Fairy Tail: This Healing Mage's hits hurt so much!

Sunlight slowly brewed a pot of green tea, poured two cups, and pushed one cup in front of Jelf.

"So, in order to control the curse on you, you used magic to seal away almost all your emotions?"

"Hmm." Zeref lowered his gaze. "I need to make the final arrangements. If I don't control the curse on my body, it will be very inconvenient."

His fingertips traced the rim of the cup, his dark eyes unfathomable, showing not a ripple of emotion.

Riyao leaned back in his chair, tapping his fingers unconsciously on the table, and smacked his lips.

"You were there that day, weren't you? On the day of the Dragon King Festival, there was a scene where seven dragons ran out of your Eclipse Gate."

"Yes, I saw it."

"Rogge's future arrival proves your plan will fail. What are your thoughts?"

"So I readjusted my plans."

Jelf's voice was flat, as if he were talking about someone else's story.

"The war that was originally scheduled to start soon will be postponed."

"It's good that it's postponed; my little research project hasn't even been completed yet. Ugh, so annoying."

Riyao tilted his head back, exhaled a long breath, and rubbed his temples.

These words finally stirred Jelf's stagnant gaze.

"What research?"

"The application of vitality".

Riyao sat up straight.

"The cursed power you create is essentially a variant of magic, but life force is something that all living beings inherently possess. Whether magic exists or not, it always exists. I even think that life force is stronger than the power of dragons or the power of gods."

"A very interesting topic."

Jelf turned his gaze into the distance.

"But isn't she the source of your tree's energy?"

"Yes, the conversion efficiency is a bit low. After this is used up, the phoenix tree will need to rest for a long time."

The two chatted casually, and the atmosphere was surprisingly peaceful.

Sunrise wasn't worried at all about what might happen to his Fairy Tail friends. After all, with his invincibility cheat activated, what kind of accident could possibly occur?

Jelf didn't care at all.

His purpose in coming here this time was simply to retrieve the Book of End.

If Natsu were to die here, given his current state of sealed emotions, he wouldn't feel any emotional turmoil.

"Oh, right..."

While discussing the research on the topic of vitality, Riyao suddenly leaned forward and blurted out this sentence.

"Would you be happy if you had children?"

This completely unrelated remark struck like a blow to the head, instantly shutting down Jelf's high-speed CPU.

The fingers holding the water glass froze in mid-air.

A slit appeared in the emptiness in Jelf's eyes, and he blinked sluggishly.

"Child?" He paused for a moment before finally managing to find his voice.

"I never thought about this, and I don't know how I would feel."

Jelf frowned, a rare moment of confusion flashing across his face.

He stood up.

Riyao followed his gaze and looked at the distant Underworld Island.

"Alright, let's chat again next time."

Riyao stood up, stretched his shoulders, and his bones made a crisp cracking sound.

【Life Mimicry - Azure Dragon】

Azure magic swirled around him, and he floated up, casually waving his hand with his back to Zeref before transforming into a shooting star and hurtling towards the Underworld Island.

Jelf stood there, looking in the direction where the sun had disappeared.

The topic of "children" from earlier kept replaying in my mind.

He felt that Riyao's words were implied, but he couldn't figure it out.

He couldn't understand it, after all, all he remembered was that they kissed.

The wind blowing in my face from high above.

Riyao could no longer hold back; the corners of his mouth turned up wildly, and his shoulders trembled uncontrollably.

It's so interesting to secretly drop this bombshell on Zeref and watch him get humiliated!

He grinned and laughed silently until the wind almost blew his tears out, then he rubbed his stiff cheeks hard.

With his gaze fixed on the battlefield directly below Underworld Island, Riyao suddenly accelerated, transforming into a streak of azure lightning as he hurtled down.

Boom!

The violent shockwave overturned more than a dozen demon soldiers around them, sending dust billowing into the sky and creating a large crater in the ground.

"Still haven't dealt with these mobs? I even gave you some buffs and blessings."

Riyao strode out of the dust with his hands in his pockets and an arrogant tone.

He took a step forward.

I had just taken half a step when, snap, my foot slipped into the air.

"Holy crap! Who is it that has no sense of public decency and digs a hole here!"

With a thud, the person vanished.

Erza, who was wielding Wufeng and engaging in close combat with Kuanghua, suddenly sneezed, causing the tip of her sword to deflect by half an inch.

A hand covered in dust gripped the edge of the pit.

Sunrise crawled out covered in dust and dirt, with a blade of grass still on its head.

Not far away, the Fairy Tail members bit their lips hard, their shoulders twitching wildly, their faces flushed from trying to suppress their laughter.

Sunlight patted the grass off its head.

"Just laugh if you want to, there's no need to hold it in so hard."

"Hahaha......"

Kana was the first to break down, laughing so hard she couldn't stand up straight, scattering the cards in her hand all over the floor.

"I'm in the middle of a battle right now, so it's really not good to laugh out loud, hahaha..."

Everyone could no longer hold back and burst into laughter.

Seeing this, several demon soldiers raised their spears to launch a sneak attack, but Kana, laughing wildly, casually threw out a fire card, which blasted them into the sky with a bang.

Riyao wiped the dust off his face, rolled his eyes dramatically, and ignored the bunch of idiots.

He walked straight through the chaotic battle lines toward Uru.

"Alright, I'll take you to get a nice body. Do you have any requirements?"

Uru's eyes lit up.

"Can you customize it? Make it look younger! That way, when I go out with Ultear later, she'll mistake me for her sister. Just thinking about it makes me happy."

She wanted to add more details, but Riyao unceremoniously reached out and pressed his hand against her chest, his fingertips glowing with the light of a spell.

Click.

With fluid movements, he pried out the crystal ball embedded in his heart.

The wooden shell that had been maintaining its shape suddenly lost its support and collapsed to the ground.

"you......"

Riyao held up the crystal ball, grinning with an irritatingly smug look.

"I was just being polite, why are you actually making requests?"

Uru never expected that when this bastard said "take her there," he meant "take" literally!

Sunrise turned to look at the enormous figure in the center of the battlefield.

"Sir, do you need any help? If not, I'll head over to their lab now."

Makarov's gigantic right foot stomped down, creating a shockwave that crushed a group of demon soldiers to the ground.

The old man didn't even turn his head, and casually pointed to the pit.

"Go ahead, and be careful."

"Alright."

Riyao brandished the crystal ball in his hand, turned around, and leaped into the pit with a leap of faith.

"Crossing through the darkness to come to your side."

He quickly passed through the long passage and arrived at the ground directly above the island of the underworld.

The hole led directly into the building of the Gates of Hades. He looked around and followed the marks on Mirajane's body.