A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Chapter 217 The Free Balance of the Magic World

Nirvana, a super-transformation magic, has the effect of converting light and darkness. Specifically, it manifests as good people becoming evil and evil people becoming good.

Kira knew all this information, so he decided to ask questions he didn't know: "Why did they know about the existence of 'Nirvana'? And how did they find its location?"

Hearing Kira's question, Gran explained without hesitation, "Their leader, Brian, was once the continent's foremost magic scholar. He once attacked a branch of the Council of Magic and learned of the existence of 'Nirvana'."

"I see!"

The council has been established for a long time and possesses many powerful weapons, including the "magical spirit power" that can destroy a country and the "Fes" that can make magic disappear. "Nirvana" should also be one of them.

Gulan continued in a deep voice, "Originally, the regular guilds had already formed an alliance army. 'Snake Scale' even dispatched Jura, one of the 'Ten Saints,' for this purpose. I also sent a forced restraint team to provide assistance, but the information that came in today is very bad!"

Kira glanced at him curiously and asked, "What intelligence?"

Guran's expression was serious, his aged eyes staring straight at Kira, and he said solemnly, "Jeral! He is also among the Oración Seis."

Kira raised an eyebrow: "Jeral?"

No wonder they called me here!

"Yes, this is intelligence gathered by an undercover agent sent out by the Council. He's not dead yet, and he's even joined forces with the Oración Seis! He infiltrated the Council and even became one of its members, so he knows the exact location of Nirvana. As long as Jellal is there, the Oración Seis can find Nirvana!"

Is this for real? Could it be that this guy hasn't lost his memory?

After thinking for a moment, Kira asked, "So, what does Speaker Guran mean?"

“Jeral is incredibly powerful. Jura alone might not be able to handle both him and the Oración Seis at the same time, so I hope you can go and resolve this problem!” Gran said without batting an eye. “You’ve fought him before and even defeated him. I have complete confidence in your abilities!”

"Don't worry, I can get the restraint team to help you capture Gerald!"

Guran's words were very cunning. He wanted the restraint team to cooperate instead of obeying orders, and only based on the point of "capturing Gerald." He wanted to trick Kira into becoming his henchman, but how could such a verbal trap fool Kira?

"It's not a matter of strength. Even if reinforcements are really needed, shouldn't it be the council members who go?"

"In fact, the Freshman Council has only been established for a short time and is not well-staffed!"

Kira muttered to himself, speechless, "I mean, you really do tell people everything without a second thought..."

Gulan snorted coldly: "I have always acted with integrity and uprightness!"

"If he's so good, why doesn't he do it himself?" Kira couldn't help but mutter to himself.

"Huh? What did you say?"

"It's nothing!" Kira looked at the bandages on Gran's body and understood Gran's thoughts: even he, the chairman who started out with restraint magic, couldn't beat Zankro, one of the Seven Kin. How many of the remaining people could they possibly defeat?

Thinking of this, Kira pointed to Hyberion beside him and said to Gran, "Jeral is one of the 'Ten Wizards,' but I am not! Why come looking for me when there are plenty of 'Ten Wizards' right here?"

Guran understood Kira's meaning; he was complaining that he hadn't been included among the 'Ten Wizard Saints' in previous years. So he encouraged him, saying, "If you're willing, the Council can bestow the title of 'Ten Wizard Saints' upon you after you capture Geralt this time!"

Unfortunately, Kira wasn't buying it. He took a sip of his black tea and said, "Tch! You give me what others don't want?"

Gulan: "..."

Hyberion lowered his head to drink his milk, chuckling to himself: 'No wonder he came from the most troublesome guild. It seems Mr. Kira still has Mr. Makarov's style! I was too hasty the other day.'

Kira remained unmoved by reason, so Guran thought for a moment and finally chose to reveal the true function of 'Nirvana': when the magic is activated, people whose emotions have reached an extreme will have their 'justice' and 'evil' altered.

Gulan's bandaged right hand unconsciously tightened, and he said in a deep voice, "...It will cause those of light to fall into darkness! It's a magic so powerful that it needs to be sealed away; in terms of severity, it's almost comparable to the power of a magical spirit!"

"Since it can plunge those of light into darkness, it can also bring those of darkness back to light." Kira was prepared for Gran's statement. "The more powerful the magic, the greater the side effects! You all surely understand this principle, don't you?"

The three remained silent.

Kira seized the opportunity to promote the ideas he had copied from other worlds: "From my observation, in the magical world, good and evil are always in a state of balance. The more people yearn for the light, the more people pursue darkness; similarly, the more powerful the evil person becomes, the more a good person will emerge to counterbalance him."

"A very interesting point!" Haiberian exclaimed.

Konas, her eyes sparkling, chimed in, "That's true, but what does it have to do with this 'Nirvana' crisis?"

Kira's sky-blue eyes flickered as he said, "If this hypothesis holds true, then each transformation of 'Nirvana' exists in pairs! That is to say, once it causes a righteous person to fall into darkness, it will naturally lead another evil person towards the light!"

Konas lowered her gaze and thought for a moment, then looked at Kira and said, "What if the two transformed individuals are too different in strength? You know, 'Nirvana' can affect one's mind, but it cannot affect a mage's strength! If the one who fell into darkness is strong, while the one who returned to the light is weak, then..."

Kira understood her thoughts and continued, "That situation means that the 'darkness' of the magical world has gained the upper hand, and naturally a powerful being representing 'light' will come to solve this problem!"

Gulan stroked his graying beard and frowned, saying, "Even if your theory holds true, it only becomes apparent when the number of people involved is large enough and the time frame is long enough. But this time, the expeditionary force composed of regular guilds is not large. Once someone is converted, the alliance will easily collapse."

Kira acknowledged Guran's statement, saying, "You're right..."

Then he continued to drink his tea with his head down.

Gulan asked tentatively, "So, you've agreed?"

"Agree? Agree to what?" Kira looked up blankly and said, "Weren't we just having a magic discussion?"

"Pfft—!" Konas spat out a mouthful of tea.

'Oh no! My image...'

With lightning speed, Konas activated the 'aging magic' in the blink of an eye. The magic instantly aged and evaporated the liquid in the air. By the time the three looked over, she had already returned to her original elegant demeanor.

"What's wrong?"

Konas pretended not to know anything, her eyes meeting the three people's gazes with a confused yet determined look, as if the voice just now hadn't come from her.

Kira was instantly filled with admiration: 'Wow, he's a better actor than me!'

The brief interruption did not affect Gulan's attitude. He was furious and almost said something like "Fine, don't go then," but he swallowed it back in the end.

Seeing that Gulan was so angry his beard was practically standing on end, Kira was afraid he would die from high blood pressure, so he immediately tried to divert attention: "I still have to teach the students at the academy! Dean Konas certainly won't let me leave, right?"

However, Kira was caught off guard by Konas's answer: "It's actually not that bad."

Kira: ? ?

Konas blinked her beautiful eyes and said with a smile, "Kira's classes for this week are over. Seven days should be enough to resolve this, right? If we set off now, we can definitely make it back to class. If we can't make it back, we can postpone it. I think as long as we explain the situation clearly, those lovely students will understand!"

They're all middle-aged women, what are they trying to do to look young?

"Hey... I've done my part for the academy, is it really okay to exploit my labor like this?"

Konas smiled again, then became a little more serious and asked softly, "Aren't you worried about your companions' safety?"

Kira gave her a 'heh' emoji: "I believe in the power of my comrades!"

"In short, I absolutely will not agree to capture 'Oración Seis' and Jellal!!!"

Chapter 218 Lahar: What are you going to do?

The following day, near Whitewood Forest.

Kira eventually came, and as for the reason...

"Here's what we'll do: if you can help the council capture Jellal and the Oración Seiya, the council will turn a blind eye to Fairy Tail as long as it doesn't cause too much trouble."

"Sigh... I've really sacrificed so much for the guild! If the old man doesn't give me the guild leader position in the future, it's simply outrageous!"

Kira thought to himself, then looked up into the distance.

Kira sensed a vast and mysterious magical power emanating from ahead, causing even the magical particles in the air to shift slightly. He turned to the people behind him and said, "There seems to be some trouble ahead. It's quite a commotion. I suspect it's coming from the White Forest!"

Behind him stood dozens of mages whose faces were obscured. They were neatly arranged, spaced apart, and moved in almost identical manner. Their expressions were serious, and they wore uniform white blouses and held uniform long weapons, resembling well-trained soldiers.

These people were the members of the fourth supervisory team under the newly established Freshman Council.

The man in the lead was named Lahar. He wore thin, square-framed glasses and had an unremarkable appearance, but he exuded righteousness. His short hair was tied up, with a few strands of bangs that seemed to be showing off his thick hair. He wore a light green team uniform underneath and a white cloak over it.

When Kira first saw him, only one thought flashed through his mind: How dare someone so weak wear a cape? Don't you know that this is clothing that only the strong can wear?

Lahar looked up, then walked to Kira's side, pointed to the forest ahead, and said, "It may be a bit rude to say this, but the situation seems quite obvious!"

Kira looked in the direction Lahar was pointing, and in the distance, a dark beam of light stretched straight to the sky from the forest.

A little awkward... No! Awkwardness isn't in Kira's vocabulary!

"You're so...rude!"

Laharl knew Kira was a member of Fairy Tail, and he even knew that the council members, especially the new chairman Grandoma, disliked the guild. But this time, he surprisingly had his own team cooperate with him...

'I wonder what conditions they reached?'

Kira ignored Lahar, who was deep in thought, and simply ordered, "Take our people and deal with the mages of the Oración Seis guilds. As for their main fighting force, leave it to the Mage Guilds' Allied Forces."

'How did it become 'us'...' Lahar thought to himself, but his face remained expressionless as he nodded and said, 'I understand!'

Kira looked him over carefully and said, "Why don't you ask me what my plans are?"

'Do you think I don't want to?!'

Lahar lowered his head and secretly rolled his eyes, replying, "Speaker Guran's order is for us to cooperate with you in the arrest operation, so I don't need to know how you're going to proceed; I just need to follow orders!"

Kira shook his head with a "tsk tsk tsk" sound and sighed, "No way! Your work attitude won't do!"

Lahar: "??"

Seeing the confusion on Rahar's face, Kira patted Rahar on the shoulder, looked at him meaningfully, and said earnestly, "As the captain of the Council's inspection team, you should treat everyone equally! Although I am more famous, more handsome, and stronger, I was asked by Speaker Guran to help arrest people, but you should still fulfill your duties as an inspector!"

"You say you're not capable enough, yet you don't even know how to be responsible at work! The job market is so competitive right now, so many people are desperate to get into the council, do you know how difficult it is to have such a job?! The workplace is like a battlefield, a slight lapse in attitude will lead to utter defeat! Even if it's fake, you still need to show your loyalty and dedication to your superiors, otherwise how will you get promoted and receive a raise in the future?!"

"No! Forget about promotions and raises, you can't even be sure if you'll last long! Do you know how many magic guilds are laying off people right now?! Do you know how many people are eyeing your position? Putting everything else aside, just look at the people behind you, aren't they all waiting for you to make a mistake so they can take your place? The magic world has no shortage of talent! If you can't do it well, someone else will!"

Kira's words were like a thunderclap, exploding in Lahar's mind and instantly brightening his previously depressed mood. Even when he looked up at Kira again, his eyes were shining.

"Yes...yes! Kirasan, I never expected your knowledge to be so...so..."

Lahar thought for a long time, but couldn't come up with a suitable word to describe his admiration for Kira.

But Kira was satisfied with Lahar's attitude and continued to coax him, waving his hands at himself: "Come on, ask me one question! Ask me, 'Kira, what are you planning to do?' Just one question!"

“That… Kirasan…”

"That's not the right tone!" Kira interrupted Lahar. "Make it louder! Show some of your inspector general's authority!"

"Yes! I understand!"

Rahar nervously adjusted his glasses, took a deep breath to calm himself, cleared his throat, and then regained his composure before asking as he would when speaking to his subordinates, "Kira, what are your plans?"

Then, to Rahar's astonishment, Kira's attitude immediately changed. He suppressed his earlier anger at Kira's lack of ambition and replaced it with a cold and impatient expression. The whole process was exceptionally smooth.

Unexpectedly, Kira's expression suddenly changed, and he replied contemptuously, "Do I need to tell you? I was invited by Speaker Guran to help. Your inspection team only needs to follow my orders! Mind your place!"

Lahar: "?!"