Chapter 377: Awakening the Second Origin

"It’s you guys?!"

Lucy was dumbfounded when she saw the three people who appeared before them, and somehow she also understood why they didn’t show their appearance till they had completely hidden from anyone, since if anyone saw who they met, no one could tell what would happen.

"Ultear?" Gray was dumbfounded and surprised when he saw that his teacher’s daughter was there, too.

"Why are you here?" Yet, Erza showed a complicated expression as she saw the one who led this group.

"I know that I shouldn’t have met you, but when I knew your problem I just couldn’t help but reach you all."

Jellal Fernandez, who knew that he was in trouble, decided to come out and meet Erza and everyone, as he knew well that, knowing of their problem, he just couldn’t stay in silence, especially when the Fairy Tail had a huge debt to Finn Hoen.

Jellal knew how vicious Finn was, and because of that, if their only chance to pay the debt was through the Grand Magic Games, then of course, he would help them.

What about lending them money?

Well, Jellal himself didn’t have that much money, as he didn’t work as a vigilante for money, so it was impossible.

Still, while everyone was shocked by the appearance of Jellal and Ultear, without a doubt, the greatest surprise also came from Meredy, too, which left Juvia Lockster, the busty water mage, dumbfounded, as the little girl had grown so womanly and could show such a smile.

"Meredy..."

"Juvia-san!"

Meredy smiled softly at Juvia, as Juvia was one of the people who had touched her heart.

"Wait, how could you be here?!"

There was one fact that troubled Erza: how could Jellal leave the prison?

After the previous incident with the Tower of Heaven, Jellal was in prison, and it was impossible for him to escape unless he broke out of it and escaped, which made him the target of everyone.

"Wait, it isn’t his fault. We were the ones who had brought him out."

Ultear stepped forward, defending Jellal, especially when every tragedy that happened on the Tower of Heaven was also her fault. She was the one who had made everyone continue to build that hell-like tower to resurrect Zeref, as she wanted to go to the past, the world, where she had no need to be apart from her mother, and live a happy ending instead of living as a criminal like now.

Still, if Finn were around, then he would roll his eyes, since even if Ultear and Meredy were the ones who brought Jellal out, if Jellal still had a conscience and felt guilt within his heart, why would he leave, right?

Wasn’t it better for him to stay in the prison the whole time, rot, and die instead of walking out?

Because when Jellal walked out, it meant that he wanted to redeem his life, trying to make it better, when everyone else, who had died, wanted him to be cursed and just die and rot in the prison without any chance of redemption.

Yet, if that happened, then that wouldn’t be the story of Fairy Tail; it would be a Seinen story.

If there were a reason that this story might change, it might be due to Finn.

Still, when everyone’s wounds had healed, they started to talk about many things, including how Jellal, Ultear, and Meredy created a vigilante guild known as Crime Sorciere, a guild that had the purpose of rooting out all of the darkness, so no one would fall into the same black hole once again.

"Black hole..."

Somehow, when Jellal said those words, Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Erza, and many others started to think of Finn, the guy who was at the top of many, yet was so black that they couldn’t see anything from him.

"You could become an independent guild with such a goal, you know?"

"No thanks. You know, the legal guild can show an open hostility to the dark guilds, and we’re all criminals, so this position is the best, and..." Jellal showed an awkward expression and said, "The Chief of the Fiore Branch of the Magic Council is Finn Hoen..."

"Ouch."

They looked at Jellal in pain, but Erza was curious. "Are you familiar with him?"

"We do." Ultear nodded. "He is a troublesome fellow, greedy, corrupt, yet fair. If he caught us together here, I can imagine that he would likely threaten all of you."

"...." Everyone.

Would such a thing happen?

No, it was their only conclusion, as they could imagine what Finn likely did.

"But, don’t worry, I have erased all of the birds around, so he won’t likely be able to hear or see us."

"Birds? Why?"

"Don’t you know? His Take Over magic on the Avian Soul is so advanced that he can control all types of avian creatures and use them as his spy network."

"...."

At that moment, everyone was in silence, as Natsu somehow whispered, "Hey, Lucy, there shouldn’t be a bird before, right?"

"I-I don’t know..." Lucy somehow became nervous.

"Erza..." Gray had a cold sweat on his face, and similarly, Erza was also troubled, thinking of the consequences of having their weakness to be acquired by such a troublesome fellow.

Yes, Finn might be fair, but he was greedy!

Still, Jellal didn’t know what they were nervous about, instead his focus was entirely on Erza.

if there was a reason why this Crime Sorciere came out to meet Fairy Tail, it was because Jellal wanted to meet Erza, yet at the same time, to hide that fact, they also had a request that they wanted to ask them.

"You know that every year, the Grand Magic Games seem to have a weird and odd style of magic. We’d like you to find out what it is."

"We’ll see what we can do."

No one said anything except for Erza, and she didn’t think that it was good to promise the Crime Society anything, as she knew that their real goal was to pay the debt, and for the other things, it was better to wait for later, since no matter what, the debt was first.

"Of course, we won’t do it for free since I can give you this."

While Ultaer said this, she showed her crystal ball.

"...what?"

"I am going to use my Arc of Time, my magic, to improve and advance your magic."

"What?!"

Ultear didn’t lie, since her magic had such a capability, and she was talented enough to make her magic have such a skill, so what could she do with this magic?

To awaken their Second Origin!

It was something that Finn had been wishing to get before, since in the world of Fairy Tail, a mage or magic user uses magic by using a special energy that exists in the atmosphere, known as Ethernano, like how humans use oxygen to breathe and live, and to use magic, their bodies would absorb Ethernano.

Naturally, there was a limit to how much Ethernano could be absorbed into their bodies, but in recent research, there was a discovery about the second vessel, which allowed the mages to absorb more Ethernano into their bodies, so they could use their magic for a longer period or use stronger magic!

"So, do you all want to?"

"YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

This was what everyone wished for, especially after they had wasted a lot of time on the Celestial Spirit World.

Still, everyone was prepared, and they helped each other. Even though there was a moment when Jellal and Erza happened to stare at each other, before anything bloomed, a sound of a camera was heard.

Click.

"Well, well."

At that moment, everyone was tense, as if they were in a horror movie, as they saw someone who had come and discovered the secret meeting between the Crime Society and the Fairy Tail.

Even worse, the one who had discovered them was—the Chief Fiore Branch of the Magic Council, Finn Hoen.

"I wonder what will happen if everyone knows of your meetings?"