Chapter Summaries

Aibo promoted Fairy Tail’s new products while helping Magnolia grow into a booming city. He also sabotaged Edolas’s Anima experiments by dropping a mountain of excrement into its Royal Palace, after which Anima did not appear for nearly half a year.

• New Era Weekly exceeded Aibo’s sales expectations as guilds including Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, and Quatro Cerberus ordered copies.
• Mistgun simplified the Magic Terminal’s magic arrays, and Aibo planned a production factory and advertised the device ahead of its release.
• Aibo priced the first trial-produced Magic Terminals as free for Fairy Tail members and planned to sell them publicly for 200,000 J.
• Fairy Tail’s construction projects and publicity drew merchants and young people to Magnolia, more than tripling its population and expanding the city.
• Nearly two months after the shrimp attack, Aibo used a spatial marker to send two months’ worth of collected excrement into Edolas’s Royal Palace.
• Edolas’s royal capital became nearly unlivable, and Anima did not appear again for nearly half a year.

Aibo revealed his strength as an S-Class candidate and dominated the guild’s preparations for the promotion exam. At the first trial in Demon Forest, he teleported himself and the examiners straight to the arena and suggested skipping the remaining rounds.

• Makarov named Macao, Fried, Juvia, Natsu, Gray, Cana, Mistgun, and Aibo as candidates for the S-Class Promotion Exam.
• Aibo immobilized Natsu with his combined Word Magic and Space Magic, then left him to the guild members until Natsu broke free and started a brawl.
• Erza admitted she was unsure she could defeat Aibo, while Makarov warned Erza and Mira to ease up on jobs before the exam.
• At Demon Forest, Makarov announced that only the first eight candidates to reach the mountaintop would advance; the candidates set off with their companions.
• Aibo teleported the carriage carrying himself, Ailu, Makarov, Laxus, Erza, and Mira to the mountaintop, then proposed skipping the later rounds.

Aibo challenged the other Fairy Tail contestants to fight him together during the S-Class promotion test and overwhelmed them with his magic. After Cana used a swimsuit-themed trap card, Aibo unleashed a blast that flattened the mountain, but he still advanced to S-Class.

• Cana and Levy reached the mountaintop first, and Natsu arrived eighth after mistakenly thinking he was first.
• Aibo challenged every contestant at once and revealed that his magic power had reached fifty thousand, prompting Makarov to approve the group fight.
• Aibo used Thought Projection, teleportation, Telepathy Magic, and Word Magic to counter the contestants' attacks and disrupt their teamwork.
• Mistgun unleashed his Nine-Layer Magic Circle attack, but Aibo swallowed the light beam as a Dragon Slayer Mage.
• Cana activated the Swimsuit Beauty Assault trap card to exploit Aibo's weakness, and Aibo's resulting blast flattened the mountain.
• Aibo advanced to S-Class at age twelve, while the participants kept the details of the match secret.

After the S-Class trial, Aibo scolded Cana for claiming that pretty girls were his weakness, then decided to cultivate an innocent, shy persona around the older girls. He returned to the guild members in the woods and prepared to explain his behavior before teleporting them home.

• The guild members speculated about Aibo's final battle, while Aibo's threats about embarrassing photos kept the details an open secret.
• Aibo took Cana home, bound her with Light Mold Magic, and tried to punish her for telling everyone that pretty girls were his weakness.
• Cana revealed that she had drawn the conclusion after Aibo ran away when he saw her naked after a bath, and Aibo insisted that his reaction showed manners, not weakness.
• Cana reassured Aibo that the others saw him as innocent, prompting him to decide to act shy and let the older girls make the first move.
• Aibo returned to the woods, found Natsu carsick beside the carriage, and offered to teleport the guild members home while preparing to explain himself to the older girls.

Aibo pretended to be innocent and easily embarrassed so the girls would tease him, earning him Inspiration Points while hiding that he enjoyed the act. After he provoked the older men in the guild, Makarov ordered him to attend the local guild masters’ meeting.

• Aibo’s sisters, especially Cana and Mira, began teasing him after believing they had discovered his childish weakness, while Juvia and Levy tried to rescue him.
• Aibo used a tiny Space Magic portal to answer the Lower House’s protests and secretly gained Inspiration Points from his act.
• Virgo confronted Aibo about his behavior, tested him with an offer to satisfy his needs, and teased him when he refused.
• Mira grabbed Aibo and tried to share Erza’s stolen cake with him as Juvia angrily intervened.
• Aibo secretly mocked the older men in the guild, and Makarov ordered him to attend the local guild masters’ meeting the next day.

Aibo accompanied Makarov to the Guild Masters' Alliance meeting, where Makarov showed off Fairy Tail's new S-Class wizard. Aibo turned the gathering into a launch for his Magic Communication Terminal, winning guild masters' promises to buy the device once it went on sale.

• Makarov used Aibo's Space Magic to arrive at the meeting in dramatic fashion and introduced him as Fairy Tail's twelve-year-old S-Class wizard.
• Makarov praised Aibo's abilities and credited him with coming up with the Ninja Amusement Park.
• Aibo greeted the guild masters and offered Magic Communication Terminals to Bob, Goldmine, and the others.
• Aibo demonstrated how the terminals worked, and the guild masters praised the invention and promised to have their guild members buy them.

Aibo dealt with guild fame and a flood of Fairy Tail applicants after the Magic Communication Terminal became a major commercial success. The guild agreed on provisional membership and new approval rules, including extra voting weight and veto power for S-Class Mages.

• Aibo comforted Cana about Gildarts and supported her decision to tell him the truth when he returned, then spent the night in her arms.
• The Magic Communication Terminal sold out its first batch, making Fairy Tail wealthy and drawing attention and visitors to Magnolia.
• Aibo planned to expand into projection devices, live programming, and new magical factories as Fairy Tail’s businesses grew.
• Aibo accepted Evergreen into Fairy Tail and proposed making future applicants provisional members until current members approved them.
• Makarov held a guild meeting, where the members adopted a system requiring ten approvals and giving S-Class Mages five votes each and veto power.

Aibo explained to Makarov that Fairy Tail’s recent conflicts came from its growing wealth and reforms, then asked to learn the guild’s Three Great Magics. He chose Fairy Sphere and learned that Laxus had Dragon Slayer Magic, while Makarov warned him to watch Laxus; Aibo instead demanded payment for learning all three magics.

• Aibo told Makarov that Fairy Tail’s wealth had attracted opportunists and that the disputes among its new reserves were growing pains from reform.
• Makarov worried that Laxus and the Thunder God Tribe judged newcomers by strength, but Aibo advised him to let them choose recruits and reject anyone suspicious by vote.
• Aibo asked Makarov for the Three Great Magics, and Makarov offered him Fairy Glitter, Fairy Law, or Fairy Sphere.
• Aibo chose Fairy Sphere and learned that Laxus had selected Fairy Glitter, though Makarov had taught him Fairy Law instead.
• Makarov revealed that Laxus used Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic and asked Aibo to keep an eye on him, but Aibo demanded payment to learn all three magics.

Aibo explained that Fairy Tail’s growing membership had caused conflict because old and new members had different expectations of the guild’s benefits. He proposed new member insurance and an expanded guild, then ignored Makarov’s hint that he should become guild master and looked for more work to give him.

• Aibo noticed tension between Fairy Tail’s longtime members and newcomers, then told Makarov that mismatched expectations about benefits were the root cause.
• Aibo rejected Makarov’s suggestion to shut down the factories and proposed either opening a branch or improving member welfare.
• Aibo explained accident and pension insurance, and Makarov enthusiastically embraced the plan to make the guild a safeguard for its members.
• Aibo proposed expanding the guild and adding facilities reserved for official members, including a second-floor area, hot springs, a pool, game rooms, and a rebuilt men’s dormitory.
• Makarov hinted that Aibo should become guild master, but Aibo dismissed the idea and decided to give Makarov more work, turning his attention to the old guild master’s companions.

After Fairy Tail introduced generous member benefits, Aibo advised Makarov to use the guild’s growing influence to build a Guild Alliance with other guilds and wizarding families. Makarov embraced the plan and set out to recruit his old friends.

• Makarov announced Fairy Tail’s new member benefits, which thrilled guild members and drew newspaper attention.
• Aibo revealed that he had paid reporters to credit Makarov with the benefits, explaining that the chairman’s stronger reputation would help the guild attract members.
• Aibo warned that Fairy Tail’s benefits could make other guilds resentful and proposed sharing profits through an alliance.
• Aibo showed Makarov a map of Fiore and proposed partnering with nearby guilds and wizarding families to secure resources and develop industries together.
• Aibo suggested excluding Phantom Lord from the alliance, and Makarov enthusiastically agreed before going to approach his old friends.

Fairy Tail completed its reconstruction and grew into a prominent guild, while Aibo dealt with several fan clubs devoted to him. He discovered that newcomer Lucky was his former academy fan, then hired her as an intern secretary and assigned Guga as her contact.

• Fairy Tail finished rebuilding its guild hall and auxiliary buildings, opened its industrial park, and attracted crowds to its new Duel Hall.
• Aibo learned that guild members had formed four rival fan clubs devoted to him, while Erza remained unaware of the groups.
• After Guga reported that Lucky knew many details about Aibo, Aibo confronted her and recognized her as his former Magic Academy fan, who had known him as Senior Hannah.
• Aibo questioned Lucky about her motives, and she explained that she had joined Fairy Tail after graduating from the academy and wanted to work with him.
• Aibo offered Lucky an intern secretary position and instructed Guga to serve as her contact while keeping her identity secret.

Aibo helped Mistgun deal with a new Anima and installed a device that could communicate across worlds. Mistgun decided to reverse Anima and drain Edolas of magic, but Aibo pointed out that the Exceed might be transferred to Earth-land too, leaving Mistgun to reconsider his plan with the guild’s help.

• Aibo found that a new Anima was larger than the previous ones, then moved rocks and insects into Edolas before Mistgun destroyed it.
• Aibo installed a spatial locator in the subspace so he could communicate with Edolas and Mira could hear from Lisanna.
• Mistgun told Aibo he planned to drain Edolas of magic by reversing Anima, and Aibo explained the possible consequences without supporting or opposing him.
• Mistgun asked for help from Fairy Tail and explained the Exceed’s influence over Edolas’s people.
• Aibo warned that reversing Anima might transfer the Exceed to Earth-land, and Mistgun realized he had overlooked that risk.

Aibo advanced his Light Magic to Level 4 and developed a high-speed flight spell and laser eyes, then returned to Magnolia. Cana asked whether she could defeat Mistgun in the S-Class promotion test, and Aibo encouraged her to believe in herself.

• Lisanna repeatedly called and messaged Aibo from the other world, while he teased her by pretending not to notice that she wanted to come home.
• Aibo's Light Magic reached Level 4, letting him fly at extreme speeds by turning his body into a beam of light.
• Aibo developed [Light Laser Eyes] and celebrated his new Superman-like abilities, while resolving to train his physique further.
• Aibo returned to his castle, where Cana asked if she could defeat Mistgun in the S-Class promotion test.
• Aibo reminded Cana that she had magic tools to protect her from Mistgun's hypnosis and encouraged her to aim for S-Class.

After Cana lost to Mistgun in the S-Class promotion test for the fourth year in a row, Aibo comforted her and recognized how much she relied on him. He gathered the girls for tailored training and advised them on ways to improve, ending with Erza asking him to practice martial skills with her.

• Cana cried to Aibo after Mistgun defeated her by sending back her summons, and Aibo scolded her for losing despite her strength and preparations.
• Aibo realized Cana depended on his guidance so much that she struggled to act independently, then apologized and promised to protect her while accepting her reliance on him.
• Cana asked Aibo for help improving her strength, so he invited the girls close to him to a training session at his home.
• Aibo advised Cana to study Word Magic and magic circles, suggested training options for Levy, Juvia, Wendy, and Lucky, and discussed the Second Magic Source with Erza.
• Aibo told Mira that her Demon takeover had become less effective and suggested Guga as a possible future source of abilities, while advising both her and Erza to pursue their Second Magic Sources.
• Aibo urged Erza to specialize in a martial skill and focus on training, and Erza asked him to practice martial skills with her.

In X784, Aibo learned that Siegrain had become a Wizard Saint and a Magic Council member, then registered Bisca Mulan as a Fairy Tail recruit. Seeing Siegrain’s face in the newspaper, Erza recognized him as someone from her past and set out for ERA, with Aibo offering to teleport her there.

• Aibo read that Siegrain and Ultear had joined the Magic Council and that Siegrain had become the youngest of the Ten Wizard Saints.
• Erza brought Bisca Mulan to Fairy Tail, and Aibo registered her as a guild recruit.
• Erza saw Siegrain’s face in the newspaper, recognized him, and ran off to confront him.
• Erza told Aibo she wanted to handle the matter as a personal issue and asked him not to interfere.
• Aibo agreed but offered to use his Teleportation Magic to take Erza directly to ERA.

Ultear reunited with Aibo, whom she mistook for her old roommate Hannah, while Erza confronted Siegrain, believing he was Jellal. Aibo drove Siegrain off and left with Erza, leaving Ultear stunned by his appearance.

• At the Magic Council meeting, Siegrain argued with the other councilors about Fairy Tail, and Ultear received a message from Hannah telling her to bring Siegrain to a location.
• Ultear dragged Siegrain away from the Council, where Erza attacked him, convinced he was Jellal.
• Siegrain claimed he was Jellal’s twin brother and tried to arrest Erza after she hesitated.
• Aibo smashed Siegrain’s Prison Star spell and warned Ultear not to reveal his identity.
• Aibo threatened Siegrain with a beam from his eyes, then left with Erza, while Siegrain let them go.

Aibo took Erza to his home and pressed her to reveal the past she had kept from him, while realizing Jellal was the source of her inner turmoil. Erza finally agreed to tell Aibo everything after he promised not to act recklessly.

• Aibo teleported Erza to his home instead of taking her back to the guild and asked her to explain her past.
• Aibo realized Erza hated Jellal but could not bring herself to kill him, and he decided not to expose or attack him yet.
• Erza refused to explain because she feared Jellal would harm her friends still held at the Tower of Heaven.
• Aibo reminded Erza that he was her family and promised to stand by her, prompting her to embrace him and cry.
• Erza agreed to tell Aibo everything after he promised not to do anything reckless.

Erza told Aibo how Jellal betrayed her at the Tower of Heaven, and Aibo promised to uncover the truth and resolve the situation. He then kidnapped Ultear and demanded she explain her and Jellal’s plans, but she refused to talk.

• Erza recounted how Jellal betrayed her after she led a rebellion against the Dark Magic Cult, and Aibo comforted her.
• Erza warned Aibo not to act recklessly because Jellal could endanger everyone at the Tower of Heaven.
• Aibo showed Erza a photograph of Mistgun and explained that he was Jellal from Edolas, prompting Erza to suspect Siegrain was lying about Jellal being his twin.
• Erza asked Aibo to handle the situation, and he decided to uncover the truth by his own methods.
• Ultear woke up bound and stripped of her magic in a sealed room, where Aibo revealed his identity and demanded to know what she and Jellal were plotting.
• Ultear refused to answer Aibo’s questions and told him to kill her.

Aibo used magic to interrogate Ultear and uncovered her ties to Brain and the Dark Guild Oración Seis, along with her role in manipulating Jellal. After Ultear offered to cooperate, Aibo proposed that she follow him and pursue time-travel magic together.

• Aibo used Word Magic to heighten Ultear’s sensitivity to pain and pressured her to answer his questions.
• Ultear admitted that she and Jellal served Brain, the leader of Oración Seis and a former director of the Magic Development Bureau.
• Ultear offered to act as Aibo’s inside agent in exchange for her release, saying she wanted to master magic that could travel through time.
• Ultear revealed that she had posed as a Ghost of Zeref and convinced Jellal that resurrecting Zeref would bring him power and freedom, while Brain wanted the Tower of Heaven built to destabilize the magical world.
• Aibo suggested that Ultear follow him because he believed they had a better chance of mastering time-travel magic together than she did of finding the Black Wizard.

Aibo made Ultear his subordinate through a magical contract and promised to help her build a happy future. He then ordered her to make Jellal disgrace himself so Erza would lose faith in him, leaving Ultear furious at discovering Aibo's jealousy.

• Aibo raised his Time Magic to LV3 and told Ultear he would try to restart the [Memories of Time] grimoire once his magic advanced further.
• Ultear agreed to follow Aibo, and he placed a tracking mark on her and bound her with a summoning card.
• Aibo used Ultear's private thoughts and guessed at her past, then reassured her that he would help her and create a happy future.
• Ultear toured Aibo's castle in Magnolia before meeting him to discuss their next steps.
• Aibo ordered Ultear to stop controlling Jellal and devise a way to make him disgrace himself so Erza would lose faith in him.
• Ultear realized Aibo had acted out of jealousy over Jellal, tried to quit, and was forced by the mark to apologize and promise to help.