Chapter 75
The old man was born in a poor family and was buried in a graveyard.
In 781, Gildarts came back, and the people in the guild were more excited than ever, because before Gildarts went on this trip, he accepted a ten-year mission.
Above the S-level, there are SS-level commissions. Even more difficult than the SS-level commissions are the ten-year missions that have not been completed in the past ten years.
It was also because of the ten-year mission that Makarov did not call him back for the S-level exam last year, not to mention that there were enough examiners.
After the town had undergone earth-shaking changes, the uncle at the door of the guild was still the same, with a stubble on his face and tattered clothes.
"Hey, how is everyone in the guild? Where's Kana?" Gildarts greeted everyone, then glanced and fixed his eyes on Kana in the crowd.
"Welcome back, Dad." Kana also ran forward happily and said excitedly.
Gildarts reached out and hugged Kana tightly, then put her down first, and went to Makarov to report the situation of the ten-year mission.
"How is it?" Makarov saw that he returned safely, and the stone in his heart fell, and then asked calmly.
"Easy." Gildarts laughed, his face full of ease, maybe he can consider a more difficult commission.
"That's fine, this mission was completed very well, and the Council will give you another reward. After all, it is a ten-year mission, and the Council still strongly encourages us to complete it."
"Wait, it should be here soon."
As soon as Makarov finished speaking, a messenger from the Council came outside the guild-Frog.
However, the frog's face was full of surprise. Just now, he was on the street, and suddenly heard the broadcast, and immediately ran to a stable place to stay for a while.
He stared at the town in amazement, and waited until it was completely calm before slowly walking to Fairy Tail.
Seeing the door of the guild open, he also said directly: "Is Gildarts here?"
"That's right, let's go." Makarov heard the voice and walked over with Gildarts.
"President Makarov, is this Gildarts?" The messenger greeted Makarov and asked.
"Yes." Makarov nodded.
"This is a special reward from the Council of Judges." The messenger then took out a letter from the bag beside him, which contained the reward.
"Of course, there is also this one, the senators hope you can take a look." The messenger took out another envelope from it, with a unique mark on it, a white holy cross.
"What is this?" Gildarts was stunned when he saw the familiar mark.
Makarov and the others in the guild exclaimed: "Invitation to the Holy Ten!"
"Damn, I knew that Gildarts could have been rated as the Holy Ten a long time ago, and now he's here."
"I just don't know what rank he'll be in."
"Now there are two Holy Ten Mages in the guild!"
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The others in the guild began to chatter, imagining what Gildarts would look like after becoming the Holy Ten. Perhaps the entire guild would be the strongest guild in the country.
However, Gildarts didn't care about other people's thoughts and words. He just shook his head at the messenger and said embarrassedly: "I refuse. Please take this letter back."
"Ah?" Everyone in the guild looked at Gildarts in confusion, with doubts written all over their faces.
However, Makarov was not surprised at all, and the choice Gildarts made was also expected.
The Holy Ten is not as simple as it sounds. He also needs to take on the responsibility of the Holy Ten, and there is nothing to do on weekdays.
But if something serious happens, he still has to take responsibility. Gildarts himself doesn't like constraints.
Moreover, Gildarts was strong enough back then, but he didn't receive an invitation from the Holy Ten. At that time, Gildarts was not this uncle-like. He was young and energetic, so of course he couldn't understand this matter.
Later, after Makarov talked to him, he realized what he was really pursuing, and he didn't care so much about the Holy Ten.
Now that so many years have passed, there is really no need to invite him to become the "Holy Ten".
"Okay, then I'll leave." Seeing this, the messenger didn't say much, stuffed the envelope back into his bag, and left as if relieved.
After the messenger left, everyone rushed up and asked Gildarts why he refused.
However, Gildarts didn't explain too much, Makarov
Seeing this, Fu hurriedly stopped everyone and asked Gildarts to go back and have a good rest.
In the other side of the Council, after learning the news of Gildarts's refusal through the magic crystal, everyone showed a look of regret, but they soon adjusted themselves.
After all, before sending out the invitation, Yajima had greeted everyone. He had already communicated with Makarov, and learned from Makarov that the result of this matter might be unsatisfactory.
Everyone was also helpless. They had heard that the empire in the western continent was preparing to attack, so they panicked.
But fortunately, it has been calm so far, and it is heard that it was the emperor of the empire who stopped this meeting.
So now these council members are still calm, just in case, hoping to recruit more forces.
It happened that Gildarts was very powerful, and it was the time to use people, so he invited him, but unfortunately he did not accept it in the end.
It was already evening, and Leila was sitting at the table, preparing to record something, when she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
[Oh my god, is there something wrong with the medicine? Didn't my mother-in-law say that it's okay to take it? At most, there will be some other negative effects, but there won't be any major harm. ]
But he didn't think much about it, and immediately decided not to stay up late tonight. He would go to Polyusica to ask about the situation early tomorrow morning, and then put away his notes and went to bed.
The next morning, Leila couldn't wait to find Polyusica deep in the forest, but her mother-in-law was concentrating on research and ignored him.
After a while, Polyusica asked Leila to tell her about the feeling of the experiment last night so that she could record it.
Leila told her about the slight discomfort he felt last night, but Polyusica said that it couldn't be a problem with the medicine, maybe it was his illusion, and then sent him away.
On the way back, Leila looked at the forest, his heart full of joy. He hadn't come out to breathe the fresh air in the morning for a long time, after all, he didn't wake up so early.
When he walked into the guild, it was very lively. Leila was used to it, so he found a place to sit down casually.
Looking at the groups of people laughing and playing, Leila couldn't help but sigh that they were still the same, so energetic every day.
However, when he saw Natsu and the others playing and playing, suddenly, an indescribable feeling came to his heart, and he always felt that something seemed to be missing.
"What are you thinking about?" Mira put a glass of wine in front of Leila, and saw that he frowned, so he asked.
"Well, nothing." Leila came back to his senses and shook his head. He didn't say what he felt, just thinking it was his own illusion.
"Here, you haven't had breakfast yet, this is what I made myself." Mira handed Leila an extra lunch box that she made in the morning.
"Thank you, Mira." Leila took the lunch box with joy, and then ate it voraciously.
Leila was still chewing her food, and gave Mira a thumbs up, praising her generously: "It's delicious, Mira."
"It's OK as long as it tastes good." Mira sat next to her, watching Leila eat quietly, and smiled knowingly when she heard Leila's praise.
