Chapter 60
It's been a few days since the younger Wendy and Charley joined Fairy Tail. During this time, we also managed to help Kinana adapt after her amnesia and now she works part-time at Fairy Tail, behind the bar. As for who became a master, after the 367th master, Makarov finally gave in and decided to remain the 3rd master of Fairy Tail, and the council, oddly enough, didn't really make a fuss, but simply demanded that Elsa and I become God's chosen ones, and even allocated 7th and 6th places among the now 12 God's chosen ones, for this, Juru and a couple of other unknown God's chosen ones were lowered in the ranking. It's strange, though, that they never figured out that in fact we are both stronger than the Siren God, who occupies first place.
Right now, our trio and the younger Wendy and Charlie who had joined us were sitting in the guild.
- How are you? Have you settled in yet? - Lucy asked the girls. By the way, Charlie2 (I will call the second Charlie this way), imitating our kitty, tries to constantly maintain human form. Although she gets tired of it during the day, at least this way she passively develops her reserve. After all, magic really is like a muscle, and constant spending and restoration develops it.
- We took them in. There are usually two empty bedrooms in our dorm anyway, so we gave them those. - I answered instead of Wendy.
- Oh, I wish someone would take me in like that. The rent in the apartment is just awful, - complained Lucy.
- Oh, come on. You're already pretty strong, take a couple of quests to eliminate monsters and you'll have money. We pay 600,000 precious per month, although it's probably worth thinking about building your own house, fortunately we have enough supplies for something more decent. - Elsa said, becoming a little dreamy when the conversation turned to her own house.
- The order is accepted! Today, let's go to the construction company. - I said with a smile, realizing that these words were a direct hint to me that it was time to build my own nest. Although I confess, our apartment turned out so cozy that I somehow didn't think about building my own house.
- I know I'll regret this, but I'll still ask, what do you consider to be supplies that would be enough for a decent house?
"I think two billion precious ones can be allocated for this matter," Elsa said after thinking for a bit.
*Pffffffffffff*
The announced figure shocked absolutely everyone who involuntarily listened to our conversation and, frankly speaking, I was also among those who spat out their drink.
- Elsa, I understand that we have a lot of money, but have you decided to build a royal castle? - I nervously asked my beloved.
- What does a castle have to do with it? A simple two-story house with a good training ground will be enough for us. - Elsa said, looking at me with bewilderment.
- Oh dear, you are so cute. - Unable to resist how cute Elsa's expression was, I pulled her into a kiss.
- Wakaba! Macao! - immediately there were alarmed cries in the background from behind the unconscious old men.
- A house that meets the requirements you've stated will hardly cost more than 40 million precious ones, - I said, breaking the kiss.
"I thought we hadn't moved out of the dorm yet because we didn't have enough money," Elsa frowned.
- Well, actually we've had enough money for a long time now, most of our armor and weapons are probably worth more than this house. - I answered, scratching the back of my head in awkwardness.
- 2 billion... 50 million... - said the voice of Lucy, who seemed to be in a trance.
- What is she saying? - I immediately said, hoping to change the subject. After all, Elsa had completely entrusted me with managing our finances, and judging by her upset look, it seemed that she had wanted us to have our own home for some time, she just hadn't talked about it.
"She's just shocked at how much S-rank mages can earn," said Charlie.
- People! Gildarts is back!!! - suddenly shouted at the threshold of the guild, and then the ringing of the bell rang.
- Damn it. - Kana, who was sitting at the bar counter, immediately jumped up.
- Mira, please tell him that I went to sleep after a difficult task. - Having shoved the barrel of wine into Mira's hands, Kana hurried out of the guild room.
"It's funny, it seems like she reunited with her father quite early, but it didn't affect her alcoholism," I chuckled at this scene.
- But she may not be at Gildarts' level, but she has mastered the magic of destruction. And don't change the subject. What do you mean "we've had enough money for a long time now"? - Elsa said, not letting me get off topic.
- Well, we were just cozy on the fairy hill, so I didn't really think about it, - I admitted.
- Come on, Elsa, it really is cozy on the fairy hill, - Charlie decided to support me, while our fellow travelers, succumbing to the general excitement, ran to see how the city was being rebuilt.
- Hmph. - Elsa snorted angrily, and then actually calmed down. - Don't forget, you promised that we would go and order the construction of the house today, and even if the sky splits, we won't change our plans, okay?
- Yes sir! - I saluted playfully, and then, rising from my chair, added, - Let's go greet Gildarts, he's been running around a lot lately with his ten-year quests.
- By the way, it wouldn't hurt us to take a couple of these too, - Elsa reproached me.
- Oh, come on. It's a total hassle. - I grimaced. - Now if in such quests you just had to kill a particularly dangerous monster or demon, then it would be possible. They would send you here and there and the task would be completed, but like this, you have to crawl around for months looking for something, I don't know what, I don't know where. It's not for me. BUT if that's what you want, then after defeating Acnologia, we can take some hundred-year quest.
Approaching the entrance to the guild, we saw a man walking towards us, and behind him, Jellal was running towards us???
Having run almost half the way, the guy suddenly stopped, and as if weakening, he dropped to one knee and, slightly supporting himself with his staff, looked at the sky with despair on his face.
At that moment, I felt a powerful space magic mixed with time magic begin to gather in the sky. Physically, this manifested itself in clouds filling the sky, which began to twist into a spiral.
- Elsa, activate the circle! - I exclaimed.
- I know! - the girl answered irritably, and then, leaving the guild, she summoned a spear into her hand.
- lex vetitum! - Elsa shouted, stuck the tip into the ground, and red lines quickly began to spread out from it, covering the entire city in a few moments.
As soon as the magic circle that covered the entire city was formed, the sky seemed to crack, and then crumbled into millions of fragments that scattered without ever reaching the ground, and in place of the strange storm one could see only a cloudless sky.