A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

As the dragons, speaking like fathers and mothers, explained to their children why they hadn't appeared all this time, and expressed their joy at their growth and gratitude for their constant companionship, all the mages present were moved to tears.

A sense of sadness immediately enveloped the entire battlefield.

"The age of dragons has long since ended. Creating the future requires the power of humanity. We will encounter various difficulties in the future, but you will definitely be able to overcome them!"

Upon hearing this, the mages present were suddenly stunned. Their sorrowful emotions abruptly ceased, and they exchanged bewildered glances with extremely strange expressions.

While the dragons aren't wrong, we haven't won this battle yet! Don't talk like Acnologia is going to just let us go today!!

Wait a minute! Speaking of which, where did Acnologia go?

Everyone looked around, but couldn't find the other person at all.

On the other side, where no one could see, Acnologia had already transformed back into human form, but he didn't even glance at the dragons like Igneel lying on the ground. Instead, he walked straight towards a pale-faced man with black hair and white clothes standing in the corner of the battlefield.

Zeref, the Dark Mage; Acnologia, the Dragon King.

Two entities at the pinnacle of their field have finally met in person.

"You didn't kill them?" Looking at the figure that had returned to human form and stood before him, Zeref's eyes showed deep surprise. "I thought you wouldn't let any dragon go."

When he saw Acnologia fly over to him, Zeref sent Mavis away, so he had no burden and could ask whatever he wanted.

Acnologia remained unmoved, letting out a cold snort: "I've already killed them once! Those who have already fallen to me, even if they are dragons, can't cause any trouble!"

Having managed to escape unscathed from the combined might of Ishgar, including the strongest magical alliance of the Alvarez Empire, and the five-headed dragon led by Igneel, Acnologia's confidence had reached its peak.

Zeref had no argument, because he had witnessed the entire battle and knew that Acnologia's strength was far greater than he had imagined.

Even if I obtained the 'Fairy Heart' and became a White Mage, I would probably still be no match for him. Besides, I can't possibly sacrifice Mavis right now!

"So what are you planning to do next? Attack the Dragon Slayers?"

Zeref was curious about Acnologia's current thoughts and intentions. He also found that the person in front of him was much more rational than he had expected. The Dragon King was the one who would kill any dragon he saw, even Dragon Slayers. However, if the other party wanted to attack Natsu, he would not stand idly by.

While speaking, Zeref was already secretly gathering magic.

He vowed that if Acnologia uttered even the slightest mistake, he would strike immediately, gaining the upper hand! From this position, he was confident he could cause his opponent considerable trouble.

But Zeref's little tricks couldn't possibly escape Acnologia's keen eyes, so upon noticing this, he fell silent: "..."

Why does everyone think I would attack a Dragon Slayer Mage? Didn't they attack me first?! Is there something wrong with me, or with you guys? Or is there something wrong with the whole world?

After pondering for a long time, Acnologia turned around and looked down at the Dragon Slayer Mages who were bidding their final farewell to the dragons, then proudly raised her head: "I have no interest in those humans whatsoever."

"What did you say?!" Zeref was completely stunned, and the magic power that had been gathered in his hand instantly dissipated.

The surprise came too suddenly; he wasn't prepared.

Just then, a voice rang out from behind the two: "No interest in humans? Then I'm relieved."

The two turned around in surprise and found that Kira had arrived at some point, with a grin on his face that made them want to punch him.

"It's you? The red-haired brat??" Acnologia narrowed his eyes, recalling the days he was trapped in Elentina, and his fists hardened instantly.

Seeing Acnologia's suddenly unfriendly gaze, Kira, who was about to step forward to make friends with the two and become sworn brothers, suddenly felt a very bad premonition and stopped in his tracks at the last moment.

"You are the Dragon King, a proud being, surely you wouldn't go back on your word, would you?"

"Hmph! You're the exception!"

Even though he didn't have a good impression of Kira, with Zeref present, Acnologia didn't want to ruin his image, nor did he want to go back on his word, so he subconsciously loosened his fist. Then he remembered that he was able to go to Elentina thanks to Kira's help, and the anger that had been building up in his chest dissipated considerably.

'Since they didn't take direct action, they probably won't do anything later, right?'

Kira thought to himself, and then boldly stepped forward. However, he did not stand in the middle, nor did he lean against Acnologia. Instead, he stood on Zeref's other side.

The three remained silent for a long time, until the atmosphere became awkward, before Kira spoke up again and asked, "You really aren't interested in targeting the Dragon Slayers anymore?"

"..."

Acunorolia did not answer, but his attitude spoke for itself.

So what exactly happened?

This is completely different from how I remember it! Which butterfly caused the effect? ​​What did I do in this?

Kira looked at Zeref, who shook his head, indicating that he didn't know the reason either.

"So, can I declare the war over?"

"as you like!"

The three of them stood quietly on the mountaintop, watching the activities of the group of mages below. They watched until Igneel and the other dragons said goodbye to Natsu and the others, and their bodies disappeared into the sky before they turned away.

"From this day forward, the era of the dragon has come to a complete end!"

Acnologia uttered these last words, then transformed into a giant dragon and soared into the sky. After circling several times, it flew into the distance until it merged with the night and disappeared from Kira and Zeref's sight.

Chapter 798 Irene's Wonderful Adventures and Selene's Explanation of Time and Space

On another mountain peak to the north of the battlefield, two graceful, elegant, and stunningly beautiful figures took in everything that was happening on the battlefield.

Two mature women, one heavily made up and the other lightly made up, both dressed themselves up in a stunning way. Every inch of their bodies, whether covered or exposed, was enough to send countless perverts into a fantasy, making them unable to extricate themselves and wanting to teach them everything they knew.

They are the two most powerful mothers in the world, Eileen and Selene.

Why are the two of them here? This story goes back to more than half a year ago, to when they went to the northern continent of Kirtina.

At the time, Irene, on Kira's advice, set off from the Alvarez Empire to the Northern Continent to find an alchemist skilled in 'human transmutation', hoping to ask him to transmute a new body for her; while Selene was going to the Northern Continent to inquire about the Five Dragon Gods, and at the same time find the guild master of the Magic Array Dragon, Elevseria, to inquire about Athena. So the two of them decided to travel together.

Of course, the sword saint dragon Kurnuki was also with them.

Upon arriving in the northern continent, they first found Elevseria. After a battle, the old man was captured. However, since he did not know Athena's whereabouts, Selene could only return disappointed.

Afterwards, the group began searching for the Alchemy Guild 'Golden Owl', and after inquiring about information, they went to the southeastern city of Philanthropy. They did find the alchemist who was rumored to be 'human transmutation', but it was not what they had originally thought.

Duke Barbarossa, the guild master of the 'Golden Owls,' uses the alchemy technique 'Human Transmutation,' which is created from the bodies of the dead. To be precise, what he creates are dolls or androids, and cannot actually regenerate a person's body.

As for the president of the Gourmet Merchant Guild that Kira met, he was nothing more than a failed product that was turned into a puppet after death but was discarded because he had no fighting ability. However, he himself was unaware of this.

Of course, this journey was not entirely smooth sailing without any unexpected events.

After confirming that their body reconstruction was unsuccessful, Eileen, Selene, and Kurnuki, because they possessed dragon magic, were targeted by Duke, the chairman of the 'Golden Owl'. This middle-aged man with only one eye seemed to really think of himself as the protagonist of a certain work, and actually tried to take advantage of the dragon magic in the three of them and attacked them.

As a result... naturally, they were beaten up by Eileen, who was in a fit of rage, along with the two dragons.

The current 'Golden Owl' lacks Athena, whom they 'just found' during the century-long quest, and also lacks the puppet 'Goddess Serena'. The Signor sisters, whose strength is 'above that of a god,' are still just children. Therefore, the guild's overall strength is not yet sufficient to dominate Giltina.

From then on, Giltina's two major professional guilds, 'Diabolos' and 'Golden Owl', were devastated by their guild leader's defeat and never regained their former glory as 'the continent's number one magic guild' and 'the continent's number one alchemy guild'.

After that, Kurnuki returned to the Alvarez Empire, but learned that Kira and the others had already returned, so he did not go to Ishgar with them, but stayed in Aragita.

Meanwhile, Selene invited her like-minded friend Irene to her newly rebuilt base in Elentina for a soaking, moon-gazing, and drinking session, where she enjoyed months of intimate encounters with the stunningly beautiful Irene.

After enjoying herself to the fullest, Irene returned to Aslant. While still enjoying her work without a boss, she secretly went to Magnolia to visit her daughter. Seeing that Erza was living a relatively happy life, Irene, having calmed down, abandoned her plan to possess Erza. From then on, the two were like a daughter working in their hometown and a mother working abroad, no longer enemies as in the original work, but gradually developing a connection.

During Fairy Tail's centennial celebration, Zeref settled in Magnolia. Irene considered giving up her current job and returning home to be with her daughter. Unfortunately, Zeref was indulging in women and neglecting state affairs, and his son August was like a mama's boy who couldn't be separated from Mavis. The entire Alvarez Empire was leaderless. Despite her reluctance, Irene had no choice but to bite the bullet and take on the work of two people, taking over August's job and acting as the empire's military deterrent.

Who can tolerate doing the work of two people for one salary?

Only Eileen, with her broad-mindedness, silently endured it. But halfway through her work, she received a message from her boss saying "The company has been dissolved" and "You have been fired," which she really couldn't stand!

So Eileen packed her bags and left, running to her best friend Ellen Tina next door to confide in her, complaining bitterly about her unscrupulous boss and subordinates. Little did she know that disaster would strike after only a few days.

Acnologia, who had been in Elentina for over a year, finally discovered Selene's trail and launched an attack without hesitation. Irene was there to help. The three-headed dragon was among the strongest in the entire Fairy Tail world, far surpassing others in both spirit and body. As a result, they fought for seven days and seven nights without a clear winner.

Elentina possessed an abundance of magical power, so much so that even the most ordinary magic in Aslant could unleash dozens, or even hundreds, of times its power here. This directly fueled the battle between the three dragons, who ravaged Elentina, causing mountains and rivers to crumble, the sun and moon to lose their light, the world to fall into chaos, and even the Great Dao to be obliterated at the edge of the universe...

Ahem, actually, most of the time it was Selene and Irene who were on the run, and Acnologia who was in pursuit.

Finally, Selene found an opportunity and, using the spatial properties of the moon, opened a portal to another world, successfully escaping Acnologia's pursuit and returning to Asland. However, Acnologia had already absorbed enough spatial magic during this time, forcibly tearing the not-yet-completely-closed spatial portal open again, and following them back to Asland at the last moment.

Fortunately, although Acnologia followed them back to Asland, Selene and Irene managed to shake it off.

The spatial portal opened by Selene connected to Giltina. After arriving in Ishgar, she and Irene immediately chose to seek refuge there. Acnologia, however, did not follow the two dragons because he smelled the dragon's scent in Giltina.

In the following period, Acnologia launched a frenzied dragon-hunting campaign in Giltina, which made the name "Dark Wings" from the Apocalypse a sensation in Giltina, feared by all and no dragon!

On the other side, both Selene and Irene had suffered considerable injuries and had to go into seclusion for a period of time to recuperate. Unexpectedly, just as they emerged from seclusion after recovering a little, they heard about the Grand Magic Games.

The two arrived in Crocuses on the eve of the Grand Magic Games. One night, Erin met Wendy Belserion from World 5 and learned of the existence of parallel worlds from her, which greatly surprised her.

Watching her other self successfully possess Wendy and listening to her story, Eileen from this world fell into deep silence.

At that time, Selene didn't know what Irene was thinking. She only remembered that on that night, Irene spent a long time with another Irene.

……

Let's go back to the present.

At the summit, Selene spoke eloquently, revealing secrets known only to herself and never told to anyone else: "Did you know? The name 'Moon Dragon' was originally a nickname given to me after I went to Giltina. More than four hundred years ago, when I was still in Ishgar, most people called me 'Time Dragon'."

Eileen glanced at Selene, said nothing, and listened quietly to her statement.

"The moon contains boundless spatial magic and extremely complex temporal power. It is one of the bridges to other worlds, and also the only key to opening parallel worlds!"

Having already learned of the existence of parallel worlds and being quite wary of the 'anomalies' in each world, Eileen immediately focused her mind and her expression gradually became more attentive.

"Only those chosen by the world's consciousness can open the right door at the right time and use the key to enter a parallel world. If any one of these factors—time, person, or door—is wrong, the entire process cannot be completed. This is why there are so few parallel worlds that can communicate with each other."

Eileen knew that the 'right door' Selene was referring to was not the Eclipse Gate, but a euphemism for 'doing something'.

"Thanks to the innate power of spacetime, the 'me' in each world can observe the people destined for each world, as well as the corresponding time and events of destiny. However, as the price of knowing this information, I cannot intervene in it, nor can I tell anyone, and I do not know whether this event has happened or will happen."

"The reason I say this is because this kind of thing is not unique in each parallel world, and I only know part of it!"

Upon hearing the last sentence, Eileen, who had originally wanted to ask for clarification, immediately gave up the idea. She knew that Selene had no reason to lie to her about this matter, and even if she was lying, she would accept it willingly... There was nothing she could do about it.

"Because the probability of such a thing happening is extremely low, I gradually forgot about it. So when I saw Wendy from a parallel world, or rather, you from a parallel world, I was shocked because I never thought it would actually happen, let alone in our world!"

Eileen frowned deeply; Selene's tone made her feel uneasy.

Sure enough, in her next sentence, Selene explained this unease: "Powerful magic can cause disasters, so different 'mutations' will occur in those interconnected parallel worlds."

"There is no fixed connection between the time when the 'anomaly' occurs and the time when the parallel world opens. It may be before or after that. It can be good or bad, but it is mostly bad because it will cause earth-shattering changes to the entire world."

"If we compare it with the book 'On the Conjecture of the Multiverse' circulating on the market, it's a bit like being forcibly eliminated by the Time Administration Bureau after deviating from the 'Sacred Timeline'—although there is no such thing as the Time Administration Bureau in this world."

When the book's title was mentioned, both of them immediately thought of its author, "Light of Hope," and felt very curious about him.

When Eileen first saw the book a few days ago, she felt that the name sounded familiar. After thinking about it carefully, she remembered that she had seen it in the entertainment newspaper of the Alvarez Empire last year. After inquiring with the owners of various bookstores, she also discovered that "Light of Hope" was a very famous novelist in the Kingdom of Fiore.

"Our world is also connected to other parallel worlds, which means that this world has also experienced 'mutations' or is about to experience 'mutations'!"