Slowly, the dust dispersed, revealing an unharmed Chen Fan. Not even a single corner of his clothes was torn.
The sound of 'clap clap' applause was heard. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, surprised, seeing Simon clapping and saying to Chen Fan, "As expected of Fairy Tail's 'Hand of God,' truly tough." Before Chen Fan could retort,
Suddenly, Natsu's voice was heard, "Chen Fan, Erza, Lucy, are you guys okay?"
Natsu, Gray, Happy, and Juvia ran toward Chen Fan. Gray's eyes landed on Simon and the others. He said to Chen Fan, "Be careful, they are very dangerous. It seems they are looking for Erza." As he spoke, they all took a fighting stance.
"Alright, don't worry. Why worry when I'm here?" Chen Fan smiled and waved at Natsu and the others. From who knows where, he took a chair and sat down, his left leg crossed over his right, and casually flicked the card in his hand toward Simon. Simon handed the card to Sho, and Millianna was released from the card by Sho.
At this time, Simon saw that everyone had come, he turned to Sho. "Jellal has been deceiving us all this time; Erza didn't betray us."
Then he said to Erza, "Now you can tell us everything, Erza. You don't have to hold back anymore."
Erza looked at Simon in astonishment. "Simon..."
Chen Fan just watched with a smile from the side, not interrupting Simon.
Sho, however, was confused and yelled at Simon. "What are you talking about? What do you mean Erza didn't betray us? Jellal is the one who betrayed us! What's wrong? Speak, ah..."
Sho's facial expression was a bit panicked, and Wally and Millianna also looked at Simon, wanting an explanation.
Simon, however, shifted his gaze to Erza.
Erza saw Simon's eager gaze, then glanced at a yawning Chen Fan, took a deep breath, and finally began to speak: "More than ten years ago, a dark magic cult began building a tower on an island called the Tower of Heaven, also known as System R. It was built to activate a forbidden magic that could bring the dead back to life, which required a lot of sacrifices. Those sacrifices were also used as labor to strengthen the magic needed. As a child, I was one of those sacrifices... Later, Jellal released me. Jellal's goal was to revive Zeref. Jellal threatened me with the lives of everyone, so I had no choice but to leave by myself."
"Zeref? Don't tell me..."
"Mm, you guys should be familiar with him by now."
"I remember the monster that came from Lullaby was a demon of Zeref, right? Although I don't know who killed it in the end," Lucy said, lowering her head in thought.
Natsu, Gray, and Happy all looked at Chen Fan, but Chen Fan chose to ignore them, turning his head away.
"Not only that, I'm afraid even Deliora was one of the demons from Zeref's book," Erza continued.
After hearing the name Deliora, Gray's body trembled slightly, and he clenched his fists, but quickly relaxed them.
"But according to Erza, it's not you who betrayed us, but that guy named Jellal," Lucy said to Erza.
"No!" Sho yelled loudly.
"No, you're lying! You want to use that nonsense to get the sympathy of your friends. Don't joke around, the truth isn't like that at all. Jellal clearly said you betrayed us. Didn't you plant a bomb on our ship, and ran away alone, Sister? If Jellal hadn't found it, we would have all been buried in the sea. Jellal said this was the end for those who didn't truly learn magic, and he also said that Sister was intoxicated by the power of magic and wanted to leave all our past behind."
Sho became more and more agitated as he spoke.
"Ah... Ah... Ah... If it's really like you say, you're so pathetic. I want to hug you!" Chen Fan said from the side.
"What do you know?! What do you know about us?! What right do you have to interfere?!" Sho yelled at Chen Fan, like a mad dog biting wildly.
Chen Fan's expression froze.
He stood up from the chair and stared at Sho. "How long has it been? How long has it been since someone dared to yell at me?"
He stomped his foot. ".....!"
"Bang...!" The ground cracked like a landmine had exploded. The nearby wine glasses shattered into pieces, and the entire floor began to tremble, as if reflecting Chen Fan's anger. Sho even fell to the ground, his face filled with terror.
"Chen Fan! Don't!" Erza quickly reached out and yelled at Chen Fan.
Chen Fan closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and calmed himself down.
The ground stopped trembling.
After opening his eyes, he smiled at Erza. "I'm just scaring them, no need to worry."
After speaking, he sat down.
Erza looked at Chen Fan with gratitude.
After all these years, she still understood Chen Fan's anger well enough.
Chen Fan was clearly truly angry just now, and he was only holding back because of Erza.
Turning around, Erza said to Sho, "I don't care if you believe it or not, but everything I said is true."
Sho crawled to Simon's feet, grabbing his pants, his face looking a bit sick. "Simon, tell me they're not telling the truth, right?"
"No, I've always believed Erza, and what Erza said is also true. I originally planned to lure all the strong wizards to the Tower of Heaven before saying anything," Simon glanced at Natsu, Gray, and the others, paused for a moment, then stared at Chen Fan. "But it seems that won't be possible now."
"Thank you for believing me, Simon," Erza said, a bit emotional.
"No, I don't believe it," Sho said, then ran outside.
"Sho...!" Millianna and Wally yelled.
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