Chapter 377: 20 Million J Commission
At this moment, the brains of everyone in the entire guild were working rapidly at the same time: the current king issued Kira a specific mission and prepared a mission reward of 20 million J. What does he want Kira to do?
There are actually several issues involved here:
What troubles will the royal family encounter? They have the highest power, the most wealth, and the strongest military force in the entire kingdom. Is there any problem that cannot be solved by these?
If power, wealth, and the army can't solve it, and you have to ask for help from a wizard, it must be related to magic! So what kind of magic task is worth 20 million?
Since they are willing to pay 20 million, it means this matter is very important! If it is important, why not seek help from official organizations such as the Council, or more experienced wizards, such as Gildarts, Makarov, or Jura of the Snake Princess Scale, but choose Kira instead? These are the two current "Holy Ten" and a strong man who has been famous for more than 20 years and is as powerful as the "Holy Ten"!
If you just think about it, you will know that there is a big problem.
Makarov asked in a deep voice: "Kira, what do you think of this commission?"
The content of the task was not written on this commission. Only after Kira arrived at the meeting place, that is, the royal capital of Kurokas, and met with the client, that is, the king, would the other party tell him the specific content of the commission.
Kira stared at the commission for a long time and said, "I think..."
"What do you think?" Makarov held his breath, waiting for Kira to make a choice: accept it? Or not? With his personality, he should accept it, right?
"I think we can rule out the possibility of recruiting a son-in-law..."
Everyone: …? ? ! !
Kira made a serious guess: "Although my handsomeness is well known to everyone and my reputation is known throughout Fiore, it is normal for the king to know me, but he should not be the kind of person who would marry his only daughter to a civilian wizard!"
"Uh... um..."
"Then it also rules out the possibility of me writing a novel or making a movie based on him, because..."
Makarov shouted impatiently: "Are you going to answer it or not?!"
"Answer it! You must answer it!" Seeing that the old man seemed angry, Kira straightened his back and answered, "But I can't say what will happen after I go there. Just in case, should I set up an insurance and a suicide note first... Eh! Bah! Bah! Why set up a flag for no reason?"
That’s 20 million!
Kira felt that even if he really wanted to marry his daughter off, he could consider it. It wouldn't be a loss anyway!
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When Kira arrived here, he realized how strange this commission was, because in addition to himself, the other party actually invited another wizard. In other words, this was a group commission.
It is very rare in the Kingdom of Fiore for a commission to be sent to two guilds at the same time, because it can easily cause disputes between magic guilds. Therefore, even if the commissioning guild and magician need to be replaced, they will be revoked first and then commissioned - of course, commissions such as ten-year and hundred-year missions that have not been completed for a long time are exceptions.
But who can blame them for being the royal family? The royal family has this privilege! They can send it to as many guilds as they want, and they can invite any magician they want.
If it is some arrogant wizards, they might be dissatisfied: Team up with people from other guilds? Are they looking down on me? Or are they looking down on our guild?
But Kira doesn't care about that. As long as you pay enough, you can invite as many people as you want! Even cats are welcome!
Fortunately, the person they invited was not a cat, nor a rubbish wizard from a rubbish magic guild, but Jura, the signboard of Snake Princess Scale, one of the 'Holy Ten', a bald uncle who was not even thirty years old.
The royal capital, Kurokas, the main hall of the royal castle.
Sitting on the throne was the client of this mission, King Thomas E. Fiore. The king had a middle-parted hair and a small mustache. Perhaps because he had been dealing with government affairs for many years, he had two long forehead wrinkles even though he was in his forties or fifties.
Next to the king was his only daughter, Princess Emerald, who sat elegantly on a chair, with her hands clasped in front of her, dignified and natural. She wore a red agate headband and a black gemstone necklace, and her long green hair naturally fell down on the exquisite and expensive white princess dress, making her skin look even whiter, smoother, more tender, and more delicate... so delicate that it could be blown away.
On both sides of the attacker stood Defense Minister Daton and Captain Arcadios of the Sakura Knights. These two uncles were ugly and old, and there was nothing much to say about them.
The above four people looked at Kira and Jura standing at the bottom of the stairs with curiosity, expectation and scrutiny.
The two of them are the two strongest wizards of this generation. Both are of the La generation, both are "Saint Ten", both come from well-known magic guilds, and... although one of them doesn't look like it, they are both young men in their 20s.
Young and promising!
"Ahem... Thank you very much for accepting my invitation! I know it may not be appropriate to commission wizards from two guilds at the same time, but this commission is indeed crucial. I hope you can cooperate with me!"
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty! Our Fairy Tail is the most professional magic guild in the entire Kingdom of Fiore. Once we accept a mission, we will definitely complete it!"
Minister of Defense/Chief of the Knights: "I heard that the people in this guild are very rebellious..."
Jura naturally also respectfully explained his approach to the king, and then curiously asked: "It needs to be completed by Lord Kira and I... What ?"
King Thomas said sadly, "The thing is, a few months ago, the country of Bosque, which borders our eastern territory, suddenly deployed a large number of troops to the border between the two countries and strengthened the military alert there, with a faint trend of war."
Hearing this, Kira's heart skipped a beat and Jura's expression changed.
"According to the investigation by the Minister of Defense and the Knight Commander, the Kingdom of Bosk has not only entered a state of war preparedness militarily, but has also secretly sent some wizards to infiltrate the Kingdom of Fiore. The specific purpose is unknown. But some time ago, my daughter, the Emerald Princess in front of you, was kidnapped by the Dark Guild."
"It's what happened last time at the hot spring hotel!" Kira's heart sank.
"Your Majesty, do you suspect... that it was done by the Bosk State?"
"That's right."
Jura asked solemnly, "Did they declare war on the Kingdom of Fiore? And hired wizards to join the war?"
"That's not the case! Bosk doesn't dare to really start a war!" Thomas shook his head and then told the story of the past. "In fact, during the Second Trade War a hundred years ago, a shocking rumor reached Ishgar. In Araquitasia, that is, on the Western Continent, a huge force was gradually growing. It was a magic empire that absorbed hundreds of magic guilds, called the Albares Empire."
"In order to fight against it, the Council has increased its manpower in the Kingdom of Fiore every year since then, and has issued a rule that 'mages from other countries are not allowed to disrupt the government of the Kingdom of Fiore.' Thanks to this, the Kingdom of Fiore has been able to remain neutral and avoid the wars of other countries."
So that's how it is. Wizards from all countries are not allowed to participate in the war... so they hire the dark guilds of their own countries? It's really like "You have a plan, but I have a ladder"!
Thinking of this, Kira asked, "So this time, is the commission for us to be responsible for finding these intruders?"
Perhaps only such a demanding commission would require the two "Saints Ten" to take action at the same time, but without the opponent's number, base, contact information and approximate strength, finding them is like looking for a needle in a haystack!
Unexpectedly, King Thomas shook his head again: "Of course not, that seems a bit unreasonable!"
"A month ago, the other party invited our country to send an envoy to attend the Magic Conference held by the other party in the name of exchanges between the two countries, and I decided to let my daughter go. This time, I hope that you two can protect her safety during this period."
