A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Um? ?

The olive branch came so quickly? It came without any effort at all!

Kira appropriately displayed some excitement and exhilaration, and consequently, a stutter: "You...you're telling the truth? I can work for you?"

This kid is still acting with me!

Eileen sneered inwardly, but smiled gently and magnanimously on her face: "Of course!"

Kira hesitated for half a second, then burst into tears of joy: "But...why? I'm just an ordinary traveling merchant, what have I done to deserve this..."

"I see you have a real talent for magic! And I always feel we're destined for each other! Look, we both have red hair!"

Kira was immediately moved to tears and bowed at a 45-degree angle: "Kira has wandered for half his life, only regretting that he has not met a wise mother. If Lady Irene does not abandon him, Kira is willing to become her godmother!"

"..."

Eileen frowned, sensing something was wrong: What's with this kid? His words are so strange; I have a feeling he has ill intentions…

"Forget about the stepmother..."

"My mother-in-law is fine too!"

Eileen's breath hitched, and after a long while, she finally managed to say with difficulty, "I... don't have a daughter."

No daughter? Poor Erza...

Kira internally ranted: With your perfect figure, "a green robe cannot conceal your beauty, and to see a thousand miles further, one must constantly wipe it clean, yet the fragrance remains unchanged," there are few like you in the entire world. Experienced women and discerning men can tell at a glance that you have given birth! You can't even fool others with such words, how could you possibly fool yourself, a reader who has read the comics dozens of times?

So Kira, without changing his expression, continued to offer the next option: "Then... teacher?"

That's more like it!

Eileen nodded inwardly. Although she knew the person in front of her was suspicious, given their age and talent, they could be master and apprentice. However, she still retorted with slight displeasure, "Do I look that old?"

Kira was overjoyed and immediately seized the opportunity: "Sister! From now on, we're half-siblings!"

Eileen: "..."

I shouldn't have argued with that!

This redhead has a thick skin; I knew I hadn't misjudged him!

"You're quite good at building connections..."

"Traveling merchants rely on this face!"

"Come with me!"

Eileen turned and walked away, and Kira immediately followed.

Infiltration operation successful!

Eileen wasn't an idiot; she certainly didn't believe Kira's identity. Her reason for doing so was obvious: how could she let a mage whose magical power was second only to hers and August's suddenly infiltrate her territory? She would definitely keep him by her side and monitor him at all times!

She could certainly choose to fight Kira directly, but she was neither clear about Kira's purpose nor his personality.

If Kira were a villain, with his considerable magical power, a fight between them in town would inevitably cause significant damage, potentially endangering other citizens and creating unnecessary trouble.

Therefore, Eileen chose to wait and see for the time being.

As for the so-called 'sibling relationship', she doesn't believe in that at all and can discard it at any time!

She can give up on her daughter, so it doesn't matter how close the relationship is. She refuses to be a godmother or mother-in-law, but subconsciously she doesn't want to think about the daughter she abandoned.

Of course... a woman's appearance and age are also factors to consider.

Irene's plan succeeded; she kept Kira, whose identity was suspicious and whose purpose was unknown, under her watchful eye. Kira's plan also succeeded; he got close to Irene, nominally as her brother and subordinate. This status would undoubtedly give him more opportunities to contact her in future operations, which would be of great help to both "preventing the Empire from going to war" and "dismantling the Twelve Shields Plan".

But at this moment, Kira was thinking...

"Erza, next time we meet, you should call me uncle!"

……

"Achoo!!"

Inside the cabin, Erza sneezed violently.

"Erza, do you have a cold?"

"Please, that's Erza! How could she possibly catch a cold?!"

"I'm fine!" Erza frowned. "This feeling... it's more like some kind of malice... who could it be?"

A familiar face simultaneously flashed into their minds.

Just then...

Boom!

The ship has docked.

Chapter 503 The Deputy's Daily Work

"Lady Eileen, come back..."

Who is this man?

The two girls, who were both her subordinates and servants, were quite surprised that their respected Lady Eileen had suddenly gone out on important business not long ago.

Having followed Eileen for years, they knew her temperament—warm on the outside, cold on the inside. If this man were merely handsome, he wouldn't have been brought back. The only explanation was…

The two unconsciously turned their gaze to Kira's red hair.

'He has similar hair color to Lady Irene!'

Heine, the girl in the black bodysuit, and Juliet, the girl in the white dress, exchanged a glance. In that exchange of glances, their years of tacit understanding told them that they were thinking the same thing.

'Could it be Lady Eileen's...son?'

"Impossible! Lady Eileen is not married, so how could she have a son!"

'But he has red hair...'

Red hair is extremely rare in the entire Alvarez Empire, and if it were just a coincidence that someone had red hair, how could Lady Irene have brought them back? This shows that their relationship is unusual!

This reasoning is logical and well-founded.

Unfortunately, it's wrong.

Kira followed behind Erin, waving enthusiastically at the two of them and greeting them with a smile: "Hello, I'm a new mage who has joined the 'Erin Team'. From now on, we'll be colleagues. Please take good care of me, you two sisters."

These two girls were created by Eileen using her personality, and they were born no more than 20 years ago. You can call them "little sisters" without any problem!

He paused, then added, "By the way, I'm Eileen's younger brother!"

"younger brother?!"

The two girls were instantly stunned. They might not know about others, but didn't they know Eileen, their creator? A younger brother? She must have been adopted!

But why would Lady Eileen acknowledge this person as her younger brother? Just because of his hair color? That can't be...

Although the two were created by Irene, their abilities were only at the level of Fairy Tail S-class mages, and they could not sense Kira's powerful magic at all, so they found Irene's actions incomprehensible.

So they turned their attention to Eileen, the woman who was like a mother to them.

Eileen nodded, acknowledging Kira's statement: "He will become my second-in-command from now on."

Deputy?

The two women, one in black and one in white, blinked, exchanging bewildered glances, their minds racing: Who exactly is this man?! How did he gain Lady Eileen's trust in such a short time?!

They knew that if it was just a matter of needing someone to solve some work-related problems for Lady Eileen, the two of them were perfectly capable and there was no need to find any other assistants; and in daily life, no one was more trustworthy or better than them.

Thinking of this, the two looked at Eileen with a slow change from shock to sadness, mixed with a bit of gossip unique to women: So, love can disappear, right, Lady Eileen?

"..."

Eileen's lips twitched. She wondered if she had forgotten to add some intelligence to the children's brains when she used the personality transfer. Otherwise, how could these two children not see something so obvious?!

Kira took in the awkward expressions of the three men and chuckled to himself.

If he could hear the thoughts of the two maids, he would surely pat their heads and say to them with a tender tone: Love will not disappear, but it will transfer.

……

Erin made Kira her deputy, and Kira naturally had to do his job well.

After all, he was not only a qualified magic merchant, but also an excellent mage with rich experience in infiltration operations and an excellent ability to deal with various emergencies.

Don't forget that he contributed to the great construction of Magnolia, so he was naturally adept at handling matters such as managing town affairs.

"A magic academy is going to be built here?"

"Sure! No matter how tough things get, we can't let our children suffer; no matter how poor we are, we can't neglect education. Mages are the foundation of our Alvarez Empire. As a directly administered town under the Twelve Shields, we must take this seriously! Allocate funds!"

"A vendor market is going to be built here?"

"Yes! Only when the economy develops can the lives of the citizens improve, and only then can Lady Eileen's prestige spread far and wide. We must take this seriously! Allocate funds!"

"They're going to build an orphanage here?"

"Outrageous! The citizens under Lady Eileen's rule live in peace and contentment, where would an orphan come from! Rejected!"

In the document room, Kira sat upright with a serious expression in front of a dark red sandalwood table, pen in hand, reviewing each document presented by his subordinates.

There were three stacks of documents in front of him: unprocessed ones in front, approved ones on the left, and rejected ones on the right, each stack being thirty centimeters high.

This is government work that has been piling up for several months.

Kira wasn't alone in the room; Irene's black-clad maid, Heine, was also there. She stood quietly beside Kira, watching him work on his documents without uttering a word.

Compared to the other maid Juliet, Heine has a calmer personality, which is why Irene chose to keep her here. However, after watching Kira process documents for most of the day, she couldn't help but complain.

But this isn't her fault; almost everyone who spends time with Kira becomes like this.

"What on earth is wrong with this person?!"

"Wasn't he supposed to be a traveling merchant? How come he's more experienced in these things than people who've been doing it for over ten years..."

Especially those things like 'Where is there poverty under Lady Eileen's rule', they can say them so eloquently, they're even more insidious than the most detestable politicians.

Heine felt that his simple and unpretentious worldview had been greatly impacted.