"Anyway, let me introduce you two.
This is my friend Jenny and Karen from Blue Pegasus.
Mirajane, you already know Karen, so I'll leave them to you.
I'm going to take President Bob and the others over there for a look."
After pushing Jenny and Karen toward the unfriendly-looking Mirajane and the others, Kabe immediately turned around and escaped with Makarov and Bob without looking back.
"Wait, Kabe-nii!"
Jenny still had many things she wanted to say.
Seeing Kabe run away, she immediately tried to chase after him.
But the moment she took a step forward, two hands from both sides pressed down on her shoulders, preventing her from moving.
On the other side, Karen, who noticed something was wrong and wanted to escape from this troublesome situation, was also grabbed by Mirajane.
"Oh my, it's been such a long time, Karen-nee."
Mirajane smiled sweetly.
"The last time we met, I was still a new member of Fairy Tail and Kabe took me around on missions.
Thinking about it, we really do have quite a connection."
Feeling the tremendous force coming from her shoulder, Karen forced out a very awkward smile.
"Y-yes, that's right. Since we have such a strong connection, could you let go of my shoulder?"
"No, no, no. This is proof of our close relationship.
Come with me. I want to have a little chat with you about Kabe."
After giving Cana and Juvia, who were holding Jenny, a meaningful look, the group of five escorted the two "captives" to a corner.
Quietly looking back and seeing this scene, Kabe apologized to the two girls in his heart.
At the same time, he finally let out a long sigh of relief.
"Oh~ These young people really have such good relationships."
Bob supported his chubby face while watching the girls leave together, as if he was seeing a reflection of his own youth.
"No, how does this look like they have a good relationship at all?"
Looking at the two girls being forcibly dragged away, Makarov silently prayed for them.
Then he turned around and immediately started criticizing Kabe.
"Look at what you've done!
It's all because you're too much of a womanizer that so many problems happened!
Can't you learn from me and become a devoted, good man?"
Hearing the old man shamelessly praise himself, not only Kabe, but another friend who knew Makarov very well also could not hold back.
"You lecherous old man, you should really say less."
The person who suddenly interrupted the conversation was Goldmine, the guild master of Quatro Cerberus.
He walked over, nodded at Kabe first, then immediately scolded Makarov.
"I seriously suspect that the reason Kabe became such a womanizer has a lot to do with having an irresponsible guild master like you around him.
If I had known you would influence him this way, I would have done anything to take him away from you and bring him to our guild."
"Hey, hey, hey! Goldmine, what nonsense are you saying while pretending to be righteous?"
"Kabe is a child of Fairy Tail. Don't even think about stealing him from us."
The old man reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on and immediately fired back at Goldmine.
Seeing the two old friends about to start arguing, Bob quickly stepped between them with a cheerful smile and calmed them down.
"Alright, alright.
You're both guild masters. Don't make such a scene and let the children see you embarrassing yourselves."
After Bob's reminder, Makarov finally remembered where he was.
He immediately became nervous and hurriedly controlled his emotions.
However, just as he had calmed down for less than two seconds, Bob continued.
"But speaking honestly, when it comes to handling relationships, our Blue Pegasus is the best.
If anyone should join our guild, it should be him."
"You two bastards! Nobody is allowed to have ideas about our guild's child!!!"
Makarov instantly exploded.
Without caring about the location, he began a fierce argument with the two in the royal palace banquet hall.
While the three guild masters were arguing loudly, their faces turning red as they exchanged harsh words...
Kabe had already leisurely left.
He turned around and joined the circle of younger mages.
The moment Kabe arrived, he heard an angry and aggrieved shout.
"Kabe-nii! You completely screwed us over!!"
Hearing the voice, Kabe turned around in surprise.
He saw Lisanna approaching him with puffed cheeks.
"Huh? Our Fairy Tail actually had three teams pass the preliminary round?"
"You still have the nerve to say that!"
Hearing this, Lisanna became even angrier.
"If you hadn't eaten all the water and food at the supply points along the route, our guild might have had even more teams pass the preliminary round!"
Speaking of this, Lisanna immediately remembered the despair they felt when they finally reached a supply point after exhausting themselves.
They gathered their last bit of strength and rushed there, only to be told that everything had already been eaten.
If it wasn't for Levy using her Solid Script magic to create water, and Bisca having carried some food before leaving, their team would have been eliminated just like those other exhausted and starving teams.
"Kabe-nii, just wait.
After we go back, everyone in the guild is definitely going to make you pay."
Kabe's face immediately became full of helplessness.
He never expected that his plan, which was meant to hinder other guilds, would end up causing the biggest trouble for his own people.
Thinking about having to deal with those guys after returning, he already felt a headache coming.