Hearing the voice, Weston, who was playing a game, Zera, who was eating, and Mavis, who was reading, all paused at once and looked up toward the door.
"Ah, it's Hude and Sward!!"
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"Kaiser, Belen, Lina, Sarah, and Maria!!"
"It's everyone from the island!!"
There were seven newcomers in total, all young adults around the age of twenty.
They were residents of Tenrou Island and original companions of Fairy Tail.
"It's actually you guys—"
After a brief moment of surprise, Weston immediately put away his game and stepped forward to welcome them in. "It's been so long!"
"How did you all get here?"
"Did you forget?"
"When we parted ways back then, we agreed that we'd come to join you in the future!"
"Although we're a bit late, we finally managed to make it here."
After three years, the pig-headed youth Hude had grown into a tall, burly man with a physique similar to Warrod's.
Ah—
That really did happen!
"In the past, we stayed on the island and knew nothing about what was happening outside."
"If we hadn't come out this time, we wouldn't have known there was a war on the mainland. Master, you even made a huge name for yourself in the war, being called the 'Fairy Commander' and becoming one of the 'Ten Wizard Saints' recognized by the Council."
Sward couldn't help but sigh with emotion as well.
"Back then, Master, you said in the village that you would make Fairy Tail the number one Magic Guild in the Kingdom of Fiore and become a famous figure in the Magic World!"
"Now you've really done it all!"
"Even though we had great confidence in you and believed you could succeed in anything, we still want to say—"
"Master, you're truly amazing!!"
Despite being apart for three years, they were all childhood friends who grew up together, so everyone naturally offered their most sincere blessings for Weston's achievements.
"How is everyone on the island?"
"In the last few years, many children have been born in the village, but overall, not much has changed."
"The few of us didn't want to stay on the island and live out our lives in peace, so we set out together."
"After reaching the mainland, we first asked around in Harujion for Fairy Tail's location. Then, on the way here, we ran into Yuri and Precht, so we came along together."
"By the way, on the road—"
On the other side, Zera and Mavis were also chatting with their childhood friends about recent events.
"Zera, Mavis, how far has your relationship with the Master developed? Did you do 'that' yet?"
"Really?! Then what about—?"
"Wow! Tsk tsk tsk—"
The girls' voices grew softer as their faces grew redder, punctuated by occasional exclamations of "Wow!" and "Ah!"
The men talked about personal achievements, while the women gossiped about emotional topics.
The strangeness caused by three years of separation vanished instantly, and both sides became familiar again, as if they had returned to their childhood.
With two drinks down and a few sentences exchanged,
In no time at all, the companions from Tenrou Island perfectly integrated into this new family.
After some brief pleasantries, Weston, as the Master and leader, naturally had to arrange housing and work for his old friends.
"The guild doesn't have a dormitory right now, but there are many vacant apartments for rent on the south street of the town. I'll have Joey take you there in a bit. Once you're there, show our guild mark, and you'll get a twenty percent discount on rent."
"By the way, I suggest you guys share a place; it'll be cheaper that way."
"If you don't have enough money, I can lend you some first, and then I'll deduct it from your job rewards later."
"As for work, since you've joined a new guild, you have to work according to the new guild's rules."
The 'Mage Rank Classification System' Weston had designed earlier hadn't seen any movement from the Council yet, but it had already been implemented within Fairy Tail.
This system used five evaluation categories: Magic Power, Magic, Physical Fitness, Skill, and Intelligence. Each category was worth 20 points, and a unified score was used to judge the rank. The specific scores and ranks were as follows:
D: 0-20 points;
C: 20-50 points;
B: 50-70 points;
A: 70-90 points;
S: 90-100 points. Currently, only Weston and Precht were S-Class Mages in the guild.
As for Mavis, Yuri, and the other four, although their Magic Power and Magic values were very high, they each had shortcomings in the areas of Physical Fitness, Skill, and Intelligence.
Mavis and Zera were girls, after all, and performed slightly worse in Physical Fitness. Additionally, Mavis's combat skills were too poor, and Zera's intelligence score was slightly lower.
Yuri and Warrod also failed in the intelligence department, though the latter also lacked in combat skills.
Among these four, the one closest to the S-Class standard was Yuri, with a total score of 89.
The total scores of the remaining three were all above 85, so they were overall quite similar.
In addition, the newly joined Zero Ye and Joey were A-Class and B-Class, respectively.
After briefly explaining the whole process, Weston patted his old friends on the shoulders.
"You guys will have to undergo a strength assessment with me first to calculate your rank. Only then can you officially take on requests and work to earn money."
Their faces immediately fell. "That sounds like it's going to be a lot of trouble—"
Weston's expression remained unchanged.
"A little trouble during the testing is to make management easier later, and at the same time, it reduces the danger of your work."
"Don't be ungrateful!"
"You guys only need to be assessed; but as the Master, I have so many more things to consider!"
The group thought about it and realized it was true, so they stopped complaining.
The next day, Weston conducted strength assessments for them.
The results were as expected: only Hude and Sward barely reached A-Class, while the other five were only B-Class Mages or even lower.
Overall, it wasn't bad; they could be considered the future backbone of the guild.
After completing the assessments, the group energetically began various jobs.
Hude and Sward remained an inseparable 'Sword and Shield Duo'.
Both were hot-blooded youths in their adolescence, so they naturally targeted combat-oriented jobs like clearing magical beasts.
In half a month, they completed three or four difficult jobs, proving their strength to everyone in the guild.
The other five didn't have fixed teams and worked alone most of the time.
The arrival of the Seven from Tenrou Village did indeed add a lot of color to Fairy Tail's daily life in the short term, but after everything settled down, the guild returned to its original routine once again.
One day.
Weston was in the tavern, using the Super Ancient Document to process the guild's requests and completions from the past month.
Suddenly, a figure rushed in from outside in a panic.
"This is bad!!"
"Hude and Sward have been injured!!"