Chapter Summaries

Rhode and Mira officially began dating, drawing teasing and congratulations from the guild while they settled into a playful new closeness. Elfman prepared to leave on a job with his sister and Rhode’s advice, then wondered if they treated him like a son rather than a little brother.

• Mira told the girls how she had gradually fallen for Rhode, while the boys offered their own theories about the couple.
• Rhode showed off Mira’s bouquet to the jealous guild members, and Kroev and Niki tried to push Elfman into challenging him, but Elfman refused.
• Rhode and Mira sat closer together while doing clerical work, secretly held hands, and played a game of transforming their hands.
• Rhode resolved to improve his strength after realizing Mira could overpower him, then helped Elfman prepare for a distant job and advised him to take another magic book.
• Elfman left with Mira’s reminders and Rhode’s instructions, then wondered whether the two of them saw him as a son.

Rhode and Mira sparred after confirming their relationship, testing their recovered strength and Take Over Magic. The fight escalated from hand-to-hand combat to powerful transformations and magic, ending with Mira preparing a blast as Rhode watched in alarm.

• Rhode and Mira began sparring by the lakeside and agreed not to get angry after the fight.
• Mira used Satan Soul and overwhelmed Rhode with fast, powerful attacks, sending him through the guild's outer wall.
• Rhode switched to Crimson Mark Treant and fought Mira head-on, eventually trapping her leg with vines and striking her abdomen.
• Mira stabilized herself in midair and formed a pitch-black sphere of magic between her hands.
• Rhode stared in alarm as Mira's magical blast exploded.

Rhode and Mira tested her Satan Soul ability, and Mira accidentally wrecked part of the guild before they returned. The next morning, the guild members discovered the damage and doubted Mira’s confession until she transformed in front of them.

• Rhode asked Mira for a lap pillow after she sent him flying with an attack, and they checked each other for injuries by the lake.
• Rhode and Mira returned to the guild and found that Mira’s attack had nearly destroyed a wall, the back door, and the yard.
• Rhode used the Crimson Mark Treant’s vines to cover the damaged wall, and Mira rode the River Crab home with him while recovering from the strain of Satan Soul.
• The guild members found the wreckage the next morning and assumed an enemy had attacked while they were away.
• Rhode admitted that he and Mira had been the last ones to leave, but the guild members dismissed Mira’s confession until she took in Satan Soul before them.

Mira demonstrated that her magic power had recovered, and Makarov restored her S-Class status. After Mira and Rhode helped repair the guild, Makarov sent them away and took over the remaining work himself.

• Natsu challenged Mira to a fight, and she knocked him face-first into the floor in one move.
• Mira explained that she had recovered her magic and accidentally damaged the guild while sparring with Rhode; Makarov restored her S-Class Mage status.
• Rhode and Mira repaired the guild together, reminiscing and playfully smearing dirt on each other.
• Makarov struggled with his paperwork while Laki helped with repairs and agreed to fix the wooden parts.
• After Rhode and Mira worked until afternoon, Makarov sent them away and said he would finish repairing the guild himself.

Erza accepted a low-paying job for a chance to find rare strawberries, then arranged a future match with Mira. Rhode and Mira discussed their feelings and planned a job together after Erza returned.

• Erza chose a job that might lead to Top-tier Sweet-to-Death Strawberries, and Mira happily congratulated her on regaining her S-Class status.
• Erza and Mira arranged to fight after Erza returned, while Rhode warned them to choose a location away from the guild.
• Mira proposed making the strawberries the stakes of the match so she could see Erza's reaction, and Rhode teased her about it.
• Mira asked whether Rhode would still like her if she had kept her old personality, and they reassured each other that they would have fallen in love anyway.
• Laki interrupted Rhode and Mira, and Rhode suggested that he and Mira team up for a job after Erza returned and they had their match.

Rhode and Mira trained together, grew closer, and Mira escorted him home before kissing him on the cheek. As Rhode’s magic power increased, he spotted signs that an elemental drake was about to appear in Summoner’s Rift and wondered how to handle it.

• Rhode and Mira meditated to strengthen their magic power, then practiced hand-to-hand combat to build experience and restore Mira’s skills.
• After training, Mira walked Rhode home, kissed his cheek, and ran off; Rhode was delighted and summoned Rift Scuttler, Worm after her.
• Over the following days, the guild grew used to Rhode and Mira’s closeness, while Rhode accepted that Mira was stronger and trained harder.
• As Rhode’s magic power grew, the fog of war cleared and revealed a sign that an elemental drake was about to appear beside the Little Dragon pit.
• Rhode worried that the drake might be large and dangerous, and considered calling a Dragon Slayer Mage.

Mira and Erza fought a serious spar on an ice stage Gray built over the lake, escalating to their strongest forms. Their final clash shattered the stage, and Rhode rescued the exhausted Mira from the water as the spectators weathered the waves.

• Gray used Ice Shape: Lakeheart Stage to create a large ice platform on the lake, then Rhode gave him a Crown of Insight that helped him make a viewing platform.
• Kana opened bets on the fight, and Makarov gave Mira and Erza the signal to begin.
• Erza opened with Heaven's Wheel Armor, while Mira used Satan Soul and rushed her; they traded rapid blows until Erza switched to Purgatory Armor.
• Mira and Erza fought across the cracking stage, then prepared to decide the match with Mira's Demon Shuterly and Erza's Fairy Armor.
• Their final clash destroyed the stage and sent waves toward the spectators, but the guild members avoided injury.
• Rhode used Rift Scuttler to jump into the water and pull the exhausted, sleeping Mira to safety.

After Mira lost her fight with Erza, Rhode comforted her and helped her warm up before she bathed. Mira and Rhode later teased Kana and shared a kiss, leaving Erza flustered by talk of marriage.

• Rhode carried the exhausted Mira ashore, warmed her by a fire, and reassured her after she cried about losing to Erza.
• Rhode took Mira to the bathhouse, where Erza tried to join them and Mira pushed Rhode outside.
• Kana teased Rhode, but he turned the conversation around and flustered her by asking about her love life.
• Mira and Erza finished bathing, and Kana angrily left after Mira learned Rhode had called her pretty.
• Mira agreed to see a movie with Rhode the next day, and he offered to cover her shift while she helped Erza make a cake.
• Mira kissed Rhode on the cheek, and Erza dropped her strawberries and blurted out that she was a humble lady asking to be taken care of.

Rhode handled a job request from Fried while Mira and Erza made a strawberry cake, then read about Fairy Tail’s history and imagined the guild’s future. Fried left with the Raijinshuu to take on the dangerous mission, while Rhode ended the chapter wondering which new members would join next.

• Fried insisted on guild rules before Rhode accepted his job request, then assigned the dangerous mission to the Raijinshuu and Laxus.
• Erza brought out a strawberry cake and shared it with Mira and Rhode, who kissed Mira’s puffed cheek before fleeing to the library.
• Mira explained that the Raijinshuu were powerful and had completed many difficult jobs.
• Rhode read guild records about the Initial Fairies and Yuri Dreyar’s family, then wondered whether Lucy or Wendy would join Fairy Tail next.

Rhode and Mira went on a movie date, then spotted Macao dating someone and tried to keep it quiet. Mira told Laki, who passed the gossip along until half the guild knew.

• Rhode and Mira watched an old time-travel movie together, and Mira fell asleep against Rhode during the screening.
• After the movie, Rhode offered to treat Mira to dessert, and she agreed despite worrying about gaining weight.
• At the dessert shop, Rhode and Mira secretly watched Macao on a date and wondered about his new girlfriend.
• Rhode and Mira hurried back to the guild after thinking Macao had noticed them, and Mira whispered the news to Laki.
• Laki told Sally, and the gossip spread through half the guild before she admitted what she had done to Mira.

Rhode and Mira tried to cheer up a troubled Kana, whose drinking worsened before she gradually seemed less depressed. Mira later kept a secret from Rhode, hinting that Kana had endured something painful twelve years earlier.

• Wakaba worried that Macao’s apparent relationship might affect Romeo, while Natsu suspected Mira had coerced Rhode into dating her.
• Happy teased Rhode about being kidnapped by Mira, and Mira flung Happy away after seeing his drawing of her threatening Rhode.
• Kana spent her winnings on alcohol, drank two barrels, and drunkenly muttered about someone not knowing her before falling asleep.
• Mira covered Kana with a blanket and planned to go shopping with her to comfort her; Kana remained a frequent drinker but seemed less depressed afterward.
• Rhode asked Mira what secret was troubling her, but she refused to reveal it because it was a promise between girls, thinking of Kana’s suffering twelve years earlier.

Rhode and Mira chose a rat-infestation mission and persuaded Makarov to let them leave together, with Makarov reluctantly agreeing. On June 1, Rhode went to Mira’s house before their trip and watched her prepare breakfast and packed lunches.

• Rhode found a 200,000-Jewel mission to deal with a rat infestation and convinced Mira to take it with him.
• Mira agreed after Rhode explained that the rats could ruin a village’s harvest and food stores.
• Makarov resisted Rhode and Mira leaving together, but Mira threatened to invite Erza, and he let them go.
• Rhode arrived at Mira’s house early on June 1, where Elfman let him in and Mira prepared breakfast and food for the journey.

Rhode and Mira traveled by carriage through the rain toward Ravendell Village, sharing affectionate moments along the way. Near the village, Rhode discovered a severe rat plague and warned the driver to turn back as he and Mira prepared to enter.

• Mira and Rhode left home together beneath one umbrella after Elfman reminded Mira to take care on the road.
• Rhode and Mira hired a carriage, and their driver told them he had come from Old Town, where Grimoire Heart was located.
• During the rainy journey, Mira leaned against Rhode, and Rhode made a magical rainbow for her after the skies cleared.
• As they neared Ravendell Village, Rhode spotted rats attacking a river crab and warned the driver that the village was dangerous.
• Rhode summoned Sharp Beak Birds to escort the driver, who chose to leave while Rhode and Mira prepared to continue toward the village.

Rhode and Mira reached Ravendell Village and learned that a massive rat infestation had devastated the crops and threatened the villagers. After hearing the village chief's account, Rhode promised that the two mages could handle the swarm despite its numbers.

• Rhode and Mira found oversized rats attacking a river crab and saw that the fields and nearby trees had been stripped by gnawing.
• Rhode and Mira arrived at Ravendell Village, where guards watched the bonfires and a young man escorted them to the village chief.
• Mira introduced them as Fairy Tail mages who had accepted Mr. Jasper's rat extermination request, and Rhode left his summoned creatures guarding the entrance.
• Mr. Jasper explained that rats had eaten the planted seeds, damaged supplies, attacked livestock and people, and begun threatening the village in groups.
• When Mr. Jasper doubted that two mages and their animals could defeat thousands of rats, Rhode declared that he alone was an army of thousands.

Rhode and Mira confronted a huge swarm of rats gathered outside the village, then Rhode summoned Void Larvae and their rapidly multiplying Void Worms to prepare for a battle. The villagers organized watches as Rhode planned to begin the fight in two and a half hours, while Mira stayed by his side.

• Rhode and Mira tested the rats with attacks from Sharp Beak Birds, Shadow Wolves, and Mira’s Demon Arm, but the swarm repeatedly gathered again and began eating its dead.
• Rhode dismissed most of his jungle monsters and summoned an Azure Carved Golem, three Void Larvae, and their Void Worms to defend the village.
• Rhode told the Void Larvae to line up outside the fence and attack approaching rats without damaging village buildings.
• Rhode explained to village chief Jasper that the larvae could produce enough Void Worms to begin the battle in two and a half hours, and that the worms would disappear afterward.
• Jasper arranged for villagers to patrol and watch the area while they treated the summoned creatures as the village’s hope for survival.
• Mira agreed to act as Rhode’s personal bodyguard and asked him for the ingredients so she could cook.

Rhode launched the Void Worms against the rat swarm to defend the village, while Mira and Rhode's summoned forces joined the battle. The rats fell into a severe disadvantage as the worms kept replenishing their numbers.

• Mira prepared dinner while Rhode recovered his magic power and watched over the village.
• As the Void Worms surrounded the village, the rats retreated from the bonfires, and Rhode ordered the worms to attack.
• The worms tore down part of the fence as they rushed out and clashed with the rats in a chaotic battle.
• Village Chief Jasper mobilized the villagers to guard the perimeter, and Rhode summoned creatures to stop stray rats from entering.
• Mira hurled explosive magic at the rats, while Rhode sent the Azure Rune Golem and Floating Cannons to attack.
• The rats began to lose ground as the worms continued to be born and fought without fear.

Rhode and the villagers of Ravendell Village defeated the rat swarm, while his summoned worms pursued the survivors. After the villagers began cleaning up, Rhode's mana ran out, and Mira carried him to the village chief's house.

• The rats began fleeing after more than half their swarm had been killed, and Rhode ordered three Void Larvae to chase them while Jasper organized the disposal of the rat corpses and warned villagers to boil their water.
• The villagers celebrated the victory, then gathered and burned the rat corpses and collected their droppings for fertilizer.
• Rhode disinfected the golem as Jasper thanked him and promised to repair the damaged fences and road.
• Rhode's golem, Void Larvae, and worms disappeared as his mana ran low, and Mira supported him toward the village chief's house.
• Mira lifted Rhode into her arms and carried him, reminding him that he had carried her the same way when she fell into the water.

Rhode and Mira shared a room after returning from the village, where they helped each other get ready for bed. Their playful intimacy led to their first kiss, and they ended the chapter holding each other.

• Rhode and Mira reached the village chief's home and shared the single room Jasper had prepared for them.
• Mira fed Worm snacks while Rhode rested, then Rhode helped Mira dry her hair.
• Mira taught Rhode how to dry long hair before taking a turn drying his hair and playfully rubbing his head.
• Mira hugged Rhode from behind and kissed his cheek, and Rhode turned to kiss her for the first time.
• Rhode lifted Mira onto his lap, and they held each other after their teeth bumped during the kiss.

Rhode and Mira spent the night at the village chief’s house, then began their work to protect the village and hunt the remaining rats. After the treant built a sturdy wall around the village, they set out on the river crab to continue the search.

• Mira used Sleep Magic to put Rhode to sleep, and he woke the next morning hugging Worm while Mira arranged her hair.
• Rhode complimented Mira’s hairstyle, and she sent him to wash up before they ate breakfast at the village chief’s house.
• Rhode and Mira learned that the villagers had worked late handling the aftermath, then prepared to search for rat traces and eliminate them.
• Rhode summoned a Crimson Mark Treant, which wove vines into a tall wooden wall around the village.
• Rhode and Mira climbed aboard the river crab and began the day’s work.

Rhode and Mira’s rat hunt uncovered two powerful giant rats, which they defeated with help from their monsters. After the swarm was cleared, Hibiki, Ren, and Ichiya of Blue Pegasus arrived and met Mira and Rhode.

• Rhode and Mira used Void Larvae to search rat holes, and the monsters uncovered a Rat King and a second giant rat.
• Rhode sent the golem to fight the Rat King while Mira used Satan Soul to blast the second giant rat.
• The golem defeated the Rat King, and the worms cleared the remaining rat swarm.
• Hibiki, Ren, and Ichiya arrived after the battle and approached Mira.
• Mira introduced herself as a Fairy Tail mage and introduced Rhode as her boyfriend.