User blog comment:LastationLover5000/Fairy Tail 325 - In Which I Almost Didn't Review Because Lazy (Unity)/@comment-3030647-20130330054417/@comment-3061966-20130330064003

Actually, reeking of evil is likely literal. Sensing an evil, hostile presence is typical in fiction (fantasy, sci fi, etc), just like when someone senses the intent to kill. And given even Natsu figured out Rogue was trying to play them for fools, well, I think you know were to go from there.