"Natsu!" Gray shouted.
Gray immediately cast his magic, sending a slanted pillar of ice shooting into the sky.
Natsu ran all the way up the ice pillar, grabbed Jellal, who had already fallen into a deep coma.
"Phew..." Gray let out a sigh of relief.
The battle was over. He could finally take a break.
"It's over." Natsu tossed Jellal onto the ground and gave Erza a bright smile.
"It's over." Gray also smiled at Erza.
"It's over." Ifrit smiled gently.
"You guys..." Tears flowed from Erza's eyes as she reached out and pulled all three of them into a hug.
"Thank you."
When Ifrit and the others returned to the dock,
the ship had come back.
"Natsu, Erza, Gray, Ifrit!" Lucy waved happily.
"Lord Gray!" Juvia was also extremely excited.
"Big Sister Erza!"
"Erza!"
Sho and the others shouted as well.
Once the ship docked,
"Jellal..." Everyone looked at Jellal—Simon was carrying him on his back.
Simon said seriously, "Jellal must answer for what he's done. I'll take him for treatment first, then send him to the Magic Council to stand trial."
"..." No one objected.
"What about you?" Erza asked Sho and the others.
"Big Sister, we want to travel and see the outside world," Sho said earnestly.
"Mm. If you ever want to join a guild, come to Fairy Tail," Erza said.
"We will!"
Erza and the others chatted together.
Ifrit glanced at the ship, left behind a decoy in his place, then walked down the beach into the distance.
It did not take long
before he saw someone struggling along with the aid of a walking stick.
Hearing footsteps, the person stopped.
Banjou turned around and looked at Ifrit with a complicated expression.
Her feelings were truly complicated.
She had originally been prepared to die here.