doitstory Chapter 228 The Adrasman, Mystogan's Confession!
Chapter 228 The Adrasman, Mystogan's Confession!
Chapter 228 The Adrasman, Mystogan's Confession!
The next day, the construction team responsible for the infrastructure construction of Necrophos arrived and began to transform the Fairy Tail magical weapons to a completely new look.
Chase had just returned from the construction site and walked into the Fairy Tail guild hall, which was as noisy as ever. He immediately saw the strongest team sitting at the table, chatting about the various interesting things that happened at yesterday's flower viewing party.
"Not bad, Lucy. Looks like you've fully recovered."
Chase sat down next to Lucy and unceremoniously picked up the juice in front of her and drank it all in one gulp.
"Yes! Thanks to Wendy's healing magic!"
Lucy was in a good mood and was already used to it, so she didn't have any intention of complaining about Chase ordering whatever he wanted.
"It's so great to be able to help Lucy!" Wendy was equally happy to receive the praise, scratching her head slightly.
Having just joined the guild, she still felt somewhat distant.
"But speaking of which, it's a bit of a shame that Lucy didn't participate in yesterday's event. I even asked Marcus to prepare some extra merchandise for you as prizes."
Mira, carrying an empty plate, happened to pass by. Thinking that she didn't have much work to do, she simply sat down and joined the group's chat.
"My merchandise, do you mean that weird figurine that can instantly destroy clothes?" Lucy's lips twitched twice.
"Yeah! Since it's been a hot seller since it was launched, I thought I'd use it as a prize. I'm sure everyone will be really excited," Mira said earnestly.
"...I suddenly feel lucky that I didn't attend the flower viewing party yesterday." Lucy's smile was a little stiff.
Just hearing Mira say that, she could already picture herself dying on the spot.
Also, why use my figurine as a prize?
Mira is so cunning!
"To be honest, you're quite lucky, since there wasn't an event in previous years where cherry blossoms were put on a boat and circled the city," Chase said meaningfully.
"So Chesgo, who lives on the other side of the river, saw it too? It's so beautiful, isn't it!" Lucy perked up immediately at the mention of this.
"There's such an event? Damn it, I missed it!" Erza, who was eating strawberry cake, suddenly looked up, with cream still on her lips.
No, you actually believe that?
In contrast, Natsu and Happy, who looked guilty, looked uneasy and turned their heads to whistle.
This attempt to bury their heads in the sand, practically saying "it has nothing to do with us," was immediately spotted by Gray: "Hey, hey, you guys didn't do this, did you?"
"No way! We went home with Natsu after admiring the flowers, we didn't go back!"
"Exactly, the soil there is so hard to dig, it's simply impossible!"
If Happy could be considered to be making excuses, Natsu's statement was nothing short of an admission of guilt.
After he finished speaking, the scene fell into a brief silence.
"Two idiots." Xia Lulu couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Boom!
Just then, the guild's door was kicked open.
"Ugh! Which bastard moved the most valuable cherry blossom tree? The mayor is furious, and the consequences will be dire—even I can't save you!"
"Even if you're going to dig, at least dig in other people's activity areas! Who's stupid enough to dig in the guild's activity area?!"
Makarov, who had been invited to have tea by the mayor early in the morning, was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at the guild hall.
The guild members were all shocked and began to complain about who had done this.
Natsu and Happy were completely unaware that they had already been exposed, and were still pretending to be stupid and making sarcastic remarks.
Lucy, whose suspicions were now confirmed, beamed with joy and hugged them tightly, saying "Arigato!"
This subconscious act of genuine joy immediately revealed Natsu's true intentions to Happy.
The man and his cat were thoroughly berated by the old man, who was unleashing a torrent of abuse.
After a brief interlude, the guild returned to its relaxed, cheerful, and noisy atmosphere.
Heavy, powerful footsteps came from the doorway, and a figure draped in a tattered cloak blocked the bright light, casting a long shadow that stretched towards the guild bar.
The five magic circles on his back were particularly eye-catching, further indicating the identity of the person who had come.
"Mistrigan?!"
"Hey, did I see that right? This guy actually appeared so fresh and beautiful?"
"I can't take it anymore, my head is spinning. Damn it, is it sleep magic again?!" Kana hugged the wine barrel, feeling dizzy.
"A true man! I withstood Mystergan's sleep magic!!" Elfman shouted excitedly, raising his arms.
Influenced by her friends and her preconceived notions about Mystergan, Lucy quickly crossed her arms and lay face down on the table.
Get into a relatively comfortable sleeping position.
Juvia was a master at seizing opportunities; he slid down to Gray's feet, his rear end wiggling as if trying to get Gray to lie on top of him.
The other companions also looked apprehensive and quickly found themselves a good place to sleep.
However, the echoing footsteps in the guild hall did not become fainter; instead, they became clearer.
It was obvious that Mystergan did not use his signature sleep magic this time.
Under the puzzled gazes of his companions who had just realized what was happening, Mistgan walked solemnly toward Makarov, who was sitting at the bar.
"That guy, he's finally made up his mind, huh?" Chase's lips curled into a slight smile, appearing quite calm.
"Wait, Chesgo, what do you mean by 'made up your mind'?" Lucy was completely confused.
"Hey! Mystogan! Come and duel me!!"
While everyone was wondering what was going on, a hot-blooded idiot had already charged forward with his blazing fist raised.
"Sorry, Natsu, I have something important to do."
As soon as he finished speaking, the staff behind Mistgang lit up.
Natsu fell flat on his face.
Lucy: So weak! Oh no, so strong!
After dealing with Natsu, Mystogan nodded slightly to Chess, then stopped in front of Makarov.
"What's wrong, Mistgang?" Makarov asked softly.
Although he sensed something was off from Mistgang's eyes, the old man pretended to be calm and took a sip of his black tea.
As the president, he has always been a calm and composed patriarch, and naturally he would never be as easily startled as the kids.
Upon hearing this, Mystergan took a deep breath, slowly raised his hand, and removed the mask from his face and the metal plate on his head in front of everyone in the guild.
"puff!!!"
Feeling he should remain calm, Maklov burst out laughing on the spot.
Apart from Chess and Erza, who had seen this face before, everyone else in the guild was completely stunned.
He stared at Mistgang in disbelief, speechless for a long time.
"Jelly?!?!" Natsu Lucy and the others who had participated in the Tower of Paradise incident exclaimed in surprise.
At the same time as their voices rang out, Wendy, who had spent some time with "Geralt," also spoke.
"Geralt? Are you Geralt?!"
The little girl's eyes were filled with tears of joy at their long-awaited reunion. She staggered toward Mystergang, unable to believe that she would encounter her former savior in the guild.
Although she didn't know why Gerald, who should have been imprisoned, had "become" Mystogan, Lucy instinctively reached out to pull Wendy back for safety reasons, but Chase stopped her in time.
"Don't worry, Lucy, he's not the same person as Jellal," Erza added.
Even now, she still finds it a little hard to accept the fact that Mystogan is very likely from another world.
"Sorry Wendy, I didn't say hello to you right away."
Mystogan crouched down, his gentle tone tinged with apology, "Because I was new to this world and not familiar with it, I lied to you. I am not Jellal, but Mystogan from Fairy Tail."
"I want to see you so much, I really, really want to see you!" Wendy threw herself into Mister Gang's arms, her voice trembling with tears.
She didn't care about Gerald or Mystogan; all she knew was that the person in front of her was the older brother she had missed for so long!
Standing beside her, Xia Lulu caught the crucial information and guessed a certain possibility; her pupils contracted: "This world? Could it be you?"
Unlike Happy, who knew nothing, she clearly remembered that she came from another world and had the mission of "killing the Dragon Slayer Mage"—although it was a memory confusion that occurred during the teleportation process.
Mister Gang glanced at Xia Lulu, calmed Wendy down, and slowly stood up.
"That's right, I'm not from this world, but like you and Harpy—"
Meeting the utterly shocked gazes of his companions, he, who had already prepared himself mentally, said in a deep voice, "From another world, Edolas."
As a prince of Edolas, and having been saved by the black cat Lili, he naturally knew that Happy and Charlu, who had pure white wings, were both transcendent beings from Edolas.
Judging from Xia Lulu's reaction to "Edras", it's easy to conclude that the white cat following Wendy most likely knows her identity!
Another world?
Edolas?
Like Xia Lulu?
The brief conversation left everyone's brains completely bewildered, with Happy, who was singled out, utterly dumbfounded:
Am I not a cat of this world?
According to Natsu, he hatched from an egg, but as time went by, having never encountered anyone of the same species, he couldn't help but wonder how he came to be and who his parents were.
It wasn't until Xia Lulu appeared that this doubt was somewhat alleviated.
And now I hate it even more!
"Hey, Xia Lulu, what's going on?" Happy tugged at Xia Lulu's clothes.
"Shut up, you fool who's forgotten your own mission!"
Charlotte was still in shock that Mystergan was an Edolas, and didn't give Harpy a friendly look.
She actually envied, even envied, that Happy could know nothing and play around without a care in the world, while she herself was constantly suffering from the torment of having to choose between protecting her homeland and protecting Wendy.
This is one of the reasons why, besides being stupid and lecherous, she has never really liked Harpy.
"Mission? What mission? Xia Lulu, what do you even know?"
Harpy was eager to know about his origins, and his usual licking-the-cat attitude was gone; his voice was pleading.
The elderly father, Natsu, along with Lucy and the others, also gathered around, wanting to figure out what was going on.
Xia Lulu realized that she had been a bit too emotional, and sighed deeply while covering her forehead.
"I'm sorry, I can't say right now."
Thinking that she would one day find out why the Beyonders had to kill the Dragon Slayers, she didn't want to say more, because doing so would only create a rift between herself and Wendy, Happy, and Natsu.
This painful decision is something you have to bear alone.
Seeing the atmosphere suddenly become tense, Chase slowly walked between the two cats: "Alright, Happy, if Charlotte doesn't want to talk, don't make things difficult for her."
"But."
"If you're a man, go and find out the truth for yourself!"
Before the anxious-looking Harpy could speak, Chase turned to Mystorgan and said, "Am I right, Mystorgan?"
"Although I don't know much about the Transcendent Ones, there are indeed more important things to deal with right now."
Mystogan's expression turned extremely serious as he added, "It concerns the very survival of the entire guild and Magnolia!"
His words immediately drew everyone's attention away from Happy and Charlotte.
"So what exactly are you two trying to say?" Makarov, the only one who could remain calm, asked. After quickly organizing his thoughts, Mystogan began to recount the magically depleted otherworld Edolas, the conspiracy hidden behind the unusual celestial phenomenon "Anima," what he had been doing all these years, and...
A massive anima is about to descend upon Magnolia!
When he first heard the news, Mistgan still held onto the hope that the malice detected by Nemesis might not be Anima's fantasy. However, after his in-depth investigation of the outskirts of Magnolia over the past two days, combined with the fact that all Anima's paths had been closed, he realized with horror that it was indeed true!
This is the main reason why he made up his mind to confess to everyone in the guild.
After hearing the whole story, everyone finally realized the seriousness of the problem, and panic appeared on their faces.
Even the well-informed Makarov fell silent, his expression quite grave.
"The guild and those people in the city are already being watched, and a temporary relocation won't solve the problem, so—"
Mystogan removed his magic staff, bowed deeply to the crowd, and pleaded earnestly, "Please, everyone, help me!"
The unprecedentedly low profile left his companions wide-eyed and stunned, still reeling from the barrage of information.
"Enough, Mr. Gang! Do you know what the consequences of doing that are?!"
Makarov's stern rebuke startled the stunned crowd.
Mistgang, who was still bowing with his head down, stiffened, and a feeling of desolation and despair welled up in his heart.
"I'm sorry, President, I—"
He had barely finished speaking when Makarov interrupted him with a harsh tone.
"Personal matters are guild matters, let alone conspiracies targeting the entire town, no matter who it is."
Since we're going to target Fairy Tail, we must be prepared to be destroyed!
"The potential impact? Who would care about such a trivial matter!"
"So, stop with that shameful pose and expression, and hold your head up high, Mr. Gang!"
Makarov, standing on the bar counter, stepped forward, raised his clenched fist, and shouted to the entire guild, "Prepare for war against Edolas from another world! Kids!!"
"Ooooooooo!!!!"