Real and Fake

"Lucy-san? Happy? Why are you here?" Nathan asked with a slightly surprised expression because he thinks the one who should come is Gray and Erza first.

"We are both looking for one of the members of Eisenwald who escaped, Erza thought she was heading in the direction of Erigor. So she asked us" Lucy bitterly answered.

"Aye"

Nathan dumbfounded after hearing the two of them explain. Do they both think that if they find Erigor, they can catch him? current Lucy is very weak, in addition, Happy who can only use Aera to escape. Even though the two of them worked together it was impossible they could defeat Erigor.

It seems Erza is still mistaken with Lucy's exaggerated ability.

"More importantly, brat, did you kill that guy Kageyama?" Lucy pointed at the corpse of the man sitting on the wall. His body was smeared with fresh blood, from the looks of it, Lucy knew it hadn't been long since he died

Although the killing in this world is not taboo, this is the first time Lucy has seen a bloodstained corpse. So, the face she showed currently was horrible.

"No, no ... I don't know the name of the killer, but I know he is a member of Eisenwald. His has a short height and his body is fat, he was the who kill Kageyama"

"That's the person we're looking for Lucy," Happy said.

"Unbelievable! how could they kill their own friend!"

Fairy Tail places great emphasis on friendship, they never tolerate hurting each other. They are sad together, happy together and even look for the problems together. Although the number of Fairy Tail members is not as much as the number of other guilds, they are very solid and united, better than any other guilds.

Though they are rather barbaric, messy and never pay attention to the warnings of the Magic Council, they sure have high morals and kind heart peoples. All that makes its members love their own guilds.

Likewise, that also felt by Nathan. He really loves Fairy Tail as he loves himself. Although there are several reasons why he always has to act discreetly.

Loving something does not mean always having to show it openly. There are many ways to express one's love for something that is loved.

"Well, they are from the Dark Guild, they attach more importance to profits than friendship..."

They even assassinate innocent people in order to get money because they think killing is the fastest way to get money. Which is why the Magic Council removes Eisenwald from the list of legal guilds. Even after their Guild Master was arrested, they still did that kind of deeds.

Like Eisenwald who despised the legal guild, he was also more despised the Dark Guild.

He didn't feel the slightest bit guilty when killing Kageyama, because he was sure Kageyama as a member of the Dark Guild did not only once or twice kill innocent peoples, for them killing peoples was like cutting grass.

In exactly way, he hated the mage who worked as assassins. When he lived in the palace, he did not meet with assassin once or twice. They even killed the palace servants in order to approach him and tried to kill him with any cost. His existence is a threat either to non-fraction of the royal family or other kingdoms.

There was a time when he suffered a serious injury due to being assaulted by many assassins when he was around 6 years old. That made him had a coma for several months. Even when he was still unconscious, the assassin still came like a mosquito. Luckily there are still many caliber mages from the royal family to stop assassination...

After he got used to the assassin's infiltration, that's where he realized that being a prince was not as blissful as he thought. He even once hoped that he was reincarnated again as an ordinary mage from a small town.

Therefore, he did not dare to take a breath when he practiced the Eye of Horus magic. He needs to be stronger to protect himself and is strong enough to control his own destiny.

"Let's go Lucy-san, Happy!"

"Em"

"Aye"

As the trio went away, before leaving, Nathan turned around as he looks at the wall behind Kageyama's corpse for a moment, he smirked as he secretly made a shadow that formed a small shadow snake as it immediately parted from Nathan's shadow.

When he arrived at the station's lobby, they saw Erza and Gray looking anxious as if they were waiting for something.

"Erza, is there something wrong?" Lucy cautiously asked.

Hearing the familiar voice, Erza and Gray reflexively looked towards the trio who had just arrived, "Oh you three, did there's any of you meet Kageyama?" Erza asked firmly but there is a glimpse of anxiety from her firmness.

Lucy and Happy simultaneously turned to Nathan, because only he was fighting against Kageyama before they both arrived and saw Kageyama's corpse.

Of course, Erza realized the gesture they were given, she turned to look at this young boy, "Nathan? Did you see him?"

"He died"

"What!!?"

"He died by his own friend, you remember the person who ran away when you interrogated one of the Eisenwald members, he was the one who killed his own friend!" Lucy explained with a regret face.

"Despicable!! they are even willing to sacrifice their own friends for the sake of their crazy ambitions!!" Erza furiously said.

"What's up Gray? Aren't you looking for Erigor?" Lucy found out to Gray who also looked restless.

"About that, we can't get out of this station. Erigor makes a big Wind Wall using his magic covering the entire station to keep us from blocking his idiotic plan."

"Idiotic plan? Doesn't he want to kill all the people in this station?"

"No! his real target is actually in Clover Town, where the Guild Masters meet"

"What!!? Erigor wants to kill the Guild Masters? Is he crazy!!?"

Erza composed herself down as she solemnly said, "He has a Lullaby, a powerful dark curse magic belonging to the Great Dark Mage Zeref, that's why he dares to do that. We have to stop him. Firstly we need to get out of here but Kageyama is our last alternative to get out of the Wind Wall. Unfortunately, he actually died "

"Lullaby ..." they felt a chill sent down their spine as they imagined that scary thing.

Even though they had never seen it in person nor experienced it, at least they had heard the Lullaby's narration from Lucy's mouth. A flute that emits a beautiful melody, but anyone who hears it will not escape death.

It was really terrifying magic, they didn't dare imagine what would happen if the Guild Masters heard the Lullaby's melody.

"Lullaby? Do you mean this?"

The young man pulled out a flute that was exactly what Natsu had described when he glimpsed it in Kageyama's bag which had fallen due to a sudden train stop.

"L-Lu-Lullaby?" the four of them shouted together as they were alarmed seeing the object in Nathan's hands.

"Nathan, how is that in your hands!!?" Lucy is the one who first bursting her own 'cousin'.

Erza remembered clearly that she saw the Lullaby in Erigor's hands before he left the station. At that time Nathan was not there to prevent Erigor's departure from the station. How could it end in Nathan's hands?

Nathan tilted his head, he asked as if he didn't understand what made them so overhyping, "Do you mean this toy?" he shook Lullaby like an ordinary toy.

Toy? they dumbstruck hear Nathan call that dangerous thing a toy. That is Lullaby!!! Lullaby, a terrible dark curse magic that has been sealed in hundreds of years. Even S-Class Mage like Erza did not dare to underestimate it.

Does he not know anything about Lullaby? they were amazed by his innocence.

"I bought it at a Magic Store in Magnolia, it's cheap too" he innocently laughed, "do you want to listen to me play it?" he put the flute in his small lips.

"Stop!!!" they united screaming in panic.

"What's wrong with you all?"

You are the one who what's wrong!! they cursed together in their minds.

"You bought it from the Magic Store? Not from Erigor?"

"Erigor? He also bought this toy?"

"..."

Nathan lit up his eyes as he guessed, "Don't tell me you chased Erigor just for the sake of this toy?" he gave a strange expression to Lucy and the others, "I saw two like this in that Magic Store, why don't you tell me first if you want it? only amounts 5000 jewels"

"..." everyone, you sure have a lot of money.

"Don't tell me that the thing in Erigor's hand is the same as Nathan's?" Lucy doesn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Oh, that uncle in the store also warned me not to abuse this item! The effect produced by this flute is only to calm people's minds, and can even sleep for those who have a weak mentality"

"He also told of many cases that intentionally linked this flute with the legendary dark curse to frighten a person, then weaken the mentality of that person and finally take the advantage of that person"

So, it was simply a deed of the swindler.

"Erza ..." Gray hesitantly turned to Erza, after all, in the end, it was Erza who decided everything.

After thinking about all the possibilities that existed, Erza sighed and said, "We are not sure that it is a genuine or fake Lullaby. For that, better if we go to Clover Town to catch up with that lunatic! when the time comes we can confirm the truth"

The others nodded in agreement with Erza's wise decision. Nathan smiled, in his heart, he admired Erza who was wise in making decisions. Not shaky with just one information.

Actually, everything Nathan said was true, except for Lullaby in his hand.

The flute in his hand was the real Lullaby, he had used it when he killed Kageyama. Whereas what was in Erigor's hands was the fake one, which had been exchanged during Nathan and Kageyama's meeting on the train.

He did buy that fake item at the Magic Store at Magnolia.

Originally, the Lullaby is just a common magic item, kind of flute in the shape of a three-eyed skull head. which its effects have been developed by the Dark Witch Zeref. It means that before the Lullaby was developed by Zeref, it was just an ordinary magic item that had been widely traded in various Magic Stores.

It's just that Lullaby in his hand is that developed Lullaby. Zeref does change its effect but does not change its shape.

Erigor is still unaware of the fact that the Lullaby in his hand is a fake. The effect of the real Lullaby was the real deal, There's no way he would dare to test it first as he doesn't know the consequences for himself either. Of course, it's different if the subject test is the Guild Masters.

Thinking about Erigor, Nathan smirked and shook his head.

He only delivers himself to the wolves' den.