Chapter Summaries

Two years later, Blanc prepared teleportation cards to protect the guild members and was forced by Guild Master Makarov to accept an urgent mission investigating ancient ruins. He left the guild as Makarov erupted over Natsu’s latest destruction and another demand for apology reports.

• Blanc asked Mest to make teleportation cards so he could rescue guild members if their protective equipment activated, then tricked Mest into making a large batch.
• Blanc greeted Laxus, who coldly ignored him and left the guild with a mission request.
• Guild Master Makarov assigned Blanc an urgent Magic Council mission to investigate ancient ruins causing expanding, widespread anomalies.
• Blanc tried to refuse, but Makarov threw a tantrum until Blanc agreed to take the mission.
• A guild member reported that Natsu had burned down a forest, prompting the Magic Council to demand damages and a ten-thousand-word apology report.
• Blanc joked that Makarov could combine the new apology report with Erza’s previous one, enraging Makarov as Blanc took the finished cards and left.

Blanc arrived in Olt Town to investigate Ancient Ruins whose influence made people disappear, accompanied by defense commander Garrot. When Blanc sent a clone ahead, he found the missing soldiers safe in a camp, apparently unaware they had vanished, and discovered they believed it was still the day they disappeared.

• Blanc reached Olt Town and learned that the ruins' disappearance zone was spreading toward the town.
• Mayor Oliver introduced Blanc to Garrot, who recognized him as the famed S-Class Mage Forest Blanc and agreed to escort him to the ruins.
• Garrot noticed the boundary markers had reappeared, suggesting the ruins' affected area was shrinking for the first time.
• Blanc created a Wood Release Clone and sent it ahead to scout the ruins while he stayed with Garrot.
• The clone found the supposedly missing soldiers at a well-stocked camp, where they claimed they had only arrived the previous day.
• Blanc learned the soldiers thought it was the first day of month X, year X780—the same date they had disappeared.

Blanc discovered that a spacetime barrier trapped Olt Town in a repeating time loop and found an ancient Magic Grimoire at the center of the ruins. After the grimoire rewound the world, Blanc retained his memories and began another attempt, confident that Mahoraga would adapt to the force.

• Blanc used Mahoraga to pass through the barrier and learned that it separated Olt Town from the outside while repeatedly resetting time.
• Blanc persuaded Garrot to return to town and organize the defense force while he continued alone toward the ruins.
• Blanc encountered trapped soldiers, ordered them to retreat, and reached the ruins' center, where a glowing Magic Grimoire bore a green clover design.
• The grimoire stopped time and triggered a powerful rewind that erased Blanc's clone and reset the world around Blanc.
• Blanc woke in central Olt Town with his memories intact and Mahoraga's wheel turning, then raced back toward the ruins.

Blanc defeated the resentful spirits behind Olt Town’s Divine Disappearance and learned how the Record of Time could rewrite history. After returning the town to normal, he chose to let his dormant system absorb the dangerous grimoire, though its reward remained unknown.

• Blanc resisted the grimoire’s spacetime resets, seized it, and learned that its magic could record a period of history, trap an area in it, and potentially overwrite the timeline.
• The grimoire showed Blanc that the black-fog dragon was made from the vengeful spirits of Dragnof’s people, who blamed Irene for their destruction and had tried to use the book to return to the past.
• Blanc summoned a giant wooden Obelisk and destroyed the spirits, ending the barrier and restoring Olt Town from the Divine Disappearance.
• Blanc explained the crisis to Garrot and the mayor, completed the mission handover, and considered what to do with the Record of Time.
• Blanc’s system detected the grimoire’s spacetime energy and offered to absorb it, so he accepted despite not knowing what the system would grant him.

After absorbing the Record of Time, Blanc gained the Clow Cards Book ability and became the vessel and guardian of all 53 Clow Cards. Wind unexpectedly scattered the cards, but Blanc caught them all and began taking inventory, stopping at the Time Card.

• Blanc absorbed the Record of Time and received the Clow Cards Book ability from the system.
• Blanc summoned the Clow Cards and found that the cards had become restless in the unfamiliar world.
• Wind unleashed a gale that scattered the cards across the sky.
• Blanc used Mahoraga's power and his speed to catch every card before any could escape.
• Blanc calmed the cards and began examining them, noticing the Time Card.

Mira accepted an emergency S-Class hunt for the Beast King and decided to bring Elfman and Lisanna along for experience. Before they set out, she retrieved and wore Blanc’s protective necklace, while Natsu stayed behind after Elfman refused to let him join.

• Mira told Elfman and Lisanna she would take them on a suitable S-Class mission, and Makarov immediately assigned her an emergency hunt for the Beast King.
• Mira recalled that Blanc had given her a necklace containing defensive magic and had given similar protective gifts to other guild members, which had angered her.
• Mira retrieved the necklace from home and put it on, intending to protect Elfman and Lisanna despite still being angry with Blanc.
• Mira and Elfman found Lisanna with Natsu and Happy, and Mira invited Natsu to join the hunt.
• Elfman refused to let Natsu come, so Mira departed with Elfman and Lisanna for the Beast King hunt.

Natsu and Happy asked Blanc to build them a house in the eastern forest, but rejected his designs until he gave up and left. They built a simple cabin themselves and returned to the guild exhausted.

• Natsu and Happy asked Blanc to build them a house after Natsu and Gray were kicked out of the dorms.
• Natsu chose a clearing in the eastern forest and asked for a large, sturdy house like a dragon's lair.
• Blanc built several designs, but Natsu and Happy rejected them, and Blanc eventually left them to do the work themselves.
• Natsu and Happy spent several days building a cabin that resembled Blanc's first design.
• Natsu and Happy returned to the guild exhausted from the work.

Elfman’s failed Take Over of the Beast King endangered Mira and Lisanna until Blanc arrived and subdued him. As Elfman returned to normal, Anima pulled Blanc away just as Elfman struck, leaving Mira convinced Blanc had been killed.

• Elfman tried to protect Mira by taking over the Beast King, but the Beast King’s power overwhelmed him and drove him into a mindless rampage.
• Lisanna approached Elfman to call him back, but the Beast King attacked her; Mira’s necklace shielded Lisanna before the barrier broke.
• Blanc arrived through the necklace’s location spell, restrained Elfman with trees, and beat him until the Beast King’s influence began to fade.
• Elfman made one last attack as Anima’s space-time magic pulled Blanc away, and Blanc vanished in golden light when Elfman’s fist struck.
• Elfman reverted to human form, while Mira believed Blanc had died and screamed his name.

Blanc lost his clone but visited August and offered him the chance to embrace his mother again. In Edolas, Blanc rescued Lisanna, while Fairy Tail grieved after Mira reported that Blanc had vanished in golden light protecting her.

• Blanc realized his clone had been sent to Edolas and used Layla’s connection through Grammi to arrange a meeting with August.
• Blanc told August he had come to let him truly embrace his mother, and August’s magic pressure filled the grand hall.
• Lisanna awoke in a wild valley beside Blanc, who had rescued her after she fell from a cliff.
• Lisanna asked Blanc to take her to Fairy Tail, and he agreed to accompany her.
• Mira told the guild that Blanc had vanished while protecting her from the Beast King, leaving Natsu, Gray, and the others in grief.
• Elfman blamed himself for Blanc’s death, while Lisanna tried to comfort him.

After Blanc was presumed dead, the Fairy Tail guild mourned him and held a funeral. Blanc returned during the service, and Mira rushed to embrace him as the stunned guild members realized he was alive.

• Erza learned from Macao that Blanc had vanished during the Beast King mission and Mira had seen him apparently dissolve in an attack.
• Cana, Natsu, Gray, and the other guild members grieved Blanc's presumed death in their own ways.
• Makarov decided to hold a funeral after the guild had spent days struggling to accept Blanc's loss.
• At Blanc's funeral, Elfman blamed himself, while Mira comforted him and urged the guild to keep living.
• Blanc secretly watched the funeral with a white-robed companion and panicked about how to explain his return.
• Happy spotted Blanc at the cemetery entrance, alerting everyone, and Mira ran to embrace him.

Blanc returned to Fairy Tail and privately told Makarov that August, the Wizard King of the Alvarez Empire, was Mavis's biological son. When Makarov demanded to know how Blanc learned about Lumen Histoire, Blanc claimed he was an undercover agent sent by Grimoire Heart.

• Blanc explained that his Thought Body had been transported to another world, though he could still retrieve it if he found the magic responsible.
• Blanc told Makarov that August wanted to join Fairy Tail and revealed his identity as the acting head of the Alvarez Empire.
• Makarov panicked at the thought of accepting an enemy, but Blanc insisted August was not their enemy.
• Blanc disclosed that August was Mavis's biological son, and Makarov connected the revelation to the Western Continent's knowledge of Lumen Histoire.
• When Makarov asked how he knew Fairy Tail's deepest secret, Blanc said he was an undercover agent sent by Grimoire Heart.

Blanc revealed that he had defected from Grimoire Heart years ago and that its guild master was Fairy Tail’s former master, Precht, shocking Makarov. August joined Fairy Tail and left after reminding Blanc of his promise to help him meet the day he longed for.

• Blanc told Makarov he had defected from Grimoire Heart upon reaching Magnolia and had not contacted the guild since.
• Blanc revealed that Precht, Fairy Tail’s former guild master, led Grimoire Heart, and Makarov fainted from shock.
• Makarov recovered and welcomed August into Fairy Tail, stamping a black guild mark over August’s heart.
• Makarov announced August as a new guildmate and called for a party to celebrate Blanc’s return.
• August watched the guild’s celebration, reminded Blanc of his promise, and quietly left.

Blanc overheard sailors discussing Fairy Tail and the Magic Council’s failed attempt to recruit him as a Wizard Saint. After helping steady a ship caught in the wave caused by Natsu’s harbor fight, Blanc tried to leave unnoticed but was stopped by an officer who recognized his Fairy Tail Guild Mark.

• Blanc listened as a sailor recounted Fairy Tail’s rise and claimed the Magic Council had wanted Blanc as a Wizard Saint, but Blanc reflected that he had refused the invitation and Siegrain had been appointed instead.
• As the ship neared Hargeon, Blanc recognized Natsu, Happy, and Lucy near a mermaid when a huge wave swept toward the harbor.
• Blanc watched Natsu fight an impostor who had claimed to be from Fairy Tail, while the battle’s destruction left the harbor in ruins.
• Blanc used trees to slow the merchant ship before it crashed into the pier, then quietly headed away as Natsu fled with Lucy and Happy.
• An army officer recognized Blanc as a Fairy Tail Wizard, confronted him, and pointed out that his Guild Mark exposed his denial.

The Magic Council discussed Fairy Tail’s destruction in Hargeon, while Siegrain privately decided Blanc must die. Lucy joined Fairy Tail and found its chaotic members brawling; the fight escalated until an enormous dark figure burst through the guild hall.

• The Council Members argued over Fairy Tail’s destruction of Hargeon’s harbor, and Siegrain said the guild’s members would eventually be purged.
• Lucy arrived at Fairy Tail with Natsu and Happy and watched Natsu kick a guild member over a false Fire Dragon tip.
• Gray, Natsu, and other guild members started a brawl, while Lucy met Cana, Elfman, Lisanna, Loke, and Mirajane.
• The guild brawl escalated as members began preparing to use magic, despite an elderly voice ordering them to stop.
• An enormous dark figure burst through the floor and shouted at the guild members.

Makarov welcomed Lucy to Fairy Tail, then scolded the guild for their many complaints and fines from the Magic Council. After the members learned Blanc had returned, Makarov burned the paperwork and urged them to follow their own path, leaving Lucy inspired by the guild.

• Makarov stopped the guild brawl, introduced himself to Lucy, and climbed to the second-floor railing.
• Makarov read out complaints against Gray, Elfman, Cana, Loke, Natsu, and other guild members.
• The guild members erupted with excitement when they heard Blanc had returned, and Makarov ordered them to pay attention to his lecture.
• Makarov burned the Council's complaints and fines, declared his defiance, and encouraged the guild to pursue magic without fear of the Council.
• Lucy watched the guild celebrate Makarov's speech and felt that Fairy Tail was the guild she had always dreamed of.

Lucy joined Fairy Tail and learned that Blanc had been away on a difficult job for over a year. Natsu, Blanc, and Happy returned with Macao, and Macao reunited with Romeo.

• Mirajane welcomed Lucy into Fairy Tail by stamping the guild emblem on her hand, then told her that Blanc had been away for over a year.
• Romeo begged Makarov to find his missing father, Macao, but ran from the guild after Makarov refused.
• Natsu left to rescue Macao, and he silently comforted Romeo as he passed him outside.
• Natsu spotted Blanc and Macao returning, challenged Blanc to a duel, and was quickly trapped in Blanc's vines.
• Romeo reunited with Macao, who apologized and told his son he had defeated nineteen monsters.
• Blanc, Natsu, and Happy walked back together, and Blanc told Romeo they had simply happened to meet along the way.

Lucy learned that Natsu had been raised by the dragon Igneel and set out to follow him, but he returned with Blanc before she could leave. Lisanna told Lucy that Blanc had completed a 100-Year Quest, the highest-ranked kind of mission.

• Mira told Lucy that Natsu's adoptive father, the Fire Dragon Igneel, had raised him and then disappeared.
• Lucy ran to follow Natsu and help rescue Macao, but Natsu and his companions returned to the guild, accidentally knocking her into the wall with the doors.
• The guild warmly welcomed Blanc back from his mission, while members explained that Macao had already returned safely and gone home to rest.
• Lisanna helped Lucy up and explained the ranks of guild missions, revealing that Blanc had been on a 100-Year Quest.

Blanc returned to Fairy Tail after failing to complete the 100-Year Quest, which he had spent over a year searching for without finding the hidden dragons. He revealed to Natsu that he had discovered Igneel’s son, the Fire Dragon God Ignia, leaving Natsu stunned by the news of his older brother.

• Lisanna explained to Lucy that the 100-Year Quest had remained unfinished for a century and that Blanc was one of Fairy Tail’s two strongest Wizards.
• Blanc told Makarov that he had failed to complete the quest, and the guild reacted with shock.
• Blanc recalled that the Five Dragon Gods were hiding to avoid attracting Acnologia, and that he had abandoned his search after finding no trace of them.
• Blanc told Natsu that he had found traces of his older brother during the quest.
• Blanc identified Igneel’s son as Ignia, the Fire Dragon God, and Natsu questioned the revelation.

Blanc told Natsu that Igneel’s son Ignia was still alive but refused to reveal his location because Natsu was too weak to face him. After Blanc effortlessly destroyed Natsu’s strongest attack, Natsu left the guild in frustration, while Lucy resolved to grow strong enough to fight alongside Fairy Tail.

• Natsu excitedly questioned Blanc about Igneel and Ignia, and Blanc explained that Ignia had not seen Igneel in at least four hundred years.
• Blanc refused to tell Natsu where Ignia was, warning that Ignia saw humans as ants and was as strong as Blanc.
• Natsu challenged Blanc, who asked him to use his strongest attack to demonstrate their strength difference.
• Natsu unleashed Crimson Lotus Exploding Flame Blade, but Blanc erased the attack with a clap, leaving the guild stunned.
• Natsu left the guild with Happy following him, and Lucy resolved to become strong enough to fight alongside everyone.

Natsu and Happy recruited Lucy for a team and tricked her into taking a maid disguise job to retrieve a book from a duke’s mansion. At the guild, Blanc considered the crises approaching in the next six months and his failed attempt to uncover Jellal’s Tower of Heaven, before someone interrupted his thoughts.

• Natsu asked Lucy to team up, and she agreed, thinking they recognized her skills.
• Natsu explained that he had left the guild the day before because he was upset about hearing news of Igneel, not because Blanc had defeated him.
• Natsu and Happy revealed that their book-retrieval job required Lucy to pose as a maid, and Lucy protested that they had tricked her.
• Blanc recalled the major crises expected over the next six months and worried most about Jellal’s Tower of Heaven.
• Blanc remembered that he had failed to get useful information about the Tower from Siegrain, then an unknown speaker interrupted him.