Today, the long-awaited Harvest Festival has finally arrived. The town is decorated with lights and ornaments as vibrant as a grand ball, and tourists are arriving in an endless stream.
Not only are guilds from other towns here, such as Lamia Scale, Sabertooth, and Crime Sorcière... but even kingdom ministers, the King, the Princess, and Warrod Sequen, one of the Four Gods of Ishgar, have arrived.
The members of Fairy Tail had already heard that Warrod Sequen was a founding member of the guild. One by one, they excitedly went up to strike up a conversation, curiously asking for stories about the founding members.
Warrod Sequen is a kind-faced old man. Perhaps due to his magic, he looks like a withered humanoid tree, with hair resembling a green potted plant.
However, he is very fond of the children. Even Makarov is his junior, and he possesses none of the intimidating majesty of a 'God of Ishgar.'
"I am not good at fighting. Back then, I chose to manipulate nature magic solely to protect my companions, and I learned this from Zeref."
Makarov was shocked to hear this: "In other words, Zeref was the teacher of you founding members?"
"That is correct. At that time, we were still very weak and completely unable to oppose Blue Skull to liberate Magnolia Town. If Zeref hadn't guided us in learning magic, perhaps the Fairy Tail Guild wouldn't even exist."
Everyone listened with fascination, never imagining that the founding members of Fairy Tail had such a difficult time. Zeref truly is a benefactor of Fairy Tail.
Under Zeref's tutelage, they were able to gain power rivaling Blue Skull in just a few months; the founding members were truly talented.
Warrod Sequen said: "To learn a certain type of magic, one's own attributes must be compatible, and one must have talent in that area. Magic strength is related to magic power and conviction. As long as one has unwavering conviction, one can overcome any hardship or obstacle."
"And you... already possess such conviction. The Fairy Tail Guild now is exactly the ideal guild we envisioned back then."
He looked at the children, each filled with passion and vitality, like the rising sun, full of conviction and hope.
"You will surely move toward an even brighter future!"
That was the original intention Mavis had when she led them to establish the guild. Now, under Makarov's leadership, Fairy Tail has far exceeded their expectations.
Everyone felt a bit embarrassed by the senior's praise, but they also firmly believed that Fairy Tail would never stop moving forward.
At this moment, Arima, a member of the previous Magic Council, arrived and greeted them with a smile: "Senior Warold, you're here too."
The Fairy Tail members all greeted him: "Mr. Arima, welcome!"
This was a gentle and kind senior. In the past, when they caused trouble, not only did the Master shield them, but Mr. Arima often spoke well of them too.
Warold smiled and nodded: "Long time no see!"
"You've come."
Makarov, who had a better relationship with Arima, patted the table and told him to sit down.
Arima sat down and asked with a smile: "What were you chatting about just now that made you so Happy?"
"We were talking about the early days. Senior Warold is also one of our guild's founding members."
"Oh, I've never heard you mention that before?"
"I only just found out myself..."
"..."
With the three old men chatting, the others didn't feel right interrupting and began to receive other guests.
Mirajane and Erza, the guild's two beauties, stood at the entrance to welcome guests. They wore small black suits that perfectly outlined their slender figures, showcasing an elegant and capable temperament.
A crowd of lechers stared blankly. Compared to wearing armor or dresses, Mirajane and Erza looked very sexy like this too.
Eclair, Evergreen, Bisca, Levy, and many other young beauties acted as waitresses, making people's eyes involuntarily follow them around.
Soon, the beauties of Mermaid Heel also arrived. However, they weren't here to pick a fight this time, but to apologize.
Kagura found Acnologia. Back then, she thought her brother Simon had been killed by him and had held a grudge, but later discovered her brother was actually alive.
Furthermore, the situation back then was that her brother had proactively kidnapped Acnologia and Irene; getting beaten up was entirely deserved.
Acnologia was currently playing Fight the Landlord with Lucy and Gildarts. He waved his hand dismissively: "Don't worry about it, I forgot about it long ago!"
That Simon hadn't caused him any real trouble anyway; he was just a fool who had been tricked by Jellal.
Seeing that he truly didn't mind, Kagura was about to say thanks when she was suddenly shoved aside by Natsu's butt.
Natsu and Happy, acting as two 'dog-headed strategists,' were directing the 'Landlord' Lucy on how to play her cards: "Lucy, play this! They definitely won't be able to beat it!"
"Are you sure? The Big Joker hasn't been played yet!"
"Don't worry, these two are playing so timidly, they definitely don't have any good cards. Play it boldly! If you lose, it's on me!"
Happy whispered sneakily: "I already peeked at Acnologia's hand. He only has one Big Joker."
Lucy immediately got excited. In that case, her victory was guaranteed.
"Four 2s! You can't beat that, right? My last card is—"
"Wait!"
Hearing Acnologia's voice, the smile on Lucy's face instantly froze, and even her breathing stopped.
How is that possible? Those were four 2s!
Acnologia gave a mysterious smile and slid the Big Joker aside to reveal a Small Joker behind it: "I was waiting for you!"
"Joker Bomb!"
Gildarts laughed excitedly: "Beautifully done!"
Lucy's heart nearly stopped, and she fell backward.
Acnologia hurriedly applied healing magic to her: "Don't faint yet, the game isn't over. A bomb doubles the stakes, and a Joker Bomb quadruples it. Hand over eighty thousand Jewels first!"
Under the vigorous shaking of Acnologia and Gildarts, Lucy finally woke up.
She said in a daze: "Am I dreaming?"
"Stop lying to yourself. Hurry up and bring out the money, or use your celestial spirit keys as collateral!"
"My rent money!"
Lucy cried her heart out. She shouldn't have listened to those two bastards. She still had a King and could have definitely played it as a single. Even if she couldn't, the stakes wouldn't have doubled so much.
Those two bastards were partly responsible for her loss. She grabbed Natsu and Happy as they tried to retreat: "You two pay up! You said if I lost, it would be on you!"
Natsu looked panicked: "We don't have any money!"
He had just said it casually; he never expected it to actually happen.
Happy looked innocent: "Acnologia is too treacherous. He actually hid that Small Joker."
"Hey, hey, hey!"
Acnologia was a bit dissatisfied: "I didn't even mention that the three of you were colluding to cheat. How do you have the face to blame me?"
"Stop dawdling and hand over the money!"
Gildarts cracked his knuckles and said: "If you try to welsh on the debt, I won't show any mercy."
With forty thousand Jewels per person, think of how many photo books of girls he could buy. He couldn't let Lucy wiggle out of this.
Finally, under the pressure from Acnologia and Gildarts, Lucy took out forty thousand Jewels, Natsu handed over his scarf, and Happy handed over two fish... Acnologia was speechless: "What do I want your fish for? You might as well just write me an IOU."
"An IOU!"
The eyes of the two humans and one cat lit up. They quickly snatched back the money, the scarf, and the fish, dropped three IOUs, and bolted, leaving Acnologia and Gildarts staring in a daze.
Good grief, these three scoundrels are planning to be deadbeats!
Acnologia and Gildarts exchanged a glance and chased after them aggressively. Today, they absolutely had to beat those three bastards into a pulp.
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