Fairy Tail cannot return immediately.
They need to help find the magic crystals that the Transcenders have turned into, and then ask Natsu and the others to help restore them.
Queen Shargate decided to take all the Transcenders to Aslan.
There are one hundred children scattered across the world there.
Back then, they sent the children away, and now they must ensure the safety of the children.
The children's parents naturally followed, while others might hesitate, but Shargate did not insist and allowed them to decide for themselves.
After careful consideration, the vast majority of Transcenders decided to leave together.
Although Mystogan promised to protect the Transcenders in the future and give them equal status with humans, the fact that only they possess magic power in the entire world, yet they are not strong enough, still makes them uneasy.
Rather than staying here, it is better to go to Aslan, at least they can be together, and magic power is not special there.
After completing these tasks, Mystogan brought everyone from Fairy Tail and the Transcenders to the device that activates Anima.
The two Fairy Tail guilds bid each other farewell, especially Idol Mira and Yiduo Elfman, inevitably shedding tears for Lisana.
Once the farewell was complete, everyone faced Mystogan, with Makarov standing at the forefront:
"Everyone from Fairy Tail listen, Mystogan has already requested to withdraw from the guild. As the third president of the guild, I formally..."
As soon as he reached this point, various voices of doubt had already arisen, so Makarov smiled and shouted loudly: "Rejected!"
"President?" Mystogan looked at him in astonishment, this was not what was agreed.
Makarov smiled as he extended his right hand, with his index finger pointing to the sky and his thumb to the right, giving him a bright smile.
This gesture represents: Even if I can't see your silhouette, even if the distance is far, I will always accompany you, always protect you.
Everyone smiled and, like Makarov, made a fist with their left hand, bending their arm, raising their right hand high, with only their index finger and thumb extended.
"Today's farewell is for tomorrow's reunion. Even without magic power, the longing of companions will not decrease!"
Makarov shouted loudly: "So let's say goodbye with a smile! As long as our hearts are together, there will be a day when we meet again! Embark on your journey, you know, your companions will always be there!"
Even for Mystogan, who does not easily show his emotions, he couldn't help but cover his mouth, tears glistening in his eyes.
He managed to keep the tears from falling and instead raised a smile as expected by the president: "Take care, everyone! Li Li... replace me in protecting the guild! Everyone... goodbye!"
Everyone: "Goodbye! Mystogan!"
Wendy: "Goodbye, Jellal! Thank you for your care!"
Li Li: "Prince... no, Your Majesty the King, take care!"
Anima activated, and everyone from Fairy Tail disappeared from the spot, and the Transcenders flying in the sky disappeared together.
Some bold residents who were taking refuge outside the city came to check inside the city after listening to the battle sounds stopping for a long time.
They happened to see the scene of the Transcenders disappearing in the sky.
When Mystogan appeared, people naturally assumed that Mystogan had sent the Transcenders away together.
The populace was completely unaware of the ETD plan's existence, only thinking that the prince not only resolved the invaders but also conveniently drove away those high and mighty Transcenders.
Mystogan didn't expect sending the Transcenders away could also become a 'feat.' This brought great convenience to him in implementing his pre-kingdom-development work.
Mystogan turned to look back, behind him was emptiness, his companions were already gone.
But Idolushi led the way, Fairy Tail stood once more behind him.
"Let's say ahead, we have many grievances with the royal family, but... Edolas is also our country, we wish in any case to contribute."
"I understand." Mystogan smiled, "Assemble the army and the people, judge the war criminals!"
Companions were still there, in every sense.
...
Having spent a few days in another world, upon returning, Magnolia was still raining.
Rhode looked around, only Mira, Elfman, and Lisana were by his side; the location seems to be... a cemetery?
"Lisana!" Mira immediately hugged Lisana after realizing the environment.
"Sister?"
"It's not a dream! That's great!" Mira held Lisana without letting go, causing Elfman to start crying.
Rhode smiled and silently took out an umbrella from the Re-equip space to shelter the two sisters.
Elfman didn't need one, a man doesn't fear the rain.
After the siblings finished their emotional outbursts, they hurried back to the guild with Rhode.
Walking all the way, it felt like nothing changed, as if transforming into magic crystals, then recovering, and being sent back didn't affect returning to the original state.
In this way, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed there was no need to rebuild or move anything.
As they approached the guild, everyone noticed numerous Transcenders flying in the sky, including the parents of Two Nights, Nadi, and Hapi.
On the ground, there were many layers of people surrounding them — the majority of Magnolia's population had gathered.
This incident wasn't caused by Fairy Tail, on the contrary, Fairy Tail protected the entire city, returned everyone safely, without even a bit of property loss.
The residents came spontaneously in the rain to express their gratitude.
"It's Rhode!"
"Mirajane!"
"Elfman's here too!"
"But who is that cute girl? She feels familiar."
"Anyway, thank you so much this time!"
"Let me treat you to a meal!"
"Go away, I should be the one treating you!"
"My family owns a restaurant, let me treat you!"
As soon as Rhode and his group appeared, they were surrounded, everyone happily chattering together.
The guild inside was also bustling, the commotion outside scared Natsu and Gray into hiding under the tables.
After a while, they came to understand that this time it wasn't trouble they caused, so the people outside weren't coming to pick a quarrel.
The Transcenders whispered while looking at the scene below:
"It seems like it's a lively place."
"Are we drawing too much attention this way?"
"They seem very popular."
Among the residents, there are many who love cats, talking and flying cats naturally also have a favorable impression — not only Gajeel envies Natsu and Wendy.
So immediately, people noticed the Transcenders above and warmly invited them to their homes as guests.
"It seems we are also very welcome..." The Transcenders relaxed.
But the scene was still chaotic, and finally, the Mayor stood up and spoke: "To thank Fairy Tail for their contribution and to celebrate everyone's safe return, I have decided to hold a special festival lasting three days!
Participants and organizers will be all of Magnolia, everyone, please enjoy the festival to the fullest!"