"Someone from a dark guild is undercover in our guild?! What on earth is going on?!" Lucy clutched her head with both hands, her eyes wide as she demanded an explanation in disbelief.
Blanc stood at the back of the crowd, keeping just the right amount of shock on his face as cold sweat seeped from his skin.
Ultear hadn't even joined Grimoire Heart when I left. How did she know about this? Did Hades tell her?
But judging by her expression, she hasn't recognized me. Looks like she doesn't know all that much.
Ultear settled her emotions, keeping her voice as calm as she could as she began to explain.
"To explain this properly, I have to start with why I joined Grimoire Heart."
"Back then, after I destroyed the Magic Research Institute with my own hands, I turned my attention to the legendary Black Wizard, Zeref, in my pursuit of greater power. I tried to find that power in the accounts of his deeds."
"But not long after I started tracking Zeref down, I met Hades, the Guild Master of Grimoire Heart, who was also searching for him."
At this point, a complicated emotion flickered in Ultear's eyes, almost like longing. Then she shook her head firmly, as though trying to cast every unrealistic fantasy out of her mind.
"Hades painted a beautiful vision of the Great Magic World for me-"
"He said that as long as we found the Black Wizard Zeref and ushered the world fully into the great age of magic, Wizards would be able to use any magic they wanted. They could even make their every wish come true!"
"In a world like that, I could even become a traveler through time... go back to the past and rewrite everything."
Her voice grew quieter