Chapter 1 Strange Things About Fairy Tail
Chapter 1 Strange Things About Fairy Tail
In the Kingdom of Fiore in Ishgar, Zeref's Alvarez army is engaged in a fierce battle with a group of mage guilds, represented by Fairy Tail.
This battle even concerns the fate of the world.
Meanwhile, in the Fairy Tail guild, Zeref, the instigator of the war, is now facing the two people he cares about most in this world—his former lover Mavis and his younger brother, Natsu.
“Zeref…I’ve found a way to kill you…” Mavis, whose hair was being held by Zeref and who was forced to tilt her head back, said with some difficulty as she looked at Zeref.
Looking into Mavis's emerald green eyes, which were faintly glistening with tears, Zeref's expression was complicated for a moment. His fine black hair fell down to cover up this momentary wavering. When Mavis looked at him again, all that remained in Zeref's eyes was indifference.
He placed his other hand on Mavis's stomach, gave her a smile that looked almost maniacal, and said, "A solution? I have one too! It's the New Year Eclipse!"
The moment Zeref made the decision to return, in a sense, he had already decided to abandon this world, including Mavis and Natsu within it. Naturally, Mavis's attempts to dissuade him were to no avail.
Unmoved by Mavis's persuasion, Zeref immediately began to seize the magic power of the fairy heart within Mavis's body.
"Aaaaaahhhhhh—" Mavis cried out in agony.
"First Generation!" Natsu was extremely anxious upon seeing this scene. His eyes blazed with anger at his brother's actions, and he raised his foot to rush forward and stop Zeref.
Even seeing Mavis in such agony, facing the rage of his beloved younger brother, Zeref's face remained completely unmoved.
He looked at Mavis, leaned closer, and said, "I will go back to when Acnologia wasn't so strong, kill him, and save humanity's future. Of course, Natsu will be with me then. Although it's a pity I can't see you again, you'll definitely be happier without me..."
Hearing Jelf's words, Mavis's tears finally flowed from her eyes. "No, that's not true!" Mavis cried out in her heart.
Just then, she suddenly felt some strength gradually returning to her body for some unknown reason. Although somewhat puzzled, she quickly realized this was a good thing. She gritted her teeth and began to fight back with all her might.
“Zeref, we can’t destroy this world, because this world… is the world we met…” Mavis said as she turned around with all her might and knocked Zeref to the ground.
Completely unprepared for Mavis's strength to resist, Zeref was caught off guard and tackled to the ground by her. He looked at Mavis with some surprise, and when he heard her say, "This is the world we met," his eyes widened slightly, his emotions a jumbled mess.
At that moment, Natsu rushed up and reached out to grab Zeref, who was lying on the ground.
However, before Zeref could react again, a strange magical reaction occurred when Zeref and Mavis's magic collided.
To Natsu's utter astonishment, Zeref and Mavis's figures gradually vanished into nothingness, disappearing from Natsu's sight in the blink of an eye.
"Eh? Eh!! First Generation! Zeref!" Natsu, staring wide-eyed at the two disappearing, cried out in shock in the empty guild hall. However, no matter how much he called out, Zeref and Mavis did not reappear.
As their figures gradually disappeared, Zeref and Mavis also lost consciousness the moment their bodies vanished.
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Two figures suddenly appeared in a dense forest. The two figures appeared suddenly, as if they had teleported.
Zeref was the first to regain consciousness. Slowly opening his eyes, Zeref felt utterly exhausted. Ever since being cursed by the god Ankhseram, Zeref, who was unaffected by not eating or drinking, had almost forgotten this long-lost feeling of fatigue.
He blinked, and what came into view was a dense canopy of trees that blocked out the sky. Was he in a forest? Jelf thought instinctively.
His body instinctively tried to get up, but he felt a slight obstruction. Zeref's gaze shifted slightly downwards, and he saw Mavis lying in his arms, her brows slightly furrowed. Zeref's consciousness finally returned completely at that moment.
Recalling the moment when Mavis's magic clashed with his own, Zeref realized that things seemed to be developing in a way that was beyond his expectations.
Once he regained consciousness, Jelf stood up and picked up the still unconscious Mavis in his arms.
Although Mavis managed to seize the opportunity to fight back at the last moment and prevent Zeref from completely taking the fairy's heart, she also suffered a severe loss of magic power.
Adding to the impact of the abnormal situation that Zeref hadn't yet figured out, Mavis's condition wasn't very good at the moment, and the fact that she hadn't woken up yet was the most direct proof of that.
Looking at the weak Mavis in his arms, Zeref's feelings were truly complicated. Although the coldness in his heart had not disappeared, it did not mean that he could be completely indifferent to Mavis's suffering.
The process of draining all of Mavis's magic was interrupted, and Mavis lay unconscious without any resistance. Logically, this was Zeref's best chance to obtain the fairy's heart, but Zeref just held Mavis without moving, his body like a statue.
"I'll take the fairy's heart after I figure out the current situation," Zeref thought to himself. Whether this was just an excuse to justify his current soft heart, even Zeref himself probably knew the answer.
After making the plan to postpone seizing Mavis's magic, Zeref somehow felt a sense of relief. He looked around at the environment, which seemed to be a forest, wondering how he and Mavis had suddenly come here.
Moreover, it shouldn't be something someone did intentionally, otherwise they wouldn't have gone to such lengths to bring him and Mebius here only to do nothing.
Jelf, who was puzzled by the current situation, suddenly heard a noise coming from not far away. He raised his eyebrows slightly, thought for a moment, and then picked up Mavis and walked towards the direction of the sound.
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