"He really is amazing! But just now, I felt…"
Lucy looked at Gildarts, who was waving and greeting them, and then thought about his somewhat dazed expression she had just seen, sighing with emotion.
However, before she could finish speaking, Cana walked up beside her and said with a laugh, "Haha, did you feel he was a bit dazed? Well, that's one of his characteristics."
"Moreover, he habitually spaces out, and when he does, he accidentally crashes through houses! He just goes right through!"
"H-how can there be such a clumsy person?!"
Upon hearing this, Lucy's mouth twitched.
In her heart, she could only think that Fairy Tail truly lived up to its name; it had all sorts of strange people!
Gildarts walked directly into the guild, under the hopeful gazes of everyone.
"The guild has become so new!"
First, he turned his head everywhere, finding it very novel.
He looked around at the changes in the guild.
"Welcome back, Uncle Gildarts."
"Hmm~ you are… Lisanna? No, how can there be two? I'm not drunk today!"
Gildarts rubbed his eyes upon seeing the two Lisannas, but when he looked again, there were still two, causing him to doubt himself.
"Well! There's a reason for that, it was that day…" Before Lisanna could explain.
"Hey, Gildarts!"
Natsu burst out from the nearby stairs, his fists alight with flames, excitedly shouting towards Gildarts.
He then threw a punch.
"Oh, it's Natsu! Long time no see."
With a "Puchi" sound, Gildarts reached out and grabbed Natsu's flaming fist. With a squeeze, the flames were immediately crushed, yet Natsu remained unharmed.
This showed that when Gildarts concentrated, he could control his magic with extreme precision.
"Let's talk next time, Natsu, when I have time."
Gildarts grinned, twisted his arm, and spun around a few times.
With a "Bang!" sound, Natsu was directly embedded into the ceiling.
Lisanna, standing nearby with her hands on her hips, said helplessly, "Honestly, Natsu never learns!"
"Hehe, exactly." The other Lisanna also snickered beside her.
Natsu, however, was as Happy as ever, excitedly saying, "He really is strong!"
"That goes without saying! But, this strongest seat will definitely be mine in the end!"
Laxus leaned over the second-floor railing, looking at Natsu embedded in the ceiling, his expression looking very excited.
It seemed his fighting spirit was growing even stronger and hadn't dissipated with his failed sneak attack.
"The guild has so many new people, it's really changed a lot!"
After dealing with Natsu, Gildarts finally had time to notice the new members who had joined the guild.
"Gildarts!"
After Master Makarov shouted loudly.
He comfortably sipped his wine, very Happy that Gildarts had returned.
"Yo, Master, long time no see, I'm back."
"Was the job successful?"
When the Master asked this question.
The previously noisy atmosphere in the guild immediately quieted down.
Everyone focused, wanting to hear Gildarts' answer.
"Hmm…"
"Hahahaha~"
Gildarts pondered for a few seconds, then scratched the back of his head and laughed awkwardly.
Finally, with sweat beading on his forehead, he said seriously, "No, I couldn't complete it at all!"
"No way!"
"That's Gildarts, how could he fail?!"
"I don't believe it."
Upon hearing this, the guild members discussed among themselves, completely unwilling to believe that such a strong Gildarts could fail.
"Don't worry about it, Gildarts, you are, after all, the first person to return from that mission unscathed. That's already very impressive."
The Master looked at the somewhat guilty Gildarts and sincerely comforted him.
However, what the Master said was true; no one who had previously undertaken that Century Quest had ever survived.
"Haa-choo! I want to rest, so I'm going back first! I'm exhausted."
Gildarts yawned as he spoke, walking towards a wall in the guild, feeling nothing was amiss.
Suddenly, as if remembering something, he said without turning his head, "Natsu, wait a moment, come to my house, I have a gift for you!"
"Bang~"
Before he even got close to the wall, the wall in front of him instantly crumbled into pieces within a certain range.
In a short while, his figure had disappeared.
"I don't know what kind of gift it is, but I'm really looking forward to it!"
"Bang!"
Upon hearing this, Natsu immediately jumped up, his right fist glowing with flames, mimicking Gildarts, and punched through the wall: "Happy, let's go quickly!"
"Hey, Natsu, you don't have to learn that!" Lucy immediately retorted when she saw it.
...
In the afternoon, the sun was bright.
Never mind Natsu's shock when Gildarts told him he had seen a Dragon.
Gajeel, however, picked up a cat and observed it carefully.
"Meow~"
"No~" Gajeel immediately put down the leopard-print cat and turned away indignantly, wanting to find his own talking cat.
"This one…"
"And this one…"
Gajeel ran back and forth but couldn't find his own talking cat.
He looked somewhat dejected.
"Bang~" Without paying attention, he tripped over a wine bottle.
"Damn it, that stinky Fire Dragon and the new girl, Wendy, both have a cat with them."
"Why, why is it that I, a Dragon Slayer just like them, don't have a cat by my side?!"
As Gajeel thought of this, his eyes became misty with tears.
A shadow suddenly enveloped him, and a chill spread around him.
Gajeel looked up and suddenly saw the figure that appeared before him.
"A new member of the guild, perhaps!" A gentle female voice entered his ears.
"You, who are you?!"
"Hello, I'm Ur! Are you okay, you didn't hurt yourself, did you?"
Ur, dressed in a Gray jacket and jeans, extended a hand and pulled him up.
At the same time.
"This… this magic is…"
Gildarts, however, stopped telling his travel anecdotes, stood up, and looked curiously towards the direction of Fairy Tail in the distance.
"Ur is back!" Natsu also felt it, shouting with a surprised expression.
"Oh~"
Gray, in the guild, immediately stood up, practically flying, and rushed out of the guild.
As soon as he reached the guild entrance, he saw his Master, whom he hadn't seen in a long time.
"Gray, your clothes." Ur reminded him with a smile.
"Ah, when?!" Gray suddenly reacted, his face flushing, and he shouted.
Juvia, like a young wife meeting her in-laws, hid shyly nearby, fantasizing in her mind about how to get along with the elder.
The return of Gildarts and Ur caused the overall magic power of Magnolia to suddenly increase severalfold.
It also allowed Armani to instantly pinpoint this town.
Fortunately, Zorn and Mystogan had stopped a small Armani, giving Zorn ample time to arrange some matters.
Now that everything was prepared, they were on their way back.
To be continued~
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