After Erza received a satisfactory answer, she first nodded.
Then she continued to ask: "Originally, you should have been a Dragon, but because of a certain invincible 'Black Dragon King' Acnologia, who refused to reveal his name, chased you four hundred years ago!"
"In order to survive and escape Acnologia's pursuit, in desperation, you completely merged with this dying human girl named Sonya…"
"As a result, when you had lived in seclusion for four hundred years, believing yourself to be completely safe and wanting to emerge from this human girl's body, you suddenly found that you couldn't get out."
"After you consulted countless ancient texts and conducted extensive investigations! You deduced that it was because your own power was not up to standard, which was why you could not emerge from Sonya's body!"
"Therefore, in order to re-emerge and let your Dragon body see the light of day again! You set your sights on the Dragon's Tears, a treasure held by the Fiore royal family that gathered the grievances of countless Dragons and could enhance a Dragon's power. Am I right?!"
Inside the Guild, Erza's eyebrows furrowed slightly. She summarized everything Animus had previously confessed to them and asked him.
"Yes."
"That's right."
Animus lowered his head and answered honestly.
Yes, as everyone can see.
Currently, Animus, the King of Stella Kingdom, known as the Crystal Kingdom, after being defeated by a group of S-Class Mages from the Fairy Tail Guild…
He followed this monstrous squad, composed of Dragon Slayers and Dragons, back to the Fairy Tail Guild and came before Makarov, the Master.
At this moment, Animus, the King of Stella Kingdom—more precisely, the Crystal Dragon Animus, who occupied Sonya's body—was explaining to the Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild, under Erza's questioning and in front of Fairy Tail Master Makarov, why he had teamed up with Kurnugi to invade Fiore.
"As Animus said…"
"This whole thing has nothing to do with me from start to finish."
"At most, I'm just a hired hand~"
Upon hearing this, Kurnugi, who had narrowly escaped death from Elentear World, wiped away the tears from his eyes. He suddenly felt a sense of relief, as if his injustice had been cleared, and silently approved of what Erza and Animus had said.
"Oh! Brother Kurnugi is here?"
"However, there's no room for Brother Kurnugi to speak here."
Eresh heard her brother Kurnugi's voice and immediately showed a faint smile. Eresh took graceful steps and gently walked in front of Kurnugi…
In front of countless Mages in the Fairy Tail Guild, she fiercely struck Kurnugi's head with her delicate little fist.
Well, although Eresh did not use any magic, a Dragon's ordinary punch, for a typical Dragon Slayer, was still at the level of a Burst Punch.
"Bang!"
For a moment, everyone only heard a thunderous roar!
They saw a swollen lump, red and bulging, rapidly appear on Kurnugi's head. Tears squeezed out of his eyes, and he said painfully, "It really hurts! Eresh, you're not my good sister anymore."
"I don't have such a foolish brother."
Eresh said, unilaterally revoking Kurnugi's status as a brother.
"Kurnugi, you traitor!"
On the other side, Animus, upon discovering that Kurnugi was also in the Fairy Tail Guild, could no longer control his emotions and roared.
"What do you mean, traitor?!"
"I sacrificed myself to help you!"
"There's no one in the entire Earth-land World more dedicated than me! I held back both my Father and Mother for you…"
"Or are you planning to challenge my Mother alone?"
"The Dragon on North Continent Kiltina, who is renowned for having power comparable to a true god, and who, four hundred years ago, was enough to be 'crowned king' at the Dragon King Festival!"
"Or, are you planning to challenge my Father?"
"A Dragon Slayer known as the first Dragon Slayer, a Dragon Slayer from almost the same era as 'Black Dragon King' Acnologia?!"
Kurnugi hadn't expected to be yelled at by this kid Animus. He immediately became angry. Others were fine, but where did you, Animus, get the nerve to yell at me?!
He had bled for Animus, he had simultaneously fought two of the strongest individuals in the world for Animus! If not for merit, he should at least have credit for his hard work, right?!
As for the fact that Animus, despite having a huge advantage, still failed to defeat the Mages of the Fairy Tail Guild…
This only indirectly proves that Animus is truly useless.
"Uh, this…"
Animus's expression froze, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead.
Animus didn't even need to meet Kurnugi's Father Medivh and Mother Selene…
Just from the prefixes before Medivh and Selene's names, he clearly understood that he absolutely could not afford to provoke Kurnugi's parents.
"Anyway, how should I put this?!"
"You are the Master of the Magician Guild Fairy Tail, right?"
Animus's face was pale. He stopped debating with Kurnugi and looked at Makarov, who was watching the show, forcefully changing the subject.
"Yes."
Makarov seemed surprised to be suddenly called upon. He paused, but still nodded, admitting his identity.
"As you just saw, I am Animus, the King of the Crystal Kingdom Stella. Now I have a very important matter that I intend to formally inform you of!"
"That is, starting today, I, Animus, intend to join your Magician Guild Fairy Tail. What do you think?!"
Animus looked directly at Makarov, the Master of the Fairy Tail Guild, and asked.
"Ah? This…"
"You are the king of a country. Is it appropriate for you to join our Mage Guild?"
Makarov was stunned, his eyebrows visibly furrowing into a knot.
To be honest, Makarov simply didn't know how to answer the question from Animus, who was the king of a country.
Frankly, ever since Makarov learned Animus's true identity, his entire brain had been in a state of confusion, and he still hadn't recovered.
Speaking of which, the reason he sent Erza, Gildarts, and the other S-Class Mages of the Guild to help Old Toma, the King of Fiore, was to make the enemy country retreat, to maintain stability within Fiore, and also for the future development of Fairy Tail, not to have these children fight battles for Old Toma.
But it turned out well, these little rascals never failed to disappoint him!
The moment he wasn't looking, these little brats not only made the enemy country retreat its army, but they also took down the enemy country in one go!
They even tied up Animus, the king of the enemy country, and brought him before him…
You say, you captured the king of the enemy country, and that's fine~
Once you captured the king of the enemy country, you should naturally send him to your own king.
But these little brats actually sent this enemy king to their Fairy Tail Guild. This is no longer something that can be explained by a serious diplomatic incident.
The even more terrifying part was that this enemy king actually told him he intended to join their Magician Guild Fairy Tail. What should he, this old man, even say?!
After agreeing to Animus, what would the King of Fiore Kingdom think?
What would the kings of other kingdoms on the Ishgar continent think?!
One could only say: "Greatly surprised! Greatly shocked!"
At that time, Makarov would go and explain to these kings: "Our Mage Guild Fairy Tail truly just loves peace, and we are not interested in world conquest or anything like that. Please don't misunderstand us."
At that time, it's likely no one would believe him.
By then, those kings would surely say: "Oh, right, right, right! Your Mage Guild Fairy Tail is the most peace-loving organization in the Earth-land World! Whether it's raising dragons within your Guild, or forcing the kings of various kingdoms to join Fairy Tail, or even dominating the Magic Council ERA and the entire Saint Ten Wizard list, it's all for peace! We really won't think too much into it."
Cough, cough...
"It's a travesty! Truly a travesty!"
At this, Makarov wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes; he was truly miserable and wanted to cry.
This feeling of being wronged by others was truly hard to bear.
In reality, the reason Makarov had built the Mage Guild Fairy Tail to be so powerful was not only because Fairy Tail loved peace, but also for the peace of the world, so that people from other organizations would also love peace.
Just as Makarov was having a headache, Animus suddenly spoke again.
"How about this, Makarov? Name your price."
"I, Animus, have nothing else, just a lot of money..."
"If you let me join Fairy Tail, then every month I will provide our Fairy Tail with 100 million J in operating funds."
Animus was indeed wealthy and generous; he immediately offered to allocate 100 million to the Fairy Tail Guild, and the most important part was that it was 100 million every month...
For a Mage Guild like Fairy Tail, which at most had only a few hundred members, this was an exaggerated figure.
After all, Fairy Tail was truly very small, and the number of people was not large.
It was completely different from the Alvarez enemy nation, which had military expenses of trillions at every turn.
"Ah..."
After hearing Animus's words, Makarov was completely stunned.
At this moment, Makarov's mind was filled with 100 million.
Makarov muttered to himself: "100 million? How many zeros are there after one? Oh no, I realize I seem to have no concept of 100 million! Fairy Tail Guild's expenses have never exceeded 30 million; it's all been paid out as compensation."
"Not enough?"
"Then 300 million! 300 million a month!"
Animus didn't expect Makarov to have such composure, so he continued.
"Uh..."
"Enough, that's enough!"
"From today onwards, you are the Master of the Fairy Tail Guild."
Makarov's expression paused for a moment, then he personally leaned close to Animus, and with one pull, broke the chains on Animus's body that had been enchanted with dragon-specific attributes.
Yes, Makarov had heard the figure of 100 million not because he thought it wasn't enough, but because he was simply stunned; he had never seen so much money in his life.
"Phew..."
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