Chapter 574 Return
Vistarion, western suburban manor, Auguste's residence.
The March deadline has arrived and the expeditionary force is back!
"Fairy Tail... Assemble!!!"
“Ohhhh!!!”
The long-lost noisy sounds once again echoed among the fields and forests filled with rich magical energy, breaking the tranquility and leisure that had remained the same for decades.
After nearly three months of traveling... no, it was an expedition, everyone finally made the Twelve Shields of the Empire witness the powerful strength of "Fairy Tail". From now on, they must think carefully about launching a war.
The most important thing is that several Twelve Shields were defeated in this process, which means that they will never be able to keep up with the version from now on, and will only be stepping stones the next time they appear.
The world is safe!
Late at night, in this manor that obviously belonged to a wealthy family, familiar faces were holding a familiar party.
"Well, let's take a quick look at the results of our trip to the Western Continent!"
By the campfire, Kira, Mavis, Preshito, Makarov, and Jellal gathered together and began a summary meeting before leaving the Western Continent.
"Our original purpose for coming to the Western Continent this time was to investigate the movements of the Albares Empire. We have already determined that their overseas expansion activities have been stopped, and their war plans have been strangled in the cradle."
"As for the policy for dealing with the Twelve Shields, the five who successfully negotiated were Auguste, Irene, Val, Timaria, and Brandish; the three who successfully taught others a lesson were Serena, Agil, and Neinhart; Bradman was killed directly; the whereabouts of the two who are missing are Racked and Jacob; and the last one, Inbel, refused to talk."
"Among the eleven people left, Auguste, Serena, Brandish, and Dimalia are going back with us. Irene is heading to Kiltina, and Val is obsessed with the new mechanical soldiers. There are less than half left, so they can't cause much trouble."
After saying that, Kira pushed up his non-existent glasses, looked at the four people in front of him and said, "Overall, this operation was quite successful!"
He stole a glance at the two old guys, Preshito and Makarov...
"Did you two old men really come all the way here and just lie here for three months? You're too lazy to even go on a trip. You really lose the adventurous spirit of our 'Fairy Tail'!"
"President, seriously, why don't you just abdicate when you get back? Let me take over the position. I will make sure that the guild becomes the richest magic guild in the Kingdom of Fiore!!"
Laxus snorted coldly.
Leave it to you? Then you will turn the tavern into a casino and the magic guild into a business guild?
Makarov thought about it and declined Kira's proposal: "I can still do this for a few more years, old man!"
"Oh haha...you're going to regret this, old man!"
"Humph! I am the president of Fairy Tail!"
After listening to the jokes between the old man and the young man, Gerard suddenly asked, "This is from the Empire, what about our side?"
"The situation here is not optimistic either!"
Kira said seriously, "Selene and Kurnuki took Irene to Kiltina, Silver stayed in the mechanical town with Val to research new soldiers, the first generation was busy playing house with his son, the two old men were addicted to playing cards and keeping healthy all day, Natsu and Lucy's relationship has not taken a step forward, and Urrutia spent all the money in my warehouse No. 7..."
This is no loss at all...
Several people were speechless.
On the other side, Serena, who was drinking beer, received shock from others.
"The first of the Holy Ten ?! That Serena?!"
"The second generation Dragon Slayer? Did he have the Dragon Slayer Crystal implanted in him like Laxus?"
"There are eight of them?! Is this really possible?? I heard that the power of the Dragon Slayer Crystal is very violent, right?"
Serena sucked in a breath of cold air, it was so horrifying. The exclamations one after another made her feel very comfortable. She couldn't help but start to act like a middle school student, dancing in the air beside the campfire, her two ponytails hanging one after another, stealing the limelight from Wendy.
"Because I am God~Serena!!"
Snap, snap, snap…
The Y-shaped hand gestures, singing and dancing movements made Nazgre and the others applaud. But...
"It feels so different from what I imagined!" Lucy began her daily complaints.
Erza looked at the funny middle-aged man in front of her and said, "It's normal for a powerful wizard to have some strange habits, such as the way Senior Volod speaks..."
"Well……"
I'm not talking about his character...
Lucy secretly glanced at Serena's big belly and sighed inwardly. Who would have thought that this wizard who was obviously the number one wizard in Ishgar would be such a fat man?
"Don't be fooled by his current appearance. He was never fat before." Brandish explained to Lucy, "I don't know what he has been through during this period..."
It doesn't matter what he went through. What matters is that he now gets along well with Natsu and the others, and they are close to each other, just like Gildarts.
Happy was eager to see the fun and asked, "Hey, Serena! You are number one in the Holy Ten, so you are more powerful than Kira and the president?!"
"certainly……"
Serena listened with pride, but before he could start bragging, Disper's sneer came from the side.
"Haha, just him?"
This pretended arrogance was almost like provoking Serena's trigeminal nerve. He immediately became angry like a ginger cat, cursing like a clown: "Call him over right now and let him fight! I don't believe that guy is really that strong..."
At this time, Serena already knew the relationship between Disper and Kira, but as long as they hadn't fought each other, he didn't admit in his heart that Kira was as strong as Disper.
Disper ignored him and just drank and ate meat.
Just when Serena was about to challenge Kira to a duel to prove her strength, an old voice sounded.
"How did you become like this?"
The one who spoke was the owner of this place, Auguste. Without Mavis by his side, he regained his dignity as the leader of the Twelve Shields, but Serena's out-of-shape figure almost made him lose control of his expression.
"Oh! It's old man August! Long time no see!" The bloated Serena greeted , then said with a sad face, "These are all sad things, hard to describe in a few words!"
Suddenly, Serena came close to Auguste again and said in a low voice: "I heard that you are the emperor's son. Is it true?"
Auguste's eyelids jumped instantly: Did the news spread so quickly? And why are you so gossipy? !
In fact, in order to avoid causing too much impact, Natsu and others were specifically told not to spread Auguste's life story outside, and they did it. But as long as someone entered the manor and saw Auguste and Mavis's undisguised and happy appearance, it would be a matter of time before they knew that they were mother and son.
Serena was not an idiot, so he quickly discovered the clues. However, he was not supposed to know about Jellal's affairs, so the source of his information was...
"Who told you that?"
"newspaper!"
Auguste: ? ?
Taking the latest issue of the newspaper from Serena, I saw a few big words written in bold black handwriting in the "Entertainment" column: I have been managing the empire for eighty years, and I am the real prince!
Reading further down, there were some "evidence" that he and Jeref were father and son. Although the whole article looked like something written by a marketing account, August couldn't sit still.
If we publish these in the newspaper, if father is in the empire, he should come back to take a look, right? If he sees that we are not here then... forget it, it doesn't matter!
Anyway, I have already asked for leave and will go to Ishgar with my mother tomorrow. Let this news spread.
That evening, both the guests and the hosts had a great time.
The next day, everyone packed their bags and boarded the airship to the Kingdom of Fiore.
