"You are the daughter of Selene and me?"
At this moment, Medivh's brain was still in a state of shutdown…
When Ere stood so gracefully in front of Medivh, his heart seemed to be swept by a raging storm, an indescribable shock.
Unlike Erza, who was born from his union with Irene, he didn't even know that he and Selene had a daughter existing in the world.
"Please give me five minutes to adjust my state."
"To be honest, my mind is a bit chaotic right now…"
Medivh gently rubbed his forehead. After a while, he immediately massaged his aching temples, keeping himself calm while trying his best to calm his surging emotions.
"Alright."
Ere looked at Medivh, who was nervous, flustered, and had a hint of pleasant surprise in his eyes. A smile appeared on her pretty face. It seemed her appearance was not a bad thing for Medivh, and that was enough for her.
Ere didn't want to be a burden to her Father; she wanted her Father's love.
Five minutes later.
"Hiss…"
Medivh took a deep breath. After completely calming down, he opened his arms, his eyes serious, and softly said to Ere, "In any case, welcome to my side, Ere. No matter what kind of life you lived before, that's all in the past! From today onwards, Fairy Tail Guild is your home."
"Father."
Ere said, rushing into Medivh's embrace. She buried her head in Medivh's chest, and crystal tears continuously streamed from her bright eyes.
This was the human love she had always yearned for.
"The family is finally reunited."
Erza wrapped her arms around herself. She watched the scene before her, feeling warmth in her heart.
Ere was finally reunited with her Father, which was a weight off her mind.
"Achoo~"
Meanwhile, a certain scoundrel, read as 'Sword Saint Dragon' and written as 'Scoundrel Saint Dragon,' who was wandering around the Ishgar Continent, constantly challenging dojos and stealing their 'sword techniques'!
He suddenly sneezed forcefully, then said with a bewildered expression, "That's strange. With my physique, I absolutely shouldn't catch a cold, right?"
"Colds and fevers are for mortals, not for us dragons!"
"So, someone must be thinking of me behind my back, right?"
"Could it be Ere?"
"Hmm…"
"At Ere's traveling speed…"
"She's probably already found Father by now."
"In other words, the time I have left to wander around is running out."
"No, I still have so many fun things I haven't tried yet?!"
"I absolutely cannot be caught and dragged back by Ere like this…"
Kurnugi said this and continued his journey.
In fact, Kurnugi was completely overthinking it.
Because in this world, no one cared about his 'life or death' at all.
Fortunately, unlike North Continent Kiltina, there were few life forms on the Ishgar Continent that could threaten him.
Ahem…
At the same time, Tenrou Island.
"That, Guild Master, this is my daughter, Ere."
Medivh, holding Ere's hand, introduced her to Makarov and the others.
"I know."
Makarov nodded slightly, indicating that he already knew Ere's identity before coming to Tenrou Island, so he was not surprised by her identity at all.
Well, he had already been surprised, so to speak.
"Hahahaha…"
"Medivh, you're really something!"
"You actually left your child out there like that?"
"This is not how a Magician of Fairy Tail Guild should behave."
"You're simply a scumbag! Truly tasteless, so lame…"
Beside Makarov, Gildarts, heartlessly clutching his stomach, laughed mockingly at Medivh's actions. Who in their right mind would abandon their daughter? Seriously…
"No, no, no…"
"Others aside, on this point alone, you have absolutely no right to criticize me, do you?"
Medivh never expected that one day, he would be mocked by Gildarts, the biggest scumbag in the history of Fairy Tail Guild. This was truly a rare occurrence.
"Huh? What do you mean by that?"
Gildarts was stunned. He looked at Medivh and asked.
For some reason, Gildarts felt that Medivh's words seemed to have a hidden meaning.
"This…"
Medivh thought this and looked at Cana in the distance.
At this moment, Erza was holding Cana's hand, continuously whispering encouragement to Cana: "Cana, you can do it! Be brave and say it out loud!"
"There is no such thing as being 'a match' in this world, because you are originally his child."
"Besides, Cana, you need to acknowledge your strengths. Being chosen by Guild Master Makarov from hundreds of thousands of people to participate in the S-Class Mage Examination, you are already very outstanding."
Erza continuously encouraged Cana, giving her courage.
"Hmm…"
Cana tilted her head, her eyes rippling like autumn waves.
To be honest, she saw herself in Ere…
They were so similar, yet so different!
Ere was much braver than her.
So, when she saw Ere bravely tell Medivh the truth, her own thoughts became active…
Ere's courage and Erza's words completely encouraged her.
"Uncle, Cana has something to tell you."
With that, Erza decided to give Cana one last push. She strode forward, looking at Gildarts, who was wildly laughing while leaning on Medivh's shoulder, her brows slightly furrowed. She unconsciously threw a punch, hitting Gildarts hard in the stomach.
"That hurt, Erza…"
Gildarts' old face stiffened. Erza's punch was probably the heaviest among the S-Class Mage candidates in Fairy Tail Guild at the moment…
Only because that girl always wore hard armor.
At the same time, Gildarts could tell that the armor Erza was wearing was very peculiar…
So peculiar that even his 'Crush' magic couldn't destroy it.
Its material properties were very similar to the scarf Natsu wore around his neck.
"…"
However, Erza said nothing. Instead, she turned around and forcefully pushed Cana, who was still standing in place, in front of Gildarts.
"So…"
Medivh, holding Ere's hand, came to Erza's side and quietly asked.
"Yes, Cana has told me everything, back in the examination passage."
Erza nodded slightly, confirming Medivh's guess.
"Understood."
After confirming his guess was correct, Medivh suppressed a smile and said nothing more. Like the other gossiping Fairy Tail Magicians, he silently witnessed the family reunion drama unfolding before them.
"So, Cana…"
"Do you have something you want to tell me?"
Gildarts scratched his hair. Naturally thick-headed, he didn't notice the unusual atmosphere in the air. He looked at Cana, whose face was flushed with embarrassment, seemingly having something to say to him, and asked curiously.
"Actually, my initial purpose for coming to Fairy Tail Guild was to find my Father."
Cana looked around, and under Erza's encouraging gaze, she finally spoke.
"Oh?"
"This is the first time I've heard that…"
"So, your Father is also in Fairy Tail Guild, right?"
"It couldn't be that bastard Medivh, could it?"
"Ah hahahaha…"
Gildarts thought of something amusing and burst into laughter by himself.
It wasn't until Gildarts was astonished to find that everyone present, whether it was Medivh, Makarov, Warrod, or Ur, was just silently watching him, without a hint of a smile, that he finally calmed down.
"So, your Father is…?"
Gildarts looked at Cana, a hint of confusion in his eyes…
At the same time, for some reason, he felt his heart beating so fast at that moment, as if an answer was already on the tip of his tongue, ready to burst out.
"He is… Gildarts."
Cana looked up and spoke the name of her scumbag Father.
"Eh? Wait…"
"I'm your Father?"
Gildarts' eyes flashed with disbelief. Then he sprawled on the ground by himself, speaking with a panicked expression, "So whose child are you? Michelle? Jessica? Emily? Or Emma? Sophia? Mary Jane?"
"No, no…"
"The hair color isn't right…"
In just ten minutes, Gildarts' mind flashed through the names of dozens of his ex-girlfriends, and this didn't even include the women he had met by chance during missions and had a spark of romance with in a very short time.
"Uncle, how many ex-girlfriends do you have?"
"He's simply a scumbag!"
"Just go die already!"
"Laxus, you absolutely must not learn from him…"
"Huh?! What does that have to do with me?!"
For a moment, the gossiping Fairy Tail members all looked at Gildarts with critical eyes, shouting angrily.
"Anyway, I just wanted to tell you this, that's all."
"I don't have any other intentions, so you don't need to change the way we interact because of my identity.
Just be as casual as before…" Cana finished, a look of relief on her face.
She turned her head, not looking at Gildarts' expression; anyway, she had said what she wanted to say, and nothing else mattered.
"It's Cornelia, I wouldn't mistake her.
She is the woman I loved most in my life, and the only woman I ever married, the one who haunted my dreams." Gildarts hugged her the moment Cana turned around, his eyes filled with sadness, and he murmured.
"Let go of me, Old Man…" Cana said, though tears were already falling like rain.
These stubborn Father and daughter embraced each other, whispering… "Mm-hmm…" Not far away, Erza watched the scene of the Father and daughter's reunion, nodding repeatedly.
At the same time, Erza couldn't help but think, "This huge Fairy Tail Guild would fall apart without me." "Whether it's Medivh or Gildarts…" "So, all the adults in our Guild are scumbags?!" "Guild Master, it must have been tough for you to pick out these scumbags from the crowd so precisely and gather them into the Guild…" Gray looked somewhat helplessly at the scene of Cana and Gildarts' reunion.
First, there was Medivh and Ere, and now Gildarts and Cana.
If someone said Guild Master Makarov had illegitimate children outside, he would believe it.
And there was his master, Ur, who almost lost her own daughter.
So, when could the adults in their Guild be more reliable?! Are they really relying on minors to save the whole world?
"Gray, before you talk about others, put on your clothes first." Medivh glanced at Gray and said coldly.
"What?" "Oh no, when did I take them off?" Gray's face panicked, and he started frantically searching for the clothes he had taken off earlier.
Unfortunately, he found nothing.
"Who knows when you took off your clothes?" "Anyway, you weren't wearing any clothes when you came out of the passage." Medivh continued to look at Gray, reminding him.
"Oh no…" "It seems I left my clothes in the passage." Gray said, and ran towards the passage he had come from.
"How embarrassing, Gray…" "Indeed, I should have been the one to advance." Lyon, balancing a Black Clover basketball, looked at Gray returning to the passage, his eyes full of triumph.
"You go back and put on your clothes before coming out!" Medivh waved his hand, and a gravity wave sent Lyon back to find his clothes.
"By the way…" "If I burn Gray's clothes, won't he be unable to participate in the second round of this year's S-Class Mage Examination?!" Natsu tilted his head, looking thoughtfully at the distant Gray.
Instead of being sad here because he couldn't continue the examination, it would be better to make others sad with him!
That was the Fairy Tail Guild's style of doing things.
Makarov crossed his arms in front of him, making a huge X, and angrily said, "No, it's not!
This is not the Fairy Tail style I taught at all." "Happy, let's go!" "We have a job to do…" Natsu looked excited.
He called his partner, Happy, ready to hunt Gray.
"Aye~" Happy heard him and came behind Natsu… Finally, Happy and Natsu ran together towards the passage where Gray was.
Natsu had decided, he was going to take down Gray.
"Hey, hey, hey! Show some respect for the rules of the S-Class Mage Examination!" Makarov looked at Natsu and the others disappearing into the distance, feeling a bit tired.
"Makarov…" "Precht entrusted the Fairy Tail Guild to you…" "Is this how you manage it?!" "Why do you let these scumbags stay in the Guild?!" Warrod looked at Makarov with a hint of anger in his eyes.
"No, no, no…" "This is just an accident." "Please, Senior Warrod, believe me." "These children, although they seem a bit mischievous, are all good kids." "Please give them another chance!
Please don't drive them out of the Guild, I beg you…" Makarov heard this and immediately fell to his knees, begging Warrod for mercy while loudly explaining the difficulties of Gildarts and Medivh.
Well, although Gildarts was just a pure scumbag, he actually didn't have any difficulties.
"Wahahaha…" "I was just joking just now~" "Makarov, you've actually done very well~" "Much better than the Guild managed by that guy Precht." Warrod suddenly burst into laughter as he spoke.
Around him, at that moment, vibrant flowers bloomed, just as he said, everything just now was just a joke.
"Ah…" Makarov suddenly felt a bit numb.
He clutched his heart and looked at Warrod, speaking earnestly: "Please don't make such jokes again in the future; my heart truly can't take it.
If you still want me to live and continue to serve as the Guild Master of the Magic Guild Fairy Tail, then I beg you, Senior Warrod Sequen!" "Uh…" "I'm sorry, I'm truly sorry.
I will try my best to restrain myself and reduce such jokes in the future." Warrod heard this and bowed deeply to Makarov, expressing his apology.
He had thought such jokes were very interesting.
Just now, Warrod couldn't help but feel Happy and excited at the thought of scaring Makarov.
But he didn't expect that while Makarov was indeed scared… Makarov didn't seem Happy at all.
"However, Makarov…" "The Fairy Tail Guild you lead has truly opened my eyes…" "Before I came here, I never imagined that the Fairy Tail Guild could be so lively!
I must say, you have redefined the concept of a Magic Guild." Warrod's bow just now was not a joke.
It was his heartfelt gratitude for Makarov's dedication to the Fairy Tail Guild over the years.
Even Mavis, if she saw it, would surely love this atmosphere of the Fairy Tail Guild, where guildmates are treated as family, wouldn't she?! When Mavis was still alive, she always talked about the complete form of the Fairy Tail Guild; it must have been referring to the current situation, right?! "Huh?" "Me?" "Cough, cough, cough…" "You're saying I've managed Fairy Tail very well?" "Are you sure you're not joking?" "I'm just doing my best." "Actually, it's not as good as you say." Makarov's old face flushed.
This feeling of being recognized and praised by a senior was truly wonderful!
"Hmm~" "Makarov, I acknowledge you~" "You are indeed Yuri's child." "The Fairy Tail Guild you manage is better than both mine and Precht's~" "You are the most outstanding among us!" Just as Makarov was basking in Warrod's praise, his old face blushing with pride, a beautiful young girl, as cute as an elf, as free as a fairy, appearing as if only in people's dreams, descended from the sky with bare feet, landing in front of Makarov.
She had her hands behind her back, and the angel-wing-like decorations on her head swayed slightly as she softly praised Makarov's excellent performance in managing the Guild.
"Hahaha…" "Senior Warrod, look!" "I seem to be too excited." "I think I'm seeing the First Guild Master, who died long ago, appearing before me as a ghost.
She even praised me!
Hahaha…" Makarov looked at the dreamlike young girl before him.
His expression froze for a moment, then he clutched his stomach and burst into loud laughter, laughing until tears streamed from his eyes.
Then he pointed at the girl's face, which was identical to that of Fairy Tail's First Guild Master Mavis, and spoke loudly.
"Yo! Mavis, long time no see…" As Makarov laughed wildly, Warrod Sequen reached out a finger and gently wiped away a tear from the corner of his eye.
It felt so good to see the young girl before him again.
"Warrod, it's really been a long time." "Also, you've worked hard all these years." Mavis looked at Warrod, a gentle smile on her face.
"Eh?" "Wait…" "Could it be that I'm not too excited and hallucinating, but that the genuine First Guild Master Mavis has appeared before me?" "Then, didn't I just mock First Guild Master Mavis?" When First Guild Master Mavis started to smile, Makarov, who had been laughing loudly, suddenly couldn't laugh anymore.
He looked in shock at everything before him.
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