Hades frowned and asked,
"What's wrong with Ultear?"
"Is there a problem with the Arc of Time?"
Bluenote Stinger said,
"No."
"It's not Ultear, it's Ur."
"Ultear's mother."
"Haven't you seen the recent newspaper?"
Hades shook his head and said,
"No."
"What happened?"
Hades got up and walked towards Stinger.
Stinger picked up the newspaper in his hand and handed it to Hades.
Hades took the newspaper.
The center page of the newspaper was the news of Ur defeating the invading monsters in the East, with Lyon's smug expression next to it.
Stinger said,
"I've already sent someone to investigate."
"This Ur."
"She entered the East two months ago, but I don't know her destination."
"But according to her direction of travel over the past two months."
"If there are no surprises, she has been approaching our location."
"We changed direction once with the airship during these two months."
"And she also followed and chased after we changed direction."
Hades' eyes narrowed as he looked at the newspaper and said,
"Some kind of tracking Magic?"
"It seems she's discovered that Ultear is still alive."
"How was it exposed?"
Not only could Hades not figure it out, but Stinger couldn't either.
They also understood Ultear's experience.
Although Ultear said that Ur abandoned her, in reality, both of them knew that it was the Six General Demons who were behind it.
That guy Brain liked to experiment on children.
However, the two of them were happy with this and didn't explain.
Mainly because Ultear's talent was too high.
The Arc of Time is not something everyone can practice, but they happened to meet Ultear, a child with extraordinary talent.
After taking in Ultear, they also investigated Ur.
They knew that because of her child, Ur had been cultivating deep in the Great Snow Mountain, not wanting to fight anymore.
She was completely in a state of believing that Ultear was truly dead.
But now....
Ultear has been cultivating in the Guild and hasn't had any contact with the outside world.
How could her being alive be exposed?
Hades thought for a moment, finding no clue, and looked at Stinger, saying,
"Send Ultear out first."
"Haven't we already found the construction location of the R System?"
"Take Ultear there."
"See if you can find an opportunity to seize the R System from the Black Magic Cult."
"I'll observe from here."
"See if she is tracking Ultear or our Guild itself."
A hint of ruthlessness was revealed in Hades' tone.
If she was tracking Ultear, it meant it was due to Ur herself.
If she was tracking their Guild itself, it meant there was an insider in the Guild, and it was time for a purge....
But no matter what.
They still had to send Ultear out first and then secretly deal with Ur.
Otherwise, the aftermath of the battle, once spread, would easily be discovered by those with intentions.
Ultear also often read newspapers.
They couldn't deliberately prevent her from reading them, as that would arouse suspicion.
Hades thought for a moment and continued,
"Let's leave now."
"Has Ultear not seen today's newspaper?"
Stinger shook his head:
"No, I've destroyed all of today's newspapers."
"Ultear is still cultivating. When she comes out at noon, I'll take her directly."
Hades said in a deep voice,
"Let's do that."
Stinger turned and walked out. Hades looked at the photo of Ur in the newspaper in his hand and frowned:
"Troublesome...."
But not particularly troublesome.
With his strength, dealing with Ur wasn't a big problem.
But the East is different from the North.
The North is full of Endless Snow Mountains, sparsely populated, so someone dying is nothing.
The East here is densely populated with many towns.
If she couldn't be killed in one blow, the aftermath of an S-Class Magician's battle would spread very, very far.
Soon, people from the Magic Council would come to investigate.
At that time, who was fighting could quickly be identified based on their Magic.
That's what Hades found troublesome.
There are only a limited number of S-Class Ice Magicians, and if the Magic Council exposed it and it appeared in the newspaper, it would be impossible for Ultear not to know.
And in his plan.
Ultear would infiltrate the Magic Council in the future.
If she found out then, she might turn against him on the spot, and everything now would be completely aiding the enemy.
Ur must die silently.
——
A few days later.
Magnolia Town, train station.
Gar yawned as he got off, and after taking a deep breath:
"Hoo——"
He stretched his body, then headed towards his Magic small shop.
He hadn't been back for a few months.
The exterior of the shop still remained bright and new.
The surrounding merchants greeted Gar, their voices filled with envy, thinking how amazing Magicians were.
Using some cleaning spell, it didn't need to be cleaned at all.
He walked into the shop.
He casually placed the Magic crystals for experiments from his backpack inside the counter.
These were all amplified and he didn't need them. He planned to see if he could sell them during this break.
There were also some of Deliola's skin and bones, which Gar planned to process.
After putting all the materials in the small room.
Gar closed the shop again and went to the Fairy Tail Guild headquarters.
Fairy Tail.
Guild headquarters.
Even from a distance, Gar could hear the noisy clamor, as well as Gildarts' roar, followed closely by flattering voices.
This made Gar's expression turn strange.
Tsk....
Should I say he's truly a daughter-slave?
Every time he came back before, he would just grab a bunch of missions and leave. How long has he stayed this time?
As he reached the entrance, Gar had just raised his hand.
Gildarts inside the Guild seemed to sense something, his face immediately turned serious, and he shouted,
"Stop everything!"
Seeing Gildarts' serious expression, everyone's heart tightened.
Then Gildarts' seriousness turned into ferocity, and he suddenly turned to look at the Guild door, stomping his foot.
Boom!
The ground trembled, Gildarts raised his fist, and his entire body turned into a phantom rushing towards the door, roaring,
"Gar!"
"You bastard, you dare to come back!"
"My reputation is completely ruined by you!!!"
Gar's mouth twitched slightly outside the door, and a vertical Magic circle immediately lit up in his raised hand, also aimed at the door.
Bang!
Two fists collided.
The wind generated by the impact swept through the Guild hall.
Gildarts' eyes glowed with evil red light, staring at Gar.
The door between the two of them.
It had already turned into dust and vanished before the fists even made contact.
Gar tilted his head, with a strange expression:
"Reputation?"
"You still have a reputation?"
Seeing Gar's innocent look, anyone with a discerning eye could tell who was right and who was wrong.
It was more like indirectly confirming Gar's words.
Snap!
A certain string in Gildarts' mind.
Broke.
"Gar!!!!"
An angry roar.
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