Chapter 19- The Magic Council
Meanwhile the fairies were engaged in battle, the Magic Council continued their daily deliberations unaware of the danger that burdened Fairy Tail.
"She shouldn't be in the guild under any circumstances, what makes you trust her!?" Laxus questioned Makarov.
"She has a sister she cares about more than anything, her life was built on protecting her family. Why would she jeopardise that Laxus?" Makarov said sternly.
"Perhaps we shouldn't have been so lenient so soon, that may have been the cause of the following break outs." Freed added,
"I don't know why you voted to let her out to begin with. They are reckless. They are bound to spiral more trouble." Inputted Kagura.
"Sorano 'Angel' Aguria is under the watch of Gildarts. He is a very capable wizard-" began Makarov,
"Gildarts' is as reckless and unreliable as we suspect them to be! It will be easy for any of their wrong doings to go unnoticed under his watch." Laxus scowled,
"Could these concerns be spiralling from the fact I didn't appoint you the next master of Fairy Tail, Laxus?!" Makarov frowned,
"We do not need to bring personal issues into our deliberations!" said Lyon Vastia in a tone of authority.
"You'd think of the issue, if it were your Juvia-chan? Lyon." Rufus sneered lifting his hat from in front of his face.
"But it's not my Juvia-chan!" Lyon bellowed,
"What happened to no personal issues?!" Rufus teased,
"Silence!" Commanded Jura.
"No he started it!" yelled Lyon.
"Since when have you started acting so immature!" commented Doranbolt (Mest)
"Since his 'Juvia-chan' was brought into this…" mocked Freed,
"Like you can talk… what if it was the demon Mirajane we were talking about here?" Ultear smirked,
"How did you even end up on the council Ultear? You were the traitor to begin with. Why weren't you arrested like Jellal when they found him with Oracion Seis? You are both guilty of the same sins." Kagura stated,
"Rufus is just as bad as me when it comes to Mira! Don't simply put this on me!" Freed argued with a frantic and red face,
Ultear simply ignored his remark and turned her eyes to the floor.
"I never did atone for my sins…. So do I really have the right to judge others?... Besides, my only reason for returning, was to atone for the sins I had commited." Ultear looked up with glassy eyes. "So, this is my reasoning…. For resigning as member of the Magic Council." Ultear began to exit the room.
"Ultear-chan!" pleaded Eve.
"I don't belong here. I never have. I cannot face those of light, until I atone for my sins and perish the evil within myself. How silly I was to forget that after joining Crim Sorciere when that was our very purpose?" Ultear left the room without another word. Her departure was quite sudden.
"Anyone else?" asked Makarov,
"I believe, I also do not belong here. I cannot peacefully converse without mention of my Juvia-chan who isn't even mine. I do not believe I am an efficient or fitting member of the second reformed magic council. And with that I pronounce, my own resignation!" Lyon Vastia exited in the same manner as Ultear.
"I don't belong in this occupation. I am leaving. I have to return to Raijinshu, they and Fairy Tail are family. And this is a farce!" Freed left red-faced leaving a rune-written note of resignation behind,
That's my child! Thought Makarov secretly.
"I have to agree. This isn't what I signed up for." Grunted Laxus.
"I really don't think I was ready for such a big step up. The Holy Night is out." Eve Tearm proceeded to the exit,
"I do not believe I am fitting for the job description either. I will be returning to Mermaid Heel. Until we meet again, Jura, Makarov, Doranbolt, Rufus…. I will be leaving you, with my word of resignation and hopes that the next members, will lead the magic society successfully, unlike this… 'farce'" And with that Kagura also left.
After a long pause and a continuous silence with only sideways glances between mages, Jura Neekis spoke. "Is that all?"
"That is all, for now."