Hope activated an Armor Magic Circle in front of everyone, and a five-meter-tall circular magic crystal suddenly appeared before them.
"He... He really put it in!!"
"And he even took it out!!"
"..."
Watching Hope's actions, everyone exclaimed how outrageous it was.
Even Jura, who always maintained a serious face, rarely showed such a shocked expression; his mouth hung wide open, and his eyes looked like they were about to pop out from the shock.
Erza's eyes lit up, however, finding some merit in the clever method Hope mentioned.
She immediately grabbed Hope's hand, imagined him as a weapon, and stuffed the bewildered Hope into her magic space right in front of everyone.
Amidst the expectant gazes of the crowd, Erza gave a slight smile and waved her hand. Under the 'Armor' Magic Circle expanding in mid-air, Hope fell out and landed hard on his backside.
Hope's lip twitched as he stood up and brushed the dust off his pants. "I say, Erza, for experiments like this, you should use my good brother Natsu. He's thick-skinned and definitely durable."
Being your brother is truly a stroke of terrible luck... everyone thought to themselves, also taken aback by Hope's shamelessness.
Only Natsu was giggling foolishly; Hope actually considered him a brother!
After some more banter, no one objected to Hope taking the six magic crystals. After all, Mages cannot absorb pure magic; it's basically only used to power external objects.
Returning to the surface, they saw the miserable state of Zero and the half-destroyed ancient city. Only then did everyone realize how intense the battle between Hope and Zero had been.
Ichiya looked at Zero, whose life force was like a flickering candle in the wind. "I never expected that the mysterious Oración Seis Guild Master was actually Brain's other personality."
In this world of magic, one's mindset has a significant impact on their magic.
The ambitious Brain leaned more towards calculating, so even though they shared the same body, his strength was far inferior to Zero, who possessed the pure will of "destruction."
However, now, Zero's desire for destruction had been crushed along with him by Hope.
Erza asked Richard why Brain had tried to make 'Nirvana' attack Blue Moon. She originally just wanted to confirm her previous suspicions, but she learned a shocking truth from Richard's mouth.
"Brain wasn't doing it just to test 'Nirvana'."
Richard closed his book and turned to look at Wendy beside Mystogan. "The reason he had designs on your guild was entirely because your village's residents are the Nibelung Tribe, who mysteriously disappeared 400 years ago after creating 'Nirvana'."
This was yet another piece of shocking news.
The descendants of the creators of 'Nirvana' lived right near it. From Brain's perspective, if anyone could stop this super-conversion magic, it would definitely be the descendants of the Nibelung Tribe.
No wonder he wanted 'Nirvana' to attack Blue Moon, even though he failed in the end.
"Um..."
Wendy stepped forward. She hadn't expected the village she grew up in to have such a background. She said to the chattering adults, "If everyone doesn't mind, please come to our guild to rest."
Naturally, no one would refuse an invitation from a cute little girl, and they were also very curious about Blue Moon now.
Taking The Six Members of Grimoire Heart, who had completely surrendered, with them, everyone boarded the christina and set off in the direction Wendy pointed.
Soon, a small village with a cozy, lived-in feel appeared in their sight. It looked quite ordinary, the only special thing being the cat-head-shaped tent houses in the center of the village.
The airship landed in the village square. When the villagers saw Wendy getting off the airship, they swarmed forward.
"Wendy, you're back?"
"You didn't run into any danger, did you?"
"Carla is still as stern-faced as ever."
"..."
Looking at the villagers who doted on Wendy, Hope, who was the last to step off the airship, noticed something unusual about these people. Their physical states seemed somewhat familiar.
Hope pulled Erza aside and whispered a few words in her ear.
Erza looked incredulous. She subconsciously glanced around at the villagers but did nothing.
The villagers learned from Wendy and Carla that the Oración Seis had been defeated and 'Nirvana' had been completely shut down with no more energy to restart. They immediately entertained everyone warmly.
Everyone was given two sets of unique Nibelung Tribe woven clothing, and then a banquet was held specifically for them in the square.
The rice wine was sweet, and the mountain game was exceptionally delicious.
At the banquet, everyone met the Master of Blue Moon, who was also the chief of this small village—Rogue Cheney.
He was a short, thin old man about the same size as Makarov. He had a white beard and wore a feathered headdress similar to those of Indian tribes, looking no different from an ordinary person.
With a smile on his face, Rogue Cheney came to Mystogan's table. "Long time no see, young man. You haven't come back to visit in these seven years. Wendy has missed you very much."
Mystogan bowed apologetically to Rogue Cheney. "Thank you, Senior, for taking care of Wendy all these years. It's just that compared to seven years ago, the changes here seem a bit significant..."
Rogue Cheney laughed. "More than just this place has changed. Aren't you also wrapping yourself up tightly? Have you run into some trouble?"
"Because my appearance is the same as another person's, I don't want to cause trouble, so..."
"Eh, how similar can it be?"
Rogue Cheney continued with a smile, "Back then, you left little Wendy alone with me. Now that we've finally met again, you won't even let this old man see your face?"
Mystogan hesitated for a moment before finally uncovering his mysterious mask.
In an instant, the eyes of everyone in the Guild Alliance focused on his face. Everyone had been longing to see Mystogan's true face for a long time, but when they saw his appearance, the crowd immediately erupted.
"Jellal?!"
"How is that possible?!!"
"You're not another one of his Thought Projections, are you?!"
"Mystogan, say something!"
"..."
That's right, Mystogan actually looked exactly like Jellal, even down to the tattoo on his right eye.
If it weren't for the fact that Mystogan's magic style was different from Jellal's, Jura and Ichiya, who had both fought a great battle against Jellal, would probably have already attacked him.
Wendy was a bit frightened by the sudden change in everyone's attitude and subconsciously grabbed Mystogan's clothes. Due to her isolation from news, she didn't know that another Jellal existed in this world.
Mystogan gently patted Wendy's head and explained to everyone, "There is no need for alarm. That Jellal and I are two different people. The reason I hide my appearance is to avoid unnecessary trouble."
Although it was hard to believe, everyone chose to trust Mystogan, who had fought alongside them.
Erza, Natsu, and the others finally understood why this guy used sleep magic on his comrades whenever he returned to the guild; it turned out he didn't want his appearance to be discovered.
Just as everyone returned to eating and drinking, Rogue Cheney suddenly said, "You... are someone who came from another world, aren't you?"
The old man's meaningful tone instantly caused two people's bodies to tense up.
Hope stared at Rogue Cheney. Did this old man discover my identity as a Transmigrator? Wait... he seemed to be saying that to Mystogan just now.
There's actually more than one Transmigrator in this world besides me?!
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