The name "Dragon's Treasure" sounds like a traditional Guild name, but somewhat strange.
Rhode asked, "What kind of Guild is that?"
He pondered that if setting up a branch in the Royal Capital was promising, he could establish one for his own Guild as well.
Princess Jade said, "It should be considered a New School Mage Guild, yet it's somewhat different.
"Dragon's Treasure was converted from a Mercenary Guild, and I heard their goal is to win this year's Great Demon Fighting Martial Arts…"
BOOM!!!
A sudden violent explosion was heard in the distance, shattering a restaurant's windows, with flames and smoke billowing out.
Several unlucky individuals nearby were caught up in it, and more people screamed and fled.
From the crowd, four guards immediately rushed out to protect the Princess, while two others went to investigate the situation.
Jade anxiously said, "You all go quickly to save people and contact the local law enforcement team immediately!"
The guards dared not move: "Your Highness, the situation is unclear, we must stay by your side to protect…"
"Saving people is the priority…" Jade roughly understood their predicament and simply ran in that direction herself, "Then I'll go over myself!"
The guards were helpless, but luckily Mira persuaded her: "Don't worry, those people are fine."
A helpful citizen, Mr. Rhode, had already rushed over, with several green magical lights entering the bodies of the injured.
The law enforcement team in the Royal Capital was very efficient, and while Rhode was carefully checking the injuries of a few people, small aircraft had already landed nearby, and a small team was running over from afar.
Given this, he said nothing more, and after saving a few lives, left the rest to Princess Jade to handle the communication.
"No life-threatening injuries, but a few might scar. If it concerns them, they can come to our Guild for scar removal after recovery."
Rhode discreetly introduced a few potential clients to Wendy.
"Thank you, Mr. Rhode." For Jade, avoiding tragedy was the most important thing.
Soon, the captain of the law enforcement team came to report accompanied by the guards:
"Your Highness, the explosion was caused by the eldest son of Baron Cooper's family and the second son of Baron Ailuon's family having a conflict over a girl.
"In their impulsiveness, they activated defensive devices. However, we… we don't have the authority to handle nobles… They're insisting on returning home meanwhile; compensation for restaurant damages and civilians' medical expenses will be double."
The actual language was more vulgar, but he dared not repeat it in front of the princess.
"Nobles?" Princess Jade didn't hesitate for a moment, "I command you in the name of the Princess to arrest them immediately. Also, politely ask the relevant people to assist with the investigation."
"Yes!" The captain of the law enforcement team, emboldened, immediately went to carry out the order.
Two young men in fancy clothes were cuffed and dragged away, cursing, while a somewhat poorly dressed girl timidly followed the team.
Seeing this, Jade's expression was not good.
She turned to Rhode and Mira apologetically: "I'm really sorry. I wanted to entertain you two properly, but I didn't expect such an incident to occur. I may have to excuse myself now."
Mira said understandingly: "It's alright, we were about to head back to the hotel anyway."
They bid farewell to each other, and Princess Jade quietly sighed.
Moments ago, she was talking about how good the security in the Royal Capital was, only to have an incident almost akin to a terrorist attack happen immediately after.
The Royal Capital's image, alas…
However, Rhode and Mira weren't really bothered by it.
It was just two people fighting and blowing up a restaurant, and it only destroyed one private room—it wouldn't even warrant a review in Fairy Tail.
The two returned to the hotel, putting away their purchased items.
Mira took off her coat and picked up a towel before heading into the bathroom.
As she was about to close the door, Rhode reached out to stop her.
Mira was startled, "What's the matter?"
Rhode chuckled, "I noticed the bathtub inside is quite big."
Mira blinked, and her face suddenly turned red.
Steam rose, and the sound of water trickled.
As is widely known, when two people bathe together, it takes twice as long, so the couple took a long time to come out of the bathroom.
Due to the high temperature of the water, their faces were still a bit red.
Mira pulled the towel off herself and covered Rhode's head with it: "I'm never bathing with you again!"
When Rhode removed the towel, she had quickly slipped into a nightgown.
"How can you treat your husband like a thief?" Rhode looked at Mira, finding the faint visibility even more alluring.
Mira raised both her hands to pinch Rhode's face, playfully scolding, "Stop staring, we still have training today."
Speaking of training, Rhode became serious: "Alright, sit properly."
Mira sat cross-legged on the bed, following Rhode's instructions, closed her eyes, and carefully sensed her magical power within.
She intentionally ignored the most prominent, often-used Magic Source, instead focusing on sensing the presence of the Second Magic Source.
Rhode changed into pajamas and sat across from her, training his own Second Magic Source while sharing his experiences and the theoretical knowledge from books with Mira.
—The two of them had already activated their Second Magic Source unconsciously, but had never specifically trained it.
Since Rhode had several more years of training, he had a deeper understanding of his magic power, so now his progress was faster after learning the theory.
Mira needed to go through the process of sensing the Second Magic Source's presence to consciously activating it.
She had taught Rhode hand-to-hand combat in the past, and now it was Rhode's turn to teach her magic hand-in-hand.
...
While the couple was sweetly training, the others in the Guild weren't idle.
Earlier, Rhode had left a 'lecture note' on the Second Magic Source at the Guild, even thoughtfully noting the reference materials—his approach was exactly like the second generation President.
The companions naturally trusted Rhode, and with a clear path to rapidly increase their magic power, they naturally tried it out.
Gajeel, who wasn't too worried about living expenses, could find a place for whole-hearted practice.
Those like Erza and Natsu, who needed money, would squeeze in some study while on missions.
And Lucy had an even better deal; besides having reference materials, she also had Capricorn's, Kaburico's, one-on-one training.
This Capricorn Star Spirit was a reliable butler-type character, who had followed Lucy's mother years ago and could fully pass on the previous generation's Celestial Spirit Magic experience.
After encountering Kaburico a few times and understanding his character, Lucy was almost moved to tears.
—She finally had a reliable Star Spirit!
Whether considering personality, ability, fighting power, or knowledge level, everything was impeccable!
Compared to other Star Spirits like the irritable Mermaid, the perverted Bull, the masochistic Maid, or the prank-loving Twins…
The Goat Butler was simply outstanding!