Chapter Summaries

Blanc encouraged Erza to enjoy the strawberry cake she loved, then went to choose a job at the guild and was blindsided by Natsu. Blanc retaliated with a takeover-powered punch that knocked Natsu unconscious.

• Blanc met Erza outside a cake shop and persuaded her to eat strawberry cake despite her guilt over her friends in the Tower of Heaven.
• Erza bought fifty strawberry cakes, keeping forty-nine for herself.
• Blanc went to the guild request board and selected an extermination job on Mount Hakobe.
• After Macao told Natsu that Blanc was exceptionally strong, Natsu rushed over and punched Blanc from behind.
• Blanc transformed with full-body takeover and knocked Natsu out with a punch.

Blanc accepted a Magic Council request to defeat the dark guild Pandemonium and met combat officer Lahar near Red Apple Village. After Lahar briefed him on the guild’s demon-summoning plans, Blanc and Lahar ended up bound in a cage on a cart, captured by unknown people.

• Makarov assigned Blanc a two-million-J request to help the Magic Council take down Pandemonium.
• Blanc traveled to the forest camp near Red Apple Village, where Lahar initially doubted his strength until Blanc demonstrated his magic power.
• Lahar briefed Blanc on Pandemonium’s demon worship, criminal raids, and suspected ritual magic for summoning demons.
• Blanc agreed to go with Lahar to the guild’s hideout, confident the mission would be easy.
• Blanc and Lahar were shown bound inside an iron cage being hauled through the forest, leaving Blanc frustrated with the Magic Council.

Blanc and Lahar were ambushed by Pandemonium, whose members had completed a demon transformation ritual and taken Red Apple Village’s residents hostage. Blanc intimidated the guild into agreeing to release the captives, while an unseen figure fled into the forest.

• Marduk revealed that Pandemonium had tracked Lahar and Blanc, completed its ritual, and transformed its members into demons.
• Marduk showed Blanc and Lahar that Pandemonium had captured the villagers of Red Apple Village and demanded they surrender in Anti-Magic Handcuffs.
• Blanc unleashed his magic power, terrifying Pandemonium without attacking while hostages remained in danger.
• Blanc warned Marduk to release the villagers or face his pursuit, then withdrew his magic power.
• An unnoticed shadow slipped past a tree and raced away.

Blanc and Lahar were captured by Pandemonium, but Blanc secretly broke his Anti-Magic Handcuffs while Mira confronted Marduk over the demon that had possessed her. The chapter left Marduk defeated, the villagers safe, and Pandemonium's remaining members facing Blanc.

• Blanc and Lahar were taken in a cage to Pandemonium's forest camp, where Marduk ordered his underlings to watch them while he went to release the villagers.
• Mira attacked Marduk, blaming him for summoning the demon that possessed her and drove her family from their home.
• Marduk knocked Mira down twice, but Blanc broke his Anti-Magic Handcuffs and warned Marduk to watch his back.
• Mira struck Marduk with a powerful punch, sending him crashing to the ground.
• A Pandemonium underling tried to use the villagers as hostages, but a second Blanc appeared on a mound of unconscious accomplices, revealing that the villagers were safe.

Blanc defeated the Pandemonium members with Wood Release and rescued Mirajane, who collapsed from exhaustion. After she woke in the hospital, he explained that her demon arm came from Take Over magic and invited her to join him at Fairy Tail to learn more.

• Blanc unleashed Wood Release, binding and incapacitating the Pandemonium members in a forest of massive trees.
• Mirajane collapsed after the battle, and Blanc caught her before she hit the ground.
• Lahar thanked Blanc as the Magic Council took the captured guild members away.
• Blanc explained that Mirajane's demon arm was a form of Take Over magic, not possession.
• Mirajane asked how to return her arm to normal, and Blanc invited her to Fairy Tail to ask his Guild Master.

Mira reunited with Lisanna and Elfman, then traveled with Blanc to Magnolia to seek help restoring her arm. At Fairy Tail, Blanc knocked Natsu unconscious with one punch, leaving the three siblings shocked by the guild’s rowdy welcome.

• Mira reunited with Lisanna and Elfman and apologized for pursuing the people she believed had summoned the demon.
• Blanc reassured Elfman that Makarov could help restore Mira’s arm and demonstrated Take Over Magic.
• Blanc, Mira, Lisanna, and Elfman left for Magnolia, and Blanc described Fairy Tail as a warm place.
• Blanc brought the siblings to Fairy Tail, where Natsu’s flaming attack missed its intended target and rushed toward Blanc.
• Blanc transformed, dodged Natsu’s fist, and punched him unconscious as the guild members cheered and mocked him.
• Mira, Lisanna, and Elfman stared in shock as the guild’s chaotic welcome extinguished their anticipation.

Blanc brought Mira, Elfman, and Lisanna to Makarov, who explained that Mira could reverse her lingering Take Over transformation by mastering the magic. Mira remained unsure about joining the guild, while Lisanna and Elfman asked Blanc to teach them Take Over so they could stand by her.

• Blanc introduced Mira, Elfman, and Lisanna to Makarov and asked him to examine Mira's transformed arm.
• Makarov explained that Mira's arm would return to normal once she could control her Take Over Magic, and invited the siblings to join the guild.
• Mira declined the invitation for now, saying she wanted more time to think.
• Lisanna and Elfman asked Blanc to teach them Take Over Magic so they could support Mira.
• Blanc warned them about the dangers of Take Over, then reassured them that beginner transformations involving weak creatures were relatively safe.

Mira planned to leave Fairy Tail so Elfman and Lisanna would not suffer because of her, but their new Take Over magic convinced her that they wanted to stay by her side. Several days later, Mira mastered Take Over magic and entered the guild with renewed confidence.

• Mira recalled the villagers’ rejection and her siblings’ hardship, then decided to leave Magnolia and say goodbye to Elfman and Lisanna.
• Elfman and Lisanna showed Mira their new Take Over forms, which Blanc had taught them, and promised that the three siblings would stay together.
• Mira broke down in tears as she accepted her siblings’ love, then confronted Blanc and thanked him for teaching them.
• Several days later, Makarov told Mira she had completely mastered Take Over magic, and she left the lounge confidently for the guild hall.

Mirajane entered the guild and quickly defeated Natsu and Gray before clashing with Erza, turning the hall into a ruin. After Natsu kicked Blanc into the middle of their fight, Blanc rose from the wreckage and challenged Natsu as Makarov mourned the destruction.

• Mirajane knocked Natsu and Gray down for fighting during her lunch, then defeated them again when they attacked together.
• Erza confronted Mirajane over the guild's rules, and the two fought across the hall, destroying tables, chairs, and walls.
• Blanc tried to sneak toward the exit, but Natsu mistook him for a target and kicked him toward Mirajane and Erza.
• Mirajane and Erza both kicked Blanc into Makarov's counter, breaking his last intact bottle of liquor.
• Blanc rose from the wreckage and interrupted Natsu's boast with a chilling challenge.
• Makarov's roar ended the brawl, and he wept over the ruined guild hall.

Mira ate the cake Erza had saved, then deliberately used the theft to provoke Erza into a fight, while Natsu and Gray were wrongly blamed and beaten. Laxus and Blanc began plotting to trick Natsu with a fake list of Gray’s weaknesses, but their plan was interrupted when Makarov brought a blonde bunny girl into the guild, and Blanc noticed she bore a Fairy Tail guild mark and seemed familiar.

• Mira secretly ate Erza’s cake, and Erza accused Natsu and Gray when she found the empty tray.
• Erza chased and beat Natsu and Gray outside as they blamed each other for the missing cake.
• Mira admitted to Elfman and Lisanna that she had eaten the cake to provoke Erza into fighting her, then celebrated when Erza left.
• Laxus invited Blanc to prank Natsu, and they made a booklet titled “A record of Gray’s weaknesses.”
• Makarov dragged a reluctant blonde bunny girl into the guild, and Blanc noticed her Fairy Tail guild mark and wondered if she was Lucy.

Lucy, who had traveled from the future, tried to hide her identity from Blanc, but he recognized her and teased her. Blanc then followed young Erza outside, where future Erza secretly encouraged her younger self to apologize to Natsu and Gray.

• Blanc finished writing Gray's Weaknesses with Laxus before approaching the bunny girl, Lucy.
• Lucy tried to pass off her Fairy Tail emblem as a painted imitation, but Blanc recognized her as a time traveler and frightened her by hinting that he knew.
• Blanc went to speak with young Erza about the cake misunderstanding, but she hurried off to find Natsu and Gray before he could explain.
• Outside the guild, young Erza questioned future Erza, disguised in a cat-eared waitress outfit, about Natsu and Gray's whereabouts.
• Future Erza encouraged young Erza to apologize, but the younger girl denied she would and stormed away.

Future Erza learned that the Time of Memories book sent its user to the time and place of their first memory for six hours, while future Lucy, Natsu, and Gray revisited their childhoods. Back in the present, the guild discussed the trip, and seven years earlier Makarov found the book by the river and took it to the guild.

• Blanc explained the Time of Memories book’s six-hour limit and warned future Erza that anyone separated from its user might be left behind; he also told her he was glad she no longer needed her armor.
• Future Lucy rescued little Lucy from a runaway carriage, and little Lucy recognized her rescuer’s Fairy Tail emblem and became interested in the guild.
• Little Gray defeated little Natsu in a fight, while future Gray and Natsu watched with Happy and reacted to the outcome.
• The guild members discussed their trip to the past, and Erza said the magic book had disappeared after they returned.
• Seven years earlier, Makarov found the book by the river and drunkenly took it back to the guild.

Natsu found a strange egg and, with Lisanna and Elfman's help, incubated it until it hatched into a winged blue cat. Natsu named him Happy, while Reedus offered to draw him as a dragon.

• Natsu found a giant egg in the eastern forest and brought it to the guild, convinced it was a dragon egg.
• Natsu and Lisanna decided to incubate the egg using body heat, and Lisanna transformed into a giant bird to help.
• After the egg went missing, Natsu accused the guild members until Elfman revealed he had secretly kept it warm at night.
• The egg cracked and hatched into a winged blue cat, who flew to Natsu and answered, "Aye!"
• Natsu named the cat Happy, and Reedus said he would draw him as a dragon.

Blanc witnessed Gildarts return to Magnolia, where the town cleared a path and the guild welcomed its strongest mage. Natsu challenged Gildarts to a fight, while Cana watched from the shadows, still unable to approach her father.

• Blanc researched a spell to fuse a Thought Body with Wood Release into a powerful physical clone.
• Cardia Cathedral's bells announced Gildarts's return, and Magnolia shifted its buildings to clear his way to the guild.
• Gildarts entered the guild, damaged the doorway, and reunited with the veteran members, accidentally sending Macao flying with a forceful pat.
• Natsu challenged Gildarts to a fight, and Gildarts accepted, heading outside with him.
• Blanc followed to watch the showdown while Cana stayed alone in the guild hall, shuffling her Tarot Cards in the shadows.

Gildarts defeated Natsu in a spar, then charmed the guild’s children with stories and laughter. Cana struggled to approach him, and Lisanna’s innocent comparison of Gildarts and Natsu to father and son deepened Cana’s pain.

• Natsu attacked Gildarts with fiery strikes, but Gildarts countered his magic and knocked him into a crater, ending the spar.
• Gildarts praised Natsu’s strength and magic, then joined the guild’s children as they asked about his travels and S-Class jobs.
• Cana watched Gildarts from a distance, wanting to speak to him but deciding to wait for a quieter moment.
• Gildarts and Natsu became close, and Gildarts carried Natsu through the guildhall wall on their way out to play dodgeball.
• Lisanna remarked that Gildarts and Natsu looked like father and son, leaving Cana visibly hurt as Blanc noticed her reaction.

Cana struggled to watch Gildarts grow close to Natsu while she hid that she was his daughter. Blanc finally confronted her after claiming his Nature Magic had detected a shared magical wavelength, leaving Cana stunned by his deduction.

• Natsu repeatedly challenged Gildarts and was sent flying, while Gildarts also scolded him for ignoring Lisanna's welcome.
• Mira and Erza briefly resumed their rivalry before leaving with the others to watch Gildarts and Natsu.
• Cana stayed behind, and Blanc recognized how painful it was for her to watch Gildarts bond with Natsu.
• Blanc approached Cana and claimed her magic wavelength closely matched Gildarts's.
• Blanc asked Cana whether Gildarts was her father, and her pupils contracted in shock.

Blanc confronted Cana about her secret, and she admitted that Gildarts was her father. After hearing why she had been afraid to tell him, Blanc pushed her to stop waiting for the S-Class Exam and speak to Gildarts herself; Cana agreed to tell him tomorrow.

• Blanc exposed Cana's secret, so she dragged him into a quiet alley and admitted that Gildarts was her father.
• Cana explained that repeated interruptions and her fear of disappointing Gildarts had kept her from confessing.
• Cana decided to wait until she passed the S-Class Exam, but Blanc warned that this could take years.
• Cana broke down in tears, and Blanc insisted that she did not need to earn the right to see her father.
• Blanc threatened to tell Gildarts himself, and Cana agreed to tell him everything tomorrow after preparing.

Cana finally told Gildarts that he was her father, while Blanc kept Makarov from interrupting her confession. Gildarts was left panicking after realizing what Cana had revealed.

• Blanc waited for Cana to arrive, and Lisanna said Cana had gone to the river to rehearse what she wanted to say.
• Cana entered the guild hall and struggled to speak to Gildarts.
• Blanc dragged Makarov out of the guild hall to stop him from interrupting Cana.
• Cana asked Gildarts to speak with her privately, then told him she had come to the guild to find her father.
• Cana revealed that Gildarts was her father, and Gildarts shouted in shock.

Cana finally told Gildarts that she was his daughter, after years of missed chances and fear. Gildarts recognized her as Cornelia’s child, and the two reconciled in an emotional embrace as their guildmates watched.

• Cana remembered repeatedly trying and failing to tell Gildarts that she was his daughter, from her childhood through the years that followed.
• When Cana revealed the truth, Gildarts panicked and guessed at the identities of numerous women before Cana angrily called him a womanizer.
• Gildarts recognized Cana as Cornelia’s child and explained that Cornelia had been the only woman he loved and married before she left him and later died.
• Cana admitted she had been too afraid to tell him and said she was glad she had met him; Gildarts embraced her and promised they would stay together.
• Blanc, the Guild Master, and the guildmates watched from the alley entrance and cried as Cana and Gildarts reconciled.

At the guild, Cana settled into her new relationship with Gildarts, while Gildarts became jealous of her closeness to Blanc. The chapter ended with Makarov reflecting on how the guild helped its members heal and expressing hope for Fairy Tail’s future.

• Gildarts proudly carried Cana around the guild, and Cana punched him before admitting she was glad they had reunited.
• Cana thanked Blanc for encouraging her to tell Gildarts the truth, and the two chatted as friends.
• After Macao and Wakaba mentioned how close Cana and Blanc had been, Gildarts thanked Blanc for helping them reunite, then accused him of trying to steal Cana away.
• Cana pulled Gildarts away from Blanc and warned that she would stop speaking to him if he kept making a scene.
• Gray, Erza, Happy, and Natsu reacted to Gildarts’s jealousy while Makarov watched Cana smile and praised the guild as a family that helped its members heal.