Chapter 511: The story of a divorced couple fighting for custody
The 'Overseas Expedition' plan was a plan made by Inbell on a whim. It took less than three days from the proposal of the plan to its approval. Except for a few Twelve Shields who stayed in the empire, no one else participated. It can be said to be a rather sloppy plan.
Auguste neither supported nor opposed the plan.
After all, if the Albares Empire really wanted to attack Ishgar, their huge army would not need to take the sea route, but would only need a simple space magic, which both he and Irene could do easily.
And when the Albareth Empire completely conquers Ishgar, given its own powerful national strength, these islands will naturally surrender wisely, and they will not need to worry about it anymore.
After half a year, the plan had actually been almost completed. The remaining islands that had not surrendered were all hard nuts to crack, and sending people on an expedition to capture them would be a waste of time.
In view of various reasons, August felt that instead of wasting time, it would be better to use it to gain points in front of his mother; at the same time, such an action could also postpone the embarrassment of "being entangled in his parents' plan to destroy and save the world" in his heart until Jellal returned to the empire.
Dimalia blinked. She understood Auguste's hint and answered loudly, "I know!"
Anyway, she had already had enough of the expedition, and apart from having a busty blonde by Brandish's side, she was very satisfied with everything else about this operation.
Auguste admired the girl's cleverness and smiled at her with satisfaction, a gentle and kind smile.
Just as he was about to issue an order to expel all irrelevant people so that he could enjoy family time with his mother, Mavis spoke again: "Ougast, after this is over, you and I will go to Ishgar together!"
Brandish: Why does this sentence sound so familiar...
"Ohhhhh!!! Is this the legendary battle between parents for child custody?!"
"Be quiet, all of you!!"
Erza covered the restless Natsu and watched the show silently with her eyes wide open.
"Going to Ishgar?"
Auguste unexpectedly felt a little confused when he heard his mother mention his hometown.
Ever since he met Jellal in his childhood, he followed him to the western continent of Araquitasia, managed this huge magic empire, and never went back again.
During those few years, Auguste's life was extremely difficult, because at that time, he was just a helpless and unattended young child.
If it weren't for his gifted physique, he would have been like Ultear and Laxus, suffering from a serious illness due to the huge amount of magic power in his body.
At that time, no mother could take him to the research institute for treatment, and no father would buy him a valuable dragon-slayer crystal to balance his magic power.
Thinking back to his wandering childhood, Auguste suddenly felt melancholy.
"Yes, to Ishgar!"
Mavis' thoughts fell into memories, with a faint smile and a light blush on her face unconsciously: "Then I will take you to Tenrou Island, where I lived when I was a child; to Magnolia, where 'Fairy Tail' is, they can be considered your family; and, and..."
She thought of the place where she and Jellal met and where she lived with Jellal. Although she could not remember where it was exactly, she still remembered the general direction and decided to go look for it.
Mavis talked about many things to make up for the care and love she had not had the chance to show in the past few decades; August listened very carefully, not missing a single word. In his eyes, Mavis at this moment was as pure as a child showing off the candy in his hand, and she also displayed a mother's tenderness to the fullest.
The loving mother and filial son's appearance moved the people around them greatly, and their tears flowed down like they were free. Even Laxus rarely showed his soft side, and his expression became much gentler, but he still leaned against the window and looked out.
Among the dozen people present, only the sinister Preshito felt something was wrong, and kept complaining in his heart: Although Mavis has always been as innocent as a child, but... has she been so emotional before? Is it really different after becoming a mother?
Please forgive him for the fact that this hundred-year-old bachelor really cannot understand what maternal love is.
After Mavis's emotional speech for several minutes, Auguste finally chose to agree.
"Since my father is not around, I have nothing to do in the Albares Empire, so I should accompany my mother... Father, I'm sorry!"
The plan was successful. Mavis was immediately delighted and danced with joy. She even wanted to drag the children of the guild to her favorite library to play.
Her previous words were sincere and heartfelt, but she also had the intention of bringing Auguste back to Ishgar.
As long as Auguste is not in the Albares Empire, Jellal will not be able to find anyone when he comes back, and he may not start a war easily. Even if he still chooses to destroy the world at that time, it will not be so easy to implement his plan without Auguste's great fighting force.
As for how to persuade Auguste not to go back, she has plenty of ways.
As long as she acts a little cute and begs for mercy, she won't believe that her good son will not obey!
night.
The moonlight is bright and the stars are shining.
This large manor far in the western suburbs of the royal capital welcomed the most lively banquet in decades.
The ingredients for the banquet were all produced by the manor. It was hard to imagine that the Magic King, who held a high position and was very powerful in the empire, had such down-to-earth daily life. What was even more unexpected was that August, an old man in his eighties, was surprisingly good at cooking.
High-quality ingredients often only require the simplest cooking methods. After working hard for half a day, Master Ou cooked a large table of exquisite and gorgeous delicacies, including fragrant and juicy fruits and vegetables, sweet and mellow wine, fat but not greasy barbecue... All the food exuded a faint golden light, as if it would have a bursting effect as soon as it was eaten.
A dozen people gathered around a bonfire that was crackling and swaying in the evening breeze, eating, drinking and having fun accompanied by unskilled and even unpleasant singing.
Looking at the sumptuous dinner in front of them, Natsu and the others were all dumbfounded and exclaimed that this was an eye-opener.
"Old man, are you sure your cooking skills are not copied?"
"…I can only copy magic, not cooking skills."
"Xia Lulu, this grilled fish is for you!"
Habib came to Xia Lulu holding a golden roasted fish that exuded a rich aroma, and said with a hint of pride and flattery, "I also put a lot of effort into giving this gift!"
The shameless blue cat took advantage of his cuteness and shamelessly told lies to take credit for himself to his goddess.
Fortunately, Xia Lulu was well aware of his previous behavior and didn't fall for it at all: "You just took it from the grill, didn't you?!"
"Wendy-chan, you see, men nowadays are just like this cat, don't be fooled when you fall in love in the future~"
"Eh?! It's too early for me to start dating... or anything like that..."
Dimalia hugged the little twin-tailed loli from behind, and poured out the wrong concept of love into her mind: "Girls should date girls, this is the most beautiful thing in the world!!"
"Nani?! Really?!"
Wendy's clean face had already turned red with shame, and the heat was rising. Her innocent big eyes were filled with surprise. "I have heard that girls in the Western Continent are very passionate and trendy in love, but I didn't expect it to be to this extent..."
"Wendy-chan, do you have any close friends of your own age?"
"Well... Melty and I are pretty good..."
Wendy thought for a long time and said the name of her best friend.
Hearing this, the smile on Dimalia's face became more intense: "Then you..."
"What kind of weird stuff are you teaching Wendy, you damned old lady?! Stay away from Wendy!!"
"Hey, do you want to avenge yourself for being captured ?"
“That’s exactly what I meant!!”
It took this group of lawless boys and girls less than five minutes to bring the unique atmosphere of the Fairy Tail guild to this remote place in the Western Continent.
They were very familiar with the process. They would eat, drink and play first, then start quarreling while eating, and then start fighting. They would not stop until everyone was exhausted or was defeated.
A few hours later, everyone was drunk and having a great time.
Amid the snoring, Laxus and Erza, who were still conscious, walked through their companions who were lying around and found Preshito who was about to get up for bed.
"You mean, the president and Jellal are in the capital, while the others are off looking for the Twelve Shields who are nowhere to be found?"
"That's right."
"In that case, let me join in!"
"what ever."
“As long as we can bring those people back like the first generation did to that old man named August, it should be considered a success, right?”
"Yes."
"Then we'll set off tomorrow!"
"Good night."
"...You...what's going on?"
"I've been trying to stay healthy lately, going to bed early and getting up early, is that not okay?"
