Chapter Summaries

Hughes awoke in a church basement surrounded by disemboweled corpses and realized he had transmigrated from a psychiatric hospital into the world of One Piece. A system assigned him a ten-day task to defeat the King of Mount Colubo, while strange memories filled his mind and someone approached the summoning circle.

• Hughes woke in a bloodstained church basement, checked that his body was intact, and found corpses with empty abdominal cavities around him.
• Hughes recognized his own face in a corpse and remembered that a magic circle had pulled him from the psychiatric hospital just before his planned discharge.
• Hughes endured a sudden flood of strange memories and discovered a system that listed a task to defeat the King of Mount Colubo for the reward of Tekkai.
• Hughes viewed the King of Mount Colubo, a huge tiger, and activated a ten-day deadline with the penalty of shrinking to half his size.
• Hughes recognized the world as One Piece and glimpsed a bizarre memory involving Garp, Sengoku, Roger, Akainu, and Whitebeard.
• Someone outside called out that the summoning circle had summoned someone again.

Hughes was summoned into a sealed chamber in the world of Fairy Tail, where Balrog the flame demon attacked him. After absorbing Balrog’s flames and awakening the Flame-Flame Fruit, Hughes destroyed the demon and realized what world he was in.

• Hughes hid in the summoning chamber as people outside feared releasing Balrog, then Balrog entered and pierced Hughes with a flaming finger.
• Hughes discovered that Balrog’s flames did not hurt him, and his system detected Devil Factors within his body.
• Balrog swallowed Hughes, but Hughes ate the flames inside the demon, healing himself and weakening Balrog until the system activated the Flame-Flame Fruit.
• Balrog dragged Hughes out and attacked him, but Hughes re-formed from sparks and unleashed flames that reduced Balrog to mindless fire.
• Hughes recognized that he had arrived in the Fairy Tail world and easily defeated the demon created by Zeref.

Hughes escaped a Black Magic Cult prison after consuming Balrog the Flame Demon's origin and awakening the Flame-Flame Fruit, then destroyed the cultists and their hideout. As he wondered how his new power would fare in Fairy Tail, a rock struck him from behind and took off half his head.

• Hughes recognized the mutilated prisoners and the black-and-red flame as signs of the Black Magic Cult and used Fire Fist to blast through the stone door and walls.
• Hughes devoured Balrog the Flame Demon's remaining flame, awakening the Flame-Flame Fruit to 5%.
• Hughes burned the Black Magic Cult members who arrived, including the man who tried to reveal the cult's plans.
• Hughes set the ruined church ablaze and wondered how his strength ranked in the Fairy Tail world.
• A huge rock hit Hughes from behind and took off half his head.

After villagers mistook Hughes for a demon and attacked him, he drove them off and discovered that the system had automatically assigned him a quest to clear out 36 mountain bandits. He questioned one villager, learned he was in Fiore in X778, and left the man unconscious as the quest count rose to two.

• Villagers attacked Hughes after seeing him recover from a head wound, and he used flames to drive them away.
• Hughes pulled a pitchfork from one villager's calf, then received an automatically accepted quest to clear out the mountain bandits, with one defeated counted.
• Hughes entered the village and broke into a house to ask a homeowner where he was.
• The homeowner told Hughes he was in the Kingdom of Fiore and that the year was X778.
• Hughes struck the homeowner unconscious, raising the quest count to two out of 36.

Hughes used his system task as an excuse to beat the villagers who had attacked him, then went to a remote house and discovered Lisanna and Elfman. He suspected the village was hiding something, while an unnoticed system alert warned that Oars the Demon had been detected.

• Hughes went from house to house, slapping villagers who had attacked him and progressing his first task.
• Hughes approached a battered house after hearing a girl's voice and saw Lisanna at the door.
• Lisanna called Hughes uncle, and he rushed toward her to defend his age; Elfman ran over with a stick to protect her.
• Hughes recognized Lisanna and Elfman as Mira's siblings and remembered how villagers had mistreated them.
• Hughes recalled the villagers' suspicious response to the church and concluded that they were concealing something.

Hughes remained in the village while Mira and her siblings faced suspicion and hostility from the villagers. After the villagers tried to drive the Strauss siblings out and attacked Lisanna, Hughes intervened and urged Mira to leave with her family.

• Hughes left Lisanna and Elfman after visiting them, then spent the night beating villagers to complete his system task.
• Hughes got lost and circled the Strauss siblings’ house, while Lisanna and Elfman feared he might break in.
• Village Chief Ed told his accomplices to drive the Strauss siblings out the next morning and flee after their plans were complete.
• Villagers gathered outside the Strauss home, cursed Mira, and threw stones at the house.
• When a villager hurled a pitchfork at Lisanna, Hughes blasted the crowd with flames, caught the weapon, and drove the attackers away.
• Hughes told Mira that her family mattered more than the villagers’ accusations and urged her to leave the village with Lisanna and Elfman.

Hughes persuaded Mira and her siblings to leave their village and join Fairy Tail, then collected food and money from the villagers before returning for them. After Mira revealed her demonized arm, Hughes treated her as before, and she took her first steps toward leaving with him, Elfman, and Lisanna.

• Hughes invited Mira, Elfman, and Lisanna to go to Magnolia and join Fairy Tail, and Mira agreed.
• Hughes intimidated the villagers into giving him food and money, then returned to find the siblings packed and waiting.
• Mira accidentally exposed her demonized arm, but Hughes picked up their bundles and continued treating her normally.
• Hughes led the way, and Mira overcame her hesitation to take several steps after him while Elfman and Lisanna followed.

Hughes accepted a dangerous system task to defeat Oars the Demon, mistakenly believing Mira was the target, while traveling with Mira, Lisanna, and Elfman toward Magnolia Town. Before he could act on his plan, a gigantic green-furred gorilla attacked and captured Mira.

• Hughes realized the group had gone in circles and let Elfman lead the way toward Magnolia Town.
• The system activated the task to defeat Oars the Demon, and Hughes accepted it for a mastery-level Tekkai reward despite the shadow-loss penalty.
• Hughes viewed the task target and decided the red demon must be Mira, then approached her while considering knocking her unconscious.
• Mira misunderstood Hughes's intentions and begged him to spare Lisanna and Elfman.
• A huge green-furred gorilla struck Hughes into sparks and seized Mira.

Hughes fought the Forest Vulcan while protecting Lisanna and Elfman, but the beast took over Mira and became demonic. Hughes kept attacking despite being blasted apart and taunted the demonized Forest Vulcan into fighting him hand to hand.

• Hughes warned Lisanna and Elfman to stay back, then set the Forest Vulcan alight with a rain of fire and sent it flying with Fire Fist.
• The Forest Vulcan revealed that it had taken over Mira, transforming into a demon-like creature with purple crystals covering its body.
• Hughes told Lisanna and Elfman to retreat and challenged the demonized Forest Vulcan, then traded blows with it and drove it backward.
• The Forest Vulcan blasted Hughes and the forest with a beam, but Hughes re-formed and struck the creature while demanding that it fight him hand to hand.
• The Forest Vulcan repeatedly slammed Hughes into the ground as he kept reassembling and taunting it, while Lisanna and Elfman watched from a distance.

Hughes defeated the Forest Vulcan and Mira, completing both quests, but Lisanna and Elfman knocked him unconscious with rocks while trying to save her. The injured group escaped through the forest, and Hughes woke up on Mira’s back as she explained why they had struck him.

• Hughes defeated the Forest Vulcan, then attacked Mira while caught in his episode, but exhaustion stopped his flames.
• After the system announced that the quest to defeat the king of Mount Colubo was complete, Lisanna threw a rock at Hughes to distract him from Mira.
• Elfman hit Hughes on the head with a larger rock, causing him to fall onto Mira and complete the quest to defeat the demon Oars.
• Mira, Lisanna, and Elfman freed Mira from beneath Hughes, gathered their packs, and hurried away through the forest to avoid drawing more Vulcans.
• Hughes woke while Mira carried him and heard her explain that Lisanna and Elfman had only struck him because they feared he would hurt her.

Hughes recovered from his loss of control while Mira, Elfman, and Lisanna rested with him. He tried to reassure Mira and explain his powers, leaving her to consider his claim that he had gained fire abilities by eating a demon.

• Mira carried the injured Hughes away from the Forest Vulcans' territory, and the group stopped to rest in a clearing.
• Hughes worried that using the Flame-Flame Fruit triggered his violent episodes and considered testing his Perfect-Level Tekkai.
• Lisanna struggled to repair Hughes's ruined hospital gown, while Hughes urged her not to give up.
• Mira brought Hughes porridge and asked whether he was feeling better; Hughes then tried to clear up what he had said earlier.
• Mira asked Hughes if he was a demon, and he told her he had encountered Balrog the Flame Demon beneath her church, eaten it, and gained the power of fire.

Hughes explained that Mira's demon arm was the result of Take Over Magic and encouraged her to accept it, while promising that Fairy Tail's Master Makarov could teach her to control it. After learning that Elfman and Lisanna also had magical aptitude, Hughes stayed with the siblings overnight, where bizarre parody memories kept him awake.

• Hughes told Mira that she had awakened Take Over Magic on her own and absorbed a demon, and he questioned whether the villagers had lied to her.
• Hughes explained that Mira's arm had become her power and urged her to communicate with it and accept it, offering to ask Master Makarov for help once they joined Fairy Tail.
• Hughes confirmed that Elfman and Lisanna had the aptitude to become mages, delighting them and Mira.
• Hughes decided to stay the night with the siblings while he recovered, and Elfman took watch by the campfire.
• Hughes's memory fragments played while he slept, but their parody versions of anime scenes left him angry and unable to sleep.

Hughes took Mira and her siblings to Haige Town, where his attempts to spend his money were mistaken for begging and Mira struggled with the crowds. When a gust exposed Mira’s demon arm, townspeople began shouting abuse and demanding that she leave.

• Hughes, Mira, Lisanna, and Elfman reached Haige Town and Hughes tried to buy clothes and book rooms at upscale establishments, but staff mistook him for a beggar and turned him away.
• The four stayed at a shabby inn, where Hughes spent 5,000 J on two rooms, then went out to eat and shop for clothes.
• Mira remained frightened by the crowds and hid beneath her damaged cloak as the group walked through town.
• A gust of wind blew Mira’s cloak aside and exposed her demon arm, prompting townspeople to call her a demon and demand that she leave town.
• Mira and her siblings lowered their heads under the townspeople’s abuse, while Mira tried to flee and Hughes lamented their ignorance.

Hughes encouraged Mira to face the world and helped her and her siblings leave Haige Town for Magnolia. On the road, he asked to examine Mira’s demon arm, startling Lisanna and Elfman before clarifying what he meant.

• Hughes scared off the crowd insulting Mira, then urged her to accept the world and praised her magical talent.
• Hughes decided not to buy clothes in Haige Town, and Mira led Lisanna and Elfman after him.
• At the train station, Hughes learned that he could not board without identification and an official guild emblem.
• Hughes and the siblings found magic vehicles too expensive and set out on foot with dry rations.
• Hughes called his magic Fire Element Magic and stopped Erza from asking questions about it.
• Hughes asked Mira if he could touch her demon arm, struck Lisanna and Elfman for misunderstanding, then examined the arm while they watched.

Hughes learned that Forest Vulcans were coming to avenge their former king, then fought them with confidence after the system strengthened his physical attributes. He had already defeated one and attacked another while the remaining Vulcans surrounded him.

• Hughes examined Mira’s demon arm and reassured her that he would help heal its burns and that Take Over Magic could restore it.
• The system assigned Hughes the hidden quest “Avenger of Mount Colubo” and granted him increased physical attributes in advance.
• Forest Vulcans ambushed Hughes, Mira, Elfman, and Lisanna with a falling boulder, and Hughes shielded the others.
• Hughes defeated a Forest Vulcan using Tekkai and a strike to its ankle, then stomped its vital points until it disappeared.
• Hughes attacked another Forest Vulcan by kicking a third in the groin and let the surrounding Vulcans’ fists rain down on his Tekkai-protected body.

Hughes defeated the Forest Vulcans, then rushed to find Elfman and Lisanna after Mira transformed into a demon. He found the siblings captured by Black Magic Cult members and faced their leader, who was trying to deliver them to a cult for power.

• Hughes finished off the Forest Vulcans and hurried toward Mira after sensing her uncontrolled demon transformation.
• Hughes spread flames across the forest to search for Elfman and Lisanna, and his fire revealed three Black Magic Cult members carrying the siblings.
• The cult leader trapped Hughes and Mira in stone cages and declared his plan to deliver Elfman and Lisanna to the cult.
• Hughes escaped his cage, withstood the leader's stone whip, and appeared in front of him demanding that he summon Zeref's demons.

Hughes fought the demonized Mira, devoured part of her demonic origin, and passed out after forcing himself back to his senses. Several days later, he woke as Mira and the others traveled onward, and he checked that his Flame-Flame Fruit awakening had reached 6%.

• Hughes killed the black-robed leader after the man admitted he did not know how to control Mira’s demon power.
• Hughes fought demonized Mira, enduring her beams and beating her until her demonic madness began to fade.
• Hughes devoured some of Mira’s demonic origin, increasing his Flame-Flame Fruit awakening, before she returned to human form.
• Hughes struck himself to regain control, released Mira, and then collapsed unconscious onto her.
• Several days later, Mira carried Hughes while traveling with Lisanna and Elfman, and Hughes woke and asked to be put down.
• Lisanna apologized to Hughes, who dismissed her and checked his panel, finding his Flame-Flame Fruit awakening at 6%.

Hughes discovered that absorbing demon origin increased his Flame-Flame Fruit's Awakening, while Mira explained how she had lost control and regained the ability to transform her arm. After they discussed becoming wizards and Hughes scolded Mira about her outfit, they prepared to find clothes for the others.

• Hughes saw that absorbing demon origin from the demon inside Mira had raised his Flame-Flame Fruit's Awakening to 6%.
• Mira told Hughes that her arm could now switch between human and demon form at will.
• Mira explained that the Black Magic Cult had captured Elfman and Lisanna while she and the others hid, and that she had released the demon inside herself to try to save them.
• Mira told Hughes she had decided to become a powerful wizard, and she handed him her cloak after noticing his pants were in tatters.
• Hughes made Mira put her cloak back on, then called for Lisanna to get him a pair of pants.

Hughes led Mira, Lisanna, and Elfman to Magnolia Town after a chaotic journey, and they bought new clothes before heading for the Fairy Tail guild. Hughes left broke and planned to ask Makarov for a loan.

• Hughes and the Strauss siblings argued over the dangerous detours he had caused on their journey to Magnolia Town.
• The group entered a shabby clothing shop so they could change before visiting the Fairy Tail guild.
• Mira hesitated to leave the changing room in a dress, and Lisanna helped her get used to wearing it.
• Hughes bought new pants while the shopkeeper charged the group 40,000 J for their outfits, leaving Hughes with no money.
• The group set off for the Fairy Tail guild, and Hughes told Lisanna to speak sweetly to Makarov so he could borrow money.

Hughes entered the Fairy Tail guild with Mira, Lisanna, and Elfman, where the guild’s chaotic antics ended when Erza restored order. The system then activated pirate-related missions in Hughes’s mind, leaving him in pain and making him declare that everyone was trash who should be destroyed.

• Hughes entered Fairy Tail and watched Natsu and Gray argue as the guild members gathered around Macao’s betting pool and broke into a brawl.
• A flip-flop landed on Erza’s strawberry cake, and she drew her sword and scolded the guild into silence.
• Mira grew jealous as Lisanna and Elfman admired Erza, then remembered Hughes’s past attacks and fled with them to hide behind the old man at the counter.
• The system activated the missions “Pirate Journey” and “Join a Pirate Crew,” including the sub-mission to defeat the Lord of the Coast and the reward of unlocking the Haki System.
• Hughes clutched his head in pain, then stopped trembling and declared that everyone was trash who should be destroyed.