User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 365: Fairy in the Jail!, Review and Commentary/@comment-3424593-20131228205645/@comment-4999650-20131228205831

Doranbolt ill-willingly let him go in exchange of the information. However, Jellal was instated by Doranbolt for unknown reasons, probably to keep them on a leash of some sorts :P