A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Hey, Toad Messenger, you're still here? I thought you were just there to take people away, but it turns out you also read out judgments?

Kira walked to the podium and waited quietly for the court session to begin.

"Defendant Kira Hopelight, regarding the terrorist incident at Kunuki Station a few days ago, organized by the Dark Magic Guild Iron Forest, according to information provided by the tainted witness, you have a total of ten charges, including vandalizing the station, damaging public property, and possessing dark magic items. Do you plead guilty?"

As soon as the toad opened its mouth, Kira knew that this round was over. If he were to be tried, he would be sentenced directly after the charges were read out, without asking whether he pleaded guilty or not.

Great, it seems there's nothing to worry about. It was just a formality, just like the original story. No worries.

"I plead guilty!"

Seeing Kira's cooperation, the council members nodded in approval. It seems that not all members of Fairy Tail are reckless; there are some clever young men like him too!

I always said this kid named Kira was a promising talent. He knew how to cooperate with just one look. He's a quick learner and will surely amount to something great in the future!

"So, according to the people from Iron Forest, Lalabai is on you. We hope you will hand it over to the Council for safekeeping. This kind of thing cannot remain in any guild!"

“Of course,” Kira pulled the Ralabai from his pocket and respectfully handed it over. Of course, it was the real one, not the prank flute he used to switch it out. “Ralabai is just a modified demon. In fact, it doesn’t have the terrifying power of legend, and its so-called ‘chantment’ isn’t as powerful as legend says…”

"Please allow me to explain what happened..."

For the next hour, Kira once again used his persuasive skills, recounting to the councilors in detail how he inquired about the Iron Forest in Ghost Lotus City, and how, through reasoning, investigation, locking, tracking, and fighting, he finally managed to seize Lala Bail from among hundreds of mages.

Kira launched into another long speech, the draft of which he had prepared for several days, all for this moment.

"...This item is relatively dangerous. For the sake of social stability and the safety of residents, I believe it should be handed over to the council in person, which is why it was not handed over directly to the restraint team."

This reason is obviously fabricated. Kira took down Lalabai to use this time to find more research material for his demon research.

Besides extracting the demonic factors mentioned above, they also wanted to see how powerful Zeref's "demon modification technology" was and whether there was anything they could learn from it.

Although this period of time was not long, Lalaba was already very weak. After Kira's research over the past few days, he found that Lalaba had some value, but it was not as good as Deliora, who was frozen and shattered into pieces.

The judges exchanged glances. They certainly didn't believe Kira's description entirely, but they could sense that this Lalabai was indeed real, imbued with an evil, dark, and demonic magical aura.

At this point, they couldn't say anything more. The other party had obediently handed it over, so there was no need to make things difficult for him. At least they wouldn't have to worry about Lalabai anymore.

In the end, a vote was held and Kira was found guilty but not punished. He was sent back to reflect on his actions, write a self-criticism, and submit it to Chairman Maklov for supervision.

"I'm so tired, after all this trip!"

Back at the guild, Kira, who had returned, told the group about his experience at the council: "You wouldn't believe it, those council members were completely captivated by what they heard, their hearts were pounding, and they practically wanted to fight alongside me. They almost came down and recognized me as their underling. If I hadn't refused because I thought they were too old, they would still be having a sworn brotherhood banquet right now."

Kira returned to Fairy Tail on the second day, and during his passionate speech, the guild members began their daily brawl and banquet.

After a long while, Kira, having finished speaking, walked toward Makarov, who was drinking at the bar: "Chairman, besides returning Lalabai, something else happened during my trip to the Council."

Makarov, who had been resting with his eyes closed due to exhaustion from the children's noise, opened them: "Hmm? What is it?"

"I met Gajeel, a mage from Phantom Troupe. From our conversation, I learned that Phantom Troupe seems to intend to wage war against Fairy Tail! Should we prepare for this as soon as possible?"

Chapter 47 Mystergan and Laxus

"The Spectres? This is troublesome! Is that guy Joseph really going to risk being labeled a dark guild and declare war on us?" Maklov frowned. He hadn't expected Joseph to be so extreme.

"You have this concern, but others may not. There's another issue: if we really start fighting, how will we handle the matter of dealing with the Oración Seis?"

Maklov was also a bit troubled: "If that kind of thing really happens, only four guilds will be left."

"Faced with the Oración Seis, the magic guild of the Kingdom of Fiore doesn't have many mages who can offer any help!"

Just as Kira was about to discuss the timing and personnel of the alliance with Maklov, he suddenly felt a wave of weariness wash over him.

The stronger they are, the wider their range of perception becomes, and Kira and Makarov noticed the anomaly immediately.

"This feeling... President?"

Maklov nodded: "It's that guy."

I gave myself a cleansing gesture, and instantly all sleepiness vanished.

As soon as they were released from their state, a powerful and heavy magical force slowly approached from outside the guild. In an instant, everyone in the guild who was still making noise was affected, and an irresistible drowsiness swept over them.

"This is??!!"

"sleepy!"

Thump! Bang! Crash!

Whether they were minor characters with weaker abilities, powerful figures like Natsugray, or even S-class mages like Erza and Mira, they all fell victim to the attack and collapsed to the ground one after another.

"Honestly, it's always like this. He casts sleep magic from so far away. How embarrassing!" Kira complained.

Mystergan was completely covered up, with a black headscarf covering his short blue hair, a dark green mask obscuring his face except for his eyes, his hands and feet wrapped in bandages, and a huge blue-black cloak on his back, making him look quite mysterious.

The flip-flops he was wearing didn't quite match his overall style.

In Fairy Tail, it seems to be a characteristic of powerful men wearing capes.

Mystogan's cloak is dark blue-black, very thin, and looks like a tattered rag; Gildarts wears a rather old-fashioned all-black travel cloak, the wide robe looking very windproof; Laxus has the most cloaks, some black, some white, some thin, some thick; as for Kira, he wears a white magical robe embroidered with gold thread, occasionally adorned with a dazzling and ornate pendant at the collar, exuding the noble air of a wealthy man.

Mistgang glanced at the task board, then picked up a task and headed towards the bar. Maklov said, "I'll be right back..."

The deep, resonant voice was clearly falsetto.

"Hey!! Release the sleep spell!!!"

As soon as Maklov called out, Kira greeted him warmly, "Mistgan, long time no see! How's the staff I gave you last time?"

It is the duty of a qualified manufacturer and supplier to regularly ask customers for their opinions on the products.

Perhaps because he had few friends growing up, Mystogan was always aloof, but he still had to be respectful towards Kira! After all, as Kira implied, he had bought his magic wand from him!

Mystogan comes from Edolas, which is different from Aslant. That world is in the end times, and humans do not have magic power in their bodies and cannot use magic, but they do have magical items. As for how magical items are produced without magic power, Kira doesn't know much about it.

In order to ensure that Edolas has sufficient magic power, the king of the human kingdoms launched a plan to use the spacetime magic "soul" to transform places in Aslant with abundant magic power into magic crystals to absorb into Edolas.

In addition to man-made structures and the natural environment, people, and sometimes even entire towns, were relocated there, causing immense damage to Aslant.

Mystogan is Gerald's counterpart in Edolas, a prince of the human kingdom who came to Aslant to stop the king, his father's, plans.

In other words, Mystogan himself has no magic power; he relies entirely on his magic wand to use magic.

Originally, Mystogan used a magical artifact he brought from Edolas, but it was broken by Kira when he was promoted to S-class mage, so Kira compensated him with a new staff.

Kira was most adept at making such long weapons. A magic crystal that could absorb and store the magic power of nature, a magic circle that could convert magic power into magic, and a switch that could respond to the user, and finally a shell was added to the outermost layer, usually made of wood that was malleable or could maximize the use of magic power, and a fine magic wand was made.

"Perfect!"

He still spoke concisely, but this was the only communication Mystergan had in the guild besides accepting quests.

When someone asks you a question, you should answer politely. This is the proper manners of a prince. After all, sleep magic is ineffective against Kira.

"Five...four...three...two...one..."

Mister Gang walked and counted, and just as he stepped out of the guild gate, he reached one and disappeared into the wisps of smoke.

Everyone was suddenly awakened!

"This...this feeling is...Mistgang??!!"

"That bastard!!"

"Nothing's changed; it's still the incredibly powerful sleep magic!!!"

"Mistergang?"

The newcomer Lucy didn't know who this person was, but someone quickly answered her question.

"He is one of the candidates for the strongest man in Fairy Tail. For some reason, he doesn't want anyone to see his face, and when he comes to choose a mission, he will put everyone to sleep like this."

"What?! This is so weird!!"

"So, apart from the chairman, no one has ever seen Mistgang's face..."

“No… I’ve seen it too!” Laxus stood on the second floor, holding onto the railing, wearing his ugly headphones that he’d worn since childhood, looking smugly at the people on the first floor.

"Hey, Laxus, you're here too!"

Kira and Laxus have a long-standing friendship built up over many years, though it has cooled somewhat in the last two years.

This reason can be traced back to Kira opening the magic shop two years ago.

Since Kira joined Fairy Tail, his talent and strength have been widely praised, which is why the arrogant and self-important Laxus, who considers himself the future heir of the guild, could not tolerate it.

Imagine you were originally the grandson of the company owner, with an excellent family background and personal abilities. If nothing unexpected happened, the company's assets would be yours in a decade or so. But then one day, someone much more outstanding than you suddenly appeared.

This person is more capable than you, more talented than you, and more handsome than you. The word "genius" seems to have been created just for him. Who can tolerate this?

Relying on the Thunder Dragon Slayer Crystal within him, Laxus didn't even put Gildarts in his eyes, so he confidently challenged Kira. As expected, he was taught a lesson by Kira.

It's like when you join a new company, you have to establish a persona. When Kira first joined Fairy Tail, he was thinking of establishing a persona of a powerful genius, and then he encountered this good thing.

Kira was too young at the time and didn't know how to hold back, so he beat up the guild master's grandson. Fortunately, this was Fairy Tail, where fighting was commonplace, and Makolov was more open-minded and didn't pursue the matter. If it were any other guild, he would have been kicked out long ago.

Chapter 48 The Boy from the Past

After that, Laxus always wanted to get revenge, but either Kira wouldn't fight him or he couldn't beat Kira. In less than two years, Kira became an S-class, and the gap between the two widened even further.

Laxus had always considered Kira an opponent he had to defeat before taking over the guild, so the two would challenge each other to fight from time to time. However, after Laxus became an S-class guild member, Kira stopped fighting him.

Even playing the same game every day gets boring, let alone for a person.

Two years ago, Kira turned to opening a shop, which infuriated Laxus. Everyone was working together to improve, but he led the way in betraying the organization?

It just so happened that Laxus was going through a rebellious phase, and he was a bit stubborn. After failing to dissuade Kira, Laxus stopped contacting him. Kira also stayed in the shop and didn't come out. As they saw each other less often, this delicate relationship never eased.

"There's a reason why Mistgang refuses to see anyone! After all, his face is too easy to misunderstand."

Have you met Kira too?

"What exactly does Mystogan look like? Why is it so mysterious?"

Natsu and Happy were very curious about this, not to mention the two of them, there were probably very few people in the entire guild who weren't curious.

"That's someone else's privacy, so I can't say! I can only say it's very special, that he looks exactly like a very famous person. You'll definitely be shocked when you see him! But don't delve too deeply into the details. I won't accept any guild quests even if they offer them."

"What you're saying is making me even more concerned!" Natsu didn't pursue the matter further, but brought up another issue: "Let's not talk about this anymore, Kira! Let's have a duel!"

"Let's do it another day. I'm tired and not in the right state of mind today. Let's just consider it a win."