Wendy left with tears in her eyes, along with Marco, Makarov and Jellal.
She kept looking back, watching everyone waving goodbye to her, as if afraid she would never see them again.
"Don't be sad, Wendy. You can co visit everyone at Cait Shelter often in the future." Marco patted Wendy's head, comforting her softly.
"Mm, I know, Marco-san." Wendy looked up at him, tears in her eyes but with a determined expression as she nodded.
"Today's parting is for a better reunion next ti."
Wendy wiped her tears, repeating the words Marco had used to comfort her before.
Although she often liked to cry, tearing up at the slightest thing like a little crybaby, Wendy's personality actually had a resilient side.
"That's right, it's just a temporary parting." Marco nodded with a smile.
He and Makarov tacitly agreed not to tell Wendy the truth, not exposing Roubaul's act.
They decided to wait until Wendy was a bit older and better able to accept it before considering whether to tell her the truth of the matter.
As for Roubaul suddenly passing away and 'Cait Shelter' collectively disappearing, that definitely wouldn't happen anyti soon.
Powerful mages generally lived very long lives.
Makarov was 81 years old and in such good health that Marco wouldn't dare say he was healthier.
There were even mages over 100 years old who were still active.
Being a mage was a profession where one beca more powerful with age.
Marco believed this was closely related to the concept of magic power.
All things contained magic power, which was intricately linked to life force, soul, and will.
Mages with deep magic power could naturally live longer than ordinary people.
Beside Marco, Jellal had been silent with a puzzled expression, his brows furrowed as he tried hard to rember.
But no matter how much he tried, he had no mories related to Cait Shelter.
The night he brought Wendy to find Roubaul, he had searched the dilapidated village thoroughly but only found Roubaul alone.
"Co to think of it, when I brought Wendy to the village... mmph!"
Jellal had just started speaking when Marco reached out and covered his mouth.
"When you arrived at the village, you had already t everyone from Cait Shelter, right?"
Marco stared intently at Jellal, emphasizing in a serious tone and stressing the words "had t".
"Did I et them?" Jellal looked confused.
After Marco removed his hand, he asked hesitantly.
"Well... you could have!" Marco nodded heavily, his eyes hinting at Jellal.
"Alright... I did et them." Jellal understood and imdiately changed his words.
This inexplicable exchange between the two made Wendy's eyes widen.
She felt sothing was strange, but couldn't pinpoint what exactly.
"Jellal, we're about to go to the guild and enter the city. I think there are so things I need to inform you of in advance."
Makarov interjected opportunely, changing the subject.
Marco, Wendy and Jellal all turned their attention to Makarov.
Makarov's tone was serious, as if he was about to say sothing very important.
Jellal had a solemn expression, ready to listen carefully.
"Edolas is a parallel world to Earthland. So in this world, you may encounter many familiar people, but they only look similar to those in that world. They are not actually the sa people."
Looking at Jellal, Makarov spoke very seriously.
He felt it necessary to remind Jellal of this point.
Otherwise, this honest child might be deceived by others.
"So that's how it is!" Hearing Makarov's words, Jellal had an expression of sudden realization.
No wonder! No wonder he always felt Master Makarov looked familiar!
This Guild Master of Fairy Tail looked very much like his father, the King of Edolas!
Although there were so small differences, Jellal would not mistake it.
Master Makarov and his father had an extrely high degree of resemblance!
However, Jellal did not ntion this out loud, as he felt it would be an insult to Master Makarov.
Although it was disrespectful, Jellal had to admit his father was not a good person.
He therefore deeply understood the aning of Makarov's words.
Indeed, it was only a similarity in appearance, while other aspects like personality and character were completely different.
"Should I cover up my appearance then? And also change my na, use a different na in this world?" Jellal asked.
Covering his face and changing his na, he felt this would be the easiest way to reduce unnecessary trouble.
Jellal had a very stubborn personality.
He disliked causing trouble or inconvenience to others because of himself.
He didn't want to create problems for this world's "Jellal", although the chances of encountering him should be low, but it would be very troubleso if they did et.
"I think that's a good idea. The less trouble the better." Marco expressed his support for this.
He knew Jellal was soone who disliked trouble.
"How about calling you Mystogan? A gun that can spray sleep-inducing mist. Your sleep magic left a deep impression on ." Marco then spoke up, casually suggesting this na.
He watched Jellal's expression closely, finding that he had no reaction.
This was a bit different from what Marco had expected.
So was Mystogan not actually Jellal's real na?
"Mystogan, huh? Sounds pretty good." Jellal's eyes lit up.
He also thought this na was quite nice, related to his magic and having no connection to Jellal.
"Then it's decided. Please call Mystogan from now on."
Without any hesitation, Jellal directly chose the na "Mystogan", which surprised Marco.
'So did I actually give Jellal this na?' Marco was surprised inwardly.
He couldn't quite figure out this causal relationship.
Was Jellal originally going to be called "Mystogan", or was it because of him that the na "Mystogan" ca to be?
'Sigh~ It's too complicated. Just let things take their course.'
Marco shook his head, no longer pondering these complex questions of "cause and effect".
"Mystogan, you need to work hard. I'm getting more and more excited about going to the Edolas world. It would be quite interesting to et another version of myself from a different world."
Marco patted Mystogan's shoulder.
He was quite curious about this "parallel world" of Edolas.
He wondered if there was soone like him existing in the Edolas world.
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