Natsu, Lucy, and their friends take a job to capture Velveno, an escaped convict with the power to transform into other people and mimic their magic, who plans to attend a ball held by the wealthy Count Balsamico for his daughter Aceto to find a husband. It is assumed by the count that Velveno is there to steal the valuable Balsamico family ring. The Fairy Tail members fail to capture him before he obtains the ring, but he instead confesses his love for Aceto and uses it to propose to her. Aceto accepts his proposal on the condition that he turn himself in for his crimes, which he does at the cost of Fairy Tail's reward for the job.