Chapter 492 opens with a flashback to the first chapter, in which Hiroyuki and his sisters are discussing the direction of the guild. They hear a voice telling them to go back to the fairy tail guild, but Hiroyuki doesn't understand what the voice is talking about. He's not sure if it's an old friend from the first master's time, or if the voice was just too overbearing. The sisters decide to head back to fairy tail, and Hiroyuki is bummed that he's separated from his friends. He thinks they're going to head north, but he can't figure out where they've been separated from. He wonders if they heard the voice that told them where the guild was headed. He also wonders if it was only the members of the fairies that heard it. He assumes that the fairies are headed north, and he wonders if he should accompany them to the witch's house. He asks if it would be best if he could go with them to see the witch and her sidekick, sorano, and the others. Hiroyuki thinks that they'll be able to figure out what's going on if they trust the voice. He tells his sisters that they should go to see rogue and sting, and then he'll tell them where they can find him. He says that he can handle them all alone, and that he won't let them go north with him. They're not going to go north, he says, with the rest of his friends, because he can take care of them alone. They decide to go see rogue, and sorano and the other fairies. They don't want to