Chapter 330

【"In front of me, only marriage could preserve that kingdom."】

【Next, Irene began her own narration.】

【From the background of the era, why she married, all the way to being imprisoned by that general.】

【Even to protect the child in her womb, she went crazy dragonified.】

【After killing the general, she hid in the deep mountains in the form of a dragon.】

【Until four hundred years later,】

【She met Zeref and successfully turned back into a human form.】

【But, such a change was just a change in external form.】

【Irene's inner self was still a giant dragon.】

【Because of this, she couldn't sleep, nor could she feel the taste of food.】

【This mental torture was making Irene fall into madness at all times.】

【Finally, one day, Irene could no longer endure this dragon body.】

【The extreme thoughts that had already been tortured made her set her sights on the child in her womb.】

【Using additional magic, she transferred her personality to the child.】

【This way, she could gain a new life!】

【Thus, Irene gave birth to the child who had been sealed in her womb for more than four hundred years.】

【That child was Erza.】

【Just at the moment Irene was about to take action.】

【She couldn't bear to take action no matter what.】

【"Perhaps... it's because you smiled back then?"】

【Irene's voice was full of self-mockery.】

【"That smile made my heart ache and made me tremble; I found that even extreme thoughts were not worth mentioning in front of your smile."】

【"So... for fear that I would really not be able to bear it one day and take action against you, I chose to abandon you in that village."】

【"Before that, I had inquired that the folk customs of that village were very simple; I thought... you could grow up healthily in that village, but... I didn't expect that you would lose your trace later."】

【"I once thought that you had encountered misfortune."】

【"But, I didn't expect that I would be lucky enough to see your figure again."】

【Inside the meeting room of the Spriggan 12, Irene wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes.】

【"Until not long ago, because of the sky screen, my body finally returned to normal, but... I know all this cannot be saved."】

【"Perhaps, only when those extreme thoughts were cured did I know what a wrong decision I had made back then."】

【"And precisely because of this, I have never dared to clarify this matter, and it may also be my cowardice."】

【"In short! I don't expect to get your forgiveness, but... if possible, can you let me love you again? Erza..."】