The heavy gates of the Eclipse Gate were slowly pushed open.
Immediately after, Kenichi, Erza, Mirajane, and Wendy walked out from within the Eclipse Gate.
"Lucy, will she be alright alone? I think it would be better if she came back with us!"
As Erza walked, she spoke with a worried expression.
"Don't worry, the dragons in the future world have all been eliminated!"
"Next is reconstruction. With Lucy's abilities, it shouldn't be a problem!"
Mirajane said with a beaming smile.
"That's not what I'm worried about!"
Erza stopped and looked at Mirajane, continuing: "The future world was severely damaged, most people…"
Although Erza didn't finish her sentence, Kenichi, Mirajane, and Wendy all knew what Erza meant.
Erza was worried that Lucy would be lonely.
"This was Lucy's own choice. We should believe in her. Don't forget, she's a member of our Fairy Tail!"
Hearing Kenichi's words, Erza looked up at him.
After a long while, a curve appeared at the corner of her mouth, and she smiled radiantly: "You're right. She's one of us, a member of Fairy Tail!"
Seeing Erza relieved, Wendy and Mirajane both breathed a sigh of relief.
"By the way, we spent nearly half a day in the future world. The banquet should be over by now, right?"
Wendy looked at the huge castle ahead and asked.
"No, it's not over yet!"
Kenichi pointed towards a huge clock on a tall tower ahead and spoke to Wendy.
Wendy, Erza, and Mirajane all looked in the direction Kenichi pointed. When they saw the time on the clock, they were all shocked.
"How could it be?"
"It's still the same time as when we left?"
At first, Erza, Wendy, and the others suspected the clock might be broken.
But noticing the second hand was still moving, they realized the clock wasn't broken.
"This isn't hard to understand either!"
"This gate is the Eclipse Gate, capable of traveling through time!"
"Although we spent half a day in the future world, the Eclipse Gate still sent us back to the time point just before we entered it!"
Hearing Kenichi's explanation, the three women showed expressions of understanding.
"Since the banquet isn't over yet, let's hurry!"
With that, Erza rushed towards the castle where the banquet was held.
Seeing Erza in such a frantic hurry, Kenichi looked at Wendy and Mirajane with surprise.
"Actually... Erza had her eye on a type of dessert she'd never eaten before at the banquet!"
Wendy looked at Erza's retreating back and said somewhat awkwardly.
"Uh…"
Hearing Wendy, Kenichi smiled and shook his head, then, accompanied by Mirajane and Wendy, chased after Erza.
When Kenichi, Erza, Mirajane, and Wendy returned to the banquet hall, it was already crowded with people.
Makarov noticed Kenichi, Erza, and the others entering through the main door and immediately went over to ask: "Where did you all go earlier?"
Hearing Makarov, Kenichi and Erza both looked at Lucy.
After all, before leaving, Kenichi had entrusted Lucy to inform Makarov that they were going to the future.
Under the gazes of Kenichi and Erza, Lucy hurriedly explained: "I didn't have time to tell him before you came back!"
"We just took a trip to the future."
Kenichi shifted his gaze from Lucy to Makarov and said.
Took a trip to the future.
If they had heard Kenichi say this before, Makarov and the others would have thought he was joking.
Going to the future? How is that possible?
But now it was different.
After all, Makarov and the others all knew the Eclipse Gate could travel through time and space.
At the same time, Makarov also knew that Kenichi, Erza, and the others must have gone to the future for Future Lucy's sake.
"How is Lucy, the one who came from the future?"
Makarov looked at Kenichi and asked with a heavy expression.
"The crisis in the future world has been resolved!"
"What happens next is up to Future Lucy and the others themselves."
Hearing Kenichi, Makarov nodded, then said: "You've worked hard."
After briefly explaining to Makarov, Erza went to find the dessert she had her eye on, Mirajane was pulled away by Lisanna, and Lucy, Happy, and the others surrounded Wendy, wanting her to tell them what exactly happened in the future.
"Kenichi, so you're here!"
After Wendy left, a familiar female voice reached Kenichi's ears.
Following the sound, he saw Kagura and Millianna walking towards him.
Kagura had now changed out of her white formal attire and into a dark purple evening gown.
Seven years ago, Kenichi and Kagura had carried out a mission together.
At that time, Kenichi had seen Kagura wearing a dress.
It was from then on that Kenichi knew Kagura's figure was much better than it appeared.
After all, Kagura usually always wore white formal attire, which concealed her excellent figure.
And now, Kagura was wearing a dress again.
Her curvaceous figure was once again displayed before Kenichi.
Furthermore, Kenichi noticed that Kagura was even more impressive than she was seven years ago.
"Kagura, Millianna... Your faces are so red. Have you been drinking?"
Kenichi looked at the approaching Kagura and Millianna, first greeting them.
But soon, he noticed an unnatural blush on Kagura's fair, pretty face.
He had seen this kind of blush on Kagura's face before.
That was when Kagura had been drinking in the past.
Back then, it was he who had sent the drunk Kagura back to Mermaid Heel.
"I... I haven't been drinking at all!"
Hearing Kenichi, Kagura spoke in a soft yet stubborn, slightly slurred tone.
As she spoke, Kagura took a wobbly step.
But her foot happened to step on the hem of her evening gown.
Losing her balance, Kagura pitched forward headfirst.
Seeing this, Kenichi instantly caught and supported Kagura's body.
"You're drunk like this and still say you haven't been drinking!"
Kenichi said while supporting Kagura.
"Hehe!"
At that moment, Kenichi saw a smile appear on Millianna's face.
But seeing this smile, Kenichi had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, Millianna turned and ran: "I'll leave Kagura-chan in your care!"
"Uhh-"
Looking at Millianna's retreating back, then glancing at the Kagura lying in his arms, the muscles at the corner of Kenichi's mouth twitched!
"That girl!"