User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 465: 400 Years, Review and Commentary/@comment-25334245-20151207125618/@comment-9595671-20151207202347

Then that means Layla was preparing things and retiring because she knew she'd die of her own actions...

Well good news is that shows Lucy may not have some genetic thing that'll make her die early like her parents. I still think Jude died over the stress starting with Layla's death to the Tenrou incident.

I do wonder... does that mean she hoped Lucy would one day find Natsu or one of the Dragon Slayers?