Fairy Tail: All Magic Converges in One Body

"Let's add another bonus. Didn't that 'Fire Dragon Natsu' just take his cat and a girl and destroy half of Hargeon a while ago?"

“That’s half a port city. Makarov would probably have to empty his pension fund to pay the compensation. How about our council helps share some of the burden?”

"Don't worry about it. That girl is the daughter of the Heartfilia Consortium. Her family is very wealthy."

"You're really out of the loop. The Heartfilia Foundation was set up by several other foundations and is almost bankrupt. Where would they get the money to help Fairy Tail?"

"What are you talking about? Someone has already covered up the holes in the fairy's tail."

"Who is it? Does someone have too much money to burn?"

"Wald Sinken".

"So it was that important person. Then it's alright."

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The judges chimed in with their own opinions, and the topic drifted further and further away.

Meanwhile, the Fairy Tail guild, the "main focus" of their meeting, was also chatting and gossiping, making the whole guild quite lively.

Hope looked curiously at the magic seal Mirajane took out from the counter. She told him that it was a special seal used to imprint the guild emblem on mages, and the color could be freely chosen.

Once a mage bears the guild's mark, that mark will stay with them for life unless they are expelled or the guild is destroyed.

"Hope, what's your favorite color?" Mirajane asked with a smile as she opened the magic seal.

Although her official position was a receptionist, she was actually the guild's chief steward, deeply trusted by Makarov, to the point that even the guild's magic seal was entrusted to her for safekeeping.

Hope rolled up her sleeve, revealing her left forearm. "Red, please print it here for me."

Mirajane didn't waste any words. As she pressed the magic seal, a narrow pattern resembling a "flying fairy" appeared on Hope's left forearm.

The moment this pattern was printed on her body, it meant that Hope had officially become a member of Fairy Tail.

For him, who had been doing odd jobs just a few days ago, this felt like a temporary worker being promoted to a permanent position.

Looking at the design on Hope's arm, Mirajane's lips slowly curled into a smile. She took a simple megaphone from under the counter and shouted into the hall.

"Everyone! Let's welcome Hope as the guild's official mage!"

"congratulations!"

"Now I can fight Hope! I'm fired up!"

"Let's get ready for the banquet!"

"..."

Hearing the cheers of the crowd, Hope couldn't help but smile.

He already knew that every new member joining the guild would have a welcome ceremony, which was usually an opening banquet where everyone would celebrate together.

However, the celebration went awry for Lucy.

She joined the guild just in time for the daily "all-out brawl" segment, and was immediately taken to the "strongest squad" by Natsu that same day. She even had to get her guild crest on the same day.

He's just a complete unlucky guy.

Kana walked over with a wine glass in her hand and patted Hope on the back with a cheerful smile. "Congratulations, Hope! From now on, we're family. Call me 'senior' and let me hear it."

Hope stumbled from the slap, grimacing as he slapped away Kana's careless hand. "If you could call me 'Hope Bro' first, I'd definitely call you 'Senior'."

Kana pouted; she wasn't going to fall for it.

If I speak first and Hope denies it, wouldn't I be at a huge loss?

Seeing that Cana hadn't taken the bait, Hope sighed inwardly. Sure enough, only Natsu and Happy would fall for such a childish trick.

“Um, Mirajane,” Hope turned her head and asked seriously, “Can I accept the mission now?”

Hope's sudden remark left Mirajane completely stunned.

This caused Kana, who was sitting next to him drinking, to spit out her drink. Fortunately, Hope reacted quickly and blocked it with her tray.

The two of them scrutinized Hope from head to toe with strange looks. He'd only just become a guild mage, and he was already so eager to get involved...?

Mirajane spoke slowly and said softly, "It's possible, but I suggest you do some simple commissioned tasks first. Also, since you're not an S-rank mage, you can't go to the second floor to accept tasks."

Hope nodded.

He knew these rules from his very first day in the guild.

The main reason was that yesterday he asked Dorell to buy some seeds of magical plants to prepare for the upcoming 'plant' magic.

The seeds of magical plants are not cheap, costing 6 J at once, which has left Hope a little short of money.

When I requested resources from Doranbart in Clover City the day before yesterday, how could I have forgotten about something as important as money? What a blunder...

Chapter 23 First Mission

We celebrated with everyone.

While Natsu and Gray started fighting again and were then forcefully suppressed by Erza, Hope went alone to the quest board against the wall in the hall.

He greeted Nob, who usually loitered around here but never took on any missions, and then began to look at the various requests.

If there are S-level commissioned tasks, then there are A-level, B-level, C-level... the lowest is E-level tasks, which, when calculated, are no different from the wages of ordinary temporary workers and can be ignored.

Although most D-level missions are errands or quests to find cats and dogs, the rewards are generally around 1 to 2 J, which is easy and provides a stable income.

The rewards for C-rank and above missions are quite substantial, starting at least in the tens of thousands. Hope even saw an A-rank mission with a reward of 800 million J, a figure that is even comparable to some S-rank missions.

However, many of these tasks require combat to complete, and the higher the level, the more difficult and dangerous they become.

For example, that 800 million J mission involved going to a royal palace in a certain country and secretly photographing evidence of the prince and queen cheating on the king...

To be honest, just hearing about it sounds a bit too exciting.

Would completing a mission involving royal scandal really not result in being killed to silence the witness?

Ultimately, Hope selected a C-level mission.

[Defeat the mutated tree-men in the forest. Location: Onibas Town. Reward: 18 J]

Hope tore off the order form and returned to the counter to hand it to Mirajane.

Makarov went out again, saying he was going to visit a senior who was much older than him, leaving the guild affairs to Mirajane, the head steward.

Mirajane glanced at the quest form, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Are you sure you want to take this quest? Treants are plant-type magical beasts with thick hides and tough flesh. It would be easier if we found a partner to team up with."

"No need, I'm fine on my own."

Mirajane didn't say anything more and agreed to let Hope take on the C-level mission to hunt down the mutated tree people.

In fact, newcomers to the guild need Makarov's permission to accept commissioned tasks, in order to avoid being in danger due to insufficient strength to complete the task.

But Hope's situation is different. Whether it was escaping from Lalabai's attack or controlling Lalabai's giant Luban lock, it is enough to prove that he is a qualified mage.

This is also why Mirajane approved Hope's acceptance of the mission.

After quickly tidying up and saying goodbye to Mirajane, Hope set off on foot for the location of the commission.

As for why they didn't take the convenient magical train, it's because Onibas Town isn't too far from Magnolia.

Actually, Hope mainly wanted to save some money...

Moreover, it would be a waste not to use the "Divine Speed" magic for traveling.

After walking for about an hour and a half, Hope finally arrived at the mission location.

Onibas is a tourist town with a theater in the town center, but the client who commissioned this mission is not in the town, but in the forest north of the town.

Hope bought a local specialty iced drink and sipped it as he walked, soon arriving at the forest farm.

Seeing the forest farm gate tightly shut, Hope had no choice but to knock and call out, "Is anyone home? Please open the door. I'm a mage from 'Fairy Tail,' I'm here to..."

Before he could finish speaking, the door opened.

An elderly man with gray hair forced a smile onto his haggard face, glanced at Hope, and said, "I am the owner of the forest farm. Are you the mage who accepted my commission?"

"it's me."

As Hope spoke, she revealed the pattern on her left forearm; in this world, a guild crest was considered a form of identification.

Sure enough, upon seeing the fluttering fairy-like pattern, the old man immediately beamed with joy and quickly invited Hope into the forest.

I learned from the forest farm owner that their forest farm mainly grows fruit trees and sells fruit; they stopped doing timber business a long time ago.

The forestry owner stopped doing timber business and instead became a fruit farmer.

That's really quite strange.

Faced with Hope's question, the forest farm owner hesitated for a moment, but still chose to tell the truth, "Actually, this is not a secret. The reason why our family switched to planting fruit trees is because we received help from a tree expert. The fruit trees he took care of produced fruit of perfect quality, and we never had to worry about selling them."

It turns out that the forestry owner rescued a tree spirit when he was a child. Later, the tree spirit repaid his kindness by helping the forestry owner take care of the orchard. When the owner grew up and took over the family business, he gradually stopped the timber business in order to take care of the tree spirit's feelings.

Simply put, it's a good story of mutual understanding and mutual support.

Some of the answers were unexpected, yet perfectly reasonable.

Actually, Hope had already suspected this when the lumberyard owner said he had stopped the timber business.

Although treants are a type of magical beast, most are actually gentle in nature, and some are even quite willing to befriend humans. As long as you don't cut down trees in front of them, treants are harmless.

"So, sir, what kind of creature do you want to hunt down?" Hope changed the subject. From the conversation just now, he could feel the forest owner's friendly attitude towards the tree people, so he became interested in the mutated tree people he wanted to hunt down.

The forest owner sighed, "Three days ago, a mutated tree-man with crimson leaves appeared in the nearby forest. It was brutal and, after causing widespread destruction in the forest, it set its sights on my forest farm."

"Fortunately, my treant friend stopped it, but the mutated treant is very powerful, I'm worried..."

Hope understood. It turned out that their own tree spirit was no match for the mutated tree spirit from outside, and the boss was worried that the old tree spirit, which had been with them for decades, might be in mortal danger, so he sought help from the Mage Guild.

We ventured deep into the forest, into the area that connects to the forest.

From afar, Hope could see two large trees, one with red leaves and the other with green leaves, rooted firmly in the soil, clearly distinct from each other.

When the tree-man sleeps, he disguises himself as a tree. If he hadn't learned some information from Mirajane beforehand, he might have really thought they were just two big trees.

Sensing someone approaching, the fiery red tree suddenly sprang up from the ground, transformed into a human figure, pulled a magical fruit burning with flames from its branches, and threw it irrationally at Hope and the forest owner.

A tree-man who plays with fire?!

Hope's eyes narrowed; this was no ordinary mutant.