Caesar was shocked, and just as Mirajane was about to exit her Take Over state, she also noticed something was wrong.
"Hey?! Where are my other two demon souls?!"
Mirajane was confused.
She had three demon souls hidden within her. Satan, the demon god Halfas, and the demon Xiu Special.
In terms of strength, Satan was the weakest, but had the longest durability and was also the one Mirajane used most frequently.
As for the strongest, it was naturally the demon Xiu Special, who had absorbed a large amount of demon power and demon souls, just like refining Gu.
However, both the Demon Xiu Special and the Demon God Halfas were high-consumption Take Over forms and were not used casually.
Now, the two strongest demon souls had disappeared. It was too much of a blow to Mirajane.
After all, her strength had visibly shrunk.
"It didn't disappear. It was swallowed up."
Caesar looked at Mirajane and said with a wry smile, "This Satan Soul is the Take Over form you use most frequently. It was also the first to sense the changes in your body."
"What do you mean?"
Mirajane looked at Caesar curiously.
Caesar took a moment to organize his thoughts before explaining what he had found.
Half of the divinity of the child in Mirajane's belly was devoured by Mirajane herself. The first one to notice this was the Soul of Satan, who was used most frequently and knew her body best.
So, right after Mirajane's body devoured that divinity, the Soul of Satan immediately took action and secretly absorbed some of it.
With that blessing of divinity, Satan's power increased dramatically, like a freed slave singing.
Demon souls don't care about friendship or morality.
The strong devour the weak.
Satan's soul took advantage of Mirajane's weakened state while she slept and attacked the other two demon souls—Halfas and Xiu Special.
Before they could react, he devoured them both.
The sudden change earlier was the result of Satan's soul consuming the other two in one go and merging with divinity, causing his power to skyrocket.
"Now, it can no longer be called the Soul of Satan."
After explaining, Caesar sighed at the only remaining soul inside Mirajane.
"It's definitely not Satan anymore."
Mirajane felt the surge of power in her body and noticed the surprisingly low consumption of magic energy.
Although she lost two great demon souls, this new Take Over form had low consumption and high output.
It was just like…
"The Demon God…" Mirajane whispered. "Demon God Mirajane."
Not by any other name, but by itself. At this moment, Mirajane was the demon.
"It looks like everything's fine," said Irene as she approached.
She was shocked when she saw Mirajane's new Take Over form. Mirajane now looked stronger than the average member of the Spriggan Twelve.
With her current power, if she could absorb the demons from Jellal's book and turn them into nourishment, she might even surpass the Twelve.
"This terrifying power is literally robbing demons of everything to grow. Is this what divinity is?" Irene muttered, feeling wary of it.
Caesar was also thinking about whether he should look for the Gate of the Underworld before going to Tenrou Island.
The problem was that the Gate of Hades had a flying fortress called the Hades Beast, which roamed the skies without a fixed location. There was no way to track it.
Otherwise, Caesar would have already gone there, destroyed the Gate of the Underworld in one strike, and turned it into nourishment for Mirajane.
"We'll look for it when the time comes. It'd be great if we find it, but it doesn't matter if we don't. We'll run into it eventually," Caesar said casually.
To him, it was just fat prey waiting to be eaten. The only difference was whether he ate it sooner or later.
...
The next morning, Caesar woke up in the repaired cabin.
He first sent Irene back to the Alvarez Empire, then took Mirajane to report to Fairy Tail. After that, he left alone.
This time, he was heading to the Magic Council.
In just a few flashes, Caesar appeared at the Council's gates. With a glow, his cloak representing the Ten Wizard Saints and the Four Heavenly Kings of Ishgar appeared on his body.
He walked in confidently.
Not knowing where Speaker Gulan was, he grabbed someone and asked, "Where's Speaker Gulan?"
"You're… King Caesar?!"
The man Caesar grabbed looked shocked. "Why are you here?"
Caesar looked at the man with glasses and long hair. He seemed familiar.
"And you are?"
The man quickly straightened up and bowed. "I am Lahar, captain of the Fourth Enforcement Unit of the New Magic Council."
Caesar nodded. No wonder he looked familiar. Lahar was a decent man—ambitious but good-hearted. Sadly, he would one day die at the hands of a jackal.
"Alright, lead the way. I have something to discuss with Speaker Gulan."
Lahar nodded and led Caesar to the meeting room.
As they reached the door, Caesar heard complaints coming from inside.
"That's ridiculous! Too many violations!""All these problems are caused by one guild!""Fairy Tail!""They've always been trouble!""But they did take down the Six Demon Generals. Shouldn't that count for something?""There's no record of the Council authorizing that mission!""This is reckless guild behavior!""We're the new Council! We must show what's new about us!""To regain trust, we must act decisively!""The problematic guild must be strictly controlled! If Fairy Tail acts out again, it will be disbanded!"
Clap clap clap!
"Everything is for the sacred order of the wizarding world!"
The door creaked open.
"Sorry to interrupt."
Caesar leaned casually against the doorway, a smile on his face as the entire room fell silent in fear.
"I think I just heard something strange," he said softly. "Did someone say they want to disband our guild? Let me ask… is that true?"