Chapter 799: Magnolia Restores Peace
Magnolia.
In the early morning, before the sun rises, the early birds have already left their nests to hunt, preparing plump and juicy insects for their children who have not yet woken up.
The summer heat has not yet passed and autumn has not yet arrived. To put it in perspective, it is still the hottest time of the year. Fortunately, it is not yet completely bright and Magnolia is by the sea, so the temperature is still within the tolerable range.
There are several old trees planted along the flat and straight cement road, and crystal dewdrops that have not yet evaporated are hanging on the leaves.
The bird flapped its wings and looked towards the place where it usually caught insects. It rolled its eyes and dived down, with the tip of its beak stabbing down as fast as lightning. When it flew up again, it had a wriggling insect in its mouth.
Because it caught the food in one go, the bird was in a good mood. It jumped left and right in the wind. When it flew around the corner of the path, it happened to pass by a red-haired boy.
The young man has a sturdy figure and a handsome face. He is elegant, heroic, and has an extraordinary bearing. His every move exudes a charm that fascinates and makes countless girls fall in love with him. But the most noticeable thing about him is his pair of sapphire eyes, which are deep and bright, and seem to contain infinite wisdom in their twinkling.
He is Kira, the most famous wizard in the entire Kingdom of Fiore, and even in the entire Ishgar, Kira Hopelet, nicknamed "The Sage"!
Kira was jogging along the original path, but stopped when he saw the birds hunting. Then a series of associations of sadness, hearing about one's own death, and floating clouds and morning dew emerged involuntarily in his mind.
Then, he lost all motivation, like a deflated balloon.
"I really don't know what these bugs are thinking. They are so fat, yet they still have to get up so early! Could it be that they were also pulled out of bed for morning exercises like me?"
Bang!
A hand slapped Kira's shoulder hard, and Natsu ran out from behind Kira: "What are you doing, Kira? You are already 5 laps behind us!"
Happy rushed out from behind Natsu with his snow-white wings flapping. "That's right! If you don't work harder, we'll have to eat all the fish for breakfast later!"
"Come on, who eats fish for breakfast?"
Kira was speechless for a while, and complained, "I'm just running with you. I don't want to run 10 laps like you! For me, running two and a half laps around Magnolia is already a lot of exercise! !"
"Huh?! You're not with me?" Natsu and Happy were stunned when they heard Kira's words. "But you came out with us, right?"
Kira yelled back, "It's not my idea to come here!!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!!
With three dull thuds, a pink fist hit the two men and the cat on the head. Looking up, they found that the red-haired devil had been standing behind them without them knowing when.
"What are you three doing dragging your feet here?!"
"Natsu, Happy! You two are already 20 laps behind me! If you don't finish before sunrise, you won't have any breakfast today!!"
“No!!”×2
After the exclamation, the man and the cat rushed out directly at an accelerated speed, raising a cloud of dust.
“You are so lazy!!”
Erza uttered a cold word, then rushed out as well. In just a dozen seconds, she passed Natsu and Happy, and left without looking back.
"What a monster..."
Looking at the back of the person in front of him, Kira sighed, "Running around Magnolia 50 times early in the morning, it's really worthy of Erza!"
Half a month has passed since the Great Demon Fighting Exercise.
After Acnorolia left that night, the battlefield immediately returned to calm. Although the atmosphere was a bit heavy due to the death of the dragons, most of the wizards and the Fiore royal family still felt that this was a victory for humans in the war between humans and dragons.
Afterwards, at King Thomas's request, everyone rested in Crocus for three days, but in the end they still did not wait for the 10,000 dragons mentioned in the prophecy letter to attack the territory, so the wizards of various magic guilds resigned to King Thomas one after another and left, and "Fairy Tail" and others also returned to Magnolia.
Perhaps stimulated by the death of Igner, Natsu has become extremely eager for strength since his return. He practices magic and physical skills diligently every day, and also pesters Erza, Killer, Laxus, Gildarts and others to take turns being his sparring partners.
Of course Killer refused such a thing, and Gildarts and Laxus also ignored it. Only Erza considerately agreed to Natsu's request. Not only that, she also developed a special training plan for Natsu and everyone in the team, which would last for a month, saying that she wanted to see the results.
Kira took a look at the special training plan. The itinerary was packed from morning to night, leaving almost no free time. It could be said that the plan was very attentive.
What shocked Kira was that this special training plan seemed very formal. The amount of exercise and time for each person in each item were listed in great detail. It was speculated without evidence that it was probably tailor-made for them by some expert in calculations.
Natsu, Gray, Erza, Lucy, Wendy, as well as Happy and Charlu, the training volume of each person/cat is different. Although there are differences in some items, overall, the volume for Natsu and Gray is the same, Lucy and Wendy are 30% lighter than theirs, and Erza's own special training volume is five times as much as theirs!
Today was the seventh day since they started their special training, but when Kira met these people this morning, he had already sensed deep resentment from them, especially Lucy and Wendy. After all, the dark circles under their eyes could not deceive anyone, and a look that wanted to stab someone could not be hidden.
Of course, this does not include Erza, who made the plan, and Natsu, who was already interested in special training.
Just as he was thinking about this, he heard footsteps behind him again. Kira turned around and saw Gray, Lucy, Wendy and Xia Lulu. Behind them, there was also Juvia hanging.
Well... the fact that she's still following the special training on the seventh day shows how much Juvia loves Gray!
"Why don't you try harder, Gray? Natsu is already half a lap ahead of you~" Killer calmly provoked Gray's desire to win, wanting to see how he would react.
Gray sneered, his words revealing his ruthless crushing of Natsu in terms of intelligence: "If you run so fast now, you will run out of energy later! That idiot, it's been seven days and he still hasn't learned his lesson!"
After saying that, he ignored Kira who was standing there to rest and continued running forward.
Gray knew very well that Kira was different from others. He could stand at the top of the world just by relying on his talent, but others could not. Therefore, he did not take it for granted like Natsu that he would run 10 laps like himself.
Kira retracted his gaze and turned to look at the three girls behind him: "Come on, Lucy! Wendy! Juvia!"
"Huh...ha...good..."
“Is it not over yet…? I am dying of exhaustion…”
"Wait... wait for me! Gray... Gray-sama~"
The three of them responded weakly, and no one knew what motivated them to continue...
After finishing the last half lap of jogging, Kira returned to the "Hope Hut" sweating profusely, and then a skillful shower. Then, feeling refreshed physically and mentally, he enjoyed breakfast with leisurely and relaxing music.
Kira has now returned to his previous daily life: opening a shop, going to the guild to play, researching new magic props, taking on guild missions to work outside every once in a while, and collecting some materials for making magic props... In short, his life can be said to be extremely comfortable.
It is worth mentioning that during the days back in Magnolia, the town has also welcomed new residents.
The first is Irene. She has accumulated a lot of savings in the Albares Empire over the past decade and is now the richest woman in Magnolia. Whoever marries her will have to work less for at least three generations.
She bought a 300-square-meter plot of land in the most expensive area in the town, and used magic to build a five-story luxurious villa, and created seven or eight cute maids - this villa was actually near Kira's home, because Kira's home was in the most expensive area of Magnolia.
Erza moved out of the girls' dormitory under the reluctant gaze of Levi and others and moved into Irene's big villa. According to her, it was just to save the monthly rent of 500,000 J.
This situation was obviously tsundere, because after that, Kira often saw Erza taking Irene, followed by three or four maids, shopping for clothes in a fashion store, and eating desserts in a dessert shop.
You know, she always brought Wendy with her when doing this kind of thing before!
Then there is Selene. She lives in Kira's villa, but she only lives there occasionally. Most of the time, Selene stays in Eleanor, which is her base camp. However, Kira has now created props that can travel freely between the two worlds, so Kira also has a villa in Eleanor.
In other words, each of them divided an area in their own house for the other to use. The purpose of doing this was to strengthen the exchanges between the two worlds. It was also equivalent to each of them having a back garden that they could enter and exit freely.
As for the rest…
Because Zeref and Mavis wanted to live in their own world, August moved out and rented a house next door to Kira. He usually grows flowers and plants trees, and lives his retirement life with Preshito who lives next door.
What? Racked?
Kira said that he hadn't seen him since the Great Demon Fighting Performance. He should not have been thrown back to the Western Continent. Maybe he was working as a servant in Auguste's house? Or maybe he was kept by a rich noble woman?
The situation in the Western Continent is similar to the original work and is managed by Agil, but the people who help him include his grandfather Yakir and Jacob, as well as Neinhart.
Inbel became the butler of the Jellal family, Brandish and Timaria started a journey for two to taste delicacies from all over the world, and Serena was rescued but no one knew where she went.
Finally, it was the members of "Witch's Sin". Due to their outstanding performance in the Great Demon Fighting Night, the Emerald Princess announced the end of their labor reform period and they could return home.
So those who were looking for a younger brother (Heaite) went looking for their younger brother, and those who were looking for a younger sister (Sorano) went looking for their younger sister. Those who had no one to look for went to their old boss Kira.
Kira mercifully hired them as clerks in his "Hope Hut" and its branches, while he focused on collecting money and researching new magic items.
The branch of Hope House is located in Kulokas, managed by Markbeth, Sawyer, and Rastilos. The main store is naturally the one in Magnolia, managed by Urrutia, Melty, and Eric. The first three have housing subsidies, and the last three have staff dormitories, which can be said to be extremely conscientious.
Magnolia's 'Hope Hut' has now been demolished and rebuilt. It is about the same size as 'Fairy Tail'. It has countless magic books, props, games, and equipment. It is also ranked among the top 50 'magic shops' in the world.
It's a pity that Kira did not realize the great vision of "a business empire spanning three continents and three worlds", nor did he complete the establishment of the "Twelve Swords of Money-Making", which often made him depressed. Fortunately, every time he was depressed, he could deduct employees' wages for fun, so it was not a big problem.
As employees of the head office, Urrutia and the other two were the ones who suffered the most from salary deductions, but they were still firmly controlled by Kira and could not extricate themselves.
Urrutia was in debt to Kira and couldn't leave. But according to Kira's observation, this woman seemed to be giving up recently. It was probably because the employee treatment with free food and accommodation made her lose interest in earning money to buy cosmetics.
This kind of woman with no ambition is a disgrace to the ice wizards!
Eric has to earn money to buy a house and marry a wife, so he can only look at Kira's face. But Kira recently discovered that he often slacked off at work and flirted with his girlfriend Ginana who came to pretend to buy things.
How arrogant! Do you really think the magic cameras in my store are just for show?
The only one who made Kira satisfied was Melty . Although she stayed because of Urrutia, she worked seriously, had a positive attitude and performed well, so she was the one with the highest salary among the three.
Now she has replaced Erza and become a good sister who goes shopping and eats desserts with Wendy.
As for Jellal, although he had been absolved of his guilt by the kingdom, he was still stuck in the psychological dilemma of "self-condemnation", so he chose to become a wandering wizard, dedicated to fighting against the various dark forces in the magic world.
The first people he started to investigate and hunt down were the Tail of the Raven, or more precisely, Brian and Arlok, as well as the guild members of the Six Demon Generals, the Heart of the Devil, and the Gate of Hades who had escaped the net...
It is said that Anna came to see Jellal not long ago.
She seemed to have heard what happened at the Great Magic Tournament, knowing that Acnorolia had regained his sanity and had fled away after defeating Igner and other dragons. She also knew that the five first-generation Dragon Slayers had said goodbye to their parents and were now living safely in Fairy Tail.
All the efforts made by this group of people and the dragon in the past four hundred years to defeat Acnorolia were of no use, but in terms of the result, nothing could be better than this.
In addition to the people from this world, two guests from a parallel world also embarked on their journey.
Wendy in World No. 5 discovered that the development of this world was inconsistent with what she had expected. She knew that something had gone wrong, so she hurried back to her original world to avoid new changes.
No. 1 Lucy stayed for a while, but after discovering that there was no solution to "Nirvana" in this world, she opened the door of the eclipse again with the help of Kira and others.
Before leaving, she returned the fifteen silver star spirit keys to Kira. Now No. 1 Lucy has the power of eclipses from all the worlds, so no matter which world she goes to, she can command the star spirits there, which gives her a certain self-protection ability.
The two of them and Kira learned the truth about the parallel world and the "mutation" from Irene and Selene, but this truth only explained the reason why the "mutation" occurred, and there was no solution, so it was of no use to them.
Kira also felt that this truth was just like a patch that the novel authors spent half a day coming up with to fill the hole they dug themselves. It was the same as not listening to it.
Next time I write a novel, I must not let it end like this!
After checking the time, he found that Melty was about to come to work, so Kira cleaned up the dishes, tidied his clothes, and went out in the direction of the guild.
