As Jenny was in a her own guild Blye Pegasus and different location most of the time, as tech mages they created a device similar to a smart phone of his previous life. This enabled them to contact each other at all times.
Jenny was away as usual today, and Ace was ready to finally resurrect Aceto and maybe Kyoka too.
He was conflicted with his feelings. As Aceto was Velveno’s love, he too felt his love for her. Seilah was in love with Kyoka, so he felt that too. And Jenny was his love, so in essence he was in love with 3 people, even though 2 of them won’t recognize him.
Over the many days, he realized that the magic he copied from Rustyrose and Uosuko hadn’t faded away as they usually would, and in fact they seemed to be permanent.
This enabled him to literally change reality within a certain area, and so he created a secret lab beneath his house that he build together with Jenny.
Aceto and Kyoka lay on two tables, awaiting resurrection.
Using Seilah’s [Macro] curse, he reanimated Hades’ body and got it to cast a resurrection spell on Aceto.
Usually, a resurrection spell can work if the person had just died.
Ace had used Ultear’s [Restore] time spell to restore Aceto’s body to the state she was in when she was fully healthy and alive.
Aceto started moaning before her eyes suddenly opened.
She screamed, looking at Hades standing over her. Ace had already transformed to his Velveno guise
“Don’t be afraid. It’s me” Velveno said hugging Aceto.
She continued screaming like a mad banshee, her pretty face distorted and her body writhing like she was possessed.
She clawed and bit him and had a crazy look in her eyes. She didn't say a single coherent word, only screaming like an animal.
He suddenly realized that she suffered the aftereffects of being brutally raped and killed.
As Velveno, he stayed with her for half a day. He calmed her down by using [Macro], so she sat still like a puppet.
Ace sighed. He knew part of him loved her, but this was not the Aceto he remembered.
Using the [Macro] curse, he put her to sleep and brought her away from there.
He transported himself to Porlyusica’s house, carrying Aceto in his arms.
By coincidence, Makarof was there visiting at the same time. He was not older, in a wheelchair and Porlyusica was nagging him as usual. In fact, they looked like an old married couple.
As he approached, Porlyusica suddenly shouted at him.
“Who… stay back! Don’t come any closer” she shouted.
“Wait! It’s me, Ace! I’m a member of Fairy Tail” Ace yelled back as he stood where he was.
“It’s Ace! He’s one of my new children, Porlyusica” Makarof said in defense of Ace.
“He’s not what he seems to be. There is something wrong with him” she said, looking at him fiercely.
Ace sighed and put Aceto gently on the ground.
He got on his knees and bowed till his head touched the ground.
“What.. what are you doing Ace?” asked Makarof
“Please take care of her master. I… I may have made a mistake bringing her back to life” he admitted.
“You what? You brought her back to life? That is very dark magic” said Porlyusica.
“What have you done boy?” asked Makarof
“I will give a full account to you, guildmaster Gildarts and the guild when I get back. I… I’m sorry” Ace said sadly as tears rolled down his eyes.
Then he suddenly got up and disappeared.
Porlyusica rushed to Aceto’s body and found that she had only been sleeping. However, within moments, she woke up and started screaming again.
“This… this really is a dead girl brought back to life. I can sense several magics on her body. How did he do this?” Porlyusica asked.
“I don’t know. He is a requip mage, who invents machines. How can he cast resurrection spells?” Makarof asked out loud.
“I think he’s much more than that. Did you see that teleport spell? He also has the smell of a demon on him” Porlyusica said.
Makarof was stunned. Was that why Natsu said he smelled something different about Ace? What about Jenny? Was she somehow affected too?
Porlyusica managed to calm Aceto down. It took her two days of treatment before Aceto started behaving normally.
She literally came back to life, albeit without memories of her past life. Porlyusica decided to take care of her, teaching her and letting her assist around her house.
In the meantime, Makarof had returned to the guild and informed Gildarts. They had a meeting with all the S class mages, which included Natsu, Gray, Gajeel, Juvia, Kana, Laxus, Mirajane and Erza, and informed them that they were looking for Ace, but keep it low key.
“Ace said that he would be away for two months at least, but it was a personal mission” Mirajane said.
“Two months? What could he be doing?” asked Gray
“Natsu. When you said you smelled something different about Ace, did you smell a demon?” asked Makarof
“Yes. Yes! A demon. In fact, I remember who it is. It’s that Tartaros demon Seilah!” Natsu answered.
“Seilah! Impossible!” echoed Mirajane in shock.
"Look for him, everyone" ordered Gildarts.
They immediately started searching for him. Their closely allied guilds, namely Mermaid Heel, Blue Pegasus, Sabretooth, Lamia Scale and even Crime Sorciere were informed as well.
Jenny was crying in the Blue Pegasus guild. Hibiki tried to comfort her, but he was rejected.
She had tried to contact him over their device. But he only messaged her “Whatever happens, I will always love you. I will come back for you” it said.
Meanwhile, at Hargeon town, a cloaked figure was walking out of his inn and was headed for the ship to go to the Alvarez Empire.
He sensed that he was being followed, so he walked into a dead end alley.
“Can I help you?” Ace asked, removing his cloak.
“Several of our guilds are looking for you. Could you please follow me back peacefully? Or would you like to fight first?” asked Rufus of Sabretooth arrogantly.
“Rufus, huh. You think you’ve memorized my magic eh?” asked Ace with a sly smile.
“Undoubtedly your requip magic is no match for me” Rufus answered.
“Then sleep” ordered Ace using his [Macro] curse. Rufus was caught unprepared and fell asleep. Ace copied his powers using [Magic Drain]
Right now, he realized that as long as he willed it, he had retained Uosuke’s [Terrain Effect] magic as well as Rustyrose’s [Arc of Embodiment] magic indefinitely. Adding Rufus’ [Memory Make] would make his magic really seem like he was controlling reality.
He put his cloak back on and boarded the ship. Unknown to him, someone else boarded the ship to follow him as well.
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