Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, several days had passed since the war with the Alvarez Empire.
Over these few days, the residents who had evacuated from Magnolia had been returning one after another.
And the Fairy Tail Guild had also returned to its usual daily routine.
...
Fairy Tail's guild hall.
"Work, work!" Natsu and Happy walked into the guild hall, speaking excitedly.
"Any good jobs lately, Mira?!" Natsu walked over to the request board inside the guild and casually asked a white-haired woman at the counter.
"Are you asking me, Natsu?" As soon as Natsu finished speaking, the white-haired woman at the counter turned and asked him.
"Lisanna?!" Hearing the white-haired woman's voice, Natsu noticed that the white-haired woman busy behind the counter wasn't the usual Mirajane, but Lisanna.
"Where did Mira go?" Seeing the surprised expression on Natsu's face, Lisanna said with a smile, "Mira-nee, Kenichi, Erza, and Wendy have already left the guild. I'm taking Mira-nee's place!"
"Left the guild? Did they go on a job?"
"Probably!"
"Damn it! Last time they did the 100-Year Quest, I wasn't there. Now they're going on a job without me again!"
"Last time during the 100-Year Quest, we were all trapped on Tenrou Island. There was nothing we could do about that. This time... it seems Mira-nee and the others are going somewhere very far away."
While Natsu and Lisanna were talking, Kenichi, Erza, Wendy, and Mirajane were riding on a magic airship.
"Kenichi, where are you planning to take us?" Erza, in a purple gown, leaned one hand on her hip and asked Kenichi.
Before Kenichi could answer, Mirajane, in a Gothic-style dress, came over with three glasses of juice, smiling.
"Here!" Kenichi took the glass offered by Mirajane and then spoke, "After devouring the Space Between Time, I mastered the power of Space-Time. Now I possess the ability to travel through time and space."
"Are you planning to take us to a place like Edolas?"
"It's hard to say. It could be the past, or it could be another world." Kenichi downed his drink in one go and said to Erza.
"Hard to say... You're really reckless." Hearing the conversation between Erza and Kenichi, Carla, who had transformed into a cat-eared girl, sighed. Then she said to Wendy, "Wendy, don't you have anything to say?"
Wendy, who had just picked up her glass, paused. Then she looked at Kenichi with a smile and said, "I believe in Kenichi-nii. Wherever Kenichi-nii goes, I'll go too!"
Hearing this, Carla looked utterly speechless, while Kenichi habitually patted Wendy's head and said, "Before we leave, we need to go pick up one more person."
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Hargeon Town.
Like Magnolia, Hargeon Town was recovering in an orderly fashion after the Alvarez Empire campaign.
Looking around, Kagura, Millianna, and the other mages of Mermaid Heel could be seen helping the town's residents repair damaged houses and buildings.
Under the control of Kagura's Gravity Magic, numerous wooden planks and stones levitated in mid-air. The residents standing on the roofs simply reached out and took the levitating planks and stones to install them.
"Ah, this is such a big help!"
"Thanks to you mages for helping!" The residents spoke to Kagura, Millianna, and the others with gratitude.
Hearing the residents' praise, Millianna scratched her head somewhat sheepishly.
Kagura maintained her cool demeanor and said, "It's only right. These damages were originally caused by our mages' battles."
"That is..." No sooner had Kagura spoken than Millianna noticed a magic airship flying towards them in the sky.
Recognizing the magic airship, Millianna was overjoyed and immediately waved and shouted towards it.
"Kenichi! Erza!"
'Kenichi?!'
The moment she heard Millianna utter that name, Kagura's pretty face changed instantly. She immediately turned to look in the direction Millianna was waving.
When Kagura saw the familiar magic airship, an unnatural expression appeared on her pretty face.
Millianna's voice was very loud. Naturally, more than just Kagura heard her.
Not far away, Risley, Beth, and the other female mages of Mermaid Heel, who were also helping with repairs, heard Millianna and also looked up at the sky.
"It's Kenichi!"
"It seems he's here for Kagura!" Risley, Beth, and the other female mages looked at Kenichi standing at the front of the magic airship, their faces showing enraptured expressions.
Soon, under the watchful eyes of Kagura, Millianna, and the other Mermaid Heel mages, Kenichi leaped down from the sky, finally landing right next to Kagura.
Without a word, Kenichi directly picked Kagura up.
"I'm taking Kagura with me!" Seeing this scene, Risley and the other Mermaid Heel mages instantly screamed and cheered.
Kagura, however, said in a flustered voice, "You, you, what are you doing?"
"Taking you away!" Hearing Kenichi's words, Kagura felt both embarrassed and delighted.
"But, I'm currently helping the residents of Hargeon repair their houses!" No sooner had Kagura finished speaking than the Guild Master of Mermaid Heel, who seemed to have learned that someone was trying to run off with their guild's strongest female mage, rushed out in a fluster and shouted at Kenichi, "Kenichi! Let go of Kagura right now!"
'Let go?'
Kenichi acted as if he didn't hear the Guild Master's words. He pushed off with his feet and immediately flew towards the magic airship in the sky, taking Kagura with him.
"Time Reversal!" While flying, Kenichi used the [Arc of Time] on the entire town of Hargeon.
Then, under the astonished gazes of everyone, the damaged houses and buildings began to recover at a visible rate.
Soon, the damaged buildings were completely restored.
"Restored?"
"What in the world happened?" Perhaps the residents didn't know what was going on, but the mages of Mermaid Heel knew this was Kenichi's magic.
The Guild Master, who had been somewhat frustrated and exasperated, saw that Kenichi had repaired the entire Hargeon and couldn't help but scold affectionately, "Don't think just because you did this, I'll let you take Kagura!"