Castlevania of the Pigeons from Fairy Tail

Chapter 126 Gray's Demonic Side Effects

Wendy's eyes widened.

Everyone looked incredulous, thinking that Anna was exaggerating more and more. How come she was related to Wendy again?

Anna said helplessly:

"It seems that traveling through the Eclipse Gate has caused you to forget all your memories of your lives with me. That's okay, I can start from the beginning."

So, Anna started from more than four hundred years ago, telling the story of her and Wendy and her five other children, and how she was suddenly captured and taken to the "Devil's Castle".

Zeref's "Eclipse Gate Project", the five-headed dragon's "Dragon Soul Project", Anna's "Time Gap Project"...

Every word Anna said contained so much information that everyone felt dizzy.

The harpy was the first one who couldn't keep up with the pace, so he just sat on the ground and asked Xia Lulu if she wanted to eat his fish. After being decisively rejected, he started to eat the fish there.

After Anna finished telling the whole story, everyone didn't know whether they should believe this bizarre story.

However, this story does coincide with the life stories of Lucy and Wendy, as well as Natsu and Gajeel who are not here.

Lucy had always thought that her mother's sudden death from a serious illness was very strange, but she didn't expect there was such a past behind it.

If the purpose was to forcibly open the "Eclipse Gate" that allows time travel, it would make sense that the mother would suffer from "magic deficiency syndrome".

Lucy felt mixed emotions when she thought about how her mother sacrificed herself to complete the family's mission and to prevent Lucy's future from being bound by this mission, which led to the arrival of Anna, Natsu, Wendy, Gajeel and others.

Wendy also had mixed feelings.

She still couldn't remember anything about Anna, but she did have a strong feeling that the woman in front of her was someone very important to her.

Then, she remembered another very important thing and couldn't help asking:

"Anna...if what you said is true...does that mean that the Dragon Grandile is inside me?"

"That's right," Anna replied. "Those dragons who taught you dragon-slaying magic have taken up residence in your bodies as souls. They've weathered countless storms with you, silently protecting you."

"But that is the Dragon Soul Technique after all. If they choose to leave your bodies and meet you, they will quickly disappear. Therefore, they never appear before you before the most appropriate time."

"I'm sorry, we hid the information about Project Eclipse Gate from you and used you."

Wendy shook her head desperately and put her hands on her heart, feeling the pounding beat.

"Anna, I believe you...Grandilie is not dead, she has not abandoned me, she has always been by my side...This is good...This is good..."

Many of the questions she had back then were answered, and knowing that Grandile was inside her body and was listening to her talk, Wendy was actually very happy.

Habi, Xia Lulu and Pansha looked at each other.

It turns out that their Dragon Slayer partners were all companions from over four hundred years ago, and now they are gathered in the same guild again.

Is it fate that these "transcendents" also gathered together?
Levi adjusted her glasses and said to Alba Green beside her:

"I was saying that during the guild war, the 'Spell' that Felide set up worked on Natsu and Gajeel. It was strange!"

If Levy hadn't lifted Filide's "jutsu", Natsu and Gajeel would have been trapped in the guild, unable to participate in the civil war or fight against the mad Laxus.

Alba Green also wears glasses. She thought about it and said:
"Ah~ You mean the "ritual" that says "people over 80 years old and the stone statue are not allowed to enter or leave"?

"Indeed, I originally just wanted to stop President Makarov, but I didn't expect Natsu and Gajeel to be unable to enter or leave either. If they are from over four hundred years ago, then it makes sense."

Alba Green was also present at the time. She was responsible for turning Lucy, Levy, Erza, Juvia, Cana, Mirajane, and others in the guild into stone statues, forcing the other guild members to participate in the civil war. Of course, that was all in the past. Alba Green has now turned over a new leaf, and the guild members have long since forgiven her.

Anna was about to ask Wendy in detail about her experiences over the years when she suddenly heard a violent cough coming from the tent.

Wendy was shocked and didn't care about the others. She hurried back to the tent.

"Gray must have woken up," Lucy explained to Anna. "One of our companions is trapped in the Devil's Curse, and Wendy is the only one who can help him right now."

Anna nodded and said, "Can I go in and take a look?"

"Okay, come with us. We were going in anyway."

So, Anna and everyone else entered the huge tent, and then saw Wendy sitting beside a wooden bed, using healing magic to calm the person on the bed.

When Anna walked forward, she saw the black-haired boy Gray lying on the bed with a haggard face and closed eyes. She also noticed the black markings extending from his chest to his neck.

She felt the evil cursed energy emanating from Gray and quickly realized that it originated from the "Demon of the Book of Zeref" and was the same power.

In their time, Zeref was already creating demons, not to mention that Anna had been living with Natsu, a half-human, half-demon child who also possessed dragon-slaying magic, for many years.

Igneel, the "Fire Dragon King" who taught Natsu dragon-slaying magic, also knew that Natsu was a "devil", but he did not kill Natsu for this. Instead, he raised Natsu as his son.

Lucy didn't know the inside story and was afraid that Anna would misunderstand Gray as an evil demon, so she explained:

"Doesn't the 'Abyss Cemetery' have two gates with different power systems? Gray chose the 'Demon Gate,' and this is what happened."

"Why did he choose the Devil's Gate? He's a magician, right?" Anna asked.

"This has something to do with his father... Actually, after his father died, he was transformed into a 'demon'."

Lucy briefly explained the story of "Absolute Zero" Silver, which she heard from Gray.

Gray wants to climb to the third floor to meet his father, Silver, again and inherit his "Ice Demon Slayer Technique," but things haven't been going well.

"Later, he thought of Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy's 'Dragon Slayer Magic' and felt that only by becoming a 'Demon' himself could he master the 'Ice Demon Slayer Magic'."

"So, he chose the 'Demon's Gate'. The power of the 'Demon' did make him very powerful in a short period of time, but it also caused him to develop schizophrenia."

Anna finally understood what was going on.

What a reckless young man! This kind of power cannot be easily controlled.

"Let me do it." She hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and said to Wendy, "I think I know how to suppress Gray's 'devil curse power'. Of course, this is only temporary and can't cure it completely."

Every celestial wizard has to know some knowledge about "spells" and "contracts".

In the final battle of the original timeline of "Fairy Tail", it was Lucy who helped Natsu break free from the "devil's bondage" at the critical moment by modifying the "Book of END".

Anna didn't have Gray's "Book of Demons" in her hands, so she couldn't modify it completely, but she could still suppress it temporarily to make him feel better.

She knew that Wendy, Lucy, and their companions were still skeptical about her story.

If Anna wants to get along with Wendy and Lucy in this campfire camp, she must truly gain their trust, so she needs to take action to gain their trust.

Wendy paused, looked at Anna, and finally chose to trust the woman and gave up her seat.

(End of this chapter)