"Are you one of Mavis's people?"
Zeref looked into Medivh's eyes, a trace of disbelief evident.
No, seriously, who could understand this?!
Just when he, Zeref, was still hesitating, wavering, deciding whether to attack the Ishgar continent and whether to seize Fairy Heart!
His good disciple, and the only person he had ever loved, had already dispatched her subordinate, a member of her Mage Guild, to successfully infiltrate his empire and become the emperor.
Well, Mavis was truly worthy of being Zeref's most prized disciple!
She had truly surpassed her master.
"Heh..."
To this, Medivh just chuckled.
Look at that silly boy Zeref, actually still agonizing over the fact that he, Medivh, had stolen Zeref's Alvarez Empire Emperor Spriggan account?!
It was truly laughable...
After all, Medivh had already claimed Zeref's son, August, as his own. Was a mere emperor's status more important than August, the well-deserved 'Magic King'?!
With August, you could be the emperor of many empires.
Without August, you could only watch others usurp your position right in front of you, completely powerless.
"Is Mavis... is she okay?!"
After a long while, Zeref looked at Medivh, fidgeting, and asked.
"Guild Master Mavis is, of course, doing extremely well." As Medivh spoke, he first offered a tactical smile, then continued: "Thanks to you, the Second Guild Master Precht Gaebolg and the First Guild Master Mavis Vermillion have both returned to the Fairy Tail Guild! We are all living happily together~"
"However, when I was drinking with Guild Master Precht, I suddenly heard him mention that you have been trying to find a way to plot for the so-called 'Infinite Magic Source,' Fairy Heart!"
"Which is the heart of our First Guild Master Mavis..."
"And that you established a powerful organization on the West Continent Alakitasia."
"Therefore, I thought I would come to see you~"
"Who knew you would actually create such a massive empire?!"
"It's truly incredible."
Medivh paused deliberately at this point.
"However, this vast empire is now entirely in my hands!"
"So, please allow me to once again thank you for the help you've provided to the strongest Mage Guild on our Ishgar continent, Fairy Tail~"
Medivh said with his hands behind his back, looking at Zeref with a beaming smile.
"Mavis's subordinate..."
"A Mage from the Fairy Tail Guild!"
"What exactly have you done within my empire?!"
Zeref's pupils trembled as he looked at Medivh and asked.
"If I said that I actually didn't do anything, would you believe me?!"
A playful glint flashed in Medivh's eyes as he asked Zeref.
"Impossible..."
"If you didn't do anything, Irene and August wouldn't have betrayed me!"
Zeref seemed to trust Irene and August implicitly.
"Heh, that's where you're mistaken..."
"So, my dear Black Wizard Zeref~"
"Since when did you get the delusion that Irene and August were all your subordinates and would never betray you?!"
Medivh looked Zeref up and down and asked with a chuckle.
"What do you mean by that?"
Zeref looked confused.
"Irene is my wife..."
"As for August, he is my most outstanding child."
Medivh smiled and casually revealed his relationship with Irene and August. After all, this wasn't something worth hiding.
It was common knowledge within the Fairy Tail Guild... If Zeref had the mind to, he could have easily obtained the accurate information by asking around.
"Impossible, that's absolutely impossible."
Zeref retorted bluntly; he did not believe what Medivh said.
"Irene is the founder of Dragon Slayer Magic; she was born on this continent four hundred years ago and began fighting against the dragons!"
"Her husband died in that great war between humans, Dragon Slayers, and dragons four hundred years ago! He was a genuine hero."
"Irene would never betray her husband."
Zeref's brows were tightly furrowed; his rebuttal to Medivh's words was indeed well-founded.
Zeref simply didn't believe that Irene, the wife of a Dragon Slayer hero, would fall for a punk like Medivh.
"I forgot to mention..."
"Please allow me to reintroduce myself."
"My name is Medivh Belserion."
"However, four hundred years ago..."
"People called me the Dragon Slayer Hero'Siegfried'."
Medivh smiled and directly exposed his secret identity in front of Zeref.
Well, Siegfried... when Medivh first performed his simulation, he was in a particularly passionate chuunibyou phase, so he had used the name on a whim.
"What?!"
"You are Siegfried? You're actually still alive?!"
Zeref was stunned for a moment, and suddenly, many things became clear to him.
If Irene's husband was still alive, then everything made perfect sense.
"What do you want to do?"
After Zeref confirmed Medivh's identity, his gaze toward Medivh became cautious, fearing that he might be schemed against by Medivh!
As a person from four hundred years ago, Zeref had a deep understanding of the iron-blooded empire Medivh had created. When it came to controlling and building an empire, as well as political acumen, he was absolutely no match for Medivh.
"Heh, Zeref..."
"I just let the Dragon Empire that I and Irene personally created four hundred years ago reappear on this continent called Alakitasia; why are you panicking?!"
Medivh looked at Zeref and said with a smile.
"It's that simple?"
Zeref was clearly distrustful of Medivh.
"For now, it's that simple..."
Medivh nodded lightly.
Well, this was the truth~ Medivh really didn't plan on using the Alvarez Empire to do anything for the time being.
All Medivh did was hope that the Alvarez Empire wouldn't come to the Fairy Tail Guild to cause trouble, and that would be enough.
After all, both sides were precious to him; he didn't want to see the world's most powerful empire, which his wife and child had worked so hard to build, destroyed by the Fairy Tail Guild just like that.
There was no helping it; no matter how much stronger the Alvarez Empire looked on paper compared to the Fairy Tail Guild, once a real fight broke out, their Fairy Tail Guild never lost in external battles.
"Speaking of which, there is something I would like to ask you, Zeref."
Immediately following this, Medivh suddenly seemed to think of something...
As he looked Zeref up and down for a while, his eyes lit up with a glint.
"What is it?!"
Zeref felt weak all over from Medivh's gaze; beads of cold sweat broke out on his forehead as he asked Medivh.
"Zeref, the curse you and Mavis are under is the same one, right?!"
First, Medivh inquired about the situation regarding the curse on Zeref.
Of course, Medivh was feigning ignorance, mainly to make his upcoming words sound reasonable and to ensure Zeref wouldn't find it strange.
"Yes."
Zeref had thought Medivh was going to ask something else entirely!
As far as the curse was concerned, he, Zeref, could speak freely.
"Moreover, the curse on me is even more powerful than the one on Mavis."
When Zeref said this, his eyes were tinged with a shade of sadness.
Painful emotions churned deep within Zeref's heart.
"Then I understand..."
However, who would have thought that after confirming that the curse on Zeref was the same as Mavis's, Medivh suddenly revealed a brilliant smile and continued: "In that case, what happened to Guild Master Mavis would also apply to you, Zeref, right?!"
"It, indeed..."
"Theoretically speaking, that is the case."
Zeref didn't know why, but he suddenly felt that something was wrong.
It was as if Medivh was holding back some ultimate move, preparing to unleash it!
Vaguely, Zeref seemed to see a massive pit in front of him, and Medivh was guarding the edge of the pit, waiting for Zeref to jump in himself.
"In that case, it means that your heart, Mr. Zeref, could also be crafted into an 'Infinite Magic Source,' Fairy Heart, just like the First Guild Master Mavis, right?!"
As Medivh spoke, he suddenly smiled.
Vaguely, Medivh's eyes seemed to become emotionless, cold as an iceberg; the way he looked at Zeref was like a starving wolf looking at a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
"No, no, no..."
"If it were an Infinite Magic Source crafted from your heart, it couldn't be called Fairy Heart; it should be called Spriggan Heart, that would be correct."
Medivh looked at Zeref with a playful gaze and said with a chuckle.
"Wait..."
"No, wait a second!"
"You said you want to turn whose heart into an infinite magic source?!"
Upon hearing this, Zeref was completely stunned by what Medivh had just said.
The reason Zeref founded the Alvarez Empire was to create a grand chaos, to eliminate the invincible 'Black Dragon King' Acnologia, and to seize the infinite magic source in Mavis's chest, the Fairy Heart.
However, right now, not only had his Zeref's empire been snatched away by Medivh...
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