A day had passed since the destruction of the Eclipse Gate the Maginium that it was previously composed of was scattered around the crater of the small plateau.
Arcadios, The Princess, and King were all currently being scolded by Doranbolt of the Rune Knights for their stupidity for dabbling into Zeref's book.
Citrine was wearing a soldier's uniform that Arcadios had provided him allowing him to move around the area without raising too many questions. He had also since concealed his wings and resealed his power but at this time he had sat back watching the commotion with a little smirk.
Doranbolt left the area in a huff
Citrine deciding now would be a good time to ask the royals in attendance, said what was on his mind "So this Maginium that is now in ruins... Would you be upset if some of it went missing?"
Arcadios and the Princess both responded in unison "Not at all"
However the King responded with "What! That stuff is expensive!"
Citrine chuckled at the Kings response, but he knew the 3 of them wouldn't really oppose his request to take some knowing what he had done and was capable of... None the less he decided to sweeten the pot.
"How about I use magic to restore a large portion of the city that the Dragons destroyed? I'm sure that should cover the costs of the Maginium" he said with a grin.
The King didn't even hesitate with his response "It's all yours!" as he quickly turned and ran from the area, rubbing his stubby little hands together in glee as he counted the money saved in his head.
Citrine strolled over to the ruined gate and looked a chunk which was roughly 5 meters in height by 1 meter in length and width. "This piece should be plenty" he said placing his right hand on the frame and with a small fizzle the section vanished.
"What did you do?" Princess Hisui asked, she had observed Citrine's action after becoming instantly bored since the King's last response.
"I moved that section of the gate into a personal dimension, I'll play with it when I get some free time, but for now it is at least out-of-the-way" Citrine responded
"Well, time to restore some of the city that my idiot brethren destroyed." in saying this Citrine scanned his purple eyes across the city trying to find his new acquaintance with the perfect magic to do it. After a bit of sifting through the piles of wizards in town he spotted the unique magical essence he was looking for in the distance.
"I'll be off, should be all sorted in an hour or so" Citrine stated as he began to walk in the direction of the energy.
"Wait? An hour or so?!" Arcadios piped up "What are you going to be able to do in 1 hour?"
"You'll know it when you see it" Citrine exclaimed as he walked off, giving a wave dismissively.
About 30 minutes later as he really wasn't in any rush, he reached the residence with the magical essence inside; he could see it clearly on the second floor through the side wall.
As he entered the establishment he didn't get far in before being threatened by 2 startled wizards who were not expecting any guests.
"Who are you, what do you think you're doing here?" The Man asked with urgency.
The Woman in the room stared at the unexpected guest but at this stage what she was more concerned about was his dress attire which just happened to consist of the Fiore soldiers uniform Arcadios gave him.
Citrine had realised this as soon as the wizards confronted him... but alas hindsight's a bitch.
"Wait I'm not a guard, I just stole the uniform to get around the city more easily" Citrine said hoping to defuse the situation as it was in everyone's best interest.
"What's your name?" The Woman asked defensively.
"Citrine, I have come to speak to the other woman here"
"There isn't anyone else here" The Man quickly stated before adding "I don't know who you are, but I think you should leave"
"Wait Jellal!" The Woman said in a slight panic ensuring the volume wasn't enough to leave the house.
"Why would you use my name Meredy!?" Jellal quickly snapped back.
"What! You just used my name!" Meredy responded with a hint of anger.
Meanwhile Citrine stood still with his hands raised in the air as he observed the infighting, a large teardrop forming.
"Um... Sorry to break up the lovers' quarrel, but I wouldn't mind talking to the Time Wizard now..."
Jellal's eyes widened in surprise, when the soldier in front of him casually mentioned Ultear's Magic.
"That's what I was trying to tell you Jellal, this is the person who saved Ultear's Life!" Meredy stated trying to bring Jellal up to speed.
"What this guy?" Jellal pointed at Citrine with a look of heavy scepticism.
Citrine let out a sigh and started removing the plating covering his right arm. "Maybe this will convince you"
Citrine paused briefly before his eyes turned yellow and as if chanting in his mind 'right arm release 2%' his arm became engulfed in a green flame, white lightning crackled along the surface of his arm. Soon the green fire subsided to show Citrine's new arm, it was covered in thick very clearly defined yellow scales leading up to a claw which now replaced his hand.
Both Jellal and Meredy stared at him in confusion, Jellal could only think about how Sting and Rogue were able to activate Dragon Force through willpower alone.
"Wait what the hell is this? Ultear didn't say anything about this" Meredy exclaimed
"Are you a Dragon Slayer? Wait... This magic..." Jellal added.
"Oh she didn't tell you?... Actually, now that I think about it... I never actually told her I was a Dragon" Citrine let out a small laugh at the whole situation.
Meredy almost went into shock after hearing Citrine's words, Jellal kept the majority of his wits as he was more concerned by the magic's feeling. However, before Jellal could open his mouth to ask any questions, Ultear raced down the stairs as fast as she could into the room.
"ZEREF!" she exclaimed as she entered the room ready for war.
"Wait?! You know Zeref?!" Citrine responded to the group.
"EHHHH!?" almost all four of them exclaimed in unison.
