149 Acting

Royal Palace, as the center of Edolas and the home of the king, the defense in this place could be said to be the tightest defense, and strongest soldiers in the entire world in Edolas.

There were many soldiers patrolling around the Royal Palace with very serious expressions and when a bird was about to enter the palace, it was shot directly, showing how disciplined they were.

As long as it was stranger, they wouldn't let anyone enter this place, even if it was an animal.

As the soldiers of Edolas, these people were proud and happy, because under the leadership of their great king, the magic power which was about to disappear was about restored, especially when they were able to see a huge Lacrima which was located on the floating island on the top of them.

That huge Lacrima was their Magic Power and they could use it for their entire life without worrying about anything.

It was also because of this reason that they worshipped their king, and felt that they were lucky to be within the army of this country, but they didn't know that those huge Lacrimas which were collected by the king were made from the lives of a lot of Magicians in Earthland which meant, when they used the huge Lacrimas for their own uses, that meant they deprived the life of those magicians that had been transformed into huge Lacrimas.

When those soldiers were patrolling, they saw four figures which were about to enter the Royal Palace. They quickly became tense and were about to shout at them to stop, however, their mouths stopped since they saw Erza Knightwalker.

"Captain Erza!"

They saw that Erza was walking along with three people. They didn't know about two people who were walking beside Erza, however, their eyes were wide open and they couldn't close their mouths.

"What is your gawking voice?"

His voice reverberated and everyone could sense the irritation and anger in his voice.

"Open the gate for me!"

His majestic voice caused their bodies to become tense and followed him unconditionally since the people that they saw in front of them were their King, Faust!

At this moment, the King had lost his usual expensive clothes and robe. His appearance was very dirty, haggard, there were a lot of wounds from his body, however, it couldn't erase the majestic aura which caused everyone to bow down before him.

"King Faust!"

Everyone was startled and then their expression turned to worry when they saw their King's condition. They hurriedly opened the gate and quickly welcomed him, but then some of them quickly realized something strange since they knew that their King, Faust, was at the hall of the palace.

"What have you been doing? The country didn't raise all of you as a waste! You can't even protect me and you can't even tell the fake and the real? Hurry up and catch the faker!"

He roared loudly, causing everyone to flinch, but in that instant their hearts were roaring.

"Faker?!"

Then they quickly realized that the king within the hall was the real thing.

Bourne at the time had altered his appearance to Faust using his "water magic." He was confident in his ability since the people in this world couldn't even use a magic and it was very easy to fool all of them. He then looked at Erza, who had been quiet and couldn't help but grab her butts forcefully, telling her to act.

"!!!"

Erza gritted her teeth and there was a blush on her face. Her expression turned fierce and shouted. "HURRY UP AND CATCH THE FAKE KING!"

When Erza also roared, no one doubted the identity of the King Faust in front of them and they quickly thought that it might be that Erza had realized the fake identity of the King Faust who was at the hall and secretly helped him.

They didn't have a doubt anymore and gathered around Bourne who had disguised himself as King Faust.

"Let's go! Let's catch that faker!" Bourne shouted.

"Yes, King!"

Everyone shouted loudly at the same time.

Gajeel and Erik, who had been standing behind Bourne at the time, only opened their mouths wide at the actions of their boss, but at the same time, they couldn't help but grin and laughed very hard, but their action didn't cause the attention of every soldier in this place since all of them were about to catch the faker that had pretended to be King!

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At the same time, in the Royal Palace, as the King of Edolas, Faust was discussing something with the ministers and the captain of the army about.

In this hall, everyone had planned to use the huge Lacrima to destroy Extalia, the home of Exceeds in this world.

King Faust had enough of Exceed to control this world and he wanted for humans to dominate this world, instead of a group of flying cats.

However, when they discussed this with each other, they heard a loud noise from the outside.

"What's happening?" Faust frowned and was quite displeased by the noise.

"Let me check what is happening, King."

One of the ministers offered, however, the door of the hall was kicked open loudly.

*BAAM!*

"Faker! Get down from the throne!"

"Catch that faker!"

A group of soldiers quickly entered and they quickly surrounded King Faust who was inside the hall.

"....."

Everyone inside the hall had a confused expression since they didn't know what was happening and why all the soldiers became agitated.

Faust also felt the same, however, when he was caught by the soldiers, he quickly awoke and roared, "WHAT ARE YOU FOOL DOING?!"

Everyone in the hall also realized that there was something wrong, but suddenly everyone stopped when they saw another King Faust walking into the hall, but with a haggard expression.

"Faker, you sure have fun playing as a king in this kingdom, huh?"

Bourne, who was playing the role of Faust, was very furious and everyone could tell that he was like a volcano which was about to explode.

"..."

Everyone was at a loss and they weren't sure what to do.

The real King Faust was stunned before realized something. "Faker? You dare to call me Faker? You're the fake one?"

"Hmph! You sure are very good at acting, huh? I can see that everyone is following your order like an obident dog." Bourne snorted and said, "Let me show everyone your real face!" He raised his staff and hit the real King Faust with a beam!

"What?!'

King Faust didn't expect to be hit directly and raised his hands to protect himself.

*Crack!*

The sound of crack was heard then the appearance of King Faust started to change, turning into another person.

"!!!!"

The ministers and the captains of the army were startled when they saw the appearance of King Faust changed into someone else.

Bourne changed the appearance of King Faust to Gray Fullbuster using his illusion magic.

"Catch him."

With that single sentence, no one hesitated and caught the real King Faust as soon as possible!

"....."

Erza only watched the scene with a stunned expression and didn't wake up until her butts were grabbed once again.

"Let's go."

'This bastard!!'

Erza blushed and followed him, thinking that this guy was such a bully!