The instant the darkness was dispelled, color began returning to everything around them. Two additional figures had suddenly appeared beside Millianna and Hugh.
One of them looked remarkably square, even his head square-shaped, and he wore sunglasses in an attempt to look cool.
The other was tall and broad, with a turban wrapped around his head, an eyepatch over his left eye, and metal covering his mouth, jaw, and lower cheeks.
"Wally is still as square as ever, so you must be Simon."
Wally, Millianna, and Hugh had not changed much, so Seiya recognized these former companions almost at a glance.
But Simon, one of the four, had changed quite a lot in Seiya's eyes. Unlike Millianna and the others, Simon had no particularly distinctive features and had once seemed like nothing more than an ordinary black-haired man.
Yet it was obvious that something had happened to him over the years. The eyepatch and the iron jaw that covered nearly half his face had completely changed his temperament from back then.
"Just as Jellal said, after all these years, your strength is no longer what it used to be.
You broke my Dark Flash in an instant. But this time, we came prepared, Seiya."
As Simon spoke, he displayed Erza, who was slung over his shoulder.
"If you want to save Erza and learn what truly happened back then, come to the Tower of Heaven. You will find the answers you seek there.
For now, you need not worry about Erza's safety. Jellal only ordered us to bring all of you back to the Tower of Heaven."
After leaving those words behind, Simon turned and departed with Millianna and the others.
Seiya did not stop them. On one hand, the unconscious Erza was in their hands, and he could not