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Unconsciously, there were tears streaming down her face, Rae held back a sob in her throat. "If that's true, why us? Why is this happening to us? What did we ever do in our first life to be cursed this way? I'm sure deep down we have regretted our sin so why must we bear this curse?" How strange it was, although she didn't have any clue what the clone was talking about, Rae felt a heavy pain in her heart as if she had been stabbed on every inch of her chest. "And even if we sinned, why must they pay the price as well? My sister—my child—"

"Haruka." The other fragment of Rae King's soul pronounced the word slowly, each letter had her lips smiled softly. "Although there's no blood ties, we really love her as our own and each life, we failed to save her sister and each life, we failed to see her growing up during those 7 years in Tenrou."

Rae cried even more. "But couldn't we change things? You said, we had foreseen this—"

"That's a part of the curse. We can foresee it but we shall not do anything to change it—"

"There must be a way!"

The other Rae gripped her arms tightly to look at her in the eyes. "What do you think we have been doing for centuries?! Each timeline we tried to find a solution but everything ended up with deaths. If we do not follow the curse, it will devour everyone alive and everybody dies!" Her eyes were red. "Like those years we spent in Tenrou, we tried to not go there to avoid Acnologia but then he went to Fiore as the compensation! He killed everyone! We can't escape the curse and we don't even know what is the curse exactly! We don't even have any clue of what we have sinned!"

"Century by century, we have tried everything, we tried to live in a forest quietly without meeting anyone, yet Fiore still had its destruction. We tried to die but it didn't work. Everything was futile, it was a never ending circle—"

"But you said earlier, I wasn't supposed to be found by Fairy Tail yet—is that something happening in all timelines?"

"No. It's the first change that happens but the curse would find its way to—"

Rae had her breath stammered. "Then, there's a chance to end this curs—"

"Weren't you listening—"

"I was! But there must be some thing! I know there will be a way. Even if we fail this time and live for another life—we'll change our plan again. We will keep trying. Even if we meet same people again, we will love them wholeheartedly." Rae had heard bits of stories about her 'betrayal' during the war against Zeref from Gray and stories of how distant she was when she first joined Fairy Tail. She understood all of it very well now. The reason why the past Rae King avoided Gray.

Her clone smiled sadly. "He still loves us?"

Rae nodded.

"Out of all things happened, he still loves us in every timeline. Both of them."

"Jellal?"

She raised her hand to touch Rae's cheek. "The time is up now."

"Wait—I still have a lot to—"

"Farewell, Blaire Heartfilia."

"Don't go!" Rae suddenly jolted and got up immediately from the lying position, her hand quickly touched her chest where the pain was killing her a few moments ago. It didn't hurt anymore but the arms that were tightly hugging her definitely hurt her. No doubt it was Lucy and Haruka however, she didn't expect Erza would join them as well. The three of them fell on the bed ontop of her and Rae let out a groan, that was a lot of damage. Is this something happening in every timeline as well? But now she sure knew that this timeline was different than others.