### Chapter 52: Can't Spend It All
The meeting ended unhappily. As for Siegrain's proposal to praise Fairy Tail, it wasn't passed at all.
Praise was impossible. It would never happen in this lifetime.
If they praised them this time, and those idiots from Fairy Tail got even worse, wouldn't the world turn upside down?
The final discussion result was the same as usual: turn a blind eye.
Siegrain's Office.
Siegrain, who had just finished the meeting, returned to his office and sat down.
Ultear walked in and said: "What a pity, Lord Siegrain. You created such a good opportunity for Eisenwald, but they didn't grasp it. Truly a bunch of trash. If they could kill those Guild Masters at the regular meeting, the entire Magic world would be in chaos."
Siegrain smiled indifferently: "Nothing to pity. That was just a curse-killing tool casually made by the great Dark Mage Zeref. I didn't expect that thing to be of much use anyway. But failing to curse and kill even a single Guild Master, those guys are indeed somewhat trash."
He originally thought that after obtaining the 'Cursed Song', Erigor would at least curse and kill eight or ten Guild Masters. He didn't expect not a single one to die.
Ultear continued: "It's all because of that guy named Riku. He took down a guild single-handedly. Truly an incredible guy."
Ultear was also in charge of intelligence at the Magic Council and knew a lot about Riku. This guy was a real monster. In the entire younger generation of the Magic world, perhaps only the man before her could compare.
"It's not the first time that guy has annihilated a guild."
Three years ago, Ivan, the Master of Raven Tail, organized a dozen Dark Guilds to attack Fairy Tail. Not long after, all those Dark Guilds disappeared. Riku was the one who acted and annihilated those Dark Guilds one by one.
Raven Tail's Master Ivan saw the situation was bad and ran away early.
"Riku, huh... I just hope that guy won't meddle and hinder me again. Otherwise, I will really get angry."
Siegrain no longer looked like he was speaking up for Fairy Tail. His eyes were devoid of any emotion.
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Fairy Tail
The guild was lively. Because not many people saw the Eisenwald incident, the Magic Council suppressed the news.
After all, if such a terrorist attack made the news, it would only heighten ordinary people's worries about mage crimes and potentially cause panic.
In exchange, the Magic Council bore all the costs of the destruction caused this time, and Fairy Tail didn't need to take any responsibility.
Riku was naturally very happy hearing this news. For him, as long as he didn't have to pay, it was the best outcome.
Natsu, however, was very unhappy.
Although he fainted, he felt like he had a terrifying nightmare. In the nightmare, after getting on the train, he transferred to a Magic four-wheeler, bumping along for a long time, making him carsick even in his dream.
When he woke up, he was already home. He learned from Happy that Riku had already solved everything.
Going out on a trip without punching a single Eisenwald member, but instead having motion sickness nightmares all day—it would be strange if he were happy.
"Stupid brat, although you did well this time, you can't be so reckless next time."
Makarov only learned after the regular meeting ended that such a big event had happened during the meeting.
This brat Riku always acted without restraint, just like his master Gildarts.
"I know, Master. I won't do it next time." Riku replied with a grin.
"Hmph! You said the same thing last time, the time before that, and the time before that."
Makarov didn't believe this brat could do it. Since this brat joined the guild, he had been a troublemaker. He had been back for less than a month and had already caused so much trouble.
"Did I? I forgot."
"Stupid brat, when do you plan to go out and work?"
Makarov now looked at Riku like parents looking at a college student who had been home for a month. He was very happy the first week, but now it had turned into annoyance.
"Work? Why work?"
Hearing Riku's words, Makarov's mouth twitched. He raised his hand and slapped Riku on the head: "Stupid brat, what nonsense are you talking about? Work is naturally for living! Only by working can you get paid."
"I have nine figures in savings. The interest from the bank is enough for me to live freely for a lifetime. Why should I work?"
Makarov's eyes almost popped out: "9... 9... 9 figures?!!"
He hadn't saved that much money in his entire life.
"Where did you get so much money?"
"Where from? Earned from work, of course! I completed dozens of jobs around 1 million Jewels, more than ten jobs around 10 million Jewels, five jobs around 30 million, one job for 80 million Jewels, and one job for 120 million."
Hearing Riku count on his fingers, only then did Makarov realize that this brat Riku had unknowingly completed so many jobs. And the data was ridiculously gorgeous. Except for those million-Jewel jobs, almost all were tens of millions.
For most ordinary mages in the guild, they might not earn 10 million Jewels in three or four years. The reward from one S-Class mission this kid did was equivalent to three or four years of work for an ordinary mage.
SS-Class missions were equivalent to ten years, and 10-Year Quests were equivalent to thirty or forty years.
According to Riku's rough estimate, the total reward Riku earned in nearly four years was about 500 million.
This figure might not be much for wealthy people, but for mages, it was definitely an astronomical figure.
"Stu... stupid brat... don't you spend money?"
"I spend it! I spend it every day, but I can't even spend the daily interest. As a result, with compound interest, the money gets more and more. Can't finish spending it, simply can't finish spending it. Sigh!"
Riku sighed pretentiously, as if worried about spending money.
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