A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

The Sea Demon King was sealed away by the Ice God during a battle with the gods. Subsequently, his people were purged by the gods and the humans who followed them. After a massacre, the Sea Demon race was almost wiped out, and the remaining demons fled their homes and hid in various parts of the world.

Centuries later, the gods and demons lost power, and the continent became the domain of humans and dragons. The demons of the sea demon race were unwilling to accept defeat, so they regrouped and attempted to resurrect their ancient king and take control of the continent.

Over several decades, the descendants of the Sea Demons used the Moon Drops, magic left behind by the Moon Goddess and stolen during the war between gods and demons, to successfully break the seal on the Ice God and resurrect their leader, the Sea Demon King.

Unfortunately, the resurrected Sea Demon King lost the wisdom and strength of legend, becoming a ferocious beast that only knew how to kill, and even turned against its own kind of descendants who had resurrected it.

Before the resurrection of the Sea Demon King could cause any new turmoil, it was quelled by another powerful human. It is said that this person was a descendant of the Ice God. After fighting the Sea Demon King, he failed to kill it, so he used the magic left behind by the Ice God to absolutely freeze it and reseal it.

"Moon Drops, Absolute Freeze... those two spells again!!" Kira exclaimed. "Seriously! Gray, it seems you really have a knack for these two spells."

Gray: "Tch..."

"Perhaps Uru is also a descendant of this lineage..."

Erza, Natsu, and the others were unaware of this, so they asked, "What kind of magic is that?"

"I'll tell you later, listen to me now..."

After being resealed, the descendants of the Ice God were put in charge of guarding the Sea Demon's body and went into seclusion deep in the Zonia Mountains, which is now the Esisnew clan.

A hundred years ago, Ace found some information about the Sea Demon King somewhere. In order to revive the Sea Demon King and use its power to rebuild the glory of the Sea Demon race, he searched everywhere for his kind with the same bloodline.

At Ace's enthusiastic invitation, the naive and ill-tempered Krow readily agreed and became one of the supporters of the "Sea King Resurrection Plan".

Before her, the team already included the Snow Demon Snoi, the Mist Demon Fog, and the Water Demon Walter. She was the last and the youngest among them.

At this point, Kira slammed his fist on the table in righteous indignation: "Seriously, this heartless, unscrupulous old man abducted a naive and innocent young girl. It's heartbreaking to hear, and people like him... this kind of demon should be killed!!"

Everyone: "..."

According to Ace's original plan, in order to successfully rule humanity after resurrecting the Sea Demon King, they also needed to eliminate the Esisnew clan, who possessed the magic to exterminate demons. However, they discovered that only a few families remained, so they temporarily shelved the plan.

Several years ago, Silver's unexpected arrival directly seized the Demon Slayer Magic, and they no longer paid any attention to the remaining Eisnew clan.

"So it seems that man stole your magic but failed to shoulder the responsibilities of your race! How shameful!"

Poole, Winter: "..."

Kira pointed at Natsu and the others and said, "You should all learn from this and never do something like this again!"

"We would never do that!"

"Exactly, only you, Kira, would do something like that!"

"What did you say?! I'm that kind of person?" Kira was indignant and got up to fight.

Erza was furious when she heard that the group was about to start arguing again. Kira was always so unserious. He would get distracted so many times while giving information. Couldn't he be a little more serious?

"Kira! Go on to tell me their purpose!"

"All right……"

After a long period of accumulation, they finally obtained a sufficient amount of Lunar Drops from the black market, preparing to resurrect the Sea Demon King tomorrow. The reason for choosing this time is that there will be a special celestial phenomenon on this day—a solar eclipse—which will allow the Sea Demon race's power to reach its peak.

Afterwards, Kira gave a brief explanation to the few guys who didn't know what "Absolute Freeze" or "Moon Drops" were, and also briefly described what had happened on Galna Island.

Kira shook his head: "Relying on the black market will take decades. I remember last time on Galna Island, Leon said it took him ten years. Sigh, I really don't know who to pity..."

In terms of efficiency alone, Leon is faster, but demons have long lifespans; decades are nothing to them.

Kira thought that Leon probably didn't know that "Moon Drops" could be bought on the black market, otherwise he would have just bought them. But then he thought again, even if he did know, would he really have the money to buy them?

Leon, who wasn't there: "Achoo!..."

Speaking of which, where did these demons get their money from... Oh, they're demons, so they probably just stole it.

Kira's impression of demons worsened further; he hated people who didn't pay for their purchases.

Gray voiced his question: "If it's an absolute freeze, after so much time, no matter how strong this sea monster is, it should be dead by now!"

Did the Sea Demon King, frozen in absolute ice, die? This is indeed a question worth considering.

Kira thought for a moment and felt that things might not be so simple: "Magic evolves with the times. After all, it was so long ago. No one can be sure that the Absolute Freeze cast by that Eisnew member was as powerful as the one that Uru used to seal Deliora."

Erza shook her head and said, "That's not entirely true. You said that Absolute Freeze is a life-risking magic, and such profound and costly magic is generally difficult to improve! In other words, even if there are hundreds of years between the two eras, the difference in the magic of Absolute Freeze is not as great as you might imagine."

“That makes sense,” Kira nodded in agreement. “There’s another thing: a guy who can survive for hundreds of years in a god’s seal and live until the seal is broken can’t be overestimated.”

Kira and Erza each offered their analysis of the possible developments in the situation, while the others went about their own business, drinking and chatting. Cana, in particular, was having a great time drinking with the tavern owner, making the tavern lively.

That's just how Fairy Tail is; wherever they are, there's always noise and commotion.

At that moment, everyone forgot about responsibilities and obligations, gods and demons, magic and commissions, bets and punishments; they simply drank and feasted happily.

Only Krowy fainted early on because Kira was reading his memories.

As Kira glanced back casually, he noticed that Winter seemed to be staring at Gray, with a strange look in his eyes.

Chapter 75 Kira's Gift

Inside the mysterious cave, the remaining three demons of the "Sea Demon King Resurrection Plan" hold another meeting.

“Ace, Crowley, she…”

"Yes, I know, they were captured by those mages!"

Despite being a demon, Ferguson still valued his companions: "Then we should go save her..."

"No, since we were able to defeat Klaue, it means that our opponent has a way to counter the magic unique to our race. What we should do now is to avoid their sharp edge and patiently wait for the Lord's resurrection."

Ace's analysis was correct, but it sounded rather cold-blooded.

The cold words sent a chill down Fogg's spine. He shouted, "Ace, we've already lost Walter because of one mistake. Are we going to abandon Klaue too? She's just a child, the future of our race!"

"The future of our race does not belong to her, but to our Lord!" Ace's face looked somewhat crazed, as if he had been seduced by a false dream. "As long as our Lord is resurrected, we can have as many half-demon like her as we want!"

Unreasonable!

This guy is completely insane!

Ferguson turned and left in anger, while Sinoi watched his retreating figure in silence.

Even Snowy, who usually didn't get along with Klaue, felt that what Ace said was a bit too heartless. After all, they had been friends for decades.

"You brought her in here, is it really okay to just throw her away like a discarded pawn?"

"For a greater goal, all sacrifices are worthwhile!"

"But this is not a necessary sacrifice!"

"But that might affect the implementation of the plan, wouldn't it?"

After a moment of silence, Sinoi asked, "Aren't you worried that she'll leak the plan?"

"Don't worry! Her character is more resilient than you realize!" Ace's smile was rather cruel. "That little girl will keep her mouth shut for our dreams!"

……

The next morning, the morning sunlight, reflected off the snow, became even more dazzling.

After resting overnight, Kira and his crew decided to strike again, heading to the demons' stronghold to completely annihilate their ultimate target, the Frozen Sea Demon King.

"It feels like we're the villains. They've spent decades painstakingly planning and implementing this, and we ruined it all for one mission..." Kira said jokingly.

"Don't say such things!" Erza said righteously. "Their goal is to resurrect a powerful demon, a tyrant who could cause disaster. Even if it weren't a mission, we should stop it!"

Honestly, Erza really doesn't understand a joke at all...

"I know! I mean, aren't you taking this way way too seriously?"

Just then, Gray and Natsu walked over, yawning, and asked, "What's our plan?"

These two fighting guys have been restless ever since yesterday. After drinking some alcohol, they went on a drunken rampage. If Erza hadn't knocked them out, they would have almost rushed over and attacked the enemy's stronghold while still drunk.

Gray, in particular, upon hearing that this mission once again involved demons, absolute freeze, and drops of moonlight, couldn't wait to fly over and teach them a lesson in ice magic...

"Don't worry, the heads have already been allocated to you!"

Kira then called everyone over for a discussion: "According to the current intelligence, there are three more demons on the other side, as well as a Demon Lord who may be resurrected at any time, so the main attack will be handled by me, Erza, Natsu, and Gray."

“As for the four of you,” he said, then pointed to the remaining few, “stay here to guard the prisoner. After all, she’s a comrade, and I suspect those demons might come to rescue her.”

After discussing the personnel allocation, Kira added, "Be careful of the wolf pack! Although they are not strong individually, their numbers can still cause some trouble."

"If you encounter the enemy's demons and can't defeat them, remember to send a signal, and we will come as quickly as possible!"

Although these words were full of concern, the few who remained were somewhat displeased after hearing them—the main attacking team each had one opponent, but when it came to us, how could four of us not be able to beat one of them?

"Don't worry! There won't be a time when you'll need it!"

"If the other side comes to rescue us, let us take on the task of defeating the demon!"

"That's right, don't underestimate us. We're all very reliable, aren't we, Lucy?"

"Uh... this... hahaha..."

Clearly, only the three of them were unconvinced. Lucy wasn't very confident in her own abilities, and she wasn't a particularly competitive person.

“Oh, right, speaking of this,” Kira suddenly remembered something upon hearing Cana’s words, and took out a small box from his spatial equipment and handed it to Lucy. “I heard that you guys took on an S-class mission without permission. To prevent any accidents, I brought this with me. I didn’t expect to have to use it. You can borrow it for now.”

Seeing the strangely familiar box Kira handed her, Lucy was somewhat surprised: "This box... could it be...??!!"

"Okay, you need to return the Celestial Key to me after the mission!"

"Can I really borrow it?" Lucy's eyes were shining, as if they had turned into the shape of a Celestial Key, which looked somewhat comical.

Kira smiled and nodded: "Although we might not need it this time, it's better to be prepared! After the mission..."

"Thank you so much!"

Before he could finish speaking, Lucy rushed over and hugged Kira tightly. Of course, don't get the wrong idea, it was a very proper hug between friends, full of gratitude.

Although this gratitude is big and soft, Kira is not someone who would get carried away with it; he is a "sage" after all! Besides, helping others is his hobby, let alone his companions.

So he reluctantly pushed Lucy away forcefully: "Even if you thank me this way, it's not okay. You still have to give it back to me after this, understand?"

But Lucy was already immersed in the joy of obtaining the Celestial Key and didn't listen to Kira's words at all.

"let's go!"

After giving instructions on how to deal with possible situations, Kira and the others turned and set off for the demon's base, which they had learned from Krowy's memories.

After reading Krowy's memories, Kira was surprised to find that he had already been to this base once before, in the cave he had walked through yesterday.