117. Edolas Fairy Tail
Edolas Fairy Tail has teleported to a safe location now. They finally can talk without being disturbed now, so Edolas Alex tells his Guild members to prepare some drinks for their guests.
Now that it finally becomes calm, the Edolas Fairy Tail members finally realize that the Earthlanders look awfully similar to some of them. There are some differences, but their faces look almost exactly the same.
"I never thought that you really would come here even though things should have been different. But maybe it's just how the world wants us to meet. I don't really believe in something like fate, but the one that causes this might be fate. Now, before we start, do you have any questions, Earthland Fairies and Mr. Prince?"
Edolas Alex's question makes the Earthland group frown. Laxus and Mystogan quickly understand that Edolas Alex seems to have anticipated their arrival here. But Mystogan is the most surprised because Edolas Alex seems to know his real identity.
"It seems like you knew that we would come here. Are you involved with whatever it is that pulled our whole town to this place?" Laxus doesn't beat around the bush and shows his suspicion right away.
"Well, I didn't really know. It's more of a prediction because I thought there was also a chance that you wouldn't come to our Guild or your whole town being pulled here by the Anima. As for me being involved with what happened to your town, then I must say I don't have anything to do with it. Though I have some connections with Anima." Edolas Alex explains while Mira serves the drinks.
"What do you mean by that?" Mystogan frowns at Edolas Alex's last sentence.
"Well, I have been trying to destroy Anima for years now, but always failed because the Kingdom is still too strong. I might succeed if we go all out, but I don't want to sacrifice my friends and family. Actually, years ago, I have been looking for you, Mr. Prince, because I knew you also wanted to stop Anima. But it wasn't easy to reach you because of your position and then you went to Earthland."
"Master, you should tell us who these people are first. Why do they look like people we know?" Edolas Lucy asks while looking at the Earthlanders curiously.
"Ah, right. So basically, they are people from another universe parallel to Edolas called Earthland. In that universe, there is another version of ourselves. Their appearances will look similar or the exact same as us, but they are different people with different personalities. So as you can see, this one is Earthland Natsu, Earthland Laxus, and Earthland Wendy. The others aren't the Earthland versions of our members, but they are members of Earthland Fairy Tail."
"THERE'S EVEN ANOTHER VERSION OF FAIRY TAIL?!"
"Many things also exist in parallel universes although sometimes the similarities are just their names and appearances. A very timid and weak person here can be a strong and brutal murderer in another parallel universe."
It's quite confusing, but most of them seem to more or less understand what he means. Now the Edolas Fairy Tail members become very interested in their Earthland versions. They ask the Earthlanders about it and Natsu excitedly explains everything.
"Seems like you know my real identity." Mystogan continues the talk with Edolas Alex while Natsu is playing around.
"Yeah, and I guess for things to be like this, it's because of my Earthland self, right?"
Edolas Alex is much smarter than Earthland Alex, so he can correctly guess that there really is an Earthland version of himself and his Earthland version also has otherworldly knowledge, including about the plot of this world's story.
Yes, Edolas Alex also has knowledge about Fairy Tail story and a lot of knowledge from Earthland. But instead of getting great power like the Tailed Beasts' power, Edolas Alex received a very good brain and knowledge of Earth technology because he doesn't have internal magic power as someone who was born in Edolas.
Furthermore, soon Edolas will lose all of its magic power. So it will be more similar to Earth and having knowledge about Earth's modern technologies is more useful for him instead of powerful magic.
He has already shown great results by utilizing his Earth's technological knowledge to improve this world's Magic Items. His genius brain also helps him understand the concepts of Magic Items in this world very quickly and improve them using modern Earth's weapon techs.
Edolas Alex then explains why the Earthland Fairy Tail members are here. The Edolas Fairy Tail members are surprised when they hear that Edolas is stealing magic power from Earthland using Anima and even pulled a whole town here just to harvest the magic power of everyone in that town.
"What the hell?! Is the Kingdom getting crazy?" Edolas Lucy says it angrily.
"They have always been crazy. Their greed for more magic power has destroyed their humanity, morals and conscience. That's why I've always been opposing them and even fought them relentlessly. Then, does the Earthland me have a plan?" Edolas Alex changes the topic.
"Yeah, basically, the plan is to go to the Capital as soon as possible and find the Anima device. Then we'll reverse the Anima function and send all the magic power in Edolas to Earthland."
"I see, sticking up to the plot, huh? But that's also what I have in mind." Edolas Alex also wants to get rid of Edolas's magic power because he experiences it himself how the magic power here becomes the source of chaos and wars.
Mystogan then explains Earthland Alex's plan to all of them. The plan is not very complicated, so even Natsu can understand most of it. But of course, Edolas Fairy Tail members are surprised by the purpose of this plan.
"WHAT?! GETTING RID OF EDOLAS'S MAGIC POWER?"
"Are you serious?"
"You agree with this, Master?"
"Yeah, I always thought that it's better if we get rid of Edolas's magic power completely." Edolas Alex answers his members' questions calmly.
"But why? Won't it be bad if we don't have magic?"
"Why is it bad?" Edolas Alex returns the question.
"Well, we are a Magic Guild. We can't do any jobs if we don't have magic."
"Certainly we won't have magic anymore, but we'll still have jobs. Besides, do you want to live all your life running away because the Kingdom keeps hunting you? Are jobs that use magic more important than being free for you? When we have real freedom, it'll be easier for us to find jobs. Besides, do you think I won't have a plan for what we'll do later after the magic disappears from our world? I hope you don't look down that much on me as if I don't care about our future."
"T-that's not what we mean."
The Edolas Fairy Tail members quickly stop worrying about it. They have full trust in their Guild Master. After all, he has done so much for them and helped them achieve a lot of great things that they wouldn't be able to do without him.
"So, when will we do it? We'll need a lot of preparations if we want to go against the Kingdom." Edolas Lucy asks what the Edolas Fairies want to know as well.
"You're right, we need a lot of preparations. First of all, Prince, you have what your Guild Mates need so they can use their magic here, right?" Edolas Alex asks while walking to the bar counter.
"Yeah, I have prepared the pills that can make them use their magic normally again." Mystogan nods.
"Good, then for us, our preparations are mostly done too." Alex grins as he clicks a hidden button beneath the bar counter.
Suddenly, the drink shelves behind the bar moves and reveals a hidden room behind them. There are some big shelves in the room, filled with various Magic Weapons. The Edolas Fairies are surprised to see so many Magic Weapons hidden there.
"W-what?! When did you make all of those?"
"That's a secret. But I've told you, right? I have anticipated that this would happen and if the Earthland people don't come, I still plan to use them to take over the Kingdom." Edolas Alex smirks while patting a big sword.
"Y-you are planning a coup d'etat?" Even his Guild members are shocked by what he says.
Alex just smirks seeing them surprised. "Well, hurry up and take what you want to use. They will be your last Magic, so choose them well. Just be cautious, these babies are much stronger than any Magic you've ever used till now. They are too powerful for Edolas's standards, that's why I never take them out. Be careful though, their recoils are also great because of their high power."
With this, they are finally ready to start the plan and attack the Kingdom. They need to be quick or the Kingdom will destroy Magnolia Lacrima Crystal already, killing everyone there and turning them into magic power.
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