Flower Capital, Crocus.
Inside Huateng Palace.
Old Toma, the King of Fiore Kingdom, sat silently on his throne, looking down at the ministers and nobles below him…
Currently, King Old Toma, though silent, brought immense pressure to everyone present.
"So, eighty days have passed…"
"The Regent of the enemy nation, His Highness Kurnugi, who will soon become the King of Fiore Kingdom, is still alive and well outside."
"Clearly, in these nearly three months, you have not, as you promised me, easily defeated him and made the Stella Kingdom retreat…"
"Since that is the case, then next, please hand over this matter entirely to the Magician Guild Fairy Tail, as I said before."
"So where are the Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild?!"
"Did you or did you not invite them over for me?!"
Old Toma's voice was like ice, echoing in the ministers' ears. His gaze was sharp, filled with infinite majesty, sweeping across the faces of every minister and noble of the Fiore Kingdom, as he demanded forcefully.
"This…"
As Old Toma's words fell, all the nobles present lowered their heads. They dared not look up at Old Toma on the throne, nor dared to answer his questions.
"Answer me!"
Seeing this, Old Toma could no longer suppress the anger in his heart and roared.
"Your Majesty, although we failed to invite the Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild…"
"But fortunately, we have invited strong individuals from all other Mage Guilds within the Fiore Kingdom, besides the Fairy Tail Guild! Their strength is also very powerful, definitely not inferior to that bunch of rascals from the Fairy Tail Guild."
"Besides that, we also invited four Vice Presidents from the Magic Council ERA, specifically asking them to mediate the misunderstanding between our two great nations, the Stella Kingdom and our Fiore Kingdom."
While the ministers were silent, the Prime Minister, who held the highest authority under the King of Fiore Kingdom, could only stiffen his neck and step forward…
His voice trembled slightly as he tried to stand straighter, making himself appear more natural and relaxed, as he softly explained to Old Toma on the throne.
"Prime Minister Teacher, as my mentor, you are ninety-eight years old if we count your age! If I'm not mistaken, you have served the Royal Family of Fiore Kingdom for at least seventy years! You were already in this Huateng Palace when the King before last was still alive. Thinking about it, you arrived in this palace even earlier than me!"
"Please allow me to express my sincerest respect to you, and thank you for your contributions to the Royal Family and the people of the Kingdom. However, you are, after all, advanced in years, and I truly cannot bear to let you worry for me any longer, so I sincerely hope you will return home~"
Old Toma looked at the old man before him and couldn't help but sigh. The person before him was his teacher, the Prime Minister of Fiore Kingdom, an undeniable figure of power…
If he could, Old Toma truly could not bear to kick this old man, who had spent his entire life for the Fiore Kingdom, out of the kingdom's power structure in his twilight years…
But if he didn't ruthlessly kick him out, then this vast Fiore Kingdom would not be able to achieve true reform.
"Your Majesty, this subject understands. This subject takes his leave."
The Prime Minister was also a man of dignity. He removed the medal from his chest, placed it in the hand of a knight beside him, and after a long sigh, he voluntarily turned and left.
"Your Majesty, you cannot let the Prime Minister leave!"
"Your Majesty, this matter is not only the Prime Minister's problem, we also have an undeniable connection to it. If you insist on driving the Prime Minister away, then please, dismiss all of us first!"
As the Prime Minister left, the ministers in the room immediately erupted into chaos…
They disregarded their own statuses and loudly pleaded for the departing Prime Minister to Old Toma, who sat seemingly high on the throne as the King of the Kingdom.
"Heh heh, such a good thing?!"
Upon hearing this, Old Toma burst out laughing.
He had been wondering what method he could use to get rid of these people!
Unexpectedly, these ministers had all found their own reasons to leave.
"Since you all like Prime Minister Teacher so much…"
"Then you all go and keep Prime Minister Teacher company!"
"Take off the badges from these people and throw them out of the royal palace."
As Old Toma's words fell, he directly dismissed all the ministers present, making them leave his Huateng Palace together with the resigned Prime Minister.
"Eh?!"
By the time these ministers reacted, they had already been forcibly lifted from their original positions by the knights in the royal palace and sent outside Huateng Palace…
It wasn't until the dazzling yet gentle sunlight outside Huateng Palace fell upon these ministers that they finally realized they had been dismissed.
"No way?!"
For a moment, the ministers were stunned.
Originally, they had only intended to symbolically plead for the Prime Minister a few times.
The result was losing both the wife and the army.
"Is this Huateng Palace?!"
It was precisely at the moment when the ministers were driven out of Huateng Palace by Old Toma that the strong individuals from various Mage Guilds, who had been summoned from all over the Kingdom specifically to counter the Stella Kingdom's Regent Kurnugi, successively entered Huateng Palace. They intended to collectively pay respects to Old Toma, the King of Fiore Kingdom…
What all the ministers could never have imagined was that members of the Mage Guild Fairy Tail, who had originally rejected their request and clearly stated that they did not intend to help them fight the Stella Kingdom, were also among these strong individuals from the Mage Guilds who had come to assist the Fiore Kingdom.
"What is this situation?!"
For a moment, these ministers, who had been forcibly dismissed and left Huateng Palace because they failed to gather the members of the Mage Guild Fairy Tail within the stipulated time as per Old Toma's instructions, looked at the belated Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild, and they all frowned deeply.
It wasn't until the Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild completely entered Huateng Palace and disappeared from the sight of these ministers that they finally realized something, and with pained expressions, they loudly exclaimed: "Oh no, it seems we've been tricked by His Majesty the King! These Mages from the Fairy Tail Guild have clearly already arrived, and His Majesty the King knew it perfectly well but didn't tell us, instead deliberately letting us fall into a trap and finding an excuse to dismiss us. This is truly despicable."
Yes, at this moment, these ministers finally understood something…
All of this was merely a scheme by Old Toma, the King!
Unfortunately, these ministers reacted too slowly, and it was already too late.
At the same time.
Inside Huateng Palace.
Ichiya Wanderlei Kotobuki, the representative of the Mage Guild Blue Pegasus, along with all members of 'Tri Men's' — Hibiki Lates, Eve Tearm, and Ren Akatsuki — a total of four people, had already knelt on one knee before Old Toma on the throne.
"Respected Majesty, please rest assured and entrust the matter of dealing with the enemy Regent to us Mages of Blue Pegasus! "
"No matter how powerful the enemy is, he will never be our match! We are the strongest and most loyal Mage Guild within the Fiore Kingdom! Men…"
Ichiya, the ace Mage of the Mage Guild Blue Pegasus, knelt on one knee before Old Toma. Facing the King of Fiore Kingdom, he spoke with utmost respect.
"As Teacher said…"
"As Master said…"
"As Big Brother said…"
As Ichiya's words fell, Hibiki, Eve, and Ren immediately followed his words, speaking likewise.
"Heh heh…"
To this, Old Toma only chuckled softly, saying nothing more.
After all, these guys in front of him were, frankly, just there to make up the numbers.
"Respected Majesty, Fiore E. Toma…"
"Please rest assured and entrust the matter of subjugating the Regent and the army to me."
"Please rest assured, I, as a member of the Mage Guild Lamia Scale, will certainly not let you down…"
The speaker was a bald man, but he wore a very comical hat with sharp, snake-like teeth. Fortunately, his eyebrows and facial features were quite rugged, but his fashion sense was truly questionable. He wore a top resembling an Egyptian pharaoh and a skirt on his lower body. No matter how one looked at him, he appeared somewhat like a 'kill-me-dead' man. He bowed respectfully to Old Toma and spoke.
"It's Lamia Scale's ace, Jura of Iron Rock."
"I didn't expect even Jura to come…"
"He is known as the strongest Mage in the Fiore Kingdom, the closest to a Saint Ten Wizard. With him here, our chances of winning have greatly increased."
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