A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

Prioritizing the safety of one's own world? Isn't that perfectly normal...?

Whether it's Erin, who is from World 5 and possesses Wendy, or Kira himself, they both know that they share the same thoughts.

Even though they are all mages from Fairy Tail, there are still differences in their relationships, and they must be responsible for the safety of their "family"!

Chapter 755 The Evolution of World Number 1

World 1, X786, July 1st.

Since 'Nirvana' reversed the world's good and evil, Ishgar was thrown into turmoil. Zeref and Acnologia stepped in to save the world and restore order. Finally, Lucy pushed open the Gate of Eclipse and went to the 'past' to find a way to reverse 'Nirvana'. A full year has passed.

During this period, the world continued to function relatively well under the military rule of Acnologia, Zeref, and his Twelve Shields.

Even though good and evil have been reversed, life goes on whether it is Ishgar or Aragitasia, whether it is the Kingdom of Fiore or the Alvarez Empire, or even Giltina in the north.

On this day, Jelf held his usual meeting.

Since the Twelve Shields conquered Giltina six months ago, the alliance between Zeref and Acnologia has completely unified the four continents of the east, west, south, and north, truly achieving world domination.

All the rebels, whether they were the remnants of Kira's original Golden Empire, the magic guilds that originally supported the Kingdom of Fiore, or Kirtina's Magic Council (MNP), have now been completely dismantled and are hiding in the shadows, becoming like rats that dare not show their faces.

Based on this, the people who control the world decided to distribute their military forces equally across the four continents, which are also the four magical empires, with the Kingdom of Fiore as the center, in order to better maintain world peace.

To ensure their rule was flawless, this group established a council and decided to hold a meeting periodically, bringing together all those stationed on the four continents to discuss the current political, economic, cultural, and military issues of the four empires.

……

Crocus, the City of a Hundred Flowers.

In the heart of the city stands a magnificent palace, the Palace of the Lanterns, Meluklias.

This was originally the palace where the Fiore royal family lived, but now it has become the palace of the ruler of the Southern Continent Magic Empire. The person living here is the world-famous black mage - Zeref.

Deep within the palace, there is a spacious conference hall that can accommodate 200 people. Inside the hall is an enormous circular table, similar in style to the table at the World Government meeting in the anime/manga series One Piece.

On the east wall hangs a huge world map, as well as maps of the four continents: east, west, south, and north. The basic features of the four continents are drawn in detail on the same scale, including mountains, rivers, plains, deserts, and forests.

These maps were redrawn by specialists over the past year. The biggest difference between them and the previous maps is that each continent has only one empire!

At this moment, a young man with black hair, who looked like a pretty boy, sat in the most prestigious chair in the center of the south side of the circular table, organizing the paper documents on the table in front of him.

This man, who looks almost like a pretty boy, is Zeref, the current ruler of Ishgar.

Beside Zeref were several other people: August, Inbell, Timaria, Brandish, Serena, and Bradman, who were half of the original Twelve Shields. They were the main people in charge of managing Ishgar.

Of course, all six of them except for Inbel are thought entities, because they cannot leave the place they are guarding at will, so they always participate in the council in this form.

Soon, accompanied by several rustling sounds, several more thought entities appeared in the conference hall. Their appearances were also familiar, including the remaining twelve shields.

"It's that time of year again for meetings... What a hassle!"

The one who voiced his complaint was Agil, one of the people currently in charge of the Western Continent and a former member of the Twelve Shields. With his hands in his trouser pockets, he walked with an arrogant gait and rudely sat down on a chair on the west side.

"This is also for the sake of world stability and peace, so please bear with it for a little while."

Neinhart, with his quirky and flamboyant hairstyle, dressed himself up like an unconventional artist, and slowly walked over to sit down next to Agil.

"Tch! I know!"

Clearly, whoever controls which continent sits on that side, and they are already very familiar with this rule.

Moreover, under the influence of Nirvana, everyone's temper has become much milder, and even someone as warlike and rebellious as Agil has become a well-behaved child who only complains.

Jelf looked up at the beautiful woman, elegant and noble like a peony, who had just appeared in the crowd, and asked, "How is the situation in the Alvarez Empire, Eileen?"

"Everything is normal, Your Majesty, please rest assured!"

In the world today, each continent is managed by many people, but above these administrators is a continent ruler, and Eileen is the ruler of the Western Continent.

Or rather, the queen of the Alvarez Empire.

Besides the other five members of the Twelve Shields, Eileen also had Marin Horo, who used spatial magic, making her a formidable fighting force.

Hearing Eileen address him in that way, Jelf smiled wryly and reminded her, "You don't need to call me Emperor anymore, Eileen! That's all in the past. Now we are equals!"

After unifying the world, for the sake of easier management, Zeref and others decided to bring together all the organizations on each continent to form an empire and elect an emperor to rule it. They also abolished the existence of magic guilds. The military force consisted mainly of ordinary soldiers, supplemented by magic soldiers, with the former having more people and the latter having greater strength.

Each emperor held the same status. Zeref chose Ishgar. Alakitasia was originally intended to be handed over to August, but he refused, saying that he only wanted to stay by Zeref's side. So, after discussion, the western continent was handed over to Irene to manage.

The internal affairs of each continent are handled by the emperor of that empire, and people from other continents cannot interfere. However, if it involves matters of great importance to the entire world, then the 'Four Emperors' need to discuss or vote on them.

Below the emperor are officials, who can be ministers within their respective empires, powerful reclusive mages, or people with expertise in a particular field. These people also have the right to participate in the council and can attend meetings as observers, but only the three most important individuals have the right to vote on important matters.

These three people with voting rights are called the emperor's 'deputies', and there can be a maximum of twelve of them.

However, the appointment of a deputy required the approval of at least three emperors and eight deputies, and the appointment was also conducted through elections in parliament. This was done to prevent the emperor from exercising dictatorship or tyranny within the empire.

Due to the special nature of this position, it is not always fully staffed.

Currently, Zeref has only two deputies: August and Inbel. The former is due to his profound wisdom and strength, while the latter is due to his outstanding governing ability. Irene, on the other hand, currently only has Val as her deputy, and she was able to hold this position mainly because of her powerful magical soldiers and magical weapons.

"In my heart, you are the only one who truly deserves to be the emperor!" Eileen said with a slight smile, then walked to her seat and sat down.

As Zeref said, the two are now equals, but Irene is still grateful to Zeref for helping her transform from a dragon into a human. Moreover, since her personality was reversed by 'Nirvana', the cold-blooded side that she had become due to her dragon transformation has disappeared, and she has become much gentler.

After that, her first feeling was regret; she regretted that she shouldn't have been so heartless as to abandon her daughter.

So, in order to make up for the mistakes of that year, Irene began a journey to find her daughter. Fortunately, things went smoothly, and before long she saw a wanted poster in Ishgar: "The Red-Haired Enchantress Erza".

What happened next was just like in many novels or melodramatic soap operas: the two of them staged a drama of "abandoning their daughter for a moment of pleasure, then chasing her back with great enthusiasm," but in the end, Eileen still couldn't win back her willful daughter.

Erza is now the captain of the Heart Squad of the dark guild Fairy Tail. Despite her young age, she is a force to be reckoned with. Most of the seated officers are no match for her, and even several of her lieutenants have suffered at her hands.

Hearing Eileen's answer, Jelf could only smile wryly. He had corrected Eileen's way of addressing him many times, but she never changed her way of addressing him, and there was nothing he could do.

"I have news about Erza here, would you like to take a look?" Zeref pulled out a document he had prepared beforehand and held it up in the air as he asked.

Upon hearing her daughter's name, Eileen's expression unconsciously turned serious, but at the same time, it also looked rather grim, because she knew it wouldn't be good news.

This has happened many times before. Every time I come to a meeting, Zeref gives Irene a file on Erza's recent activities, which includes, but is not limited to: causing widespread destruction of terrain in the wild, planning and carrying out terrorist activities in towns, robbing merchant guilds, kidnapping castle lords, beating soldiers, and disrupting markets...

In short, they did everything lawless except for indiscriminately killing innocent people.

"Sigh~ What did she do now?" Eileen sighed helplessly, rubbing her temples as she asked.

At the same time, she used her mind to cast a magical spell on the space in front of her and Zeref, teleporting the documents in his hands to her.

Jelf laughed, "This time it wasn't a bad thing! She punished a corrupt mayor of a certain town and even distributed his savings to the town's orphanage..."

Has this girl finally learned her lesson?

Eileen's eyes lit up, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up, like a mother seeing her daughter grow up and become sensible: "I...I'll see..."

However, when her gaze fell on the document in her hand, the smile on her lips froze instantly, her eyebrows furrowed immediately, and the light in her eyes disappeared.

“Eileen…”

"No need to say anything!"

Jelf wanted to say something more, but Eileen reached out and interrupted him.

Eileen, who has handled countless government affairs in the Alvarez Empire, saw through the flaws in the document at a glance: "This girl clearly only planned to kidnap and blackmail that mayor, who just happened to be involved in embezzlement and bribery! As for giving her savings to the orphanage, it was just because she thought it would be fun to scatter money in the street!"

"The whole thing was purely accidental, you can't possibly not realize that, can you?!"

When it came to her daughter, Eileen lost all the respect she usually showed to Jelf, and became furious, looking like a worried parent.

"If this document was written by someone under you, then I think you need to review those people!"

"To write a horror story like this, either one is incompetent and unable to see the truth; or one has an improper attitude and failed to properly verify the facts; or one's thoughts are impure and one's mind is full of flattery; or one is cunning and trying to cover up one's mistakes or crimes at work; or one has ulterior motives and is colluding with people from 'Fairy Tail'!!"

Eileen spoke louder and louder, growing angrier with each word, causing the enormous fruit to undulate violently, a shocking sight.

Agil whispered to Neinhart beside him, "That woman, once it involves her daughter, she's like a completely different person. Her attitude towards the emperor changes too..."

Neinhart simply lowered his head and remained silent, offering no response to Agil. His attitude was very clear: He brought this upon himself, so don't drag me down with him!

They all knew about Erza, having had so many interactions with her!

Just as Agil was about to say a few more words to Neinhart, Eileen's scolding voice suddenly rang in his ears: "What are you saying there, Agil?!"

Agil turned pale with fright and shrank back against Neinhart: "N-nothing...I didn't say anything!! Right, Neinhart?"

Neinhart remained unmoved. He dared not lie to Eileen, but as long as Eileen didn't ask, he could still uphold this brotherly bond.

Eileen didn't ask Neinhart a question, but just narrowed her eyes and stared at the two of them with a cold and indifferent look, as if to say: Keep making excuses, and see if I believe you!

A chilling coldness settled on him, and Agil couldn't help but tremble, his hands and feet trembling, cold sweat pouring down his face.

"Alright, Eileen, let's stop here!" Just as Agil was about to be overwhelmed by Eileen's murderous intent and was about to hide under the table, Jelf spoke up, "Everyone will be here soon, so let's prepare today's content first."

After being persuaded by her old superior, Jelf, Eileen finally looked away and said, "I understand, Your Majesty."

After suppressing her murderous intent, Eileen waved her hand gently, and Jacob and Marlene behind her immediately and obediently presented a stack of documents to her, placing them respectfully on the table in front of her.

Their skill was so adept it was almost heartbreaking.

'Should my performance be considered acceptable?' Marlene thought to herself, her heart pounding with fear.

Snap snap snap snap...

Time passed slowly amidst the sound of turning over documents.

Chapter 756 Parliament

More and more familiar figures appeared in the conference hall. These people were all thought beings. After entering, they first greeted the people they knew, and then took their seats. Soon, they sat down in the chairs in the east, west, south, and north directions.

This large circular table has a main seat in each of the four directions—east, west, south, and north—which are the exclusive seats of the four emperors. The chairs on the left and right sides of the emperors are for the three deputies, one on the left and two on the right. If there are not enough deputies, the seats will be left empty. Further out are the other officials. The officials do not have fixed seats, but it is assumed that those belonging to the same empire sit on the same side. Therefore, each emperor consciously controls the number of officials he attends.

An hour later, the meeting officially began.

Since the establishment of the "Great Council of Aslant", three different meetings have been held.

One type is the routine meeting at the beginning of each month, held on the 1st of each month, which all the emperor, his deputy, and other officials must attend; the second type is the emergency meeting, which is only convened when there is a very urgent need, and everyone must attend in the same way; the last type is the group meeting, which is only attended by special groups.

For example, if Ishgar and Aragitasia want to hold an event to select elite mages, and the two emperors entrust this matter to their respective chief officials, then if the chief officials need to hold a meeting to discuss the relevant matters, only the person in charge needs to attend, and the others do not need to.

Of course, small group meetings like these don't need to be held in such a formal conference hall.

"Is this a world-class conference? All the attendees are indeed big shots..."