Chapter 24

Second Floor is the twenty-fourth chapter of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail.

Full Summary
The chapter begins with Natsu celebrating his freedom, annoying the other guild members. Lucy was annoyed that the arrest was just a formality; Gray was still confused about the arrest, while Elfman asks what will happen to Erza and Natsu’s duel. Natsu asks Erza to continue, but she declined. However, Natsu still charges, annoying Erza, who attacks, knocking him out. Suddenly, Makarov sensed that someone is coming, and the whole guild fell asleep except for Makarov. Then, Mystogan entered, took a request from the request board, and leaves while lifting the Sleep spell.

The whole guild then wakes up and realizes that Mystogan just came because of the Sleep spell and says that because of that no one has ever seen his face except for Makarov. Suddenly, Laxus says that he seen them as well, surprising the guild members because they rarely see him too. Natsu wakes up and challenged Laxus to a fight, but was stopped from coming up the second floor by Makarov because he was not allowed up the stairs.

Later, Lucy asks Mirajane the reason why Natsu was not allowed the second floor. Mirajane explains that the request board on the second floor has more difficult jobs that are for S-Class mages only. She explains that S-Class jobs are dangerous and that only five mages are allowed to accept them, Mystogan, Laxus and Erza are among them. Mirajane says that Lucy shouldn’t aim for an S-Class mission yet.

On her way home, Lucy is thinking about the chain of command of Fairy Tail and that she would work harder tomorrow. When she entered her house, she was welcomed by Natsu and Happy who were both exercising. Lucy tells them to go home, but they refused and even asked her to exercise with them. Lucy declines, but Natsu says that they are going to an S-Class job and shows Lucy the request.