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Everyone...

Fairy Heart has always been our guild's most confidential secret,

because it holds something that the world must never learn of.

However, it's also important you know why Zeref wants it...

...and about my own sin.

The time has come to reveal everything.

This is a tale of a cursed boy and a cursed girl...

...and a tale of the primordial magic they sought.

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

Over a hundred years ago, a little before Fairy Tail was founded...

In a forest west of Magnolia...

The two of us happened to cross paths.

He suffered from the curse of Ankhselam...

...a curse that would take the lives of others against his will.

I found him mesmerizing, however.

He taught me all kinds of magic.

At the time, Magnolia was ruled by a dark guild.

So I, along with my comrades, learned magic to free the city.

And then, amid the fighting,

I cast an unperfected black magic spell that brought us victory.

But it came at a price: the spell caused my body to stop growing.

In the fourth month of 686, we founded Fairy Tail.

Trade disputes between feudal lords were intense

and sparked the Second Trade War later that year.

"Mavis and Zeref"

Please have the left wing pull back.

I-Is this little girl crazy?!

The enemy's formation has fallen apart there!

Now is the time to attack!

I dunno if you're a wizard or what, but mind your own business!

If I were the enemy, I would set an ambush near this hill.

I would lure in the opposition, then loose that squad upon them.

I would also send reinforcements to the west

to assail our main forces here.

Forty-nine effective countermeasures come to mind,

but first, we must pull the left wing back.

They'll integrate with the central squad, assume an echelon formation,

and wait to see what the enemy does.

There goes the little princess again.

She's too menacing to be a princess.

Talk about impressive analytical skills, though.

Everyone.

This is Yuri Dreyar, Makarov's future father.

Precht Gaebolg.

He would later become Fairy Tail's second master

and then eventually Grimoire Heart's master.

This is Warrod Sequen.

He would later become the fourth highest ranked Wizard Saint.

So when does our wizard squad get some action?

I need you to hold back the enemy's wizard squads.

There's an 85% chance they'll get reinforcements from the west.

Be careful!

All right! Let's tear it up!

Let's do it, men!

I believe in you!

Is that Fairy Tail's munchkin master?

An actual fairy...?

Thunder?

--What the...?! --Enemy wizards!

From what guild?!

Fairy Tail.

--Whoa... --This is what magic can do?!

All right! That's 27 down!

Gotta do better than that. I'm at 34!

Well, I'm at 100!

Just kidding.

They actually won, despite being heavily outnumbered...

She's a... fairy tactician.

--We won! --Look at all this gold!

Bring all the wine!

Cheers!

What's the matter, Mavis?

How many do you suppose lost their lives during today's battle?

How long do you think this war will continue?

I want to go on an adventure already.

The Second Trade War ended in 690.

There were ten times as many casualties as the First Trade War.

People blamed it on the wizard guilds' involvement in the fighting.

This compelled the wizarding world

to sign the Inter-Guild Conflict Ban Treaty...

...thus ushering in a brief period of peace.

Six years later, in 696...

...I had another chance encounter with him.

Mavis!

You're that black wizard!

Yay!

W-Wait! You remember about my curse, right?!

Of course!

Then--!

We managed to win back then, all thanks to you.

It's thanks to you I was able to save my friends.

Zeref?! The black wizard Zeref?!

You?!

That's why I didn't want to tell you my name.

You're the wizard who's been alive for 300 years?

Mm, I suppose it's been about that long.

You're nothing like what the rumors say!

Are they bad rumors? If so, they're probably mostly right.

That can't possibly be true!

You have very gentle eyes. I refuse to believe the rumors.

You're just too innocent, is all.

Say, do you remember Yuri?

He's going to be a father soon.

That boy is?

Well, it has been ten years and all.

I see you haven't changed at all since then.

Oh, my body...

Yes. You're right.

It's because I used an unperfected black magic spell back then.

I don't regret it, though. I did it to save my friends.

You used Law?!

What's going on?!

Umm...

Zeref?

It's not that you've stopped growing.

You're just like me. You've lost the ability to age or die!

Huh?

You judged who should live and die then! You made that choice!

It's the curse of Ankhselam.

The more you value someone's life, the more life you'll take--

That's not true!

N-No one dies when I'm around...

Maybe that's the case for now.

Oh, right. There was that war a little while back.

War dulls a person's morals concerning life.

As a result, your thoughts on life are still in flux.

That's not true! I'm...!

You don't know the value of life, in the true sense of the word.

But the moment you do discover it, those around you will die.

Why are you saying such terrible things?

Because it's the truth.

I... think that you're...

Now do you see that the rumors about me are true?

It seems you have it in you after all.

What it takes to walk with me on this path...

I...!

I do know it!

I know the value of my friends' lives!

--Yuri! You're a father! --Oh!

I do know it!

In 696...

Yuri's son, Makarov, was born.

Oh!

It's a boy!

You did great, Rita!

Wow!

He's so cute!

She didn't have to have the baby in the guildhall.

Yeah, but Rita insisted on it.

I want my child to grow up... to be loved...

...by everyone in the guild...

Of course he will!

Master...

Could we ask you to name him for us?

M-Me?!

Please, Mavis!

How about the name "Pippoko?"

I doubt any of us could choose a halfway decent name.

Makarov!

It's the name of a kindhearted king in a book I once read.

Makarov...

That's... a nice name...

--Makarov! --I still prefer "Pippoko."

Makarov!

As of today, you are Makarov!

We need to work hard... for his future...

Yes!

Let's all...

...hold hands... and...

Rita?

Rita! Hey! What's wrong?!

Having the baby took too much out of her!

You don't know the value of life, in the true sense of the word.

But the moment you do discover it...

Stay with me, Rita!

Rita!

...those around you will die.

Mavis!

No...

Stop...!

The Curse of Contradiction.

The more you love others, the more lives around you it takes.

If you love no one, it won't kill anyone.

It withers trees, kills animals,

and even takes people's lives.

I never visited the guildhall again after that.

I wandered aimlessly...

...and took countless lives as I did so.

A year passed.

I've been looking for you, Mavis.

Zeref...

You look terrible.

I haven't eaten in half a year...

But... I'm unable to die...

That's the curse of Ankhselam.

Even if you cut off your head, you still wouldn't die.

Please...

I beg you...

Kill me.

I can't. Just as you can't kill me.

I felt the same way at first, too.

No, I still think about how nice it would be to die.

But try looking at things in a slightly different way.

We also have limitless time at our disposal.

I've created beasts I call "Etherious."

Yes...

My hope was that their inhuman strength could kill me.

But it hasn't worked yet, of course.

Now I'm building a country.

A country?

On a different continent.

I get people to do things so I can grow my territory.

It's surprisingly fun.

I'm the emperor there.

I view the people as nothing but units or pawns.

That way, the curse of Ankhselam won't affect them.

It's almost like a simulation game.

For what purpose?

To prepare for war, I suppose.

Don't misunderstand me.

I don't like conflict.

In fact, I find it revolting.

My empire building is nothing more

than a sickening territorial expansion.

It's not fun at all.

But you just said it was surprisingly fun...

Oh? I did?

Even his thoughts are becoming contradictory?

That's what I live my life for...

I live to die.

I want to see my little brother...

No, I want to destroy him...

No... I want to be destroyed...

Huh? My head hurts for some reason...

Zeref...

The world... It continually rejects me...

The world--

I don't reject you. I accept you.

I'm the only other one who understands how you feel.

Don't give up.

I'm sure we'll find a way to lift the curse.

Let's look for it. Together.

Together...

Yes!

Mavis...

This is the first time anyone's ever been so nice to me...

No.

You've just forgotten. I'm sure of it.

And I've never felt such fond feelings for anyone...

The Abyss of Sorcery...

The beginning of everything.

It is made from the primordial essence of magic: love.

Love brings about miracles...

...and sometimes tragedies.

The love of the two who carried the Curse of Contradiction

resulted in one final contradiction.

The curse that takes more lives the more you love...

...took my immortal life as well.

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

The "miracle" that Mavis and Zeref created

evolves into a powerful form of magic that must remain secret.

The guild members try to cheer up Mavis, who regrets her sin,

with warm words of encouragement.

Meanwhile, as cruel fate would have it,

the Alvarez Empire steadily prepares for its advance on Ishgar.

Next Episode: "Fairy Heart."

"Fairy Heart"

The fairies will rise up to protect their friends' place in the world.