User blog comment:LordLuminous/Fairy Tail 491: Mother and Child Review/@comment-7418318-20160628070958/@comment-1359322-20160629130615

I don't consider that being in the clutches of the empire at all. No one from the empire besides Brandish knew about it. That's like saying Marin trying to kill Brandish = Alvarez trying to kill Brandish.