Fairy Tail: Magic Gamer Chapter 20, a private fanfic

Chapter 20

I've been improving my Spells for a while now, and I noticed that there were certain patterns, certain limitations to the ways I could make them better.

For Enhancement types, I could improve my efficiency and the way I distributed my Mana, greatly increasing the benefits. Of course, I could also add certain effects that were in line with the Magic School the Spell was from, like adding the storm clouds that damaged enemies to Lightning Speed, or increasing the amount of heat and poison released from my Obsidian Scales.

By improving the efficiency of my ranged Spells, I could massively increase their damage, or even fire two of the same Spell at the same time.

My close range ones–which I had only a couple–I could make them last just a bit longer, so I could get a few extra hits in.

With all of that in mind, I went over all of my Spells, improving every single one, making them all that more efficient. My Clone and my wolves were a great help since I could work on multiple of them at the same time, thanks to my Multitasking, and I managed to upgrade all of my Spells before the sun was even up.

"You know," Idunma said as she poked my Clone. I turned to look at her, seeing that she was standing beside me in the nude. "Magic is supposed to be a gradual process, like a lovely walk in the forest. You're not supposed to sprint and rush through it in one sitting…"

"That sounds like a skill issue to me," I cheekily replied and saw her pout before I looked away from her nude form. "Also, could you put on some clothes?"

"Oh, my?" Idunma covered her mouth. "Am I making you nervous? Or perhaps you're getting tempted? Hmm?"

"Not really." I shook my head. "Just a bit bothersome cause my eyes keep trailing down."

"Fine," she replied with a pout, and I saw how the grass beneath sprouted before wrapping around her form. I tilted my head, watching as she used some type of Magic to turn the grass into actual clothes, completely reshaping the structure of the material.

"Huh?" I stared at her new clothes, all kinds of ideas of how she accomplished that going through my mind.

"Of course, that's what got you interested." Idunma rolled her eyes before grinning. "Maybe I'll even teach you if you ask nicely."

"No thanks," I replied without hesitation before shooting her a grin of my own. "I can learn it on my own as long as I want to."

"Peh! You're no fun at all," she said with pout in response. "And the worst part is that you're probably right about that…"

"Well," I said as I controlled my Clone to stand up. "I'll be going now since i have to prepare breakfast. Make sure to protect my garden, alright?"

"Our garden," Idunma replied with narrowed eyes.

"My garden," I said and walked away, offering her a little wave just before I entered the house.

Ultear tossed and turned all night, and the loud moans coming from the main bedroom definitely didn't help her situation at all. There was just so much on her mind, especially after Leon revealed one shocking thing after the other. And he also did it so casually like it wasn't a big deal. Being able to unlock someone's Second Magic Container, knowing multiple different Slayer types of Magic when it should've been impossible–his body should've broken apart after trying to learn the second one–being able to literally see the Magic in the air.

And then there was his food… Ultear had tasted it a few times before and knew that it was good. But now? Now it was utterly ridiculous in taste, so much that she… orgasmed just from eating it. Not to mention that she was getting stronger just by eating it as well. How ridiculous was that? It wasn't a massive boost to her already overwhelming powers, but it was still something.

And if she continued eating this food for another few years… wouldn't she become so strong that she could accomplish her dream on her own? That was something Ultear had never even considered as it just seemed impossible. But now? She might actually be able to do that.

It was no wonder that Hades was so interested in Leon, constantly asking her what other new things she had found out about him. If Ultear didn't know any better, she'd consider that the old man thought that Leon was Zeref…

She sleepily rubbed her eyes before they opened wide. 'That couldn't be it… right?'

The old man kept most of his thoughts to himself, but… they were trying to resurrect Zeref… right? That's what they've been trying to accomplish for the past few years, and Hades hadn't shown an interest in anything else other than that until now…

Ultear felt her head throb as she tried to process all of that. Zeref was supposed to be the most powerful and also the most evil Wizard in existence. And Leon… well, he was a sweetheart, though even she couldn't tell exactly how powerful he really was as every time she got an estimate of his strength, he'd just pull out something new and completely surpass her expectations.

A knock on her door snapped her out of her thoughts, and she heard his pleasing voice, "Breakfast is ready."

"I'll be there in a moment," Ultear replied, a sense of excitement filling her just at the thought of eating his food again. She paused just as she was putting on her clothes, realizing just how dangerous this man was without even trying. There was a reason why those four girls were all willingly with him, after all.

Ultear shook her head, discarding those thoughts before she left her room, walking down the stairs with a pep in her steps. She cordially greeted everyone there and noticed how there was a shine to Mirajane as her large smile brightened up the room. Her gut twisted at the sight of that, but she wasn't sure why, and she tried her best to avoid thinking about that.

They shared some words, mostly discussing how Leon would be made a Wizard Saint today, and that they'd have to travel to Crocus for the ceremony. Not that was a big issue for them as he could just bring the entire Guild with him on his wolves. Because, of course, he could summon nearly twenty of those creatures that could all be considered an S-Class threat on their own.

Meanwhile, Ultear focused her entire being on the food as it was just so damn good. Plus, it really was making her stronger just from eating it, and she started doubting she even needed Hades or even Zeref… to accomplish her wish. She just had to eat more of this, and she'd get strong enough to achieve her goals.

And then Leon casually dropped yet another bombshell on them. "There's, um, a new resident living with us. You might get to meet her if you walk around in the garden."

Of course, everyone was interested to know who exactly that woman was, and Ultear even narrowed her eyes, her gut twisting itself again for unknown reasons.

"Levy has technically already met her," he explained, and Ultear noticed Levy's eyes narrow before opening wide. "Idunma is a Nature Goddess, and she has decided to permanently move in my garden."

"A God?" Ultear asked before she could stop herself. Those were supposed to be nothing more than a myth… Sure, Zancrow claimed he had met one in his dreams after he started studying the book Hades gave him, but she thought he was just making it up. Had that idiot actually met one? It sounded so outrageous to her, and yet…

Leon confirmed that this Idunma really was a Goddess, and he had learned his own God Slayer Magic from her. The others quickly accepted that, not questioning about it too much, and only Levy seemed interested in learning more about this Goddess.

What a way to start her day…

After dressing up, she looked at herself in the mirror, straightening her hair and fixing up her clothes.

Everything looked good for the most part, and she nodded to herself. "Right! You can do this, Lucy! Just have to walk up and… and… and…"

She lost her determination, her shoulders slumping in defeat as she pursed her lips. This was harder than she thought it would be, but she really wanted to do this, to… to… join a Guild, and one that had numerous Celestial Mages as well! With Golden Keys at that!

Those were incredibly rare and one of a kind Magical Items. Sure, she had three of them, but she… inherited one of them and earned the rest on her travels. And yet there were four more in Fairy Tail? In the same place?

Lucy could hardly believe it when she first heard the news. Thankfully, she regularly purchased Sorcerer Magazine when it came out, else she might've missed this.

To think that it all started by her seeing a cute boy on the cover page and getting interested… Unfortunately, that one was out of reach as she couldn't compete with Mirajane of all people.

"Right!" She forced a smile on her face and checked her belongings. Seeing that everything was in place, she grabbed her baggage and left the room, making her way down the stairs of the hotel, so she could check out.

'My funds are quickly running out.' Lucy thought after leaving the building. She took quite a bit after she ran away, but she realized just how hard it was to earn more as a non affiliated Mage that wasn't part of a Guild.

Jobs were just so hard to find, granted she didn't even know where to search for them in the first place. She mostly relied on her luck, just stumbling into random situations where she could help out and maybe earn a bit of cash for that. Not that it worked that well for her since that only happened like twice… However, she did get another Golden Key due to that! Probably a lot more than she deserved for her help since those Magic Items were priceless, but the previous owners seemed happy to give it to her for her help.

With thoughts like that, Lucy made her way through the streets of Magnolia until she reached her destination. Her guts twisted the closer she got the large building, and she started doubting herself. Would she even be accepted here? Would they want someone like her? She… was a Celestial Mage, but she wasn't that great. She definitely couldn't compare to the likes of Titania or Oberon…

They might… they might just kick her out or even laugh at her, but Lucy had to do this. Even if they didn't accept her, she could at least ask to meet with the Celestial Spirits once before she left.

She took a deep breath, limbs shaking from nervousness, but she managed to take a step forward, stopping right in front of the front door of the Guild. It took her another few moments to gather her courage before she finally managed to move her trembling hands and pushed open the door.

An empty hall greeted her, and she blinked her eyes, wondering where everyone was. This was Fairy Tail. the greatest Guild in all of Fiore, so why was it empty? That made no sense to her.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" Lucy called out, receiving no response for a moment, until she heard a loud growl. Turning to the side, she saw a massive two-headed wolf push open a door. Her breath hitched at the sight of the monster, with all kinds of thoughts going through her head.

Had this monster killed the entire Guild? What was going on?! How was she supposed to deal with this? This wasn't something she was prepared for!

"D-Don't come any closer!" Lucy yelled with a trembling voice as her hands grabbed her whip and her Golden Key.

Surprisingly, that worked as the wolf stopped and plopped its butt in the middle of the hall, just silently staring at her. She narrowed her eyebrows, carefully observing the creature that seemed like it was laughing at her, judging by how its chest moved.

Before Lucy could call it out on that, she saw a figure materialize right in front of the wolf, Her mouth opened wide, and her entire body froze on the spot as she weakly pointed at him. "Oberon!"

He chuckled, his voice as sweet as honey to her ears, and she felt her legs go weak from that alone. Lucy gulped right before he spoke, "That's one of my titles, yes."

"I… umm… errr… blah?" She tried, she really did, but her mouth refused to formulate a proper sentence in response! Why? Why did it betray her like that? She just wanted to tell him she was a big fan!

Lucy felt like crying. This wasn't what she envisioned when she decided to visit Fairy Tail. She was supposed to boldly ask to join the Guild! She was supposed to make a good first impression! Not this embarrassment!

"It's okay, take your time," Oberon said with a chuckle, his voice calming down her nerves. "There's nothing to worry about. Take a seat and breathe deeply."

Lucy mechanically followed his words and found herself sitting down. Eyes staring at him the entire time while her mind went blank. His voice… Gah! His voice was just so amazing… and he was so nice… and… and… why was her face suddenly against the table?

Makarov felt his head drop as Crawford just went on and on, talking about how important and special the Wizard Saints were, how their very presence ensured peace, and bla, bla, bla. Why did he have to write such a long speech? It just made everyone sleepy…

He heard a girlish giggle in his ear and turned back, seeing the rest of the Guild standing behind him, all looking towards the center stage in the middle of the capital city. His eyes looked left and right, scanning everyone around him, but he couldn't find the culprit.

Shaking his head, Makarov turned back to the stage, where most of the current Saints were gathered behind Crawford. They told him he had to be there among them, but he refused without hesitation, preferring to stay with his Guild than acting like a pompous fool like the rest. Plus, it's not like he was the only one that wasn't there. Serena also wasn't present, but that was something all of them expected from the man child.

However, Jose was among the Saints there, and the man was doing his best to avoid looking at Fairy Tail. Makarov snorted. Jose had avoided all the regular Master gatherings ever since he whooped his ass. The man really thought his Guild was better than Fairy Tail… as if! Makarov might've been a bit drunk back then, but he showed him exactly which Guild was the best in all of Fiore. No, in all of Ishgar!

Speaking of being drunk, he wondered if Leon could share some of those coconuts with him… Perhaps they could even start selling those as well! Alongside the meat from the weird flowers! He felt himself start salivating just from the thought alone.

"Kid sure has made it big," Gildarts commented from beside him. Makarov was honestly quite surprised that the man had stayed put for such a long time now. Usually he took off after just a day or two in Magnolia, but he's been here over a week now. Then again, he did learn he had a daughter, and that said daughter was even dating a man already.

"You could've been up there as well if you hadn't refused the offer." Makarov shrugged.

"As if!" Gildarts loudly replied. "Look at this shit! Ain't no way I'm gonna listen to some old fogies ramble on for days while trying to tell me what to do!"

Before he could respond, he heard another giggle in his ears, and his head swirled left and right, searching for the culprit. Yet, he could find the culprit no matter how much he looked. Narrowing his eyes, Makarov turned to Gildarts again.

"And yet here you are, listening to this endless blabbering," he replied with a grin.

"Bah, I'm here for the kid," Gildarts said with a wave of his hand before thoughtfully looking at the stage. "You know… he's pretty strong… I wonder if he can put up a good fight against me."

Makarov hummed while staring at the stage. "At the moment? Maybe… but give him a couple of weeks? And he'd probably teach you a lesson or two."

"And people call me a freak." Gildarts shook his head, not doubting his words even for a second.

And neither did Makarov. Leon truly was a freak when it came to… well, nearly everything. He picked up anything he set his mind to in just a few hours at most. And his growth? It was absolutely ridiculous. He'd like to say it was outright impossible even, but that was clearly not the case as he personally witnessed Leon's growth.

Makarov fondly sighed, remembering when he first joined the Guild. Leon was another lost kid, just trying to find his path on the long road of life. He only needed to be pushed in the right direction, and… well, the results were in front of his eyes as they finally introduced Leon as the newest Wizard Saint.

Loud cheering erupted all around the center of the city as he walked over, the King and Crawford both waiting for him with large smiles on their faces. The crowd went nuts, showing just how much he was liked by the people here.

Makarov warmly smiled at the sight before spotting Jose, who looked like he had swallowed something bitter. He cackled and pointed at him, causing the rest of the Guild to laugh as well. Jose's face soured even more as he clearly spotted them all laughing at him, and that just made Makarov's day even better. He got to see one of his kids be made a Wizard Saint, plus he got to witness this priceless sight. Perhaps he should ask if Leon saw it as well, so he could show it to him with his Archive every now and then.

'Hey, Master.' Leon contacted him with his Telepathy as he was being given his Wizard Saint medallion.

'Something wrong?' Makarov asked.

'A girl just entered the Guild, and she seems like she wishes to join,' he told him over the connection while he smiled and waved at the crowd.

'Oh? Well, just tell her to wait for some time. Shouldn't take us long to get back after this with your wolves,' Makarov replied and shrugged. Those wolves sure were handy and fast, allowing them to all arrive at the capital in less than an hour of traveling. Then he could meet this girl and probably accept her in the Guild.

'Well… about that…' Leon said, chuckling over the connection.

'What did you do?' Makarov asked, narrowing his eyes at him.

'Nothing! I really did nothing!' He replied a bit too quickly. 'But she somehow ended up fainting.'

'Well, heal her then,' Makarov replied, fully knowing that Leon was most likely the best Healer in the entire world. Scratch that, he was definitely the best Healer in the world. He completely regrew Gildart's missing limbs within minutes, after all.

'I did! But then she fainted again…' Leon replied, and Makarov facepalmed. Right… he forgot that this kid was a bit of a playboy. Not that there was anything wrong with that, especially because he somehow made it work. All the girls were even getting along, and Mira and Erza were among them, happily sharing the same man. That was an achievement in itself.

New title gained.

Wizard Saint: +100 to all Magic rolls. Critical success range extended to 99-100.

I was so happy that I had ended up learning Archive because I surely wouldn't have remembered the names of all the people that I met. There were just so many that just among the ones on the center stage that all congratulated me for my outstanding achievement of becoming a Wizard Saint at such a young age.

There was that guy I met in Joya, Barryl, after we defeated Argdin with Mavis, and a few more other Saints, though not all of them were here. Wolfheim grumbled his own congratulation while his hand kept creeping to his back. Volt, the guy that had willingly stepped down, made sure to tell me to visit Pergrande before he dispelled his Thought Projection. However, Jose, who was also the Guild Master of Phantom Lord, completely ignored me, not even saying a single word to me.

Most of the Council members told me they expected great things from me, though there were a few that seemed not happy at the moment, like that Org one. Yajima, on the other hand, was ecstatic and told me he would be visiting Fairy Tail soon just so he could try my famous cooking. I was more than happy with that, promising to surprise him when he eventually visits the Guild.

Of course, I couldn't forget the King of Fiore. And the man spoke to me like an equal! I honestly felt a little lightheaded from that as he was the leader of the kingdom, yet he treated me like I had the same position as him!

A lot more others, all of them either holding high ranking positions or being famous Mages, congratulated me.

I even ended up doing a little speech at the end, and I was so glad that Ultear had written it for me since I was definitely going to embarrass myself without it. It wasn't that special, and it was mostly about promising the people that I would fulfill my duties and ensure that I would protect the peace of Ishgar, but I was thankful she took the time to make it for me.

While I talked on the stage, I noticed that Erza's friends were in the crowd, and they had one extra member with them, a girl around my age with purple hair that was sticking close to Simon. I made sure to contact Erza with my Telepathy and directed her to them, so she could meet her friends.

The whole ceremony lasted for quite a while, and although I was incredibly happy and proud of my achievement, I kind of wished it hadn't taken so long. It was great, it really was. So many people cheered for me, filling me with a nice warm feeling, but it really could've been a lot shorter than this. Makarov laughed at me when I told him this over Telepathy and continued making fun of me the entire time.

Finally it ended, and I was so glad I could return back to my Guild. Or so I thought. So many people stopped me on the way there, all congratulating me and asking a few questions of their own. Strangely, a lot of them were whether I was in a relationship with Mira or not. So many seemed interested to hear about that for some reason, to the point that I expected another situation like yesterday. Thankfully, nothing like that happened, and I finally managed to reach my Guild.

Another round of congratulations followed, though this wasn't as bothersome as the rest, and I couldn't stop myself from smiling. Natsu even tried to fight me, but Gildarts stopped that by pummeling him into the ground.

Erza returned shortly after with her friends, and I wasn't surprised they wished to come back with us since they had accomplished their goal of finding Simon's little sister. The girl, Kagura, stuck closely to her brother and Erza, looking at the latter every now and then with deep admiration in her eyes.

Now that we were all together, we slowly began making our way out of the capital. The people stopped us every now and then, which delayed us a bit, but that was fine.

On the way, Ultear told me I'd have to visit the headquarters of the Council in the next few days, just so I could form my Clone there when I needed to participate in a meeting. That wasn't a big issue for me since I could fly over in an hour at most, no matter where I was in the kingdom.

Hmm, that reminded me of my Space Spell again, and I wondered if… no, how long it would take me before I could improve it enough to be able to form it wherever I wished. Probably no more than a week or two at most, considering how swiftly I could improve my Magic.

Just before we left the capital, I sensed a familiar presence, and I turned around, spotting Juvia looking at us from a short distance away. I waved at her, and a large smile formed on her face as she waved back. I beckoned her over, and she walked over, hesitantly at first before she gained more confidence.

"Congratulations, Leon," she said with a warm smile.

"Thank you, Juvia," I replied in kind. "How have–"

"Juvia!" Jose appeared a bit behind her, staring at her with a snarl. "Did I not forbid you from talking with anyone from Fairy Tail?"

"I…" She opened her mouth, but he walked over and roughly grabbed her arm. I felt how clouds started forming above us due to her emotional state, and my eyes narrowed as I clenched my fists.

Juvia wasn't someone that I knew for a long time, but she was my friend. And he dared treat her like this in front of me? In front of so many people? When he was her Guild Master? I hadn't thought much of him when he ignored me earlier, but now? Well…

"Hey, bozo," Gildarts said as he stepped forward while cracking his knuckles.

"You really want to get beat up again, huh?" Makarov rolled his shoulders, stepping beside him.

"Release her or lose your arm." I stepped beside them, my fingers clenching as I prepared to bring out Laevateinn.

"This has–" Jose tried speaking, but he paused, his eyes turning towards me as I began releasing my Magic.

"Don't make me repeat myself." I stared him in the eyes, daring him to refuse. Jose snarled, but he released Juvia before slowly backing away, keeping his gaze on us the entire time.

"This isn't the end of this!" He called out before disappearing from our sights.

"Juvia apologizes for this," she said, bowing deeply. "Juvia didn't mean to cause you any trouble and promises to avoid–"

"None of that," Makarov said with a wave of his hand.

"Trouble, heh." Gildarts chuckled, completely disregarding Jose as any kind of threat. I agreed with him on that. Only a couple of the people I met today felt truly dangerous to me, and he definitely wasn't one of them.

"Yeah, don't worry about that," I said as well, and her eyes opened wide as a large smile formed on her face.

"We're gonna be returning to Magnolia, want to come along?" I asked, seeing how her lips started trembling,

"Juvia…" She paused as she stared me in the eyes, searching for something. She gulped once before looking down. "Yes, please."

"Come along then," I said as I summoned my wolves, and we all hopped on top of them. Juvia gingerly followed along, but the girls pulled her on the wolf they were riding, quickly introducing themselves to her. She looked a bit lost at first with so many people treating her with such kindness, but she slowly was getting used to it. At least it seemed that way to me with the way she started smiling.

Makarov wiggled his eyebrows at me the entire time on the way back, though Gildarts stared at me with narrowed eyes. I tried explaining to them that it wasn't like what they thought, but they refused to believe me no matter what I said.

Cooking Perk: The Voice of Ingredients: Can hear the voice of all ingredients, providing us with the knowledge of how to perfectly cook them. +300 to all Cooking rolls.

"Are you feeling better now?" I asked the girl after she finally got up from the table and handed her a nice cup of tea.

"I…umm… I'm so sorry!" She squeaked out, looking at anywhere but my Clone.

"It's okay, don't worry about it," I replied with a chuckle, finding it amusing how easily she got flustered. It even reminded me a bit of myself when I first left the village.

"Easy for you to say," she mumbled under her breath, and I wouldn't have picked on that if it wasn't for my enhanced senses.

"So, care to share why you visited the Guild?" I asked, though I already knew she wished to join after hearing her thoughts earlier. I used my ability to make sure she wasn't here for some nefarious reasons but stopped once I realized she just wanted to join.

"Err, I heard that… that there were multiple Celestial Mages here, and… I wanted to meet them?" She sounded so nervous and unsure of herself.

"I wouldn't call them Celestial Mages, but there are a few Golden Keys in the Guild," I answered. Sure, I gave the girls the Keys, but that definitely wasn't their main Magic type.

"Really?" The girl gained a bit more confidence in herself. "Can you tell me more about them?"

"I don't mind, though…" I paused for a moment. "Well, you can just meet them and personally talk to them since we are returning from the capital at the moment."

"We? Huh?" She tilted her head, staring at me in confusion as she tried to process my words.

"I'm speaking with you through a Clone, sorry about that," I explained with a sheepish smile.

"Oh…" She nodded, though she still looked a bit confused. She shook her head a moment later. "I really will meet with more Celestial Mages…"

I decided not to correct her on that and instead said, "Of course, we'll be throwing a party today, and you are free to take part in it."

"A party?" She tilted her head. "Is there some special occasion?"

"Maybe," I said with a chuckle, and she pouted at me before quickly looking away.

"Either way, I plan to cook a feast for everyone," I continued while thinking of what exactly I would prepare.

I had plenty of the Apples and Peaches, too much even, so I would definitely do something with them. The rest of my ingredients were all filled with Gourmet Cells, though that shouldn't be an issue as I discovered that they didn't affect others as quickly as they did me. I still had to take a peek in the book I got just to make sure of that, and I was proven right.

"A feast personally made by Oberon…" She quietly mumbled to herself, a bit of saliva dripping from her mouth, but she shook her head. "Umm… are you sure it's okay for me to join the… party?"

"Yeah, I don't mind at all." I nodded at her. "So don't worry about that. I'm sure that plenty of the people living in Magnolia will also join us at some point."

"Oh…" She nodded her head and looked away again.

"Well." I controlled my Clone to stand up. "We'll be back in a few moments, so I will start working on the food. It was nice talking with you…"

"Lucy!" She loudly said, realizing she hadn't given me her name. "Err, my name is Lucy… just Lucy."

"It was nice talking with you Just Lucy," I said, her cheeks flushing as I walked away to enter the kitchen.

After preparing all the equipment, I started taking out the ingredients. My hands moved on instinct, chopping up vegetables and fruits in perfectly shaped sizes, my movements directed by soundless voices that told me how to cut them in just the right places.

I felt myself entering a focused state of being, my vision focused on the food I was making and nothing else. I was so focused on it that I barely even realized we had finally returned, and I joined my Clone in the kitchen, keeping my control on it while we cooked a feast for the ages, one that would be remembered for a very long time.

She wanted to get on the wolf that Leon hopped on top of, but the blue-haired girl pulled her over to sit alongside three others. Instead, that black-haired one got to sit in front of him, and…

'It's up to us to decide when we want it to rain,' she repeated in her mind, doing her best to keep calm. Those were Leon's friends, and she didn't want to upset him by upsetting them.

"Why don't you tell us a bit about yourself?" The brown-haired one asked as she casually lied on the wolf.

Juvia's hands idly held on the fur, inwardly remarking just how soft it was, as she briefly introduced herself and realized she didn't have much to say about herself. Well, maybe there was one thing she could share with them.

"Juvia has recently taken to gardening," she said with a warm smile, just thinking how Leon helped her find a way to make her rain useful. "But… my flowers aren't growing as fast as Leon's are…"

"Don't worry about that," the red-haired one, Erza, replied. "He can grow an entire forest in minutes due to his Magic."

"Mhm." The blue-haired, Levy, nodded at that. "I'm sure you can grow a lovely garden with enough time."

Yeah, but… Juvia wanted to grow a garden with Leon… She couldn't even count the number of times she had fantasized about just the two of them taking care of their plants under the rain while… holding hands… or even hugging each other! Juvia started swooning left and right just as the thought of that while peeking at Leon every now and then, and Levy giggled and grinned at her as if she could read her mind.

Now, as much as Juvia wished she could push that black-haired one off the other wolf and take her place, she… had to admit that she wasn't having a bad time with those four girls. They were nice and patient with her, and she… was even starting to enjoy this. Juvia would've preferred to spend the time with Leon, but this wasn't so bad.

Plus, they were a great source of information! She was learning so much about him from them, and she regretted that she didn't have a notebook to write it all down. Though… why did they know so much about him? They couldn't all be involved with him… right? Right?! Levy giggled at her again, and Juvia narrowed her eyes, starting to think that the girl could really read her mind.

"Don't worry about it," she told Juvia with a wink.

While she contemplated on what she meant by that, the wolves all faltered for the briefest of seconds before pausing in the air, worrying everyone riding on them. They were quite high in the air and just a few of them were probably capable of surviving a fall from this height, after all.

"Continue flying towards Magnolia," Levy told the wolves, and they followed her orders without question, making Juvia narrow her eyes. She then looked at Leon, and Juvia followed her gaze, noticing that his eyes were closed and his posture slumped, using the black-haired one as support.

'That should've been Juvia!' She thought in her mind as she pursed her lips.

"What's going on?" The white-haired one, Mirajane, asked as she looked at Levy.

"He's doing something weird again…" Levy replied with a sigh.

Weird? Weird!? There's no way that Leon would do anything weird! Juvia just couldn't see that happening. He was just so great… so amazing… so dreamy… There was no way he'd do something weird!

"Again?" Cana asked as she rolled her eyes. "What is it this time?"

How could they!

"He's talking with the ingredients," Levy replied with an amused smile as she turned to look at her.

That… well… um… that… wasn't weird? Surely, plenty of people talked with ingredients, right? And even if they didn't, it was because they weren't as amazing as Leon. Yeah, that was right. This definitely wasn't something weird. No, this was something amazing, in fact! Yeah, that was right!

"Well, talking might not be the right word, but they are speaking to him, telling him how to perfectly cut and cook them to make the perfect dish," Levy continued, explaining further what was going on, making Juvia question how she even knew about that. "He believes this will be the best meal he has ever prepared so far."

Any meal prepared by Leon was the best ever, Juvia was sure of that much after testing his food once before. And the thought of tasting it again? Well, she gulped just thinking about it.

"Yeah, but for how long?" Mira asked with a giggle.

"Probably another week or so," Cana replied with a chuckle.

"That checks out," Levy added with a laugh of her own, making Juvia wonder what exactly she was missing here. Obviously, Leon was amazing, but she felt there was something she wasn't getting.

"I still remember when he first came into the kitchen wishing to cook for the Guild," Mira said with a fond smile before giggling. "Told me he knew how to cook because he had read a book about it before."

"His food wasn't bad back then," Cana thoughtfully said. "But it definitely can't compare to what he can currently do."

Juvia perked up and started asking more about his past, again regretting that she didn't have a notebook to write it down. That was fine, though. She could remember it all without a problem because it was all about Leon.

A sense of jealousy grew inside her due to how much they knew about it because that meant they must spend a lot of time with him. But at the same time, it was hard to dislike them due to how nice they were to Juvia, making her heart conflicted. She couldn't decide on her thoughts about them by the time they arrived at the Guild.

Juvia thought it was time to depart since she had already caused them enough problems with the incident from earlier, but Levy took her hand and led her inside. It was usually so hard to get others to accept her, so why was this happening? Why were they so nice to her?

They sat her on their table, and didn't have to wait for long before… Juvia almost fainted when she saw two Leons walk out of the kitchen! One Leon was already amazing, but two…

All kinds of crazy thoughts were running through her head as she absentmindedly took a bite from her food. Her breath hitched as she gulped and felt her eyes trembling. So many different emotions hit her at the same time just from that single bite and…

"Why… is rain falling from Juvia's eyes?" She sniffled as she quietly asked.

"It's okay, sweetie," Mira whispered as she pulled her in a hug, and Juvia latched onto her, pulling her close as she sought out the warmth the white-girl generously gave out.

Juvia pushed her head in Mira's shoulders, and she had to admit that those girls were pretty great. They weren't as amazing as Leon, but they were still pretty great nonetheless.

"Are we going to let Fairy Tail get away with this? Are we going to let them blatantly steal away one of our members?" Jose roared at the gathered members, spit flying out of his mouth in his angered state.

"No!" The Phantom Lord Mages roared back.

"Of course, not! We are the number one Guild in the kingdom, no, in all of Ishgar! We won't let some half-arsed Guild that has a few dozen members at most and calls itself Fairy Tail walk over us!" Jose declared with a snarl, eyes going past every single member of his Guild to see their reaction. He was pleased when he saw that they were all eating up his words.

"We will crush Fairy Tail and show them why they shouldn't mess with Phantom Lord!" He roared, and the Mages roared back at him.

"WE WILL CRUSH THEM!"

"YEAH!"

Jose nodded, pleased by that response. He already had a plan in mind, though he'd first have to procure an expensive water Lacrima first due to Juvia… He snarled just thinking how she didn't follow his orders! How dare she? She would suffer just as much as everyone else from Fairy Tail for that alone!

"But they have two Wizard Saints, can we really beat them?" A voice asked from the crowd, and he instantly swirled his head, looking for the one that dared doubt him.

"Nah, I'd win," Jose confidently declared, refusing to admit that he actually wasn't sure of his chances against them in a fair battle. "The only reason I backed away today was because I didn't want to cause a commotion in the capital."

That was the perfect excuse, and it definitely wasn't because he was scared of Makarov, Gildarts, or that Leon brat. Nah, that definitely wasn't it. They were… strong, he could admit as much even if he wasn't perfectly aware of Leon's abilities since he wasn't really paying that much attention during the meeting when they discussed him. Why would he ever bother wasting his time listening about others talk about a Fairy Tail Mage of all things?

As for Gildarts and Makarov… both were getting old, and he was sure he could handle them. He'd have to use a few tricks, but he was sure he could deal with those two.

"And the one that just spoke," Jose said, staring at the Mage in question. He didn't know his name, and he couldn't care less to remember it in the first place. "Beat his ass and kick him out of the Guild."

Jose smirked in satisfaction as the rest ganged up on that person, enjoying the power he held over all of them. He had hundreds of Mages under his command, and Fairy Tail thought they could compete with him with their few dozen weaklings? How pathetic! He'd teach them a lesson and show the entire continent that Phantom Lord was the greatest Guild in existence.

"We will show them true despair," Jose continued, a manic grin growing on his face as he remembered the time when… Makarov… "I must make him suffer, suffer, suffer to the very end. And I will only kill him after I have made him despair and sorrow by making him watch as I demolish everything that he cherishes."

Volcanic Dragon Magic Rank 90 Passive Bonus: Major Disaster Manipulation.

Nature God's Rank 125 Passive Bonus: All attacks deal 50% more damage to Gods.

I had a lot of fun delivering the food to everyone before watching them all nearly pass out from how good it was. That was one of the greatest pleasures in my eyes, though, well, it couldn't compare to the nightly activities with the girls.

As I told Lucy earlier, plenty of people passed by, and they congratulated me as well once they heard I was made a Wizard Saint. However, they seemed far more interested in my food than that, and I heard a few of them calling it the Fairy Feast.

Speaking about Lucy, I saw both Natsu and the two kids, Sting and Rogue, hanging around her, sniffing at her while staring at her with tilted heads. They seemed confused, though I had no idea what was the problem there. Maybe they had met her before and just couldn't remember it? I didn't know, but I figured they could figure it out on their own.

I did see Lucy gingerly walk over to Makarov, and I didn't even need to hear their talk to know what happened there. She wasn't a bad person from what I saw, and I knew for sure that the Master would accept her without hesitation.

The girls were getting along well with Juvia, and I even saw them hugging each other. They even ended up taking her home with us at the end, and although I didn't mind that, I was reminded that I planned to renovate the house. I couldn't do that during the night since they needed a place to sleep, but I could at least start by demolishing the two adjacent buildings and start from there.

Right, that seemed like a good idea, especially because I could make a smaller house for the kids, so they don't have to worry about that. They were currently staying at the Guild, which was perfectly fine, but I thought they'd like it more if they had a place of their own.

I started working on that with my Clone while I enjoyed the warmth of the girls in my bed. Of course, my new tenant decided to make an appearance at that moment.

"Why, oh, why are you doing this on your own when you have so many willing workers around you?" Idunma asked with a shake of head as she stepped beside my Clone. "Did you not learn the Spell to turn trees into willing servants?"

"Huh, that's not a bad idea," I muttered before focusing on the nearby trees. My Magic reached out to them, waking them from their slumber to do my bidding.

"There you go," Idunma proudly nodded before patting my Clone on the shoulder. "Work smarter not harder, honey."

"Why not both?" I cheekily asked, and she rolled her eyes at me. "Though I suppose you deserve a little reward for your suggestion."

"Please, my very presence itself is enough to warrant a reward," Idunma haughtily replied with a puffed chest. She held onto that expression until I took out some of the food I saved from earlier, and she started drooling just from the scent alone.

"Hmmm," I hummed as I moved the plate left and right, watching as her eyes hungrily followed it along. Then I stored it back into my Inventory just as she started reaching out towards it.

"Hey!" Idunma looked at me with a pout while I just smiled in response.

"Alright, alright, fine, I'm sorry" she said with a sigh before quietly whispering. "Ruin all my fun, why don't you?"

"That wasn't so hard, now was it?" I asked as I took it out and handed it to her.

"You're lucky you're cute." She pointed at me after grabbing the plate, holding it next to her like a prized treasure. "Otherwise… I would've taught you a lesson, mister!"

"Aha," I turned around to continue my work, pausing for a second as I realized that she could've truly taught me a lesson if she wanted to. Idunma was the person with the most Magic Power I had ever seen, after all. She had so much, the others couldn't even compare with her. Then again, she seemed really nice for the most part. Except for when she decided to start living in my garden without asking for permission first.

"Oaahhh." Idunma's moans echoed in the garden, and I did my best to ignore them as I started working on making a smaller house for the kids with the assistance of the Treants.

"OOOHH!" Her moans only grew louder as if she wanted me to turn around and look at her, but I resisted, my focus solely on the building I was making and nothing else… Well, I might've taken a peek or two, only to see that her clothes had exploded out of her body, and she was sitting on the ground butt naked, her juices trickling down her legs as she shoved the food in her mouth.

Right… back to work and no more distractions.

Rank 100 Passive Bonus: Dragon Force - Once per day, gain Volcanic Dragon rankx30 to battle rolls, Volcanic Dragon rankx15 to all damage rolls, and Volcanic Dragon rankx30 to Armor against magical and physical attacks. Deal 100% extra damage against Dragons in this form. Cannot be used for longer than an hour. Doubles the bonus EXP to Physique and Soul.

The more I trained and progressed with my Dragon Slayer Magic, the closer I felt to reaching a qualitative change in my state of being. I felt like I was going to undergo a massive transformation, but just as I passed the threshold… nothing really happened.

Well, that wasn't exactly right. My senses were a bit shaper–which was hard to even notice considering how good they already were–I was also a bit more durable, and I felt a source of energy inside me, one which I could pull on to enhance my strength, similar to my Demon Form. My own Magic referred to it as Dragon Force, an ability that allowed me to turn into a humanoid Dragon.

That was great and all, however, it wasn't exactly what I felt should've happened. I was reminded of my talk with Idunma, about how the effects of God Magic would take precedence over the other two, meaning I had lost the chance to become a Devil or even a Dragon, but… I was still set on the path of becoming a God as long as I continued improving my Nature God's Magic.

I just couldn't help but wonder, was that it? Was God Magic the pinnacle of it all? Gods were supposed to be the strongest Magical race, but was that really the truth? Maybe it was since there was no evidence to debunk that idea. And even if that was the case, couldn't I try to create something superior?

Of course, I could try, and I wouldn't lose anything from that. Though I felt like now wasn't the time for such experiments. I'd need to get an even better understanding of how all my Slayer types of Magic function before I know if I could do it or not. That meant that I would at least need to wait until I see how God Magic would transform my body before making a decision.

Either way, that was something I didn't need to ponder at the moment. Instead, I had to figure out what I should do for the rest of the night since I already finished with everything important for the time being.

Biology Perk: Gene Modification: We have gained an understanding on how to properly modify the genes of living beings. Farming Perk: Magical Touch: Subtly infuse plants with our Magic when taking care of them, increasing their growth speed and making their produce overall better. Plants might get reliant on our Magic and die quickly if we stop taking care of them. Add Magic Mod/2 to all Farming Rolls.

His patience knew no limits. He was like a tree, his roots spread through the ground, his body endlessly enduring the passage of time. This tribulation he was forced to undergo was a terrible one, but alas, there was no other who could suffer such conditions for such a long time. This was his calling. He would endure, and he would come out stronger–

'There he is!' He finally saw his miserable target, a diminutive old man waddling left and right in the early morning without a single care in the world.

'And to think this man is also a Wizard Saint.' He shook his head in disappointment. This one was nothing compared to Master Jose, who had the stature, appearance, and presence of a true Wizard Saint.

As for this? This was nothing more than an old man way past his prime, an old man that should've retired a long time ago. He had no right to be acting as a Guild Master this age, as thankfully, he was here to help him retire.

His body dispersed into the air before he silently floated towards Makarov, with the old man–or anyone else for that matter as he was invisible, after aĺl–having no idea exactly what awaited him. He appeared a bit behind the old man, hands placed before him with the open palms facing each other. Makarov faltered in his steps as if he had sensed him, but alas, it was already too late. His fate was already sealed the moment the great Aria, the pinnacle of the Element Four, set him as his target.

"Metsu!" All of Makarov's tremendous Magic Power exploded out of him, ravishing his frail body on the way out as he was sent tumbling on the ground. Aria stepped back in surprise as he felt just how much energy Makarov had. Then again, there seemed there was a reason why he was one of the Wizard Saints. Not that it helped him much since he stood no chance against Aria.

Aria sighed as he stared at the old man, who was desperately trying to push himself on his feet. That was just so sad. Was there no one who would offer a helping hand to an old man in this day and age? What has the world come to? The old and feeble were disregarded by the younger generation, left to take care of themselves.

"So... So... Sorrowful, it's too sorrowful! Where does this sorrow come from?" Aria sobbed as he rushed away from there, wondering why people had to suffer such fates.

I was in the middle of telling the girls what I had done over the night, and how I was ready to start building a smaller house for the kids when I sensed a massive amount of Magic Power just erupting near the Guild. I recognized it as Makarov's, and at first, I thought he was beating up some of the members as if they were misbehaving children. Nothing too out of the ordinary there since they do tend to cause a ruckus whenever given the chance.

However, there was something off about this. Just the way his Magic Power linger and… started drifting away felt weird to me? That was the best way I could describe what I sensed. Like, the energy wasn't being used for anything, and it felt like he just threw it out for no particular reason.

"Is something wrong?" Levy asked, the rest all looking at me as I stopped talking.

"Let me check," I said and summoned my Clone at the Guild before quickly rushing out of the building, only to find Makarov lying on the ground and breathing heavily with only a sliver of Magic Power inside his body, just enough for him to survive.

"Master!" I rushed over to inspect his body and quickly cast a Heal on him, but he was physically uninjured for the most part. The real issue was that nearly all of his Magic Power was gone.

Thankfully, it was still in the air, and I could clearly see it all, so I could try to push it back into him on the spot. And if that somehow didn't work, I could always try feeding him some of my Mana Potions, though I wasn't exactly sure how those would affect him.

First, however, I switched places with my Clone, an ability I had recently discovered I was capable of doing. Now with me personally here, I was far more confident of fixing Makarov.

Aria paused and turned back, seeing that someone actually did come to the assistance of the feeble old man. The young man, so full of life, dropped on his knees with a hand on Makarov's chest, eyes blazing with determination as he focused on the task at hand. Unfortunately for him, this was not meant to be.

'How sad,' Aria lamented as he moved in their direction. Not one, but two Wizard Saints would be crippled for life today right in front of his very eyes as their fates were already sealed. 'So, so, sad.'

He stopped a bit behind them, marveling at the young man's ability for a brief moment. This level of control was a sight to see. Perhaps there wasn't anyone better than Leon even, but he was bound to experience misfortune as this was a cruel cruel world.

Extending his hands, Aria cast his Spell again, "Metsu!"

Magic Power exploded out of Leon. It was much smaller in terms of quantity compared to Makarov's, but the quality of it? It was one of a kind. HIs Magic Power was just so much thicker and heavier, to the point that it made the air hard to breathe once it was purged out of his body. It was far harder to drain him dry, but Leon's fate was sealed the moment he appeared here…

Or so he thought.

"What?!" Aria stepped back in shock as Leon's body exploded with even more Magic Power. No matter how much he tried to purge it all, it just kept growing and growing and growing… It felt like he was trying to drain the entire ocean with a bucket, a fruitless endeavor that only a deranged person would attempt.

A shockwave erupted from Leon just from his Magic Power being released from his body, and Aria was thrown tumbling down the street from the force. He tried recovering, but he could barely move his hands and feet as his limbs were firmly pushed on the ground as the entire area around them was blanketed by Leon monstrous Magic Power that just kept endlessly growing more.

Aria weakly looked up to see the young man completely ignoring him as his entire attention was still on fixing Makarov. He blinked his eyes, unable to understand how this was even possible. Leon should've lost all of his power, he should've been in the same condition as Makarov, and yet he was now radiating with so much energy that the entire area was shaking from his presence alone.

His body quivered in fright as he watched Leon's power just keep on growing as if there were no actual limits to it. Aria had to get away from there as quickly as possible, especially because he also noticed that Makarov was close to being fully healed now. He pushed himself with all his power before deciding to just transform his body into air as his physical strength wasn't enough here.

"Don't move." The voice was quieter than a whisper, but Aria heard it loud and clear, and his entire body involuntarily froze on the spot even in his air form. No matter how much he pushed in an attempt to escape, he was locked in place, forced to stay put and await his sorrowful fate.

Hades had been keeping watch on Magnolia ever since his… recent discovery. He was still trying to figure out if his theory was correct, and if Leon truly was a reincarnation of Zeref, or if he was Zeref who had erased his memories, or if everything was one big coincidence, and this young man truly was a one in generation kind of genius that might be on a level even higher than Zeref. Their appearances were slightly different from what he remembered, but their personalities were eerily similar, which made it even harder to come to a conclusion.

All of this plagued his mind as he just couldn't come up with an answer to it all. Until he sensed the monstrous power that emerged from Magnolia, one he felt even though he was so far away from the city.

Hades immediately rushed over to the various Lacrimas he had on the ship, all showing him parts of Magnolia until he saw Leon, the obvious culprit. Power was just endlessly radiating out of him in waves, blanketing the entire city in his Magic.

Hades stared at it for a moment before he burst out laughing. He had been right! This was Zeref! It must be! For who else could endlessly produce so much power? Who else could have Magic Power so much stronger and better than everyone else's?

"Hahaha!" He laughed, joyful tears streaming down his face. "He's awakening…"

Hades didn't even need to do anything to help speed the process. Zeref was unlocking more and more of his power on his own. He should've expected as much. Zeref was the greatest Wizard to ever live on this world, after all. Why would he need the assistance of someone like him?

It took him a bit to calm down, and Hades focused on him, more specifically, on the power that he was radiating. It didn't feel like the Magic Power of any other Mage he had ever met. It was on an entirely different level, and he clenched his fists as he gulped.

Could it be… that Zeref had already discovered the One Magic? Was this actually it? It made perfect sense. Who else but him could discover the One Magic?

Of course, he had done it! Maybe Hades even helped him remember it when he asked him about it during their meeting and that had ended up unlocking his memories about the One Magic faster.

Breathing heavily, he focused on the screen, ignoring everything else but the Magic Power pouring out of Zeref as he tried to glimpse at the One Magic to see if he could figure out even a small tiny part about it. Just a little would be enough to send him down the right path, Hades was sure of that.

Unfortunately, it was not meant to be as he stared and stared and stared some more, but he just couldn't figure out anything about it. He wanted to rage at his inability to grasp what was in front of him, but he managed to calm himself. Zeref had nearly awoken, and he had already displayed his ability to wield the One Magic. Hades just needed to stay closer to him, and he would eventually learn more about it. He was sure of that.

"Water Dragon's Roar!" The attack couldn't even scratch his black scales, and he stomped down, crushing the man and the ground below him in one swoop.

Grumbling, he shook his leg, flinging away the bits and pieces of meat stuck in his scales. The fight hadn't even made his heart pump in excitement–unlike that one human who made him tingle with his attacks–but he had to do it. He had to kill the man before he turned into a monster.

That was his mission in life, to eradicate all Dragons and ensure none of them lived to see another day. He thought he accomplished that long ago, but clearly there were a few more out there. For how else would one use their Magic without a Dragon teaching them?

A burst of power erupted from up North, and he turned around, sniffling the air. It smelled… different, nothing like anything he had encountered in his life. His heart even began pumping in enticement, but… it didn't smell like a Dragon's Magic…

He would check up on it at a later date to see if that one could give him an exciting fight, perhaps if he was lucky, that one might even finally end him. He snorted at that thought and shook his head. He'd given up on that idea a long time ago. Death would just not take him no matter how much he wished it would.

His wings flapped, and he left a desolate mountain as he continued his search for more Dragons or people that used their Magic. He had to end them before they could cause more chaos and misery. They all had to be killed. That was his goal in life, and he would not budge on that no matter what.

"Aha!" Makarov jumped up, hands on his waist and chest puffed up. "I feel like I'm ten years younger! Hahaha!"

"Glad you're feeling better," I said, releasing a sigh of relief while I did my best to keep all my power in check.

That guy's Magic was weird as it expelled all the Magic Power from a Mage's body, a truly dangerous attack since Mages needed it to survive. Sure, they could go on if their reserves were low, but they'd risk the chance of dying if they truly ran out of their Magic Power.

He tried doing the same to me, but… well, I was different compared to others, something I had already figured out. So instead of purging me of my power, the only thing he accomplished was to make me that much stronger than before as my entire body was completely infused with my Mana at this moment. I wasn't sure if this was a permanent thing, but even if it wasn't, I already had a sense of it and knew how to replicate this effect now.

"Thanks for that, my boy," Makarov said with a warm smile as he patted me on the leg before looking back at the Mage who was frozen in place. "Why even do this?"

While we got to question the guy, I was explaining the situation to the girls with the Clone I switched places earlier. Most were only worried for a second until I told them that I already fixed the situation, except for Juvia who got more nervous the longer I talked.

"Juvia… apologizes. This is all her fault," she said, fist clenched as she looked down. "Juvia should've known as much. Juvia can only bring misfortune wherever she goes…"

"What are you talking about? This isn't your fault," I replied, knowing she had absolutely nothing to do with this.

"This person you described matches Aria, a member of the Element Four…" Juvia said with pursed lips and trembling eyes, just on the verge of crying. "He's…"

"Did you tell him to attack the Guild Master or Leo?" Levy asked and walked over to gently take her hand. Juvia shook her head while continuing to look at the ground.

"Then you have done nothing wrong. You aren't responsible for what happened," Levy continued with a gentle tone.

"But…" Juvia held onto her dress, refusing to look up from the ground.

"It's okay, Juvia," I said, taking her other hand on mine. "You haven't done anything wrong, but Jose… he's a different story…"

I was almost a hundred percent sure that he was the one responsible for this, that he was the one that had sent this Aria guy to take out Makarov with his Magic. There was no other reason why one of his Guild members attacked our Guild Master like this. He must've ordered this.

"Okay," Juvia mumbled quietly, ears starting to flush red as a small smile formed on her face.

"What do you think?" I asked as I turned towards Ultear as she worked directly for the Council. "What should our response to being attacked be?"

She bit her lips as she thought it over. Ultear was smart, so she clearly understood that this wasn't a coincidence, especially because she witnessed Jose's actions yesterday.

"I think…"

Observation Perk: Senses Calibration: We no longer suffer any drawbacks from our enhanced senses.

"I think…" Ultear knew what was the correct thing to do in this situation, but damn if she didn't wish to see Leon go wild and absolutely destroy Phantom Lord on his own. And he was very much capable of doing that. He crushed Wolfheim as if he was a newbie Mage just starting out on his journey, beating him in less than a minute after the so-called God of Ishgar attacked him. This? This wouldn't take him much longer than that to deal with.

"It would be for the best to contact the Council and Jose, so we could figure out what exactly is going on." It hurt so much to say this, but she had to play her role. The only thing she could do was to try and delay, maybe pretend there was something wrong with the Communication Lacrimas due to the power Leon released earlier, but that wasn't going to accomplish much…

"He seems to already be on his way," he said as he turned his head to the side. "And he has brought a lot of people with him, about five hundred Mages…"

'Or maybe it will?' Ultear was getting a bit excited about this and almost missed the fact that Leon was capable of not only sensing their approach–probably from a very large distance away as they surely weren't in the city at the moment–but he could also accurately deduce their numbers.

"I will still attempt to contact the Council at least," she said and quickly rushed to her room to get the Lacrima, immediately getting in touch with the Council as they were already waiting for a response due to what happened earlier.

Ultear briefly explained the situation, stating that someone had attempted to drain Leon's Magic Power, which only obviously ended up doing nothing other than scaring the entire kingdom. She had to resist snorting when she saw the shocked faces of the members opposite to her as they all slowly realized exactly how much power Leon had. Then she explained that it was an attack by Phantom Lord and that Jose was already on his way with his entire Guild. The Council tried to contact the man so he could explain his actions, but they received no response from him.

"Keep the damages to a minimum," they finally ended up deciding on that. This was inevitable unless they used something like the Etherion Cannon, but there really was no reason to do something that ridiculous when Leon was right here. And he clearly had enough fire power to match their weapon, he had proved as much multiple times already. Not to mention this burst of power they had all just felt, and some of them weren't even in Fiore!

"I heard," Leon told her as she came back downstairs. "I will see what I can do about keeping the damages to a minimum."

"Thank you." Ultear bowed her head at him, pretending like she cared about that.

"And Juvia?" He turned to the Water Mage, still gently holding onto her hand. "What would you like to do?"

"Juvia… Juvia doesn't want to fight you…" She quietly replied.

"Then you won't have to," Leon told her with a bright smile. "Just sit tight and wait for this to end, It won't take long, I can promise you that much. And once it's over… would you consider switching Guilds? I heard there's a lovely place called Fairy Tail here in Magnolia."

"You… would accept Juvia?" She looked up, eyes puffed up but filled with hope.

"Of course!" He replied without hesitation, and the other girls in the room nodded along, agreeing with him.

Juvia sniffed before she wrapped him in a tight hug, thanking him over and over as she pushed her head against his chest. Ultear stared at this with narrowed eyes, gut twisting at this sight. Her fist clenched as she tried to understand this weird emotion, but she shook her head and looked away, doing her best to stare at the wall.

Aria wasn't of much help and just kept repeating, "how sorrowful," over and over again, so we knocked him out shortly before the rest of the Guild rushed over as they had clearly sensed the events from earlier. How couldn't they when even people outside the kingdom felt that burst of power? They were right at the center of it, after all.

The moment they heard what exactly had happened, they all prepared for a war and were about to march out of the city to search for Phantom Lord's many branches. Makarov wished to avoid a needless fight like that, though he changed his mind the second he heard that I felt Jose coming to us with hundreds of Guild members.

We all rushed out of the city as one only to see the Phantom Lord's main building walking towards Magnolia on mechanical legs that resembled those of a spider while hundreds of Mages marched in front of it.

Gildarts cracked his knuckles as he eyed them all, measuring the distance as he prepared to demolish them all in one go. While I went through my various Spells and abilities, wondering which was the best suited for dealing with all the people while also ensuring the survival of the building since… I kind of wanted to keep it.

"Calm down, you two." Makarov pulled us back, his arms twice as large compared to his body.

"But…" Gildarts pouted at him, hands grasping towards the incoming army.

"You can't deal with everything by yourselves," Makarov continued, and I wanted to protest that since I felt like I could very much do that. "Plus, everyone else is also itching for a fight."

We looked around, seeing that every other member was burning with desire to have a go, and we let out dejected sighs.

"Alright," I said with a huff before adding. "However, I want to do something before we start the fighting."

Makarov tilted his head at me before his eyes opened wide. "No…"

"Yes!" I excitedly nodded with a grin. "I'll be right back."

"Wait!" He called out, but I had already lept from my place, my form shifting in the air as I grew into Kamina's full size and continued to go even further beyond.

"No waiting!" I called out as I dropped down, causing a small earthquake to go off due to my current weight. Phantom Lord's Mages yelled in panic, some began running away, while a few tried attacking me, though they failed to even scratch my scales. I could've ended them all with my fire aura alone, but I had to pull it back as I had promised to leave them to the rest of the Guild.

"Sorry, coming through," my voice boomed as I flicked them all away, and I noticed that a large cannon emerged from Phantom Lord's building, aimed right at me. It was gathering a worrisome amount of Magic Power, so I combined the Phoenix with my form to increase my durability even more.

A bright beam of light shot out of the cannon and slammed against me, pushing me back a bit, but I was left completely unharmed from it, and I continued on my path towards the building. The cannon started charging again, but it was already too late at this point since I already reached my destination. I picked up the entire building and raised it in the air before I started shaking the entire thing, watching as people fell out of it in droves.

I kept at it until there were only a few energy signatures inside, the ones that refused to fall out no matter how much I shook the building, so I started poking inside, pulling them out one by one. The other Phantom Lord Mages never stopped attacking me, though I easily ignored them since they couldn't even get past my defenses. Shortly, I pulled them all out with Jose being the last one.

"Dead Wave!" He yelled as he fired a beam of black energy, which just like the cannon, failed to even damage my scales. In fact, this one didn't even push me back.

I considered just crushing Jose right there and then since he was right in front of me, but I resisted and instead just stored his entire Guild building in my Inventory before turning around. "Sorry, passing through."

I flicked the people away from me until I returned back to my own Guild and plopped down on the ground with a satisfied expression on my face. Everyone stared at me with weird looks in their eyes, but I was happy since I had a shiny new thing in my Inventory now.

"You can go fight now, I'm done," I proudly told them, rocking left and right with a smile on my face. I wasn't truly satisfied with this alone, but I got my goodies, so I was settled for the time being.

Gained Phantom Lord's MagiTech Headquarters.

I ended up shrinking down and releasing my Take Over Spell just as Elfman in his Beast form rushed past me, each of his steps sounding like thunder as they shook the ground. Lightning crackled around his body, and he suddenly disappeared from his spot, appearing right in the middle of all the Phantom Lord Mages.

"RAAAGGH!" His voice boomed loudly, and I saw many of them clutch their heads in pain with blood dripping from their ears. Some tried attacking him, firing all kinds of Spells his way, but they failed to pierce his thick hide.

"RAAGH!" Elfman roared again and began swinging his massive fists left and right, sending entire batches of Mages flying away from his position.

A massive number of dark shades emerged as Jose took an active role in the fight after he recovered from being flicked away. Those were met by Cana's monsters, including her Gate Guardian who was firing beams of energy in every direction. She, on the other hand, used the Dark Magician Girl on herself and winked at me before rushing in as well.

"Giga Impact!" Cana leapt high, the air around her hand crackling and shattering like glass from the amount of Magic Power she was forcing into it, before she slammed down, punching the ground with all her might.

The world rumbled as everything in front of her was absolutely destroyed, the very earth fracturing apart from the force of her impact. Hundreds of the enemy Mages fell inside the cracks in the ground while the rest all lost their footing, quickly succumbing to her monsters or the rest of the Guild that joined right after her.

"That's my girl!" Gildarts proudly yelled as he waved his hands in the air.

"Hehe." Cana proudly smiled back before twirling her wand and firing a beam of energy at the nearest enemy. She then strolled around the ruptured battlefield, firing at random Mages on a whim while capturing those she passed by with her cards. None dared to even come near her after what she just did, though.

Not everyone was having such an easy time as Elfman and Cana, however. There were a few that were putting up a hard fight and were proving that they were the real deal. One of them was someone that even the kids recognized as they were both standing next to me and watching everything that was going on the screens I had pulled out with my Archive.

"That's Black Steel, Gajeel! He's a Dragon Slayer like us and the strongest Mage in Phantom Lord!" Sting excitedly pointed at the screen showing the man I met in Bosco before shaking Rogue. "You told me how big of a fan of his you were!"

"He's not that great…" Rogue mumbled and looked away before shyly peeking at me. I chuckled and rubbed his hair, though before I could respond…

"A Dragon Slayer?!" Natsu jumped up, fire burning all around him. "Let me fight him!"

Juvia, who had looked mostly unconcerned with how quickly Phantom Lord was being defeated until now suddenly got slightly nervous due to obvious reasons, and I picked up on that, though someone else picked up on it even faster than me.

"Let me," Levy said as she stepped forward.

Natsu looked like he was ready to protest, but I quickly pointed him at another Fire Mage that was causing some problems for some of our other Guild mates. "Look, that guy seems like the perfect opponent for you."

"But…" He started to pout, and I quickly sweetened the pot by throwing some nice and hot magma his way, which he ate without any hesitation, instantly entering his Magma Dragon Mode.

"Alright! I'm all fired up now!" Natsu roared out before magma gushed out of his back, propelling him towards the Fire Mage while he spewed magma all around the battlefield.

"I'll make sure to not hurt him… too badly," Levy told Juvia as she walked past me, though she paused to chomp down on all of my screens, forcing me to summon them again.

Before I could even comment on that, I noticed how her Magic Power spiked as brown scales began forming on her shoulders, hands, and legs. I tilted my head, observing her transformation for a moment, wondering how she managed to enter Dragon Force at this point considering she had had her Dragon Magic for such a short period of time.

I figured I could ask her later, and I just watched as she rushed out with lightning fast speed, reaching Gajeel in moments. She appeared behind Wakaba, who was having a hard time contending against the Dragon Slayer, and grabbed his clothes before pulling him away.

"Another weak fairy?!" Gajeel snarled at her.

Levy just raised her eyebrow as she began slowly walking around him. She looked left and right, seeing the devastation around them, before turning back to him. "Big talk coming from someone who is losing this badly to a bunch of weak fairies."

"Grrh!" Gajeel bared his teeth as he covered his body in iron scales. "I'm different! I'll show you!"

"You don't look that impressive," Levy replied with a shrug as she continued slowly walking around him.

"Gah!" Gajeel jumped towards her, his arm transforming into a large iron club in the air.

"Iron Dragon's Club!" He yelled as he slammed it towards her, though Levy just continued walking, the attack missing her by a hair's breadth.

"Oh, wow!" She clapped as he continued attacking, transforming his limbs into all kinds of weapons as he tried to hit her, though all of them narrowly missed her. "You sure showed me how different you are!"

"Gah!" Gajeel roared as he failed over and over in his attempts to hit, until he used, "Iron Dragon's Roar!"

A powerful beam of gray energy that was accompanied by iron shards flew out of his mouth, and she was forced to summon multiple Data-Shields to block the attack.

"You almost hit me," Levy taunted him while continuing to walk around, almost having made a perfect circle from the place she started.

Gajeel rushed at her again, throwing every attack in his arsenal her way, but he couldn't land even a single hit on her. "Stay still, damn it!"

"Alright then," Levy replied with a bright smile, and he froze on the spot as if he hadn't expected that answer from her. However, he recovered seconds after and took a step forward with a grin on his face.

"Now…" His words died in his mouth, and he froze in place again as a runic circle blared to life with him right in the middle of it. His iron scales disappeared from his body as his Magic Power sustaining them was being rapidly drained away, sucked by the Norse script that Levy wrote on the ground.

"What…" Gajeel weakly said as he fell to his knees, barely having enough strength to keep himself conscious.

"Just a little payback for what your friend tried doing to our Master," Levy told him with a sweet smile.

"I… don't… have… any… friends…" He managed to utter with his last remaining strength before passing out from the exhaustion. Levy picked him and carried him over, dropping him right in front of Juvia, who let out a sigh of relief knowing that he was still okay.

Natsu ended up handily winning his fight even though he struggled for a bit at the start. The enemy Fire Mage had a pretty good Fire Manipulation ability, but his Magma Mode completely nullified that. His sword skills also weren't bad, though he lacked the power to bypass Natsu's defenses in his current state.

Meanwhile, Elfman and Cana continued on their rampage, destroying every enemy that neared them in seconds at most. They were already an unstoppable disaster on the battlefield, but the situation for the enemy turned even worse when Mira joined the game as well. A lot were surprised by the fact that she was using Magic as very few were actually aware that she was back to being an active Mage again.

She was still a bit rusty from what I saw, but she was visibly regaining her confidence and skill as she flew around the battlefield, laying waste to multiple people from above by firing massive beams of darkness at all below her. Mira also seemed to be having a lot of fun, judging by the way she was laughing while doing all of that.

"I don't know if I should be happy or terrified that Mira is slowly regaining her former self," Makarov said with a shudder as he stared at the scene.

"She's not that scary," I said, completely ignoring the fact that I would've been terrified out of my ass if I had seen this a few months ago.

"Oh, I'm not scared of her." Makarov shook his head. "I'm scared of what both of them might end up doing."

"Come on, ti.. Erza! Try to keep up, hahaha!" Mira laughed as she continued laying waste to the battlefield.

Erza, meanwhile, steadily walked forward with all kinds of blades orbiting around her, striking at every enemy in her reach as her steps carried her towards her destination. She had her eyes set on Jose and there was nothing that was going to stop her from reaching her goal.

"Master Jose is strong…" Juvia said after she looked up from Gajeel's unconscious figure and noticed Erza walking directly towards the Guild Master of Phantom Lord.

"Heh, you don't need to worry about Erza," I told her without thinking about it too much. She had him beat when it came to pure Magic Power alone. Add in the fact that she was the most skilled fighter I had ever seen? Yeah, she had this in the bag.

"Erza is strong," Levy agreed with a nod from beside me.

"Yep, just trust her to handle this quickly, and then we can see about having you join Fairy Tail," I said and patted Juvia on the shoulder.

"Hey!" Makarov called out. "Just because you do half the paperwork and also finance the Guild… doesn't mean you're the Guild Master yet!"

"Are you saying that you'd refuse her?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Well… no, but…" Makarov grumbled with a pout.

"Well, there you go." I grinned, and he looked away, turning back to the fight. Pretty much everyone was already defeated, and Cana was walking around just capturing them all in her cards at this point, leaving only a single enemy standing.

"This is crazy…" Lucy, the new girl, muttered, and I had almost forgotten she was here due to how quiet she was until now. "Is this what part of a Guild is like?"

"No." Levy shook her head. "This is a first even for me, and I've been part of the Guild for years now."

"Juvia apo–"

"None of that," I stopped her by grabbing her hand and gave it a squeeze. "This isn't your fault."

"Mmmmm." Juvia rapidly nodded her head and looked down as she tightened her grip on my hand.

"Die! Die! Die!" Jose madly yelled as he sent hundreds of shades towards Erza, but none of them could even get past the weapons orbiting around her, all of them getting sliced to pieces before they could come anywhere close to her.

His Magic seemed pretty useful in dealing with multiple weaker enemies since he could produce so many of his shades, but against one truly strong enemy? Well, the results were right in front of us. Erza wasn't rushing and was just steadily walking towards him, her steps confident and resolved.

"Come on!" Mira dropped near her and rolled her eyes. "Finish this weakling already! Or I'm going to do it for you."

"Die! Dead Wave!" Jose fired a dark beam at her–the same Spell that couldn't even harm me earlier–and I got just a tad worried about her, but… there was clearly no reason for that as she knew what she was doing.

"Woah…" People exclaimed as the beam of darkness curved around her, circling her once before it flew right back at the sender.

"GAH!" Jose screamed in pain as his own Spell struck his body, sending him tumbling on the ruptured ground. He still managed to recover from that, proving he had the endurance to take on his strongest attack, but… Erza didn't stay idle.

What greeted him when he got back up was her entire armory floating high in the air, the weapons glittering with light as if they were stars in the sky.

"Star Shower!" All of the weapons descended with tremendous force, to the point that they all caught fire, looking like a swarm of shooting stars.

Jose tried to stop the attack by firing all the Spells in his repertoire, but he failed to prevent the weapons from descending upon him, and he was pulverized into the ground in a massive crater. And that settled it. Phantom Lord was defeated, and I didn't even get the chance to fight…

"Well, that was fun and all, but now I'm just itching for a fight myself," Gildarts said as he cracked his neck. "Come on, kiddo, let's go have some fun, eh?"

You know, that sounded like a really good idea. I might've missed the chance to use Boss Battle on someone as strong as Jose, but I could still have an exciting match with someone else…

"Hey! Hey! Hey!" Makarov yelled while waving his hands at the battlefield. "We've already destroyed enough!"

"Don't worry about that, Master," I patted him on the shoulder. "I can fix this all really quick."

"So, you up for a beating then?" Gildarts challengingly smirked at me.

"I'd rather not beat up the elderly, but I guess some do deserve it," I chuckled as I took a step forward.

"Elderly? Me? I'm not old! Stop calling me old! My hair isn't even gray!" Gildarts rushed over, eyes narrowed as he frowned at me.

"Whatever you say…" I smirked at him.

"Don't you da–"

"Old man," I continued, and he exploded on the spot, Magic Power oozing out of him in waves, destroying everything around us with sheer pressure alone.

"Oh, you will pay for that comment," Gildarts said as he cracked his knuckles.

Ultear… wasn't that surprised when Fairy Tail defeated Phantom Lord without their three strongest members even participating. She knew exactly what Leon had done for the girls and how helpful his food was. Nevertheless, she was surprised how strong Fairy Tail actually was, and the Council members that watched what happened through the Lacrima shared the same sentiment.

The regular members of the Guild crushed the S-Class Mages of Phantom Lord without any issues whatsoever. That was just mind-boggling, and Fairy Tail cemented its spot as the number one Mage Guild in all of Ishgar with this showing.

Natsu and Elfman both proved they were easily as good as any S-Class from other Guilds. Levy showed remarkable skill with her own Magic, though they were still unsure exactly what it was, just that it was some Dragon Slayer type.

Cana showed that she was walking in the footsteps of her father with her opening move –and wasn't that a surprise to hear about? But she clearly had a lot more potential than Gildarts as she also displayed an incredible versatility with her Card Magic.

Mira didn't get to show off too much, but Erza? She proved she was easily as strong as Wizard Saint by effortlessly defeating Jose.

Fairy Tail was filled with monsters, and the three biggest ones didn't even have to participate in this farce, and were instead just cheering on the rest from the back. That was greatly disappointing since she really wished to see Leon in action, and… it seemed she just might get her wish as Gildarts challenged him to a fight.

"What? What are they doing?" Org yelled from the Lacrima. "They've already destro–"

His words died in his throat as the ground started shifting and fixing itself right in front of their eyes as Leon and Gildarts walked to the center of the battlefield all while bickering with each other.

"Alright! Let me teach you a lesson, kiddo!" Gildarts excitedly yelled as his Magic Power poured out of his body, crushing his surroundings with its presence alone.

"You're a bit too old for that," Leon replied as he transformed into that monster he used earlier, though he kept his size smaller this time.

"Let's see about that!" Gildarts thrust his hand forward. "All Crush!"

A massive cross-shaped blast of red energy burst out of his hand, covering the entire area as if he planned to destroy everything in sight right from the start.

"Woah, that's a bit dangerous," Leon said, though he didn't look that worried. "Why don't you have it back?"

Somehow he took control of Gildarts' own Spell and turned it around, firing it right back at him.

"What? How?" Sounds of astonishment came from the Lacrima. They saw something similar earlier when Erza redirected Jose's attack, but this was different as Leon took control of Gildarts Spell with such ease.

"Hey! That's not fair!" Gildarts yelled as he punched out, disintegrating his own attack with the force of his Magic. "Take it like a man!"

"Sure!" Leon replied as he took a step forward before appearing next to Gildarts, moving so fast that it looked like he teleported there. "After you take this!"

Those dangerous metallic claws flashed out at Gildarts as if they were about to slice him in half. He only grinned in response and punched back. "Crushing Evil, Spreading the Truth: Empyrean!"

The two clashed with each other, a massive shockwave erupting from the force of their attacks. The ground shook and rumbled, and all the spectators were pushed back from their clash even though they were so far away.

The two pushed against each other on seemingly equal grounds until Leon opened his mouth and fired a beam of black green energy right in Gildarts' face. That attack alone could've ended a regular Mage ten times over, but Gildarts' Magic proved its mettle as it crushed most of it before it could even reach him.

"Hahaha!" He loudly laughed and swung his fist again. "Crushing Evil, Spreading the Truth: Absolute Heaven!"

Ultear gulped as she felt the monstrous amount of Magic Power in his attack, and she knew she would die if she was hit by that. But Leon? He took it head-on without even flinching and was only forced to take a step back from it.

"My turn!" He roared and swung his arms with lightning fast speed, delivering multiple attacks on Gildarts' body.

"Hahaha! That's the spirit!" Gildarts laughed loudly as he took on the attacks and hit him back, turning this into a slug fest between two monsters. They just kept punching each other with so much power that any regular Mage near them would've been knocked out just from shockwaves they produced from each clash.

And then Leon brought up a literal sun and dropped it on top of them. The resulting explosion shook the entire city of Magnolia, though that was apparently not enough to even make them stop for a second as the sounds of their fighting continued. Punch after punch, they didn't stop hitting each other even for a brief moment.

However, this clash of titans was bound to end at some point. One of them was going to give, and it didn't seem like Leon would be the one to falter first as he still looked perfectly uninjured despide the numerous heavy hits from Gildarts.

Ultear just couldn't understand how someone could take so many monstrous punches without flinching, without even having a single injury on his body. Leon's defenses were truly mind-boggling, and she was having a hard time understanding how it was even possible for something as weak as a Grass Wolf to even hurt someone like him. Like… it just didn't make any sense! None of this made any sense!

"Gah!" Gildarts finally gave in, blood spurting out of his mouth as Leon buried his fist in his stomach and followed that by a monstrous uppercut that sent the older man flying in the air. He dropped down, breath heavy as he tried to push himself up, but his limbs lacked the energy.

"Stand proud, old man," Leon said as he walked over and helped him up. "You are strong."

"Brat!" Gildarts slammed his head against Leon's, but the younger man just laughed it off. "Making me embarrassed in front of my little girl…"

"Ah, well, I had to make sure I didn't embarrass myself," he said with a grin, and Gildarts just shook his head.

"Well… at least I know the Guild is in good hands," Gildarts as Leon healed him.

The two talked for a bit longer before Gildarts made his way to the rest of the Guild, who had all been staring at the fight with wide eyes. Leon, on the other hand, stayed back as he started fixing up the damages to the ground before he used his Magic to regrow all the vegetation that had been destroyed in the previous two fights.

Enhancement Rank 60 Passive Bonus: Can run up to seven different Enhancement type Spells.

Storm Devil Rank 150 Passive Bonus: Extreme Weather Control. Control range increases to kingdom-size.

Archive Rank 40 Passive Bonus: Bonus EXP from Archive now applies to crafting Skills as well.

Archive Rank 50 Passive Bonus: Can now use 1 Multitasking in combat.

Take Over Rank 70 Passive Bonus: +200 to all will fights.

Take Over Rank 80 Passive Bonus: +300 to all will fights.

Physique: 1000

Soul: 1000

Sets Stealth to rank 8 if lower when used. Gives Night vision. Adds +2000 to battle rolls and +1000 to attack rolls when fighting unarmed. Gain two additional limbs in hybrid form.

Magic: Shadow Magic; Space Magic.

Meld - Can merge with a shadow and move around as far as the shadow extends. Costs 50 Mana per turn.

Shadow Claws:Deal 6d2500+7500 Shadow Damage at melee. Costs 600 Mana per use.

Shadow Teleport: Can teleport through nearby shadows when merged with a shadow. Costs 500 Mana to use.

Blink: Short range teleportation up to 200 meters(656feet). Costs 2000 Mana to use.

Ice Dragon - Baby.

Physique: 1000

Soul: 1000

Abilities: Flight. Cold resistance. +10000 Armor to physical and magical attacks. +30000 Health when used. +2000 battle mod when used.

Ice Magic

Ice Dragon Roar: 1d10000+10000. Costs 1500 Mana.

This was just so crazy. Those people… they weren't normal! None of what they did made any sense at all! A few dozen went against hundreds, and they still handily won! They even changed the entire landscape with their fight, only to fix it all before destroying it again!

Lucy was having a hard time understanding what had just happened, and she kept wondering if she had made the right decision of joining this Guild. All of this seemed a bit too much for her. She… just wanted to have a normal life, write a book, and gather all of the Golden Celestial Keys just like her mother had done in the past…

Was she the odd one for thinking that? Maybe she was considering how all the people of Magnolia cheered for them when they returned back to the city. They were all yelling and waving their hands, seemingly having greatly enjoyed the short Guild War that had just occurred. It's almost as if they hadn't just seen… Lucy wasn't even sure if Mages were even the right word for them after she witnessed what they were capable of.

"What are you thinking about?" Levy asked as she stepped beside her.

"Just… everything…" She replied, finding it hard to express her concerns to someone as strong as Levy. She saw how the girl defeated one of Phantom Lord's strongest members, making it look effortless. "I'm… just not sure I'm ready for something like this."

"You shouldn't worry as much," Levy told her with a calming smile. "This wasn't a regular occurrence. Plus, everyone has to start from somewhere."

"Yeah, but…" Lucy paused, wondering for a brief moment whether she could become as strong as that. She shook her head a second later, knowing it was a hopeless dream.

"You should've seen Leo when he initially joined the Guild," she said with a fond smile and chuckled. "He was so weak back then."

"Weak? Him?" Lucy couldn't even imagine that. Oberon… Leon just seemed unbeatable from what she saw. He walked up to the massive walking Guild and just picked up the entire thing, treating it as if it was a toy house! And then he fought with the older man, beating him without even getting injured despite the multiple devastating punches he took to the face!

"Oh, he was," Levy replied with a chuckle and brought up one of those screens to show her Leon from a few months ago. Lucy wasn't completely sure that this was real, but he… well, she didn't wish to call him weak, but he was nothing compared to what he was now, that was for sure.

It was fun watching this for a moment, but she was reminded of something she wanted to ask for a while now. "Oh, um, why did none of you use their Golden Keys?"

They were the apex of all Celestial Spirits, the most powerful among their kind. And yet, not a single one of them even used them.

"Oh…" Levy blinked her eyes. "Hmm, I'd say that most of us aren't used to using them in battle since we haven't had them for that long. Plus, not all of them seem to enjoy fighting that much."

Lucy could understand that much at least. Sure, they were the strongest Celestial Spirits, but that didn't mean fighting was all they knew. All of them were living and thinking beings, and they had their own preferences. Cancer, preferred to style the hair of others instead of fighting, for example.

"Can you tell me more about them?" Lucy asked, trying her best to not sound too excited.

"Of course." Levy nodded and even took out a Golden Key. "Let me even show you."

She summoned Aries, and she was just the cutest little thing. People wouldn't even realize the pink-haired girl was supposed to be one of the strongest Celestial Spirits if they didn't know it beforehand.

Lucy calmed down and almost forgot about what happened earlier in her excitement as she began gushing over Aries. She continued talking with Levy, and the girl told her all about the other Spirits and their weird tendencies, like how Virgo begged to be punished for some odd reason. She got to learn so much about them, and she was slowly becoming more confident in herself the longer she spoke with Levy.

Dealing with the aftermath of this was so annoying. Granted, Cana was having an even worse time since she had to take out the captured Mages one by one while waiting for the Rune Knights to handle them all while I just had to stand there and ensure they didn't attempt something stupid.

At least, we didn't need to explain ourselves since Phantom Lord clearly attacked us. First by sending Aria after the Master and myself, and second by literally marching over with their entire Guild to Magnolia. They were clearly in the wrong here.

It also helped that none of the Rune Knights–and the entire Council for that matter–wished to get on our bad side after they saw what we were capable of. None of them were pointing fingers, and instead, they were trying to deal with this as quickly as possible.

From what I heard, they seemed like they wanted to pin the blame on Jose alone, which I guessed was fair. Phantom Lord did have hundreds of members and imprisoning them all would be a major hassle. Not to mention how that would greatly reduce the safety of Ishgar since those people did do good work whenever they weren't starting a Guild War.

While we were dealing with all of that, I had my Clone prepare a feast for the Guild to celebrate our victory. I even shared some of the food with the Rune Knights, who were more than thankful for the short break they got.

Juvia was also accepted in Fairy Tail without any issues, and I congratulated her through my Clone before I sent it over to my house. I already took down the two other properties over the night, so I figured I could continue my work while keeping watch over the various Phantom Lord Mages that were slowly being released. The kids still didn't have a place to stay and were sleeping in the Guild, so I figured I could make something small for them.

Engineering Perk: Architect: Can plan and build both small and large buildings.

"Let's not do that again…" Cana muttered as we walked out of the building.

"Agreed." Ultear nodded her head as she massaged her neck. She had to stay with us the entire time due to her current position, and she obviously found it just as tedious as we did.

"At least that's done for," I said with a shrug. Unlike them, I wasn't as bored since I was doing so many other things at the same time. Like, I was working on my Spells with my wolves while also directly controlling the Clone.

"Which reminds me, I have to grab the kids," I muttered before I started walking towards the Guild. They were quite easy to find since Sting was gushing over everyone that fought earlier while Rogue and the two cats were following along him.

"Leon!" Sting immediately rushed over once he saw me and started rapidly blabbering about how awesome the fight with Gildarts was.

I entertained them for a bit before I said, "Well, come along now. I have a little surprise for you."

"A surprise? What kind of surprise? Is it training? Oh, please let it be training," Sting excitedly said as he crossed his fingers.

"Yeah, let it be training!" Frosch nodded with him while Lector narrowed his eyes at me.

Rogue's face lit up, and I saw how hundreds of thoughts raced through his mind as he kept wondering what I had prepared for them. However, I kept my mouth shut, refusing to reveal the surprise before I showed it to them.

"Here it is, boys," I said as we stopped right in front of the little building I made with my Clone. It wasn't anything special, and it had a few personal rooms, a living room, a small kitchen, and two bathrooms, but I felt like they didn't need more than that. "Your own little house."

"Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God!" Sting gushed, and he looked up at me, eyes slightly red. "This is for us?"

"Yes, this is all yours." I nodded and ruffled his hair, watching as he pursed his lips.

"Lector!" He picked up his cat, wrapping it in a tight hug. "We have our own house! Can you believe! No more living on the streets!"

"Our own house…" Lector mumbled as he peeked at the building, staring at it in wonder.

"That's… for us?" Rogue asked with a gulp.

"Yep." I nodded as I ruffled his hair, and he surprised me by tightly latching onto my leg, hugging with all his power.

"Thank you…" Rogue mumbled as Frosch jumped on his head, thanking me as well while trying to hug me with his tiny hands.

"Now, let me show you a bit inside, and then we can go have a nice dinner, together. How does that sound?" I asked, receiving excited nodding in response.

I led the four inside, showing them their own rooms, all of which were furnished with the luxurious furniture I had in my Inventory. They seemed pretty happy with their new little home, and I was glad to see their smiles. I might've had a rough childhood, but I was satisfied that those four wouldn't have to experience the same. Now, I just had to prepare a meal to celebrate their new home.

While gathering the ingredients from my plants and reseeding the ones I completely harvested, I decided to let out some of my Souls to stretch their legs.

Lord'oran found a nice spot under a tree and sat down, just observing my Clone as it worked while he hummed a tune to himself. The Chimera plopped down next to him, all three of its heads bobbing up and down, clearly enjoying the sound.

The Vulcan and Mishipeshu went to the bathhouse to dive in the water. It was a bit too shallow for the Underwater Panther, but it was better than nothing. Perhaps I might make a bigger pond for it in the future, but I had no plans for that at the moment. The Vulcan, on the other hand, was greatly enjoying itself and splashed around the water in amusement.

I didn't release Kamina, the Ifrit, and the Phoenix since those three were all fire aligned, and I preferred to not have my garden burned down by them.

Only two more remained, and I was eager to see how they had transformed after their recent evolution. The Displacer Beast came out first, and I had to admit that it was a creepy thing with those weird tentacles that came out of its back. It looked around the garden for a moment, carefully observing everything before it teleported onto the tree Lord'oran was sitting under.

I blinked at it for a moment and shook my head before moving on to the one that I was really interested in seeing. I mean, this was a real Dragon! One of the strongest beings in existence, though they were sadly gone as far as I was aware.

I pulled out the baby Ice Dragon from my Soul, and my garden immediately came to life, the trees all massively growing in size as they wrapped around the property, shielding it from the outside. Narrowing my eyes, I noticed how they were all absorbing the energy from all the creatures here, though they were mostly focused on the Dragon.

"What's the meaning of this?" I asked out loud, knowing that this was Idunma's doing. A part of me was worried, though not too much since it didn't seem like she wished to harm anyone here.

"Are you trying to get yourself killed?" She asked as she stepped out of a tree before making her way over to me.

"No?" I titled my head.

"Then quickly dispell the Dragon before that beast senses it," Idunma said with an exasperated expression.

"What beast?" I asked with narrowed eyes, though I did dispell the Dragon.

"You know, there's a reason why Dragons are extinct on this continent," Idunma said as plants sprouted from the ground, forming into a chair in which she sat down.

See, I knew Dragons hadn't been sighted in hundreds of years, but I had no idea why and what had caused their disappearance. A part of me even theorized that the Gods might've had something to do with that since they were supposed to be the superior Magical race, but it seemed someone else was the culprit. I also caught on to her specifically mentioning this continent and wasn't that interesting?

"Go on," I urged her to continue, intrigued to hear more about this, hoping that I might get the chance to help Natsu reunite with his father.

"Long story short, Dragons used to rule this continent hundreds of years ago and did whatever they pleased. However, some of them thought they could peacefully live alongside humans. The others didn't like that idea, and they ended up fighting among each other. The Dragons that sided with humans decided to teach their Magic to them to even the odds since they were losing, and the situation spiraled out of control from there," Idunma explained.

"What exactly happened?" I asked because that didn't really answer my question.

"Acnologia happened," Idunma said with a sigh, and I narrowed my eyes as I recalled reading about this one somewhere. Something about a Black Dragon?

"No one really knows where he came from, but he went on a rampage, killing every single Dragon on the continent, bathing in their blood and absorbing their powers until he turned into the strongest Dragon in existence. Some realized they were doomed and escaped from Ishgar to other continents, others attempted… something else." Idunma playfully smirked, and I knew she wouldn't be telling me what that something else was from that alone.

"The rest died, and Acnologia has been scouring the continent ever since, searching for Dragons while destroying anything, and I mean, anything that gets in his path. A few Battle Gods even tried fighting him." She snorted with a shake of her head. "Tried being the key word. They failed miserably, and he ripped them apart."

"Is he that strong?" I asked in wonder while trying to figure out how that fit with what I knew about Natsu, Sting, and Rouge, and how they were taught Dragon Magic from actual Dragons.

"He's… more like a natural disaster than anything else. A mindless being that just wrecks havoc anywhere he goes. Even we aren't that confident in fighting him head-on and would much rather just let him be," she said as a tree bowed down, placing a coconut in her hand.

Even the Gods, the so-called strongest Magical race, wasn't confident in fighting this Acnologia, huh? Was it wrong that I wondered what it would be like battling this monster? Obviously, I wasn't ready yet for such a fight, but I couldn't help but speculate what kind of rewards I might get from defeating something that was referred to as a natural disaster.

I already had everything that I could possibly ever want. People that I deeply cared about, all the Magic in the world, plenty of interesting Magical Items, my own house, a lovely garden. There wasn't anything that I really needed, but I just couldn't stop myself from wondering what kind of prize I'd get for beating this Acnologia.

"You're really thinking about it, huh?" Idunma asked, and I sheepishly looked away. "If it's you… maybe you can stand a chance against him in a few years."

"A few years?" I turned back with wide eyes. That was too long. I was thinking more along the lines of a few months at most. "Surely, he isn't that strong."

Idunma blinked her eyes at me, quickly catching on before she shook her head with an amused smile. "You are impossible… maybe, just maybe, you might be capable of doing it in less than a year."

"Give me a few months," I said as I rubbed my hands, already imagining the rewards from Boss Battle. My eyes then opened wide as I realized that a Dragon's body in itself was an amazing treasure, and I started wondering what I could even do with that.

Though I might just end up using Take Over on him as well. Oh, this was such a hard decision to make. Right, it was better to focus on myself for the moment and figure this out when the time came.

"So I shouldn't take out the baby Dragon until I kill this Acnologia, got it," I told Idunma, and she just chuckled while sipping on her coconut.

I started designing the plan for the new house, and I quickly had a sketch ready for that. However, why stop there?

I continued playing around with designs, making a few devices that should in theory function and be great additions to the house. Anything from bathroom to kitchen appliances that we could all use. However, I wasn't satisfied with that as well.

Then I was reminded of the walking building from yesterday, and I got the incredible idea of doing something even better. Instead of making one that walks around on mechanical legs, why not make one that flies around?

A hard task, but one I was certainly not going to back down from. The biggest issue here was making it float, though I thought I could accomplish that with enough Lacrimas charged with my Flight Spell.

I started designing it from scratch when I paused, thinking to myself, 'Why stop here? Why design just a house? Why not make… an entire flying island?'

That… could work, and I already started envisioning it in my mind. A large floating island with a massive house in the middle of it, surrounded by all my plants on each side… Yeah, that was perfect!

I immediately started working on that, spending the rest of the night sketching various designs until I had few that I was satisfied with. I stared at the finished projects, thinking how long it would take me to bring them to reality.

Honestly… it shouldn't be that long. I could make the land on my own with my Volcanic Magic, and I could easily seed the ground with my Nature God's Magic. The hardest part would be to make the entire thing float, which would require a massive amount of Lacrimas, ones I would have to charge with my Flight Spell. Actually, figuring out how to direct its flight would be the hardest part as my current plan was to use my weather control to push it.

I'd need to figure that out first. Otherwise I already had everything that I needed as I had a ton of Lacrimas after we looted the Tower of Heaven with Cana, so in theory, I could have this done in less than a week, and that was with me giving myself some extra time in case there was a complication or two.

Right… I stored the designs in my Inventory, deciding to keep this a secret for the time being since I wanted to make it a surprise. I could start working on this later today, but now I had some breakfast to prepare.

Breakfast was louder than usual with the addition of the kids and their cats. Sure, I had stocked up their fridge with some prepared meals, but I couldn't not invite them over when I made so much food today. I always tried to make a bit extra to have some to snack during the day, but I went above and beyond this time around.

Giving the girls Gourmet Cells had been on my mind for a while now, and I had to have plenty of food prepared for when I decided to go through with that. They could just go to the garden and eat some of the plants that produced ready-made meals, but I just wanted to spoil them. Was that wrong of me?

Either way, once we were done with breakfast, they all left to do their own thing. Mira went to the Guild, planning to work there for the day, though she mentioned she might be interested in doing a Job or two with me in the upcoming days now that she was being active again.

Erza and Cana left together, deciding to practice their new Magic to get a better handle on it. They showed they were already quite good with it during the fight yesterday, but they were still unsatisfied with their progress.

That did remind me that I had another Fruit in my Inventory. Though this one was a bit different from what I could tell as it gave the one who consumed it the ability to transform into a Phoenix, and I wondered how that worked exactly. Was it like Take Over? Or did it fundamentally change the one who consumed it, fully turning them into a Phoenix? I'd have to study it a bit before deciding what to do with it.

Levy grabbed the two kids and brought them along on a low-leveled Job with her team. They excitedly left with Sting asking what kind of monsters they'd face today.

Ultear still had some paperwork to handle, and she left to do that, refusing my help when I offered my assistance. Right, she was competent, so I trusted she knew what she was doing.

That left only Juvia, who was smiling widely, just rocking left and right as she stared at me. I smiled back, happy to see her like this.

"Is there anything you want to do today?" I asked.

"Juvia will be happy just spending time with you," she replied without hesitation.

"But is there anything you wish to do?" I tilted my head, briefly considering using my ability before deciding against that.

Her ears turned red, and she bit her lips before she shook her head. "Juvia will be happy just following you along… if that's okay?"

"I don't mind at all," I said with a shake of my head, and she brightened up, offering me a large smile.

"Then Juvia would like to accompany you while you go about with your day," she said, and I wondered what to do today.

"Well, I'm thinking of doing some reading today," I said after considering it for a moment. "I have plenty of books I want to catch up on."

"Oh?" Juvia leaned in. "What kind of books?"

"Nothing that exciting, just a few about various sciences," I replied and showed her. She seemed a bit interested in the farming one, and I considered translating it for her.

Or I could write my own about that topic. Juvia liked that idea a lot more, and I considered doing it in the near future. Hell, I could write one about all the various topics, from Magic Theory to farming.

We decided to spend the day in the garden, and I got to show her all the new things I had done with it, including the bathhouse, which she found deeply fascinating. I promised we could spend a day or two there together since I saw how much she liked it, and Juvia offered me a blinding smile in response, which was all I needed to know that I had done the right thing.

However, she did have a slightly odd request once we settled down in the middle of the garden.

"Would you… please read out loud for Juvia?" She asked as we made ourselves comfortable and shyly looked away. "Juvia… really enjoys your voice."

That was a bit harder to do since I planned on using the Glasses, and I was fairly sure I couldn't speak that fast. And even if I could, I was certain that it would come out as indistinguishable blabbering. However, I did have a solution.

"Sure." I nodded at her and brought up the text of the books on a screen while I studied them directly with my Clone. It was a bit harder at first, but I quickly got the hang of it.

"Would you mind if Juvia… gave you a massage?" She asked an hour or so later, and I saw no reason to refuse the offer.

"That would be lovely," I replied, and she smiled brightly before quickly coming over to massage my back.

"Oh, this feels great," I muttered as her hands started working on my shoulders, and I had to admit, being pampered like this felt really nice.

Of course, I returned the favor, and she was more than happy to accept, almost turning into a puddle again when I started massaging her, but she managed to hold her form together.

We ended up spending most of the day in the garden, with me reading out loud to her while she massaged and pampered me. We returned back to the house after.

"Would you like to help with the food?" I asked as we entered inside.

"Yes! Juvia would love to help!" She eagerly nodded her head.

"Well, let's see what we can do then, shall we?" I said before I started taking out all the ingredients for our dinner.

Juvia was a quick learner, even though she was… a bit clumsy and almost ended up burning down the kitchen. Thankfully, both of us could use Water Magic, so we managed to salvage the situation before anything important got ruined. Not that it would've been a big issue if that happened since I had plenty of spare equipment.

"Juvia apologizes!" She bowed deeply, and I heard her sniffle quietly. "Juvia will leave before…"

"No, no," I interrupted her. "There's no need for that."

She looked up, eyes a bit puffy, though they were burning with hope. "But…"

"No buts," I replied with a smile and gestured at the kitchen. "See? Nothing was ruined, so we can continue from where we left from. Just have to be a tad more careful."

"Really?" She asked as a smile formed on her face. "You're not angry at Juvia?"

"Of course, not! There's nothing to be angry about. Mistakes happen all the time, and we just need to learn from them," I soothingly said.

"Right… Juvia will learn from her mistakes," she replied with a determined nod.

"That's good." I nodded back and gestured her over. She gingerly stepped closer and expectantly looked at me.

"Now let's continue with the rest of the meal," I said as I stepped around her and gently took her hands from behind, helping her cook the rest of the food.

Juvia turned beet red, though she proved she was a quick learner since she picked up everything I tried teaching her in seconds. We managed to finish the dinner by the time everyone returned, and we shared a lovely meal together.

Ultear mentioned that we'd have to make a trip to Era tomorrow, just so I could get the exact coordinates of the Council headquarters, and she said I could take a look at the various texts they had confiscated over the years. Levy hungrily looked at me, telling me with her expression alone that I had to record them all in with my Archive, and I promised as much.

Mira wished to go on a trip with me during the next weekend, and I was more than happy to agree to that. She wanted to shake off her rust and try to find some Demons for both of us to Take Over. That sounded like a great plan, and I did have that Demon Compass, but it seemed she already knew the perfect place for us to hunt them down.

Those were the only two major things for next week, and I was mostly free for the rest of it. Though I did plan to finally rebuild the house, plus I also wanted to see about giving Gourmet Cells to all of them. There was the slight issue with the latter as they would need to consume more of them, but that was easily solvable by me. Worse case scenario, I could always just send a wolf with them if they ever went on a long trip, ensuring that they always had plenty of Gourmet Cells food. Yeah, that problem was easily solvable.

Once we were done with dinner, we all went to bed while I sent my Clone outside to take care of my garden.

Now how would I go about giving someone else Gourmet Cells? I know I obtained them just from eating enough of the stuff, but I didn't think that would be enough for others since the girls had been eating food with them for a long while now. Not to mention that my body was… unique. I've figured that much after everything I've learned about a human's biology. Though I wasn't even sure if I could be called a human at this point.

Regardless, all of that information wasn't really helpful with my dilemma. What worked for me might not work for someone else. So how should I go about doing this?

A couple of solutions popped in my mind as I thought it over, both of them revolving around introducing a large amount of the Gourmet Cells into someone's body. Sure, just eating all kinds of foods that contain them should be good enough, but I wanted to figure out a way to quicken the process.

The first option that came to mind was to create some type of medicine filled to the brim with a high amount of condensed Gourmet Cells. I knew quite a bit about medicine, after all, though I haven't really tried my hand at making anything like that yet.

The other option–which was similar to the first–was to make it with Alchemy. Perhaps some kind of pill would be best, though I wasn't entirely sure how to create those since I just had some general information about them. Then again, a few potions should do the trick, and I had the knowledge on how to make those.

Both options shouldn't take me that long to make, I just how to decide which one to go with.

The Alchemy solution might have sounded like the better one in my head, but I felt like I wasn't ready to play around in the field at the moment. I could try my hand at Alchemy at a later date when I have studied it more and felt more confident. For now, I decided to keep it simple and use regular old medicine. Not like I had much experience with that as well, but I felt more sure of my success with it.

With my decision made, I started gathering all the ingredients in my garden before I started shaving off all the useless parts, leaving only the ones full with Gourmet Cells. It wasn't a tiresome process, but it sure was a boring one.

"Doing something fun?" Idunma asked as she stepped beside me, curiously glancing at what I was doing.

"Does it look like I'm having fun?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Nope!" She cheerily replied. "But you never know with you since you tend to do all kinds of crazy things."

"Really?" I asked, pausing with my work only for a second to look at her.

"Mhm." Indunma nodded. "You're definitely one of the most interesting and unique mortals I have ever seen."

"Thanks… I guess," I replied. She was supposedly thousands of years old, so that had to mean something coming from her.

"You could definitely work on your responses a bit, but I'll take what I can get," she chortled and shook her head. "So, what exactly are you doing all of this for?"

"I'm collecting a lot of the Gourmet Cells–"

"So that's what they are called!"

"–in order to create a type of medicine that could safely introduce them into the body of someone else," I explained, figuring there wasn't a point of hiding what I was doing.

"See? I knew you were up to something interesting!" She clapped her hands in delight before tapping her chest, her breasts bouncing up and down. "Perhaps I could be of some help? I do know a thing or two about medicine, after all."

"Sure," I answered after thinking it over. "It wouldn't hurt to have the opinion of someone else."

"Ha! It wouldn't hurt, he says!" Idunma snorted. "You will be praising me on your knees after hearing the vast amount of knowledge I've gathered over the years!"

"We'll see." I rolled my eyes at her and continued with gathering as many Gourmet Cells as possible. Which was a lot since I could harvest the plants and then use Growth to fully regrow them. I repeated this until I felt like I had enough of the stuff and then some since I wanted to make sure I'd have plenty in case I ended up wasting most of them.

"I'm done with my harvesting," I said as I looked in my Inventory to double check I had enough.

"Well then, let's make that interesting medicine," Idunma replied with a clap of her hands. "Just follow my lead, and you are guaranteed to succeed with your endeavor."

She sure was confident, and I had to admit that she had the skill and knowledge to back it up. Then again, that wasn't that surprising considering she was a Goddess that has lived for thousands of years. Even if she hadn't been active during that time, she could've still picked up a thing or two during her long life.

With Idunma's help, I managed to create a type of medicine that had to be administered with a syringe. According to her, it was supposed to be safe, but that wasn't something I was willing to risk the girls with. I'd like to test it out on something else first. Perhaps a monster or two would do. Nevertheless, I couldn't deny that her help was very useful.

"I suppose there was some truth to your words," I said with a teasing smile.

"Don't stop." Idunma puffed her chest. "Keep going. Praise me more."

"Oh, you are such an amazing Goddess of Nature, yada yada, your knowledge is unmatched, yada yada," I sincerely praised her with a large smile.

"Pff, you are no fun." She shook her head with a pout.

"Perhaps I could make you a delicious meal as an apology, o' Divine One?" I asked with a gracious and elegant bow.

"That will do, that will do," Idunma replied while nodding her head before offering me a triumphant smirk. "Well, get to it. This Divine Being is patiently waiting for her offering, but her patience would last for only so long."

"I will be as quick as possible!" I promised before making my way towards the kitchen, walking as slowly as I could possibly move. She clicked her tongue, but didn't comment on my walking speed, and I turned back to see her pouting at me. Idunma narrowed her eyes at me before she looked away without a word.

Well, that was fun, and I did promise to prepare something delicious for her, so I had to get to that. Plus, she was really helpful, so she deserved as much. Not to mention that I learned quite a bit about medicine from her. Oh, and I also had to prepare a lot of food with Gourmet Cells since whoever I administer the medicine to would probably end up going on a binge just like I did.

Cooking Perk: Divine Cooking: All meals will provide permanent bonuses from now on. Those bonuses could be something as simple as making others healthier, they could even 'increase their stats', or they could even provide them with even more magical bonuses, depending on the 'quality of the food'. The effect of all types of food that provide bonuses are now doubled.

Waking up was a… process alright. On the one hand, she absolutely loved basking in Leo's and even the other girl's warmth. Mostly Cana's, but that was beside the point. The feeling of being safe, secure, and loved made her want to stay in bed the entire day.

On the other hand, Levy knew that something incredibly delicious awaited her downstairs as Leo would've definitely prepared a meal filled with his love just for them. He enjoyed spoiling them, after all. Maybe a bit too much even, but she appreciated how much he cared for all of them.

And to think that she wasn't a breakfast person at some point while she now eagerly looked forward to the first meal of the day… Levy resisted the urge to snort and snuggled against Leo, pushing her head against his chest while Cana tightened her arms around her.

Ah, this was just pure bliss, and she could see herself staying like this for the entire day, but it was time to get up. An enticing aroma had already sneaked its way in the room, and she could feel Leo's Clone down in the kitchen.

His Conjurations were such an odd yet fascinating thing. They clearly had a mind of their own, she was sure of that as she had sensed them thinking and making decisions on their own. Yet, at the same time, their minds felt… soulless. That was the best descriptor she had for them since they were more like machines that could think.

"Good morning," Leo greeted them as they all slowly started stirring, giving each of them a loving kiss.

They greeted him back one by one as they got up, all of them sniffing the air as they felt just how enticing the aroma coming from downstairs was. Leo was no doubt the best cook in the entire world, and they had started to get used to the wonders he could create in the kitchen, but this? This was something that topped everything else he had made in the past, and all of them could tell just from the smell alone!

Then again… was this actually that surprising? The one thing that was a constant with Leo was that he was always improving and doing it at a pace that boggled the mind. What took others months or even years, took him no more than a week or so. He picked up things as easy as one, two, three.

Leo's Magic was the most unique one in existence, though she had her doubts about that. There was definitely something special about it, she could admit as much, but she had another theory of her own. Leo was just a genius, a one of a millennium kind of genius. And that just might be an understatement. Sure, his Magic might've helped out a bit, but the rest was up to him. He still had to put in the work to improve himself, and he was clearly doing it at a pace that others couldn't even try to compete with. She sure as hell tried after they initially met, but…

Either way… Levy licked her lips–the aroma alone making her salivate–as she looked at Leo, who had a smug look on his face. "What did you do?"

"Nothing~" He teasingly replied back. That was all she needed to hear to know that he had done something again. And honestly? Levy was starting to get used to this at this point. Though that didn't mean she wasn't looking forward to what he had prepared for them.

They went to quickly clean up, not taking that long since they only needed to wash their faces and brush their teeth. Mira was the only one that even used makeup among them–not that she really needed it–though she hadn't used it for a while now. Not after she had started regularly eating Leo's food at least.

After they cleaned up, they went downstairs while Leo woke up the other two occupants in the house. Levy wasn't sure what to think of Ultear as she was supposed to be his assistant until he got used to his new position as one of the Wizard Saints… and how crazy was that? In just a few months, he turned from someone who was weaker than her to one of the strongest Mages in the entire world! That's how crazy fast he progressed!

Regardless, she wasn't sure what to think of Ultear at the moment. She seemed like a nice person, but there was something off about her. She hadn't given Levy a reason to investigate deeper, but she kept an eye on Ultear just in case.

As for Juvia… she was a genuinely nice girl that tugged on her heart. However, she also clearly had a massive crush on Leo. That wasn't that surprising, all things considered. He was nice and very charming without even trying. Not to mention how he treated her with kindness and helped with her problem… Levy would have to talk things out with her at some point. She'd have to spend some more time with Juvia, but she didn't think she'd mind her joining them.

As long as Leo returned her feelings that is. Granted, he did want a big family, so it was highly likely that he'd accept her…

The two kids and their cats burst inside the house just as she was thinking about that. Well, Sting was the one that burst in while Rogue followed after him with a calmer pace.

Her hand rubbed her stomach and fondly smiled as she watched the two happily greet them, all while gulping loudly as they sat down on the table, licking their lips as they eagerly awaited for Leo to deliver the food And soon enough, he arrived with his Clone, both carrying multiple plates with them.

Levy shook her head, resisting the urge to snort. He was definitely putting on a show for them since he could've just as easily stored all of it in that bottomless Inventory of his and taken it out from it instead of doing all of this. Though she didn't get to dwell on that for more than a moment or so since her eyes were glued on the food, just like everyone else's in the room. None of them could even look away, their gazes pulled towards the platters by an invisible force.

"I put my all into making this," Leo said as he began serving them the food, though Levy doubted the rest even heard him. Maybe only Juvia did as she was a bit too obsessed with him in her opinion.

Either way, they all started eating the second the food was in front of them, digging in like starved animals that hadn't eaten in months. Moans of pleasure filled the room, but no one even cared as they were all too busy shoving the food in their faces.

Levy had eaten plenty of delicious things in the past. How couldn't she when she lived with Leo for a couple of months now? But this? This was something out of this world.

Every single bite was like the most euphoric experience, filling her Soul and Body in ways that just couldn't be explained with words alone. Not to mention how she felt herself growing stronger by the moment just from eating this. That wasn't something new, Leo had figured out how to do it in the past, but this was so much better than anything else he had made in the past.

"I have arrived for my Divine offering!" A woman with ethereal beauty and glistening blonde hair burst into the house. Levy recognized her as Idunma as Leo had shown her a picture of the Goddess.

She joined them on the table, though she was ignored by everyone there as they were all too busy and focused on the food. Levy had so much she wished to ask this Goddess, but… well, there was something more important at the moment. She could talk with her later. After she had ensured that she had eaten just as much as everyone else.