Chapter 186: Lou De and Lucy (Ch 186)

As night fell, people in the guild began to leave in waves.

Wendy and Xia Lulu also temporarily moved into the girls’ dormitory at Erza’s invitation.

Anke naturally left the guild as well, but his journey was obviously different from before.

“I’ve said it before, luck arranged by others is not happiness at all. I can’t afford such a large sum of money as 100,000 J.”

“A large sum of money? It’s only one hundred thousand…”

“Get out of the way!”

Anke stayed in the dark alley, silently watching Jiude and Lucy quarreling.

After being recruited by Frey, Jude planned to go to Akalifa to work, but his family property collapsed overnight.

The only money he had with him was used to change the location of Lucy’s mother’s grave. Now he had no money left.

Tonight, Jiude, who had finally arrived in Magnolia, approached the guild where his daughter was, wanting to ask Lucy for some travel expenses.

However, Jiude may have lived a rich life for too long, so he ran to Lucy tonight and asked for 100,000 J.

This was a huge sum of money that Lucy could not afford at the moment, so she refused.

This made Jiude, who had been putting pressure on his daughter for many years, very dissatisfied. He also didn’t understand why she didn’t have such a small amount of money, so a quarrel broke out between father and daughter.

Lucy, who was extremely disappointed with her father, ran away from Jiude quickly with tears in her eyes.

Jiude stared at Lucy running away and was speechless for a long time.

With a trace of regret on his wrinkled face, Jiude couldn’t help but sigh: “What a retribution… I have nothing left…”

“In this case, part of it is because you have offended others, and part of it is purely your own fault.”

Anke’s voice suddenly sounded from behind, and Jiude looked up in horror.

I saw a handsome young man with a cold temperament standing behind him at some point, with a hint of murderous aura on him.

“Anke…Mr….”

Jiude showed bitterness on his face, of course he knew who this was.

The last time I came to his house, I clearly stuck a knife into his desk and threatened him not to bully Lucy. I am a scary person.

And now… he was the hidden boss of the company he was planning to work for.

Anke snorted coldly: “You don’t have to rush to Akalifa, solve the problem here first before leaving.”

“What…what?” Jiude was surprised.

“Lucy is a wizard, a guild wizard who does tasks that involve unstable elements. You’d better talk about it in advance, otherwise she will be busy with you and it will be difficult to have a chance.”

Jiude was silent for a while, and said in a hoarse voice:

“Ever since Leila left… our home has become like an airtight prison.”

“Lucy cried for a long time at that time, and I… was crazy and looked for things to do every day, hoping to forget the pain…”

“I watched the Heartfilia family become better and better under my leadership. Lucy was what I wanted to create in my heart, a perfect lady like Leila. And a great nobleman happened to be looking for Lucy for marriage. I was so happy at that time that I was almost crazy.”

“I thought I had taught Lucy well for Leila, helped Lucy find her happiness, and brought Leila’s Heartfilia home to a better place. But in fact… in that shadow, Lucy was much stronger than me, and the Heartfilia ‘home’ was almost destroyed in my hands…”

Looking at Jiude who was kneeling in front of him, covering his face and crying bitterly, Anke couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.

All I can say is, for a man to be chosen by such a wise and outstanding celestial wizard, how bad can Jiude be?

Leila had a profound influence on Lucy, and also on her husband.

Just as he said, Leila’s death made him obsessed, changed his attitude towards his family, and made him desperately want everything to go according to his plan for the “best”.

Lucy, who was much stronger than Jiude had imagined, walked out of Jiude’s plan on her own and became what Leila really wanted her child to be.

Anke did not continue to point fingers at other people’s family affairs, but handed him a note.

On it is Lucy’s home address.

“It’s no use telling me this. Talk to your daughter properly. Put aside your male chauvinism and spend more time with her. For her sake and for yours. No matter how good a pillar is, it can’t hold up the whole house with just one pillar. Lucy needs the support of her family, and so do you.”

Jiude took the note with trembling hands and looked at the address on it for a long time without saying anything.

After he got up from the ground, he walked towards Lucy’s house slowly but firmly.

Anke suddenly spoke from behind:

“Oh, there’s one more thing. I arranged for Natsu and Gray…the two guys who breathe fire and play with ice to protect Lucy.”

“If you dare to scold Lucy in front of them like you did just now…”

Anke stopped talking at this point.

Although it felt like interfering with other people’s housework, it would only happen this time. Anke was really afraid that this old man, who had no concept of money, would bully Lucy again.

Jiude didn’t turn around, but nodded in response.

A smile slowly appeared on his weathered face.

As expected, she is Leila’s child…

Arranged luck is not happiness, Lucy, you have indeed found your luck…

…

After a while, we arrived at Lucy’s door.

Natsu on the left has veins bulging on his face, his head is baring his teeth and is burning with fire, the harpy on his shoulder is taking advantage of his power to make a threatening gesture, both the man and the cat look like they are ready to rush up and beat you up at any time.

Gray on the right was emitting a cold aura, with one hand folded in the palm of the other hand, his cold face was tense and he looked at the opposite side with displeasure.

And Jiude, who was standing opposite the Fairy Tail version of the gate god, was bending down and bowing and begging:

“Please, I want to see Lucy.”

Natsu yelled at him angrily, “Are you kidding me? Lucy just came back crying! How dare you come to see him?”

Gray understood that it was natural for a father to want to see his daughter, so he was a little calmer than Natsu.

Just a little.

“Lucy wanted to see you so long ago. Besides, you are the culprit who hired the ghosts to attack our guild. We are doing Lucy a favor by not beating you up. Get out of here now, or don’t blame us for using force!”

After hearing what the two said, Jiude still did not leave, and continued to beg: “I am not here to borrow money, and I dare not ask my daughter and you for forgiveness, I just want to see her!”

“You are such a…”

The two impatient Ice and Fire Gate Gods rolled up their sleeves, ready to throw Jiude out in a ball, but the door behind them suddenly opened.

“Father.”

Jiude struggled to break free from the Ice and Fire Man and looked at Lucy who ran out the door.

“Lucy…”

In the river not far away, Anke, who was sitting in a boat, quietly watched the crowd for a while and breathed a sigh of relief.

Life is a process of subtraction. Some meals become one less bowl each time you eat them, and some people become one less face each time you see them.

So, say more if you can.