User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 395: Tartarus Arc - Part 5: Extreme Pain, Review./@comment-24102956-20140803172555/@comment-24800928-20140803190456

I guess its because since Fairy Tail always has trouble with the council, there not thought as their allies and therefore not good guys either. they may be seen as an enemy or a problem every once and a while but they're still good guys. Also with the stakes so high and Doranbolt on their side, the council has been working with FT and CS (especially now since they're all dead except for Doranbolt :D). I mean Lahar could have cracked down and rearrested Jellal, knowing damn well he wasn't Mystogen, but he didn't (although he had no proof. they both look exactly alike :P).