Seeing a new rocket being cut into small pieces, Seryu clenched his fist in frustration. Beside her, Koro was regenerating, having just taken some serious damage. And in front of the duo, Gildarts was standing, with a carefree smile on his face.

" Very interesting ! You and your dog make a great team! However, I find you get annoyed too easily! Besides, I have the strange feeling that an aura of death is hovering around you. "

" Shut up ! " Seryu roared. " KORO! NUMBER 1! "

Immediately, Gildarts raised an eyebrow as he saw Koro bite Seryu's arm and slit it clean, causing some blood to appear. Then, a few seconds later, he let go and a huge plague was in place of Seryu's arm.

" Here is the scourge of justice. "

" Justice? " Gildarts wondered, ceasing to smile. " Is destroying your body a form of justice for you ? "

" Shut up ! " She repeated. " BERSECK MODE! GO ! "

At that moment, Gildarts saw his teigu triple in size, before becoming a true creature of the underworld. Then he headed straight for Gildarts. Avoiding Seryu's attack at first, Gildarts then threw her aside, hitting her with the palm of his hand.

Then, targeting Koro, he became more serious, before clenching his fist.

" ALL CRUSH ! "

Standing up at that moment, Seryu widened his eyes, seeing Gildarts engulf Koro in a huge source of energy, which consumed him.

" Koro ! "

Eventually, when the attack ceased, the huge half-destroyed mass of his teigu eventually lost its ultimate form and regained its chibi-form.

" Motherfucker ! " Seryu roared, attempting to hit Gildarts.

Dodging each of his punches, Gildarts stared into Seryu's face. The more the fight continued, the more difficult it was for Seryu to hide his murderous intentions. Attacking without worrying about anything more than defeating Gildarts, she began to revert to the old Seryu. Gildarts had no trouble seeing his psychopathic side.

" In the name of justice, I will defeat you! I'll kill you for justice. "

" Justice again? What does this have to do with our fight ? "

" Justice is what will allow me to win! Yes, with justice on my side, I would kill all disbelievers! In the name of justice, I will kill you. "

Seeing his behavior, Sidra turned to Mojito, while asking him.

" Hey, Mojito! Weren't you responsible for calming Seryu's murderous urges? "

" Tsss! This girl is unable to change. " Leone retorted. " She is completely crazy. "

Remaining silent, Mojito stared at Seryu, showing only a hint of disappointment. Seryu seemed to have forgotten all of his lessons.

" You are only talking to me about justice. " Cried Gildarts. " But do you know what it means? "

" No ! " Seryu admitted, while continuing to try to crush him under his scourge. " I don't know at all ! I lost my father who died in a war! Then the army manipulated me and trained me to kill all the people my empire considered troublesome! I was the puppet of these people, thinking I was doing justice! I was nothing but a murderer! I never learned what justice is. "

'' In that case, why do you keep saying that word? "

Suddenly stopping, Seryu lowered his gaze, before looking at his bionic arm. Finally, she looked up.

" I am a soldier in the Imperial Army. " Seryu announced. " Ensuring the survival of the justice that the emperor established comes first. "

" And why that ? " Gildarts asked him.

" Because that's all I have left. " Seryu roared. " Neither parents, nor ties in this world, nor even true friends! If I wanted to make sense of my life, I had to prevent people from ending up like me, alone and unhappy! That's why I fought evil! Win, win and always win against him in order to destroy him! Ensuring the maintenance of justice is my whole life! This is the path I have chosen! The one that allowed me to face all the disbelievers in my world and fight them without going back once. "

Listening to him, Gildarts stopped positioning himself, his gaze growing more compassionate.

" Well, Seryu, it is an extremely hard path that you have chosen! But, I have a question for you: what did you find by taking this route? "

" He ? "

" Someone who fights his enemies for pure revenge is not a real fighter! When a warrior fights, he does so for real reasons other than revenge! Hearing you, I rather feel that all you wanted was to quench your thirst for blood by killing all these people. "

" Shut up ! " Seryu ordered him. " How dare you ? You don't know anything about me! You could never understand what I went through. "

" No, indeed. " Approved Gildarts. " I cannot understand what it feels like when you lose your parents and find yourself alone, in the company of corrupt people, who have made you their puppet and who have trained you to kill people day after day ! But I do know one thing… "

Then pointing at Seryu, he affirmed.

" You never gave up on your goal! Even after going through all of these misfortunes, you stayed true to your ideals and kept moving forward! The truth is, Seryu, you really want to follow the path of righteousness but, without seeing it for yourself, you followed another path that has led you to a much darker and cruel future! In fact, in this story, you are the biggest victim, if you want my opinion! And now, today, you forgot what was really important to you. "

" What was the most important? "

" You got here all alone and I find that admirable! It was not the others who lifted you to the top but you, and you alone! You really are a girl with a lot of guts, tenacity and courage! If you had continued to follow the true path of light nothing would have prevented me from congratulating you on your work! Having said that, you gradually lost your sanity, while impure thoughts took possession of you! Today, Seryu, it's time to forget everything you've done. "

" Forget him?

" Yes, there is no point in looking behind you, while mulling over and over again what you have done in the past! You regret it? Don't you want your past anymore? Do you want to change it? Sorry to tell you, but it's impossible! All you can do is look to the future and follow a path you won't regret following. "

" Shut up ! These are just fine words. " Seryu roared, shaking his head. " How do you want me to forget all this? The path I chose made me stronger and yet I paid for this strength by helping the forces of evil! I could never put aside this part of my life! I don't even know if I should be disgusted or proud of it! I no longer know where I am, or even who I am now! Neither am I human or a monster. "

" That's quite normal! To date, you have never questioned a single one of your actions! You have never felt the slightest remorse for your actions! It's only today that you finally open your eyes! From now on, you take your mistakes into account and you are afraid to repeat them! It shows that you are maturing! If you start to regret your actions, it is because your human feelings have not all left you! Everyone might think that your heart is as empty as the space around us but it shows that it is not! So why don't you at least try to end this? To realize your dream and to establish real justice in your world ? "

" Stop talking nonsense! No one will want me! No one will ever want to accept me! Everyone rejects those they consider to be monsters, and now I am, too. "

" It's wrong. " Gildarts retorted, more seriously. " People who have no heart, I have known a lot! But you don't have one! I am convinced that if you saw someone in need, you would rush to help them! You made a lot of mistakes, Seryu, but your soul is not black as coal! From now on, you can now purify it until it turns white again. "

Suddenly appearing to be the victim of a violent migraine, Seryu grabs his head in his hands, while screaming.

" No, shut-up ! Shut-up ! "

Staring at Gildarts angrily, she rushed towards him, her huge spiked ball at the end of her arm.

" SHUT UP ! "

Simply clenching his fist, Gildarts sent Seryu in the direction of Seryu's weapon and slammed into it with force. At first blinded by anger, Seryu ended up widening his eyes, as she heard multiple cracking noises from his weapon, before any cracks could be seen.

" No that's not true. "

Shattering at that moment, his enormous ball fell apart, allowing Gildarts' fist to continue its course.

" Every person is able to change, Seryu. " He assured. " And it's the same for you. "

Striking her on the top of the head, he knocked him against the ground, where the girl found herself in the center of a crater. Gildarts had just defeated her in one blow.

Broken nose and face covered in blood, Seryu desperately tried to stand up, only to lie on the ground like the last of the garbage.

" I lost ! "

Only able to feel frustration and anger towards her, she ended up feeling two small paws resting on her head, in a sign of comfort.

" What ?" She said, turning her head to the side.

Seeing Koro then, she felt the latter's body stick to her face, as if he wanted to give her a hug.

" Ko ... ro? "

" You said you had no friends. " Gildarts remarked, finally leaving. " And yet, you have one right next to you! Someone who loves you and who appreciates the person that you are and that you will become even by changing your mentality. "

Barely able to lift his face, Seryu began to stare at him, before yelling at him.

" Where are you going ? Why don't you eliminated me? "

" Hum? For me, I did more than eliminated you! I just taught you a lesson! And I give you the opportunity to show me that you understood it! Get up, help your team and then come back to me to fight! This time, I will fight you seriously and I will eliminate you. "

" Grrrr! You take pity on me, is that it? Why are you doing this? You have nothing to gain in all of this! And even if, by a miracle, I won the right to have these magic balls, I would not be what wish to make! In the end, I discovered my biggest problem: I'm afraid to live. "

" We all have something to protect or to wish for. " Gildarts retorted, now facing him. " Whether it's you or me, we want the good of people who are dear to us! Do you want to show the world that you are ready to change? In that case, if you win, all you have to do is ask for all the innocents you killed to come back to life. "

Surprised by his idea, Seryu was silent for a moment, while Gildarts spoke the same words as Mojito.

" Why are you doing this for me? We don't even know each other. "

" Because I have already met several people like you! People being lost, not knowing where to go or where to turn! Seryu, don't give up on your dreams! And if you really want that much to leave this world while being convinced that you don't belong there, you just have to come with me. "

Stunned by what he had just said, Seryu let him continue, while asserting.

" By letting you accompany me, I do not promise to be able to help you achieve your dreams or to be sure to be able to make you stronger and not even to succeed in making you understand the true meaning of justice! However, I promise you that in Fairy Tail, you can find people who want to be your friends, if you turn to them and manage to remove the darkness that fouls your soul! Seryu, none of us will use you, this is what I promise. "

Leaving for good, he left the girl on the ground, adding.

" If we manage to meet again, try to tell me what you plan to do! If you want to change and I win this tournament, I wouldn't hesitate to resuscitate you. "

Still on the ground, Seryu just watched him go. Then, finally, her gaze turned to the stands, where she saw Mojito watching her. The angel's face was stoic. However, Seryu was certain to see a hint of disappointment in it: Seryu had betrayed his expectations and she knew it very well.

Clenching her fist, she then ends up sobbing, while declaring.

" I started over ! I have become a monster again. "


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