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It's been five days since Fairy Tail's rebirth.

I'm so lucky I got to move back into my old place!

The landlady seems to be doing well, too.

The others are back in the girls' dorm or their homes in town.

Some found new places to stay, though.

Everyone has settled in nicely!

The battle with Tartaros nearly destroyed the city a year ago.

Even so, the citizens have warmly accepted us back.

I think it's because of the strong bond of mutual trust

that has existed between the town and the guild for generations.

Phew! That felt great!

--Yo. --My home!

--You gotta try this! --There's fish, too!

--Will you ever stop barging in like this?! --There's fish, too!

Nice try.

Wait--

You need way more training, Lucy.

Put me down!

--We got a job. --A job!

A job?

What-- Hey!

Oh.

Ahh!

No matter how far, far away we are

you just need to keep on believing

So, please, stop crying, look up...

...and let's move forward together

Why do you look down

and stare at the tears you've shed?

Even if today is a bust

we can always walk forward with faith in tomorrow

Having someone who can reach out to me

and someone I can laugh with

gives me a new strength

that can change the world as we know it

No matter how far, far away we are

you just need to keep on believing

everything is for you for you

The morning sun has driven the night away

I won't be afraid or hesitate anymore

I'm going to turn my dream into reality

So, please, stop crying, look up...

...and let's move forward together

This is the job?

Don't complain.

We need to hurry and rebuild our building.

If we divide the work among us, it'll be complete sooner.

We want Master to praise our new guildhall when he returns.

Do you really think he'll come back?

Yeah, one of these days.

And if he doesn't, we'll just go look for him.

--Or put a bounty out. --Like a criminal?! And talk about cheap!

Juvia. Could you hand me those nails?

Certainly, darling!

Don't get 'em wet.

Hey, is it true those two shacked up all that time?

Nah, I heard they got married.

--I heard they even had a kid. --And apparently Lucy is his mistress!

Mistress?!

I heard he's seeing Erza, too...

Could this story get any crazier?!

Besides, it was more like she haunted me than lived with me...

O-Oh...

"The 7th Guild Master"

Here! Have a refreshment!

Thanks, Lisanna!

Refreshments!

--Yay! --Thanks, Lisanna!

--Here you are! --Oh, thirst-quenching liquid!

You seem like a pro at that.

Yeah! I spent the last year helping out Mira at a restaurant!

Whoa... Did Elfman work there, too?!

I'm manly!

He said he had "manly training" to do and went off somewhere.

Oh-ho! We'll have to spar later, then!

Right now is fine by me.

Big Brother Elf...

What are you doing, Levy?

Oh, just some paperwork.

Restarting the guild is a lot more complicated than you'd think.

Without Council approval, we'd basically be like a dark guild.

We laid the groundwork over the past year for this very purpose.

That's quite thoughtful.

Now we'll be able to say that Fairy Tail is officially back.

Thank you so much, Levy!

Why the tears?!

I just need to fill out this last part, but...

Yeah, that's a tough one.

How so?

We need to decide who our seventh guild master will be.

Our seventh guild master...

I mean, I guess I could do it...

Knock that off, Dad!

Why not Gildarts?

Get real! We can never even find that wandering lunkhead!

It's just temporary until our sixth master returns, right?

--So anyone will do. --I agree.

Still, our guild is different from before.

We need someone who can keep them under control

while the sixth master is away.

Oh, my.

You've upped your game.

--Good luck, both of you! --They've both gotten stronger.

So you better not get too flabby, Al!

Huh?

Daddy, you're flabby!

R-Really...?

In that case...

My darling!

That's manly.

That hurts, dammit!

Sheesh...

Want some fish, Lucy?

No.

--Oh! A brawl! --Let's join in!

All right! Count me in!

I'm lusting for a rumble!

Why am I not surprised?

It feels like old times again.

Loke! I didn't summon you!

You're all under arrest!

Yeah! That's it! Get 'im!

That hurts...

You jerks...

I'm glad for you, Elfman...

No one ever blamed you for the guildhall's destruction,

but it always weighed heavily on you.

That's why you focused on getting stronger--

Mira!

Come on, you guys!

Back to work.

Yes, ma'am...

That answers that.

Our seventh guild master is Erza Scarlet!

W-Wait a minute!

Me, as guild master?! That's hardly--

You're the only one up to the task.

You...!

--You're, umm... --Who, again?

Actually, yeah, he's one of us, but...

I can't remember his name...

I've been waiting for this moment.

For all of you to gather again.

Only you guys can help Makarov, our sixth guild master.

I had no idea such a place existed beneath the guildhall...

Even the entrance is normally sealed away.

By the way, Doran-- Err, Mest.

That one's my real name. Is your memory still muddled?

I'm sorry about that.

Why am only I allowed here? Natsu wouldn't stop complaining.

Because you're the seventh guild master.

That's the kind of place we're headed to.

It would normally be off-limits to me, too.

What is this?!

Fairy Tail's ultimate secret: the Lumen Histoire.

Our first master?!

--Whoa, hey! --Stop pushing, idiot!

Watch where you put your hands!

Yo...

You guys...

Oh, good grief.

I was about to explain that only the guild's masters are allowed in.

That's not fair! Tell us, too!

What is this, anyway?

It's our first master, isn't it?

--She's butt naked! --Yes, so please stop staring.

Is this the first master's body? Is she alive?

Why is she inside a crystal beneath the guildhall?

Explain, Mest.

I don't know what to make of it, either.

All I do know is that it's something extraordinarily important.

Never mind her! Where's Gramps?!

I know you know!

"Never mind her"?

What is this? In my mind, I'm seeing--

Images?

They're my memories.

Ten years ago...

You want me to infiltrate the Council?!

You're the only one who can.

What do you want me to steal?

This isn't that kind of mission.

I need you to leak me everything they know about the western continent.

I'm pretty sure that's still stealing.

I don't need any documents or cover-ups for our kiddos' incidents.

Just everything the Council says about the western continent.

What for?

Please, don't ask.

This is for the safety of our guild! Our family!

If I'm gonna do this, I'm gonna do it right!

Yeah! I'll even erase my own memory!

No, don't do that!

There's not much info, mostly because diplomatic relationships

with the western continent are non-existent.

I see.

Besides that, the Council members really don't like our guild.

Mm. Hardly a surprise.

You really need to rein Natsu in a little.

Natsu is fine the way he is.

Ugh...

The same is true for you.

I can't believe you really erased your memory to go undercover.

I'm fine. My memory gets restored whenever you lift this spell.

You're certainly a clever one, Mest.

Hold on. I go by "Doranbolt" while I'm undercover.

Doranbolt.

You have a visitor.

A visitor?

Huh? What does Fairy Tail's master want with me?

Is it my imagination, or did you visit me last month, too?

What a pain this is...

You have a visitor, Doranbolt.

Fairy Tail's master wants to see me?

He visits a lot lately.

--I just had a good idea. --What is it?

I can use my magic to infiltrate that notorious guild.

Oh...

I bet we'd get some great info that way!

Hopefully, anyway...

First, I'll plant a memory into Makarov that I'm a guild member.

My name'll be Mest.

Mest, huh?

Oh, man!

I can't wait to discover Fairy Tail's evil deeds!

That hurts.

And... that's how you joined the Tenrou Island S-Class Trial?

Hey, now.

I'm very sorry.

--Then what happened? --Seven years later...

It's been quite a while.

I'm so happy to see you and the other members are doing well!

I'm sorry for putting you through all this for so long.

Don't be. I chose to do this.

Your mission is over now. Come back to Fairy Tail.

I can't.

I'm close to obtaining the information you want.

And then, one year ago, after the final battle with Tartaros...

I'm disbanding Fairy Tail.

Huh?

Based on your information and my own investigation, I'm now certain.

This is the only way to protect our guild... Our family.

You're disbanding the guild because of the western continent?!

That makes no sense!

You don't need to agree with it.

The Alvarez Empire on the western continent is just too dangerous.

What do they matter?!

Sure, they tried to invade our continent of Ishgar ten years ago,

but they failed!

Do you know why they tried to invade?

No.

The Lumen Histoire.

Alvarez tried to invade ten years ago to obtain the Lumen Histoire.

The invasion didn't fail.

It was called off after the Council flexed its muscle.

The Etherion!

On top of that, the Faces that were just brought to light

were another set of weapons in the Council's arsenal.

Not even Alvarez could afford the risk involved.

However, that Council is gone now,

and the Etherion and the Faces are no more.

Do you know what that means?

Ishgar has lost its ability to deter Alvarez?

Mm.

They will try to invade again.

So what does that have to do with disbanding the guild?!

When someone hits, we hit back! That's the Fairy Tail way!

We can't do that. The only option is to disband.

Wha--?

This continent is home to 500 guilds or so, including Fairy Tail.

The western continent, however, used to have 730 wizard guilds

if you include both official and dark guilds.

And it was the Alvarez Magic Empire that unified all 730 guilds

under one banner to become the military superpower it is today.

Seven hundred and thirty guilds against just one? We'd be child's play for them.

They're on a completely different level than any previous foe.

What?! Then what can we do?!

I'm going to the Alvarez Empire to negotiate.

If they are going to invade, then I'll try to buy us extra time

by threatening to activate the Lumen Histoire.

You can't be serious!

It's a gamble, but if you can restore the Council during that time...

W-Wait! Hold on!

If something were to happen to me while our guild still existed,

the kiddos would get targeted next.

I can't let that happen!

So I'm setting our guild's history and standing aside

and disbanding it to protect our family.

Master... This is reckless.

Trying to hold back an entire nation all by yourself...

You're basically asking to die!

Bearing the lives of your family on your shoulders...

That's what a parent does.

So...

Gramps went to this Whatever Empire and never came back?!

And he disbanded the guild entirely for our sakes...

You haven't heard from him in a year?

No.

Why didn't you try to stop him?

Do you honestly think he'd stop and say, "Okay, you're right"?

I hope he's all right...

I am worried.

He's either still negotiating, is locked up somewhere...

Or...

Don't even say it.

What happened next?

I focused on restoring the Council as per Makarov's plan.

With Sir Warrod's help, I formed a new Council

based around the Wizard Saints.

Say, we did hear that the master's whereabouts

posed a problem for the Council.

Sir Warrod is aware of the situation,

but the others are probably still in the dark.

Even so, they all agree that the Alvarez Empire poses a threat.

They quickly established a line of defense,

which continues to act as a deterrent against the western continent.

That means Gramps succeeded in buying us time.

So why hasn't he come back yet?!

It's possible he isn't aware of this new information...

...or that he's unable to come back.

So we're gonna go save him. Right?

Yes. I restored the Council just like he asked me.

But now I'm going to do my duty as a Fairy Tail wizard.

With all of us together again, no one can stand in our way!

Let's all go together!

Wait.

Our own master has deemed this enemy unbeatable.

We'll need a plan first.

Erza!

We've gotten stronger over the past year!

No one anywhere can beat us!

Our master has risked his life to buy us time.

Do you intend to let that sacrifice go to waste?

Rebuilding the guildhall, reopening for business,

and restoring Fairy Tail...

Now that we're reunited, I'd like us to smile again as we once did.

That is how I feel as the new guild master.

Erza...

Whoa, you can't be serious!

However...

As a fellow guild member, I feel differently.

We absolutely must rescue our master!

So only the members in this room will participate.

A small team is best.

We'll infiltrate Alvarez...

...rescue our master...

...and then escape.

This is not a battle.

It's an infiltration and rescue operation.

We won't start any unnecessary fights or cause any trouble.

Is that clear, Natsu?

Y-Yeah.

We will rescue Gramps!

Beat us to the punch...

What is it, Gajeel?

They're going in with a small invasion team, huh?

In that case, we'll do things from a different angle.

Cana. Have you seen Gray?

I drank him!

You did what?!

My darling! My darling!

If you're looking for Gray, I saw him following Erza and Mest.

He was with Natsu and Lucy.

What?!

He... went with Lucy again?

Oh, where did the others go?

Who cares? Now we can be all alone!

Lucy...

Gray...

Gajeel...

Oh? You wanna drink, too?

I'm putting the B Team back together.

The B Team?

Our team during the Grand Magic Games?

We're gonna look for our old thunder pal.

Thunder?!

What brought this on?

Do you know where Laxus is?

Until you fall asleep, until you give that smile

You are beautiful to me more than anything

Under the same sky, we look up at the same stars

May the dream we shared come true now

There's no doubt we can achieve the future we wished for

as our harmonies connect and stretch endlessly along this path

Natsu and friends devise a secret plan to rescue Makarov,

who is stuck inside the Alvarez Empire.

They head for the western continent where the empire lies,

but stop at Caracol Island on the way.

There, they face an explosive situation before their journey even begins!

Next Episode: "Law of Space."

"Law of Space"

He who controls space will win the day.