User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail 522 & 523: Gray's Trump Card & Is Destiny Burning, Review/@comment-31.132.65.54-20170218162605/@comment-31.132.65.54-20170218214507

She did it because she didn't want to be a hindrance for others and she didn't want anyone to stay with her out of pity, it's not like she have done it for her own pleasure. It would be more favorably for her to start a new life without wasting her time on people that don't appreciate it. Even better if she did not have to start a new life, because she had around her people that she could rely on and are there for her when she needs them (like Natsu for Gray). Instead of those that keep leaching on her like a bunch of parasites and when she can't give anything more, they forget she ever existed.

Fun thing. Ultear despite her current situation still managed to provide more help in the fight with Alvarez than most scrubs on Ishgar side.