The magic merchant who mingled with Fairy Tail

July 6, X786, the first session of the Fiore Kingdom’s Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts Competition, the sixth day.

After four thrilling melee battles, the top four of this great magic showdown were finally determined: Kira Hopelite, Laxus Dolea, Jura Rekis and Rakaide Drago The four magicians Niru also became the most popular legends in Culokas in just half a day.

According to previous news from the competition, the Fiore royal family held a grand dinner and invited the winning team of 11 people from the previous decisive battle. However, what people did not expect was that it was not just the ten members of Kira's team who were invited. One person and the other eleven people in Laxus' team, the loser group, also received invitations.

As night fell, the six members of "Fairy Tail" who were invited to the dinner, namely Kira, Natsu, Kana, Laxus, Erza, and Mira, came to the palace together.

The dinner was a typical European-style banquet, held in a palace. The palace is lavishly decorated, with glass windows, crystal lanterns, stone corridor murals, green plants and red carpets. Everything is the most expensive and gorgeous decoration in the Kingdom of Fiore. Every inch reveals the charm of "Fairy Tail" The nobility and elegance of this group of roughnecks make them uncomfortable.

The only thing that felt familiar to them was the way of the banquet.

There are several dining tables placed in the palace, with various delicacies, exquisite fruit snacks, and wine drinks placed on the dining tables. The invited magicians can enjoy the food and communicate at will in the pleasant and elegant music.

Because it was an invitation from the royal family, everyone had the rare opportunity to put on their costumes. Erza, Mira, and Kana, not to mention, all wore their favorite dresses and long skirts, standing in the crowd like three noble people. The princess attracted the attention of many people.

In contrast, Kira, Laxus, and Natsu have very different styles: Kira looks handsome and behaves elegantly. Set off by a white shirt, brown vest, and striped tie, he looks like a A polite gentleman; Natsu's white suit is quite good, but he moves quickly, speaks and does things at random, acting like a country bumpkin who has never seen the world; and lastly, Laxus, who also attended in a suit. , but that physique... made him look like he was not attending a banquet, but like a bodyguard at a banquet.

Kana walked drunkenly to the small group of people, holding a half-drunk bottle of wine in her hand, and complained: "I knew I would be invited regardless of winning or losing. Why did we fight so seriously yesterday and today? We can just fight casually. It’s great to have a great meal, save worry and effort and still enjoy it!”

Erza shook her head seriously and retorted: "You can't say that. Maybe they made an exception and invited us because they saw us competing so hard?"

Kira also echoed: "That's right, if you can say something like that, it means you are still far away from becoming an excellent magician!"

As soon as he heard the words 'become an excellent mage', Natsu immediately became excited: "Huh? Why do you say that?"

At this time, Mira, who is a close sister, came out and explained: "Just like when you work, you have the final say whether to do things, how to do them, and whether you do them well or not, but how much you will be paid is up to you. The client has the final say. When the remuneration is settled at the end of the work, the other party can give you more, but you cannot take it for granted that the other party should give you more, or even be passive and slow down because of it!"

Natsu seemed to suddenly realize: "Well...that's it! I understand! It means that no matter what you do, you just have to give it your best!"

Laxus complained speechlessly: "You don't understand at all..."

"Speaking of Natsu, are you really okay with your health?" Erza looked at Natsu again, like a sister who cares about her brother's health, her words were full of concern.

"Don't worry! I took a nap in the afternoon and I feel refreshed when I wake up. I don't feel uncomfortable at all!"

Regarding the special flame that Natsu used in today's battle with Larcade, people who don't know the reason may not be able to guess END, but anyone who is familiar with Natsu will definitely be able to detect the abnormality of the flame. After all, Natsu's state at that time was completely different from usual. How could astute people like Erza, Laxus, and Mira not see it?

However, not even Natsu himself knew about this matter. Even if they cared about it, they had no place to know the specific situation. They could only hope that Chairman Makarov and Mavis would find something.

A total of 22 magicians were invited to the banquet. Except for the six people from Fairy Tail, the people from other guilds basically stayed in their own groups. Only those who were a little good at socializing would go out of their way to communicate with people from other guilds.

After all, the guests invited to this dinner can almost be said to be the top magicians in the entire Kingdom of Fiore. Take this opportunity to expand your network, get to know more friends in the magic world, or promote the friendship between various magic guilds. , asking for information about some new magic guilds is only good for them.

In fact, most of the so-called dinner parties serve this purpose.

At this moment, some whetstones were turned to the 'Emperor's Shield' and 'The Dragon's Heart', two magic guilds that had never been heard of before. Regarding the origins and guild background of these two dark horses in the competition, the magicians Shiko has been curious for a long time, but he has never had the opportunity to have in-depth communication with them for so many days. Now is a good opportunity.

It's just that the two magicians who participated in this banquet either didn't know everything they asked, or they didn't answer every question. They were either cold, irritable, or slow. After all, few of them got along with each other.

Agil is arrogant and lawless, Timaria is bold and flirtatious with girls, and Yinbel is cold and cold and avoids strangers. They don't look like people who can communicate well.

As for 'The Sin of the Witch' and 'The Tail of the Crow', everyone knows that the former is under the command of the royal family, and all the magicians know their identity clearly, while the latter is a temporary whitewash by the Dark Guild and a group of wandering magicians. Mentor, so no one cares about him.

So in the end, only the three families of 'Blue Pegasus', 'Snake Princess' Scale' and 'Four-Headed Hound' were left to comfort each other, with Jiula as the center to take care of the young people who had not grown up.

After three drinks, the invitees to the banquet, King Lao Thomas and Princess Jade, finally made their appearance.

Old Thomas is in his forties, but he is less than one meter tall, smaller than Wendy. He wears a red crown. You can see that the hair under the crown is already white, but he is stubbornly combing it. He was parted in the middle like a young man, with the ends of his hair playfully raised, making him a bit more comical.

The wrinkles on Old Thomas's face are very obvious. They may be caused by being tired from government affairs, or they may be caused by magic when he sneaks away to host the game - he obviously has two mustaches, but he walks like he has none. A grown up child.

The Emerald Princess is over 20 years old. She has fair skin and beautiful face, red lips, white teeth, jade bones and icy skin. The girl wears a red agate headband on her head, and her long emerald hair hangs vertically around her waist, with a combination of red and green. Complementing each other and wearing an elegant white dress, she immediately became the focus of the scene.

"Now, if we dress so well, will we be killed because we steal the princess's limelight?"

Kana must have been drunk at this time. She walked slowly and slurred her words. She even dared to say such things as "Will she be shoed for stealing the spotlight from the princess?" It was obvious that she was already drunk. Not light.

Can this kind of thing be stated openly?

Kira had no choice but to plug her mouth with another bottle of wine: "Please, reality is not a fairy tale. How could such an outrageous thing happen?"

Now he seriously doubted what Kana usually did after returning to the dormitory. Could it be that he and Lebby were borrowing fairy tales to read? Otherwise, how could you speak, a scene that rarely appears in fairy tales?

"Welcome all magicians to the dinner hosted by me. I am the King of Fiore Kingdom, Thomas Fiore!"

"I am the princess of the Emerald Kingdom, Emerald Fiore." Princess Emerald is elegant and decent in posture. Compared to the childlike King Thomas, she is closer to the temperament of a king and ruler.

Since they had been the bodyguards of the Emerald Princess, it was not the first time for Kira and Jura to see the father and daughter. It was the first time for the others to see the father and daughter, and they acted with fear and fear, except for the people with the 'Emperor's Shield', because There is only one emperor in their hearts.

After King Thomas symbolically inquired whether the food was delicious and whether he was satisfied with the dinner, he began the real purpose of hosting the dinner.