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Looking at that tattooed face, a face far too familiar to them, not only Erza but also Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Happy, and the others, who had personally watched Jellal be buried beneath the sea along with the Tower of Paradise, were stunned speechless. For a moment, none of them could react at all.
Wendy, however, was different. Her young face carried a hint of surprise and delight.
After all, in Wendy's understanding, the man named Jellal had been her friend since seven years ago. Because of Noah's request, he had also taken especially good care of her.
How could Wendy not be delighted under such circumstances?
Only the Fairy Tail mages looked utterly baffled, having no idea what was going on.
As for Noah, he naturally knew that the person before him was not the Jellal who had built the Tower of Paradise, but Fairy Tail's Mystogan.
However, Mystogan did not seem to be in very good condition right now.
He did not appear injured, but the exhaustion on his face, the unfocused look in his eyes, and his swaying body all told Noah that Mystogan was only forcing himself to remain standing.
At once, Noah had no time to explain. He stepped forward, gripping the silver holy sword in one hand while supporting Mystogan with the other.
"Are you all right?"
"I'm fine..." Mystogan forced a smile and shook his head.
"As you can see, I gave it everything I had to stop Anima. But this Anima was simply too large. I couldn't stop it, so the exertion and strain were a little too much..."
"Indeed..." Noah frowned deeply.
"The magic power in your body