Fairy Tail: All Magic Converges in One Body

Erza nodded. "Not only Hope, but on the ship that came back, he also helped Natsu, Gray, and Lucy open their second magic source."

Erza quickly recounted the events that had occurred at Mildian Magic Academy to Makarov.

After listening to Erza's account, the old man remained silent for a moment, then let out a long sigh and looked at Hope with a complicated expression: "You brat... you always manage to do something that makes people's hearts ache. But, it's a good thing that you came back safely and even improved your strength."

Hope scratched the back of his head and grinned: "Don't worry, President, we'll be careful. Besides, Dean Hyberion himself is also looking to use us to put pressure on the academy, so it's a win-win situation."

"That's true."

Makarov nodded, then, as if remembering something, his brow relaxed, revealing a hint of smugness. "Speaking of which, Hayberion's payment arrived the day after you set off for Mildian."

"A total of 1 million J. As expected of a magic academy with hundreds of years of heritage, they are very generous."

Makarov looked at Hope and said, "How about you and Erza each get twenty million?"

"The remaining money will be used as guild funds. The Harvest Festival is in about ten days. I plan to expand the area around the guild after the Harvest Festival."

Hope and Erza naturally had no objections.

Fairy Tail occupies a large area of ​​land, but there is only one three-story building. It's time to develop it properly, especially since the number of guild members is increasing.

Moreover, Hope's gains from the trip to Mildian alone far exceeded monetary value. Not only did he unlock the second magic source, but the system also collected a bunch of powerful spells, and he received no shortage of benefits.

Let alone just taking 20 million, I'd even accept him paying me out of his own pocket.

"Speaking of the harvest festival..."

Hope asked curiously, "What's that?"

Chapter 158 The Altered Spell

The Harvest Festival is the most important traditional festival in Magnolia.

Every year on October 6th, to celebrate the year's harvest, Magnolia holds a grand magical parade, where people dress up in different styles of costumes and parade around the city in groups.

As the only mage guild in Magnolia, Fairy Tail participates in the parade and performs magic shows every year to celebrate with everyone.

"Grandpa isn't participating in the magic parade?"

"Didn't we agree to watch the parade together this year?"

"That's right."

The little boy ran happily towards the parade, chanting as he ran, "Ah—I really want to join Fairy Tail soon too!"

"You're still too young," the old man following behind the little boy said with a kind smile.

The elderly man and the child, who were about the same height, quickly arrived at the street, but there were too many people watching the magical parade, and they couldn't squeeze in at all.

Seeing his grandson's dejected expression, the old man smiled slightly, and his body suddenly swelled into a round, adorable little giant. He reached out, picked up the little boy, and placed him on his head.

Seeing the parade of all sorts of strange costumes, especially the one performing magic, the little boy immediately became happy.

"Those are the mages from Fairy Tail."

The old man smiled proudly, "How's Grandpa's guild, Laxus?"

"That's amazing..."

The little boy perched on the old man's head, his face full of wonder, "Wow, Grandpa is amazing!"

"My grandfather is the best chairman!"

The next second, the obedient little boy transformed into a cold-eyed, arrogant young man, his tone icy, "Old man, it's time for you to step down. I'll take over Fairy Tail!"

Makarov suddenly opened his eyes, stared at the familiar ceiling above him, and after a long while, slowly exhaled.

When did you become like this...?

Laxus...

The elderly don't sleep long, and although Makarov's health had always been exceptionally good, he was still 88 years old, an age most people wouldn't even reach before passing away.

I find it hard to fall back asleep after being startled awake by a dream.

Makarov stared blankly at the slightly brightening sky outside the window, lost in thought for a while, before remembering that today was the Harvest Festival and he needed to go to the guild early to keep an eye on things, lest the younger members of the guild pull some crazy tricks again.

The "Fire Dragon Destroys Central Street" performance by Natsu and Happy two years ago still haunts Makarov.

Losing money is secondary; the main problem is the embarrassment.

Although Fairy Tail doesn't care about fame or fortune, they still have some sense of shame, especially in front of their elders and neighbors...

After washing up and changing his clothes, Makarov quickly arrived at the guild.

Looking up at the barely bright sky, he realized he had arrived too early. Those noisy kids were probably still fast asleep; no one would be at the guild at this hour.

"Hey......"

"I'm really getting old."

Just as Makarov was hesitating whether to go home or wait at the guild, he suddenly smelled a faint aroma of food coming from inside the guild.

Is this Mirajane at this moment...?

She's in charge of all the guild's daily purchases, and today is an important holiday, so only that kid would arrive so early.

Makarov made no noise, simply pushing the door open a crack just wide enough for his body to pass through.

There was no one in the hall, but the aroma of food was much clearer. He followed the smell to the open lawn behind the guild and sure enough, he saw Mirajane.

To Makarov's surprise, Hope was also there.

At that moment, Hope and Mirajane were sitting on two rattan chairs around a makeshift stove made of stones, each holding a bowl of steaming hot noodle soup.

Hope was slurping his noodles when he suddenly sensed someone behind him. He turned around and saw Makarov.

"Oh, President, you're here so early today."

Just as the old man and the young girl were staring at each other, Mirajane waved to Makarov, "Hope's noodles are delicious, would you like some?"

What colorful lines...

Hope glanced at Mirajane subconsciously. Ever since he had witnessed the cunning nature of this white-haired beauty, he had never dared to underestimate her, fearing that one day she might trick him on a whim.

Since Mirajane had invited him, Makarov naturally wouldn't stand on ceremony and took the noodles Hope served him, slurping them down.

I must say, this kid's cooking skills are pretty good.

After breakfast and getting ready, it was already well into the day. Makarov and Miran went out to the market outside the city to buy the food they needed for the day.

Hope stayed behind, and after learning what the Harvest Festival was, he planned to put on a big show for everyone.

Hope looked toward a spot on the empty lawn that appeared to be empty, but was actually concealed by an isolation magic circle, where a huge magical mechanical giant was hidden.

The former Phantom Giant has now been transformed by Hope into the classic "Freedom" Gundam, who went to great lengths to use a giant magic crystal that automatically generates magic power as its energy source.

Hehe, I'm going to amaze everyone when the time comes!

In the ten days or so since the end of the Oración Seis campaign, Hope has spent the rest of his time building Gundams, aside from spending two hours each day deciphering the collected magic.

We are now in the final stages of wrapping things up.

Just as Hope was about to start working, he "heard" a strange voice through the 'sound' magic he had taken from Eric.

(The president and Mirajane went out.)

(No one from the guild will be here for at least the next hour, so I can start making my move.)

Do you know Mirajane, who also calls Makarov the president?

Hope guessed that the unfamiliar voice belonged to someone from the guild, but seemed completely unaware that he lived in the guild...

Let's go take a look quietly.

Because the guild buildings are made of wood, the "arc shape of the tree" allows Hope to blend in perfectly.

Hope quickly located the source of the unfamiliar voice.

Outside the guild gate, a handsome man with long, grass-green hair, a beauty mark under his left eye, and dressed like a Western swordsman, was writing magical characters in the air with his rapier.

The other person had their guild's emblem on the back of their left hand, but Hope had never actually seen them before.

However, what the green-haired man was doing piqued Hope's interest: the magical characters he wrote formed a 'spell'.

A "spell" is a type of barrier magic that imposes a rule on anyone who enters it. If the rule is not followed, one cannot leave, but it can be forcibly broken by powerful forces.

Setting up a 'spell' takes a lot of time; it's not suitable for direct confrontation, but using it as a trap would be too underhanded.

After more than half an hour, the green-haired man finally completed the spell. The activated spell immediately surrounded the entire guild building and then entered a hidden state.

Seeing that the other party had left, Hope then appeared and curiously examined the spell he had left behind. She discovered that it was a restrictive spell with the rule that "people over 80 years old and stone statues are not allowed to leave."

Why does it feel like this is targeting the president?

And what's with the stone statues?

Hope was unsure, so he decided to modify the technique slightly.

People over 80 years old cannot leave, right?

Then change it so that only people over 80 years old can leave the guild.

Even the stone statues can't be moved?

Then we should prohibit the appearance of stone statues within the guild.

Hope was much faster at modifying the spell than the green-haired man, finishing it in no time. Then, with a pleasant smile, she went around back to the guild's backyard to continue assembling the "Gundam".

Chapter 159 The Fairy's Beauty Pageant

As the bells of the Caldia Cathedral resounded throughout Magnolia, the annual harvest festival officially began.

The city, brightly decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers, was bustling with people. Many tourists from other places came specifically to witness the "magical parade" at the harvest festival.

However, the magic parade, which is the grand finale of the celebration, will not start until the evening.

But there was another exciting event that caused many residents and tourists to rush to one place right at the start of the celebration.

Fairy Tail.

The lobby on the first floor of this three-story building is now packed with people, with mages and ordinary people gathered together, and they are mostly men.

Many people couldn't even come in; they could only stand outside the guild and watch.