Makarov came before Jose. Jose was in a miserable state, and the dark patterns on his body had faded away.
"Why did you attack my guild? Fairy Tail doesn't seem to have had much dealings with you."
Hearing Makarov's voice, Jose struggled to open his eyes.
"Ha... ha... I... I lost."
"So I still failed to erase the humiliation you gave me back then."
Makarov asked in confusion, "When did I ever humiliate you?!"
"Stop playing dumb, Makarov! Cough!" Overcome with rage, Jose spat out a mouthful of blood. Fortunately, coughing it up made him feel a little better.
"Back when I had just become one of the Saint Ten, everyone came to flatter me. But you! You defeated me then and made me lose all face!"
"From that day onward, I kept thinking about how to take revenge on you."
"I kept recruiting members, and my guild grew stronger and stronger. Meanwhile, your Fairy Tail was nothing more than a rundown little tavern!"
"But in recent years, Fire Dragon, Demon, Queen of Fairy, Thunder God, and so on..."
"More and more outstanding mages appeared, and most importantly, you!"
"Golden Flash, Child of Light, Continent's Number One Mage!"
"Those titles spread Fairy Tail's name throughout all of Ishgar!"
"They made everyone think Fairy Tail was the number one guild!"
"And now you've even recruited the Heartfilia family's young lady. Just how far do you intend to expand Fairy Tail?!"
Ye Yang rolled his eyes at Jose. "Fairy Tail has never cared about being number one or anything like that. I never even accepted the title of Top Mage."
"People just spread those rumors themselves. All we want is to protect that rundown little tavern you look down on."
"As for this Lucy you mentioned, we don't know anything about the