Chapter 521: Aftermath
With the earlier foreshadowing about Edolas Cana, Gildarts immediately accepted the truth, he had a daughter.
The one question that had puzzled him for years, whose child Cana was, now had an answer, right in the middle of all the noisy discussions from their companions.
Connecting the dots with the surname Alberona, Gildarts confirmed it. It was Cornelia, his ex-wife.
He had heard years ago that Cornelia had passed away, but he never imagined she had left behind a child.
His daughter had been in the guild all this time, right under his nose, and he hadn’t realized it. A deep wave of guilt surged within him.
Gildarts pulled Cana into a firm hug, his voice choked with emotion as he stammered out apologies and reassurances, tears brimming in his eyes.
The more sentimental guild members, like Lucy, Levy, and Elfman, were already wiping away tears of their own.
"Manly Men cry too! Waaahhh—" Elfman’s loud sobbing cut through the emotional air like a drumbeat.
His grief even spread to Edolas Elfman, and the two muscular brothers, despite their different hairstyles, stood shoulder to shoulder, bawling their eyes out in perfect, tearful harmony.
Lisanna stood behind them, patting both their backs in a futile effort to calm them down.
Meanwhile, Makarov, who had been deep in conversation with Mystogan, called out, "Rhodes, come here for a second."
Just as he turned to speak, his sharp eyes caught sight of tearful Cana hugging Gildarts tightly.