"Hey! Ha!"
Lisana, who had just been discharged from the hospital, couldn't wait to wave her arms in the street, trying to cast magic.
But after being busy for a while, nothing happened.
Mira patted her sister's head: "Don't try magic casually on the street, what if you hurt someone?"
"We have brother-in-law." Lisana thought her brother-in-law could stop it before anyone got hurt, but she was puzzled, "Why can't I use Dragon Slayer Magic yet?"
Rhode looked at his silly sister-in-law and asked, "Did you learn Dragon Slayer Magic?"
"...No." Lisana felt a bit guilty.
But then she argued, "But Brother Elf didn't learn it either."
"Lisana," Mira said earnestly, "it's not only Dragon Slayer Magic, have you forgotten about Receiving Magic as well?"
"Receiving...oh." Lisana understood her sister's meaning.
The key to Receiving is 'understanding.' The deeper you understand the object of receiving, the more effectively you can use their abilities.
Elfman has been training in this area recently; even getting beaten is a way of 'understanding.'
Therefore, he doesn't need to learn Dragon Slayer Magic; he just needs to gradually master the Rock Spirit Dragon's power.
Lisana needs to find someone to teach her specifically or imitate and create it herself.
Porlyusica also reminded, "Although the wound has healed, a magic crystal has been added to your body, much like an added organ, it requires time to adjust. Recently, focus on learning magical theory and don't act recklessly."
Lisana nodded: "Got it..."
Rhode dramatically pulled out a small notebook: "The next research topic is whether embedding a Dragon-Slaying Magic Crystal impacts a mage's intelligence."
Lisana glared at him: "Brother-in-law!"
"Oh, is my sister also becoming stupid?" Mira looked at Lisana with a sympathetic gaze, "So pitiful."
Lisana stomped angrily: "Sister Mira!"
Elfman weakly asked, "Sister, what does the 'also' mean?"
Mira blinked: "Yes, what does it mean?"
"Hahaha..." Rhode laughed aloud.
Today is another harmonious day for the family.
…
Granny Porlyusica left on her own, refusing Rhode's offer of a ride.
The four of them naturally walked in the direction of the guild. Although they had agreed to rest today, apart from going to the guild, there seemed to be nothing else they wanted to do.
The situation in the guild was about the same as a few days ago, with only a handful of people present.
Elfman glanced around as he entered, finding the Thunder God Tribe hadn't returned, so he went to find Nabu to hang out.
Nabu reluctantly decided to have a drink with Elfman.
— Even during the guild's busiest times, Nabu remained steadfastly in his spot.
Although he had no task he wanted to take on, just looking at the crowded bulletin board made him happy.
Lisana, seeing that the Dragon Slayer Mages were not present, simply joined the team of servers.
This kid seemed to purely enjoy this kind of work.
Rhode noticed Laki was busy but didn't mean to replace her. Instead, he asked, "Where's the drunkard?"
"Baggs? He said Kana has been gone a bit long this time, and he left because he was too bored waiting." Laki, seeing Rhode and Mira coming over, directly left her post, not caring whether they would take over her work.
"You're too headstrong. Learn from Ginanna, who works tirelessly." Rhode criticized Laki for her 'irresponsible' behavior.
Laki was unconcerned: "I was just covering for you, and besides..."
Ginanna hesitantly continued: "Actually, I don't like this kind of work either."
Before Rhode could say anything, Laki quickly said, "By the way, there's a letter for you, sent from the Royal Capital."
Rhode opened the envelope and skipped over the pleasantries and gratitude to get to the main content.
Mira asked, "Is there anything important?"
"Yes, it's the interrogation result about the Dragon's Treasure." Rhode said, "According to their confession, they attacked Lucy to prevent the Eclipse Gate from closing. Their ultimate goal..."
Rhode found it somewhat absurd and said helplessly, "A mysterious person informed them that dragons would come out of the Eclipse Gate.
"If they could defeat dragons with their weapons, Dragon's Treasure's magic tools would gain instant fame, and they would become heroes of the Fiore Kingdom.
"After the war, they could collect materials from the dragons and create stronger tools, acquiring more fame, higher status, and greater benefits..."
Mira frowned, finding it hard to understand: "Just for something like this? What about the charge of attacking innocent mages and the crime of cannonading the Royal Palace?"
Rhode said, "They plan to explain it as a dragon attack, with the first shot being uncalibrated and missing the target."
The letter included their planned treatment schemes: Dragon's Treasure's president and the boss behind the scenes were temporarily sentenced to a secret execution;
Those who knew the plan that day and seriously executed it would likely face lifelong imprisonment; others who merely followed orders would face milder punishment.
Details still need further discernment.
Additionally, the letter informed him that the Council had inquired in detail about Atlas Frey, seemingly intending to search for his whereabouts.
Rhode had no issue with this and simply wrote a reply letter and sent it.
With that, the Eclipse Gate incident basically concluded.
He handled some guild affairs, then took out two crystals, one black and one white, left by Future Rogue, and began studying them.
"We're back." Hapi entered from outside, covering his ears, looking dispirited.
Lisana went up to hug Hapi: "Welcome back, was the task this time troublesome?"
"No, just twenty-something bandits, we wrapped it up on the first day."
Lisana carefully examined Hapi, puzzled: "Then why do you seem listless, where are Natsu and Gray?"
"Those two are too noisy." Hapi's cat face seemed to have the words 'mentally exhausted' written on it, "Since yesterday noon until now, they haven't stopped arguing about who defeated more enemies and who caused less destruction."
"You worked hard." Lisana imagined Natsu and Gray arguing, and patted Hapi's head.
She looked outside the door, and sure enough saw Natsu and Gray with their foreheads touching, fingers interlocked, walking sideways towards the guild while arguing.
"I took out thirteen, you only took out twelve!"
"I clearly handled thirteen, can't you even count? Flame idiot!"
"I was the one who scorched the last guy!"
"I froze him!"
Though loud, their voices sounded hoarse.
Elfman puzzledly asked, "Who exactly requested those two to team up?"
Nabu said, "Fortunately, it's a conquest mission. Even if these two want to fight among themselves, they can eliminate enemies in the process."
Lisana laughed, "I have a feeling Nabu is speaking the truth."
Hapi had no intention of refuting: "I want to eat fish."
"Go ahead, it's my treat today." Lisana was in a good mood, "Natsu, teach me Dragon Slayer Magic!"
"Uh?"