Well, Ren had only just arrived in the Fairy Tail World, and he was already tangled up with Hades!
Laxien continued, "That's right... Lord Brain may be director of the Magic Council's Department of Magical Development, but he's always worked with Hades! Many of the department's research institutes serve Hades directly. He uses them to conduct all kinds of research and secretly seek out exceptionally gifted children to train!"
Ren's eyes narrowed. "So Ultear was one of them?"
Laxien nodded. "Yes. The institutes found plenty of children, some even more talented than Ultear. But her constitution was special. She was suited to learning a kind of Lost Magic, and that was why Hades took an interest in her!"
Chapter 1265: The Magic Council
"That doesn't make sense. If Hades saw potential in Ultear and she was suited to Lost Magic, shouldn't he have trained her properly? Why leave her in a research institute to endure those inhuman experiments?"
Puzzled, Ren looked at Laxien, who lay weakly on the ground.
Laxien gave a bitter smile. "I wondered the same thing. Then I overheard Hades talking and learned why. He believes the essence of magic is darkness. To learn magic, you must first understand darkness, and only once your heart understands it can you grow strong. He ordered the institutes to perform those cruel experiments because he wanted to darken the children's hearts!"
"The essence of magic is darkness? That's quite an interpretation," Ren said flatly.
Ren knew Hades believed exactly that in the original story. Hades had even said so when he led Grimoire Heart's assault on Sirius Island. Unfortunately for him, the Protagonist Halo still defeated him!
Come to think of it, plenty of fights in the Fairy Tail World made no sense. Powerful enemies were beaten for no