"Hahahaha…"
"It was just a joke~"
Hyberion, who possessed extremely high emotional intelligence, keen insight, and was the Chairman of the Council, merely glanced at Warrod, Yuri, and Precht…
He then confirmed that these three were not joking with them, but had truly prepared to take action here if a single word went wrong.
"Three members of Fairy Tail Guild, don't be so serious~"
"Speaking of which! Warrod, aren't you the one who loves to joke the most?!"
This made Hyberion change his previous seriousness, imitating Warrod's joking manner from before, he laughed, trying to let the matter pass.
After all, now was not the time to completely fall out with the Magic Guild Fairy Tail, so he and Wolfheim had to continue to endure.
"Hahahaha…"
Warrod's expression paused, and he smilingly accepted Hyberion's gesture of goodwill.
Warrod had lived for over a hundred years and was an old hand! He clearly knew in his heart that Hyberion was giving himself a way out!
Apparently, Hyberion had clearly realized the overwhelming power gap between the Fairy Tail Guild and the Council, and chose to take a step back first as a sign of respect.
In response, Warrod was also willing to give Hyberion this face!
"That's right! That's right!"
"I was just joking with the two of you~"
"After all, I love to joke the most~"
Warrod continued.
To be honest, Warrod still admired Hyberion…
The other party's indirect blood-sucking magic, which could be cast directly without needing to touch anyone, truly had its unique aspects!
If it weren't for the fact that the Magic Guild Fairy Tail, to which Warrod belonged, was inherently opposed to the Magic Council ERA?! Warrod would genuinely want to be friends with Hyberion.
"Heh heh, Wolfheim…"
Immediately after, once Warrod understood Hyberion's thoughts, he turned his head to look at Wolfheim, who stood beside Hyberion but had not spoken or expressed himself.
Warrod didn't believe that old geezer Wolfheim hadn't figured out in all this time that Hyberion intended to reconcile with Fairy Tail…
Since Hyberion, as the Chairman of the Council, had temporarily bowed his head to the Fairy Tail Guild, what was Ulf, a Vice Chairman, pretending for?!
So, Warrod raised his eyebrows slightly, his gaze carrying a hint of seriousness, while his expression was somewhat playful as he looked at Wolfheim, repeatedly muttering Wolfheim's name: "Wolfheim! Tsk tsk tsk~" and making smacking sounds, seemingly expressing his disdain.
"What do you mean by this, Warrod?!"
Ulf, as Warrod had predicted, couldn't help himself. He glared at Warrod and asked coldly.
"Heh heh…"
Upon hearing this, Warrod seemed to have no intention of giving Wolfheim any face, and in front of everyone, he mocked him using his name: "Oh! Wolfheim, your name is as strange as ever!"
"Hahahaha, of course, I'm just joking~"
Immediately after, Warrod laughed to himself.
"You old geezer…"
Wolfheim, upon hearing this, glared at Warrod with his beard bristling.
Wolfheim knew in his heart that Warrod was using his name to make him lose face, but he could do nothing about it.
To be fair, Wolfheim should actually thank Warrod…
After all, he was accustomed to his stubborn personality and simply couldn't utter the kind of conciliatory words, tinged with self-deprecation and humor, that Hyberion had just used…
Wolfheim could only stand there, glaring helplessly, with no way out…
And Yuri and Precht clearly wouldn't give him the chance to just stand there glaring.
If the stalemate continued, the ultimate outcome would simply be that Yuri and Precht would interpret Wolfheim's silence as a provocation to the Fairy Tail Guild and act against Ulf. Now, with Warrod interrupting, the atmosphere had eased considerably.
"Hahahaha, alright, you two stop arguing!"
"Today is a big day for the Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild and the residents of Magnolia Town to celebrate the Harvest Festival!"
"If you still want to argue…"
"After the Harvest Festival ends and you return to the Magic Council, I'll let you two argue to your heart's content."
Hyberion stepped in to mediate at this point…
He neither favored Wolfheim nor Warrod Sequen, but rather gave both of them a fair share of the blame, attempting to gloss over the day's events.
At the same time, Hyberion was also warning Wolfheim that this wasn't the Magic Council; this was their Magic Guild. Wouldn't arguing here be a disadvantage for him?!
Whatever grievances or issues Ulf might have at the moment, it wouldn't be too late to deal with them after the Harvest Festival was completely over and they returned to the Magic Council ERA?!
As for their previous mention of Precht being the guild master of Grimoire Heart, the strongest Dark Magic Guild on the continent, it was now completely unmentioned…
"Go! Go! Go…"
"Just as Chairman Hyberion said!"
"Today is a big day for the Fairy Tail Guild…"
"What kind of sense does it make for us old guys to be blocking the door here?!"
"Let's quickly head back inside the guild! The Mages of Fairy Tail and other guilds are already getting a bit impatient."
At this moment, Yuri also stepped forward to mediate for everyone. He pushed Warrod with one hand and pulled Hyberion's shoulder with the other, and amidst the pulling and tugging, they entered the first-floor hall of the Fairy Tail Guild.
For a moment, only Wolfheim and Precht, two stubborn individuals who weren't good at beating around the bush, remained outside the Fairy Tail Guild's main entrance.
"Hades, don't think that the matter between you and me is over just like that…"
Wolfheim looked up at the unfathomable Precht and warned coldly.
"Heh heh…"
"Boy, it's not easy to see you progress so far in the path of magic…"
"Today, I'll only teach you two things."
"First, don't casually change other people's names…"
"This old man never changes his name, from beginning to end, I have always been called Precht Gaebolg, and I don't know any 'Hades' you speak of?!"
"Second, before you have absolute strength…"
"Or before you have power stronger than your enemies…"
"Never provoke those you absolutely cannot afford to offend."
After Precht finished speaking, he gave Wolfheim a deep look, then entered the Fairy Tail Guild without looking back, seemingly too lazy to waste any more words on Wolfheim.
In fact, Precht had already figured out Wolfheim's true strength with just that one glance.
If calculated purely by the amount of magic power…
The magic power within Wolfheim's body was even less than that of Warrod Sequen, the weakest among the original four founding members!
However, Warrod's magic was simply not suited for combat…
So, in terms of actual combat power, Wolfheim was indeed stronger…
But only slightly stronger than Warrod, to a very limited extent.
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