“You despicable brat, who said I was a trash Great Wizard?!” Gildarts frowned.
Igor’s first impression of him was extremely, extremely bad.
“Everyone knows that.” Igor smiled.
“Did you even need to ask?” Any Wizard on the Ishgar Continent knew Gildarts’ reputation as an outrageous scoundrel.
If Gildarts had behaved a little more modestly, he would have long since been selected by the Magic Council as one of the Ten Wizard Saints.
The Ishgar Continent might no longer be ruled by Four Gods, but by Five Gods.
“Fine.” “I have no intention of arguing with you.” Hearing this, Gildarts rolled his eyes slightly.
He wanted to refute Igor, but realized there was no room for rebuttal.
So he took a deep breath and chanted in his heart, “A generous person does not hold grudges against insignificant people!
A generous person does not hold grudges against insignificant people…” “About that church demon the village chief mentioned — you two brats already took care of it, didn’t you?” After a short pause, Gildarts looked at Igor and Mirajane and asked, “So, which of you two received the demon soul at the church?” ‘Typical of Gildarts — he perfectly reconstructed the incident from the slightest clues.’ After listening to everything Gildarts said, admiration appeared in Igor’s eyes.
He could not help but respect the other man’s sharp intellect and senses.
Considering Gildarts’ mastery of magic, there was probably no room to lie.
“It was me.
Is there a problem?” Mirajane looked at Gildarts with a slightly resentful gaze and admitted that she had taken over the demon soul.
“Ah.” “Kids these days are really annoying.” After the sarcastic remark, Gildarts said with a serious expression, “Now that you two have awakened to magic, this village is no longer a suitable place for you to live!” “How about coming to the Wizard Guild ‘Fairy Tail’?
You’ll definitely find a place for yourselves there.” With that thought, Gildarts made a reconciliation offer to Mirajane and Igor, hoping the two of them would come with him to the Wizard Guild Fairy Tail.
“Fairy Tail, a Wizard Guild?” Mirajane raised an eyebrow slightly, a hesitant expression appearing on her face.
She truly had never heard of this Great Wizard Guild.
More importantly, Mirajane felt a suspicious aura from Gildarts and found him completely untrustworthy.
“…” Igor stood silently to the side, but in his heart he was already planning to go to Fairy Tail.
Igor thought this was a good opportunity to invite Mirajane to Fairy Tail.
After all, just as Gildarts said, after they had awakened their magic, staying in this village was no longer appropriate.
“I refuse!” However, contrary to both Igor’s and Gildarts’ expectations, Mirajane firmly rejected Gildarts’ proposal.
“Huh?” “Why?” Gildarts stared at Mirajane in surprise and asked in confusion.
Igor said nothing, but he found it very strange that Mirajane had refused Gildarts’ invitation to Fairy Tail.
“Now that Igor, Elfman, Lisanna, and I have learned magic, we should be able to live quite comfortably in this world even without joining a Wizard Guild, right?” Mirajane folded her arms in front of her chest and stated the facts with a proud expression.
“…” When Igor learned Mirajane’s reason, his expression stiffened slightly.
Yes — in the original timeline, Mirajane had taken her younger siblings to the Fairy Tail Guild precisely to resolve the demonization problem.
But now that he had already solved that problem, there was no longer any reason for Mirajane to take her siblings thousands of miles away to the Fairy Tail Guild.
Igor had been so focused on preventing Mirajane from suffering the pain of being ostracized by the villagers in the original timeline that he had forgotten this.
“That’s true.” Gildarts nodded lightly.
Mirajane’s words were exactly right.
With Mirajane and Igor’s talent and power, they could live very comfortably even without joining a Wizard Guild.
For a moment, Gildarts felt a little regret.
He had thought he could recruit two more talented children for the guild, but it seemed his recruitment ability was far inferior to Makarov’s.
“It seems we are destined to part ways.
What a shame!
Then let’s meet again someday.” Saying that, Gildarts quietly turned to leave.
He never forced anyone to join the Fairy Tail Guild.
“Wait.” Seeing that Gildarts was about to leave, Mirajane suddenly called out to him.
“Is there something else, kid…?” Gildarts slowly turned around, glanced at Mirajane, and asked with a bored expression.
“No matter the reason, breaking into someone else’s house is extremely rude, isn’t it?” Mirajane asked Gildarts.
“That’s true.” Gildarts’ eyes twitched slightly, but he admitted it.
“Gildarts, I heard you’re the strongest Wizard on the Ishgar Continent?” Mirajane continued pressing him for an answer.
“Haha, some people do call me the strongest Wizard in the western part of the Ishgar Continent, but that’s just an empty title.” Gildarts smiled, a hint of ease in his words.
If his memory was correct, Serena, the “God” of the eastern Ishgar Continent, was also first among the Ten Wizard Saints and shared the title of strongest on the Ishgar Continent.
“Then let’s fight!” “I want to know the difference between myself and the strongest on the continent.” Mirajane’s gaze toward Gildarts was filled with undisguised fighting spirit and a strong desire to surpass him.
“Huh?” “I don’t want to fight a brat.” Hearing this, Gildarts immediately bared his teeth, resistance and irritation showing on his face.
Ever since he had been in the Fairy Tail Guild, he had already had enough of that brat Natsu.
He had finally escaped the guild to get some fresh air and just wanted to relax.
“Please, me too.” At that moment, Igor, who had been silent the whole time, seemed to have thought of something.
He approached Gildarts, lowered his head slightly, and asked for help.
“Tch.” “Fine, fine.” “Since you’re all asking me, I guess I have nothing else to say?” “You brats, come at me together!” Unable to resist Igor and Mirajane’s pleading, Gildarts sighed and gently beckoned the two of them with his finger.
“Mira…” After the tactical operation succeeded, Igor winked at Mirajane standing beside him.
“Take Over!” Without the slightest hesitation, Mirajane accepted the demon soul housed inside her body.
“BOOM!!” Riding a violent gust of wind, Mirajane spread her wings and charged at Gildarts.
“Let’s do it!” Seeing that she had already rushed in front of Gildarts, Mirajane excitedly raised her fist.
“Bang!” To everyone’s surprise, Gildarts caught Mirajane’s punch — packed with magic— with one hand.
“What?” Mirajane was shocked.
Her punch had enough power to shatter rock and blow away a small building over ten meters tall.
So how had Gildarts blocked such a powerful punch so easily?
Was this the strongest fighting force on the continent?
“BOOM!” Just as Mirajane successfully “restrained” one of Gildarts’ hands, Igor threw a punch from the opposite side.
“Bang!” As expected, Gildarts easily blocked it with his other hand.
“Is that it?” Gildarts grinned.
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