Chapter 88: Encounter
Looking at the body of the Ice Demon King, Erza stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong with it?"
Kira shook his head in confusion: "I don't know. He suddenly stopped moving while we were fighting. Could it be that I defeated him?"
Thinking of this, his expression suddenly brightened, and he said with a smile: "Do you think it will really be..."
But before Kira could finish his words, footsteps approached from a distance. It was Winter who had finally rushed back.
"The battle... is over?"
"Oh, you're back? Sorry! I killed the enemy alone, and I didn't even leave you an assist..."
Winter was speechless for a while: "That kind of thing is fine, you killed it?"
"No!" Kira repeated what had just happened.
Unexpectedly, Winter nodded as if he had expected it: "I think I understand what's going on!"
"Huh? How did you know?"
"because……"
Then, Winter told everyone what had just happened to him and the news he got from the Black and White Goddess.
"Maybe it's because I swallowed too much, so my mind is in a mess..."
"So it has a stomachache? How pitiful..." Kira tapped Ace's body, "Hey... I just told you that what it needs inside is poop! But it just doesn't believe it!"
“…”
Everyone was completely unable to understand Kira's train of thought and could only remain speechless.
"But why didn't it riot? Isn't it said that after losing its mind, it will turn into a beast that only knows how to kill?"
"It's probably because his mind hasn't reacted yet. After all, he absorbed such a chaotic entity of the Sea Devil, and then he absorbed three more demons before he had digested them all..."
Kira rubbed his chin and speculated, "Now that I think about it, some of its words and actions just now do have a sense of disconnection, and are slightly different from what it did on the snowy mountain before."
"If nothing else, just the tone of his voice is very similar to that demon who uses cloud magic. I thought they had similar personalities because they lived together for so long, but this is the reason!"
Fortunately, no one here has the concept of "hindsight is 20/20", so when they heard Kira say this, they all thought it was amazing that he could find such a subtle difference.
At this time, Habby asked a very important question: "What should we do with this guy? We can't just ignore him, right?"
Erza suggested: "Why don't we let the Council handle it?"
"That's true..."
"No!" Kira interrupted their discussion. Everyone looked in his direction and saw him looking at the demon with an inexplicable look. "The Council House is not a safe place. Even if we put it there, there is no guarantee that it will not be released again."
"So what do you mean?"
Kira turned his gaze to Winter: "Why don't you accept it?"
In fact, Kira wanted to take it back to Mira, but when he took it back, he didn’t know whether the demon was still alive. You know, only living demons can be accepted.
And even if he was alive, with this demon's chaotic thoughts and Mira's still unrecovered state of mind, he didn't dare to let Mira receive it directly.
But Winter shook his head and refused : "Impossible, I have already received the soul of the Black and White Goddess, if I receive this demon's energy, there will be a conflict."
Hmm? Is there such a thing?
Seeing the confusion in Kira's eyes, Winter said, "This is what the goddess told me!"
" Okay !" Kira nodded.
It seems that I have no choice but to keep it and take it back to study the artificial demon project.
If Zeref can do it, there's no reason why I can't, right? I don't know why, but Kira has enough confidence in this aspect.
"Speaking of which, you are really lucky! You can actually receive the soul of the legendary goddess... Wait, your father sacrificed to the heaven, you started as an orphan, you got your revenge, you have an excellent talent, you survived after falling off a cliff, and you inherited the legacy from a master..."
Kira looked at Winter with a strange look, "You, aren't you the protagonist of this world?!"
Winter frowned and asked, "What are you talking about?! I don't understand anything!"
"If you understand what I'm saying, I'll be the one panicking... Anyway, it's finally over. I think this mission was successfully completed!"
At this point, Natsu suddenly realized, "Ah! Come to think of it, this is still my mission!"
"No! Natsu!" Kira and Erza said at the same time. After looking at each other, Erza continued, "This is not a mission you can accept, nor is it a mission you can complete! And you will be punished when you go back!"
Even if the mission was completed, it was a fact that they had accepted the S-rank mission privately, and Natsu, Happy, and Lucy, as the masterminds, must be punished. Besides, if Kira and the others had not arrived in time, it would be hard to say whether they could complete the mission or even survive.
"I'm sorry, but I can't help you this time," Kira gloated, "At most I can ask the president to change the punishment to my devil training..."
Habi cried, "Then I might as well let the president punish me..."
It knew that the president would definitely not chase them away, after all, it was the only cute cat in the guild!
…
In the makeshift Forget-Your-Troubles Tavern, Poole took out all his treasured wines and started a barbecue party with the snow wolf meat scattered all over the floor.
He was very happy that from now on, he could return to a normal city life with his niece;
Winter was very happy, she had truly become an amazing wizard, proved her growth to her dead father, and ended the responsibility of the Ashesnew family;
Kira and the others were very happy because the mission was finally over and they could relax;
Natsu was very happy. Although he would be punished when he returned, he still completed the S-rank mission.
Lucy was also very happy. Although she did not get the mission reward due to Erza's insistence, Kira generously said after drinking that he could lend her the Celestial Key first and she could pay it back in installments without interest.
"Are you really not coming to Fairy Tail?" At the banquet, Kira took the opportunity to invite Winter, but was rejected.
"Well, since I have decided to go out into the world, I would like to go to other places and take a look. If I have the chance, I will visit you."
"Really? That's fine. After all, you're still young, and it's good for you to see more. And you're also strong enough to protect yourself."
Although Kira is very optimistic about this little girl who is the protagonist, he doesn't force it. The only regret is...
"So, there really is no such thing as a 'man who makes the goddess jealous'?"
"Yes! According to them, it was a false news that was spread to lure the devil into a trap!" Winter said with certainty, "The man at the center of the rumor was just an ordinary young man in the human tribe at that time. I heard that he was a good cook, so he was very popular in that era!"
"Nani??!!"×N
Good at cooking? The closest person is... Several people stiffened their necks and turned their eyes to Erza who was hugging her chest.
“Hehehe… If that’s the case, then I win the bet!”
"How could this happen??!! I don't accept it!!!"
"I never thought that this would be the final result!"
"Erza actually won, damn it!!"
"Hahaha……"
rustle……
At this moment, Kira sensed someone approaching. Turning back, he saw a weathered middle-aged man looking at them in surprise: "Kira?!"
Kira's eyes widened, "Gildarts?! Why are you here?!"
Hearing the voice, everyone turned around suddenly, and the person in front of them was indeed Gildarts, who had left the guild for three years.
