Castlevania of the Pigeons from Fairy Tail

Chapter 20 The Devil’s Heart

Rumbling--

In the sky with thunder and lightning and dark clouds, a trident-shaped airship was flying at a constant speed. When the lightning hit its armor, it was bounced away by the magic defense, leaving only a flash like fireworks.

Urrutia walked in the passage inside the airship, holding a round crystal ball under her arm.

She walked to an airtight door, and the crystal ball disappeared as if by magic. Then she heard a hissing sound, and the airtight door slowly opened.

When the black-haired beauty walked in, she saw the main members of "Devil's Heart", all of whom were already waiting there.

"Uru..." A pink-haired girl called softly, and then she thought of something and quickly added, "Urutia."

Urrutia nodded at her. "Melty, I don't have much time. Let's talk about the urgent matters first. We can find a chance to chat later."

"Yes," Melty replied timidly, then retreated to her seat.

Urrutia walked past six wizards in strange costumes and various appearances and stood in her position. Her arrival made the Demon Heart Guild's "Seven Families of Purgatory" complete.

She is Urrutia, the leader of the Seven Families of Purgatory, who masters the "Time Arc Magic" and is also a member of the Round Table of the Magic Council.

It should be said that he was once one of the round table members of the Magic Council.

It was many years ago that she was secretly sent to the Magic Council and climbed to the position of councilor by any means necessary, acting as an undercover agent for the Devil's Heart Guild.

In the Demon Heart Guild, above her are the vice-president Brunotte who controls "gravity magic", and the president "Hades" Preshito who sits on the throne.

Preshito's hair was gray and his face was wrinkled, but his other eye, which was not covered by the eyepatch, was still sharp.

He looked at Urrutia seriously and asked, "What's holding you back?"

"I'm sorry," Ultear bowed slightly, smiling faintly. "As you all probably know, the Tower of Paradise has been destroyed, Jellal is dead, and my identity has been exposed."

Melty looked at Urrutia worriedly.

Brunotte, a burly man with a long braid, said disdainfully, "So, you escaped back in disgrace?"

A hint of anger flashed in Urrutia's eyes, but she quickly concealed it, raised her head, and looked gentle again.

"The destroyed Tower of Paradise, the projected magical spirit power, and the disintegrated Magic Council management system—this is exactly what we want to achieve."

"For eight years, I have forged the illusion of Zeref-sama, deceiving and manipulating Jellal, driving him to push forward the Tower of Paradise project, and also driving him step by step to become one of the Ten Holy Mages."

"Now that the time is ripe, Jellal and I, as members of the Magic Council's Round Table, have guided the Magic Council to deploy magical spirit power into the Tower of Paradise."

"In this case, whether it's the exposure of Jellal and I as undercover agents, or the rash use of strategic magic weapons and magical spirit power, they will become a permanent scandal and stain on the Magic Council, and will greatly undermine its prestige."

"Thus, the false Paradise Tower plan failed, but the Magic Council strike plan I persisted on for eight years succeeded. Now, I have been able to return to Demon Heart victoriously."

After leaving the Magic Council, Urrutia reported the entire incident to President Preshito, and now she doesn't mind talking about it again in front of Vice President Bruno and the Seven Families of Purgatory.

Brunotte couldn't say anything more, so he just kept quiet. Melty finally looked relieved.

"Very good." Preshito finally spoke from his chair. "Ultear, you did a great job. We are one step closer to awakening Master Zeref and ushering in the 'Great Magical World'."

The president spoke, and the other core members of Demon Heart fell silent, listening attentively.

"Everyone believed that Master Zeref had passed away over four hundred years ago. Many dark mages took it upon themselves to resurrect Master Zeref. This led to the creation of the R System, the core of the Tower of Paradise."

"Many R systems have been destroyed, and now the last one has disappeared along with the Tower of Paradise. However, its failure was doomed from the beginning because Master Zeref never died."

"He still walks this land. Only a very few dark guild members know about this. Perhaps only us, the Demon Heart and the Hades Gate, know about this."

Preshito paused, stroked his long white beard, and asked, "Speaking of which, Urrutia, how much do you know about the sudden disappearance of the Hades Gate?"

Urrutia pursed her red lips and said without hesitation, "Half a month ago, the branch guilds of Hades Gate were in turmoil, claiming that they could no longer communicate with the headquarters."

"The Hades Gate is indeed elusive, but it wouldn't last long without issuing orders to its branch guilds. Therefore, it's likely that the Hades Gate encountered some kind of situation long ago."

Brunoite crossed his arms, frowned, and asked rudely, "What happened to them?"

Urrutia shook his head and replied:

"At the time, I was a member of the Round Table of the Magic Council, so I used my position and leverage to try to get more clues, but in the end, I found nothing. It was as if the Gate to Hades had vanished overnight."

"However, I am certain that it was not the Magic Council, the Ten Holy Magi, or the Guild of Light who did this. Otherwise, it would have been recorded in the Magic Council."

Brunotte snorted and said, "It doesn't matter. The Demon Heart and Hades Gate are only the 'Balram Alliance' in name only, but no matter what happens to them, we have no obligation to support them."

"I think so," Urrutia said with a smile. "However, if the current situation at the Hades Gate affects us, we can't completely ignore it."

After she said this, the Demon Heart members present couldn't help but lower their heads in thought.

After a while, Precito said, "Urrutia, now that you've returned, I'll leave the investigation of the Hades Gate to you and Melty. Is that okay?"

"No problem." Ultear and Melty bowed slightly and accepted the order.

Melty, in particular, was very happy to know that she could work with Urrutia.

The two of them were like mother and daughter. She hadn't been in contact with Urrutia for a long time and had a lot to say to her.

rumble--

At this moment, the entire Demon Heart Airship suddenly shook. The black magicians present hurriedly stabilized their bodies and maintained their balance, but some did not react, such as Hua Yuan.

The obese Hua Yuan immediately sat down on the ground, then rolled out like a ball, hitting an instrument and turning upside down before stopping.

Then came more loud rumbling noises and a rattling sound transmitted from the airship's constant shaking, which triggered the alarms of the entire airship to sound and red lights to flash.

(End of this chapter)