Chapter 364: Post-War Restoration
At dawn, the warm and charming sunlight broke through the sky, dispelling the cold and darkness of the night and bringing new life to Sirius Island, which had fought for a day and a night.
At the guild camp, the aroma of food broke through the seal of the bedding in the wooden house and seduced Kira from his sleep.
When Kira came out of the cabin, he found that only Mira, Wendy and Melty were left there.
"Are you finally awake?" Mira was the first to greet with a smile.
"Yesterday's battle consumed too much magic power, so I naturally need to rest more!"
Kira calmly found an excuse to stay in bed, then cast his eyes towards the distant sky - that was the direction of the seashore of Tenrou Island - thick blue-black smoke was rolling up into the sky.
"What is that?"
"The president and his men are dealing with the bodies left on the island yesterday." Mira replied while handing over a bowl of steaming hot broth, "Please have breakfast!"
"Thank you!" Kira was already starving and couldn't wait to eat.
Mmm...Mira’s cooking skills are really good!
Too many lives were lost in yesterday's war. No matter whether they were humans or demons, their bodies cannot be left on the island like this. They must be cleaned up, otherwise the sanctity of Sirius Island will be polluted.
How to clean up? Of course, pile up the bodies, burn them, and scatter them in the sea; as for the battlefield, thanks to the heavy rain yesterday, it won't be too troublesome to clean up; the last thing is to plant trees and restore the vitality of Tianlang Island.
Mira is the guild's housekeeping person, so naturally she has to stay here. Wendy and Melty are children, so they were not asked to go out to help. Besides, Mira also needs help.
“So, even Jellal and Urrutia went to help?”
Melty nodded, "Yeah! After all, there are quite a few people in there who are members of the 'Devil's Heart', and Urrutia said he wanted to deal with them personally!"
"Oh? I didn't realize she had so much time to spare! Speaking of which, with magic like the Arc of Time, it should be much easier to restore the greenery on Sirius Island! Well... planting trees is a great thing, and we should support it..."
Seeing Kira talking endlessly, Melty pretended not to hear and walked aside quietly, but she still glanced at Kira from time to time.
"Did Urrutia and Jellal join this guy's organization? Although he seemed stronger than Hades-sama from his performance yesterday, why does he look a bit unserious now?"
Just as Melty was daydreaming, a gentle voice sounded in her ears: "What are you doing here?"
It was a rare opportunity to meet someone of the same age, and Wendy really wanted to become friends with Melty. However, Melty was always in a daze, and no matter what she said or did, she just passively listened and accepted.
Wendy felt that this must be the fault of the "devil's heart", which had worn away the nature of such a little girl! She should play the role of a "sister" to take care of her and help her get out of the darkness!
"Here comes this woman again!" Melty quietly looked at Wendy who was close to her, with a barely perceptible alertness in her eyes, "Since the first time we met yesterday, this girl named Wendy has been acting strangely towards me. If I could beat her, I wouldn't have been led around by her all the time. She fought so hard against the dragon last night, but now she's acting like a simple little girl in front of me. She's a scary person!"
Melty curled up into a ball again: "Nothing... anything..."
Wendy was confused. She just wanted to make friends, so why was it so difficult?
When Kira arrived at the beach, this is what he saw:
A raging fire was burning on the open ground, with thick smoke rising straight into the sky. It was estimated that the smoke could be seen hundreds of miles away. Next to the flames, there were corpses piled up like a small hill. There were both demons and humans. The two sides who fought to the death yesterday, now either one's head was resting on the other's feet, or one's face was touching the other's buttocks, and they looked inseparable.
Makarov stood beside the flames, watching the final fate of these enemies quietly without saying a word, as if he was mourning their departure.
Not long after Kira arrived, others also came here one after another, each carrying a pile of corpses.
"Thank you for your hard work..."
"Oh, I got up late. I'm so ashamed that I couldn't help..."
"I slept very well, very well, thanks to you guys who were here to deal with the bodies..."
"No, no, no... I dare not take on such an important task as rebuilding Tianlang Island alone. I still need everyone's cooperation!"
"Look at what you said. Why are you being so polite to me? This is the holy land of our guild. Everyone has a share! I will send Urrutia to plant trees, and you can handle the rest..."
Kira greeted everyone one after another, and the others were also very friendly and energetic, responding to his sarcastic remarks with eye rolls and fists. After surviving the disaster, it was easy for them to communicate.
In the end, Kira couldn't escape the fate of carrying corpses. He gritted his teeth and took over the shifts of several girls. But when he returned to the beach carrying the devil's corpse, he found that Kana and Lucy were drinking with him, and were trying to lead the two minors, Levy and Lisanna, astray.
This is too much! Don't you see that this is a drinking atmosphere? What kind of wine are they drinking? Can't it be soju? Can't it be made with the fire in front of us?
So Kira joined in indignation, and as expected, was scolded by Makarov in the end.
The fire burned for a whole day, burning away all the unpleasant dark aura on the island. Both the wizards of the 'Devil's Heart' and the demons of the 'Gate of Hades' were cleaned out.
Silver's body was frozen and taken away by Gray alone, and he seemed to be planning to take it back to his hometown to be buried with his mother. Afterwards, Cana mentioned the matter of the necromancer Keith to Gray, and received Gray's gratitude and Juvia's "rival mark";
Sera and Kuanghua were taken in by Mira, Storm and Jackal self-destructed, and Keith was frozen and shattered, and no bodies were left; the bodies of Maldo, Trafsa, and Ethel were recovered by Kira, and he planned to take them back for experiments with Silver and others; the only exception was Franmars, which was nowhere to be seen in the entire Sirius Island.
According to Lucy and Rocky, their last move to defeat the opponent did not kill him, so the opponent must have escaped. Thinking that this demon has the ability to "let himself be accepted by others", Kira guessed that the opponent might have used this method to follow the people of "Devil's Heart" and left, so he did not pursue it.
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"Eh?! That Mest is from the Council?!"
At night, by the campfire in the camp, Natsu and his friends finally realized that something was wrong.
"No wonder I had such a vague impression of him, so this is what happened!"
The disadvantage of memory magic is that as long as you notice something is wrong, you can quickly use this "wrongness" to undo the magic, so when they finally discussed the topic of Wendy's partner, he woke up immediately.
"President, is this okay?"
Makarov waved his hand nonchalantly: "Don't worry, he's not a bad guy!"
"Did Kira know about this early on?"
"Didn't the president say it? He is...he is not a bad person!"
"Hmm... I always feel like there's something to what you said..."
Since Makarov didn't want to tell anyone about his "undercover work in the Council", Kira was happy to cooperate with him. Kira didn't like this Mest anyway - who would like him if he went undercover in his own guild? Not to mention, in the last chapter, he did such despicable things as "modifying Bran's memory and attacking the Magic King".
After drinking a lot of wine, they talked about Gerard, Urrutia and Melty.
The people in the guild naturally didn't care about the wanted order from the Council. In addition, they had the comradeship of dealing with Acnorolia . Makarov, when drunk, even invited them to join "Fairy Tail".
However, Gerard did not agree in order to atone his sins, and Urrutia did not want to implicate others, so she naturally declined. As expected, Melty chose to follow Urrutia.
Even so, after this incident, they were officially considered to have joined Kira's "money-making organization", but this was not stated explicitly and everyone knew it tacitly.
According to Kira's plan, after they return, they will officially select a base to carry out trade activities connecting the three continents and three worlds. As for the first pot of gold for the organization's launch, it already has it, which is the treasure house of the "Gate of the Underworld" - although it is full of demons, a lot of money has been accumulated over the past four hundred years, all of which Kira secretly accepted.
"Where did you lead Acnorolia to?" This was the last question that everyone was concerned about.
Kira was silent for a long time, then replied: "Maybe... Eleanor!"
