Chapter 247 Erza is arrested (Ch 247)

“Damn it, I will definitely beat you next time!”
Natsu stood up and said to Noah with excitement.
“Then you have to work hard. I’ll be waiting for you.”
Seeing that Natsu had stood firmly, Noah let go of his hands and said to Natsu with a smile.
“As expected, Natsu lost.”
“Isn’t this normal?”
“That’s true. Natsu’s strength is still some distance away from Noah’s.”
“But it’s still a pretty good fight.”
“Natsu still has some strength.”
“Natsu’s strength is improving very quickly.”
The guild members were all talking about it. It was a rare occasion to see Natsu fight with all his strength, so everyone was naturally very excited.
Seeing that the competition was over, everyone in the guild dispersed and did their own things.
Urrutia and the others came over, and Happy flew to Natsu’s side and said:
“Natsu lost again.”
“I definitely won’t do that next time. Let’s go train now and beat Noah next time!”
Natsu took a break and regained some strength. He spoke to Happy with an excited look on his face.
Noah felt Natsu’s condition and saw that he was much better than before. He couldn’t help but sigh in his heart that he was worthy of being a dragon slayer. His recovery ability was indeed very strong.
“You should take a rest first. You just used up all your magic power.”
Lucy said to Natsu unhappily. Natsu thought about it and did not object to Lucy’s opinion, so he did not continue to talk about going to training.
“Natsu, someone may be trying to harm Lucy recently, so you should be more careful when you go out on missions with her.”
Urrutia thought about the topic they talked about yesterday and spoke to Natsu.
“Who would do anything bad to Lucy?!”
Natsu’s eyes suddenly changed, becoming fierce.
“I can only say that there might be, but I can’t be sure.
We speculate that the ruler of the ghosts may attack Lucy, but we don’t know if it will happen, so you should pay more attention to it. ”
Mirajane said to Natsu.
“Those bastards!”
Natsu said with an angry look on his face.
“It’s just a guess, don’t be impulsive.”
Erza said to Natsu with a serious face.
“knew.”
Natsu calmed down a lot and replied in a muffled voice.
“The ruler of ghosts might attack Lucy? What’s going on?”
Makarov asked at this time, and Natsu raised his head to look at Urrutia and the others.
“Well, let’s talk about this later. We’ll tell you after we deal with the next thing.”
Noah looked towards the entrance of the training ground at this time, and saw a guild member running towards him in a panic.
He ran and shouted:
“There are people from the Council outside!!!”
The originally lively atmosphere in the training ground suddenly became quiet, followed by a lot of discussions.
“Council?!”
“Why are the people from the Council here?!”
“What have we done wrong recently that requires the visit of the Council?!”
“Why is this the first thing you thought of? You guys are really self-aware…”
Lucy couldn’t help but complain.
“Is it someone from the Council? Grandpa, let’s go out and take a look.”
Noah thought about it and found that nothing big had happened recently, except for the Iron Forest attack on the regular meeting site. The council members probably came to see him because of this incident.
“Um.”
Makarov nodded, and a large group of people walked out of the training ground.
Other people who were training also found out about this, and in the end everyone in the training ground came to the door.
I saw a frog-like creature with brown skin, a small hat on his head, a coat on his upper body, a white skirt on his lower body, and a brown bag slung across his body standing outside the training ground.
There was a car parked nearby with the council logo on it.
It was obvious that he was blocked by the barrier of the training ground and couldn’t get in. He was looking at the entrance of the training ground anxiously.
When he saw Noah, Makarov and a group of people coming out, he breathed a sigh of relief, and it was obvious that he was completely relaxed.
He observed the people who came out, and after seeing that his target was there, he regained his composure and became expressionless.
“Everyone please stay where you are. I am a messenger sent by the Councilor.”
He spoke, and many guild members who were originally skeptical now believed it completely.
“The Council really sent someone here!!”
“What are they doing here?!”
“Why doesn’t anyone complain about me looking like this…”
Lucy saw the members of the Council for the first time and looked very enlightened.
“Even though I’ve seen it so many times, it still feels strange every time I see it.”
Noah said beside him, and Lucy looked at Noah in confusion:
“Do you often see people from the Council?”
“Noah is now the president’s assistant. He often goes to the Council with the president, so he often sees people from the Council.”
Mirajane explained to Lucy.
Urrutia and Sono, who were standing by, looked unhappy when they saw the Council envoy. They really disliked the Council.
Noah reached out and patted their shoulders. They turned around and saw that it was Noah, and their expressions relaxed a lot.
The Council envoy looked at Erza:
“Immediately arrest Erza Belserion on suspicion of 11 crimes including property damage in the Iron Forest terrorist attack a few days ago.”
“well?”
Erza looked at the Council’s messenger in shock, and everyone else looked surprised.
“What did you say?!”
Natsu yelled even louder.
“Okay, calm down. Erza, you and him go to the Council first, I’ll be there soon.”
Noah comforted Natsu first, then spoke to Erza.
“Yes, I understand.”
After being surprised, Erza regained her composure and thought of something, so she nodded and agreed.
So the Council’s messenger took Erza into the car and left.
“Why did you capture Erza?”
“We have been getting into trouble for a long time, why are they focusing on this one?”
“Yeah, I really can’t understand it.”
After the Council envoy and Erza left, everyone in the guild was talking about it. Natsu, who was being held down by Noah, said excitedly:
“Let me go, Noah! No matter if he’s a member of the Council or whoever, this time it’s their fault! We must rescue Erza!!”
“Grandpa, I’m going to the Council to ask Grandpa Yajima.”
Noah ignored Natsu who was struggling and making a fuss nearby and spoke to Makarov.
“Well, go there then.”
Makarov nodded. Natsu, who was still struggling, brightened up when he heard Noah’s words and said quickly:
“Take me with you, I want to go to the Council too!”
“Take you with me?”
Noah couldn’t help but roll his eyes after hearing this:
“Take you with me to cause trouble? Just wait quietly in the guild.”
After saying that, without paying any attention to Natsu, he waved goodbye to Makarov, Urrutia and the others, then used teleportation magic to go to the Council’s branch in the Kingdom of Fiore.
Noah had been here many times. He walked to Yajima’s office familiarly and knocked on the door.
“Is Grandpa Yajima here?”
“The door is not locked, come in.”
Noah pushed the door open and saw Yajima sitting in a chair behind the desk.
“Noah, you’re here. I guess you’re here too.”
Yajima stood up from his chair and walked in front of Noah.
“Grandpa, are you in the form of thoughts now?”
As someone who frequently uses the body of thought, Noah could tell at a glance that the Yajima in front of him was a body of thought.
“My real body is still at the Magic Council headquarters. Due to your activeness this time, it didn’t have a major impact, so we don’t need to come here.”
“What’s going on this time? I don’t remember anyone from Fairy Tail being arrested for sabotage before.”
Noah asked Yajima in confusion.
“You destroyed the dark guild Iron Forest, that’s good.
However, since Zeref’s magic was easily taken away by someone, this was obviously a problem.
If Tie Zhisen and his gang succeed, and the guild leaders are killed, the consequences will be disastrous, and the management and even us councillors will be blamed.”
Yajima explained to Noah, who nodded and said:
“So they arrested Erza to show that the Council was functioning normally, to show others that the order in the magical world was still good?
This is just a formality.”
“That’s it.”
Yajima spread his hands and said.
“I guess that’s about right. After all, it’s not our fault this time. We can say that we have protected the order of the wizarding world.”
Noah said in a relaxed tone. Yajima nodded, and suddenly thought of something, and said to Noah:
“At this meeting, Councillor Zekelein spoke well of Fairy Tail.”
“Ziklein, the recently promoted council member?”
Noah looked thoughtful, and Yajima said to him:
“The trial meeting is about to begin. You should also prepare to go there.”
“Well, I’ll see you later, Grandpa Yajima.”
After saying goodbye to Yajima, Noah left the office and headed towards the trial meeting venue.
Not long after walking, I saw someone who had been waiting there since early morning in a corner.
He has blue hair, a unique tattoo above his right eye, and is wearing a white robe. He is leaning against a pillar in a daze.
Seeing Noah coming over, he stood up and went to meet him.
When Noah saw him coming in front of him, he stretched out his hand and waved, and a soundproof barrier surrounded the two of them.
“Ziklein, what do you want from me?”
“The park project is about to start, and I asked you to help…”
“Okay, just let me know when the time comes.”
“Thank you very much!”
Ziklein bowed deeply to Noah, and Noah said to him:
“I hope you don’t forget your original intention.”
“I definitely won’t!”
Zikrein raised his head and looked at Noah seriously.
“That’s good.”
“Then I’ll go in first.”
“Um.”
Noah looked at Ziklein who disappeared in front of him. This was also a body of thoughts.
Some time ago, he found Noah who came to the Council to do business and confessed his situation to Noah.
Zikrein, also known as Gerald, was the name he used when he joined the Council.
He is none other than Jellal of Ascalante. It was him that Ultear and Erza met when they were rescuing Melty several years ago. It was he who rescued Zankro and Hanain at that time.
While escaping, he was hit by Noah’s “Light Magic Purification”. According to him, it was that magic that allowed him to break free from the control of Hades, the leader of the Devil’s Heart.
However, that magic only helped him break Hades’ control, and it took him some time to completely get rid of it.
While being controlled, he was carrying out the “Tower of Paradise” plan according to Hades’s requirements, which was the “Tower of Paradise” plan that Noah participated in destroying ten years ago.
At that time, seven “Towers of Paradise” were destroyed. In fact, there was an eighth one, but it was protected by magic by Hades who reacted later, so Noah and the others never discovered it.
Jellal himself was captured to build the “Tower of Paradise”. His talent was discovered by Hades, who then controlled and trained him.
It wasn’t until he was hit by Noah’s magic that he broke free from control.
After completely getting rid of Hades’ control, he thought for a long time and finally decided to continue pretending to be controlled and lie in wait.
Recalling the information he knew when he was controlled, he clearly realized the power of the Devil’s Heart and President Hades.
The guild base is a spaceship that flies in the sky all year round, so other people have not found the heart of the dark guild demon.
The other members of the Devil’s Heart are also powerful and skilled.
The strength of President Hades is even more unfathomable, and Jellal has no idea how to defeat him.
Not only the president, but the vice president is also extremely powerful, and Jellal finds that he cannot beat him.
The strength of the entire guild is worthy of being at the top of all dark guilds, and it is a member of the “Balram Alliance”.
Without adequate preparation beforehand, Jellal felt that it would be impossible to destroy them.
In order to take revenge and destroy the devil’s heart, Jellal pretended to be still under control and acted according to the instructions of President Hades to continue implementing the “Tower of Paradise” plan.
With the help of Hades, he successfully joined the Council.
With his great strength and support from behind, he became one of the Ten Holy Wizards and even a member of the Council.
He also found an opportunity to confess everything to Noah, who came to the Council for business.
When Noah first heard it, he was still very skeptical.
Because although he remembered that he had indeed cast a “Light Magic·Purification” at that time, all the content was Jellal’s one-sided words, and it was impossible for him to believe it directly.
Gerard then told Noah all the news he had known over the years, provided various evidences, and also revealed the location of the last “Tower of Paradise”.
After learning about the news and evidence, Noah went to investigate and confirmed that all the news and evidence were true.
I also saw the prisoners captured in the Tower of Paradise, and heard them talk about how their current living environment, treatment, and other aspects are much better than before.
After converting the time, Noah discovered that the time when they said the changes occurred was exactly the time when Gerard said he was free from control.
In order to confirm the authenticity, Noah specially placed a thought body in the Tower of Paradise and monitored the Tower of Paradise in all directions for a period of time to make sure it was not an act.
Apart from not being able to leave and having to continue completing the Tower of Paradise, there have been quite a few changes in living conditions.
Originally, Noah wanted to destroy the Tower of Paradise directly and rescue everyone.
However, Gerard begged Noah not to do it for the time being because the Tower of Paradise was almost completed.
In order to continue lurking in the heart of the devil, he needs this result.
When he launched the plan, he would put all the captured people in one place and wait for Noah and the others to rescue them.
After careful consideration, Noah agreed to Gerald’s plan.
The captives in the Tower of Paradise are no longer in danger of life, their living conditions have improved, and the time for launching the plan mentioned by Gerard is very close.
With Jellal lurking in the heart of the devil, he can also get information about the Balamu Alliance, especially the “Five Demon Generals” that include the former director of the Magic Development Bureau, Brian.
However, Noah also made an agreement with Jellal that after the devil’s heart was destroyed, he must go to the Council to serve his sentence and cannot escape punishment just because he was controlled.
When he was under control, he did a lot of evil things and must accept the corresponding punishment. Gerard agreed.
At the same time, Noah placed an extremely secret positioning magic on Jellal, in order to determine Jellal’s location and prevent him from escaping and disappearing.
Secondly, it is to facilitate communication between the two people so that they can communicate in time if there is any news.
It’s no surprise that he spoke up for Fairy Tail at the council meeting, since he got help from Noah.