Fairy Tail: Magic is not such an inconvenient thing.

"Do you need me to analyze your psychology? Urutia, you poor and pathetic woman, your body is more honest than your heart."

"You...you were eavesdropping again..."

Abo pinched Urudia's face with a half-smile:

"You're just too starved for love and extremely insecure. Compared to that vague obsession with going back to the past, what you crave more is a place where you can stop thinking. So, even if I gave you a doghouse, you would wag your tail and crawl in. You're such a spineless woman. You can't even see yourself clearly."

"No! No, that's not right, I didn't!"

Urudia shook her head vigorously. How could she be that kind of person! She had always admired Abbott's talent and believed that Abbott could help her realize her long-cherished wish. Moreover, Abbott was essentially a good person, and being around him wouldn't make her feel uncomfortable. In short, it had nothing to do with the fact that Abbott was very good-looking and fit her aesthetic perfectly, and that he had just made her feel very comfortable!

Abo's words echoed in Ultear's ears like a demonic whisper, making her feel even more powerless than when she was first tied up. She felt as if this person had completely seen through her.

"Heh, you're quite interesting, Ultear. Actually, you've been living a very tiring life all these years, haven't you? Parasitizing the Dark Guild, yet discovering that you don't like this kind of life. You always doubt your life, regret the mistakes you've made, and want to escape all of this, which is why you so desperately want to go back to the past..."

"No...that's not how it is..."

"Let me see what you've done? Oh~ because your family was broken, you participated in the Dark Guild's operations and destroyed even more families? To ease your conscience, you even adopted a girl? And all these years you've been secretly trying to resurrect your mother? Ultear, you feel ashamed when you're a good person, and you can't be a complete bad person either. You're a lost soul who can't even see yourself clearly. You're really... adorably stupid."

"No! Don't look anymore! Please stop talking!!! Please! Don't look!"

Ultear broke down. She hadn't expected the consequences of "cooperation" to be so severe. She felt like she was standing naked in front of Abbot, with no fig leaf to cover her face. All her secrets were exposed. The awkward Ultear felt that every word Abbot said hit her most private secrets, making her feel ashamed and unable to think straight.

In fact, Abbot didn't see much of the memory. He just guessed and said some ambiguous things. He didn't expect this stupid woman's defenses to be so weak. That's perfect, he might as well take her down in one fell swoop.

Aibo approached Urudia, who was crouching with her head covered, placed his hand on her head, and gently stroked it, as if soothing a restless puppy.

"Don't be afraid, Ultear, we're on the same side, aren't we? I'm your best friend, your partner. If Ultear can't do it, then leave it to me."

"Give me your sins, your foolishness, your helplessness. I will help you. I will accept your regretful past and create a happy future for you. Your choice was not wrong. From now on, you no longer need to be confused or hesitant. You only need to...trust me."

"Really?

“I hope this is the last time you doubt me, Ultear. If you still need a belief to keep you going, then choose to believe in me. I will definitely surpass that dark mage Zeref and become the strongest mage in the world. I promise you.”

With the amulet on his person, Aibo said such things without a shred of guilt; that's just how arrogant he is.

Perhaps influenced by Abbot's confidence, or perhaps by the subtle influence of their years together, Urudia now truly believed Abbot's words without a doubt.

Ultear was no fool; Hades was the strongest mage she had ever seen. But even Hades, who was exploring the abyss of magic, did not have the same impact on her as Ebo. This was something she had already decided when she was at the magic academy. She had always believed that Ebo would surpass Hades one day.

But what about the Dark Mage Zeref...?

"Okay, I...I believe you!"

Ultear's eyes lit up again. She preferred the visible hope before her to the unseen, faint possibility, and besides, Abbot...

Urutia blushed slightly, squeezed her legs together, and felt even more uncomfortable in her wet clothes.

Abbot nodded in satisfaction. He had gained a decent subordinate. He shouldn't waste a bad woman; Ultear was so big, she must be very useful.

Aibo reached into the space and grabbed a Guga.

"Now that you're one of us, let's talk somewhere else. Go take a bath with this little thing, and she'll bring you to see me later."

After saying that, Abbot disappeared from the room, leaving Ultear and the red-haired Guga staring at each other with wide eyes.

"Coo-coo-cao-cao!"

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Ultear cleaned herself thoroughly and, led by Guga, toured Ebony's castle. She glanced at the view outside the window and confirmed that she was currently in Fairy Tail territory, Magnolia.

So it seems that Aibo's true identity is the youngest S-class member of Fairy Tail, only 14 years old...

Ultear has more confidence in Abbot's future, but... he's only 14 and he already has so many bad intentions, what will he be like when he grows up?

Urutia blushed again for no apparent reason, feeling both more excited and apprehensive about the future.

Then she followed Guga to a luxuriously decorated living room, where Abbott was sitting on the sofa drinking tea with a pleasant expression.

"You're here? Please have a seat. Let's discuss the follow-up plans in detail."

Urudia sat down rather cautiously on one side of her bottom, but luckily her bottom was big enough that she could sit steadily on one side.

"Han... Abbot, what should I call you from now on? Boss? Head of the household? Master?"

"Whatever, I don't care about these things. If you like, you can call me Dad."

Urutia's face stiffened:

"...Then I'll call you Abbot."

"Alright, let's get down to business, Ultear. My first order is that you must stop controlling Jellal from now on. I want you to set him free."

"Huh? I didn't control him... Everything he's doing now stems from his obsession, which is beyond my control. He's made resurrecting Zeref his life's pursuit, and even if I destroy that undead, he'll still carry out his ideal..."

Unless I tell him the truth? Hmm... but given his level of obsession, even if I told him the spirit was fake, he wouldn't believe me.

Far from being displeased, Abbott's eyes lit up:

"Oh? So, Gerald's current actions are entirely based on his own ideas?"

"Of course, I don't deny that I bear the main responsibility for how he turned out, but I only guided him. He became extreme when he was abused back then. Now he's just pretending to be asleep, and I can't wake him up."

"Oh, that makes things much easier!"

Abbott rested his chin on his hand, a wicked grin spreading across his face.

Since Jellal isn't being controlled, but rather misled, his actions are undeniable crimes, enough to land him a lifetime in jail. All I need to do is make Erza completely lose faith in him...

"Urudia, I command you to come up with a way right now to make Geralt look ridiculous!"

Urutia: ?

"W-What do you mean?"

"You know Erza, right? Erza received a favor from Jellal when she was little, and she still feels a bit grateful to him. She even thinks there's more to his bad deeds than meets the eye. I have to find a way to completely destroy his image in Erza's mind! The only person Erza can think about is me!"

"???"

Ultear's lips twitched. After confirming that she hadn't misheard, her intelligence once again took over, and she instantly connected all the dots, arriving at a truth that was hard for her to accept.

Urutia's voice was almost distorted with anger:

"You...you mean, you went through all that trouble to bring me back, and did all those terrible things to me, just because you were jealous of Gerald?! That's your real purpose?!"

"It wasn't difficult at all; catching you was just a matter of course."

"You—! You don't even deny being jealous!?"

"So what! I'm just jealous, is there a problem with that!?"

"You! You! I quit! I'm not working with you anymore! I'm leaving!"

Ultear was furious. Although she didn't know why she was angry, she was just so angry!

You little brat who hasn't even grown his hair yet! How old are you?! And you're already that obsessed with women?!

I want to follow a magical king with grand strategies, unparalleled wisdom, and extraordinary talent, not this lecherous brat whose mind is full of women!

"Oh!? You dare to curse me in your heart, huh? What do you think this place is? You think you can just come and go as you please? Looks like if I don't teach you a lesson, you won't know who's in charge."

Aibo secretly activated the magical rune he left on Ultear—sensitivity—increasing it a hundredfold!

"Whoosh! Stop! Stop right now!"

"Huh? Don't you know how to apologize?"

"Waaaaah, I was wrong, I'll never do it again..."

Urudia regretted it; she felt like she had been tricked and now there was no chance to back out.

Sisters, does anyone understand?! I misjudged someone and ended up with a jerk! My life is ruined!

You damn perverted brat! Give me back all the emotion I felt before!!!

"You're still cursing?!"

"I won't do it again! Waaah, I'll help, I'll help! I've thought of a way! I really have a way!"

Chapter 121 The Devil's Heart

"My true identity is one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory from the dark guild [Demon Heart]..."

After being captured and surrendering, Urudia, unable to resist, began to tell her true origins. She had no intention of hiding anything and seemed to have given up on everything.

She was the one who did the bad thing, she was the one who wanted to surrender, and she was the one who just felt good. I don't know where she got such a big grievance from.

"The Balam Alliance, huh... So what was your and Gerald's real purpose in infiltrating the Council?"

"【Magical Spirit Power】—The strongest magical weapon wielded by the Council. It is a giant sword hanging over the heads of all dark guilds. As long as Magical Spirit Power exists, no dark guild will dare to cause a large-scale disturbance. My mission is to find a way to force the Council to consume this weapon."

"Oh?"

Aibo seemed to be deep in thought. He possessed advanced access to the ancient texts, which could be considered level 4 access based on skill level. To a certain extent, he could influence the release of magical spirit power.

For example, if the council decides to launch magical spirit power, and after a vote, a holder of an ancient tome with level four authority is chosen to press the launch button, but if Abbot then votes against it, the launch will fail unless another holder of level four authority steps forward to vote again...

Magical spirit power is like a nuclear bomb. If it explodes in Magnolia, even Ebo wouldn't be able to do anything. Billions of Idia magic power would wipe out everything. Although he can teleport away, he can't save many people.

It's terrifying to think about it carefully. Even Ebo doesn't feel safe having such a nuclear warhead in the hands of those idiots in the council. Perhaps it would be a good thing for everyone to deplete this magical spirit's power.

"What are your plans? What's the strategy?"

"To guide the council to bombard the Tower of Paradise with magical spirit power, apart from the council chairman, there are only 9 council members. They only need more than half of the votes to activate the magical spirit power."

"Bombing the Tower of Paradise? Wait, I learned about the R System from the ancient texts. To activate the R System, you need at least 27 billion Idia magic power. Could it be... that you plan to use magical spirit power to charge the R System?"

Urudia glanced at Abbot in surprise, then quickly understood:

"You really can't hide anything from you. That's right, this is Gerald's complete plan. In fact, the entire Tower of Paradise is made of magic crystals. The magical spirit's power will not only not destroy the Tower of Paradise, but will also complete the last piece of the R system's puzzle..."

But Jellal's plan still wouldn't succeed, because the R-System was a failed spell. Guild Master Hades had studied the blueprints; even if the R-System were successfully activated, it would only be a targeted resurrection spell, unable to resurrect Zeref, since Zeref was never truly dead.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"President Hades has met that legendary dark mage. He learned his magic from Zeref. Zeref has lived for over four hundred years. He is not dead; his power has simply been sealed."

"What!?"

Aibo was shocked. If this was true, then he would have to re-evaluate the famous most demonic wizard. Anyone who could live for so long was definitely not a simple character. But how could such a powerful person be sealed away?

"Is your information reliable?"

"Of course!"

Urudia hesitated for a moment, but then truthfully revealed a piece of information that had shocked Abbot for a whole year:

"Guild Master Hades' original name was Precht. When he was young, he was a student of Zeref and later became the second guild master of Fairy Tail. This is a secret he told me personally."

"??????!"

Abbot was truly shocked this time, almost jumping up and down. He never expected that a casual digging would uncover such a shocking secret. He stared in disbelief and exclaimed:

"Wait a minute, are you saying that your boss, the leader of the Dark Guild Demon Heart, is actually our guild's former guild leader!?"

"Yes, the Demon Heart is a guild that exists to awaken the sleeping Zeref and make this world a [Great Magic World]."

"What does that mean? A world of great magic? I remember this concept in ancient texts. Everyone uses magic, and the power of magic is incredibly strong. Powerful humans can even become gods or something..."

"No way? You actually believe in something like that? Even if such an era really existed, it would be from ancient times. Do all of you want to go back to ancient times?"

Urutia shook her head:

"Creating a great magical world is our common goal, that's true, but my goal is to go back to the past."

Guild Master Hades told us that Zeref is the key to creating the Great Magical World; once Zeref awakens his true power, this world will become the Great Magical World.

At that time, all the lost magic will be restored, my Arc of Time magic will awaken its true power, and I will be able to go back to the past..."

"Pfft~"

"What are you laughing at?!"

"Don't you find it funny when you say such ridiculous things?"

Urudia is becoming popular again, and she feels that the ideals she has always pursued are being ridiculed. She cannot tolerate this.