Man is infinite, and his ambition is to slay the dragon

The last thing you want to do before you die.

Griffith's words made Sieg fall silent: "You...are going to die?"

"Well, it's only been these few years, right? I could have lived longer, but in order to cross the timeline, I overused magic, and my body couldn't hold on any longer. Although I was already dying when I was hit by that attack that traveled through time and the universe, I can only live for about fifty years at most if I do nothing."

Fifty years.

Griffith said that the current timeline is 30 years ago for him, which means that if he does not cross the timeline, he can still live for about years.

And in order to cross the timeline, he further shortened his lifespan.

"Why do you want to help me?"

Sieg asked, "You were almost dead, why didn't you think of finding a place to spend your last twenty years, but instead took the initiative to shorten your life and cross the timeline to help me?"

“Because this is what I want to do.”

Griffith smiled slightly. "But, since you asked me that, it means I look relatively normal... That's great. I don't want to mess around on the Crimsheed, and I don't want everyone in the guild to see me in such a state."

"It's true that I want to help you, but I believe you can guess that what I want to do more is revenge."

A moment, it's really just a moment.

A hint of resentment and ferocity flashed across Griffith's face, which seemed to no longer react to anything.

He wants revenge.

She wants revenge on Acnologia who destroyed the world and Fairy Tail.

He wanted revenge on the unknown being who had shot down the Crimsheed twice and destroyed the people he cherished twice before his eyes.

But he couldn't do it anymore.

He was so weak that he couldn't use any other magic. He couldn't defeat Acnologia, let alone the existence outside the universe. After losing the Crimsheed, he couldn't even leave the planet.

Therefore, I can only hand over my will to others.

[Delivered to... myself, who I can fully trust]

Perhaps because the two were essentially the same person, Sieg could read this from Griffith's expression.

"...You should stay on the Clinshid for now. We still need to discuss this further."

"Well, yes."

Griffith nodded. "I'll just sleep on the floor in the training room. There's plenty of space there anyway. If you're ready, come find me. But in my current situation, the only thing I can do is teach you how to use time magic and space magic better. I can't teach you anything else."

"I don't know time magic."

"Eh?"

Griffith seemed to be surprised by what Sieg said. He was slightly stunned. "You... don't know time magic? But you are the King of Wings like me, right?"

"It is indeed the King of Wings. I was indeed given the name [Griffith] by the Dragon God without permission, but I only know space magic. Only Carla knows time magic." Sieg glanced at Carla, "In Scarlet's words, Carla and I are both the King of Wings, the [Twin Kings of Wings]."

"...This actually surprised me a little."

Griffith glanced at Sieg, then at Carla: "It seems that you and I have very different experiences... Can I go to the archive? I want to see your past. Of course, I will also record my past as data - is the archive still managed by that pervert Em?"

"Well, is she the same over there?"

"Yes, but it is also because of her that I was able to marry my wives, and I am very grateful to her for that."

Marry the [wives]! ?

Everyone!

The information that Griffith accidentally revealed cheered up all the girls except Sieg!

This is a Sieg who actually got married in the future! And he married several women and really had a harem!

(So... marrying lots of women is inevitable in the future?)

(But it sounds a little different from the version narrated by Zig himself?)

Sieg has mentioned more than once that he learned from his future memories that he would marry different women and even have children, but because it was only oral and came from future memories, the authenticity is questionable.

Now there really is a married Sieg who has come... Although he said that he doesn't know anyone on the Kreinshilde at all, perhaps we can learn from him about Sieg's attitude towards marriage, or ask him about how he got married?

(No, no, no, calm down. Now is not the time to worry about this kind of thing!)

(Yes, yes, we are discussing business now!)

Looking at the girls around him with inexplicable eyes shining and shaking their heads, Zigg tilted his head in confusion: "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"

"No! Nothing! It's just—"

"I'm just a little concerned about your marriage."

Xijing Ningyin ruthlessly exposed the thoughts of Stella and the other two who wanted to cover up the past.

marry?

Griffith glanced at Ziggy and said, "You're not married yet?"

"Is it necessary to get married?"

"Indeed not. If Em hadn't messed around back then, I don't think I would have gotten married."

Should we say that they are indeed the same person? Their ideas in this regard are exactly the same.

"But this is my personal advice." Griffith changed his tone, "Don't let the people who care about you wait too long, especially those who are willing to abandon everything in their hometown and are willing to wander in the universe with people like us. They have given their entire future to us, so we must also bear the responsibility of their future."

"...advice from someone who has been through this before?"

"It's just the self-mockery of a sad man who lost his wives twice in less than an hour and was powerless to save them." Griffith turned around and said, "We have never been heroes, nor saviors. We are just ordinary people who can be found everywhere in the boundless universe."

“We are not special.”

Griffith said this with a somewhat melancholy tone and left the bridge.

Looking at his lonely back as he left, Zigg felt an inexplicable sense of fear in his heart.

(Is that... a manifestation of the future that I could possibly reach?)

Although he has had several contacts with the future, Sieg has never known his future self's ending as clearly as he does now.

——Griffith.

Is the future he is in one of the [destructive] futures that Sieg might step into?

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43. I must hunt him down the third time!

Griffith left.

[To be honest, it’s quite surprising]

Edwards, who could only participate in the conversation through projection because he was in the Western Continent and had things to do, spoke up.

[Myself from another timeline——I didn't expect that combining time magic and space magic could achieve something like this. Can you do it, Karula? ]

"Shouldn't it be possible?"

Carula shook her head. "The effect of magic has a lot to do with imagination. Although I have mastered time magic, I can't imagine myself in another world line. After all, there have been many of me before."

"I don't think Xiao Hei can do this either."

Xijing Ningyin interrupted.

Xiao Hei - Shinguji Kurono - is the strongest time sorcerer in the hometown of Nin, Stella and Touka. Her special ability is [Time Manipulation], which allows her to freely manipulate the time of herself and the objects hit by her bullets. In a sense, she is a universal time sorcerer who is better than Carula.

But even she, Xijing Ningyin, didn't think she could transfer her existence to another world line - of course, it was just that she couldn't imagine it. Maybe after so many years, Shinguji Kurono had made further progress?

[What are you going to do now? ]

This time it was Tina who asked the question.

[If you need to deal with that black dragon, Biyi and I will come back to help you. After all, can't we just give it a direct hit? It's no big deal.]

Just because Sieg can’t deal with the black dragon doesn’t mean that others can’t deal with it.

For example, Edelweiss - unlike Sieg who mainly uses magic, her main strength lies in her pair of swords and sword skills. She is undoubtedly the most suitable person to deal with Acnologia.

In addition, even if the magic will be swallowed up, just use non-magical tricks.

Ning Yin could easily pull down countless [Domineering Stars] and meteor showers to ravage the black dragon.

Originally, [Bad Magic Star] was a modified version of [Bad Sky Star], which could be used at any time and whose power would never decrease. However, if facing Acnologia, the [Magic Star] constructed with pure magic power would not be suitable.

A real meteorite would be much more suitable.

"...No, I want to defeat it with my own strength."

After a moment of silence, Sieg shook his head and said firmly, "Just think of it as me wanting to be willful for once. I... want to hunt down the black dragon myself."

According to what Zeref said before, 400 years ago, Sieg and Acnologia had a fatal fight but it ended in a draw. That was probably the second time Sieg had fought it, and the first time Acnologia had fought him.

And now, because of Griffith's intervention, Sieg and Acnologia's death battle was once again inconclusive. That was Sieg's first time fighting it, and Acnologia's second time fighting him.

There are no more than three things.

"Next time... the next time I meet that black dragon, I will definitely hunt him down!"

Although it actually only happened once, Sieg wasn't about to fail to kill a dragon three times in a row!

Seeing Sieg's unwillingness to give in, Edwards and the others knew that Sieg was determined to kill Akunologia himself this time. They were also very familiar with his willfulness and were used to it.

After all, he is also a man, and a particularly strong-willed man at that. He would never admit defeat in some aspects - for example, he does not want to lose to Kamui at all, and will even be irritated by Kamui's words, and take the initiative to find Himeragi Setsuna to pretend to be a lover in order to repay Kamui.

The same situation happened this time.

"That's exactly what you would do." Stella smiled. "Being looked down upon by that black dragon before, I really can't swallow this humiliation. But he said that you were much more powerful 400 years ago than you are now... When did you go back to the past?"

"...Maybe it was after this, when Griffith and I learned space magic."

Sieg pursed his lips and said, "Anyway, I'll go down and explain the situation to the people in the guild, send them back to the guild, and then come back to have a good talk with him - and, Miss Brunhilde, are those two awake?"

[Yes, Ultear and Melty are both awake, and both are restrained in the magic energy absorption device.]

"Let them all out."

【Obide】

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Sirius Island.

On the beach, on the repaired wooden boat, everyone from Fairy Tail sat on the deck, each doing their own thing.

"Buzz~~~~"

Suddenly, accompanied by a burst of teleportation light on the deck, everyone's attention was immediately drawn to it.

Sieg's figure appeared quietly.

"Zig!"

All of them rushed over at once, frightening Sieg so much that he trembled.

It was Erza who called out in time: "Idiots! Calm down! It's ridiculous to rush in all at once!"

“Ugh—!”

The reprimand from the majestic female knight calmed everyone down instantly.

Sieg smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay. After what happened just now, it's understandable that everyone has this reaction. Please understand, Ms. Erza."

"...Huh~~ That's right."

Erza's serious expression softened a little: "No matter what, seeing you come back intact is really better than anything else. After all, there was such a big battle before... Speaking of which, what about the two people who left with you? The man who claimed to be another you... who is he?"

"Let's talk about this slowly on the way back to the guild. I will explain my side of the matter to everyone."

Now that everything has been discovered, it’s not good to continue hiding it.

Although he would not reveal everything, Sieg was planning to make some of his information public - of course, only to those present here, as secrets should be known by as few people as possible.

"Also, Mr. Makarov, there are two people I want you to meet."

"Ok?"

Makarov, who was sitting and watching not far away, raised his white eyebrows slightly when he heard the sound.

As the light of transmission lit up again, two figures appeared beside Sieg one after another - they were Urutia and Melty.