A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Gray chimed in as well, his words revealing his familiarity with his guildmates.

"What?! Is that true?!"

"During the previous Magic Tournament, wasn't there a place called the 'Ghost Graveyard'? The ghosts there were Magnolia's ghosts who made a friendly appearance!"

Seeing that the group was talking about 'ghosts', Kira couldn't help but delve deeper.

"Ah!! Could it be the one who caused me and Kana to switch bodies?!"

Kira nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes!! When I invited them, they were all scrambling for a spot. And let me tell you a secret, one of the ghost uncles, just so he could get in and have some fun, secretly told me where he buried his treasure..."

"Treasure?!?"

Everyone gasped in excitement, their eyes lighting up with a dazzling light.

"...In the end, I dug it out and found it was a bunch of love letters he hadn't sent out in his early years."

"I am bored!!"

"This is boring!!"

"Disgusting!!"

Why does that ghost uncle have to die again?

Kira looked down at Wendy. "Little girl, how do you know so much?"

"Wendy, aren't you afraid?"

Lucy looked at Wendy curiously. In her opinion, Wendy was the youngest one here, and being a girl, she should be afraid of ghosts.

Wendy chuckled and shook her head: "Not at all! The Dragon Slayer Secret Technique I learned, Galaxy, is magic that allows me to communicate with the dead, so I tried talking to ghosts a long time ago."

"Huh?! No way?!"

"Is it one of the two Dragon Slayer techniques you obtained from Senior Periuszka?"

"That's right!"

Mentioning Perusica made Wendy's heart leap with joy, her face beaming with happiness. "Although she is just Grandine's counterpart, the time I spent studying there felt like going back to the time when I lived with Grandine."

Hey, hey, hey...the people here are all without mothers—but there are cats!

This truly exemplifies the saying "humans are inferior to cats!"

Oh, wait! One of them already has a mother.

Fortunately, the group didn't feel embarrassed as Kira had imagined; instead, they gave Wendy a relieved smile.

"By the way, do you know who those four statues represent?"

After observing the mountain overhead for a moment, Lucy suddenly asked a question.

The four statues are a bald, muscular man in a vest, a woman with a long ponytail, an uncle in a cloak, and a general in a cape and helmet.

Upon hearing Lucy's question, everyone shook their heads.

"do not know."

"never heard of that."

"Probably someone famous?"

"Could it be a former king or something?"

"But they don't seem to be wearing crowns!"

"The identities of these four statues... I've heard a little about them!"

"Huh?! You've heard of Kira?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then smiled knowingly: "Truly worthy of being the one in charge of guild intelligence!"

"Oh ho ho ho... I also learned about it from a book at a street stall after I first came to Crocus!"

"It is said that they were the four followers of the first king of the Kingdom of Fiore, who made countless contributions in the process of establishing the kingdom. So after the establishment of the Kingdom of Fiore, the king carved stone statues of the four of them to commend their great achievements to the people."

"In addition, the statue was deliberately erected on a high peak on the west side of the capital, which implies the hope that their remaining power will forever protect the Kingdom of Fiore."

The group looked on with wide-eyed amusement, once again astonished by Kira's vast knowledge: "Huh?? There's such a story?"

"This is the first time I've ever heard of something like this!"

"Me too!"

"Me too!"

"Hmph... It would be a miracle if a semi-literate person who doesn't read books or newspapers knew these things."

"What did you say?! Who are you saying doesn't read books?"

Upon hearing Kira's words, Natsu and Happy couldn't hold back any longer and pounced on him, feeling that Kira was mocking them.

Then Kira knocked him to the ground with two punches.

Gray didn't jump up to get beaten up, but instead stood there laughing at Natsu: "Idiot Natsu, getting angry is just admitting you're illiterate, isn't it?"

Natsu and Harpy suddenly realized, "Ah!! That's right!!!"

"What idiots!"

Lucy remarked that although she was the one who had just raised the question, she wasn't the kind of person who didn't read books or newspapers regularly.

"That's right!" Erza crossed her arms, closed her eyes, and nodded, but her body felt strangely stiff.

Lucy retorted again, "You didn't know either, did you..."

Harpy raised his paw and flew up, saying, "No, we do read books and newspapers too!"

Xia Lulu, with her eyes drooping, bluntly retorted, "All those things you've been looking at are related to fish, right? And you've basically been looking at pictures!"

Having his truth exposed, Happy was a little embarrassed, but he still stubbornly said, "Well... well, you could say that's true!"

"Ah, the sound is getting quieter."

"Were they followers of the first King Fiore? What kind of people were they?"

Wendy looked up at the stone statue above her and asked curiously.

"If you ask me that, I'm no longer sleepy!"

Kira's eyes lit up, and he immediately began to show off his knowledge, speaking eloquently: "Speaking of them, we must mention the first king of the Kingdom of Fiore, whose life was also quite legendary!"

"It is said that he was originally a lord of a certain place, but later, unable to tolerate the tyranny of the king, he formed an army and led a group of people to fight against the tyrant. His ideals of benevolence and peace attracted many oppressed people and forces, among which four forces were the most powerful. The leaders of these four forces followed him in his campaigns and were the most loyal supporters of the first king."

Erza pointed to the ceiling: "Are these the four followers?"

"That's right! These four are: a battle-hardened general; a famous treasure hunter; the president of a certain magic merchant guild; and a peerless warrior of unparalleled loyalty."

"With their help, the first king gradually conquered the surrounding territories and eventually established the kingdom we know today."

Upon hearing this, the group sensed something was amiss and immediately began counting on their fingers: "General, Treasure Hunter, Guild Master, Warrior..."

Upon counting to the end, it became apparent that one of the most important professions was missing!

"There aren't any mages?!"

Erza and the others all looked shocked.

Logically speaking, magic is the strongest cultivation system in this world, and Fiore is a magic kingdom. It shouldn't have lacked mages when it was founded!

"No!"

Kira shook his head and explained, "The magical world back then wasn't as well-regulated as it is now. There were no magic guilds or councils, so powerful people were basically all magic users and were considered mages!"

"That first king was a mage whose strength far surpassed that of his four followers!"

Chapter 622 The foot of the mountain was not peaceful at night.

"Eh?! ...

The screams echoed throughout the mountain, shattering the tranquility of the night.

"That first king was actually..."

"A powerful mage?!"

"I've never heard of that before!!!"

Fortunately, this is an isolated mountain outside the city where no one lives. Otherwise, if this were inside the city, the shouts of these people would probably wake up a large number of people who are dreaming or working on artificial intelligence.

Kira, speechless, retorted, "Keep your voice down! I still have my ears to listen to!"

The group fell silent, their expressions gradually softening.

It only came to my belated realization that the king's magical abilities weren't so surprising after all!

Erza was the first to calm down: "It was a bit surprising at first, but thinking about it carefully, it's really true. If a leader doesn't have strong power, how can he gain the respect of his subordinates? Especially the first king who founded the nation; if he didn't have power, he would have died by assassination or something else long ago..."

In contrast, Natsu was more concerned about another matter: "Is the current king also a mage? Is he very strong?"

Gray rolled his eyes at him and retorted, "Are you asking about this so you can go and fight him?"

Natsu's features immediately tightened as he fell into deep thought: "Hmm... well..."

"You really want to go?!"

Gray was shocked and roared in disbelief.

Kira clapped his hands, drawing Natsu's attention from his reverie: "What a pity! The current king doesn't seem to know magic, and the princess does know a little, but not much."

"How did Kirasan know? Did you perhaps meet the king and princess?"

"You forgot? I once took on a commission from the Fiore royal family! That huge 2 million deal!! I met them during that job!"

Speaking of this, Kira couldn't help but look smug. "When we were close at hand, I didn't sense any magic from King Thomas. As for Princess Emerald's magic... I can only say it was about the same as Dorelle's."

The group froze, blinking in disbelief, then exclaimed again, "Dorelle?! You mean that Dorelle?! That Emerald Princess..."

Suddenly, the group paused, cautiously glancing around to make sure no one was there before letting out a sigh of relief. They then lowered their voices and continued, "Is that Jade Princess really that weak?"

That's Dorell, who was known as one of the "guild's two weaklings" along with Jet!

How could the descendant of a powerful mage who could establish a kingdom be someone with such weak magical talent?