A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

He hesitated for a long time before finally stammering and unable to speak.

"Ha! Ha! Lucy didn't deny it!" Kira laughed twice, then said to the others, "Since we're talking about those two, hehe... there's something you might want to know!"

Using this as a topic, the gossip spirit of this group of people was indeed ignited.

"Hmm? What is it?"

Do you still remember Edolas?

Erza didn't know why Kira suddenly brought this up, but nodded with a hint of doubt: "Of course! I remember you weren't in the guild at the time, so you didn't go."

“In fact…” Kira pointed to himself with his thumb and proudly announced, “I have created a passage between the worlds of Aslant and Edolas!”

Kira's words, as expected, drew a gasp of surprise.

"Eh?! ...

"Really?!"

"Kirasan is amazing!!"

"Then wouldn't we be able to see Mystogan?"

Kira was initially smug, but then his expression suddenly changed: "Hmph... Of course—no!! Not only can you not easily associate with each other, but you must also pretend you don't know anything and promise not to tell anyone about this!"

Erza immediately understood why Kira didn't want them to make a fuss: "I understand! If others find out about this, it will definitely cause trouble in both worlds, right?"

"This... is actually my main concern..."

"But why did you suddenly bring up Edolas? Wait... could it be?!"

"Oh? Did you guess it?"

Under the curious and excited gazes of the others, and Lucy's nervous and shy stares, Kira chuckled, "That's right! Lucy and Natsu of Edolas are already married!"

Chapter 413 Policy towards the Dragon

Six months was enough time for Kira to experiment with a method to travel between the two worlds. In fact, this method had already been tried once on Acnologia back on Tenrou Island, but that was an unsuccessful attempt.

Kira went to Edolas only a month ago, and returned after only a few days there.

Traveling to another world should fall under the category of spatial magic, which shouldn't be a problem for Kira. The only issue was the inability to use magic after arriving in Edolas. Fortunately, Kira had a sufficient amount of external magic sources and magical items at the time, preventing him from becoming a complete novice after arriving in the past.

As for the main purpose of their visit, it was naturally to meet with King Mystgang, establish friendly diplomacy between the two worlds, and discuss future trade and business.

Of course, for the sake of Edolas' stability, the items they traded were not magical artifacts, but purely technological creations. While Kira didn't possess these things, they had research institutes.

For the sake of future convenience, Kira casually took a copy of the X-ball formula with him.

This pill allows people in Edolas who have no magic to use magic, but it has a limited duration and can only be made with magic, so even Edolas have very few left.

Fortunately, unlike Edolas, Aslant didn't have any problems with raw materials and could make as much as he wanted, but nobody wanted it—Aslant eating the X-ball was even less effective than an ordinary human eating the Human-Human Fruit!

Aside from doing business, he also bumped into Fairy Tail over there and became acquainted with them. Although he was mentally prepared, Kira still found it quite interesting to encounter people with personalities that were the opposite of his usual ones, so he took a picture with his camera.

By the campfire, Kira pulled out a photo album from his personal storage space and waved to the others: "Look, look... these are the photos I took with them back then! When I went there, Natsu and Lucy had just gotten married a month ago."

"Get...married?!"

"Edlucy and Ednaz?"

"It stings... Ah! I mean, it's so sudden..."

The group curiously gathered around Kira, looking at the photo album in his hands. As they turned the pages, their thoughts drifted back to their thrilling experiences from last year: "Oh!! It's everyone from Edolas, they haven't changed at all!"

"It's not that nothing has changed!"

Kira pointed to the photos of Ednaz and Edlucy and said to the others, "Look here, you can tell from their expressions, right? Their relationship is different now, after all, they're husband and wife now."

Lucy blushed more and more as she looked, her whole hand trembling: "How could this be... what happened..."

"I heard it was Ednaz who took the initiative~ in the car... Ah! Wendy, cover your ears, it's too early for you to know what happens next."

"Huh?! Huh?! Huh??!!"

"As you all know, Ednaz is very brave in the car, and then one day..."

"Don't say it!!!" Lucy was visibly panicked.

Kira hadn't expected their reactions. Seeing Lucy getting anxious, he stopped talking and nudged her with his elbow: "Hey, Lucy, when are you and Natsu planning to do 'that'?"

"I...I'll go wash the dishes..."

Seeing Lucy leave in a huff, Kira suddenly lost interest: "What? She's leaving already? How boring."

"No wonder, she must have felt very shy."

“Yeah…” Kira responded softly, then suddenly turned to Gray, “I heard Gray and Juvia are getting married soon!”

"What?!" This time it was Gray's turn to blush. He hadn't expected Kira to suddenly turn his gun on him.

"It seems to be because of the influence of Ednaz and Edlucy, so..."

"That's enough, stop talking..."

"Don't be so shy, we've been friends for so many years! Tell me, about you and Juvia..."

Amidst laughter and chatter, the night passed.

In the following days, the group set off again, traveling by day and resting by night, leisurely making their way along the way while inquiring about the places where dragons were said to roam.

Finally, three days later, the group arrived at a mountain range.

"According to the information I've gathered in the past few days, someone has spotted dragons in this mountain range."

Everyone looked in the direction Kira was pointing and gazed into the distance. Before their eyes stretched a mountain range that stretched for thousands of miles. The mountain range was undulating and towering into the clouds. There were also giant peaks, dense forests, valleys, and paths. The sounds of birds and beasts could be faintly heard.

Just then, Natsu suddenly spoke up: "Kira, there's something I want to ask you."

"Oh?! That's rare! You actually have something you want to ask me? Go ahead and ask."

"Although we accepted the request to 'defeat the dragon that attacked the Magic Council's MNP,' what exactly constitutes defeating it? Does it mean killing it?"

In fact, not only Natsu, but others also wanted to ask this question.

Fairy Tail never intentionally takes the lives of its opponents, let alone dragons. Given that Natsu and Wendy were raised by dragons, they want to know Kira's attitude.

Kira answered without hesitation, "No need, just treat it as a friendly sparring match and defeat them!"

"Really? That's great!"

"As long as we force them to swear an oath 'never to attack the council again,' and take a picture of them being defeated, we can get our job done!"

"Huh?! Won't this backfire?" Erza was stunned by Kira's approach. "After we leave, it might become even more rampant and destructive..."

"You're right, but what does that have to do with me?" Kira spread his hands. "The mission was to 'defeat the dragon,' and we did it!"

"Isn't this... not a good idea?"

Kira raised his index finger and shook it: "Erza, you're still too young! This time, it seems like we're here to solve the dragon problem for the Magical Council (MNP), but in reality, all they want is for us to defeat the dragon. Nothing else matters!"

"As long as we can prove to the mages on the continent that Fairy Tail, besides Diablos, can defeat dragons, MNP's status and reputation will not be affected. That's exactly what they want!"

"In other words, even if we don't end up defeating the dragon that attacked the council, or even if we release the dragon after winning the battle, as long as we leave evidence, they won't care!"

Erza was dazed for a moment, then murmured, "So... that's how it is?"

"Besides, I really don't believe the Council of Judges can't handle a mere dragon! Not to mention the precedent of 'eating dragon meat to gain the power to slay dragons' on this continent, as long as they get their hands on a Dragon Slayer Crystal, they'll have a way to deal with dragons. Do you think the Council of Judges can't find a Dragon Slayer Crystal?"

"This...is truly unimaginable..."

"Exactly! Even Serena, the number one of the 'Ten Wizard Saints,' managed to collect eight Dragon Slayer Crystals. How could the Council of Wizards possibly not have a single one?! So the focus of this mission isn't the dragons, but the Council of Wizards!"

Getting carried away, Kira once again adopted his know-it-all attitude, turning to the group and saying, "You all need to learn from this! This is the mindset you should have when doing SS-rank missions, which is different from the clever tricks you use when doing S-rank missions."

"Those kinds of commissions only require you to have the strength and enough magical knowledge to complete them well; but for this kind of commission, if you only consider the surface, you'll just get tricked by those old foxes!"

"I don't understand!" Natsu scratched his head in confusion, then asked with a smile, "So you don't have to kill them, right?"

“Yes, no need to kill them!” Kira readily abandoned his attempt to enhance their abilities.

"Wait! If we encounter a dragon that isn't the one that attacked MNP, do we still have to fight it?"

Kira thought for a moment and replied, "Let's see what kind of character the other party has first. If it's a dragon, then we don't need to hold back! If it's just a minor evil, a beating will suffice."

"What if it's a good dragon?"

“Then let’s be friends with them!” Natsu shouted first.

Lucy and the others were delighted: "Being friends with a dragon? That sounds really interesting!"

"No! If they are good dragons, then take them with us as mounts!"

Chapter 414 Seeking the Dragon

"Uh...using a dragon...as a mount...??"

Kira's answer stunned them all, but he spoke as casually as if it were nothing: "Yeah, sounds pretty cool, right?! What else could you do? Eating dragon meat will drive you crazy!"

"As expected of you!"

Erza exclaimed excitedly, "A dragon knight? That sounds interesting!"

"It's decided! I'm going to find a dragon to ride!! I'm fired up!!"

"Don't you already have a Happy?"

"Don't you also have a magic airship?"

How can an airship and a dragon be the same?

"Then Happy and Dragon are different!"

"Aren't they all companions to you?"

Natsu was speechless. He squinted and said with a troubled expression, "Hmm... well... but it's still different, isn't it?"

Happy nodded repeatedly in agreement: "Yes! Yes! It's different!"

"Seriously, do you guys even know what kind of consequences it will have if you get a dragon as a mount?"