"It seems my time is up, then?"
Chrollo muttered to himself, watching his body gradually fade.
"Chrollo, what exactly is going on?!"
Seeing this, Ur couldn't bear it and grabbed Chrollo's hand, which was about to disappear…
However, Ur grabbed nothing but air…
This caused Ur's pupils to shrink sharply.
"Wh-Why?!"
Ur murmured to herself…
Her body trembled slightly, showing how unsettled she was inside.
"Haha, don't panic…"
"As I said, my time is running out."
"In fact, I am not a person from this time…"
"Right now, I am not disappearing, but rather returning to my own time."
"So you don't need to worry about my disappearance at all."
Chrollo looked at Ur, who for the first time showed panic in front of him—an emotion completely uncharacteristic of Ur's usual demeanor—and couldn't help but smile slightly before explaining.
"You're not from this time?"
Gray's eyes held confusion.
"Yes, I accepted a commission from your future selves."
"I specifically came to this time to correct some errors…"
After a brief explanation, Chrollo stopped discussing the issue of time.
"A commission from the future?"
"Came to this timeline to correct errors?"
"So, Uncle Chrollo, are you saying that in the original timeline…"
"Something bad happened at our current point in time, right?"
Ultear, after all, possessed a talent for Time Magic. She gently bit her finger, her mind racing, and from Chrollo's few short sentences, she analyzed a large amount of information.
As Ultear's words fell, everyone present fell silent.
What was a bad thing?!
Gray thought of Deliora…
If Chrollo hadn't come, would his town, the villagers, and his parents have all died there?
Lyon thought of Ur…
Before Chrollo arrived, Lyon's lifelong goal was to surpass Ur.
For him, the so-called bad thing was probably losing any possibility of ever surpassing Ur in his lifetime…
And under what circumstances would he lose any chance of surpassing Ur?!
There were only two possibilities.
First, he died…
This situation, Lyon could still accept.
Second, Ur died!
This situation, Lyon could not accept at all.
Ur thought of her daughter, Gray, and Lyon.
Young Ultear looked at her mother, Ur…
She inexplicably had a premonition.
If it weren't for Chrollo, she would have completely misunderstood her mother…
And then done something she would regret for the rest of her life.
"Sigh…"
Chrollo couldn't help but admire Ultear's talent in Time Magic at this moment.
After a light sigh, Chrollo spoke with a firm expression: "You don't need to consider what kind of tragedy happened in the original timeline! Because I will eliminate every one of your nightmares."
When Chrollo transmigrated, he often asked himself:
What was the meaning of his coming to this world?
When he had no power, it was fine to go with the flow and just get by…
But after he gained power, Chrollo would absolutely not stand by and watch tragedies unfold!
What timeline, what plot collapse! Chrollo didn't care at all…
He wanted to use his own hands to eliminate the nightmares of everyone in the Fairy Tail Guild.
As for what happened in the original world?
How many tragedies Gray and the others bore!
Gray and the others didn't need to know these things…
These tragedies and responsibilities would be borne by Chrollo.
"…"
As Chrollo's words fell, Gray and the others' hearts trembled. They only felt a soreness in their noses, and large tears involuntarily streamed from their eyes.
"Next, listen carefully…"
"Ultear's Magic Power problem has not been completely resolved yet."
"For Ultear's body, and also so as not to bury Ultear's talent…"
"You must go to the Magician Guild Fairy Tail and find Master Makarov!"
"Have him recommend you to meet a person named Warrod Sequen."
Chrollo didn't waste time; he looked at Ur and instructed her.
"You mean that Senior Warrod, who is among the top Ten Wizard Saints and is known as the Ishgar Four Gods of Ishgar?"
Ur's heart trembled when she heard Warrod's name.
"Yes. In fact, he is the founder and a great senior of our Fairy Tail Guild; he absolutely cannot stand by and ignore the problems of guild members…"
Chrollo directly revealed Warrod's secret, hidden for many years.
"Huh?"
Ur was stunned; she hadn't expected Fairy Tail to have such a background…
Before Ur learned that Fairy Tail was related to Warrod, her impression of Fairy Tail was that it was a guild that caused a lot of trouble. Especially that guy named Gildarts, who had offended both the Light Mage Guild and the Dark Mage Guild across the Ishgar continent…
That's why, even though that guy was hailed as the strongest Mage west of the continent, he never received the title of "Ten Wizard Saints" from the Magic Council.
It wasn't that Gildarts wasn't strong enough; it was purely because Gildarts was morally corrupt!
By the way, this was also the general impression of Fairy Tail from the outside world…
"Hehe…"
Chrollo just smiled lightly, you might not believe it…
The two strongest Dark Mage Guilds on the Ishgar continent, Grimoire Heart and Tartaros, also have intricate connections with Fairy Tail.
The Master of Grimoire Heart is their Fairy Tail's Second Master.
As for the Master of Tartaros…
In the future, he will also be picked up by their current Fairy Tail Master and brought back to Fairy Tail.
Given that, it's no wonder the outside world thinks Fairy Tail is an undercover agent planted by Dark Mages in the Light Mage Guild…
Cough cough…
"I will join Fairy Tail in X775, which is one year from now."
"You don't need to mind me, because that me might not recognize you."
"For me to completely remember you, it will probably be in X778, which is four years from now…"
"So, let's meet at the Fairy Tail Guild in four years!"
As Chrollo spoke, he raised his ethereal right hand, clenching it into a fist and lightly bumping it in the air with everyone.
Even though Chrollo's body had dissipated…
His spiritual fist powerfully collided with the raised hands of Gray and the others.
"Ah! Let's meet at the Fairy Tail Guild in four years!"
Ur and the others watched Chrollo dissipate with the wind before their eyes, their eyes red from crying, as they shouted loudly.
[Simulation ended!]
After Chrollo completely disappeared before Ur and the others, his world suddenly went dark.
As Chrollo's consciousness gradually returned, a system prompt sounded in his mind.
[Reward has been automatically issued.]
The system superimposed all the Magic Power Chrollo had cultivated within the simulated timeline onto Chrollo in the current time period.
Besides that…
Chrollo found that the souls of Deliora, The Black Priest, and Master "Wu" whom he had killed in Gray's timeline, as well as the entire Magic Development Bureau, were quietly lying in the dark space.
"It seems the simulation really is over."
Chrollo opened his eyes and saw the ceiling of his villa.
For some reason, Chrollo suddenly felt a bit thirsty…
After a moment of hesitation…
Chrollo pushed open his bedroom door and walked towards the dining room, while replaying the contents of his simulated timeline in his mind.
When Chrollo reached the dining room, his expression suddenly froze.
In the dining room, besides Chrollo, there was already someone else…
That person was Gray, who was preparing breakfast for everyone.
Upon seeing Gray, Chrollo instinctively raised his hand, wanting to greet him.
But the moment Chrollo raised his hand, he seemed to remember something, and his expression became somewhat hesitant.
After all, for Chrollo, only an instant had passed since the simulation ended.
But for Gray and the others, it had been a solid four years.
"Hmm?"
Just as Chrollo hesitated, Gray seemed to notice Chrollo not far away. He slowly turned his head, and seeing Chrollo's slightly hesitant look, a hint of realization flashed in his eyes. He silently walked up to Chrollo and raised his clenched fist.
"Ah?"
Chrollo's expression paused as he watched Gray's action.
"What we couldn't do four years ago, we should be able to do now, right?"
Gray looked at Chrollo and smiled brightly. The moment he saw Chrollo hesitate, he knew that the Chrollo he was familiar with had returned…
"It's time to do it."
Chrollo smiled and raised his hand…
"Clap!"
After four years.
Their fists finally collided.
"Welcome back! Big Brother Chrollo."
Gray smiled, and tears fell. He had waited four years for this day.
He had waited truly too long!
So long that Gray was a little afraid that the Chrollo who had saved all of them…
Would never come back because of the change in time.
"I'm back~"
Chrollo smiled and patted Gray's little head.
Although Chrollo didn't want to break this emotional moment…
But, seeing how much Gray missed him…
When he had free time, he would definitely make good use of the Magic Power Developer to develop Gray's potential.
Gray: "To be honest, Big Brother Chrollo, I regret it. You still shouldn't come back."
This chapter solidifies the main plot. Originally, I designed it so that the protagonist could use Time Magic to accept commissions from people in the future and change past tragedies. But then I thought that only someone at Gildarts' level could casually travel through time, so I changed it to a simulator. But the main plot remains the same: change all tragedies, let everyone show Happy smiles, and achieve the ultimate grand reunion Happy end! (Happy and Natsu's names are linked together) Anyway, I hope you all like it! I will try my best to write it well. Oh, and don't worry about any time-related bugs; I'll smooth them out.