Chapter 502: If Lady Irene does not abandon me, Kira is willing to be her stepmother
Is this what the legend says, disaster is bound to happen halfway through the journey?
Kira stared at the slender figure blocking his way, and secretly complained in his heart: No way, is it time for me to leave?
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!! I am the protagonist... No, let's do it again.
I'm a wizard from Fairy Tail!!!
"Thanks to you, Lady Irene!"
Kira bowed his head respectfully and continued to act like an ordinary traveling merchant.
As a wizard with a flexible bottom line, facing someone who is stronger than himself and whose enemy is unclear, being soft-hearted... No, it's not a big problem to have a better attitude.
What's more, the person in front of him is Erza's mother, and he and Erza are as close as siblings, so she can be considered half of his mother. What's wrong with a son bowing his head to his mother?
Even if we don't count Erza as a relative, the other party is still his elder and predecessor, and Kira's reputation for respecting the elderly and loving the young is well-known in Magnolia!
Besides, this is someone else's territory. I am relying on her fame to do business on her territory. I don't have to pay taxes or fees to the person involved. I am just paying a courtesy. This is already a great benefit.
Making money is not shameful.
Kira could pat his chest and assure Irene that he saluted only to be exempted from taxes and other related fees, and not because he was afraid of being beaten !
"I haven't seen you here before, where are you from?"
Irene's voice was clear, and she spoke with a touch of grace. The look she gave Kira was scrutinizing, and there was an inviolable majesty that almost made him unable to hold back the secret in his heart.
"Lord Irene, I am a traveling merchant from Ishgar!"
Kira guessed that the other party's temperament should be the result of the combination of her 'previous experience as a queen' and her 'current identity as a shield'.
"He's from Ishgar..."
Irene's eyes flickered as she stared at Kira with interest. She sneered softly, obviously not believing his clumsy lie: "Can a traveling merchant have such strong magic power?"
Who are you looking down on?! Are you looking down on the traveling merchants or something? This is blatant occupational discrimination!
Is this something you should say? You are one of the two pillars of the empire , a representative of female wizards, and a public figure! This kind of attitude and this kind of speech are unacceptable!
Don't say anything that has a negative impact on the empire anymore! I heard it, but if even a word of it gets leaked, your image will be ruined !
Kira complained madly in his heart, but his face remained calm, and he argued calmly: "As a traveling merchant, it makes sense for me to learn some magic and perform juggling, right?"
“…”
Irene didn't expect that even though she had exposed the other party's suspicious identity, he still wanted to pretend. She couldn't help but admire him in her heart: He is talented and thick-skinned, this kid is a genius!
You want to act, little brat? I'll act with you!
"So what kind of magic do you know?"
I won’t be sleepy anymore if you mention this!
Kira's face lit up with joy. He looked so excited that he looked like a traveling merchant who had learned some magic and was noticed by a big shot in the magic world.
"That's a lot! I can play the flute to control snakes, juggle with fire, make watermelons grow on trellises, turn beans into soldiers, control household elves, and restore the vitality of flowers..."
What Kira said were all tricks that the traveling merchants had played many years ago, but Irene listened very carefully and thought of the best magic to implement these methods in her mind with an extraordinary speed.
Beast magic, sound magic, fire magic, space magic, illusion magic, summoning magic, plant magic...
Of course, Irene would not be so rash as to think that Kira could really use the magic she thought of. She just wanted to use this to guess what kind of magic Kira used.
From the very beginning, she felt that the magic of this red-haired kid was very special.
Kira talked more and more, without repeating himself for five minutes. Even though Irene was knowledgeable, proficient in tens of thousands of magics, and could skillfully use high-level additional magic, she couldn't help but be stunned at this moment.
It was the first time she had seen such a good talker. Was he a manzai storyteller? Or was he really a traveling merchant?
"That's enough! What's your name, kid?"
"My name is Kira! Kira Hopelet!"
Irene nodded and said softly, "Kira, do you want to work for me?"
Um??
Did the olive branch come so quickly? It came without any effort!
Kira appropriately showed some excitement and excitement, as well as the resulting tongue-tie: "Are you...are you serious? Can I work under you?"
This kid is still acting with me!
Irene sneered in her heart, but her smile was very gentle and generous on her face: "Of course!"
Kira thought for half a second, then burst into tears of joy: "But... why? I'm just an ordinary traveling merchant, how can I be so worthy..."
"I see you're very talented in magic! And I always feel like we're meant to be together! Look, we both have red hair!"
Kira was immediately filled with gratitude and bowed 45 degrees: "Kira has been wandering for half of his life, and he only regrets that he has never met his mother. If Lady Irene does not abandon him, Kira is willing to be her stepmother!"
“…”
Irene frowned, realizing something was wrong: What's wrong with this kid? His explanation is so strange, I always feel like he has bad intentions...
"Forget about my stepmother..."
"Mother-in-law can do that too!"
Irene's breathing stagnated for a long time before she spoke with difficulty: "I... don't have a daughter."
No daughter? Poor Erza...
Kira complained in his heart: There are only a few perfect bodies like yours that "cannot be covered by a green shirt, and can only be seen from a thousand miles away, and can only be wiped frequently, and the fragrance remains the same" in the whole world. Experienced women and knowledgeable men can tell at a glance that you must have given birth! Such words can't fool even other people, so how can they fool a reader like me who has read the comics dozens of times?
So Kiramen remained calm and continued to throw out the next option: "Then...teacher?"
That’s more like it!
Irene nodded in her heart. Although she knew that the man in front of her was suspicious, considering their ages and talents, they could still be a master and apprentice. However, she still said with a little displeasure: "Do I look old?"
Kira was delighted and immediately climbed up the pole: "Sister! From now on, we are half-siblings!"
Irene: “…”
I shouldn't have said that just now!!
This red-haired kid is so shameless, I really wasn't wrong!
"You are really good at making connections..."
"As a traveling merchant, I rely on this face!"
"Come with me!"
Erin turned and walked away, Kira following immediately.
Infiltration operation, success!
Irene was not an idiot. She certainly did not believe Kira's identity. She had her own considerations for doing so: a wizard whose magic power was only lower than hers and Auguste's suddenly sneaked into her territory. How could she let him move freely? She must have brought him with her to monitor him at all times!
Of course, she could choose to fight Kira directly, but she didn't know Kira's purpose or his character.
If Kira was a villain, with his extraordinary magic power, if he and he started fighting in the town, the damage caused would inevitably be huge, and might even endanger other citizens and cause unnecessary trouble.
So Irene chose to wait and see for the time being.
As for the so-called "sister-brother relationship", she doesn't believe in it at all and can abandon it at any time!
It can be abandoned, so no matter how close the relationship is, it doesn't matter. Refusing to be a stepmother or mother-in-law is just because she subconsciously doesn't want to think of the daughter she abandoned.
Of course...a woman's appearance and age are also factors to consider.
Irene's plan was successful. She tied up Kira, a man of suspicious identity and unknown purpose, and kept him by her side for surveillance. Kira's plan was also successful. He got close to Irene and was nominally her brother and subordinate. Such an identity would undoubtedly give him more opportunities to contact her in subsequent actions, which would be of great help to both the "Plan to Prevent the Empire from Going to War" and the "Plan to Disintegrate the Twelve Shields".
But what Kira was thinking at this moment was...
"Eruza, next time we meet, you should call me uncle!"
…
“Ah Qiu!!”
In the cabin, Erza sneezed violently.
"Eruza, do you have a cold?"
"Come on, that's Erza, how could she catch a cold?!"
"I'm fine!" Erza frowned. "This feeling is more like some kind of malicious intent... Who could it be?"
A familiar face appeared in the minds of several people at the same time.
Just then…
Boom!
The ship docked.
