Chapter 129

Even so, I... is the one hundred and twenty-ninth chapter of Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail.

Full Summary
One week after the Fantasia Parade, everyone was shocked to hear of Laxus’s excommunication, but Natsu has a more radical reaction. He continues to scream at Makarov about it. Erza tries to make him stop, but Natsu won’t hear of it. Lucy narrates that Makarov tried to leave and take responsible for Laxus's action, even though everyone is against it, but it is Freed who convinces him too stay. The Raijinshuu’s attitude has changed too. The three are friendlier to the guild, and more open up. Meanwhile, Erza has been staying alone, and thinking about the situation with Mystogan. She asks the master for information, which unfortunately he doesn’t have. But that still leaves Lucy with a problem of her own: with Erza winning the Miss Fairy Tail contest, she still can't pay her rent. However, Natsu is ready to go one a job, a reaction that makes Lucy cry in joy. A man appears behind Lucy and she gets the feeling she is being watched. Natsu and Happy quickly attribute this to her being overly self conscious. Lucy ignores them and went home to get ready for the job. On her way home, Lucy gets the feeling again. This time it’s not just a feeling: she is being followed by a caped man. She tried to run for it, but the man catches up to her and reveals he is none other than her Dad. In an ironic twist of fate we learn that he has lost everything, and the man who he used to be is now no more. Lucy’s only concern is her mother’s grave, but her father took care of that. She moved her in another location, one he discloses with Lucy. The events seem so impossible to him that he believes it is all laughable. Lucy impatiently asks why he is in town, to which he replies that he came to see his daughter. He also states that he is trying to start everything form the beginning, so ask Lucy for 100,000 jewels to go there. When Lucy answers she doesn’t have that kind of money, he snaps, and shouts at her to give the money. Lucy then reminds him of the time she returned home, and told him she has nothing to do with his wealth and fortune. She advises he do the same, and orders him to leave, heartbroken. The next day, the group is ready to undertake a mission with a big reward. Lucy however, hears of the recent events in Acalypha (where her father is directed) and demanded to know where Acalypha is located. She rushes there, worried of her father. Acalypha is being held prisoner by the Dark Guild Naked Mummy...

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