the Sterbrown Festival, an attack on the magic staff factory drew the king’s forces away from the palace while the former companions launched a coordinated assault on both targets. The X Knights clashed with Mavis’s fighters, and the chapter ended with Number 10 overwhelming Banjou and attacking Wendy, Charle, and Cana.

• The king ordered Ifrit to lead the X Knights to the occupied factory, while Mavis’s team prepared to hold them back and target the royal palace.
• Ifrit’s forces fought Mavis’s allies at the factory as Mavis analyzed the enemy’s abilities and assigned opponents.
• Gildarts and Makarov broke through the palace guards and headed toward the king and his family.
• Number 6 unleashed Disintegration and sent nine giant pythons and a swarm of venomous snakes against Laxus.
• Number 7 attacked Erza with a giant battle axe, Number 8 sent meteoric pearls at Mirajane, and Natsu and Lucy dodged Number 9’s holy pillars before he charged with his sword.
• Number 10 used Extreme God to outpace Banjou, then broke Wendy’s sound attack, forced Charle to evade, and kicked Cana away.

The Fairy Tail team fought the X Knights as several enemies unveiled their Disintegration forms. Mavis explained that Disintegration fused a Contract Demon with its contractor, and Natsu mastered it mid-battle and unleashed a devastating attack that defeated Number 9.

• Gray and Juvia used each other's magic against Number 11, while Number 12 demonstrated his power to push anything and sent Lily crashing into a wall.
• Elfman, Evergreen, and Sidrina fought Number 13, and Evergreen wounded him with lasers fired from her glasses.
• Fried and Bickslow supported the others with long-range attacks as Happy used spatial portals to rescue allies.
• Numbers 11, 12, and 13 activated Disintegration, while Mavis explained that it shattered the demon's form and fused it with the contractor.
• Natsu understood Mavis's explanation, activated Disintegration, and overwhelmed Number 9 with a barrage of Crimson Lotus Fire Dragon Fist attacks that left him gone in a massive crater.

Gray and Juvia struggled to disintegrate their paired demons while the other Fairy Tail members unlocked new powers and defeated their opponents. Laxus realized how to remove the limits on his Speedy Passage and appeared behind Number 6, leaving the battle’s final outcome unresolved.

• Cana and Wendy disintegrated their Magic Tools, and Wendy amplified attacks that killed Number 11 and helped defeat Number 10.
• Gajeel disintegrated his shoes, merged with the earth, and sent Number 12 flying; Elfman and Evergreen then disintegrated and drove Number 13 into a corner with mirrored lasers.
• Sidrina crushed her staff and reshaped the earth into a mountain that pierced Number 13’s dark dome and impaled him.
• Gray and Juvia joined hands and disintegrated their rings, then froze and shattered Number 11 with a massive waterfall and Ice Spring.
• Mirajane disintegrated her bandages and defeated Number 8, while Erza disintegrated her armor and killed Number 7 with a spear strike.
• Laxus disintegrated his headphones, realized electrical signals could carry him beyond golden pipes, and struck Number 6 from behind.

Laxus and the Fairy Tail mages fought the remaining X Knights, whose unusual Disintegration abilities overwhelmed several of them. At the royal palace, Gildarts and Makarov put Mavis’s plan into action and discovered that the king and demon were hiding beneath a decoy palace.

• Laxus defeated Number 6, but Ifrit sent the remaining X Knights into battle against the Fairy Tail mages.
• Number 4’s Smooth Smooth magic made Banjou slide helplessly away, while Number 5’s explosions blasted Levy and Gajeel out of the fight.
• Number 3 used Power Borrowing against Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Juvia, and Number 2’s Rotation cracked Erza’s spear before Evergreen forced him back with lasers.
• Number 1 used Sense Reversal to stop Laxus from burrowing into the ground, but Laxus remained calm and recognized that the magic could be overcome.
• Gildarts and Makarov advanced through the royal palace after reviewing Mavis’s plan to test the demon’s powers and destroy the crystal.
• Gildarts used Corrosion on the ground and realized that the palace was a decoy concealing an underground chamber where the king and demon were hiding.