Chapter Summaries

Cain woke beside Erza, Mira, and Ultear after they had all spent the night in his bed, then joined Wendy and the others for the Grand Magic Games award ceremony. After Fairy Tail received first place, Cain entered the royal treasury and chose a golden feather that dissolved into his body.

• Cain woke beside Erza, Mira, and Ultear, and Mira sent him out while she changed.
• Cain and Wendy joined Erza, Mira, and Ultear for breakfast before they headed to the Grand Magic Games venue.
• Pumpkin hosted the award ceremony, where Fairy Tail received first place and its prize, honorary title, and trophy.
• Princess Jade escorted Cain and the other Fairy Tail members to the royal treasury, where each could choose one item.
• Cain chose a golden feather, which dissolved into specks of light and entered his body.

Cain and his companions returned from the treasury with five treasures, each gaining a different benefit. Mira revealed a new Take Over form, while Cain learned that the golden feather had given him the magic Holy Lance: Destruction.

• Cain realized the golden feather contained part of an inheritance triggered by his Holy Light Magic, then left the treasury without choosing another treasure.
• Wendy showed Cain a book of Healing Magic and potion-making instructions, while Ultear emerged with a pocket watch and Erza with the katana Night Ogre.
• Mira took one or two hours to emerge from the treasury, and Jade led the group away after trusting that they had chosen only one treasure each.
• Back at the hotel, Mira explained that a black stone had released an evil soul she accepted, greatly increasing her magic power.
• Mira demonstrated her new Take Over form, which improved her magic control, and Cain told the group the golden feather had given him Holy Lance: Destruction.

Cain reflected on his new Holy Lance: Destruction spell and considered ways to apply its magic-array principles to his other spells. After returning to Magnolia, he and his companions were welcomed and celebrated for their Grand Magic Games victory, and Cain woke the guild after the banquet by curing everyone’s hangovers with Holy Light Magic.

• Cain studied Holy Lance: Destruction and thought about using magic arrays to strengthen Light Rain and Light Feather Explosion.
• Erza, Mira, and Ultear each returned to her own room, leaving Cain alone for the night.
• Cain and his companions returned to Magnolia, where Makarov, the residents, and Fairy Tail welcomed them and celebrated their victory.
• Cain joined Laxus and the guild in a banquet that lasted until everyone was drunk and asleep.
• Cain used Holy Light Magic to cure his own hangover and then wake the guild by clearing everyone’s hangovers.

Cain and his three fiancées married in Magnolia, where friends and townspeople gathered to celebrate. After the ceremony, strange signs appeared in the sky, and the guests took them as blessings for the newlyweds.

• Cain sent wedding invitations to friends, guild members, and the Magic Council, but decided not to invite Minerva.
• Cain accompanied Erza, Mira, and Ultear as they chose their wedding dresses, while Lucy delivered an invitation to Jude and Layla.
• Jude and Layla, along with Serafina and Adeline, discussed what gifts to prepare, and Simon and the others traveled to Magnolia.
• Cain and his guests gathered at Cardia Cathedral on May 10th as Erza, Mira, and Ultear entered in their wedding gowns.
• Makarov and Mavis officiated, and Cain, Mirajane Strauss, Erza Scarlet, and Ultear Milkovich declared that they took one another in marriage.
• A rainbow, a pillar of light, thunder, clearing clouds, and circling birds appeared around the cathedral after the wedding.

After marrying Erza, Mira, and Ultear, Cain settled into married life while secretly developing a new way to control his magic. The women sorted their wedding gifts and kept their suspicion that intimacy with Cain had strengthened them to themselves.

• Cain enjoyed married life with Erza, Mira, and Ultear and spent his days in the underground laboratory developing a second strike for Light Rain.
• Erza, Mira, and Ultear noticed their strength had increased since marrying Cain and privately guessed that he was responsible, but decided to tell no one.
• Erza, Mira, and Ultear sorted their wedding gifts, including two unicorns from Serafina and Heavenly Thunder Marrow Fluid from Laxus for their future children.
• Laxus explained that he had spent nearly a month gathering lightning to make the Heavenly Thunder Marrow Fluid, and the effort deepened his understanding of lightning.
• Ur worried that Cain might overwork himself with his three wives and planned to discuss his health with her daughters.

Cain and his three wives set out on their honeymoon, leaving Lisanna, Meldy, and Wendy behind. After a leisurely week of travel, they reached the Isaac Desert, prepared supplies, and began crossing it toward the Rokes Black Forest.

• Cain told Lisanna that she would not be joining the honeymoon, and Ultear likewise turned down Meldy's plea to come along.
• Ur warned Ultear not to overtax Cain, and Wendy overheard the intimate advice, leaving her embarrassed.
• Cain, Erza, Mira, and Ultear set off on foot, choosing the Isaac Desert as their first destination and stopping in cities along the way.
• After a week of leisurely travel, the four reached the Isaac Desert and bought supplies for their journey toward the Rokes Black Forest.
• Cain and the three women entered the desert, with Mira suggesting their journey might involve dealing with trouble for the people there.

Cain, Erza, Ultear, and Mira discovered that the desert bandits following them belonged to a cult and transformed into insectoid monsters. They returned to the nearby town to investigate and found its residents undergoing the same grotesque transformation.

• Erza defeated a group of desert bandits, but their leader proclaimed that a messenger of God would arrive.
• The bandits transformed into red-shelled insectoid monsters and attacked Cain and the others.
• Erza, Mira, and Ultear wiped out the monsters, prompting Cain to postpone their trip to the Eksa Great Desert.
• Cain and the others secretly returned to the town and noticed that its residents acted unnaturally and mechanically.
• Cain knocked out a passerby, but the townspeople spotted the group, crawled toward them, and began transforming like the bandits.

Cain discovered that the townspeople had been parasitized by insects and confronted the Insect Mother hiding beneath the town. He killed her after she emerged, while Erza, Mira, and Ultear exterminated the insect swarm.

• Cain realized the townspeople had died after being parasitized and ordered Erza, Mira, and Ultear to kill every insect.
• Cain used Sanction Light Shards to shake the town and force the Insect Mother out from underground.
• The Insect Mother emerged in a half-woman, half-spider form, and Cain attacked her with Angel Blade and arrows of light.
• The Insect Mother ensnared Cain in nearly invisible spider silk, but he snapped it and approached her.
• Cain smashed the Insect Mother's head with his fist before she could escape.

Cain tested his new Light Rain magic by linking arrows across the town and destroying the insect swarm, then used the Insect Mother's corpse to explain the destruction. Ultear's recollection of human-monster experiments led Cain to discover that the Insect Mother had been a human mutated with monster genes, and that the transformation might eventually have restored her human form.

• A researcher told the director that Test Subject No. 17 had died, and the director ordered the experiments to continue as planned.
• Cain used Light Rain and Lock to immobilize the insects, sent Erza and the others away, and destroyed the town with a series of explosions.
• Cain produced the Insect Mother's corpse, and Erza, Mira, and Ultear examined it while discussing how to explain the town's destruction to the Magic Council.
• Ultear recalled that Grimoire Heart's master had described dark guild members who experimented on humans by combining them with monsters in pursuit of eternal life.
• Cain examined the Insect Mother's corpse with Holy Light Magic and discovered that she had been a human altered by monster genes, with the transformation progressing toward a human appearance.

Cain and his companions uncovered The Stars’ human experimentation and reported it to the Magic Council, while Makarov warned Fairy Tail that the organization’s hidden influence made it dangerous. The group later encountered a Death Worm that unleashed mental magic, leaving Cain, Erza, Mira, and Ultear facing its strange attack.

• Cain learned that the organization behind the research was called The Stars, and his group decided to report the discovery to the Magic Council.
• Cain and his companions handed the Worm Mother’s corpse to the Council, and Gran Doma vowed to investigate The Stars despite suspecting a traitor within the Council.
• At Fairy Tail, Makarov explained that The Stars pursued immortality, had sacrificed hundreds of thousands of people, and might have created the Phoenix.
• Cain, Erza, Mira, and Ultear examined an enormous Death Worm whose body sprouted mouths that howled and sent out strange ripples.
• Ultear recognized that the Death Worm’s ripples were a form of mental magic.

Cain and his wives searched the Eksa Great Desert for more Death Worms, then crossed into Rokes Black Forest. There they met a pale, apparently heartbeat-less girl named Evelyn, whose magic seemed to lean toward darkness.

• Ultear froze and shattered Death Worm, and Cain found a dark green crystal filled with mental energy that might help make a potion to strengthen the mind.
• Cain and the others searched the sand for another Death Worm for a day without success, then bathed at an oasis and continued their honeymoon journey.
• Ultear told the group they would soon leave Eksa Great Desert and enter Rokes Black Forest, and Cain explained the forest's name and the cooling uses of its black wood.
• Cain and his wives emerged from the desert at sunset and made camp near the forest.
• Mira invited a timid girl named Evelyn to share their dinner after Evelyn said she was strong and accepted that the group were no longer strangers.
• Cain noticed Evelyn's sickly pale skin, could not sense her heartbeat, and detected considerable magic power with a dark nature.

Cain and his companions found Evelyn in Rokes Black Forest and brought her back to her family, learning that she had run away to escape noble etiquette lessons. They met Veronica, Evelyn’s Blood Clan mother, and arrived at her castle, where Evelyn faced her stern father.

• Evelyn explained that she had run away because her parents forced her to study noble etiquette and restrict her meals.
• Mira persuaded Evelyn to return home, and Evelyn asked Mira and Cain to become her parents along the way.
• Veronica appeared, revealed herself as Evelyn’s mother and a Blood Clan noble, and invited Cain and the others to her castle.
• At the castle, Evelyn’s father sternly confronted her about the trouble her disappearance had caused, and she apologized.

Cain and his companions stayed with Jerry’s family, where they learned that the family belonged to the Blood Clan and that Evelyn was an eighty-year-old child struggling with etiquette lessons. Erza and Mira agreed to teach Evelyn, while Cain and Ultear explored Jerry’s library and found records about the Dragon King Festival.

• Jerry apologized for losing his temper, welcomed Cain and his companions into his castle, and offered them lodging for the night.
• Cain realized Jerry’s family was not human, and Jerry explained that they were Blood Clan who needed blood to maintain their vital functions and were weakened by daylight.
• Jerry and Veronica revealed that Evelyn was eighty years old but still had the mind and appearance of a young child because the Blood Clan matured slowly.
• Erza offered to teach Evelyn noble etiquette, Cain agreed, and Veronica and Jerry entrusted their daughter to Erza and Mira.
• Cain and Ultear explored Jerry’s library and discovered rare books, including records related to the Dragon King Festival.

Cain found a record of the Silver Dragon Gabriella in Jerry's library and set out with his wives to find her in Sighing Land. The group reached the canyon, where Cain expected they would make an important discovery.

• Cain told Ultear that Gabriella's trail led to Sighing Land, and she agreed that it would be their next destination.
• After two weeks of lessons, Evelyn improved her etiquette, and Jerry hosted a farewell banquet for Cain and his companions.
• Cain and the others left Jerry's castle, and Evelyn told Mira and Erza she wanted to grow up like Lucy and join Fairy Tail.
• The group traveled through the Rokes Black Forest and the Tienen Duchy toward Sighing Land.
• At the canyon, Erza questioned whether a dragon could be there, while Cain said he felt they would gain a great deal from the trip.

Cain and his companions searched Sighing Land for a hidden small world, then returned to Tienen to wait for the next full moon, which Cain suspected might open its entrance. Erza worried about facing the Silver Dragon, but Cain reasoned that it was probably still injured and reminded them they could escape with the Apex Teleportation Jade Tablet.

• Cain, Erza, Ultear, and Mira searched Sighing Land but found no sign of a hidden world.
• Cain suggested they wait for the next full moon and explore the Tingen Kingdom, so the four returned to a hotel in the Tienen Duchy.
• Ultear said the next full moon would come in three days, and Erza worried that the Silver Dragon might be hostile to humans.
• Cain reassured Erza that the Silver Dragon was likely still injured because it had not returned to attack Augustus, and he said they could flee using the Apex Teleportation Jade Tablet if necessary.

Cain and the others searched Sighing Land on the full moon but found nothing, then stayed nearby as rain arrived the next day. The rain brought a strange sighing sound, and Cain's magical scan revealed an anomaly, which he was about to explain.

• Cain and Erza, Mira, and Ultear spent several days touring Tingen Royal Capital before searching Sighing Land on the full moon and finding no abnormalities.
• Cain's companions reassured him that the trip had been worthwhile, and the four returned to their tent for the night.
• The next day, Cain prepared hot pot as rain began to fall near Sighing Land.
• A mournful sigh echoed through the canyon, and Cain flew outside to scan the area with his magic.
• Cain discovered an anomaly and brought the rain-soaked Erza, Mira, and Ultear into the tent, where Ultear asked him what he had found.

Cain and his companions found the hidden entrance to a small world in Sighing Land and encountered the wounded Silver Dragon Gabriella. As Cain fought Gabriella, Erza struck from the side with her Golden Dragon’s Furious Strike.

• Cain explained that the sighing sound revealed the small world’s entrance, then opened it by striking a rock wall as the sound rang out.
• Cain, Ultear, Erza, and their companion entered the gloomy small world and found Silver Dragon Gabriella beside a lake.
• Gabriella attacked Cain, who transformed into his Four-Winged Angel Form and countered her elemental magic.
• Gabriella unleashed Silver Dragon’s Roar, and Cain met it with Angel Blade, creating spatial cracks in the collision.
• Gabriella dove toward Cain to swallow him, but Erza charged in on an ice pillar and struck her with Golden Dragon’s Furious Strike.

Erza, Mira, and Cain attacked the Silver Dragon Gabriella, but their blows failed to defeat her. Gabriella seized Erza and Ultear as hostages, only to discover she had grabbed ice sculptures instead.

• Erza used the Golden Gauntlet to smash Gabriella's cheek, then collapsed from exhaustion, and Cain caught her.
• Ultear launched Gabriella into the air with Ice God Spear, and Mira struck her wounded back with Heaven-Piercing Cannon.
• Gabriella trapped Mira in Wind Chains, but the Four-Winged Angel rescued her and hit Gabriella with Holy Radiance: Apocalypse.
• Gabriella survived the attack with worsening injuries and tried to capture Erza and Ultear to force Cain to surrender.
• Gabriella grabbed two ice sculptures instead of Erza and Ultear, and Cain remained calm as she realized her threat had failed.

Cain subdued Gabriella so Mira could Take Over the silver dragon, then tested Mira's new dragonized form. Mira returned to herself afterward, though Cain had noticed she could not cast magic while transformed.

• Cain trapped Gabriella in the Destruction Storm, weakened her, and sealed away her remaining mana with golden chains.
• Mira used Take Over on Gabriella and fought the dragon for control from within.
• Mira emerged in a dragonized form, and Cain confirmed that the Take Over had succeeded.
• Cain sparred with Mira to test her new form and discovered that she could not cast magic while transformed.
• Cain stopped the fight and embraced Mira as her normal awareness returned.

Mira recovered after sealing the silver dragon Gabriella with Cain's Adamant Lock, and the four friends prepared to continue their honeymoon journey. After Mira confronted Gabriella inside the seal, Cain, Mira, Erza, and Ultear set out again and chose the Western Continent as their next destination.

• Cain brought the exhausted Mira and the others out of the sealed place, and they waited three days for her to wake up.
• Mira awoke ravenously hungry and told Cain, Ultear, and Erza that Gabriella remained sealed inside her and was slowly being worn down.
• Mira explained that she could only use part of Gabriella's power, while Erza compared the limitation to her own Golden Dragon Armor and Golden Dragon Spear.
• In a dream, Mira entered the sealed space, taunted and beat Gabriella in Satan Form, then returned to sleep beside Cain.
• Cain, Mira, Erza, and Ultear packed their belongings and set out, agreeing to visit the Western Continent and the Alvarez Empire.