The magic merchant who mingled with Fairy Tail

More than half an hour later, Laxus brought back Makarov and Volod. The two old men had solemn eyes and seemed equally surprised by Precito's sudden visit.

It is worth mentioning that when the two passed by Kira, he smelled a fresh scent of perfume.

This smell... is from the maid cafe on East Street... Ahem, where did you get this smell?

Intuition told Kira that they had just gone to a very bad place!

"Two old and crooked guys!"

'Fairy Tail' conference room on the second floor.

There are nine exquisite white porcelain tea cups placed on a long, simple wooden white table. The dark red black tea is steaming hot, and white mist rises from the tea cups, exuding a unique fragrance. .

Three elderly men, an uncle with a bandage, and several young, energetic, handsome and pretty boys and girls sat around the table. Those who didn't know it thought they were having a tea party.

Prechto and Volod began to chat with old friends, and Makarov would say a few words from time to time. His words were full of emotions and memories of the changes over the years and the changing times.

These young people had no interest in discussing this lifeless topic. Even Gildas, who was slightly older than a few of them, always regarded himself as a young man. This young man has few interests, only traveling, drinking and beautiful women. Sometimes he has the world in his heart, and sometimes he has the world's beauties in his heart.

"Why do we have to come too?"

It was obviously the first time for Kana to experience this kind of thing. Her eyes turned left and right, looking a little nervous.

Originally, she wanted to drink some wine to soothe her tense nerves, but since everyone else was drinking tea, she would look too independent if she drank alone, and the atmosphere was obviously not conducive to a good drink, so she could only try her best. Suppress the wine bug in your stomach.

Mira, who was sitting next to her, whispered: "It seems that there is something important?"

"Is it related to the sudden visit of the second generation?"

"Isn't it obvious?"

Laxus crossed his arms on his chest, his expression was three-quarters interesting, three-quarters confident, and four-quarters casual, "I just don't know what it is..."

"Could it be that the Kingdom of Fiore was attacked by a neighboring country? Or that the Council of Ministers was attacked by the Dark Guild again? Isn't it going to be a meteorite falling from the sky and the end of the world?"

Kira put forward several guesses in succession, but they were all rejected by several others.

"Can you make some reasonable assumptions? What nonsense is this?!"

"What is a mess? You also want to hang your hands like Gildarts, right?"

"I remember Kira, don't you have many sources of intelligence? Don't you know anything about the purpose of this meeting?"

"Can this be the same? I don't have an undercover agent next to Lao Pu now..."

The quarrels between the several people became louder and louder, especially Kira and Laxus, who would argue with each other whenever they disagreed. Makarov was really afraid that they would lift the table if they got angry later, so he interrupted them immediately. conversation.

"That's enough! Everyone, calm down!"

Several people had no choice but to sit back in their seats with regret.

The three old men sat at the top. Makarov, as the president, naturally sat in the middle C seat. Although Volod and Prechto were older, but foreigners, they sat on his left and right sides.

The six S-class mages sat on two sides according to their gender and the time they became S-class. On one side were Gildarts, Kira, and Laxus; on the other were Erza, Mira, and Kana.

"What's the matter with you coming to the guild this time?"

Makarov looked at Precito with an evil look in his eyes. He asked very directly, just like his lustful heart, without even a hint of concealment.

"Based on what I know about you, if there wasn't some special reason, you probably wouldn't have appeared..."

Precito nodded and said seriously: "I want to issue a commission to Fairy Tail!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.

Issue a commission to 'Fairy Tail'? You are really big-hearted... Should I say that you are truly worthy of being the boss for decades?

"Are you kidding?! A person who betrayed Fairy Tail actually issued a request to the guild? Do you think we will accept it!"

Erza slapped the table in a rare move and stood up, with a bit of uncontrollable anger in her expression, looking at Precito sharply.

Precito's expression remained unchanged and he said calmly: "The so-called magic guild is, in the final analysis, an organization that uses magic to help others solve problems. As long as the publisher's remuneration is sufficient and the commissioned content does not cross the bottom line of the magicians, it can be established."

"Watching people serve food is not what a qualified magic guild should do."

Laxus snorted: "Fairy Tail is different! You should know that!"

"I know! So what I am going to issue is a commission that you will definitely accept!"

He did not continue to preach, but directly concluded. He seemed to be fully confident about the guild accepting the commission. His confident look made Laxus frown.

"With your strength and knowledge, what else can't you do?"

Makarov spoke. He was not a reckless person, so he did not refuse or agree directly. Instead, he was prepared to ask Precito's true purpose before making any plans.

However, Precito's next words shocked everyone present.

"How much do you know about the Albarez Empire?"

As soon as these words came out, Makarov's expression changed instantly, and the expression of Volod beside him also became solemn.

As the 'Four Heavenly Kings of Ishgar' and the president of 'Fairy Tail', they knew a lot more than people like Erza, so naturally they knew how dangerous the next conversation was.

Since the Albarez Empire was specifically mentioned, what Precito brought would not be a casual commission. It was related to the diplomacy between two continents and two countries, and it was not something that a magic guild could easily decide.

"The Albarez Empire...what is that?" Kana asked aloud.

"It's the Magic Empire of the Western Continent."

Gildas's face wasn't very pretty either. He had traveled all over the world for many years, even to Kirtina, so he could naturally find out about the Albares Empire.

"I've been there once. Although I didn't go too deep because of the level, judging from my experience at that time, this magic empire has a large population, and the average level of magicians is much better than that of the Kingdom of Fiore."

"I heard that this empire will unified military management of the hundreds of magic guilds that once appeared on that continent. It is an extremely dangerous place!"

"Hundreds of magic guilds?!"

Precito added: "There is also a more accurate number, 730, more than 730 magic guilds!!"

Except for Kira, Kana, Mira, Erza, Laxus and others were all shocked. Even Gildarts, who had been prepared for it, was also extremely shocked by this.

"730 magic guilds??!!"

"Really?! There aren't that many guilds in Ishgar, right?!"

"Including Fairy Tail, there are only about 500 magic guilds in Ishgar."

Seeing that everyone was immersed in shock and had not recovered for a long time, Makarov asked the question on everyone's mind: "What happened to the Albarez Empire...?"

When Precito said 'Albarez Empire', he had a bad feeling!

"According to what I learned during my travels during this period, it seems that this country has been preparing its military since half a year ago and is ready to move. There are signs of attacking the Kingdom of Fiore again!"

"This is impossible!!"

After hearing Precito's words, Makarov's first reaction was shock, and then he was questioning.

The reason why it is said to be attacking 'again' is because the opponent attacked once four years ago, that is, in the year X781, but the attack was canceled midway.

The official reason given was [the attack failed], and the truth obtained by Makarov and others was [the opponent was afraid of weapons such as magical elf power controlled by the Council].

But now that the Magic Council is intact, and the magical elf power can continue to be used, the Council still doesn't know about those powerful weapons that have not been unveiled yet!

This is the biggest reason why Makarov doesn't believe the news.

In his opinion, in just the past four years, the weapons that suppressed the Albarez Empire are still there, and both the country's military strength and the power of the major magic guilds are stronger than before. It is impossible for the other party to choose Attack at this time.

"The Senate will not sit idly by!"

"The magical elves can drive them back once, but they can drive them back a second time!"

The Magic Guild is prohibited from participating in national wars. This is a treaty clearly stipulated and signed by the three continents after the Second Trade War a hundred years ago. Even the Albarez Empire cannot ignore it.

Makarov is confident that once the opponent attacks the Kingdom of Fiore, the Senate will definitely help.

but……

Precito shook his head and said: "It's useless! You should know, Makarov, that the goal of the Albares Empire has never been the Kingdom of Fiore, but me... you!"

"It's 'Fairy Tail'!"

"To be precise, it's that thing!!"

That thing I accidentally made...