Ultear stared fixedly at Rowan.
She genuinely had not expected him to know not only what had happened in the past, but even what would happen in the future—
No, more accurately, he knew every detail of the plan she had made with Jellal.
At present, no one other than her and Jellal knew about that plan.
Yet Rowan understood it perfectly, as though he had already witnessed that future himself.
It was simply unbelievable.
"Who exactly are you?"
At that moment, Ultear became more wary of Rowan than ever before.
Rowan shrugged.
"I already told you. I'm from another world. You simply refused to believe me."
"Someone from another world? Nonsense."
Ultear felt that Rowan was merely toying with her.
"How could someone from another world know what happens in ours?"
Seeing this, Rowan directly tossed a complete set of the Fairy Tail manga in front of Ultear.
Ultear: "???"
"If you don't believe me, read it."
Rowan pointed at the manga.
Ultear narrowed her eyes and glanced at Rowan and Erza before slowly picking up the manga and beginning to read.
Then she saw her past, her future, and every plan she had ever made.
At that moment, Ultear felt as though she were standing completely naked before Rowan and Erza.
No, that was not quite right.
She was standing naked before Rowan.
Because she discovered that the manga recorded not only her own story, but Erza's as well.
Several hours later, Ultear finally finished reading the manga and looked at Rowan with a complicated expression.
"Is this a book of prophecy?"
"You can think of it that way."
For the people inside the manga, it was hardly different from a book of prophecy.
"Then who is Hiro Mashima?"
"Just a manga artist. Don't worry about him. What the hell does he know about Fairy Tail?"
Rowan waved dismissively with a smile, indicating that Ultear did not need to concern herself with that detail.
Ultear: "…"
After a long silence, she finally calmed down and said woodenly,
"Has my entire life been nothing more than a joke?"
"Not exactly. At the very least, your future self made amends for the mistakes you committed," Erza said.
"Then what was all the hatred I carried for so many years?"
Ultear had hated Ur and Gray for so long, only to discover that she had hated the wrong people.
The person she should truly have hated was not either of them.
It was Brain.
The feeling was impossible to describe. It was as though a piece of her heart had suddenly disappeared, leaving only an empty hollow behind.
Rowan spread his hands.
"If I had to describe it, you were simply unlucky."
Ultear: "…"
"Do you think you're funny?"
At that moment, if looks could kill, Rowan would have been riddled with holes.
"Not particularly."
Rowan shook his head and patted his shoulder.
"If you want to cry, I can lend you my shoulder. I tend to give beautiful girls a little preferential treatment."
"Get lost."
"Sure thing."
Rowan stood with a smile and said to Erza,
"You two can talk."
Then he dusted himself off and left the side chamber, entering the corridor outside.
With nothing else to do, Rowan wandered along the corridor and encountered Jellal halfway through.
Oh, right.
At present, he should be called Siegrain.
"Excuse me, but who are you?"
When Siegrain saw a complete stranger inside the Magic Council, he could not help asking.
Rowan extended his hand.
"I'm Rowan, a member of Fairy Tail. You must be Councilor Siegrain. It's a pleasure to meet you."
"A member of Fairy Tail?"
Siegrain was somewhat surprised, but he did not refuse the handshake. A perfectly measured smile appeared on his face.
"Why would a member of Fairy Tail come to the Magic Council? Don't tell me your guild has caused some enormous problem again."
As a member of the Magic Council, he naturally knew that Fairy Tail was the guild that received the most complaints.
The guild caused some major incident every few days, and everyone had already grown accustomed to it.
"Not this time. We actually came to meet Councilor Ultear."
While shaking his hand, Rowan used his copying ability to copy Siegrain's magic.
Siegrain—or rather, Jellal—was proficient in Heavenly Body Magic, Elemental Magic, Thought Projection Magic, and several other forms of magic.
He was undoubtedly a rare talent.
Furthermore, he was one of the Ten Wizard Saints.
Copying his magic helped Rowan expand his arsenal.
However, Siegrain himself had no idea that Rowan had copied the magic he had painstakingly cultivated for years in the instant they shook hands.
All his attention had been drawn to Rowan's previous statement.
"You came to see Councilor Ultear?"
Siegrain asked curiously, "What business do you have with her?"
Naturally, Rowan could not reveal their true objective, so he began spouting nonsense with complete confidence.
"You know that Fairy Tail is a troublesome guild. We cause major incidents every few days."
"So we decided to win over Miss Ultear from the Magic Council, hoping she might put in a few good words for us when necessary."
Whether Siegrain believed him or not was unclear, but he burst into laughter.
"Bribing a councilor is illegal."
"We're not bribing her. We're simply appealing to her emotions. Miss Ultear is beautiful and kindhearted, so she'll definitely help us immediately."
Beautiful and kindhearted?
Siegrain's expression became strange, and he nearly lost his composure.
Was this man blind?
He actually thought that woman Ultear was beautiful and kindhearted?
However, this also proved that Ultear's disguise was excellent. She had even managed to fool Fairy Tail.
At that thought, Siegrain smiled even more brightly. He patted Rowan on the shoulder and encouraged him to keep trying.
"Don't worry. When the time comes, I'll also put in a few good words for you."
"Then thank you very much, Councilor Siegrain."
Rowan smiled as well, looking at Jellal, whom he had completely fooled.
After the two parted ways, Rowan was preparing to remain inside the Magic Council for a while longer when Erza and Ultear emerged.
"Have the two of you finished talking?"
Rowan asked as they approached.
Ultear snorted softly, seemingly still holding a grudge over what Rowan had said earlier.
Erza nodded and said happily,
"We've reached an agreement. Ultear will help us restrain Jose."
"Restrain him?"
Rowan chuckled, feeling that Erza had probably been deceived.
With Ultear's personality, how could she possibly merely restrain Jose?
Killing him sounded far more likely.
This wicked woman was absolutely capable of doing something like that.
However, Rowan did not expose her. Instead, he smiled and said,
"That's good. We'll be counting on you, Miss Ultear."
He raised his hand and patted Ultear's shoulder.
At the same time, he copied her magic.
Lost Magic—
Arc of Time.
This magic was incredibly powerful. It could return an object to its past state or accelerate it into a future state, although it could not affect living creatures other than plants.
It could also use the Arc of Time to create numerous objects.
In the original story, during the Grand Magic Games Arc, Ultear sacrificed her own life force to activate the Arc of Time's ultimate technique—
Last Ages.
It reversed the entire world's time by one minute.
That single minute saved the lives of Gray, Bacchus, Macao, Droy, Laxus, Wendy, Lucy, and many other mages who should have died, turning that minute into the starting point of humanity's counterattack.
Reversing the entire world by one minute was simply too impressive.
Naturally, Rowan could not miss the opportunity to obtain this magic.
He copied it without hesitation.
Like Jellal, Ultear had no idea that Rowan had copied her magic the moment he touched her. Instead, she carefully examined him.
"Why are you staring at me?" Rowan asked curiously.
"It's nothing."
Ultear turned her head away and left.
Rowan exchanged a confused glance with Erza.
"Let's go," Erza said.
Rowan shrugged and followed her.
After leaving the Magic Council, Rowan said,
"I actually ran into Jellal earlier."
Erza paused briefly before continuing forward with her usual long, confident strides.
"Is that so?"
"So what do you plan to do?" Rowan asked.
"Ultear will handle it. She promised me that she would stop Jellal."
"Are you sure?"
"I'm sure."
"Alright, then."
Rowan was also somewhat surprised. He had not expected Ultear to turn away from evil so quickly.
Since that was the case, perhaps he should give her a surprise and resurrect Ur.
In the original story, Ultear hated her mother because of a misunderstanding.
Later, during the battle on Tenrou Island, she witnessed Ur's memories and learned the truth. She became overwhelmed with regret over how she had treated her mother, and her greatest wish was to see Ur once more.
No one else could fulfil that wish.
But for Rowan, it would not be particularly difficult.
Resurrecting the dead was genuinely not a challenge for him.
However, he could not resurrect Ur in this world.
Because this world had a god who governed life and death—
Ankhseram.
Although this deity never formally appeared in the manga, his curses upon Zeref and Mavis profoundly influenced the development of the entire story.
As the god who controlled life and death, Ankhseram possessed supreme power and authority. Every character who mentioned him did so with deep reverence.
According to the manga's setting, Ankhseram became enraged whenever someone attempted to investigate or violate the laws of life and death.
He absolutely could not tolerate actions that defied those laws.
For example, when Zeref researched the R-System to resurrect the dead and the Eclipse Gate to reverse time, Ankhseram placed a curse upon him.
The curse was exceptionally cruel.
The more the cursed person valued life, the more lives they would involuntarily take from those around them.
At the same time, it rendered the cursed person eternally young and immortal.
Therefore, if Rowan dared to resurrect Ur in this world, he would inevitably suffer an attack from this deity.
Rowan might currently possess a vast collection of Devil Fruit abilities and magic—
but he was still no match for that god.
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