Chapter 46 Please listen to my argument
"We're here," the Toad Messenger stopped outside the main hall, "The adults are inside, you better show some respect!"
This place... is really big, worthy of being the territory of the Council.
It was basic courtesy to knock on the door before entering, and Kira had always been a polite person.
Boom boom boom!
When Kira opened the door, his eyes were immediately attracted by the congressmen who were high above him, of course, physically high.
The seats of the deputies in this courtroom were specially placed very high, as if otherwise the distinction between the judge and the judged could not be distinguished.
The ten councilors sat upright in their seats, quietly watching Kira enter without saying a word. There were also two people listening in who might be from the same clan as the Toad Messenger.
After a quick glance, Kira was sure that the ten people on the stage were not their real bodies, but their thought bodies. That's right, how could ten members of the Council of Lords come here just for a mere Iron Forest?
Sitting at the top was Speaker Crawford, who looked a bit plump, an old fat man. He wore a tall wizard hat to cover his bald head, and had a long beard on his chin.
As far as Kira knows, the speaker's magic ancient document is an acquaintance of Kira, and the superior of the magic ancient document of Aoki Pegasus. As a superior magic, the ancient document can do many things that ancient documents cannot do, such as... um...
In short, the speaker resigned due to the release of magic spirit power in the Tower of Paradise incident, and finally, he joined the Gate of Hell because he was unwilling to have his position as speaker taken away.
Later, he was killed because he was of no use. It was so tragic!
But there must be something hateful about pitiful people! Thinking of this, Kira cast a look of pity and contempt at Crawford on the stage, which made the speaker look confused.
The second row held the second to tenth seats of the council. Among them, the one Kira was most familiar with was Mr. Yajima, who had known Markov many years ago. He opened a restaurant in the back. Although he was short in stature, he had a lot of roles.
As for the others, the second-ranked Augur was well-known for his erudition in the magic world. It was said that he collected many magics, including lost magics.
The one with a cat-like head is Michele from the third seat. It is said that there is something fishy going on between his granddaughter and Rocky.
Including Belluno who just came in, there are two other people that Kira knows, namely Zekrein and Urrutia.
Zikrein is Jellal's thought form, and he serves as a councillor here in order to use the magical spirit power of the Council to complete the R system and realize the Tower of Paradise plan;
Urrutia is one of the seven devil followers. The reason she is here is ostensibly to help Jellal complete his plan, but in reality she just wants to divert the attention of the Council away from the devil's heart.
Thinking of this, Kira suddenly admired Urrutia a little. In order to divert attention, she went undercover in the Council for 7 or 8 years and even got the position of councilor. Will she be able to become the Speaker in two years?
Kira couldn't help but laugh.
Several councillors were puzzled: "What is this kid... laughing at?"
Kira noticed that Urrutia was gritting her teeth and her eyes were full of malice, and he immediately realized that she was still holding a grudge against the punch on Karna Island. This woman was really vindictive. It had been so long since it happened and he had long forgotten it, so why did she still care so much?
"Ahem... The Magisterial Court is now in session! Defendant Kira Hopelet, please stand at the hearing table."
Hey, Toad Messenger, you haven't left yet? I thought you were just here to arrest people, but you're also here to read out the verdict?
Kira walked to the statement seat and waited quietly for the trial to begin.
"Defendant, Kira Hoplite, regarding the terrorist incident organized by the dark magic guild Iron Forest at Kunuki Station a few days ago, according to the information provided by the tainted witness, you have vandalized the station, damaged public property... and privately stored black magic props, a total of ten charges. Do you plead guilty?"
As soon as the toad opened his mouth, Kira knew that nothing would happen this time. If he really wanted to be tried, he would be sentenced directly after the charges were read out, without asking whether he pleaded guilty or not.
Very good, it seems that nothing is wrong, it’s just a formality, the same as the original plot, don’t be afraid.
"I plead guilty!"
Seeing Kira’s cooperation, several congressmen nodded secretly. It seems that not all the people in Fairy Tail are reckless, there are also smart guys like this!
I said that this kid named Kira is a talented person with great potential. He knows how to cooperate with just one look. He is teachable and will become a great man in the future!
"Well, according to the people of Iron Forest, Larabai is in your possession. I hope you will hand it over to the Council for safekeeping. This kind of thing cannot be left in any guild!"
"Of course you can do that," Kira took out the Lalabai from his arms and handed it over respectfully. Of course, it was the real one, not the prank wooden flute he used to switch it. "Larabai is just a transformed demon. In fact, it doesn't have the terrible power in the legend, and the so-called 'curse' is not as powerful as the legend says..."
"Please listen to my explanation of the situation at that time..."
In the next hour, Kira once again used his tricks to tell several congressmen in detail how he inquired about the news of the Iron Forest in Guilian City, and then through reasoning, investigation, locking, tracking, and fighting, he finally snatched Lalabai from hundreds of wizards.
Kira began his eloquent speech again, which he had prepared for several days just for this moment.
"…This thing is relatively dangerous. For the sake of social stability and the safety of the residents, I think it should be handed over to the Council in person, so I did n't hand it over directly to the restraining team."
This reason is of course made up. Kira captured Lalabai in order to take advantage of this time to find more research materials for his demon research.
In addition to refining the above demon factors, we also want to see how powerful Jellal's "demon transformation technology" is and whether there is anything we can learn from it.
Although this period of time was not long, Lalabai was originally very weak. After Kira's research over the past few days, he found that he had value, but not as good as Deliora who was frozen and broken into pieces.
Several commentators looked at each other in bewilderment. They certainly did not believe all of Kira's description, but they could sense that this Lalabai was indeed real, and it carried an aura of evil, darkness, and demonic magic.
At this point, they couldn't say anything more. The other party had handed it over obediently, and there was no need to embarrass him. At least they wouldn't have to worry about Lalabai anymore.
The final vote decided that Kira would not be punished, and he was asked to go back and reflect on his mistakes and write a self-criticism, which would then be handed over to the supervision of President Markov.
"I'm so tired after such a long journey!"
In the guild, Kira, who had just returned, told a few people about his situation in the Council, "You don't know, those council members were fascinated by what I said, and their hearts were surging. They wanted to fight alongside me and almost came down to acknowledge me as their younger brother. If I hadn't rejected them because I thought they were too old, we would still be holding a sworn brotherhood party now."
It was already the second day since Kira returned to Fairy Tail, and amid his passionate speech, the guild members began their daily group fight and banquet.
After a long while, Kira, who had talked enough, walked towards Marklov who was drinking at the bar: "President, this time when I went to the Council, in addition to returning Larabai, another thing happened."
Markov, who had closed his eyes to rest due to the noise of the children, opened his eyes: "Hmm? What's the matter?"
"I met Gajeel, the Phantom Wizard. From our conversation, I learned that the Phantoms seem to have the intention of declaring war on Fairy Tail! Do we need to prepare for this early?"
