Pantherlily looked up as a couple of colorful looking birds flew by. Where he was sitting, high up a tree in East Forest, he had all the peace he could have wished for in Edolas. He missed something, though. It was simple to figure out what.
Jellal.
It had been difficult leaving him behind, although inexplicable. Now he was holding onto the single thread that kept him connected to Jellal. Fairy Tail.
Living without his prince was devastating. The only comfort were the words Natsu and Jellal had spoken to one another.
"You must never reveal sensitive information about Fairy Tail to others for as long s you live! You must not have unauthorized contact with past clients or profit personally from them! Even if we walk different paths, one must always live on as strong as you are able! You must never treat your own life as something insignificant! You must never forget the friends you loved... For as long as you live!"
They had made him happy.
When Jellal had told Lily to kill him there was an emotion in those eyes.
Guilt.
The guilt of destruction. The only way to pay for the destruction of Edolas was by rebuilding it from its ashes and leading it to glory, that's what Lily had told him.
And he would...For sure. Lily had only been in Fairy Tail for some days, but it was already his home. Here you weren't just working.. You were taught a valuable lesson.
No matter what, even if Lily would never see Jellal again... He would keep believing that he was fine because of Fairy Tail where people weren't just colleagues, but friends and family.
Even if one leaves behind his family, there is always a piece of them that remains.
Neither would forget one another, Mystogan nor Fairy Tail.