Chapter 744 Dinner
July 6, X786, the Fiore Kingdom Great Magic Fighting Competition, the first session, the sixth day.
After four thrilling melees, the top four of the Grand Magic Fighting Games were finally decided. These four wizards, Kira Hopelet, Laxus Dorea, Jura Regis and Laquette Dragonil, became the most sought-after legendary figures in Kurokas in just half a day.
According to previous news from the tournament organizers, the Fiore royal family held a grand dinner and invited the winning team of the previous 11-man showdown. However, what was unexpected was that it was not only the eleven people in Kira's team who were invited, but the other eleven people in Laxus' team, that is, the loser group, also received an invitation.
As night fell, the six members of Fairy Tail who were invited to the dinner, namely Kira, Natsu, Cana, Laxus, Erza, and Mira, came to the palace together.
The dinner was a typical European banquet held in a palace. The palace was decorated magnificently, with glazed windows, crystal lamps, stone corridor murals, green plants and red carpets. Each of them was the most expensive and gorgeous decoration in the Kingdom of Fiore. Every inch of it revealed a nobility and elegance that made the rough guys of Fairy Tail feel uncomfortable.
The only thing that felt familiar to them was the way of the banquet.
There are several dining tables in the palace, on which are placed all kinds of delicious food, exquisite fruit snacks, wine and beverages. The invited magicians can enjoy the food and communicate freely with each other in the soothing and pleasant elegant music.
Because it was an invitation from the royal family, everyone dressed up for the rare occasion. Needless to say, Erza, Mira, and Cana all wore their favorite long dresses. Standing in the crowd, they looked like three noble princesses, attracting many people's attention.
In comparison, the temperaments of Kira, Laxus and Natsu's outfits are very different: Kira is handsome and elegant, and with a white shirt, brown vest and striped tie, he looks like a polite gentleman; Natsu's white suit is quite good, but he moves in a hurry, speaks and acts in a jumpy manner, and behaves like a country bumpkin who has never seen the world; finally, Laxus also wore a suit, but his physique... made him look like a bodyguard at the party instead of a man attending the party.
Kana drunkenly walked into the small group of people, holding a half-drunk bottle of wine in her hand, and complained: "If we had known that we would be invited regardless of winning or losing, why did we play so seriously yesterday and today? We can still have a good meal by playing casually, saving worry and effort and enjoying it, how great!"
Erza shook her head seriously and retorted, "You can't say that. Maybe they made an exception and invited us just because they saw how hard we tried in the competition?"
Kira also agreed: "That's right, the fact that you can say that shows that you are still far from being an excellent wizard!"
When Natsu heard the words 'become an excellent wizard', he immediately became excited: "Hmm? Why do you say that?"
At this time, Mira, as a confidant sister, came out to explain: "Just like when you are working, you have the final say on whether , how to do it, and whether it is done well, but the client has the final say on how much to pay. When the work is finished and the remuneration is settled, the other party can give you more, but you can't take it for granted that the other party should give you more, or even slack off because of it!"
Natsu seemed to suddenly understand: "Hmm... I see! I understand! It means that no matter what you do, you should give it your all!"
Laxus complained speechlessly: "You don't understand at all..."
"By the way, Natsu, are you really okay?" Erza looked at Natsu again, her words full of concern, like an older sister who cares about her brother's health.
"Don't worry! I took a nap in the afternoon and woke up feeling refreshed. I didn't feel uncomfortable at all!"
Regarding the special fire that Natsu used in the battle with Laquette today, people who don't know the reason may not be able to guess the END, but anyone who is familiar with Natsu will definitely notice the abnormality of the fire. After all, Natsu's state at that time was completely different from usual. How could smart people like Erza, Laxus, and Mira not see it?
However, even Natsu himself was not clear about this matter. Even if they cared, they had no place to learn the details. They could only hope that President Makarov and Mavis could make some discoveries.
A total of 22 wizards were invited to the banquet. Aside from the six from Fairy Tail, people from other guilds basically stayed in their own groups. Only those who were slightly good at socializing would go out of their way to communicate with people from other guilds.
After all, the guests invited to this dinner party could be said to be the top wizards in the entire Kingdom of Fiore. It would only be beneficial for them to take this opportunity to expand their network, make more friends in the magic world, promote friendship among various magic guilds, and get information about some new magic guilds.
In fact, most so-called dinner parties serve this purpose.
At this moment, some whetstones have found "Emperor's Shield" and "Dragon's Heart", two magic guilds that have never been heard of before. The magicians have been curious about the origins and guild background of these two dark horses in the competition for a long time, but they have never had the opportunity to have in-depth exchanges with them for so many days. Now is a good opportunity.
It's just that the two wizards who participated in the banquet either knew nothing about anything or didn't answer any questions. They were either aloof, irritable, or slow. When you count all of them, there are not many people who can get along with them.
Ajir is arrogant and lawless, Timaria is bold and likes to flirt with girls, and Inbel is cold and doesn't want anyone to approach him. They don't look like people with whom they can communicate well.
As for "Witch's Sin" and "Crow's Tail", everyone knows that the former is under the command of the royal family, and all the wizards are clear about its identity and origin. The latter was temporarily whitewashed by the Dark Guild and gathered a group of wandering wizards, so no one thinks highly of it.
So in the end, only the three old families, Blue Pegasus, Snake Princess Scale and Four-Headed Hounds, were left to comfort each other, with Jura as the center, taking care of the group of young people who had not grown up.
After three rounds of drinks, the guests of the banquet, King Thomas and Princess Emerald, finally made their debut.
Old Thomas is over 40 years old, but less than one meter tall, smaller than the little girl Wendy. He wears a red crown, and you can see that his hair under the crown is already white, but he stubbornly combs his hair in the middle part like a young man, with the ends of his hair playfully curled up, making him look a bit more funny.
There were obvious wrinkles on old Thomas' face. They might have been caused by being tired from government affairs, or they might have been caused by being blasted with magic when he secretly ran off to host a competition - he still had a mustache, but he walked like a child who had not grown up.
Princess Emerald is over twenty years old. She is beautiful with fair skin, a face like a lotus, red lips and white teeth, and fair bones and skin. She wears a red agate headband on her head and her long emerald hair hangs vertically to her waist. The red and green combination complement each other, and she is wearing an elegant white dress. She immediately becomes the focus of the scene.
"Hey, we are dressed so beautifully, will we be murdered because we steal the princess' limelight?"
Kana must have been drunk at this time. It's okay that she walked slowly and spoke unclearly, but she even dared to say things like "Will I be punished for stealing the princess' limelight?", which showed that she was very drunk.
Can this kind of thing be discussed openly?
Kira had no choice but to use another bottle of wine to block her mouth: "Come on, reality is not a fairy tale, how could such an outrageous thing happen?"
Now he seriously doubted what Kana usually did . Could it be that she was borrowing fairy tales from Leibi? Otherwise, how could she talk, a plot that rarely appeared in fairy tales?
"Welcome all wizards to the dinner party hosted by this old man. I am the king of the Kingdom of Fiore, Thomas Fiore!"
"I am the princess of the Emerald Kingdom, Emerald Fiore." Princess Emerald was graceful and well-mannered. Compared to the childish King Thomas, she had more of the temperament of a king and ruler.
Since Kira and Jura had served as bodyguards for the Emerald Princess, it was not the first time they saw the father and daughter. It was the first time for the others to see them and they were very terrified, except for the people from the 'Emperor's Shield' because they only had one emperor in their hearts.
After King Thomas symbolically asked whether the food was delicious and whether the dinner was satisfactory, he began to discuss the real purpose of hosting the dinner.
