Jude and Layla Heartfilia were overjoyed that I was able to cure her of her problems. They were hugging each other tightly while crying and smiling at the same time.
After looking at them for a few moments seeing that they are taking too much time Karna coughed a bit to remind them that they were not alone.
Hearing the sound they suddenly turned towards him and remembered that they were not alone and removed their arms from each other.
Coughing a bit Jude tried to regain his composure and started talking
"Thank you, thank you very much for what you have done for us Karna Vermillion. A potion to save a person's life that can also expand a person's lifespan is not found throughout the kingdom according to the doctors we had brought before
So, a potent potion such as the one you used is priceless and we know that all the riches that we have might not be enough to repay the price of the potion and even if we could we cannot give you enough to show the gratitude for saving one of the members of my family
So please tell us what you want us to do for you in return for the favour that you have done for us"
Hearing Jude's words Karna knew the way he should speak
"Actually, the potion was given to me someone who wanted to save your life"
"Save my life, why didn't they come to meet me by themselves" Layla asked a bit intrigued
"The person told me that she had came from the future" Karna said waiting for their reactions
Both of their eyes widened at what they heard and just as Jude was about to speak Karna knew this will lead to a pointless conversation where they might find holes in what he was about to say so he felt like stopping their questions about its validity
"The eclipse gate opening 400 years ago" Karna said which closed Jude's mouth making both him and Layla surprised again, looks like Jude was informed about the Eclipse gate by Layla
"How do you know about that" Layla asked
"The person from the future told me about it she told me that mentioning the gate would give validity to the information I was told by her to tell you"
"Did the person from the future you say of used the eclipse gate to tell you about it" Layla asked
"No, she had used an entirely different method, but she had used the golden zodiac gate keys" Karna replied
Layla took a deep breath, just moments ago she had given her daughter the Aquarius key that she had got from Grammi and seeing that the person from the future had sent medicine to heal her she came to that conclusion
"Is it her" Layla asked without mentioning anyone else
"The one who is supposed to get the ownership of the Aquarius key today" Karna replied, his earlier scan had told him about Layla's weakening, so he knew the chances of her dying today are high, so the chances of Lucy getting her Key today was high.
"Who is he talking about Layla" Jude asked
"It's our daughter, just now I gave her the Key I got from Grammi" Layla said
Jude's eyes widened with realisation. Looking at their expressions Karna knew that his plan worked, now they will believe whatever he will tell about the future
"Lucy Heartfilia from the future had contacted me and gave me the potion so as to change and destroy the future that the current world is heading towards" I said
"Destroying the future" Layla asked surprised
"Yes, according to the information she told me the future the current world is heading towards turned disastrous in a single night approximately two decades later"
"In a single night, but how" Layla asked
"The king of Fiore stored the eclipse gate in case of any future threats. But after two decades his daughter was lied to by someone that the future can only be secured by opening the eclipse gate to the past and stopping Zeref, but the target of the individual was to open the eclipse gate again to 400 years to the past and have 10000 dragon travel to the future to take over the world"
Jude and Layla had expressions that showed how much terrified they are of the future that Karna just told them about
"the time Lucy decided to send this message was when there were only a few individuals including her was left in the world so the decision to change the future and destroy their current world was taken, so please make sure that the King destroys the eclipse gates instead of storing it and inviting a disaster in the future"
Jude and Layla sat in silence after hearing everything that. After a few moments Layla took a deep breath
"We are willing to believe what you said to us young man and since my ancestors' order was to destroy the eclipse gate, we will make sure that the king destroys that device.
But can you tell me why she contacted you and why you trusted her, did she tell you something about the future that made you believe her" Layla questioned
"She did, but what made me completely believe her was something else entirely"
"Why, did she have something personally to do with you in the future"
"She had the fairy tail emblem, that means she is a part of the guild and our family and that's why I trusted everything she said" Karna replied
"She was a member of your guild" Jude asked a bit surprised
"yes, she was" Karna then looked at Jude "from what I learned, after the death of your wife you immersed in business completely to deal with the grief which led to you neglecting your daughter entirely in her childhood"
"I-"Jude wanted to retort but imagining the situation where his wife would had died he was not sure what condition he would be in so he knew the chances of the future that Karna had told about was true
Layla grasped her husband's hand tightly knowing the emotions her husband must be going through right now, she didn't blame him as she knew that grief has a habit of changing a person.
"At the age of 16 she had ran away from home to live by herself and at the age of 19 she became a member of the fairy tail guild, and during the dragon apocalypse that happened in Fiore she became the one of the last known two survivors of the human race in the world" Karna finished
Tears began to flow out of both Jude and Layla's eyes seeing that their negligence is what leads to this in the future
"Did she at least have a happy life in the guild that she stayed in, did she at least meet someone that she loved" Layla asked hoping for an answer
Karna knowing the state future Lucy was in knew what to answer
"She mentioned a dragon slayer Natsu who had passed away in the fight, she told that losing him was what made her decide to change the future completely and she had told that the life she lived in the guild was the best years of her life"
"Thank god" Layla clasped her hands hearing that her daughter at least had a happy life before the tragedy
"Who is this Natsu, is he a member of your guild" Jude asked
"Right now there is only one dragon slayer in our guild and his name is Laxus who is my brother, from Lucy's words Natsu was a member of our guild but there is no one by that name right now so the chances of him being a member of our guild in the future is very high" Karna replied
"Thank you for everything Karna, for what you have done for us right now the Heartfilia family will forever be indebted to you" Layla said
"You can ask for any help as many times as you want, the Heartfilia family will always be there to give you a hand" Jude added from the side
Karna nodded and got up from the chair
"Please keep everything that we discussed right now about the future as a complete secret, it is because of the future knowledge that I had even my partner stay outside with your daughter" Karna said and turned his eyes to the corner of the room "please tell the guest that is currently hiding in this room as well"
"Your S class rank was not for show, you were able to detect her" Jude's and Layla were surprised at my last remark
"She was good but my senses are more powerful than average" Karn said while moving towards the door "and by the way your daughter also told me to warn you that the doll that she used to play with as a child has developed a consciousness and my senses told me that the doll has developed a magical core, make sure to take care of her"
Karna finished and exited the room
Jude and Layla began to take in everything that Karna had said including his last remarks and as they were contemplating, the light in the corner of the room Karna looked to begin to shake a bit and a woman who looked like Layla came from there
Seeing her Layla asked
"What do you think about what the boy said ancestor"
Anna looked at the direction Karna had gone and said
"Before we left we heard about the disappearance of 10000 dragons, but we thought nothing of it because they were more than 100000 dragons during that era"
She then turned towards Layla
"The chances of them finding out the purpose of the eclipse gate and using it are very high and the boy's words can be credible because of something else as well"
"What is it" Layla asked
"Natsu Dragneel was one of the 5 dragonslayers that travelled to the future with me and since it has only been a few days since he came to this world and was separated from me, the chances of that boy Karna acquiring information about Natsu can be credited to him getting knowledge from the future"
Anna's eyes softened a bit
"If the future the boy told before the eclipse gate and the dragon apocalypse happens, you don't need to worry about Natsu, from what I know he is a kind boy who always protects his friends"
Jude and Layla looked at each other, since now the future has been changed, they had no idea whether their daughter will go to fairy tail guild or not
Anna then started speaking again
"And that boy Karna was also interesting"
"Why is that" Jude asked
"His magic was the closest I can say to true magic and to acquire that at such a young age shows immeasurable potential in the future, not even the wizards 400years ago came close to his potential" said Anna while thinking about a dark robed wizard
As they were speaking, they heard a child rushing and Anna used her magic to disappear again
"Mommy, mommy the wizard told me you are not sick anymore" Lucy started shouting when she reached the room
"haha" Layla gently laughed and picked Lucy up
"Yes, that wizard used his magic and cured me"
"really"
"yes"
"that's so cool"
"Momma, is Cana sis and that Karna wizard who cured you strong wizards?"
"Yes, they are they are from the fairy tail guild" Layla answered her
"Really, then when I grow up, I am going to join the fairy tail guild" Lucy proclaimed
Jude's and Layla's eyes widened a bit and they looked at each other and then they smiled accepting it as fate
Layla also sensed a bit of magic in Lucy's doll just then and she became surprised again
'Thank you Karna for the future you saved'
A/N- I started writing and it came halfway into a double chapter so I decided to finish it as double though I can't deny that it's a bit cringe myself. Hope you like it and as always every 100 powerstone gets extra chapter of Jason
Finally we reached 50 chapters and I consider it as a milestone, the pace was really slow so now I am going to rush to cannon after a bit since a few readers have told me to get to cannon as fast as possible
I will have a few more chapters to complete a few things before the cannon and then the main story will start