Chapter Summaries

Zeref withdrew after Mavis chose to stand with Ifrit and Fairy Tail, but the battle against Acnologia ended in devastating losses for the dragons. Ifrit and Miko drove Acnologia away, leaving Natsu grieving as Igneel died.

• Mavis chose her family and Fairy Tail over Zeref, who threatened them before vanishing.
• Fairy Tail and the dragons continued fighting Acnologia, who wounded Grandine, Scyldra, Balsam, and Metalicana.
• Igneel fought Acnologia and lost half his body, then told Natsu he was leaving the task of defeating the Black Dragon to his son.
• Ifrit and Miko blocked Acnologia's attack on Natsu, and Ifrit cut off one of Acnologia's hind legs before Acnologia fled.
• Natsu rushed to Igneel as the dragons' battle ended and grieved over his father's death.

As the dragons and their children said their final goodbyes, Ifrit revealed that he could restore them to human lives and had also brought Silver and Jura back. The group thanked him, and Emily resolved to keep learning from him so she could bring hope to others.

• Igneel, Metalicana, Grandine, the White Dragon, and the Shadow Dragon bid farewell to their children and left them dragon fangs.
• Lucy and Wendy begged Ifrit to save the dragons, and he promised he could let them live for decades as humans after a lengthy preparation.
• Ifrit brought the mummy-wrapped Silver before Gray and Jura before Lamia Scale, reuniting them with their families.
• Ifrit reassured everyone that restoring the dragons would not require him to sacrifice himself, and Natsu, Gajeel, Sting, Rogue, and Wendy thanked him.
• Emily photographed Ifrit holding Wendy and decided to keep learning from him so she could save the world's suffering people.

After Ifrit restored Minerva to human form, she chose to leave her past behind and renamed herself Anna. She joined Simon, Jellal, and Cobra on their journey of atonement, though the others left her future path up to her.

• Ifrit revived Minerva, explained that the others had voted to spare her, and urged her to consider herself free of her former life.
• Minerva offered to become Ifrit’s lover, but he rejected her and expelled her from the Mirror World with clothes.
• Simon invited Minerva to join his group in helping people as a way to take responsibility for past wrongs, while making clear she could refuse.
• Minerva joined Simon, Jellal, and Cobra, teasing them as they discussed Simon’s plan to open a cake shop and Jellal’s lifelong atonement.
• Minerva decided to leave the name Minerva behind and told Simon that she would now be called Anna.

Ifrit went out into the winter streets and encountered several Fairy Tail couples, including Gray and Silver’s awkward attempts to reconnect as father and son and Evergreen and Elfman’s bickering. After Ifrit’s joke exposed Elfman’s hidden savings, Mirajane took Ifrit for a walk, leaving Erza envious of the couples around her.

• Ifrit dressed warmly and met Gray and Juvia outside a shop, where Gray questioned Silver about the women’s clothes he and Gildarts had bought for Cana.
• Silver explained that he and Gildarts had each chosen an outfit for Cana, and Ifrit later greeted them before continuing toward the guild.
• Ifrit encountered Evergreen and Elfman arguing about her going out while pregnant, and Evergreen made Elfman promise to buy her things.
• Ifrit teased Elfman about having hidden savings, prompting Evergreen to realize he had been keeping money from her and to scold him.
• Erza and Mirajane came out of a cake shop, Mirajane reprimanded Ifrit for teasing Elfman, then left with Ifrit while Erza reflected on being single.

Erza reunited with Simon, Jellal, Cobra, and Anna, while Ifrit and Mirajane joined friends collecting jewelry made from dragon fangs. When Mirajane felt her heirloom earrings were no longer unique, Ifrit offered a treasured childhood keepsake, and Miko gave him a tooth to make a special gift for her; Ifrit slowed Magnolia Town’s perception of time as he began crafting it.

• Erza welcomed Simon, Jellal, Cobra, and Anna, who had come to spend the Golden Fruit Festival with her, and encouraged Simon to trust his strengths and support his team.
• Ifrit and Mirajane met Natsu, Lucy, Sting, Yukino, Rogue, Laki, Gajeel, and Levy as they collected jewelry made from their fathers’ dragon fangs.
• Ifrit noticed Mirajane envying the couples’ meaningful jewelry and offered to melt down a white bear figurine his father had given him, but Mirajane told him his thoughtfulness mattered more than jewelry.
• Miko gave Ifrit one of her teeth for Mirajane’s jewelry, explaining that it was her sole acknowledgment and a brave step toward being seen.
• Ifrit slowed everyone’s perception of time across Magnolia Town so he could make the jewelry, and Emily arrived and teased him about his dramatic display.

Ifrit gave Mirajane a necklace made from one of Miko’s teeth, earning Miko’s full approval of her. Back at the guild, Ifrit learned that Kagura pursued Fried and Milliana had been spending time with Bickslow, then the gathered guild members demanded to hear the details.

• Ifrit presented Mirajane with a moth-girl pendant forged from Miko’s tooth, and Miko told Mirajane she would entrust Ifrit’s future to her.
• The group went to Fairy Tail, where Ifrit learned that Kinana’s boyfriend, Cobra, was coming to town.
• Lisanna told Ifrit that Kagura liked Fried and that Milliana had been spending time with Bickslow.
• Ifrit teased Laxus with a photograph about his affection for Lisanna, but Laxus burned it before she could see it.
• Fried and Bickslow arrived, and Bickslow admitted he was helping Milliana with difficult jobs.
• Gray, Natsu, Gajeel, Leo, and the others crowded the staircase and demanded that Fried and Bickslow tell them everything.

Fried and Bickslow’s growing romances led the guild to reflect on the Raijinshuu’s future, while Laxus told Ifrit he was considering disbanding Fairy Tail temporarily so its members could prepare for Zeref and Acnologia. The chapter ended with Anna arriving at the guild and Ifrit asking Mirajane where she would want to get married.

• Laki recounted how Bickslow had saved Milliana during the Gate of the Underworld battle and how Milliana later kept inviting him on jobs, while Fried and Kagura began competing in swordsmanship.
• Ifrit pointed out that the Raijinshuu were drifting apart as Evergreen prepared to start a family and Fried and Bickslow pursued their romances, prompting Laxus to say their final job would be fighting Zeref and Acnologia.
• Laxus privately told Ifrit that he wanted to disband the guild for at least a year after the Golden Fruit Festival so its members could grow stronger before facing Zeref and Acnologia, and Ifrit supported the plan.
• Laxus showed Ifrit intelligence about the Albares Empire and urged him to stop neglecting his training, while Ifrit reminded Laxus to strengthen his lightning magic.
• Anna arrived at the guild and asked everyone to call her Anna instead of Minerva, and Ifrit later asked Mirajane where she would want to get married.

Ifrit discussed marriage and a long vacation with Mirajane, then joined Laxus and Makarov to learn Fairy Tail's secret, Heart of Fairy. He promised to protect Mavis while Laxus prepared to carry out his plan for the guild.

• Ifrit asked Mirajane to begin thinking about marriage and proposed taking a long vacation to fulfill his dreams; Mirajane agreed on the condition that Banjou be their only assistant.
• Ifrit went to the guild that night and found Laxus watching over the sleeping Lisanna while they waited for Makarov.
• Makarov led Ifrit and Laxus to the basement and revealed Mavis sealed in a Magic Crystal and the guild's secret magic, Heart of Fairy, which supplied infinite magic power.
• Makarov told Laxus that he would be responsible for protecting Heart of Fairy, and Laxus questioned whether disbanding the guild would leave Mavis unprotected.
• Ifrit said he could keep Mavis safe in the Mirror World, and Mavis happily agreed to travel with him.

Fairy Tail began the Golden Fruit Festival with a snowy-mountain race to find a Magic Potion, though the contest quickly turned into chaotic battles and an avalanche. Asuka ultimately won the first day's prize by sneaking the bottle past everyone and reaching the town gate.

• Makarov left the festival arrangements to the others, and Ifrit took the Magic Crystal as Mavis moved into his home.
• Lisanna announced the first day's contest, tied herself to Ifrit with Tiffanya's red string, and rode with him in a carriage toward the snowy mountain.
• Fairy Tail's teams fought as they searched for the potion, until Natsu's attack triggered an avalanche and the guild members rushed toward the bottle amid the falling snow.
• Natsu, Gray, Lisanna, Happy, and others repeatedly stole the potion from one another, while the brawl over it spread across the mountain.
• Asuka grabbed the potion from Emily, outran her while firing rubber bullets, and reached the town gate, where Makarov declared her the winner.

Lisanna announced a guild sports meet with fruit-picking privileges and prizes sponsored by Ifrit, prompting the guild members to compete despite mocking his books and homemade wine. At the first event, Ifrit beat Alzack’s shooting record, while Asuka also earned three points.

• Lisanna explained the sports meet rules and prizes, including Ifrit’s books, fishing gear, magic cards, and wine.
• Wendy volunteered to compete for Ifrit’s wine, embarrassing herself as the guild recalled how he had tricked Pankras into naming him the God of Wine.
• Lisanna led the guild to the plains, where Ifrit chose the 100-Meter Sniping event instead of the strength- and speed-based contests.
• Ifrit and Asuka competed, and Ifrit hit all ten targets in 3.41 seconds, setting a new record ahead of Alzack.
• Asuka finished just under five seconds and earned three points, while Ifrit smugly downplayed his record-breaking performance.

Ifrit and Gray won their respective contests while Juvia and Ultear talked about being good women. Happy then drew Ifrit into a bet with Charle, and Charle agreed to a date with Happy after Ifrit forfeited the marble event to avoid reliving an embarrassing defeat.

• Ifrit and Wendy revealed that Gray had beaten Silver by a narrow margin in the target contest.
• Juvia joined Ultear and Wendy, explaining that she had stayed away from Gray to let him enjoy time with his father.
• Happy told Ifrit that Charle had agreed to a date with him if he won their bet, then led him to the marble event.
• Ifrit forfeited after seeing the marble event, and Happy told Charle that an eight-year-old had eliminated Ifrit from a tournament qualifier.
• Charle accepted the date, and Happy ran off to ask Lucy to help him buy a suit.
• Emily surprised Charle and offered to advise her on what to wear for the date.

Ifrit won the battle-board event while reassuring Alice, Melt, and Ultear that they could join House of Valier in the new estate he was building. Laxus decided to take Lisanna with him, and after Ifrit revealed her listening nearby, Laxus embraced her; Ifrit then looked toward several soulless bodies in the Mirror World.

• Ifrit defeated Max at the battle-board event while Alice teased him, then told her and Melt they could live in his planned estate.
• Mirajane gave Ultear and the others blueprints with rooms reserved for them, welcoming them as members of House of Valier.
• Mirajane beat Erza in a pure-strength iron-ball contest, and Ultear thanked her for giving them a home.
• Laxus told Ifrit he had decided to take Lisanna with him and admitted he loved her.
• Ifrit dispelled his Deception Magic, revealing Lisanna had overheard Laxus; Laxus apologized and embraced her.
• Ifrit celebrated their reunion, then looked into the Mirror World at several soulless human bodies in jars.

During the Golden Fruit Festival, Laxus and Lisanna confessed their feelings and exchanged gifts, while Gray and Juvia also exchanged rings and accepted Ifrit's album of their memories. The chapter ended with Natsu confronting Lucy after her gift for him disappeared.

• Lucy won first place in the festival contest, and Salsusuke won the fishing gear prize.
• Lucy made a wish for everyone to stay together as the festival ended, and Laxus gave Lisanna train tickets, asking her to accompany him for life.
• Laxus and Lisanna exchanged matching necklaces, then opened Ifrit's magical photo album, which showed memories from their relationship.
• Silver and Gray exchanged matching father-and-son dolls before Silver left Gray to continue toward Juvia.
• Gray and Juvia exchanged rings and accepted Ifrit's photo album, which included a camera and a message telling them to take future photos themselves.
• Natsu came to Lucy's window looking for a gift, and Lucy realized the present she had prepared for him was missing.

Lucy and Natsu discovered that Luna, their future daughter, had traveled back in time with several other children through an Eclipse Gate. Ifrit warned that the children had to return before seven in the morning or risk being lost in a time-space rift, so Lucy and the others set out to gather materials.

• While searching Lucy's house for their gifts, Natsu read her private story about their future children, and Lucy was mortified.
• Luna emerged from the wardrobe and revealed that she had come from seven years in the future through the Eclipse Gate.
• Children from the future arrived with Gajeel, Levy, Sting, Rogue, and their families, and explained that they had accidentally used Ifrit's gate while playing in his laboratory.
• Ifrit showed them his half-finished Eclipse Gate and explained that the future children needed to return before seven in the morning to avoid a dangerous mis-teleportation.
• Lucy took the materials list and pocket watch and left with Luna to help gather what Ifrit needed.
• After the others left, Emily gave Ifrit a pink rabbit mask and received a bracelet from him for the Golden Fruit Festival.

During the Golden Fruit Festival, Ifrit delivered albums of youthful memories to the guild as members confirmed relationships and planned for the future. As dawn approached, Natsu and the others reunited with Ifrit, who prepared to send their future child back, leaving Natsu reluctant to part with her.

• Ifrit gave Banjou a kimono, then delivered photo albums to guild members to preserve their youthful romances before Fairy Tail disbanded for a year.
• Happy confessed his wish to deepen his relationship with Charle, and the two cats opened Ifrit's photo album together.
• Erza gave Simon a deed to a storefront and offered to invest in his planned cake shop.
• Emily brought Wendy to a singles party, where Wendy said she was happy without romance for now but wondered what her future would hold.
• At the park, Ifrit waited with Banjou as Natsu and the others arrived, and Natsu struggled with the coming separation from his future child.

Natsu, Lucy, and the others spent a warm night with their future children, learning about their families and the lives awaiting them. As the Eclipse Gate was completed, Luna shared a tender final moment with her parents before the children had to return to the future.

• Natsu and Lucy grew closer to Luna, while Gajeel, Levy, Sting, Yukino, Rogue, and Laki learned more about their children’s personalities.
• Luna told Banjou about Ifrit and Mirajane’s children, including Ono’s abilities and his promise to marry her someday, which made Natsu glare at Ifrit.
• Luna described Ono’s ugly, symmetrical clothes and proudly revealed that she had kept the outfits he made for her.
• Ifrit announced that the Eclipse Gate was complete and gave everyone seven minutes before the children had to leave.
• Natsu and Lucy held Luna on a park swing, while Ifrit called the festival the most unforgettable Golden Fruit Festival of their lives.

Ifrit traveled through time to complete the events that led to his own curse and godhood, then journeyed four hundred years into the past to search for Igneel. He found Irene speaking with Hermes, who revealed that Irene could adapt her Attachment Magic into Dragon Slayer Magic, and Ifrit chose to stay and watch what happened next.

• Ifrit returned to the Dragon King Festival, secretly traveled seven years into the past, and used Deception Magic to build the Eclipse Gate that enabled his journey four hundred years back.
• Trapped in the gap between time and space, Ifrit spoke with a god, who sent divine power to curse his past self and set him on the path to becoming a god in a parallel timeline.
• Ifrit arrived in the era when dragons ruled and searched for Igneel, but he could not find him before his forced return was due.
• On his final day, Ifrit saw Irene and Balsilion visit Hermes, who told Irene that she could turn her Attachment Magic into Dragon Slayer Magic.
• Ifrit built another Eclipse Gate to cancel his forced teleportation and decided to observe Hermes and Irene without interfering.

Ifrit learned how Hermes’s history, the creation of Deception Magic, and her fractured identity had shaped the events of the present. After Hermes awakened with her memories lost and became known as Miko, she met Ifrit and made a contract with him.

• Dragons killed Balsilion, and Irene chose the dragon alliance over Hermes, who fled after condemning humanity.
• Ifrit watched the dragons lose to Acnologia and Zeref, then used the Eclipse Gate to travel back three hundred years and seek Igneel’s young soul.
• In the Alchemy Era, Hermes discovered Ifrit’s magic, called him a god, and inspired him to warn that she would let out a world-destroying wail.
• Hermes created Deception Magic and demons, hid from the gods in a world beyond their sight, and later became a demon to extend her life.
• Hermes’s experiments with Deception Magic erased her memories and left her emotional side in control; after emerging from hiding, she named herself Miko and made a contract with Ifrit.

After returning from the past, Ifrit reunited with the dragons and Fairy Tail, then helped Laxus announce the guild’s disbandment so its members could prepare for Zeref and Acnologia. The chapter ended with Erza questioning Ifrit about his confidence and Emily asking whether Deception Magic had a third realm.

• Ifrit returned to the present, where the dragons emerged from the Eclipse Gate and thanked him for letting them live human lives.
• Natsu, Lucy, Ifrit, and their companions went home together and spent two peaceful days before Laxus summoned the guild.
• Laxus warned that Zeref and Acnologia might attack together, then announced that Fairy Tail would disband for at least a year so its members could grow stronger.
• Ifrit urged the guild members to train and return stronger, explaining that Zeref would target him alone during the year.
• Erza asked Ifrit whether he was confident, and Emily asked him whether Deception Magic had a third realm.

Emily struggled with doubts about her strength until Ifrit reassured her that she should help others without burdening herself with saving the world. After Fairy Tail disbanded to prepare for the coming battle, Emily began a journey with Ifrit, Mirajane, and Emerald, who joined Emily’s cause on probation.

• Ifrit told Emily that Deception Magic had a limited ceiling and encouraged her to focus on helping the people in front of her and enjoying her life.
• Emily asked Ifrit to travel with her, and he agreed before leaving Fairy Tail; Natsu vowed to make him see him in a new light.
• Fairy Tail’s disbandment alarmed Ishgar, but Laxus reassured the other guilds that the guild was taking a break to prepare for the coming battle, prompting them to train as well.
• Emerald told Ifrit that she had left the palace to pursue meaningful work and wanted to join Emily’s cause.
• Emily placed Emerald on a one-year probation, and Mirajane welcomed her into their traveling group.